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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

: Thirteen game cocks are to take part in the
biggest cooking main that has been pulled off In
the middle west in several years. The fights will
take place in Chicago between Christmas and
New Years between Wisconsin and Michigan
birds. The main is to be for $4,000 a side and
800 on the result of each separate fight, OF
which there are to be about twenty. Dudley
Pierce of Appleton. of the best known follow
ers of the pit game in the middle west, and
owner of some of the best cocks that ever did
battle, has entered tour five Of his best game
sters, and he will be on the spot ready TO back
his birds against all Corners.
The Century Road Club of America has elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
President, H.. A. Iudlum. New York; first vice
president, DIR. c. D. Peck, SHndusky. OhiO sec
ond vice president. j. NJ. Miller Chicago, ILL.,;
secretary. C. E. Nylander, New York; treasurer,
r. C.. Williams.
ticket The only one nominated until the
New York division demanded individual ballot.
j The ticket went through overwhelmingly.
/ 1t is announced behalf of the Amateur
Skating Associa ton of the United States that a
| meeting will be held or Jan. 16 at the skating
club of Brooklyn to ratify constitution and
! bylaws adopted by the organization copy
of which has been mailed to every athletic club
in the locality.
| 1t is also proposed that this association shall
have an alliance with the A. A. u. that Its
annual meeting shall occur in October each year
| skating championships, and with the main object
| ''the enconrag cement, advancement and improve
| ment of. skating and kindred sports among ANA
teurs.'
The number of candidates for the team of thret
| representatives which is to be sent abroad b!
! the Automobile club or America to compete fo
the international cup next year was increased t
Ave yesterday by application from Percy Over
| Of New York.
Those who have filed applications ant
| posted the necessary 5000 forfeit money are
! Alexander Winton, Cleveland; H. S.. Hardness
! New York: l.. Z. Moores, Cleveland; c. w
Matheson, Grand Rapids, and Percy Owen, New
| York.
The champion hackney stallion, Bribthorpt
Playmate, which won the first prize in the Madl
| son Square horse show this fall has been bought
| by Henry Wick. formerly president OF the Ma
! tional Steel company, from Robert Beth OF Blw
Evansville, Ont. The price Is said TO nave peer
| abo $40
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19

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ocONOMOW0c SAUSAGE.
Leave orders carlo for Holly and Holly
Wreathing,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19

Indianapolis Decamp. aged so years and
a resident of Greenyille. Ohio. has been in de-
tention a t Somerset. Grant county. for more than
q year He y the heir of an estate in Ohio
worth about $100, GOO. - sss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25

10 digestion, and prevents sour crop.
Dig up the ground rake 1t over till 1t is
mellow and free from rubbish or other
hindrances to the fowls bathing The
cowfs bath is as necessary as yours.
87sry observing poltryman will tell
NJ mat there is a great deal of bungling
work done in handling baby chicks. and
dearly that bupgltng work is paid Cor by
the carly loss of great numbers of them.
Poultry raising is an employment in
which the farmers wife and daughters
can engage, and leave him free to attend
to other departments.
Whatever the food fed the rule feed
only = little ut a time and feed often
should be pasted in every poultryman's
hat; 1t is the veritable keynote to sue
cessful chicken raising.
II we want chicks that will live and
grow we must have eggs from stock that
is In high physical condition. stock that
isn't debilitated by disease. nor by over
fat nor impaired digestion, nor an ILL
balanced food ration.
There Is no danger of injuring chicks
by punch marking the foot If the pune
ture is made in the web. The best time
to do the marr.ng Is when the chicks are
taken from the nest, at which time the
puncture bleeds little sometimes not at
all.
To start poultry raising on the farm
requires little or no capital BY good
management poultry can be made with
little cost a valuable adjunct to the farm.
Every issue of the Mammoth Eighty
four Column Twelve Page Weekly Age
Herald will contain valuable in formation
to the poultry raiser.
Poultry raising will bring the best re-
suits in the snaps of new-laid eggs dur
ing the winter season. when the farmer
has the most time on his hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
NOTES FOR THE BEEkEEPER.

