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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
HORTICULTURE

Locating the Peach Orchard.
In spite of the disasters experienced
by peach growers during the last
five years, peach orchards are be.
ing planted In considerable numbers
and on large areas. This is a wise
thing to do, as big crop now and
then help to average up the lean
years and the years when the freezes
destroy large areas of peach orchards.
Gradually localities are being found
In most Of our states where the dis
asters come rarely and where crops
OF peaches are common.
Soil for peach orchards may be
OF almost any character, except
swampy. Wherever situated it should
contain enough sand to permit of q
sort OF natural drainage about the
roots. Where there is a hard, COM
pact clay beneath, peach trees should
not be planted. as the roots of the
trees find 1t difficult or impossible to
penetrate 1t and are compelled to feed
only In the surface soil. When the
water in the surface soil is gone. the
roots are exposed to the drouth.
When they 60 into winter in this
condition they are more easily affect.
ed by the cold. 1t Is now believed
that moisture in the soil has O very
important influence In bringing trees
through severe winters unframed. In
addition, where there Is hard pan
that will hold water, some of the
trees will most likely be set in basins
that will keep their roots immersed
for weeks during the wet weather.
This often results in the destruction
OF the tree as the roots of peach trees
must have air as well as water to
enable them to grow. The texture
OF the subsoil has much to do with
the success Of the peach orchard. 1t
must not be so impervious to water
as to hold 1t for long periods and 1t
must not be so porous as to permit
1t to leach away too readily. The soil
should be loose enough to permit the
passage of water but must be close
enough to keep the law Of capillary
attraction In operation. A good
peach soil Is neither too rich nor toe
poor. A too rich soil gives wood
growth at the expense of fruit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
DUKE OF YORK sNussgp.
Mounted Police Had Good Idea oil
Their Dignity.

mounted foNCe 1du Sood tuea OF
Their Dignity.
Listening to the conversation Of the
Canadian mounted police, as one en-.
counters them everywhere In the
Northwest, 1t is distinctly evident that
they are men OF different stripe from
the Tommy Atkins of the British regu.
lars, says Leslie's Monthly. The
mounted policeman Is q head, not an
automaton nor flunky. This was
curiously illustrated during the visit
of the duke OF York to the territories
last year. AS the royal train came
into one OF the frontier towns two
liveried outrunners dashed breathless.
ly to the platform. shouting excitedly
for the police to get out the royal
horses!" The troopers OF the uni.
versity type smiled and said nothing:
but one of the frontiersmen in khaki
frowned and took a bite Of chewing to.
bacco.
The two little men in royal livery
became apoplectic.
Don't you men hear? Get out the
horses! Who's going to get out the
horses"
The trooper in khaki again calmly
took consolation for the insult from
his tobacco. Have some? MOI
Horses? Did you say horses7 Well.
don't burst your buttons. What do
you think you are for? Got EN- out
YOURSELF"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

AGkfCUETtjRF
Value Of Stable Manure.

In a recent report of the Oklahoma
station Director Fields makes the fol-
lowing statements regarding the value
OF stable manure, which apply to 9TH
er portions of the country as well as
to Oklahoma:
On the outskirts of every town In
Oklahoma may be seen a collection Of
manure piles tht have been hauled
out and dumped in waste places. The
plant food in each ton of this manure
Is worth at least s2-that Is what
eastern farmers pay for similar ma
terial, and they make money by doing
II. And yet, almost every liveryman
has to pay some one for hauling the
manure away. This is simply be-
cause farmers living near these towns
are missing chance to secure some
thing for nothing-because, perhaps,
the profit Is not directly In sight. But
from most soils there is a handsome
profit possible from very small ap-
plication of stable manure.
On the farm of the Oklahoma Agri.
cultural Experiment station Is an acre
that has been In wheat for eight
years. 1t had never been MANFRED.
In the fall of 1898 one-half Of the acre
was MANFRED at the rate of Is tons
per acre and the other was left I'M
MANFRED. When the crop was har-
vested, in the summer of 1899. the
manured piece yielded at the rate Of
80 bushels per acre and the unma.
nured yielded but IL bushels per acre.
An increase of IS bushels of wheat
was secured the first year from an ap-
plication OF Is tons of stable manure
II all of the effect of the manure were
exhausted the first season there were
Ii bushels Of wheat to pay for hauling
about 10 loads Of manure. But the ef-
feet is lasting and extends through a
period of several years.
Here is feasible plan to increase
the wheat crop: Put every bit of ma
nure obtainable into the soil. Eight
cen hundred bushels of wheat will
pay for one man and team hauling
manure for $50 days and the profit is
directly in sight.
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Eattenina Horses for Sale.

