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The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
The Kitchen Garden.

While gardening is steadily on the
increase, yet it is a deplorable fact
that many farmers have little or no
garden and by this means deprive
themselves of a privilege that should
be taken advantage of by every one.
Nothing is more healthful or more
easily produced for the use of the
family than a good supply of garden
vegetables of all kinds. Thus it is
that nearly the entire living of the
family can be secured from such q
garden for several months In the year,
and that living is the most healthful
and palatable of anything that can be
furnished, especially when fruits are
added. We would not advise farmers
who are not within easy reach of a
good market or canning establish
ment to attempt to raise much more
than enough for their own use. be-
cause in q great many places the bust.
ness is overdone and prices are KEEP.
at a low figure. This, coupled with
the prevailing scarcity of help. ma
terially interferes with the looked for
success. when carried on on q large
scale.-John Vanloon.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
War About Wires.

At Fremont a force of linemen for
the Nebraska Telephone company, un-
der the direction of Manager Cummings
of the Fremont exchange cut the wires
connecting the Farmers and the
Hooper telephone exchanges at a point
near the brick yards west of Hooper.
This action was taken by the Neb.
raska company to enforce its contract
with the Farmers system. which pro-
hibits the latter from making connec-
tions with any exchange except those
belonging to the Bell concern. Four
wires leading southwest from Hooper
we're severed. In being thus cut of.
farmers having phones on the Farm
ers' line will henceforth have no COM
munication with patrons of the Hooper
and Fremont Telephone companies. as
in the past. Before the Farmers com.
pany signed up its contract with the
Bell it entered into an agreement with
the Hooper company for q free ex-
change of service. This contract has
now expired.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
The Partrjdoe Cochin.

The Partridge Cochin is q beautiful
yet difficult fowl to breed. and in
plumage is much after the pattern of
the Dark Brahma, the color being red
and brown, instead of the steel-grey
effect of the latter. The head of male
in color is bright red hackle, bright
red or orange red, with q distinct
black stripe down the center of each
feather; saddle feathers same as
hackle; Lreast and body rich deep
black; wing bows, red; primaries,
black on the inside web. with a bay
edging on the outside web; secondaries
black on the inside web and rich bay
on the outside web. terminating with
greenish-black at the end of each
feather; wing cOverts, Sreenish-black,
forming a well-defned bar of that
color across the wing when folded
tail, black.
The female is the prettier of the
two. Her head is small and of a rich
brown plumage, with a stout, well.
curved beak, yellow in color. Her
eyes are bay and mild in expression.
The head is ornamented with a small
single comb. set perfectly straight
upon the head and bright red in color.
The wattles are small. well rounded
and fine in texture; the earlobes are
well developed and are also fine in
texture.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
Profits in Sheep.

In the management of sheep, how to
produce the greatest profit from the
flock is the first consideration; not
how to produce the greatest number
Of lambs, as is usually the case with
the young shepherd, but to produce an
animal that will give the greatest
profit for the labor and expense in
volved. We will suppose that the
shepherd has secured his flock of ewes
in the fall. What breed? Well, that
is matter Of fancy; any of the good
breeds will do, SO long as they have
been judiciously selected. The next
and greatest consideration would be
the selection of a ram. He should
be big, strong and rugged, and, above
all things. typical of his breed and
full Of quality. The eve influences
only her own progeny. the ram the
whole flock. and on him depends its
improvement or retrogression. A
strong shearling or older ram is ca
pable Of serving from 50 to 20 ewes,
or more. according to treatment. II
he has only SO ewes, he may be al
lowed to run with the flock, and fed
night and morning. II from 50 to 100
he will require to be kept inside and
only allowed one service of each eve,
night and morning. as they come in
season. 1t is good plan to mark the
rams breast ith lamp black mixed
with oil. and in ten or fifteen days
change the color. The ewes rump is
thus marked, and according to the
color the time Of lambing is calcu-
lated.-A. D. Gamley.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
The National Encampment.

