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The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

AS soon as the soil dries out SAT-
ficiently stock should be turned on
the overgrown wheat. Both the wheat
and the stock will be benefited.
"A correspondent writes that he
uses tobacco stems in the nests his
hens lay in, and is not troubled with
lice. The stems can be got at any
cigar factory.
The peach crop of Georgia ex-
ceeds in value her cotton crop. Geor-
gia farmers are shaking of the old
idea that nothing will bring money
except cotton.
If the cow you feed for milk flow
does not seem to appreciate your lib
erality, and you feel satisfied that she
is unfit for the dairy, sell her for
butchers meat.
The best way to keep cockleburs
out of a horses tail and name is to
destroy the burs on your own farm,
and not let the horse go among the
burs of your lazy neighbors.
1t is better TO remain on a farm
and be independent and self-sustain
ing than to quit work, go to town and
hunt position" and some day be
run in as vagrant. Many do the
last.
There must be some way of stop
ming the little leaks in the family
pccketbook if farming is to be made
successful, and poultry and eggs Il
take to town are just the right thing
TO stop that leak.
No hog. beef steer or milk COW
can respond to liberal feeding unies'
the conformation or type is such a
to favor production of the specia
item for which they are fed. Ever,
feeder should know the several type
of live stock at glance.
The following is considered tn
most reliable estimate of the mum
bers of meat animals in the world
Cattle, 10000. 900; sheep. 1000. 900
hogs. 100, ,000, 600; goats, 70,oo0.o .o0o
This is 1850, 900 900 animals to fee
the 7oo, 900 mest-eatino yeop1e z
eayth,
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
NATURES BOTCH-wORK.
Many / Flaws In MANS Makeup
Brought to Light BY Ruthless
Physi0logian.

Just now. when, when most of man.
kind is ready to believe that perfec-
tion has been reached in physical hu-
manity, along comes a Belgian pro-
fessor to take the conceit out of us
and prove that even a self-made man
has a score of flaws in his makeup,
observes the Detroit Free Press. We
are, to begin with, provided with
eight surplus teeth. If we had eight
less, we could chew our beefsteak and
gum just as well, and the chances of
toothache would be largely reduced.
Then there are four fingers where but
three are required to count our cash,
button our collars or use the buck
saw and ak. 1t is the same with the
toes. The third one could have been
left off the foot without the slight
est detriment to man or woman, and
the saving in corn cures would have
been a pretty penny by this date.
Nature made whiskers to grow on
the faces of at least three-fourths of
the male population of the world.
The Belgian professor defies anyone
of us to show where whiskers beau
tify or benefit, while he can name no
less than a dozen evils rising from
them. We have more ribs than need
ed by two. He proves this by count
ing the hoops on a barrel. AS rule,
all human noses are made on too large
a scale, and the consequence is that a
cold in the head takes hold of a per-
son with extra severity.
The ear of whale, the professor
says, is relatively only half the size
of that of a man, while his bulk il
more than hundred times greater.
1t was suspected that most men had
too much cheek, but now he knows
that all men have too much ear.
As the monkey has no use for a
forehead, why should it lave been
given to man? Had the extra space
been added to his neck every man
could have worn collar a foot high
without saving his chin.
1t is further asserted by the pro-
fessor that 10 out of 20 people squint,
and that 80 out of every 100 have Off
colored eyes. One eye in the center
of the forehead would have answered
all demands and been a decided blue
or black. The professor has taken
the statues of Venus, Apollo, Hercu-
les and other famous models, and
with two-foot rule and bit of chalk
has figured out that each has score
of imperfections. We are none of us
an right-not even the professor him.
self-and we can't expect to be for
at least 500 years to come. BY that
time Dame Nature will have served
her apprenticeship, and man will be
created on scientific lines and with
due reference to art and convenience
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
A REMARKABLE LAKE.
IL Entirely Rooted Over
by Salt.