Fattening horses so that they will
reach market In good condition for
sale is quite an important industry in
some regions. says C. F. Langworthy.
For instance, in Iowa, there are a
number OF feeders who thus prepare
large numbers OF horses for the Chi
cago market, and officials of the Iowa
Experiment Station have gathered
some data on the subject. The gen.
eral practice is to feed generously and
give little exercise. With proper feed
ing and care, as many as a dozen
horses Of lot fed for market have
in some instances made an average
gain Of 3.75 pounds per head per day
Somewhat larger gains have been
made under exceptional circumstances
throughout a period of ninety days
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Water for Plants,

Our friend the scientist states that
for land to do its best its water con-
tent should be steadily maintained to
within from 40 to SO per cent Of satur.
alton. Prof. King tells us that where
this has been maintained by the ap-
plication Of the needed water their
smallest yield was four tons of dry
matter per acre, and the largest seven.
teen tons, and an average of over
seven tons when twenty-five cases
were tried. We all know that that is
very much in excess of what most Of
us are doing. We also know that all
plant food in the soil is soluble In
water under certain conditions, and
that all plant food with perhaps one
valuable exception. that of carbon) is
taken into the plant through the mois-
ture that is in the soil This being
the case, no matter how rich our soil
may be, II 1t is perfectly dry the plant
has no means Of getting hold of the
plant food. The vegetable matter is
made available through the millions
OF bacteria that are In the soil. Our
flint corn takes $3.50 gallons per acre
each day less moisture to bring it to
perfection than any other crop we
grow, using some 230 tons of water
to grow one ton Of dry matter; Dent
corn 300, and other crops varying
amounts, till we reach oats. which use
from 500 to 700 tons. An apple tree,
during the time 1t produces its fruit
will use $50 gallons per day, or on an
acre, with the trees 35 feet apart
$3.50 gallons per day. Prof. King tells
Of four stalks of corn that used In
thirteen days as they were coming to
tassel 1905 pounds of water. or nearly
three pounds for each stalk per day
This gives us some idea of the i'm
portance which moisture has in the
growth OF plants.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
CHAPTER xvI.-continued.

