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Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
THE LEGHORN.

The fancier, searching for variety,
and the breeder for increased produc-
ton, find in many corners of the world
something that is worthy of expert
ment. A few birds are taken from
locality, named after the province, be-
come standard breed, and the
province is known in consequence of
their production.
Among the earliest records of the
leghorn in America is that of the pur-
chase of few birds on a ship in Bos-
ton harbor during 1854 by F. j. Kin
ney of Massachusetts. Owing to their
wonderful reproducing proclivities
they quickly sprang into favor, and
importation followed importation in
quick succession until in a flock of
nixed-bred fowls at the time every
one of them will have some of the
characteristics of the Leghorn. They
have been rightly termed the Jersey"
of the feathered tribe, and the little
egg machine; for their wonderful
power of converting food into eggs
is one of the wonders of nature and
average for a flock of 240 eggs has
been recorded. Among the varieties
OF Leghorn are the black, brown, buff,
white and silver duckwing.
Bright. vivacious and alert. they are
among the st attractive birds we have,
and with their proud, upright carriage,
heavy yet appropriate comb and wat
lies, large flowing tail, with its sweep
ing sickles and heavy coverts it forms
center of. attraction in the show
room second to none.
1t is advisable to fence the Leg
horn around and over to keep them
in any enclosure, or to clip their wing
primaries and fence around them.
They are great foragers and on free
range will feed themselves in con-
fnement they must be kept busy or
they will get over-fat.
Where eggs are the product desired
their non-setting qualities will be high
ly esteemed, and the beginning who
gets Leghorns, expecting them to
raise their own chicks will be disap-
pointed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
GIVE US GOOD ROADS.

The demand of the national grange
that governments give aid in road
building would seem 10 be we'll based
when it is analyZed closely. The gov
ernment has spent over $500,000, 600
in river and harbor improvements, and
will probably spend as much more in
digging ditch across Panama, all of
which will benefit principally the ship
ping and mercantile interests, and
farmers least of ALL or indirectly at
best.
Good roads benefit everybody, and
are used by everybody, whereas a
deepened channel or an improved har-
Dor only helps very few. If the gov
ernment can and does spend it's money
lavishly on such improvements as are
of direct benefit to a comparatively
small number. how much wiser and
more important would it be to make
our highways better and let everybod,
enjoy them.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

An orchard we'll managed may be
made to pay several times as much
for the land occupied and the labor
spent. as the best field on a farm.
But it will be poor investment if it
is neglected and suffered to go to
ruin. Cultivation is indispensable to
enable the soil to contribute it's fer
tility to the trees. The surface must
not be left untouched to become COW
cred by rank weeds or moss, or lie
bare and barren. There is nothing
better than a crop of clover, and this
should be permitted to lie down and
decay on the surface. plow should
never be suffered in an orchard. Only
the surface should be stirred, lest the
fine feeding roots may be injured and
the trees checked in their growth,
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
GROWING RAPE PRoFiTABLY.

Most of the failures in growing rape
are due to the impression that the
crop may be grown on any soil one
happens to have vacant. AS matter
of fact rape requires a rich soil, hence
one should be well posted on the uses
of the crop before giving up valuable
soil to it, While rape makes its best
growth when the seed is sown early
in the season, after the soil has be-
come warm there is yet time TO SOW it
and good returns in any section where
eight to ten weeks of good growing
weather may be depended upon. Clay
loan rich in vegetable matter is the
ideal soil for rape and If the field is
divided by fence so that portion
of il may be pastured at a time its
feeding value will be greater The
best way to pasture rape for swine or
sheep is to turn the animals onto il
for but a small portion of the day,
letting them have the grass pasture
the rest of the time. While fowls
may use the rape field as run. we
have had the best success cutting the
rape and feeding it to them on the
grass range or in the poultry yards.
Rape is one of the crops it will pay to
experiment with, at least to the ex-
tent of a small area.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
Sweet Corn.

