davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Amador ledger., 1902-09-05
Hansen to Ledger.

hansen to Ledger.
A few days ago he
(Hansenl applied to
the registration officer
in that town TO get on
the register. j. Sur
face proceeded to make
o1t the afhdavit, and
while SO doing j. W.
Surface appeared and
told him he had better
see G. L. Culbert, the
county clerk, on the
subject, conveying the
idea that he had no
right to register in that
precinct. He was not
registered. Hansen Is
a Republican.
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THE WOES OF ,tiNEMEN.
No ;Pitn'c Pnttin Up, Tere e rs.ph Service
in. South Africa. -. ..--....-T

in South Africa. .,fr. t,s Z
A telegraph line is being built across
South Africa and occasionally bits OF
information regarding the undertaking
find their way to civilization. These
reports show that the harGShips suf-
fered by linemen and the difficulties
they are compelled to overcome are
something tremendous. The line has
now been carried up to the southern
shore of Lake Tanganyika. During the
last 200 miles the road was impassa BILE
for vehicles and all the supplies and
material had to be transported by car
riers One section of the line passes
through a swamp in which vegetation
grows to such a height during the we.
season as to top the wire and cause
troublesome leakage. The, natives can
not be induced to go in during the sea-
son and scut%dewn= the weeds owing to
the swarms of crocodiles. OF another
section the elephants have caused sew
eral Interruptions by breaking off the
poles. In some of the forests through
which the line passes trees are met
measuring over 100 feet in circumfer-
ence Some of the rariDes are i'm
passable even to the linemen during
the rainy season owing to the paths
being under water and the rank
growth OF vegetation.
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Comparative judging is the highest
class of work which the judge OF STOCK
will be called upon to perform. BY
way of training for this he should go
into a herd or flock and pick out the
best individuals regardless Of age. type
or breed. Afterwards he should study
animals OF the same class but of diff
ferent ages and place them in accord
with their respective merits, as must
be done-for example, in actual show
ring competitions. where animals from
to "a months of age may be exhib-
tied against one another. Compare
tive judging is the most difficult of all
and can only be learned by constant
practice. coupled with a knowledge of
external indications and what the
present development of point may
mean six months or two years hence.
Whether an individual will finally be-
come successful judge of stock will
depend on his natural bent, his knowl-
edge of the subject, and the amount of
practice he has. A competent all
around Judge can only be developed by
actual experience and a good deal of it.
Prof. A. NJ. Soule.
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EpIcurean Royalty.

In most royal households there is
some particular dish which is never
absent from the table. For instance,
roast mutton and boiled chickens al
ways figured, both at luncheon and at
dinner, at Queen Victoria's table. Nut
ton outlets generally make their ap-
pearance at Emperor Williams sup
per. at which meal large cups OF tea
also figure conspicnously. A peculiar
ity-in-the Old days of the court OF
Mecklenburg- Schwerin was that potato
chips, cut very thin and dried in the
oven, were an invariable accon,pani-
ment to every meal, early breakfast
not excepted. At Claremont the duch-
ess of Albany used always to have thin
ehces of the sour black bread known
in Germany as pumpernickel, together
with delicate wedges OF Swiss cheese.
served at 5 O'Clock tea. v.. i...
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Growing Bermuda Grass

One of the most valuable pasture
grasses for use in the southern states
is Bermuda grass. a species of trop-
ical origin. In our latitude the grass
seeds very sparingly, and the method
of securing a field OF 1t has been to
transplant roots. This method, how
ever. is SO expensive as to be almost
proAibitory. Experiments have been
made with good imported seed by the
department during the past two years
on the trial grounds at Washington.
and 1t has been found that when sown
at the rate OF 3 pounds per acre dur
ing a portion OF the year in which the
ground continued moist, a good stand
from to 6 inches high was secured in
forty-hve days. The procuring of good
germinable seed and the adaptation OF
the above facts to conditions in the
south should make it possible to Sc
cure at a moderate price an excellent
stand OF this valuable grass.
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Nations, Meat 1o.pector.,c .