The usual midsummer quiet prevails
among the posts of the Grand Army
of the Republic. The only topic Of in
terest is the coming National Encamp
ment at San Francisco. Cal. in August
Mrs. Lodusky Taylor national presi
dent Of the Woman's Relief Corps. has
issued her general orders for the Ma
tional Convention. The order is ir
part as follows:
The twenty-6rst national conven
ton Of the Women's Relief Corps
Auxiliary to the Grand Army Of the
Republic. will be held in San Francis
co. Cal. August 20 and 81. 1903
Convention will be called to order
promptly at $50 a. m. August 20. al
Golden Gate Hail 625 Sutter street
The parlors Of this hall will he oper
10 visiting W. r. c. members from
Wednesday morning. August 10. unit:
the close Of the convention.
Headquarters will be established
At the Palace Hotel. Monday morning
August II. where all members Of the
Grand Army of the Republic member.
OF the Women's Relief Corps. Sons o:
Veterans and allied orders will be
cordially welcomed Each delegate
must receive the national password
from her own corps president"
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
The "Rlooex Anole."

"Some of u.s." said the captain.
have been looking for twenty years
for men who played very unusual
mart in the fight at the bloody angle
at Spottsylvania on the 18th os May,
1864. After Hancock's corps had cap
tured the first line of Lees works at
the salient. and after the Sixth corps
under Wright had plunged into the
fight there were several pieces OF ar
ti'lery left near the angle. which were
nut in action again by infantrymen
from different regiments. Up to May
Is. we Of the Army Of the Potomac
had not been able to locate more than
one OF these men.
Eight or ten guns were captured
by FancOcK's men in the hrst charge
carly on the morning Of May II. When
the rebels attempted 10 recapture the
works at the angle some Of these guns
Nere drawn on, and turned on the
charging enemy Later. two guns OF
battery G. Fifth United States Artil-
lery. were ordered close mp 10 the an
Gle by Gen. Wright himself The guns
went az ordered. but the stan Omcer
ending them was shot before they
reached the designated position, and in
a few minutes all the horses had been
shot. seven Of the twenty-three men
had been killed and sixteen wounded
Then. of course. the guns were
abandoned. Ten years ago the only
survivors Of that squad were Lieut..
Netcalf and Ser2t. William E. Lines
To show the character Of the rife fire
noured on the men manning the guns
il may be said that in the time given
10 aring nine rounds, twenty-seven bull.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
Spraying is Necessary.

In an address on spraying, Prof. F.
NJ. Webster said: The canker worm,
the tent caterpillar, leafrOllers and
other native leaf-eating insects, find
instead of an occasional wild cherry
tree. wild crabapple tree or wild plum
tree, whole acres of improved varie.
ties of these, acres upon acres of
raspberry, blackberry, strawberry and
grape. Grass feeding insects find
hundreds and thousands of acres of
grassy plants more tender and juicy
than the natural grasses. Is it any
wonder that native insects, before
confined to a less number of less
fruitful trees, with an occasional year
that permitted almost no fruit at all
them, should, under such favorable
conditions as are offered by our pres
ent system of fruit, vegetable and
grain culture, thrive and increase in
numbers far beyond what they would
under less artificial and less favor.
able surroundings? We first create
an environment, unnatural and vast
ly more favorable than the original
for the development of insect ene-
mics Of our crops, and bring about the
very conditions that these insects are
intended to prevent, and then wonder
why it is that they do what is the
most natural things in the world for
them-feed and breed in the midst of
plenty. It has always seemed to me
that the fruit grower who planted out
his orchards, vineyards and berry
fields, and gave them no protection
from their natural enemies, was do
ing about what commanding general
would do il he were to send a divi-
sion of his army into the enemy's
country and not support it with other
troops. 1t is as plain as can possibly
be that the fruit-grower must use arti.
fetal measures to fight the enemies
of his crops. il he expects to succeed.
The present conditions are now what
they are. and We cannot now change
them. This being true, it is mani.
festly the proper course to pursue, in
seeking by artificial means to coun-
teract, so far as possible, the adverse
effects of these present conditions.
Thus. the spraying of plants with in
secticides and fungicides becomes i'm
perative
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26