/ venture to say that many garden
ers had about the experience Of this
man.
Il want to know what was the
trouble with my sweet corn this year.
l had about one-eighth of an acre on
ground that had corn on last year.
planted seven kinds, some early, me-
dunn and late varieties planted May
10. | put on about a double handful
of fine hen manure around the hill
when the corn was up four inches and
covered 1t with dirt. 1t grew well,
some OF 1t at least seven and eight
feet tall. / took pains to pull out to
three and four spears to the hill, and
pull off the suckers; planted about
three by three and one-half feet apart.
| did not get more than one ear to a
hill, and short ones at that. Can you
tell me what the trouble was? Was
it in the seed, soil or climate?"
In our county sweet corn is a lead
ing crop. Our farmers know how TO
grow it, but this year 1t ran all the
way from total failure to 60 per cent
Of a crop. The price went to $3.50
and 81 per 100, and those who got a
crop were well repaid. Our own crop
was late and far below an average.
We consider the failure due to the
cold, wet season and lack of sunshine.
The stalks grew well on the lighter
soils, but ears would not form. Even
when they did the quality was very
poor. Possibly that hen manure
forced the corn to make a big stalk
and then failed to furnish potash and
phosphoric acid enough to make the
ear In looking over some poor corn
fields this year 1 have noticed several
fine stalks standing up tall and green,
far above the rest of the field. In
each case | found that these stalks
grew where some old manure pile
stood. In spite of the big stalks the
ears were all out of proportion. While
nitrogen is necessary for all crops,
think it is useless to try to raise good
sweet corn without an abundance of
potash, phosphoric acid and sunshine.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
TOURING CAR ON THE TABLE.
1t Was There for Decorative Purposes
Only and Filled the Bill.

Nowhere else in the United States
is the craze for dinner table decora.
tons carried to such an extent as in
New York Men who can afford such
luxuries will pay almost any price for
a new idea.
In a fashionable Fifth avenue res
taurant the other night fourteen
friends of a member of the Automobile
Club of America were giving him a
farewell feast before he started on an
auto trip through. Southern Europe
In the center of the table was tour
ing automobile made of steel wire
covered with roses. The wheels were
made Of blue satin and yellow velvet
A wax chauffeur with pink satin cog
giles sat in the box seat. Electric
headlights shed their glow upon the
tablecloth. An artificial fan kept
streamers %: ribbons flowing behind
so as to give the impression that the
chauffeur was scorching beyond speed
limit. Every little while the host
pressed hulh beneath his feet and
blew horn. The menus were in the
shape of alto touring coats.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

The Introduction of the separator is
exercising an important influence on
the output Of home dairy butter. 1t
is materially reducing the quantity of
the same now being manufactured on
the farm. 1t is only natural that it
should be so, since when the cream is
separated and sent to the creamery
for being made into butter, the latter
can certainly be more cheaply pro-
duced than in the home dairy. This
change is interfering somewhat seri-
ously with the plans Of individual
families in cities who have been ac-
customed to get butter delivered from
the home dairy. They still prefer such
butter for the reason that they have
confidence in the care exercised by
the families who have heretofore sup
piled them with butter. 1t is only
natural, however, that the manufac-
ture of butter in this way should
prove less and less in evidence. Send
ing the cream to the creamery gener.
ally saves labor and money.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
DON'T BUY CHEAP MACHINERY.

At this juncture we are taken with
desire to say few words about buy
ing machinery, especially cheap ma.
chinery If our judgment were to be
taken without question, all we woulG
3are to say would be don't buy cheap
machinery; but there are farmers
without number who buy the cheapest
kind of machinery they can get every
spring, so we suppose there is a ques
tion as to whether or not this is the
best plan or else there would soon be
no call for the very cheap machinery.
In the years that we have farmed we
have had a number Of different makes
of machines of a number of different
tools. We have had tongue and tongue
less walking cultivators and riding
cultivators of different makes; have
had plows galore, also different makes
OF nearly every other tool used by a
common farmer on a common farm.
AS Artemus Ward would say, being an
observing cuss from boyhood up, we
have kept pretty close tab on the dur.
ability of the different machines and
tools We have owned, compared with
what they cost and we must say, even
If we would like to smooth over some
of our investments made in the past
in cheap machinery by saying that
'the cheapest is the BEST" that the
machines and tools that cost us the
most money at the time of buying have
gi7en us the greatest amount of ser
vice for every dollar invested
OF course a certain machine kept by
one dealer in one town and sold for
So more than is a like machine sold
for by a dealer in the next town is
worth no more by having the extra SIS
put on the price, but the point we
wanted to make is the highest grade
machine bought at the standard
price, which must of necessity be more
than what a common grade machine
sells for, is the cheapest kind to buy
in the end. That many farmers do
not buy the highest grade of farm ma
chinery shows beyond a doubt that
they do not think as we do about this
question, but our candid opinion is the
highest grade of machinery is the
cheapest to buy every time
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