For Matilda had concealed every
fault and every unkindness by her
prompt action in the matter of Lord
Neville, and Jane had been loving and
praising her for 1t, until the sweet
ness of their first affection was be,
tween them. And Matilda enjoyed
praise; she liked the appreciation OF
her kind deed, and was not therefore
disposed to make light or little OF
what she had done, or of its results
And, pray, how comes my lord on
towards recovery"
Slowly. Life was nearly gone (:
body and mind were at deaths door
but he can walk little now, and in
two or three weeks we are going
away,-far away,-we are going to my
brothers in the Massachusetts col
ony."
You will come back?"
Il think it is unlikely. Father feels
a change approaching. The Protectors
health is failing rapidly; he is dying,
Matilda"
IF he dies?-"
NoShCA VIII lSdNS EuSlduu Us soon
as Cromwell is in his grave. Cymlin
will keep old Swaffham fair, for Gym
lin will never leave England while
you are in it."
. And you can bear to talk of leav-
ing England in that calm way, with
out tears and without regrets. Jane,
1T is shameful; it is really wicked"
: Dear Matilda, do not be angry at
me because | had to do what had
to do. l was married to Cluny three
days after he came home. We all
thought he was going to die, and he
wished me to be his wife. Now did l
not do right to marry him when and
how, he wished?"
: YES" she answered, but her face
and voice showed her to be painfully
affected. Jane, cannot bear to lose
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you. shall have no one to love me,
no one to quarrel with" she added.
you will have Cymlin."
"Cymlin is Cymlin; he is not you.
l will say no more. When woman is
married, all is over"
Then Jane rose to go, and Matilda
tied her bonnet strings and straighten-
ed out her ribbons and her gloves,
doing these trifing services with
long-absent tenderness that filled
James heart with pleasure. Good
bye, dear!" she said with kiss; 81
will come as often as can
very kind of you, Lady Neville"
answered Matilda with curtsy and
a fearful mockery; very kind indeed!
But will your ladyship consider"
then she broke down and threw her
arms round Jane, and called her "a
dear, sweet, little Baggage" and bade
her give Cluny some messages OF
hope and congratulation, and so part
ed with her in strange access OF af-
.fection. But true friendship has these
moods of the Individual and would not
be true without them.
Jane walked home through the city,
and its busy turmoil struck her as
never before. What a vain show it
was! A passing show, constantly
changing. And suddenly there was
the galloping Of horsemen. and the
crowd stood still, and drew a little
aside, while Cromwell, at the head
of his guards, rode at an easy canter
down the street. Every man barred his
head as the grand, soldierly figure
passed Ey. He saw Jane, and a swift
smile chased away for a moment the
sorrowful gravity Of his face. But he
left behind him a penetrating atmos-
phere of coming calamity. His glori-
Gus life was closing like a brilliant
sun setting in stormy sky.
The fifteenth of May had been set
for his assassination. Cromwell knew
all the secret plans of this conspiracy;
knew every member of it; and on the
afternoon when Jane Swaffham saw
him passing up London streets, so
,stern and scornful, he had just order
ed the arrest of one hundred of them.
Jane heard constantly of these
events, but her heart had closer inter-
ests. The ship which was to carry
Cluny and herself to America was
lying at the wharf nearly ready for
sea. There were to be no other pas
sengers Cluny and Jane alone were
to find In its black-ribbed cabin their
home for many weeks, perhaps
months. A recent experience had
proven the necessity for this exclus-
ion of strange elements. Early in
June, Israel had taken Cluny to bid
farewell to his old General, and the
meeting had tried both men severely.
AT its close Cromwell went to a desk
and wrote a few lines to the officials
of the Massachusetts Colony; in them,
commenting Lord Neville TO their
kindness and care. His hands trem.
bled-those large. strong hands-trem-
ibled as he gave the letter to Cluny.
Then he kissed him once more, and
with Farewell" that was blessing,
he turned away, weeping.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
Errors in Milk TESTING.

Professor Eckles OF the Missouri
station says: If cream is tested by
measuring out with the 17.6 C. c.
pipette, as Is done with milk, the
reading will be too low for two rea-
sons. The basis of the Babcock test
is Is grams. The 1871 C. C. pipette de-
livers this weight of milk, but as
cream is more adhesive than milk. a
considerable amount will stick to the
pipette. In sour or thick cream this
error may be as much as LIS per cent.
This error Is easiest removed by fill
ing the pipette about one-third full
of warm water, shaking to loosen the
cream from the sides, then adding this
20 the cream in the bottle. The other
cause for error is on account of the
lightness of the cream, as compared
with milk. A 17.6 C. C. pipette full
OF cream does not weigh quite Is
grams, the regulation amount, but
somewhat less, depending upon the
richness of the cream. II 1t is neces-
sary to have an exact test Of cream.
IL can be obtained best by using deli
cate scales and weighing out the de-
sired amount. Scales especially ar.
ranged for this purpose can now be
purchased at reasonable price. The
temperature at which cream bottles
are read is Of great Importance. A
difference of over per cent can be
made by changing the temperature
from ITO degrees to $50 degrees; ex-
tremes often met with in various
testers. The exact temperature at
which reading is correct has not yet
been determined. but should be some
where about 100 degrees. The best
way to get bottles at q proper tenn
perature is to set them in a pan deep
enough to bring the water up near
the top Of the bottle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30
To Keep MIX Cans Clean.

From Farmers Review; On return
of cans from factory. empty at once.
wash cans thoroughly with warm
water. then put In boiling water, put
covers on, let stand five minutes.
empty and wipe dry, put in sun and
let stand until milking time, rinse with
cold water and use. In case the cans
should be sour, add teaspoonful OF
soda to the boiling water.-H. II. Nor
mey. Van Buren, County, Michigan.
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GRADING up.