Probably the most remarkable lake
in the world is one with coating
of salt that completely conceals the
water. II may be seen at any time
during the year, fully exposed, be-
ing even at its best when the sun is
shining directly upon it. This wonder
full body of water is one of the saltiest
of the salt lakes and is situated near
Obdorsk, Siberia. The lake is nine
miles wide and II long, and
within the memory Of man was
not entirely rooted over by the
salt deposit. Originally evapora-
ton played the most prominent part
in coating the lake over with salt, but
at the present time the salt springs
which surround it are adding fast to
the thickness of the crust.
In the long ago rapid evaporation
of tne lakes waters left great salt
CRYSTALS floating on the surface. In
course of time these caked together.
Thus the waters were finally entirely
covered. In 1873 the lake found an
underground outlet into the River Obi.
which lowered its surface about three
feet. The salt crust was so thick,
however, that it retained its old level,
and now presents the curious spectacle
of a salt-roofed lake. The salt coat
increases six inches in thickness every
year. The many islands with which
the lake is studded are said to act az
braces and to help keep the arched
salt crust in position.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
THE sILo vs.. TIE SHREDDER.
Both Are Good, bat the Shredded
Product Does Away With
Much Tedious Labor.

There seems to be great deal of
controversy going on by advocates of
different methods of putting corn
fodder in the best shape for winter
use. The firmest advocates of the
silo are dairymen who have passed
through the experimental stage of
building silos and packing the green
stuff and have used silage as . feed
fo1. dairy cows. No one cares to say
that nice, sweet bright silage is not
wholesome food for cows giving
milk, and perhaps Young growing
stock, but it has some drawbacks.
There is always more or less waste
on account of molding, and when
both stalks and ears are cut up there
is much more grainin the silage than
is frequently desirable to feed to
young stock.
On the other hand, shredded corn
fodder can be handled in way that
will insure the largest amount of nu-
triment in the fodder, and the we'll
ripened grain may be fed separate
ly. 1t seems from actual practice dur
ing the past two years, that the mod
ern machines for harvesting corn,
shredding and husking it, are coming
pretty near filling the bill. The corn
harvester does away with the tedious
and uncertain methods of cutting
corn. 1t enables the farmer to wait
until bis corn is in the right stage,
and then the work can be rushed to
the finish. The bundles are easily ham
died, and in due time the shocks are
ready for the husker and shredder.
The question of value of shredded
fodder need not be touched here, for
actual feeding tests have demonstrat-
ed that beyond all doubt. The value
of the shredder and husker (com-
bined machine) lies in the fact that
it permits of the corn standing in the
shock until we'll cured, aud then when
the rush of other fall work is over
the husking and shredding can be
done in hurry. The husked corn is
then dry enough to crib, and the
shredded product may be stored any
place under roof.-Prairie Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
CHEAT FROM CHEAT SEED.
wheat, Barley and other Cereals
Do Not Turn to Cheat Says
Prof. Garman.

Prof. H. Garman, of the Kentucky
experiment station, is again called on
to explain that wheat, barley and
other cereals do not turn to cheat.
The following question and the an
swer thereto, by Prof. Garman. ap-
pears in the Breeders Gazette:
"You stated in an article short
while ago that cheat came only from
seed. 1 quite believe that, but / can
not explain the following facts: i
know of two timothy fields from
which large crops of hay had been
cut for several successive years, and
which changed to solid cheat fields in
one year, and in neither field was
there a single sprig of timothy to be
seen. Also last spring / plowed field
that had been in mixed timothy and
clover for three years, and planted it
in tobacco. Last fall. as soon as the
tobacco was cut, / sowed the field in
barley, and 1 am prepared to swear
that there was no cheat seed in the
barley that was sown. i grazed the
barley very late this spring with cat
tie. and when cut that field ] cut a
fine crop of cheat. The farmers
around here say that cheat is formed
from the breaking of the tap root,
either from grazing when the ground
is soft, or from the freezing and
spewing up of the ground in winter.
What is your explanation?"
The facts stated are very similar to
facts that have been reported to me
from time to time by other farmers,
but the inference to which your cor
respondents points, though he does
not actually adopt and father it, is
not the only one that may be drawn
from the facts. Considering that tim
othy belongs to one botanical genus,
barley to another, and cheat to still
another, it is asking too much of a
botanist to request him to believe
that one of these plants may be con-
yerted into another even by such
drastic treatment as breaking the
'stap root" and if anything could con
vert one grass into another / imagine
IL would be something like this.
Some seeds lie for long periods in
soil, then suddenly germinate and
produce plants in large numbers. The
writes has kept seeds of broom-rnpe
hemp and tobacco ten years in soil
and had them germinate when hemp
plants were introduced.
In the cases reported. cheat seeds
were at some time-before, during OF
after the sowing of the other plants
introduced into the soil.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
JudIciou. Diver.iac.tion.