Now is the time for stmulative feeding
Pine Is the best wood for beehves
Ventilation is the main cause of moldy
combs.
Bees are much more apt to swarm if
cramped for room.
Every family In Alabama on a farm or
with a garden should have at least a
few colonies of bees.
Queen-rearing ordinarily may begin in
May.
Surplus boxes should always be equip
ped with foundation starters or natural
comb.
Using worker comb exclusively will pre-
vent breeding drones.
Bee smoking makes their handling a
trivial matter.
Hives should be raised above the
ground high enough to give free circula-
ton of air all around them.
Contract the size of the hive to suit
the size of the colony.
A hive full of combs may be handled as
though 1t were a single piece, instead
of collection of loose pieces.
all frames full; also all section boxes f..
comb honey.
The proper work to be done now is to
make every effort to get every colony
strong in numbers before the honey flow
begins.
1t is necessary to have pollen in the
hives for brood-rearing and if there is
not a supply stored in the combs, rye
meal will do as a substitute.
Extracted honey that has graduated
can be reduced to liquid form by putting
the vessel containing it into hot water
until the honey is melted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25

warded III milk and butter production.
Beans have not been much used for
COW feed, but where they have been used
they have appeared to give very excellent
satisfaction They carry about % per cent
of digestible protein.
1t is difficult to judge of the capacity
of an animal by points only Some
of the best mixers and butter-producers
could not win a prize at SHOWS II they
were judged by points instead OF test
ing them at the pail.
Several of the northern agricultural coll
leges have added dairy schools where
practical instruction can be had in the
science of dairying These schools are
nov turning out large numbers OF grad
yates, who for the most part find ready
EN- ployment with creameries.
Every farmer In Alabama should be a
dairyman. and to be good dairyman.
Should be a subscriber to the Mammoth
Eighty-four Column. Twelve Page Week.
ly Age-Herald.
The dairy papers report that the Ten
nessee creameries are all doing a salts.
factory business There is quite a number
of such concerns in Tennessee. state,
which like Alabama. is admirably suited
to dairying with its rich valleys and nu.
tritious grasses and cold springs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
HORSE NOTES.

In breaking a colt, the first thing is to
convince him that we will not hurt him.
To make him gentle, we must gain
his confidence.
Use kindness and firmness at all times
but do not tolerate any foolishness.
Never put two colts together when
breaking them.
After the colt has become accustomed
to the harness hitch by O trusty old
horse for few times. He will learn the
ways of the old horse quickly.
Do not be harsh with the colt but see
that he obeys promptly what you tell
him. When you tell him to go see that he
does 1t. If you say "Whoa!' see that lie
stops at once.
When you first catch the colt use a hal
ter he cannot break nor in any way get
away from you. Accustom him to the
harness gradually. A betting harness lis
a good thing for first lessons.
Treat your horse kindly all the time
Use little common sense and humanity
In all your dealings with your horses
Treat them as you would like 10 be treat
ed II you were in their Place
subscribe for the MANN 9th EiRhty-four
Column, Twelve Page Weekly Age Her
aid If you want to know all about stock
raising.
The belief that the horse was imported
to America by the Spanish and Portuguese
is controyerted by Mr.. f. L. Berthond of
Golden, Colorado. who produces evidence
that the Spaniards found horses in South
America. He cites a map, drawn by Sc
bastian Cabot for the Emperor Charles
V. representing his explorations of the
Laplatta and Panama rivers, which con-
tain symbols of animals found there, the
horse being one of them.
Horses which are fed exclusively on
corn and hay do not receive the kind of
nourishment that is necessary for the
due support and maintenance of the ami
NAL fabric. Oats on the contrary contain
more of the essential elements of nutri-
ton than any other article of food which
can be fed with impunity to horses
Oats are not only the most natural food
for horses, but are decidedly the m ost
nutritious Experience has demonstrated
that horses properly fed on oats and
timothy hay, can with regular exercise,
good grooming and proper sanitary regu-
lations, be brought to the highest state of
physical culture, and can perform more
work with less evidence of fatigue than
when fed on anything else.
Diseases in horses are unquestionably
hereditary, descending from parent to
progeny. Spavins, curbs and rinR-bone
are constitutional defects, that are liable
to be perpetuated; heaves and roaring are
diseases that greatly depreciate the value
of the horse, No breeder should run the
risk of transmitting these maladies from
a roaring dam, or one having heaves.
The firm, full-developed muscles, the
bright, pleasant eye, and healthy-looking
coat indicate the pleasant disposition and
hardy constitution of the mare. But the
wind can be tested best by exertion. Kind
temper In the brood mare is of the ut
most Importance, for she will entail her
vices to her colts in nine cases out of
ten
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
THE PIG PEN.