From Farmers Review: In grad
ing up herd | start with ordinary
cows. but always with a full blooded
sire and, by the time his get is old
enough for breeding, | change my
sires, only using the same one two
years. BY the eighth cross you have
as near full blood as can be, unless it
be thoroughbred. For general pur.
pose COW would rather have the
cross, my choice for general pur
pose COW being the Durham.-L. H..
Allen, Clinton County. Michigan.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

Tus OyiARY ASB 0viDucr OF LAyns Hnb
called by anatomists chalazes, which
pass quite through the white at ths
ends, and being, as 1t were, embed
ded therein, thus preventing the yolb
and germ from rolling about when
the egg Is moved, and serving to
keep the germ urpermost, 30 that II
may best receive the heat impaired
during incubation.
1t is during the passage of the egs
through the lower part Of the owl
duct that It gets covered with the two
skins which are found inside the
shell. These. although lying close
around the egg, at the thick end be
come separate, and form what is
called the air-bubbls or chamber
When the egg has advanced more
than halfway down the oviduct, II
is still destitute Of shell, which be
gins to be formed by a process OF
secretion, and wnen about completed
the various shades of brown and tint
ed coloring matter is impaired in
those breeds in which colored eggs
are peculiar.
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To Enlsrso Washington University

Samuel Cupplos, the ST. Louis mil.
lionaire. who has just sailed for Eu-
rope, states that upon his return he
intends to enlarge tho Washington
university and make 1t the largest
school of engineering and technology
In tho world.
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Wasn't Quite Sure.

Zcb Barix-Be tibet gal o. your'n inn
provin' IL her palmer playin' since
she begin takin' lessons?
81 OatcaLe-Gcsh, | dunno. She's
either improvln' er else we're gittin'
used tow it, bland ef kin tell which.
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Worlds Largest Spider.

The largest spider in tho world has
teen found in Sdmaira. Its body is
mac inches in circumference and its
legs spread seventeen inches.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

When ligature is bound closely
round branch, the obstruction that 1t
imposes to the descending juices
causes an enlargement or swollen ring
sboye the ligature.
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downy feathers about the thighs, chief.
ly developed In Asiatics.
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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-03
Railroad Notes.

G.. A. Bailey has taken few days leave OF alb
sence and will visit at Norton.
No was abont ten honrs late Wednesday,
reaching here at 10 p m instead OF 3:2O a. m.
Ben Paisley returned from Chicago on Tuesday
evening, but will not return to work here al
present.
Mrs. \. q Stapp. wife OF Foremsa Slapp. went
to GoOdland on No q lhursday for few days
visit with her sOD, ID ane.
Charley Kearns IL running the switch engine al
night Mr. Gardner has gone to Fairbury and
will be on the extra list for the presett.
The wreck at Jansen cost FIVE men their jobs
20 we hear One of the five IL Pat UOnnel who
was recently on the switch engine here.
Rumor has 1t that the section foreman who
s-cceeded Mr. Freibus on the west end. has lost
HE job. The rum"r is not yet confirmed
II there are any car carpenters or repairers ir
the country wanting jobs they can he aCcommc'
da ted by applying to the Rock Island at Horton.
Ed Algeo has resigned ha job Of cleaning din
ing cars and has ecur d a job az brakeman and
switchman. He has gone TO work in the yards
with the night crew
Ken Dresser, one OF the old time Rock Island
railroad boys, was shaking hands with old nc
unaitances ugain this week lie IA now run ming
out Of Peru, Ind and says he will soon be into
Chicago
Billy Newloye has given mp his run on the
"stub line" and taken the dining car work IN
place Of Ed Algoo lie doeI biz work so vel
that the dining car people think he has been
working at that kind Of WORK for fifteen years
Rllly le.ls them he has Of course and they BE-
lieye IL.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-03
The Leading and Official Paper Of
Phillips County.

The Mexican Monetary Commission
b IS recommended the coinage of gold
at 30 to |.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-03
Dayton.