In farming a judicious diversifics-
ton does not mean that all farmers
should grow this, that or any other
specified crop. Such theory would
render the farmer a mere machine,
set in groove and confined to it.
and do away with the necessity for
exercising common, or any other
kind of sense. But farmers should
diversity their crops, and in deciding
how to do so, should consider the
adaptability of the soil, their indi-
vidual capabilities. and the demand
for the prepared products. 1t would
be foolish to plant any crop ON soil
unsuited to it, or crops the farmer
knows but little about. Even special
lists should diversity. for the sake OF
the land if for no other purpose
There are thousands of farmers in
the cotton belt now who have de-
scended from affluence to poverty be-
cause they wore their land out grow
ing cotton and corn on the same
ground successfully for years. There
is but one safe and reasonable way
to diversity and that is to consider
every phase OF the subject and decide
according to all the lights available.
OF course every farmer should grow
as much as possible for home con-
sumption, for thereby he saves freight
and other charges that devour his
profits. To do this he must keep live
stock. He must SO diversity as to
maintain the fertility of his soil. He
should so diversity that he will not
have to buy anything he can grow,
for no matter what it is, he can grow
it cheaper than he can buy 1T. He
should also remember that his profits
ars the difference between the In
come and the outlay. and that his
losses are the same with the terms in
verted Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

for the world Every period OF pros
ntv here causes an increase immigration AS
of depression arrives instantly known the other side and @
grafton is checked in the natural way
The reason why from the southern rather
than from the northern countries of Europe not far to seek is
well known that the the educational system OF coun
try the number of skilled labo produced there and
the fewer the uskd aboe In the United States at
psent the number aborers constantly and rapidly de-
casue and be said of Germany France Great Britain
and the Scandinavian countries fact of all the northern countries
of Europe except Russia
The common Iabos for the unskled labor supply OF
this naturally drawn from those countries whose systems
of education complete from countries where races have been
disseminated against the laws under which they live And we get
them only in proportion the northern of Europe have with
drawn from lower grades of unsklled labor
The allegation frequently heard that the foreign immigration
into this country only tendency toward reducing the
alton of labor but many specific has actually resulted in the
towering of wages calls for inquiry into the facts
as they exist of the department OF labor shows the aver
age daily wages quoted in twelve of the largest cities OF the United
IN the wears from 1870 Taking the first and last Of
those wears win be single instance are the wages in
1893 lower than in year ls70 the tide of immigration which
M n in its largest volume the 1S7o had effect whatever
IN reducing wages contrary there has been an increase spite
Of this immigration advance IN trades assuming quite re-
nruOorioua
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The world now consumes 6,3OO, ,000,-
0o0 pounds of tobacco yearly, or 2,sl2,-
500 tons. This is worth $200,000,000.
In other words, the worlds smoke bill
is just S5,00o.000 week.
A Berlin dentists new local anaes-
thetic is preparation from fresh
suprarenJ capsules of oxen and
calves. Injected into the gums, this
gives insensibilty as deep as the bone.
a perfect skeleton of the mastodon
has been unearthed in clay bed at
Grove City, d. The tusks are about
IL feet long, and the weii-worn teeth
show that the animal was an old one.
But eight states DO not now require
examination by state board of those
who wish to practice medicine. They
are Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky,
Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, South
Dakota and Tennessee.
The antiquity of the fan in the east,
particularly in Asia, extends far. back
beyond the possibility of ascertaining
its date. In China and India the orig
mai iuOucl VI TIE Ian Was thc wing
of a bird, and at one time was part of
the emblems of imperial authority.
The Philippines are beginning to
use very largely curious device TO
teach their children to walk. 1t is a
rough affair, of course, and is COM
posed of a piece of bamboo that re-
wolves around the end of a hardwood
pole. A glove is fastened to the re-
volving stick and the child thus at.
tached has to follow the lead of the
machine.
A gentleman who had the gift OF
shaping great many things out OF
orange peel was displaying his ability
at dinner party before Theodore
Hook and Thomas Hill, and succeeded
in counterfeiting pig. Hill tried the
same feat, and after destroying a
dozen oranges and strewing the table
with the peel of them. gave it up with
the exclamation: Hang the pig!
can't make the brutel" "You have
done much better, HILL" exclaimed
Hook, glancing at the mess on the
table, ''instead of one pig you have
made litter"
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
FARMER AND PLANTER.
Quently Due to Injudieous
Seed Selection.