Il t.
The meat inspection service Of the
national government has grown to
proportions commensurate with the
live stock industry. It is now MAIN
tanned in 81 cities and at 1856 abattoirs.
Nearly 100000 animals were in
spected at time of slaughter. This is
an increase over the preceding year of
6 cities, s abattoirs and 100000 an
imals. Although in the aggregate a
large number OF carcasses were con-
demned, the percentage has been ex-
tremely small. In nearly 5,250.O00 cat
tie inspected the condemned carcasses
amounted to only about one-fourth of
1 per cent; in 6,50O000 sheep it was
about one-tenth of l per cent, and in
24,250. 900 hogs it was but one-third of
1 per cent The larger part Of the in
Spected meat, as might be anticipated,
went into interstate commerce and was
consumed in the United States, but
there were exported under department
certificates 452,S3O pounds of beef.
S94, GAS pounds of mutton, and 231, IA
93S pounds of pork, The microscopic
inspection of pork was maintained
during the year. but owing to the COM
paratively high prices in this country
there was a considerable decrease of
exports in this line of products, but
35,942,40 pounds having been certified
for countries requiring such inSpec-
ton.
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Is It Sffaxe whisky :

The following absurdity is perhaps
worthy of republication for the pur-
pose of showing how much the editors
of city papers do not know about
farming: ,'-.F
People who enjoy being drunk will
usually find some way to get a supply
of intoxicants. For example: The
farmers about Corning, N. Y, a pro-
hibition district, found that their
workmen would occasionally get into1-
icated without apparent access to, even
hard cider. The problem, Where did
they get it?" was anxiously discussed.
Most of the farmers depend upon en-
silage for winter fodder for their stock
and as most readers know ensilage is
a compost of green vegetables, corn
stalks. vines, tops and the like fer
mented under pressure in pits or
boxes. 1t was finally discovered that
the farm hands had learned the trick
Of tapping the sides of the silos and
extracting the fermented juice of the
contents. That from the stalks Of
green corn makes a vigorous spirit,
which is said to be quite agreeable to
one whose palate is attuned to alco-
hol, but its effects are something ter
rible. A siIo drunk would make one
induced by crude apple jack seem like
an innocent frolic. 1t startles the
temperance farmers to learn that "all
urbeknownst to them" they have
been running stills from which those
for whose temporal and spiritual well
fare they consider themselves respan-
sible might draw a beverage which
bears to whisky the relation which
whisky bears to Switched" Whether
the silo would have to go is question
now under discussion. Press Notes
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LATHE Peaches.-

The peach in this country has gen.
orally been very profitable crop. but
for many years it has been subject to
a number Of serious diseases. Some Of
these can now be controlled. notably
"yellows" and peach-leaf curl. two Of
the worst enemies of peach growers
A few years ago a new disease ap-
peared in some of the finest peach
orchards of New York, Michigan and
other states. and this trouble has
caused growers a great deal of uneasi-
ness. The Department OF Agriculture
has had one of its most competent
experts engaged on the disease, and he
believes that he has discovered the
cause. The disease in question is
known as little peach" from the fact
that the fruit ripens when very small
this becoming more pronounced each
year until the tree dies, which it in
variably does at the end of two or
three years. The cause of little peach"
is believed to be a fungus which at
taclSs the very young roots, and al
ready the matter of preventing it by
securing resistant stocks has been
taken up.
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2 Z ~ Jii-IEJtI Ut
American Dates.