Any man that expects to succeed In
hog raising must have Gooo iounda-
lion on which to start.
Don't shut your pigs away from your
sow when YOU wish to wean them.
n a SOW fails to raise good strong
litter the nrpt time. send her TO the
packing HOUSE.
Good foundation stock costs something
hut II In q cost that cannot be avoided.
Right feeding and right breeding are es-
saatials after the good foundation has
been secured.
Give your pigs a rourishing. appetiz-
ing feed by themselves, and feed your
SOW on oats and ether such no-n1ilk pro
ducing feeds and within ten days your
pigs won't look at her.
Many fine litter of pigs is lost, and
especially In times when farmers want
to be particularly good to their brood
sows, by giving them too much feed
the first three days after narrowing.
The best way to use soy beans Is to
make by planting soy beans, cowpeas and
corn in alternate rows, and at the last
cultivation two pounds of rape is sown
to the acre. is not expensive, and 1t
makes pork nothing else will.
Every farmer in Alabama should be
a hog raiser, at least to the extent of
producing his own meat supply; ana IL
he will read the Mammoth Eighty-four
Column, Twelve Page Weekly Age-Her-
aid regularly, he will know how easily
this can be done as well as how to do
1t.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington Is about to inaugurate a
series of experiments in the breeding Of
swine, which they hope may result in
the eradication of many of the objections
advanced by scientists to pork as food.
1t is on account of the filthy habits of
the ordinary hog, it is stated, that this
dom este animal is more prone to con-
tract infectious and contagious diseases
than any other.
If the hog were as clean In his Gus
toms as the sheep, for instance, the scen-
lists believe that the flesh would be
sweeter and purer, and that there would
be less danger to the consumer from
porcine tuberculosis and trichina.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
Sheep Husbandry

No animal rewards its owner so for
liberal feeding and painstaking care as
does the sheep.
stow upon sheep Is less than is required
by any other domestic animal
Keep the following points in mind:
Give plenty of clean water dip in late
summer; keep clean and in q good dry
barn; give regular attendance and feed
A sheep, to be well and hearty must
not be half starved at any period of its
growth. 1t must be personally comfort
able to grow wool every day of it's life.
Three hundred and sixty-five days make
year. If. from any cause. sheep is
uncomfortable a single day. he will grow
wool only 3G4 days in year.
The cheapest meat for the farmer Is
mutton. 1t may safely be said to cost
nothing. as the fleece from a sheep of
good breed will amply pay for its keep
ing. Then, for additional profit, there is
a lamb or two, the pelt of the animal If
killed at home. the excellent manure from
its droppings and the radiance of the
pastures from weeds, to which sheep are
destructive foes.
There Is nothing so desirable or use
full for sheep as changes of food, II only
for a day or two Like all other weak
nerved animals. sheep require frequent
stimulation. This may be afforded by
changes of food or pasture, even
change of lodging is a comfort to a
sheep. Removal from one shed to anoth-
er, especially IL the new place has been
nicely cleaned up, does a lot of good.
Bean vines, which do not seem to find
favor with cattle. will be eaten readily
by sheep. and they will consume any
thing in the shape of provender that is
fit for food On the pasture they are in
dustrious In seeking as delicacies young
weeds and other growth that would take
possession of the neld but for them, also
making the land more fertile with their
droppings, which are uniformly scatter
ed and trampled in. A dozen sheep on
a farm should cost the farmer almost
nothing for food.
A sheep dairy" has been started in
Tennessee by an Austrian for the man.
ufacture of Schafkase-sheep cheese-a
delicacy which is said to far surpass Cow
cheese" in all desirable qualities. Schaf-
kase is made like ordinary cheese, 1t is
reported. and the factory has started
with milk from 200 sheep. which number
is to be increased to 500 or even 1000. Nut
ton and wool have hitherto been the chief
points held in view in raising sheep, must
their milking qualities also be taken into
consideration?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
THE DAIRY.

