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SPEC lAL sEx uRsi ON 9. ID AvANA,
cuBA, N q AN a ! 7, e H
s3s COAQr8 line s5sSs,

sA 4, per ON ~ conduct ed excursion To-
Havana ma Cuba. viii strlsave yyyashingt
Richmond and rtolls January J. 1872 =
steamer, n oliYett y lea Port Tampa.
MA might q JanuRr st h:.s,, Party will
Be limited t. $50 PERSONS therefore, make
reservation prompt Tyr to \ secure Il pr por
!, ccnmmod lions on stcamer. "A.
Tritot, who speaks Spanish fluently,, will
meet tie party at Jack ony lille and ~
com1pan them to Havana 81,
Sf,gckas limited Il return II from Ha.,
", ma on amy teamers unit January 18th,
with privilege TO stop over at any point
in the sta te& O a 81 orr dai' south 4 Of Jaos-
sonvllle, thin tho final limit, January
22d 5iss ~; ~
round trip, IN cludes n meals Y and state.
rooms on steam er !, !, Z
Cuba. will be furniahed on 8 pplioation..
ny ticket agent s3$ East Main Street, or
WI. n Craig, G. r. a, " " ilmington N. G.,
" 5l53 ilsaa
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SOUTHERN RAILW AY.

SCHEDULE IN ETFEcTap DEC !. q, 1904,
TRAINS LEAVE 9RICHMOJD.ts II
Zoo "A. M.-Daily forl Y arlottS,l n
i2:so Pc NJ --Dn!i nited-Bunsss Pullmsn. 20
Memphs; chatt and s1ls 4 ea sGuth.
ii: SO P&5 NJ Lim.t ted ;ss PULL rsad1
$3.50 r, ~ for, Ell tho SCUM.
The g ,I Hnd 4,
rs E. Mecca avs and
4;:o "a NJ Except sunday-Eor yest I; P OH
7a5Igs connecting with steamers for "a timoIe
58 N and river landings B: Monda Wedne
Gsl and Fridays steamer calls at SGloucestef
6s4 492 point Almonds and Clay Bank. 4 N
q AS IA. M.-Except Sunday Local mixed for
5i $ss y TRAIN FRI s SsARRIyE RICHMOND
Z e,saS a NJ and 6:4a r, M.Erom all tbs 6outhsb
AK p M--Fror1 Chnrl lotto and purhe0. 4
$40 a E s, i, Reysyi " = ..t POM.
XII, XIX AZ N. 81 $50 m. From West Point
e. ,WHh,1EffIARDWICH, ; W. II. TAYLQA n
81 e. - . r, y N 81 q. Y z.
" 8. III AA,ccKERT.$ Gent: Msr.. ~
Warrington. D. 3. ly.
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GIGANTIC RAILROAD 0 D.
COMBINATION INCOMING.

5f3i ,sa (special HI .T'he Dispatch)
there rs Ils q r ~ Itl
going the rounds tnssN Vail Street t. to the
efrect that there lis q ikel to- BE- q com
blnatiori Pacific NorthWes tern &, =.
quite posi- by well formed people
that this is practically an .ac complished
fact, that tho Harrim an r Her. Still
man interest have acquired control OF
New York Central that Air:-Y anderb ilt3
will soon give sup all tive interest ~
rntlroadtng ana hat: he m ahaseMent o.
the New Fork Cent raj 1speg turned
soveryEto MI: IIarrima i q Int aonething
lis6 going OH sis evlncedS by the heavy buy
ing and great ztrengt q. u the Three stocks
weeks. The com blnat lo,L seems :sprob ablo
and Tlfs lit Is true vii ltnak Ike Unton Pa
3cincsS one X oeS; THE Host imro rtnnt roads
IN the country ~, r. E 4s 8
Richmond people have. fogss .. long stime
been heavy Sbuy ais Of. { MON Pacific and
tho above Will be- read With Interest .hpre1
abOuts. h K.
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& STORY OF DECEMBER. !.
Weather Bureau Makes 8 Each
4 Il Day Speak for Itself. $5a

y Decembel;; the month in which Christi
mas comes, is y interesting. even i; when
reduced to figures, 4 as the United States
Weather Bureau does. The summary
prepared BY Mr. u. "A. Evans, section.
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COTTON, (. MARKETS. \

