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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
WOMAN NOT so FRAGILE.
Think Of the 43 900 Pounds Of Bread
and Meat She Eats.

"A young man of my acquaintance
visits me occasionally" said DR.. Cyni.
Gus, who is very much in love, but
who wearies me excessively by his
rawlings over his sweetheart, her an
gelic qualities, ct cetera. She is too
fragile for this world, he thinks.
"'Fragile? says |. How fragile?
Ever test her fragility? Let me give
you some figures about her, and WON.
ankind in general, showing the extent
of their fragility.
1--WE will suppose this piece Of per-
lection is in moderately good health.
She will live to. say, 60 years of age.
Women do not like, any more than
men do to die--not so much, for wom-
en- never grow old, you know. Listen
to me? She will eat one pound of
beef mutton or some other meat
every day That's 365 pounds of flesh
in a year. In sixty years it's 21,90O
pounds. How's that for fragility?
"'She will eat as much bread and
as much vegetables per diem, and
there you have in 60 years 43,S0O
pounds of bread and meat.
of she is not too angelic she will
drink daily no less than two quarts OF
coffee, tea, wine or beer. And by the
time she is really to have a monument
she will have consumed IT'S hogs.
heads of liquids. Fragile?
Now says | to this young man.
these figures do not include the 40 OF
so lambs she will worry down with
mint sauce. 1t does not take into con-
sideration her ice cream, her oysters,
her clans and such. All this means
about As tons.
Fragile? Think of your affinity in
connection with these figures and then
rave over her being fragile. Young
man, you're a fool. Bah! New
York Times
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
Rape and corn.stalk Disease.

From Farmers Review: Some time
ago l wrote you about sowing rape ir
corn as a preventive for corn STALL
disease" Now as to whether it win
prevent 1t or not in all cases l can't
say, but 1t has in my case anyway,
and more than that it has made &
lot OF feed. and at very slight cost
Then 1t shades the ground and keeps
all weeds from growing, as it will be
long time before all corn will BE-
cut with the corn binder. / would ad,
wise all corn growers to try few
acres Of rape, and it won't be long
till they will SOW 1t in all corn no.
intended to b. cut. My cattle are eat
ing it now, and will leave good corn
fodder to go to the field and Craze
on the rape. 1t will remain green and
growing till winter sets in and then
the cattle still enjoy it. sowed two
to three pounds of seed per acre ahead
Of the cultivators the last time
through, and then ran the shoyels
from IA to 2 inches deep. 1t will not
do to let milk cows run on rape alone
as it taints the milk, but for young
stock and sheep it is certainly great
help, as it fills in just right in that
hardest of all times between grass and
hay, when nearly every farmers cat
tie lose flesh. Hoping that this will
enable some one to keep two head
where he kept one before I will moi
use any more of your valuable space
C. M. Chase, Martin County, Mime
cpta
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
Fiber In Feed stuffs.

A Communication from the New
York Experiment station at Geneva
says: The choice of feeding stuffs tc
supplement- farm crops is matter oil
exceedingly great Importance to the
dairyman and stock keeper. The
time has passed when bran, middlings,
oil meal, corn meal and the ground
grains OF other cereals made up al
most the whole list. and when the
name given to feed was a fair index
to its composition and feeling value.
Among the hundreds Of feeds ingeni-
ously combined from the ground
grains, or containing portions of
these grains left as by-products in the
manufacture Of malt and spirituous
liquors, Of starch, sugar and glucose,
OF breakfast foods or of vegetable oils,
the feeder finds wide range of puz.
Zling compounds. Led only by his
eye. touch or taste (helpful as these
are to the purchaser who Is guided by
good understanding Of principles) he
would find 1t exceedingly difficult to
make sure selection Of the feeds best
ouAtOu " HIS uSSuS. odl VIII
cobs, coffee hulls, cottonseed hulls and
other materials are very skillfully
used as adulterants, SO that in some
feeds now for sale in this state the
percentage Of fiber Is so great that
nearly all the energy represented in
the food must be used to masticate the
material and pass 1t through the ami
mails body. OF corn and oat feeds on
the market at least 10 brands exam
ined by the station at Geneva con.
tanned from 10 to nearly 16 per cent
OF fiber; while a mixture of equal
parts Of corn and oats should contain
less than six per cent. Good oats
normally contain less than 10 per cent
OF fibre, while several oat feeds exam
ined contained from % to 20 per cent
and sold for from 500 to $50 or more
a ton. Prices Of feeds of equal value
also vary remarkably in markets ly
ing side by side. One dealer in New
York sells a certain brand for $50 a
ton, another dealer in the same city
asks $40. These are but a few illus
trations of the impositions put upor
farmers by some manufacturers OF
dealers in feeds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
Dip the Seed Oats.