Cover Crops and Peach Trees.
The location of the peach orchard
and the moisture supply of any one
year have much to do with the value
OF . cover crop. The peach orchard
located on . level plain and the peach
orchard located on . hillside will be
have very differently under almost any
condition. The hill location Is the de-
sirable one: the plain location the un
desirable one, at least in the northern
states. There are many orchards In
both situations. In most years. espe
cially in dry years. the cover crop
planted In midsummer will do more
good on the low land than on the high
land.
The main object of planting some
kind of a cover crop now. say OF mil
let, is to stop the further growth OF
the trees and to force them to ripen
their wood. Young peach trees are
very much inclined to grow too long
In the summer and fall. This is due
to the fact that the peach is natur
ally q rather warm country tree and
requires a long season to get Its
growth and mature, which Is also true
of some varieties of apples. A cover
crop planted at this time will begin
in a few weeks to take up the surplus
moisture from the ground and to shut
of the amount that the peach tree
can get. This is a desirable thing
at this time of year. for the trees have
obtained all necessary growth by the
middle of July. II they are checked
at this time the rest of the season Will
be spent hardening up their wood for
winter.
For the same reason cultivation OF
peach orchards should not be cOntin
ued after this time. Clean cultivation
is a great cOnserver of moisture, and
such conservation has the effect Of
stimulating the continued growth OF
the peach tree. Many an orchard has
been ruined by this treatment 1t is
not desirable to let an orchard go to
grass, but on the other hand it is moi
desirable to carry the stimulation in
duced by clean culture too far.
1t has been found that on high land
the effects of cultivation are less gen
orally than on low land. The trees
will frequently stop growing anyway
at about this time, whether cultivated
or not later, and will begin to mature
their wood. Possibly in very wet
year this would not be the case, and
growth would continue too late here
as well as elsewhere. It is therefore
safe to use cover crop even on high
situations, as wet summers and fall
are always possible. Moreover the
cover crop acts as a protector to the
roots of the trees during the cold OF
winter, and prevents the frequent
freezing and thawing of the ground
In case of a very wet season inducing
growth, there is this much gained
anyway.
Several stations are carrying on ex
periments with cover crops, and their
results are being published from time
to time. Their work will be carefully
watched. as it is certain that cover
crops have a great bearing on the
success or failure of peach orchards
toward the northern limit of their pos
sible growth.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26


The dairy calf. to be raised econom.
ically and with the greatest chance of
developing into valuable dairy COW,
must be raised by hand, says j. H.
Grisdale. True, considerable skill and
careful attention are necessary to sue
ceed along this line, but careful OBJ
servance of four or Eve principles will
insure success: First. regularity Of
feeding; second. uniformity in guam
tity Of food; third, uniformity in quail
ity of food; fourth, uniformity in tenn
perature of food; fifth, cleanliness.
The young calf should be fed At least
three times daT for two or three
weeks, and preferably four times. The
ration the first week or ten days
should consist of whole milk fed at
temperature of about 100 degrees
Fair. This ration may be gradually
changed to skim milk by introducing
small amount into the whole milk
ration and gradually increasing the
proportion, being careful to feed a.
ways at the same temperature. The
place of the fat removed In the cream
may be taken by oatmeal or aaxseed
meal boiled. being careful to make
but very slight addition in the usual
amount at any one time. Most Ills
that calves are heir to arise from viO-
lation of some one OF the principles l
have mentioned or from . lack OF
cleanliness. Almost every case OF
scours or indigestion may be traced
to some sudden change in the time OF
feeding, the quantity or temperature
of food fed. THE boy is father OF
the man" is q trite saying, but even
more surely the calf is mother OF
the COW. The illfed,, dyspeptic. un-
thrifty calf can never hope to develop
anything but a commonplace COW, and
two or three successive generations OF
calves SO treatel are surely enough
to chill the aspirations of the most
sanguine dairy man. The calf once
past the age of three months is usual
ly safe, the danger from that time on
lying in the risk of getting too much
food and taking on fat rather than
growing. 1t is usually best to breed
when about Is months old and when
four or five months advanced in preg-
nancy, or even sooner, a heavier ration
of kind fitted for milking cows
should be fed. AS parturitiOn ap-
prOaches she should be fed as much as
she can stand of foods suited for
COWS in full milk, even though she get
fat and develop an abnormal udder.
Much of her future usefulness depends
upon her treatment during the first
period of her lactation. A ration must
be found that will induce milk produc-
tion, but such as will not encourage
the laying on of fat. She must be
treated kindly, well fed and MIXED
for twelve months or longer. Habits
formed during the milking period stick
to the cow as long as she lasts. So
let these habits be good ones. In
conclusion to the prospective dairy
man say as was once said to me:
Breed, weed, feed and hustle" but
of these the greatest is feed.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
Danish Dairy Cattle.