! Another importation which Will
to the southwestern part of the coun-
try is that sof' date palms obtained IN
Africa. A number of years ago a; lim-
tied importation. OF these palms was
made from Egypt. and, while most OF
therngwere lost through adversely OF
climate. the shipment helped to. show
the possibilities OF date growing IN
Arizona and q southern California
Through agents. Of the, Department OF
Agriculture, a small shipment OF date
palms was secured from Algeria in
1899, and a large shipment. from the
same country. mostly from the borders
OF the Sahara desert, in, 1900, and fully
80 per cent Of these are growing vigor-
ously. This year a collection of the
choicest varieties in Egypt has been
obtained and sent to the Southwest
this importation being in Continuation
Of the plan. to obtain; from every part
Of the world where the date palm is
grown a complete collection OF the
choice varieties. The date palm is OF
special value in the hot Southwestern
country, since it thrives and fruits best
where the summers are long and hot,
as in Arizona and California The
establishment of the industry in this
section, therefore, would make it pos
sible to utilize much OF the land there
which, though irrigable. is too alkaline
for ordinary crops. 1t is hoped. now
that large number of plants of the
choicest varieties have been imported.
that in time this country may produce
enough dates to supply the home de-
mand and, perhaps, even some for ex-
port
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mentioned shove. .eWithons th@se,$ two.
fari9ihG - s-&mtbsNblss
Every ihkesti11tion hat ads t9new
light in respect to these Is nefp to an
farming operations. In some expert
ments carried on in North Dakota the
number of colonies OF ordinary bac-
terra ip the, first three inches of soil
was found to range from 10000 to 3d.
900, and OF anaerobic bacteria from
ITO 5000. .Nitxjfyihg <bactArfA were
not found in ebare hummer fAlfow be-
low two feet Some Of the conclu-
sions Of the experifnehters follow:
"The continuous growing OF wheat
Of 10Th spstp. :: or cultivated crop.
rapidly depletes the organic matter
from the second six inches OF soil. The
. GEQvingsof cloYlrs- An4eneaS In = texop
sofaaisn2 caused, =: AaTfGf ldcfAsesia,
the organic matter and humus in the
soil in both the first and second six
inches. Proving under green crop
does not pte0ucs osG beoentiaas results
7as come from, blowing, grass lands,
Flowing under green crop leaves the
organic matter in mass and not uni
foTm1y distributed thToug h6nt the soil
AFTER grass ina crop rotation the soil
!, shows p large increase in amount, Of
organic matter but. less than two
thirds as much as is found in adjoining
fields of native prairie soil. ne yBbau
!, Soils on, which, wheat has been
grown continuously since 1883 were
found to bein bad condition, Chemical
ly d1physioally. o They do notoretain
water well in the cultivated portion.
and failed to mature a crop OF wheat
in the dry. season OF 1900. The avail
able plant food and the principal feed
ing ground of the wheat roots seems
to be in the first feighta inches bf soil
Newly broken soils do not
blow. The great mass OF fine
roots interviewed about the particles
of soil in the virgin prairie proven ted
the soil from blowing. The same re-
suits may be attained by adopting a
system of rotation which includes
grass. The system of agriculture most
nearly ideal for maintaining soil fer
tility would be one with two years in
grass. one year cultivated crop. then
two years in grain crops. making a
Nv ~ S<~A . ASS~@|ASN' gt YayI IA 4, 81
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1t is of the usual, heavy metal GID
ed fupon oner gds tuu ,yitvsE,oni the
Of g. yas e & aYY{I9hk sbs 'hshins


sdasoa W Viii n l,o1ed f x oasos5 s e :
This spoon was struck by "musky''
in the waters Of Mason Lake. which
is connected with the FYambeau, til snee5
with the Chippewa and thence with
the Mississippi 1t was struck gin
anger. 1t was Undated at the time
and the fish knew that it was I'M
baitedi i VLJO[s .IT NJ
He nosed it once or twice as it was
trolled past his lurking place at the.
roots of the lily-pads ten feet sdewn.S
"A guide was pulling the heavy boat
and theCtish -wasr.tiredT Of rbe ing n dis,
turbed. He rushed 1t suddenly seized
the great spoon in his jaws, steering
clear of the, gang Of hooks at its end,
mashed it with one powerful grip,
rolled over and disappeared! IT'S q =
The spoon looks as if it had been
laid on an anvil and hammered by
a blacksmitha IT is ;crushed almost out
of semblance to itself.
The metal at one side is rolled over
and over, as if som, giant had, tried
to- mako antalloy cigarette Its flowst
end is bent upon itself. 1t IS In such
shape; that, netting could be done with
it unless it were melted and rernolded.
tits proof OF the stremen dous force
in the jaws Of this shark of the I'M
sailed seas. Such "a grip would have
taken a mans hand of at the wrist.
| 1t would have, severed one-half of his
J foot cleanly The, fish that did the
trick weighed probably not more than
thirty pounds. ''''''
/ In the village of Fifield are .copper-
hound oar blades which bear the
marks of muskallonge teeth; tin cup
once snatched from fisserman's hand
/ as he leaned over the boats side to
! dip water woEpanis pfeastpins Of gold
which was seized before 1t reached bot
tom and cut from it's captured captor''s
4 belly. " E'A Je EYGG i.a3fA
|. 3 THE guides say thatlit. is impossible
to have much to do WITH a IN s!>al onge's
Eacnt7; ever, after IT. is 1stead- swatilvut
sufferiaSS some iiacerItian1sefs the I'M
gers. This is due to the numbers OF
rows of teeth ana their exceeding
sharpnesss.I e. y -, r. -
MuskaTonge are known often to
strike a trolIed spoon with closed jaws
and send it flying fifteen feet in the
air Men Who have seen the jaws of
a twenty-poander wlde1 open do not
wonder. why they discover a four
poundiSbass faster ana more neatly
than a Circular saw could do it.
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San Jose Scale from North China.