One reason why more orchards are
not set is the number Of years the
owner has to wait before returns be-
gin. Many farmers are not willing to
wait, and so content themselves with
the decreasing returns from the or
chards which their fathers or grand
fathers set. But such farmers are
usually the ones VINO are also content
with unrepaired fences and scrub
stock. A good sign of the times is
that this class of farmers is growing
less year by year, and that with more
knowledge and broader ideas the
farms are showing with each season
more satisfactory returns. even though
prevailing prices may not be higher.
And not least among these broader
ideas is the increasing number of ap.
pie orchards which are being set
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
Cinnamon Vine.

The beautiful cinnamon vine is one
of the most charming climbers and
will quickly cover an arbor, window or
veranda with profusion of vines,
and sweet scented flowers. making It
a perfect bower of beauty. The vine
is perfectly hardy, and once planted
will grow for many years and will be
a source Of constant delight to the pos
SCISSOR. There is nothing which will
give a home more homelike and
cosy appearance or be surer index Of
refinement and culture than the beau
tiful vines twining about the porch
and trellis.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
THE FRUIT GROWERS FRIENDS.

Farmers and fruit growers have a
great many unobtrusive friends that
are constantly engaged In actively
serving them. We think IL is not rash
to say that every owl, shrike, butcher
bird or hawk is worth from $5 to $40
in services rendered during the year
to the farm on which they live. AS
soH1 as grove becomes infested with
English sparrows, owls assemble there
and the ranks of the sparrow are so
reduced that what remain depart in
terror. 1t Is common to see a shrike
or hawk hover over a place where a
corn shock has just been removed, and
after little reconnoitering, to drop
down upon the field mice and vermin
that were protected by the shock.
The snake is an active agent in de-
stroying the enemies of the fruit
grower, and so, too, is the skunk
There is some chicken destruction, ii
is true, by the latter, as well as by
hawks, but the harm they do in this
way is comparatively nothing to the
good they accomplish. 1t is only the
occasional hawk or skunk that falls
into the habit of living off the poultry
yard, and it should be trapped or shot
as an individual offender and the in
nocent should not be made to suffer
with the guilty. Much loss is annual
ly caused by the indiscriminate and
ignorant hunting of hawks, owls and
shrikes, for when they are gone in
furious vermin multiply. In view of
this loss farmers and fruit growers
should prevent men from coming on
their premises with guns.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
Combined Milk Pail and Stool.


empty the bowl, just turn the spetat
halfway round, and it drains entirely
into the pail, as you can see by the
sketch OF the spout piece alone. This
part fits snugly into the pail spout,
SO | have no rubber to get rotten.
THE bottom of the pail Is 11a
inches above the bottom of sides, tC
guard against puncture from stones,
ETC., when used in the field or yard;
however, | always milk in the stable,
but even there the bottom is just as
well raised. The handle is in line with
the spout, and drops down out of the
way as you sit down to milk, and is
just where you want it If you have to
get away quickly as will sometimes
happen to anyone.
I'm all these years | have not had
COW get her foot in the spout but
once; this bent it down, but our tin
smith bent it back, and the same pail
in all details is now in use as good as
ever. 1t is heavy-weighs just seven
pounds-but the longer l use it the
better like it, and up to date l have
prove on the original pail in any way.
About six weeks ago one of my
cows had teat cut by her neigh
Dor stepping on it, piece being cut
almost out. The cow was milking, sc
sewed the piece back in place (three
stitches) and milked her until now ii
is healed and no longer troubles her.
used my pail, no trouble for three
teats, but for the cut one l held the
spout of my pail in my left hand and
milked into it, while the COW did what
she could to assist; when the bowl
was nearly full l put It in place in
the pail, drained it, and then used it
again free from the pail. From my
pail as model, another pail could be
made for less cost, and there is no
patent on it,"
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
s-x Got ron Rinu Over Head.

