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The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
The Strawberry Bed.

From Farmers Review: The late
frosts got the earliest blossoms, but
owing to rush the patch was not:
worked over this spring, leaving Al
mat of plants, so the frosts were per.
haps an advantage to us, for while the
yield was less, the berries were larger
The second week Of berry time was
very warm with daily showers, hence
the fruit ripened very fast, yielding
from eight to eleven gallons daily; but
oh, so hard to pick! by being in a mat.
From a patch 1-16 Of an acre in ex.
tent we gathered seventy-four gallons
of berries, and perhaps eight or ter
quarts spoiled. Ripening as fast as
they did, few ripe berries overlooked
to-day would be spoiled tomorrow
The quality was fine, extra; and the
size on an average was very good
some few berries, as large as common
peaches-four inches in circumfer
ence. The yield was in proportion tG
4,600 quarts per acre. The bed was
not mulched at all last winter OF
spring; where the bed is covered With
thick foliage, it is better to mulch
lightly with straw or leaves in our
climate, if at all, excepting with late
set bed.
Now since the harvest is over
spaces two feet wide are marked of
lengthwise of the bed; in each alter.
nate space the plants are dug ont
this vacant space is to be spaded or
plowed, then smulched with stable ma,
nure as free from weeds as is possible
Commercial fertilizer suitable to
Strawberries. and to the soil in which
they are grown would be the best
possible to use, as 1t Is free from seeds,
but we have the manure; hence for
economical reasons we shall use it,
cultivating the weeds out OF this patti.
In addition to fertilizing the vacant
place, unleached wood ashes will be
thickly sown over the rows of plants.
" Plants will. be left as they, are, in the
plant rows weeds; grass and clover.
being AL removed; but there !. isn't
much of this, only. where the berry,
plants are thinnest fse *g53I ~; .II:s~.s !
. All runners will be kept out Of va
cant rows and straw will be put there
this winter. II pnt on thick enough.
this viii do away with weed -fightire'
and also serve some protection to the
berry plants. Do not mulch sheay;lv5
with material thai. lies close or paack 81
better risk winter killing than sm1 81.
serinE Emma aiGlearwaters. 81
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
Rlackleg Vaccine.

The preparation of blackleg vaccine
is a very simple matter and also inex'
pensive, says the State Veterinarian
of Missouri. The diseased muscles
are taken from the carcass of the
calf which dies of bfackleg and the
germs contained therein are attenu-
ated (weakened) by being heated In
an: oven. OF course there are a mum.
Der of preliminaries such as chop
ping up the freshly obtained muscle,
etc, but the principal point in the
process of making vaccine is the at
tenuation of the virus by prolonged
exposure to a well-regu1ated heat.
The heat should be sufficient to weak
en- the germs, but not enough to en-
tirely destroy their vitality. The
germs which are contained in the dis.
eased muscles as first obtained pos
sess full virulence and ifinjected un-
weakened will reproduce the disease
in all its vigor and kill the animal.
The heating Is done by means OF an
oven in which the temperature can be
accurately regulated. If the heat is
WV
the resulting vaccine is worthless. 1t
would do no more good to use vaccine
that had been over-heated than to use
water. On the other hand, if the
vaccine is not heated hot enough, the
germs are left with too much .viru-
]ence. The vaccination with vaccine
that has not been heated hot enough
often produces typical cases Of black
leg. Calves >vaccinated with the over
heated sort are just as liable to con-
tract blackleg after vaccination as be-
fore. These facts account for the bad
results that sometimes follow the use
OF vaccine. The use of ,old vaccine
that has been. prepared too long is
not advisable. When any vaccine has
been on hand for three months it
should be returned to the manufac-
turer and exchanged for a new supply.
Certain influences may modify the vir-
ulence of the germs of the vaccine
that is kept on hand too long. The
preparation of the vaccine should be
left to the most careful hands and
cattlemen should avoid purchasing
this material from irresponsible par
ties. Every package of vaccine should
bear the date of Its preparations and
it is good rule to avoid the use of
any vaccine over three months old.
Almost any vaccine firm will exchange
new for old vaccine, but unless the
packages are dated the returned, out
of-date packages may be reissued by
the firm to some other purchasers.
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
Butter as Fuel.