We have every reason for expect
ing large corn crop in the great
southwest next year. Whatever the
season or the effort, however, the
crop will not be as large as it ought
to be, nor as large as it might be. 1t
is well known that heaviest crops
can only be grown from the best seed
of the best varieties, whether of corn,
or other crops grown from seed.
Many farmers will prepare their land
well, and cultivate according to the
best methods, but will fall short of
the best possible yields because they
do not select their seed judiciously.
They will plant any fairly good
sound corn, from their own or
neighbor's crib, or, perhaps, they will
purchase for seed from the grain
dealers stock of commercial corn
shipped from Kansas or Missouri for
feeding purposes, unmindful of the
fact that there is as much in the
breed of seed corn as in the breed of
hogs, or cattle. Men who would not
breed from scrub stock of any kind,
will grow corn from scrub seed. If
an intelligent farmer wants breed
ing animal, whether bull, boar, buck
or stallion, he applies to breeder of
some reputation for what he wants.
But in the case of plants any scrub
seed will serve his purpose if it will
only germinate, and sll the rest he
expects to attain by cultivation, and
the favorable seasons which he al
ways anticipates. Others, we are
glad to say, will secure the best seed
they can buy and will post them
selves as to the peculiarities of the
different varieties, and will be care
full as to the reputation and reliabili-
ty of the parties producing the seeds
and the dealer through which they
are secured. No sane man would ex-
pect to buy a well-bred sire of any
kind of live stock for the price of a
scrub. Neither should the farmer ex-
pect to buy good seed of pure va
riety at the market price of the COM
mercial product. In the case of corn
so little seed is required to plant a
large field that the price should not
be permitted to stand as an obstacle
in the way of securing the best crop
possible under all the conditions '2f
the case. 1t is always desirable that
an early variety be planted which
will mature within 100 to lis days
and before the summer drought can
do its work, the seed selected should
be grown as far north as sc to 40 de-
grees. Varieties maturing in less
than 90 days seldom fail in a crop in
the far south, but usually grow toe
small, both in stalk and ear, SO that
the yield both of grain and fodder is
small. Varieties that bear the ears
from 81. to feet from the ground
are to be preferred for this latitude
There are many such varieties on the
market in season, carefully grown
and sold by reliable parties. Farmers
should not let a few cents per acre
stand between them and good relia
Bile seed guaranteed true to name and
early enough to beat a possible
drought. The difference in cost pei
acre between any sort of seed corr
and the best to be had is rarely more
than 25 cents. At 50 per bushel, q
quart costs 6H cents; quarts
enough to plant an acre-would cos
3.la cents. Common corn would cos
IS cents. Difference 22H cents pei
acre.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

An experienced hog raiser says, IT
your pig is sick and you don't know
what aiIs it, give tablespoonful OF
spirits of turpentine in quart OF
milk, and if you think it may be sick,
but are not certain about it. give the
same dose. If you know what ails
the pig, give the turpentine, and as
apt as not it will cure the complaint.
and will do no harm any way. There
is something in this. In majority
of pig diseases turpentine is indicat-
ed,-Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
West Indian CoRee.