The time Is near when the farmer
must consider the sowing Of the oats.
This is good time to look up the
matter OF oat smut and methods of
prevention Of the same. Dat smut is
on the increase in many of our states.
1t Is proving great obstacle in the
way of successful oat growing in
some of the largest Of our western
states. In some cases it is known to
decrease the yield Of oats by one
fourth. When one hundred acres of
oats are grown this is equivalent to
the loss of the crop on twenty-five
acres. II the loss should take that
form the farmer would quickly appre-
ciate how serious loss 1t was. But
because the loss is about evenly scat.
tered through the fields he pays little
attention to it. The man that is los
ing 25 per cent of his crop seldom
realizes 1t. Many Of the heads that
are killed by smut do not make the
growth of the others, and therefore
do not appear with the other heads in
the fields. The farmer thinks he can
estimate his loss by counting the
number of smut filled heads that ap-
pear to his vision. In this he is mis-
taken. The proper way to make the
estimate is to place a hoop over
lot of heads, taking the stalks way
down to the ground. The stunted
heads should be counted as smutted.
The remedy has been more than
once given in the Farmers Review.
1t Is to dip the seed oats in formal
dehyde solution, leaving them in for
about 20 minutes. Buy some formal
in and mix it with water at the rate
Of fifty gallons Of water to a pound
OF the chemical. Put this in a kettle
or tub and dip the oats in sacks. The
bags of oats should not be too full,
so that the liquid may instantly pene-
trate to the center Of the bag. Where
the oats are tightly packed in the
bag. the liquid reaches the center
rather slowly and thus part of the
oats may not receive effective treat.
ment. ~. &c.,.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
THE SWEETS OF FAME.
How Success Affected Man In Humble
Occupation.

The proprietor of a certain estab'
lishment told this anecdote recently OF
himself and one of his employees, a
man of forty:
philip is a sort of factotum here
and / pay him Is shillings a week
One of his duties is to sweep out the
spaces behind the counters three OF
four times a day, and he never object
ed to doing this until lately. Recent
ly he won a Christmas prize in pa
per, and the notoriety swelled his head
a little. He came to me the other day
and said:
"I don't mind sweeping out early
in the morning or late in the evening
when the shops empty but I thinB
it doesn't look right for me to be seen
doing that mental kind Of work by
big crowds of people. am not
ashamed to do it. only I'm pretty
we'll known as literary person, and
it looks undignified for an author &c
be seen with broom in public. Cant
| have boy?' .. ...... .
II laughed and replied:
"'Philip, your point is we'll stated
Hereafter only sweep out when the
shop is empty. When the shop Is full
and sweeping is necessary you just
come and tell me, and I'll take the
broom and do the work for you my
self London Tit-Bits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
Give the Seed Corn Attention.

Prof. p. G. Holden: l would rec.
ommend the purchasing OF the seed
corn only in the ear. This enables the
purchaser to see exactly what he is
getting and If 1t Is not satisfactory he
can return 1t. 1t also enables him to
throw out any undesirable ears. The
scotsman cannot improve the corn by
Smelling 1t, so there is no good excuse
for him to refuse to ship 1t to you in
the ear. In order to secure good
stand 1t Is necessary to exercise great
care in selecting and sorting the seed.
All ears with very large or very small
kernels should be thrown out no mat.
ter how perfect they are in other re-
spects. The same is true of all ears
with very thick or very thin kernels,
or with very short or long narrow
grains and the irregular butt and tip
kernels should be shelled off. In 9TH
er words, no planter will give an even
stand unless the kernels are of uni.
form size and shape. know of no
one thing that would do more to in.
crease the yield of corn on every
ing and sorting of the seed corn both
in the ear and after it is shelled, and
then stay with it until the planter will
drop the desired number of kernels
at least ninety-three to ninety-six
times out of one hundred tests. 1t
may be necessary to have the plates
of the planter drilled or get new ones,
or take more care in sorting out the
large, small and irregular kernels.
The main thing is to stay with it un.
til the work is satisfactory: If this i'm.
portant work is put off until April or
May it is very likely to be neglected, as
is too often the case. This is simply a
matter of good business management
and no one can afford to neglect it,
for there Is SO much Of our success
depending on every bushel Of the seed
corn We plant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