The<frs instance of where butte,
has been used for fuel that we have
heard OF is reported from tho Edee
wood creamery in siskiyou county
California. A fire broke out in the
neighborhood OF the creamery tba,
threatened the plant which. was on1.
saved by hastily getting up steam r.
operate the pump. This was done b,
throwing sixty pounds of butter intc
the boiler, which resulted in gettina
the pump in motion by means of which
the flames were extinguished.-Dairy
and Produce: Review. L.. = - = T.. =
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
Ancient Moral. Maxin1s

The Oldest collection of moral max
inns known is that of the Presse papy-
rus dating $500 years B. c., recently
found in q tomb at Thebes. They
have been translated by Philippe VI
vey, the famous French Egyptologist,
and rival in excellence the proverbs
of the Hebrews. 93-=ss .s#s34&s ..55& 5@4f.sS u
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
- Natural PhoSphatcs.esT

4 bulletin of the Massachusetts ex.
pertinent station has the following to
say regarding the use of phosphates !:
l. 1t is possible 10 produce profit
able crops of most kinds by liberal
use Of natural phosphates, and in a
long series of years there might be a
considerable money saving in depend.
ing, at least in part, upon these rather
than upon the higher.priced dissolved
phosphates.
2. None of these natural phosphates
appear to be suited to crops belong.
ing to the turnip or cabbage family
but whether it is because these crops
require the presence of an unusually
large amount of soluble phosphoric
acid, or whether it is because of some
other effect of the dissolved phos.
pilates, our experiments do not enable
us to say. While we have obtained
much the largest crops of turnips and
cabbages on the natural phosphates,
the yields have not been what could
be considered good.
3. Between ground South Carolina
rock, Mona guano and the phosphate
Stag there is no considerable differ
ence in the economic result
> 4. The Florida phosphate, though
used in amounts furnishing much more
phosphoric acid than is furnished by
either of the others, stands far behind
them in yield, and would appear
therefore, to be rendered available
only with extreme slowness.
In conclusion, it may be doubted
whether, under the conditions prevail
ing in ordinary farm or garden prac
tice, it would be wise to depend ex
clusively upon the natural phosphates
The best practice will probably be
found to consist in using one of these
in part, and in connection with it a
moderate quantity of one of the dis.
solved phOsphates.
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
sHCpTICJ)I III )PE,;
Notes on Nut Trees.

!. There is an ever-increasing, demand
for hickory, chestnut and walnut lum.
oer' The supply Of these trees is very
snort indeed, and the price that good
one will bring increases from year to
year. 1t Is altogether probable that
tne price paid for such lumber fifty
years from now will be very much in
ADVANCE of the price paid now. It Is
therefore suggested by men who have
looked the ground over pretty thor
oughly that it would be good invest
ment to plant quite heavily of these
trees now where land is unsuited to
general farming purposes. That there
IS an abundance Of such land We all
Know, for we see it here and there
bearing only scrubby growths OF diff
1erent kinds of trees of small value
II trees are to be grown at all, why
not grow valuable ones. Besides. the
nuts OF some of these trees have some
value in the market.
we realize that it is difficult to grow
chestnuts in, all situations. The tree
seems to be one that will do we'll only
where given proper conditions Of sol!
and moisture supply. Yet there are
certainly many waste places where
chestnut trees might be successfully
grown. The nuts would prove quite "a
valuable annual receipt while the main
harvest of timber was being waited
Tor. He who plants these trees plants
for his children unless he himself is
very young nan, but most men de.
sire to do something of the kind
ss*
Some years ago an enthusiastic
Pennsylvanian came into the office OF
the Farmers Review to show some
large chestnuts of the Para, on vari.
ety.. He told of new company organ
lied in his state with the object of cul.
tlvatlng this nut. Since that time the
company mentioned, the Paragon Nut
and Fruit Company, has been doing
good work in ,reforesting hilly and
rocky land in that state. They began
work about eight years ago, purchas.
ing 200 acres of hilly mountain land.
This land dzacontained much natiye
tchestRNt ard per
mitted to sprout from the stumps.
These sprouts were then grated. The
sprout, with full-sized root under IT.
grows with great rapidity, and the
graft will bear some chestnuts> in 3
very few years, and will become pref.
table in few years more. Other tracts
of land were bought in subsequent
years and treated as had been the first
tract. Now the company has about
800 acres Of land, on which are grow
ing $4,000 trees. There is always d.
demand for chestnuts, both for eating;
boiled and roasted and for confection
ers' use. .>;,
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16