San Jose Scale from North China
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson in
his annual report, referring to the San
Jose scale, says:
The evidence accommodating during
the past two or three years had seemed
to show that very possibly this scale
was originally imported into this coun-
try from Japan, and in the spring OF
the present year the assistant entomol-
ogist, Mr.. Marlatt. was sent to Japan
for the purpose OF studying the ques-
ton on the ground. Unexpectedly to
most entomologists. although not to
the chronological force of the Depart
ment OF Agriculture. it was quite def
nitely ascertained that the San Jose
scale is not Indigenous to Japan. but
that, quite to the contrary, 1t was in
troduced into that country from the
United States upon fruit stock at sew
eral different times and at several diff
fe-ent points. The most careful search
failed to reveal the scale in portions of
Japan where American plants had not
been introduced. Mr. Marlatt's trav-
els in the japanese empire lasted about
five months, and having satisfied him
self, as just stated, he proceeded to
China, visiting Cheefoo, the port of the
great foreign fruit district of North
China, where the industry was started
by a missionary CDR. Nevins) some
thirty years ago. since which time 1t
has extended over the province. For
eign fruits were introduced and are
now grown alongside the native fruits
or grated on native trunks. The San
Jose scale was found there, but the
admixture OF foreign trees with the ma
tive trees prevented any conclusion as
to whether the scale was indigenous
or not Proceeding to Pekin, he found
the fruit markets enormously stocked
and representing exclusively the prod
ucts Of the surrounding country and
districts south OF and adjacent to the
Great Wall. All the fruits were ma
tive. The apples were small. and the
pears were hard and woody. Nearly
all this fruit was infested by the San
Jose scale.
At Tientsin the same conditions
were found in the fruit markets, aud
in the city gardens and private yards
the San Jose scale was found on q
towering shrub coming from North
China. In all the region between
Tientsin and Pekin and the Chinese
wall native fruits only are grown, and
no foreign stock of any kind has ever
been introduced. Apples. pears,
peaches, apricots, and plums are ex-
tensivel7 grown on the sunny slopes
of all the hills south of the Great Wall.
The San Jose scale in this district
could not have come from any foreign
country, as there have been no impor-
tations and the fruits are all of native
sorts. The scale occurs very scatter
ingly, although generally, just as it
should If native, and is in state Of
balance with its native natural enc
mics. 1t has natural enemy, every
where present and efficient, in lady
bird beetle known as Chilocorus SINH
lis. From this evidence Mr.. Marlatt
concludes without doubt that tie San
Jose scale is native of North China
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A Remedy for Stock Poisoning.