she put around her neck, without pre-
tense of secrecy or apology. the rosary
of coral and gold; and admired the
tint and simmer of it's beauty on her
white throat. Then she asked
Was any stranger with the Earl
at dinner, Delia?"
my lady, he dined with Father
Sacy alone"
and pray what did they eat for
dinner?"
There was sucking pig roasted
branches, and jagged hare, and a
pullet, and some clotted cream and a
raspberry tart. All very good, my
lady; will you please to eat some
thing?" ..H..
Eyes. will have some jagged hare,
and some clotted cream, and a rasp-
berry tart-and glass of Sapnish
wine, Della, and a pitcher of new
milk. Have them served as soon as
possible"
She took one comfortable glance at
herself, and in the pleasure of its as
surance went downstairs. Her step
was now firm and rapid, yet she
paused a moment at the door Of the
room she wished to enter, and called
up smiles to her face and sort Of
cheerful bravado to her manner ere
she lifted the steel hasp that admitted
her. In moment her quick eyes took
a survey OF it's occupants. They were
txyn Eor1 a a NVirl- on1 hiS
chaplain, Father Sacy. Both were
reading; the Earl, Sir Philip Sidney's
Arcadia; the chaplain, the evening
service in the book of common prayer.
Neither OF them noticed her entrance,
and she went straight to her fathers
side, and covering the open page with
her hand, said in a merry tone
Here is a noble dwelling in Ar
cadia, while the great Captain-General
Cromwell"
THE DEVIL"
as going up and down and to and
fro in the land, seeking whom he may
devour. | have been at Ely and at
Swaffham, gathering what news | can,
and l assure you, sir, there is none
to our comfort"
What have you heard? Anything
about the Scots?"
Cromwell is in Scotland. What do
you expect from that news?"
That Leslie will be his match"
Then you will be disappointed.
There is tide in the affairs of men,
and this tide of Cromwell and the
Commonwealth is going to sweep all
royalty and all nobility into the deep
sea-"
We'll, then, l may as we'll return to
my Arcadia and learn how to be rus
teal. We mobiles may play at Canute
if we like-but---"
1T Is useless, while this mans star
flames in the armament. II he con-
quers the Scotch army, what more can
they offer him but the CROWN"
Ito Be Continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
The Pigs.

r. C. Hoffman: Be sure and give
the pigs plenty Of exercise, and as
soon as possible the little pigs should
be taught to eat. BY providing little
pen wherein they can get cracked corn
and sweet milk, they will soon be
able to get away with lots of feed
and will transform 1t into bone and
flesh, thereby decreasing the drain on
the SOW. II the sow does not lose in
flesh they should be allowed to suckle
for eight weeks; but this must be
governed by conditions. One Of the
great secrets of successful hog rails
ing Is to watch both ends of the hog
and feed accordingly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
Girls as Berry Pickers.

j. l.. Herbst, strawberry grower Of
Wisconsin, tells about his methods of
berry picking. He says that one of
his girl pickers picked 1873 quarts in
one day. The ordinary amount of a
days picking with him is 80 quarts
per picker in a day of five hours. Mr..
Herbst was asked why he preferred
girls to boys as berry pickers and re-
Piled: 1--WE prefer girls for picking
because they will stand the picking
much better; they are not so talka-
tive; they do not get tired and want
to go, and as rule will attend to
business good deal better than boys
will"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
What Did He Mean?