Hessian Fly in Missouri.


l. There are usually three broods of
kne Hessian fly each year in Missouri.
although in some years there may be
only two, while in other years there
may be as many as four.a, This great
/ variation in the number of r broods
tTom year to year in given locality Is
aresult of the influence Of, tempera-
cure and especially of wet or dry: sea-
sons In accelerating or retarding their
development. l.. g.
y. The last or fall brood and the
nrst or spring brood are the two most
destructive, and since. each brood
comes from the preceding brood, the
extermination of any one brood during
the year will usually result in practi-
cal freedom for one year.
= The simplest and in many re,
spects the most satisfactory, economic
and efectual method of destroying the
Hessian fly is to prevent the evelop.
ment of the fall brood. This is ac'
compIshed by sowing the winter
Wheat just as late as can be done
safely. The Hessian flies will then be
compelled to desposit their eggs on
grass and other plants, where they
wl( ultimately perish, and when the
wheat comes up it will be free. from
this pest which will not occur in dam
aging numbers the following spring.
+ The destruction of all volunteer
wFeat, and the burning over or plow
ing under of the stubble soon after
harvest and before the adult flies have
emerged, will be found an effectual
cReck and preventive Of noticeable
damage for one year. The stubble
should be turned under as deep as pos
slble, and the field rolled so as to pack
the earth and prevent the possible es-
cape Of the adults that may hatch un-
der the ground.
). The .Hessian fly is extremely sub.
je4t to the attack of number OF
pafasitic insects that greatly assist i'll
hosding the pest in check, and com
mqnly reduce it's numbers from fifty
tel ninety per cent. Hot and dry
weather of long duration is also detri-
mfntal. Bulletin G., University OF
Missouri. . >.
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16

& plain bull whose ancestory have
been good specimens Of the breed will
usually produce much better stock
than i goodl ookipE bull derived non
Inferior stock y..ss., III II 7
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16
- *. ~ ~ Is ~. l.Ifss 81 y ss$3.f o.
quite the Revere.

Il Angleton--'"I say, old man, doesn't
your spending 50 much time. at sthlee;
club get you IN trouble at home q
81 Wederly On the contrary, \, dear
boy. It keeps me out Of 1T ~.
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16

Unless man takes = keen interest
in horses. and has had Z good deal.
pt experience, he will rarely make .
slccessful breeder. 4. ss.:1 i (.s:,.., d
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16

=. TIf
B Seventy-seven per- cent? of. the
women and 81 per cent Of the men.
taking civil service examination ara
able e pass then. as IA ssz.f* 4. '. sst 81 y
The Cook County herald., 1904-01-16

q = Fr-T 1T-1g1 s
s' longevity in Warm Climates. s s
: Strange to relate, more people i've
to be centenarians In warm, countries
than In cold. ones: . 5555 s I. 's 5,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
POWER OF TRUE SYMPATHY.
Oliver Must Have Clear, High Stand
ard of His Own.

From the top of a mountain you
can see into the valley around about
your horizon is very broad, and you
can distinguish the details that it en-
compasses; but, from the valley, you
cannot see the top of the mountain,
and your horizon is limited, says An
ME Payson Call in Leslie's Monthly.
This illustrates truly the breadth
and power of wholesome human SYM
pathy. With a real love for human
nature-if a man has a clear, high
standard of his own-a standard
which he does not attribute to his
own intelligence-his understanding
of the lower standards of other men
will also be very clear, and he will
take all sorts and conditions of men
into the region within the horizon of
his mind. Not only that, but he will
recognize the fact when the standard
of another man is higher than his
own, and will be ready to ascend at
once when he becomes aware of a
higher point of view. On the other
hand, when selfishness is sympathiZ.
ing with selfishness. there is no as
cent possible, but only the one little
low place limited by the personal sell
fish interests of those concerned.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
DISPLAYED HERoIsM
Wounded Soldiers Spent Many Days
on the Battlefield.
STUCK BY COMRADE TO The LAST
The Heroism and Modesty Is Painted
in Glowing Colors of These Two
Men BY the Russian Army-Endur-
ed Many Hardships.