Statistics show that the annual value
Of the dairy product is double that of
the entire cotton crop
Sugar King Havemeyer sells butter
from his Jersey herd at $3.50 per pound.
Alabama possesses many advantages
over New York, Pennsylvania or any of
the Eastern states for dairying
One of the things worth doing well Is
nlIlklng the cows, and no COW is ever
m fixed well unless MIXED clean.
Much of inilch cows value depends
upon how she was trained as a heifer.
1t is, therefore, very important that the
heifer should be properly trained.
Despite the competition from oleomar-
garine the supply of "gilt-edge" butter
Is far below the demand although 1t
commands the highest prices at all sea-
sons.
The daIryman who grows a large acre
age of clover, both for grazing and for
hay, Is pretty apt to be handsomely re-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
THE ORCHARD.

1t pays to spray intelligently.
Thin dwarf peas as soon as the fruit
is set
The time to thin Is when the fruit has
set well.
Small growth and too much small fruit
go together
Fruit trees and fruit require potash for
their best development
Thrifty growth furnishes few large
and fine specimens of fruit.
Everything at this time indicates that
fruit will bring good prices this year.
The best place for dumping cool ashes
is around the base of fruit trees.
If mildew appears on the grapevines
dust the affected vines with flour of
sulphur.
1t requires a good deal of nerve to thin
fruit as it should be done, yet it pays
well to do II.
The more peach trees are cut back when
young the more stocky will be the trunk
and branches.
In growing fine fruit two points are
essential-to have rich soil and to thin
early In the season.
The timely and proper thinning of the
fruit on the orchard trees Is matter
which should receive far more attention.
The stoniest, toughest points of the
farm are often found to be the best for
growing many varieties of fruits.
Stimulating the grapevine by animal
manure makes 1t grow until late in the
fall, and the wood does not ripen well.
SUNNI er pruning is necessary to some
extent to secure well-balanced heads. but
too severe pruning at this time is decided
ly harmful.
There Is no use In growing a tree very
tall. The top limbs are apt to become
slender and break If fruit is produced on
them.
Fruit trees that have been grated need
looking after The stock may make shoots
which will rob the scion, and of course,
should be cut away.
Many trees would bear fruit If they had
about one-half of the limbs and branches
cut out, so as to let the sun act on the
leaves and assist in preventing nldew.
The leaves are the lungs of the tree.
If they are gone and cannot breathe for
the tree, then it becomes sfckly and fails
to bear. If the bud eaters take the buds,
then, no matter how many leaves it con-
tains it will not bear any fruit that sea-
son.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25
The Poultry Yard.

Comfort for fowls means profit.
Feed young chicks many times every
day.
Onion tops chopped fine and mixed with
feed are excellent for poultry.
Gull old-timers and send to the board
ing house.
Eggs for setting should be turned over
every day.
Whitewash the poultry house several
times during the year.
Watch for lice and mites, and If you
don't find them fight them anyhow.
Guineas are fond of potato bugs, and
will clean patch better than Paris
green.
Exercise is the plan all birds follow in
their natural state.
Clean poultry premises and eternal Wig
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-05-25