Anxious wife-How do you find my
husband this morning, doctor?
Doctor-Well, he isn't any worse,
at least
Anxious Wife-Do you think he will
die?
Doctor Madame, the medicine
am giving him has never yet failed tc
do its work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

-
II is related that at an informal
dinner at which several friends of
ambassador Choate were present, one
asked him: IF you were dead and
could come back to this world In an
other body, who would you prefer to
come as?" Without a moments hest
tation the gallant ambassador retort,
ed: CAS- Mrs. Choate's second hus.
band"
1t is well known that the venerable
actor, Joe Jefferson, is a warm
friend Of ex-President Cleveland, and
frequently accompanies him on fish
ng expeditions. One day e. H. Soth-
ern, while playing at a theater in
Washington, d. c., called at the white
house to see President Cleveland. "As
{ entered the grounds" says Mr..
Sothern, II met Jefferson coming
rom the white house. / said to him,
Well, so you have been looking for
position oh, no, Sothern. / have
only been calling to arrange for
fishing excursion. am too modest
to ask for any position he replied.
Never mind said I, I am going in and
will do my best for you. will ask
Mr. Cleveland to send you to Marble
head as ambassador Quick as
flash Jefferson replied: Don't do 1t,
Sothern; that is a foreign country,
and / don't speak the language.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

Prof. C. F. Curtiss, Iowa: We have
no poultry department whatever in
connection with this institution. We
recognize the Importance, however, of
this industry, and feel that investi-
cations in that line should be con-
Quoted and instruction given to our
students concerning the best methods
of poultry raising. There has been
some interest manifested in this mat
ter by the poultry organizations OF
the state, and we are pleased to have
them take the initiative. Ii they see
fit to call upon the institution for a
poultry department and will unite IN
asking the legislature to establish
such department. I feel confident
that it will be done at the next ses-
sion and the college will very gladly
assume Its share Of the responsibility.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
The Farm Hen,

The farm hen is one of the import
ant factors of the farm, though she is
generally neglected and sometimes
forgotten. The writer knew of one
poor hen that was so far forgotten
that when an open space under the
house was closed up to keep out the
winter winds biddy was made pris-
oner. She was not missed from the
flock, or, il missed, was not looked
for. After about six weeks a noise
under the house attracted the atten-
tic of the residents and an investiga-
ton revealed the poor hen, still alive,
but hardly more than skin and bones.
Scattered about were 10 eggs. On
the day of her Imprisonment she had
gone under there to lay, and.
after depositing her egg, had
found the exit closed. She had ap-
parently laid most of those eggs after
the time of being imprisoned. 1t
seemed almost unbelievable that she
should have lived so long without food
and water. Perhaps she was able to
find bug now and then. for the pris-
on was not entirely dark. 1t is
strange, too, that she could and did
recover from her emaciation. This
shows the hen in the role of slayer.
There are few animals on the farm
that can endure the neglect that the
hen gets and still prove profitable
What will she do IL properly taken
care Of? The farm hen is the most
potent factor in the creation Of
poultry products. We read about the
enormous quantity of eggs and fowl
flesh consumed In this country year
by year. Let 1t not be forgotten that
the farm hen Is the chief producer of
! these, the hen of the specialist cut.
ting a small figure by the side Of her.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better results
than possible with any other brand and
one third more for same money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

The family horse is beginning to
Shed" sure sign of spring.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

Gossip is a deadly gas that fire.
quently puts friendship out of busi-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

A faultless person never goes around
pointing out the faults Of others.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

Prof. E. H. Jenkins, Connecticut
New Haven: We have in this state
two stations and the one at Storrs,
Conn, makes a speciality of this
work. We, therefore, do nothing with
il, to avoid duplication of work
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
Fostnightiy Music Day.

written by the above C omposers.
will be rendered by Mesdames
Warner, Francis, GaIwood, Ed
wards, Beerbohm and Miss Peale.
A large attendance of the club
members IS desired.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
Fionigsn's Ball.

The coming presentation OF
"Finnigan's Ball" at the La unta
Theatre Tuesday evening, March
24th, will be hailed by all lovers
of true IRISH comedy with delight.
This ever sprighily and delightful
play will this season he presented
by company OF exceptional
merit, notable among the number
being Gallager and Barrett, Irish
comedians, who viii essay the
leading roles. The Bancroft Sis
ters, singing and dancing coined
iennes and "The Tossing Austins, "
a famous family OF jugglers who
have proven veritable sensation
in the east the past season; Fannie
Trumbull, the dainty sonbrette; (;
add to this splendid singing
chorus OF beautiful girls, and each
role filed by an artist and one can
readily anticipate an evening OF
unmixed delight. Seats on sale
at the City Pharmacy at the usual
prices.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
licensed to Wed.