Mukden, Dec. IAN interesting
army order has been issued calling at
tention to the exceptional heroism.
self-sacrifice and devotion OF two COM
rades, wounded infantry. Harzamat-
off and Ischenko, who with dozen
other wounded men lay for A days
in abandoned trenches between the
Russian and Japanese lines, suffer
ing from the bitter cold and the lack
of food. Harzamatoff, who was only
slightly wounded, assisted the others
into the trenches. took coats from the
dead to cover them. bound their
wounds and dug a well. Japanese
took away the coats and filled in the
well. Harzamatoff again got the coats
reopened the well and secured a lit
tie dry bread and rice from dead Rus
SLAMS and Japanese The men also
were compelled to eat raw millet.
Japanese made several visits to the
wounded and rendered no assistance.
The Russians feigned dead, fearing to
fall into the hands of the Japanese.
The sufferers frequently attempted to
crawl back to the Russian lines, but
were compelled by weakness and the
pain of their wounds, as well as the
steady firing to abandon the attempt.
Finally, when only three men were
left alive, three Japanese came, one
of them accidentally stepped on the
leg of a soldier named Matvei, who
groaned aloud from pain. Finding
him alive the Japanese dragged him
away from his comrades, who were
too weak to help him, despite his de-
spairing entreaties. One of the jap
anese kicked Ischenko in the side, but
left him for dead. Harzamatoff and
Ischenko finally resolved to make
last desperate effort the next night to
creep back to the Russian lines, which
were one hundred PAGES distant, and
after dragging their bodies slowly and
painfully portion of the distance
they were observed by Russian SEN
try and met with voleys from Russian
rifles, forcing them to lie still in the
millet until the firing ceased, when
they finally succeeded in reaching the
lines where they we're cared for, fed
and sent to the hospital train.
The army order paints the sublime
heroism and modesty of these two
men in glowing colors, and especially
that of Harzamatoff, who being but
slightly wounded, could have Joined
the Russian troops sooner, but pre-
ferred to remain with his comrades.
His regiment" the orler says,
should be proud to have such a man
in its ranks
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
RAPID SPREAD OF PLANTS.
Seize Wide Stretches of Land in
Glorious Profuson.

GLORIOUS PROPULSION.
1t is marvellous how rapidly some
plants will spread themselves over
wide stretches of land, says Long
mans Magazine. The writer was
struck with the way in which the
yellow charlock took possession of
the line when the Neon Valley rail.
way was being made few years ago.
The very next spring after the en-
bankments were thrown up their
sides were clothed with this rampant
and conspicuous crucifier. A line OF
yellow across the country marked in
many places the course of the rail,
way. Poppies, too, for some un.
known reason, will occasionally ap-
pear in strange and wonderful pro.
fusion. The striking instance re.
lated by Lord Macaulay may be
quoted by way of illustration. After
the battle of Landen the ground, he
tells us, during many months was
strewn with skulls and bones of men
and horses, and with fragments of
hats and shoes, saddles and holsters
The next summer the soil, fortified
by twenty thousand corpses, broke
forth into millions of poppies"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
Appropriating $4,000 for the i'm
provement of Mount Rainier, National