The loss of stock in Montana, caused
by poisonous plants, has been esti-
mated at from $4,000 to 500, 900 per
annum. Prior to the present fiscal
year there was no simple and reliable
way of saving stock when poisoned.
but now, by a series of careful expert
ments conducted at the request of the
Montana authorities, the department
has shown that If small tablet con-
sisting of permanganate of potash and
sulphate of aluminium be promptly
administered the greater part of this
loss can be averted. The action of the
permanganate is to oxidize and destroy
the poison still remaining unabsorbed
in the stomach, and this action is in
tensifed by the sulphate of aluminium.
The poisonous plants that respond to
this treatment are, so far as ascer-
tanned, larkspur and poison camas, the
two plants that cause NEST Of the loss
es in Montana.-Dert. of Agriculture
Report
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much as, or more than, any other tree
Id Oklahoma for ShA6e. and in shelter
belts, etc., says a bulletin Of the Okla
bona experiment station. It is usu-
ally accepted as q good tree. 1t 10 .
fast growing tree and In many In
stances has showed remarkable ability
to:-nYH-Ands.KroM. -duytnE the -d:iest
summers. f. has, ,howsYera lost, some
OF its prestiga,during the past summer.
The trees die back to the GROUND yeFyf
badlyait transplanted In The fAA The
weakness OF the, tree has caused many
failHpres this year. rs tEansplapted ia
the spring it is very hardy and Ef6ws
readily. but fail setting followed BY q
edry seaso1fiS ;teldbin sati sfaet6rSs.'
The maple seems to be entirely out
classed when planted m cibse' mixed
planting with elm and black locust. A
mixed grove on the experiment station
farm at! saltwater, Oklahoma, gives a
good comparison Of these three trees,
In the south ten rows OF the grove
there We're, one hundred and, nineteen
maple trees, one hundred and, sixteen
,elms, and forty-seven black 1ochst
trees Of this . number, one hundred
and two NAPLES died during the sum
; ner of 1901; all OF the ieiIas; and black
lofeusts are stu living oSeventy-h FIVE
maple trees, all OF which are dead.
! were attacked by Fat headed borers'
> during the summer. 'Thirty=seyen elms
had been attacked by borers. but not
one locust showed a sign Of borers. The
drouth no doubt caused. the death OF
most of the trees. The borers Showed
great preference for the maple trees!
All OF the trees are, five, years old and
|, were set In the spring OF 1898 The
naples and elms averaged about the
same size. nine feet high, last spring
I and the black locusts about fifteen feet
high. 81 @Dj - raYy aiUoI =; t
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-F| "a !!:!g AND HG ARPEN.
AA1fERs Of iNTekEsT T6 AeR.-
CUlTURlSTS
Some Up-to-Dats Hints About CuIti-
walton OF the Soil and Hieaas
Observation-Disclosures viucaleare aA1
s1or'ea'sare ,s.:: t-,4.; gag
Nos.. ON tn. ,u.s.,.. Fly.

Notes ON tho ,HeosiAu Fly. r.
The greatest obstacle 70 the growing
wheat in some states of the Union is
the Hessian hy This insect not in
frequently increases as the wheat acre
age INCREASES. and acts as decided
drag S@ the yhqie sheatserowine
business VARIOUS methods have been
tried to escape the ravages OF this in
sect Late sowing has been one Of
these. Sometimes this practice Is en-
stirely successful IN 'ena bling Che wheat
TO escape the flies and also in securing
a good yield Of grain. the following
season. At other times the warm
weather in the fall Has enabled the
MES to live long enough to- produces
grubs in the late ,sow1 Z wheat, IN.
case OF dry time late in the fall the
late-sown wheat has been known not
to terminate, or, terminating, it has
made too slight growth to be able,
10 stand the varying hardships OF
winter. But taking all things into
consideration it is probable that late
sowing is generally advisable. When
the flies are present at all in the late
sown wheat they are generally few in
mum bers compared to the numbers
found In the early-sown wheat An
Illustration of this is seen in some
sowings made at the Kentucky Exper-
1ment station. One plot planted Sep
tember rs, yielded 33 per cent Of in
tested plants. A plot sowed October 8
yielded per cent of infested plants
Three other plots sowed October 10,
II and "a yielded no infested plants.
In localities north OF Kentucky the
paintings should be earlier than the
dates mentioned. while south Of the
northern part Of that state they should
be later.
Hessian flies cannot stand frost
and disappear mostly after few cold
nights IN the fall. They are supposed
TO be. about as hardy as the mosquito.
However, cases are known where they
laid eggs on wheat plants after at least
four heavy frosts The flies spend
much OF their life in the ground dur
ing the summer months. About the
time the fall wheat should appear they
come out of the ground and deposit
their eggs On the young wheat blades
II any exist. Then they promptly die.
Three days from the time Of coming
out OF the ground the insects have
finished laying their eggs and have
persisted. The eggs are always laid on
the upper side of the blade and usually
only few on each leaf. They are SO
small that they can be readily seen
only with a microscope. The FLAX
seeds are often taken for eggs, but
these are the coccoons Of the grub, in
which he is transforming into full
Hedged Hessian fly and getting ready
to do mischief when he Cor she)
energies in the spring.
Strange as it may seem. the Hessian
fly, except in its flax seed" state, is
not generally known. A small beetle
(aphodius inquinatus) is frequently
mistaken for it These insects are
numerous in some wheat fields. The
Hessiau fly resembles a mosquito, but
lacks the beak.
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QUEEN 4 CRESCENT
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