1t seems a good deal of trouble, but
It might pay to try the recipe for max
ing perfect coffee, according to West
Indian coffee planters idea of perfec-
tion. Roast the coffee just before us
ing it by placing the green beans in an
enamelled saucepan, constantly stir
ring to prevent burning. Put one large
tablespoonful of powdered coffee for
each cup required into 9 jug. and pour
boiling water over it. Let the coffee
stand in the jug for half an hour.
strain through a linen or cotton bag
into the coffee pot, and serve. It viii
be very strong.-N. Y. Post.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

revolution
of
the of
The
repeatedly fight
Regulators killed
n
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

According to German statisticians,
the United States ranks fourth in the
volume of import and export COM
merce for 1901, with $2,11s,200, 900
value. Great Britain is first, with
81, les, 600, 900, the British colonies sec
ond, with s2,61s. 200, 900, and Germany
third, with $2.46s. .o00, 0,000.-Success.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

One reason why city people do
not eat more corn bread is because
the good corn bread can not be made
from the commercial corn meal. 1t
is overheated in rapid grinding, and
Is afterwards kiln dried to keep it
from becoming musty. From such
ynsal good bread can not b madA
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Many of us might be happy if We did not
suffer from disorders of the liver. Then we
ought to use DR.. August koenigs Hamburg
the whole system to healthy condition.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

1x1ses systen New Oese9vstisn
Cafe Cars.
IN addition to through chair car and
Pullman Sleeper service the Frisco Sys..
tenn operates ON its trains out o'
Saint Louis and Kansas City very
handsome Observation Cafe Cars. un.
der management of Fred Harvey. These
ars are equipped with every convenience,
Including large library observation room
and platform; the iormer supplied With
easy chairs, writing material. fastest news.
papers and periodicals. Electric lights and
electric fans add to the comfort OF the pas.
seneers- These trains leave Saint Louis and
Kansas City daily via the Frisco System.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Low one-way and round trip rates to Kan
sas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas,
on the lst and Sd Tuesdays of each month.
Write for particulars and literature James
Barker, GenI Pass. Agent, M. X. 4 7. Ry.,
sol Wainwright Bldg, st. Louis.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

We can't help but feel very often that the
advice we give is much better than the ad-
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

AZ . Brooklyn Boarding House.
Mrs. Oldbird (sweetty)-Mr. Choosey,
win you pass the butter?
Mr. Choosey (emphatieally- You bet your
life-if it's no better than usual.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
How Cowa Lie.

A cattleman says that all cows lie
down on their left side, and never
on their right side, unless the left
is injured.-Indianapolis News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

She-"Cholly il always running after N
heiress. He has q passion for gold" He-
SHe inherited it. His father died of yel.
low fever."-Indianapol News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli-
bic medicine for coughs and solds.-N. w.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Beryl-So Ethel's parents hsvepurchased
IN automobile!
Sibyl-Yes; they think that she viii be
able to run seross" some eligible young
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

It is easy to find fault, because there il
20 much Of it.-Chicago Daily News
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

We are none Of us either as foolish or a.
smart as some people think we are.-Indian-
apolis News.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Only ~ per cent of the globes land sur-
face is fit for cultivation.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07
Why We Should Let the
Immi&ronf Come ~ ~ -
By GUSTAV II. SCHWAB.
Head Of tine Line In America

IE immigration of single year is a barometer
indicating the degree of prosperity to which the
country has attained. Immigrants coming over
here nearly all have their friends or relatives
in this country, and it is due mainly to the cor
respondence between the relatives and friends
who have established themselves in this country
and the folks back in Europe that the latter are
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Carpets can be colored on the door with
Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

Iowa Farms - Per Acre Cash,
bal xcrop tillpaid. Nulhall, Sioux City, Il
The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-07

and works of the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price Is cents.