Marriage licenses were ISSUED
from the county clerks Office this
week as follows: Kelsey +. Cross
and Ida +, Benson, both of Trini
dad; William X Harrison and
Dora Lynn, both OF La unta;
Ernest Waite and Letha M.
Genres, both of Rocky Ford;
Rush Alexander Gordon, of Hutch
inson, Kan, and Florence T.
Gillum, of La unta; Cassius Ben
singer and Rosa b. Latshaw, both
OF Rocky Ford; Marshal Scott and
Tillie Danielson, both OF Rocky
Ford; Lester A. Hallows and LYDIA
A. Willis, both Of Rocky Ford
Daniel Blearles and Beulah w.
Weir, both OF Rocky Ford.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
sotIes to Contractors.

~ ed proposals will he received at tho office
of the county clerk Of Otero county, Colo
rado, at La Juntn, Colorado. until u 30 noon
March q, 1908. for the FURNISHING z
Of all material and construction Of an nddi- :
tion TO the county hospital, a. per plans and
bid must he accom- pal niesi by a certified
check Of $lo0 ns guarantee that the success
fui bidder will enter into a contract and ex-
ecute n gossd aud sufficient bond to be APP
proved BY the board of commissioners for
the fnl nlhllment Of said contract.
The hoard to reserve the right to reject
any and all bids II IL shall deem IL for the best
interest of the county tn do 10.
by order Of board Of comm issioners of
OterO county. Colorado.
fsEALJ H. n. GARwOOD.
County Clerk.
First publication. March II, 1903.
Last publication. March u. 1903.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21

accom- panied by . certified check Of el0O as .
guarantee that the succs.sful biAdeF will
enter into . contrast aud exocuop good aaA
suficient bond tn b approved by thS hoAra
contract.
The board 70 reserve the right 70 rejest any
aud all bids II il shall deem il for tks hsss
interest of the county to do
BY order Of hoard Of commissioners Of
Osero county. Colorado.
fskALI H. ID. GARWOOD,
County Clerk
First publication, March II. 1Sln
Last publication, March u. 1915.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
Mosies for PubliestioW.
United State. Land Oasce.

United States Land OEBce,(
PuEBLo, Colo. February -, l901
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following named settler has Aled notice
Of his Intention to make final proof In sup
part Of his claim. and that said proof will be
made before clerk district court At La Junta,
Colo. ON April ~, 1903, viz; Alfred r. Wait,
section twenty, township twenty -onc south,
range fifty five west.
He hnme. the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and csltiva-
tion Of said land, vis: hobart 3. lloyd,
Charles II. Boyd, William Harris, william X.
Gibson, all of La Junta, Colo.
J.R. GORDON,
Register.
First publication, February 23, Iq0i
Inst publication, April I, 1853.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
West Hoibrook.

A good child's shoe, size S to $,
for rs cents, at Hawkins
A protracted meeting is in pro-
progress at the Lakcview NJ. E.
church.
E. ]. Johnson, the bee man, is
moving his apiary to the grove
north OF the reservoir
George Larmore last week com
pleted the mason work on large
brick house which John Houck S
erecting near the Bee Hive school
house.
The spring is opening up in fine
shape, the soil being in excellent
condition for early seeding. There
will be large acreage of beets in
this vicinity this year.
Work is in progress on the road
on this side of the river leading to
the new bridge between here and
Rocky Ford. Work on the new
bridge will not be started until
next month.
Rev Davenport and family, Of
Fowler, will move into the NJ +.
parsonage at Lakeview. Rev
Welsh and wife, who have been
living there. will move across the
river somewhere in the vicinity Of
Newdale.
There is a great deal Of talk of
large acreage of ccntaloupes This
year, and il conditions are the
same up and down the Valley as
they are in West Holbrook, there
is ground Tor such talk. The
present outlook is that there will
be at least two growers where
heretofore there has been one, and
that the acreage will be mere than
doubled.
La Junta tribune., 1903-03-21
se.,e. 10, pus,,e..,en.
United State. Land Os.e.. /,

United States Land O0lCe.t
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following. named settler has 6lsd notice
of his intention to mako 6nal proof In sup
port Of bis claim, aud that said proof will be
made before clerk district court At La
SApeda, H. T., No 9.s7i, for the west half
northeast quarter, east half north west quar-
west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
HI. continn9ns residence HY,; npon and cMltiya-
William Green, Andres Whatlese, doe
Msdril, all Of Higbee Colorado.
]. X. GORDON,
=. Register.
Last publication, April - lYGi