# NEW YORK Jan. 4.-Thc cotton ma rlte L was
much moro active, At times prices .wcrp al
most tsensat ionnlly strong, but Weakening in
the later trading. finished tho day at ~ sub
fstantalSr reaction from tho best, the tone
barely steady. III ", * 4.
The opening was steady with May 4 point
lowsr, but genera llst iron, E3a6 points
~ ,rYodernie cover ne. Yesterday buyers
sGefned To- be selling and demand Ct 4 ~ was
qulet.so thnt prices folowlng tho call ea 4,e
al this Y level tho persistent buying OF Epot
houses, covering M tributed 10 come OF the
larger OCCASIONAL shorts and cont! l.rs-3
oerI nekea ceran
market lenderA were trs g to- cate go p loss
orders tho short de ana rs ",
vallced there was bidding TOT large blocks q,
Oh ecked until had extended to q matter q
.nbout 81 points: on moro active posi,.
tho. lo,y level Of last week Following this
liquidation set n and there ,TAs rnnawa! y, q
bear pressure from lower re- " IN
trading was foyerishly active Tho :. market
closed barely steady wit 0ctober unchanged t
eh %ers q pSa as
Large exports for tho day helped the adj
vance. although port receipts oyerrnn expegtat
s nays so aoF
'r at feye the i5cas dose weak
and transac tons wern reported some SGT points
% ss bales against Al 0s4 last week and 80 800
last year; the week 326 f9 bales 70 EG =. y
es ysss aes 49,
FLEA against $50 last year.
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ny NEW YORK. jan oTToN-sSpot cotton TOT
active firm and higher; sales 10. soo bales,atn-
:R1cH,IoNn PRODUCE MARKET .,l7;1'llE

Corrected dRlly.29Unlc1t
Quotations ps,ss p 17
isc 4; fair Is good, per pound undra w. leg
lie ducks choice, per pound. undra@n, 1 1sas
isc fair to good. per pound undraw ~, =, -.
geese choice, per pound i tay ~
chick rs choice pcr pound, unlrawn,i lag !ec.
fair TO good, per pound unaraWn, 10y, ,S e.;
hens choice. per pound, ldg q te
,,,na
ssiindrnwr, Market active
Ii AME-Wlld turkeys. PEG pound, 3 lSn TX
m rtridges large, per dozen. $l:oo: pncasahse,
each, 6.; birds, g; rabbits ~
5rels, each. 3S & ji ~ G.
f naet:sd gsss esun az
pGsHies
eeSSss yefoS io isI@sn Hsaa
Gfst.rnt q, nca rby fresh IS eec
crates, other sections. asc barrels and
speHes; hogs choice so
sisc. ner pound dressed hogs. large; per pound.
bM6c. gc.:! ne and spare RIBS per pound, 70;
e dTsd Ps ap pIb bright per pound
dried peaches per Po .Sasa ~
black -eyAd peas per bushSi: 3; peens,
small whites per bushol, sl,7ot ofnlos's, pes
bgs rel, ss TTock-veals. choice per pound
10. ;voas. to good; Pc pouhh a:
yeas runness er peaand * pIi g
p pesn SCussa se ~ . prime round
w,s sPssE'ss. ssst::
straight sod5 s. r.
p9sna
&c, q Mliifoed -shlpstVn. per ton. ~ 5e6 sa,oQ;
bran SlV.t0GD2100 tlgI
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my M. GOODS MARKET.

FL NV YORK. Jan THE, dry goods rket
d g sftii fiat and demand Is OF the most radi.
cali restricted character Sellers hoWaycr ere
~ are ma ntaining an attitude Of general
frmness. Jobbers are hand capped by the
china tlc condi lions.
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!. \. y. ]. !, s.s11s
SHORT R1Bs-Peri 100 lbs. I. III, 35S = MI
~ Waw i. 10 ~ H O. 10 Ss@E g. GIG II g. SEX

i caan quotations were a. follows: FLOUR.
sprlng wheat H1o9L is; No 81 sc: No
2rsd lsz0lls os sSr'': I. MTi
slEci;F No. white, ~ $75e.'
Good bariye fairt T. e s ssna
nth estein, &. ~ primo limo thy see ed 81 75:l
sss por per barrel ~ LEE slr
short clear sldes boxed \. 40
yh.key basis q h hiEh vines. T. AZ
ycreameries. ia 2sc.: datrles 1eac4c. Cheese
Firm lat ii ai2c.S EsEv-F firm at mark ]. cases
included, e0a9h. flrsts, &c prime IT'S Y,
&c. extras, 2Sc.B} ~ iSs
Il BALTIMORE, MD, Ian FL uR-9utet
and sunchanged and lever Spo,,
By sample. 81 al:lsN. Corn Easy 5 .spot, 4ss4 q
southern 1atT s,
STEADY and 8unchnng cd : fancy init ton 8: TO
%. ancy ladle az als ~
Cheesas and SugarFt rr aud unchanged II fs9
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sCLos1NG BOND QUOTATIONS.