Mrs. Joe Cox visited at j. G. Steele'S
Sunday.
Miss leila Hodge Of Freedom spent
last week at Skeletons.
Grandma Oslin is staying at Mrs.
Addie Steele's this week.
John and Dick Lee took in the last
two days of the Logan Jubilee.
Misses FloSsie Robinson and Nettie
Tannahill visited with Mrs. Lowe
Friday.
II. p. BaSquin will probably preach
at Pleasant Hill next Sunday at three
O'Clock in the absence Of the regular
pastor.
An r. L. D. inspector was over this
road last Monday. We expect to get
"a route established through here soon.
Mistakes will happen and perhaps
we should preface everything we say
with, we hear. Last week instead OF
saying Mrs. Penninger was visiting in
PhillipSburg, we should have said she
was visiting in Freedom with Mrs.
Kendrew and her daughter, Mrs.
Smith Of PhillipSburg.
Last Saturday morning Mr.. G.. Il.
Gregory who has been respected res
ident OF Dayton township for sixteen
years, died. The funeral services were
held at the Pleasant Hill SchoOlhouSe
Sunday afternoon at two O'Clock. He
was buried in the Pleasant Hill ceme-
terry, large procession (about sixty
teamS) following the remains to the
grave. The bereaved family have the
sympathy Of their many friends in
their great attllctiOn.
Dayton township S. S. convention
was held Thursday Aug 9th, and
Notwithstanding the fact that the
program was lost before being printed
it was perhaps the most interesting
convention ever held in the township.
Although the county officers could not
be with us a fact to be deeply regret
ed) the topics were ably discussed by
those present. We have number OF
faithful S. S. workers here in praise OF
whom to much cannot be said; and
most noticeable among them are Mr..
MOusley, Mrs POyser and Mrs. Skelt0n'
Sept. STELLA.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-03
Deer Creek.
(Too late for last week.

tI00 laUe LOT ldSU WEEK
VanAllen's folks all visited ShelitoS
Sunday.
John Smith purchased new range
short time ago.
The r. f. D. Inspector was in this
vicinity last week.
A number of wheat stacks are dam
aged by wet weather.
Prairie hay will be far better this
fall than it usually is.
Mac ShurtS a brother of Nancy Grub
died at Kirwin last week.
Mr.. Reynolds of Marvin was over
looking after his ctttle Sunday.
Mrs. Charlie BevanS is just recover
ing from slight attack of malaria
Mr.. ChlSm purchased range last
week and Murphy'S also invested in
one.
The infant daughter Of Roy and Lii
ly Shellito has been sick but is well
again.
William Kite resigned his position
as superintendent Of Trusdale Sunday
School,
Carl Jupe and Viola BevanS visited
the show at PhillipSburg Saturday
evening.
Mr.. Van Allen and wife just return
ed from the Smith county fair where
they had delightful time.
George Swim and wife are getting
ready to move down on Joe Lees place
where they will stay the coming
winter.
VIII Wheaton has bought a new
threshing machine engine and is now
going to run two machines. he is
one OF the best threShers in Phillips
county.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-03
miles north of LuctOr.

Mr.. Nonhoff, of Cedar Grove, Wis,
is here visiting his son, Henry, and
friends of this place.
Dick Kuyper moved his old house
up to the new building he is having
erected on his farm.
The little child of John VerhOei
died Aug. %. The remains were laio
to rest in the LuCtOr cemetery.
Rev. Van Der Berg, of Dispatch,
Kansas, will preach at the Christian
Reform Church on Sept. 9th.
Mr.. Douglass was out here last week
to look after business matters for the
Beatrice Creamery Co.. at this place
d. Englesman, B. Scamper and Mr.
Kuyper went down to Graham cOUn
ty last week to take look at the
country. On their way home they
stopped and took in the Logan jub
lice. They say crops look fine down
that way.
Gerrit Ter Maat purchased the house
that John Brethouwer lives In now, ol
William Barg. He intends to move II
on his farm a quarter of mile east of
Sanford. Bill Nye.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1903-09-03

Minutes IL Dayton S. S. convention,
Aug. y. Meeting called to order by
the President.
Singing. No. /. More About Jesus.
Scripture Reading-PrOverbS p: lib.
Mr.. MuuSley. Prayer by Mrs. POyser.
Paper, "HOw to secnre punctuality In
i'm the S. s." by Mrs. Shelton. Dis
cusslon Mr.. Mousley. Singing, Labor
On. Topic; "Shall We Continue the
S. S 2" assigned to Mr.. POyser. In bis
absence discussed by Mrs. Poyser, Mrs
steele, Mrs. SHELTON and Mr.. Mousley.
Topic: The s. 5. Teacher" Q. W.
Mousley. Topic; Temperance In the
S. s." discussion Mrs. PoySer, Mrs.
Steele, Mrs. SHELTON and Mr.. MouSley.
Mrs. Steele elected to write regarding
"a Temperance League. Business
meeting. Officers elected: President
Mr.. Mouslpy V. Pres, Mrs. POyser.
Sec. and Treas, Mrs. SHELTON.