Appropriating 5000 for the i'm
provement of Mount Rainier, National
Park.
The pure food bill was then taken
up and Mr.. McCumber again address
ed the senate in its support.
In the house the urgent deficiency
bill and several other bills of a pub
lie nature were passed.
Mr.. Baker gave vent to his feelings
on the subject of trusts and combina-
tons in restraint of trade by moving
an amendment TO reduce from $4,000
to $4,000 the appropriation for test
ing Goals and lignites. He stated that
the attorney general has at his dis
posal an appropriation of 100000 to
investigate combinations in restraint
of trade and yet, he said not dollar
of it has been expended proftably. By
laying his resolution on the table, Mr..
Baker declared that the Republican
party stood as the defender of such
combinations Satisfied with his
statement. he withdrew his amend
ment and the bill then passed.
Other bills were passed as follows:
Amending the act TO extend the
coal land laws to the district of Alas
ka; providing for the protection OF
wild animals and birds in the Wichi-
ia forest reserve, Oklahoma; author
izing the exploration and purchase of
mines within the boundaries of pri-
vate land claims; amending the re-
vised statutes so as to give foreign
authors the right in this country any
time within twelve months after pub
LEGATION abroad; amending the revis-
ed statutes so as to restrict patents
on drugs or medicines TO the process
of manufacture and not the pro-
dnot
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
THESE ARE CONFIRMED.
In Executive Session The Senate Con.
firms Nominations.

Washington. Dec. 19.-The senate
today, in executive session, confirm
ed these nominations:
Captain John MICA. Webster, U. 5.
A, retired, to be agent for the In
dams of the Colville agency in Wash
ington.
Frank Frantz, agent for the Usage
Indians, in Oklahoma.
Charles Larrabee, Portland, Me-,
assistant commissioner Indian affairs.
Charles P. Neill, District of Column
bia. commissioner of labor.
Stephen A Douglas, postmaster at
Ardmore. |. T.
Charles F. McKenna. Pennsylvania.
district Judge for the district of Porto
Rico.
Samuel Bellew. agent of the Indians
of the Flat Head reservation.
Also several nominations for re-
tired army officers sent in today and
promotions in the navy and marine
hospital service.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
Important Happenings In the House
and Senate During the Week.
BILLS INTRODUCED AND PASSED.
Dy a Vote the Senate Committee Au-
thorized Favorable Report Regarding
come State of Oklahoma.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate
committee on territories by vote OF
to authorized a favorable report on
the statehood bill providing for the adj
mission into the union of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory to become the
state of Oklahoma, and of Arizona and
New Mexico to become the state of
Arizona. The bill is the one original
ing in the house in the second session
of the F ifty-eighth congress, but has
been amended materially by the SEN
ate committee
The prohibition provision relative to
Oklahoma is as follows:
That the sale. barter of giving
away except for mechanical. medical
or scientific purposes. of intoxicating
liquors within that part of the state
heretofore known as the Indian Terri
. tory or other Indian reservation with
in the state. be prohibited for a period
of ten years from the date of admis-
sion of said state, and thereafter I'M
til the legislature of said state shall
otherwise provide"
Among other amendments to the
house bill are the following: Reduc-
ing the number of delegates from the
territory of Oklahoma to the consti-
tutional convention from 60 to So and
increasing the number from the In
dian Territory from so to 54; reduc,
ing the number from New Mexico
from 30 to &c and increasing the num-
Der from Arizona from 40 to A.
Including the university prepare
tory school and the colored agricul-
tural normal school in the education
al institutions to be benefited by land
reservations on Oklahoma.
Requiring that any lands sold for
the support of the public schools in
the state of Oklahoma be sold at pub
lie sale in 100 acre tracts or less. The
provision giving preference to the les
see at the time of sale is stricken
out
Arizona shall speak, read and write
the English language.
The section has been eliminated
which provided for the cessation of
restrictions upon the alienation Of al
lotted lands in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory upon the admission of these
territories as state.
The contest over the location of the
circuit and district courts of the west
ern district of Oklahoma was settled
by providing for alternate sessions of
the courts at Guthrie and Oklahoma
City.
The provision of the Oklahoma bill
for the appropriation of S5,000,000 for
the benefit of the common schools has
been incorporated in the portion OF
the bill which admits New Mexico and
Arizona as a state.
Bills Passed The Senate.
Washington, Dec. 16.-The follow,
ing bills were passed:
Authorizing the erection of addi
tional buildings at the New Dun
gennes lighthouse, in the state OF
Washington.
Making additional appointment for
the Battery Point post light. Washing
ton.
Establishing a fog signal at the en-
trance to the harbor at Humboldt
Bay, California.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1904-12-22

Livery housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because 1t
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches arc put up in A-pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries TO sell you a
12-oz. package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures ''16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.