own order. The moth which lays the egg
that makes the corn worm will never
emerge from the chrysalis state until
there is corn silk for her to deposit her
eggs on. Besides this, the corn worm Is
a dull. sluggish worm which feeds on the
young soft grains of the corn until fully
grown. when 1t drops off works it's way
into the ground where It enters the chrys-
alis state. There are oft n two broods of
these the same season, the early ones re-
producing themselves The last brood live
over winter buried in the ground from
whence they come out a moth the next
spring or summer. So the tomato and
corn worm have no relation whatever to
each other. But, no doubt, some means
Will be found for the destruction Of this
pest. Summing up The whole crop stu
alton, the prices which farmers are real
izing together with the good yield of all
the crops Which have matured make the
situation very satisfactory. The vegeta-
bic growing industry is only In its intro
ductory or rather experimental stage in
many sections. But If good prices are
realized, which we have every reason to
believe will be the case there will be an
enormous increase In next seasons
acreage. Everything reasonable should
De done to encourage this comparatively
new INDUSTRY.
Sorghum.
again, in answer to several inquiries
about the value of sorghum as feed, will
say that the value of the plant food In
sorghum is largely In the saccharine mat
Ter which the stalk contains. So that it
Is best to let the crop get well matured
oetore cutting. l think 1t would pay bet
ter to plant this crop in drills and Gull
uVate and let 1t get well advanced In
growth, no matter If the stalks get as
large as ones fingers, l think 1t better to
leave it to nature rather than cut green
with the idea of getting two crops. There
is very little value in the blades of the
sorghum This plant Is one of the best
Tor feed If grown and managed right
But to cut sorghum green, simply for
hay or fodder there would be but little
value In such feed. So let the crop have
time to store up good supply of sac
charine matter then cut and cure. There
is ample time yet for sowing sorghum
and large crop should yet be sown. |
expect to spend a few days the coming
week among the crops in North Alabama
and Middle Tennessee and may find some
thing of interest In these sections.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

seemed to be having any rate could keep
track of them So at last give try
thing else, but OH dear! everything tried turned
about the "@.
In the afternoon and tried to play but had
dispute that ended in deadly between myself
and playmates and lasted for three Everything that
said seemed to offend So at length fled
stayed till gas lighted
came down stairs. think the agreed with
how passed the evening better than had day Thus
ended most beautiful CD day. Yours truly,
Seventh Grade Mae Chestnut,
Whittier School. 213 w Twenty-sixth Street.
While Baby Svveetly Slept.
Dear Clara-1 home alone with baby beauti-
full CD day in June. promised bit Of
the homework and watch baby at the time Fortunate
ly had done the work neatly knew how,
about to comb my hair and put on clean dress.
When was through braiding braid, thought OF
baby AS quick Of lightning, put my sunbonnet
and into the backyard calling Baby did not see
the pond and plump down went It not deep, but
drenched changed clothes and running
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24
DIR. EDWARD EVERETT HALE.

Edward Everett Hale was 50 years of April 8,
apparently to be active in mind and body
he He is often the streets in
Boston, frequently takes public meetings He
writes much, chiefly by way of magazine articles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24

Thought SO II they had seen the work
We were to do. Somebody might
have thought it a beautiful. day, but
that feeling did not come to us. This
was Saturday; we had been planning
to go to picnic, but it rained so it
was impossible to go.
The day before we had been talks
ing of having the kitchen painted.
We had nothing but paper on it, and
of course that had to be taken of.
There were four coats of paper on
the walls and three on the ceiling.
My brother, Sister, mother and I set
to work about eight No' clock in the
morning. We worked steadily until
noon, and then we were about ready
for something to eat. We ate our
lunch and were soon busy again. In
D little while we had finished one
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-24
A Disabled Steed.

: Dear Nina-Perhaps when you read this
letter you will laugh, but can assure you I
did not, ...z.-. >. -::~x. :Ni9 -r:~..A -.
!: Last Friday morning was a beautiful one.
So thought l would ride, my wheel to
school, l. reached school albright, dis
lance of about four miles from my home. At
about thalf-past one it began to rain. The
rain just poured down all the afternoon until
hahpast three, just the time that school
closed. = / mounted my wheel and started
home thinking could get home before: it
rained again. When was half way home
something happened to the rear wheel and
it would not 60 round;: SO was obliged to
carry it in my arms and run, the front wheel
along on the ground. IL had gone about four
blocks this way and was: almost exhausted