Jhc cisEt-ycar-old son Of Charles
Brown, 4 farmer living two miles from
Nevada City, or the Washington road
found or toG ring on the end of q
log.
- some way, while he was wearing
It as crown. the ring slipped over
his ears and caught his chin. His
father could not get II off, nor could
any of the ne!ghbors. so Brown had
TO drive into town with the boy al
r;gh., find blacksmith and have the
r.uS flied Off, Sacramento Bee.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
Revolutionary Cannon Ball.

While digging a ditch in the south.
cast par; or the town of Bennington
VT. recently workman dug up six
pound cannon ball that had been three
feet under ground and badly rusted. II
was on The direct road taken by the
Berkshire county troops that came to
participate in the battle of Bennington
and on the lot where they camped the
night before reaching Stark's army.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

heretofore met are overcome. 1t may
be argued that hot plate can usually
be carried safely in two hands, with
the assistance of a protecting napkin,
or something of the kind, but often it
is necessary to handle the hot plates
with one hand in order to open doors.
and particularly to insure neatness
and dispatch in service. The illustra-
tion shows the New Jersey mans idea
of construction in carrying out the
principles of his invention. The jaws
are formed of separate wires, bent to
engage and hold the pivot pin upon
which they oscillate. A continuation
of the jaws rearwardly from the pivot
pin forms the handles, which are gen.
erously large and normally held open
by a spring. The rubber bosses, or
knobs, on the lower jaw are held in
place by loops ending in a point.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
Foot Race Shifted His Heart.

Bird Duke OF Shippcnsburg. Pa.
died .his week after a lingering Ill
cess. due 10 remarkable experience
He took part ard won a foot race
twenty years ago. but MS result OF
his exertion his heart is supposed to
have changed from the left to the
right side and he fell exhausted at the
end. Since then he had been a great
en nSa-o-
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

Any roof paint should be made of
pure linseed oil and white lead, shad-
ed any color desired Green or terra
Gotta looks well, but red should be
avoided. The correct way to paint
shingle roof is to dip the shingles be-
fore they are put on. If painted after
wards they do not last as long as
when not painted, as the moisture
gets below the shingles, and, being
damned there by the paint, tends to
produce decay. A good way to apply
paint to shingles is to dip the small
end in the paint and run it through
rubber clothes wringer. This spreads
the paint over the surface. If the roof
is shingled it would be well to tint it
with stain. which is put up by large
paint-making firms.
2. Galvanized iron is better than
zinc for crossing joints or cutters on
a roof. The strips should be not less
than Is inches and they should be
put on before the shingles. !,
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

Remember that colt has a small
stomach and big appetite and that
its digestion is not as strong as that
of a grown horse. Consequently the
food for colts should be moro concen-
trated and more easily digested than
that fed to mature horses.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
CRIMSON RAMBLER ROSE.

The Crimson Rambler rose, as seen
on our frounds Just now is magnifi-
cent sight. For several weeks it has
been in full bloom, and in spite of the
time of year, and the extremely hot
weather, is still in first class condi-
tion. The plants were planted about
two feet apart, as they stand in nur-
sery row. They were so dense in the
row that they formed a perfect hedge
and solid mass of crimson roses
were seen during the month of June
and the first half of July, in all stages
of development from the tiniest bud
to the full sized, open flower. We are
glad to note that this rose has many
strong traits to recommend it to the
public, and it is wonderful how per-
sistently the petals adhere to the full
blown flower. 1t is truly a grand rose
for every outdoor purpose imaginable,
as they have growths of one summer
which are over IL feet long. 1t may be
kept down by pruning or pinching
back the new growth 1t is a most
profuse bloomer; the best that we
know of. We were slow in taking hold
of this new candidate, fearing that we
would meet disappointment; but we
are happily disappointed, as it is more
than we expected as to hardness;
with but little covering it will stand
our most severe winters. We recon-
mend it for general planting. For the
best effect in bloom. all roses of this
class are bettered by partial shade
during the heated portion of the day.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
Es9Ness--.0ress-~aNrss-s0resE}
s Farm and Home :
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Combined Milk Pail and Stool.