We may very properly inquire
whether there are cattle in other
countries which would improve our
dairy herds or be valuable acquisi-
tiOn to the variety we now possess.
Although others may hold different
views, it is the belief of the writer
that the only countries to which any
attention can prOfitably be given in
this connection are Denmark, France,
and Switzerland. The first named
furnishes the best example in the
world of dairying as a national spec
ialty, of rapid development, and of
present high average production and
excellence. Here we find the Red
Danish cattle to be the standard stock.
and very satisfactory business COWS
they are, of a pronounced dairy type.
But they lack uniformity except In
color, particularly in udder develop
ment and other dairy points, and in
the show ring the very best of them
could not hopefully compete with the
best of any one of the four leading
dairy breeds of this country. AS dairy
performers they are good, but not re-
markable; the best yearly records the
writer has seen show an average pro-
duction of 5000 to $500 pounds Of
milk per cow, in herds of IL to 10
animals of all ages, with an average
fat content of about 3A per cent, an
equivalent of 29O to 325 pounds of
butter per year. A very celebrated
herd of 20 COWS averaged 7,15O pounds
of milk year. In Jutland there is a
distinctively dairy race of sharply de-
fined black and white markings in ap-
pearance reminding one of Holland
cattle, and still more of Brittanies, al
though between these two races in
size. They are very attractive cows.
of rather less than medium size. and
excellent mixers. Both these races
of Danish cattle may be credited with
being economical producers; yet none
Of them are wanted here, for super
lative excellence seems to be lacking
on the one hand, while on the other
they appear predisposed to tubercu-
losis and very generally tainted with
this insidious and dread disease
Henry E. Alvord in Year Book.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
doctor" . Cocaine Victim.

YORK-Dr r. E. Bassett. who was
taken from a train at York because
he acted SO strangely that the passen-
gers believed him to be of unsouud
mind. was taken to his home at St.
Joseph. Mo-. by the sheriff. The man
was suffering from the influence OF
cocaine and morphine He was rep
resenting an alleged hospital COM
pany" of St. Joseph.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
POULTRY


Chinese 0neubatorS.
The Chinese have been using incu-
bators for centuries. how many no
NAH can tell Hatching chicks by this
means is 4 trade there, and certain
Cinnamon do nothing else, at least
during the four months Of the hatch
ing season. We illustrate herewith q
Chinese incubator seen from the out
side, and show also q cross section
of the same. Such an incubator will
hold from 1900 to 1850 eggs. The In
cubator is three feet high and three
feet in diameter. About 20 to 80 Of
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26

TILES
The Coed Days.

sbV SOOS WV
)h. do you mind the old days. when life
was In its spring.
When every hour had promise. and hope
Was strong Of wing.
rhe drifting on the river. the singing
on the shore
n the good old days. the old G;ys. the
days that come no mOreI
rhe sunrise lights have faded ard hearts
grown grave since then.
And We have worked and wes.ried In a
world Of busy men,
iet still the magic fingers that wakes
the smile and sigh
COR the good days. the glad days. the
days that have gone by.
30 let us live that these days. In looking
back. may prove
As rich with happy memories. as bright
with constant love.
rhat Ne may cali them also. when our
heads are white as snow.
The good days. the dear days. the days
Of long ago.
The CongresatiOnalist.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
Boy Killed In Runaway.

WOOD RIVER-Ollie Schooley. the
16-year-old son of Isaac Schooley. was
killed in a runaway accident here. He
was driving q spirited team of mules
and they became frightened at q COW
which he was hauling in the wagon.
The boy was thrown from the wagon
and dragged a considerable distance.
When assistance reached him he was
unconscious and before medical aid
could arrive he vas dead.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
craio Plans Corn Carnival.

CRAIG+A corn carnival at Craig
is billed for August rs and q. A. l..
Sutton of South Omaha will deliver
the address the first day. The Sec
ond day will be Royal Achates day.
with an address in the interests of
that order.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
FIND MISSING MONEY PACKAGE
Located Under Pile Of Lumber, But No
Clue az to the Thief.