COmDinco MiIk Fdi anu otoois
Mr.. F. M. Carryl. a Connecticut
dairyman. describes in the Jersey Bul'
letin. combined milk pail and stool
which he invented and is using with
great satisfaction. The pail Is 13 inch
es in diameter and 10 inches deep, the
neck or spout Is inches and the re-
ceiving cup is S1s inches across. Mr
Carryl had 1t made by tinsmith, who
charged him $3.50 for material and la
Dor. In describing the pail Mr.. Carry
says:
"The pail is all of three-ply tin ex'
cept the cover (Which sets in hush);
this is galvanized iron. The bowl ID
the spout is pint dipper cut to Mt
and the milk falls In this and runs
over into the pail on which l sit; there
is no spattering at all. Then &c
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

Mr.. Kipling's belief that the auto
mobile has benefited mankind physi-
cally. mentally and spiritually, has a
partial support from facts. The auto
has benefited good many persons
spiritually If they we're poor Chris.
tians when run down.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

America is richer every working
day by at least $4,OOOOOO," according
to Parson jerks. AS there are S0,-
100000 people in America, your share
is one-half of one cent. Are you get
ting it?
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

The published table showing that
John l.. Sullivan earned" 1897, 900
during his ring career is interesting
and instructive but not nearly so
much so as the fact that John hasn't
any of it now.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

When the crew of his yacht mu-
tinted Howard Gould retired to his
cabin and barred the door, thereby
lining up with Achilles and the other
illustrious heroes Of history.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

Nicholas may be a cruel autocrat; /;
but when man is just going to move
into a new house and the cook finds
the coal bin full of dynamite, there is
something to be said for him If he
loses his temper.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

A Pittsburg school teacher has asked
Andrew Carnegie for $4,000, ,000
When last heard from Andrew was
still thinking about it. There are so
many school teachers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

1t is commonly believed that women
have stronger attachments than men,
but this is an error. A man is often
strongly attached to an old hat, but
who ever heard of a woman being
strongly attached to one?
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

celebrated philologist says our
tongue is richer in words setting forth
sins, than in words setting forth
graces. 1t is probable that politics is
mainly accountable for this fact.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

A Toledo man has succeeded in sail
ing in an air ship to the top of a ten
story building. The dispatches fail to
explain why they wouldn't let him 60
up on the elevator.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

Mrs. Jimmie Brown Potter is a
bankrupt in England. Her theatrical
rocket went good way up and was
long time in the air, but it had to
come down.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

New York wireless telegraph op-
orators have found out that the Cod
dess of Liberty has been intercepting
their dispatches. The senders of pri-
vate messages fear that, womanlike,
the goddess can't keep a secret.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

History has destroyed another inter
esting story A snake didn't bite
Cleopatra to death-she blew out the
gas.
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12
HANDLING A HOT PLATE.
Design Intended to Do Away With
Many Accidents.

Many Accidents.
1t is well known to servants and
those who daily have to handle dishes
and other culinary articles that it is
quite difficult to move or carry about
hot plates with safety, except with
the hands. When the edge of the
plate is grasped with anything like
metallic jaws there is great liability
of breakage or of the plate slipping
or overturning its contents. A New
ark inventor, however, has discovered
that by making the jaws of a wire
frame plate holder somewhat irregu-
lar, so long as they are not too greatly
out of balance. and by providing one
jaw-say the lower-with rubber sur
aces at points SO that they may hold
rictionally, most of the difficulties
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

A radium clock constructed to run
1000 years would be unsatisfactory.
The man WHO had to wind it up twen-
~ centuries hence would complain as
loudly about it as you do about hav-
ing to wind up your house clock one
week
Charlevoix county herald., 1905-08-12

That Berlin scientist who has dis
covered a cure for red noses is the
kind of a fellow that makes two
blades of rye grow where one grew
before.