Located Under Pile Of Lumber, But No
Clue az to the Thief.
KEARNEY-The $1,000 package
supposed to have been stolen from the
safe of the Union Pacific depot last
week has been recovered. Omcers
were called in who were assisted in
their search by Pickering and Boyle,
the former on duty the night the
money disappeared and the latter hav-
ing been laid off a couple of days be-
fore. The money was found in Stick
les lumber yard under q pile of lum-
her and was wrapped in a newspaper.
Superintendent Patterson had no
theory to advance regarding the mat
ter of loss or recovery and said that
no further steps would be taken to
apprehend the person or persons who
took the money.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
Battle Of Fort Wagner.

Members of the Robert G. Shaw
veteran association met last night at
their headquarters. Alden street. and
held exercises commemorative Of the
fortieth anniversary of the battle OF
Fort Wagner. The principal speakers
were Judge Charles Cowley Of Lowell.
Mai. ]. Wesley Furlong. commander
of the corps. who was present at that
battle and near Col Robert G. Shaw
when he fell leading his black SOL
diers of the Fifty-fOurth Massachu-
sets Volunteers.
Judge COwley said in part: Forty
years ago to-day your regiment won a
high place in the history Of the civil
war. Col. Shaw. in the battles van.
laid down his life for the nOblest of
causes.
What Massachusetts regiment has
been honored as the Fifty-fourth has
been honored, in the Shaw memorial
at the Common? What Massachusetts,
regiment has a better regimental his
tory than that which Capt Emilio has
given us of the Fifty fourth?
Not long since. l was gratihed to
learn from Col Scion A. Carter. the
state treasurer Of New Hampshire.
who was attached to the STAFF Of Gen.
Charles J. Payne Of Boston. the par
ticulars Of the restoration Of Col.
Shaw's sword to his father by Col.
Carter. On the night Of Shaw's death
that sword fell into the hands of an
ofYlcer Of the Thirty first North Caro-
lima regiment. who. meeting Col. Car
ter afterward in Virginia. delivered
the sword to him to be forwarded to
Col Shaw's father in New York
1T was so forwarded. and was iden-
tilted by Mr. Shaw by the initials r.
G. s. etched upon the blade To the
father Of your colonel. as long as he
lived, that sword was more precious
tnan gold. He has long since crossed
the river and joined his son During
the past year Col. Shaw's mother has
followed him. Unless the widow or
the sisters desire to retain il this As.
sociation might be instrumental In Sc
curing that sword for Memorial Hall
in the state house. There it should be.
with the flag under which he fell. -
Boston Globe.
The Columbus journal., 1903-08-26
Dairy Utensils.

From Farmers Review:-The uter-
sils used by dairymen are often simply
rinsed, the milk remaining in the
seams and corners and more or less
over the whole surface. When in
such condition If they are allowed to
stand in a warm place bacteria will
develop in them very rapidly. 80 that
by the time of the next milking a
good crop will be ready to take pos
session of the new milk. Often when
utensils are washed they are not prop
erly rinsed and the water together
with the cloths used in washing and
wlping are heavily loaded with bac-
terra so that after the utensils are to
all appearances clean they may even
yet be covered with a layer of bac-
terra. They should be rinsed first
with cold or luke warm water. not hot
as this coagulates the albumen of the
milk, causing it to adhere to the YES
sci. After rinsing they should be
washed in hot water using some clean
ing substance as soap or salsoda. again
rinsed and sterilized thoroughly either
by means of steam or boiling water
and placed in the sun where dust can
not blow on them. Fresh milk Is easily
removed but IL allowed to become dry
or sour it is dificult to get of. II the
utensils cannot be cleaned imme-
diately after using. Ill them with
water to prevent drying. Utensils
should be heavily timed and should
be discarded as soon as the tin is
worn of; the fewer seams the better.
and what there are should be fille1
with solder, leaving no place for dirt
to collect. Wooden pals cannot be
properly cleaned. Cans in which milk
is hauled to the factory should be
washed and sterilized at the factory
and the skim milk returned In othe!
vessels. Milk cans should not be tight
" closed when put away, for the free
circulation of the air will keep them
dry and prevent the growth Of germs.
w. ]. Fraser. University Of Illinois.