CT. ca, G. an dst.r Louis gen 1ol
Chicago Terminal
SSiorado ana Southern is. 81
Cuba g. ccrt Ifeates s. 1o3sh
T1envar nj F1io C3ra nde Is
DistilIers secufiticsT 81. .
Erie prior lien ii 4s
Eric Genera Is. y ssE
Fort Worth and Denver City 1sts. 1osits
~ Hooking Valley l0s HI
a Japanis 6s cert hcat !8hS
S Loulsvllie and Nash. Unined .4s. .1osE
Nfa,iGa n gar IA m a.
Msxica n Central ISL Inc . s. Is
and I an.s ma .aa e
Missour B. Kansas and Texas eds. n, ssE
Nv M ,,ai "A Of Afe xico con. Al.
EesvYork trial ron y. IS. 1914
New Jersey Cent raj gen. e. ~
Northern Paeihc ~. l0 sa
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NAVAL STORES:

VTI.AflN C,TON ~ N, ca Jan. "A, --SFlRIIS
,rrInRPEETiNE-Sothin doing; i receipts, u, e
casks =, Big TseeiyRpfis'h a1.
barrels g. t1Se lese,p!ss Hal 81 20 "a.
N gsAYANNA All, Ga, Jan. -TtIRPFNT'1NlE1--,
rsrn, mt soc ~ receipts, 500 caslss salesit.47l
casks. q osin--Receipts, n 47da barrels; sales.
i GIL barrels. u . . rym pr,N
TINE M AND RosIN-,Noth doing. DIV
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=. - z "a
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

~ ,2iy. ts PBANIJT MARKET.
q ptYrERsBURG.s " A. ,8 j an. 54,--PEANUTs--
nrn s7fe VIM e hol IS
a q E1a irni at sssc TOR fancy stock;
machine picked, sl,elllt,g III stock.
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Spot cotton closod quiet q polnts higher;
mddng uplands. Z. IS: "a nj rE .gollk

a Cotton. quiet: r,,iddiins IS net receipts. 2e6
EXPORT to Great Britain, ] ,47s bales. ~ \. -
bale export To- Great Britain. %. go bales
France. $50 bales to tile Continent 81. go bales
stock ora, e37s baies. ss5 u ~ . 9.
Consolidate led tnt all portsN ct receipts. 1ss2ls
bales port to- Great Bri tain 49, 40 balea; =,
France 6,175s bales; 10 u Continent, ,isS
bales to Mexico, I. coo bal Us I.
Il Total since September list q az peTts,-S,et
receipts ,G32,471 bal 70 Great Brtnin,
:155 i76 bales to France, 4S2, 6ls bales 70 the
sss 12s bales; to s. b balet
to Mexico. j, $50 bales. III m SS
$ NEW 81 ORR. j an. coTToN:--S cotton ton
active, firm and higher; sales ~. eoo bales,atn-
GLIDING s,so arrive. et,o.attons 90 yanced
= Futures opened: quiet wifh prices points
down The ina rkst Soon COX a. upward tsI 1i
Mo rch w hich opened g poin e lower az va,
sold up t0f, ts declined ito g. 70 and r.
covered to 6.ss There were similar
in the other hctiy month"; traders 5being . ~.
parentIyi nervous. Many OF ~ en- |. TOOK LI ~,
one side and then the other in enorts 20 make
s1Icct,ssfll Y sea lps. The Improvement IN Llvcr-
i,ooi rtlye the local market strength up 70 noon.
when pro III taking by longs sent prices GOWN
10 within lTt3 points OF last evening clrSe,
the list showing net points lower 70 q points
higher than yesterdays fira h. - =
CT ton futures barely Ut annary; .st e
e.7T: sFabrlary 6ses76. March, ~
Xpril. s.esT6ss: May 6. % a.. oo:a June, ,ose'
Ids ;pJuly, 7.1.J7 y oln
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ISL 3 BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET. s5sss
#BALTIMORE,f8 MD., Jan. Il 4.---s bparrl Air
Line common. lo1 bid do preferred, 81
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q CATTLE GAIT ] MARKETS.

Il CHICAGO ILL., Jan. .-e:Arsr1E Ere
icelpts, l2,ooo head. Market . oGa5c. h cher.
Good To- primo steers, 4 y. 5tG6. 90: poor, to me:
dun, s.. oal5. ID: siookers and feeders. $, 4Q@
lis; cows 81 - :ahsfers ssao 90 Gamers,
HogsERece II, Soo head. Market stronger.
Mixed and butchers, n, s5a4. good 70 choise
light: ii5oa4s5; Is bulk OF sales, 81; 4e0:
sheep--Rsceipts. Is. 90 head Sheep. strong;
lambs 610c. higher Good to choice wethers,3
81 s5dsse 1nrito choice. mi xed. q; native
lampH. s., Sod7 20. "A ss,
NEW YORK, Jan. --iBEEYEs steers and.
bulls steady COWS yn on limited r sse Y
steers s. tOd6 GO; stays. f420 llxt8 *5
onnys. III 7oaaGo very few prime cows here:
nm i e q hssr - 6a cniyes
s;eady. CITY dressed veais per pound 3
count dressed per pou.nsdl * sh 1sS
eh bs IS 90: few export wethers 60 LAMBS.
culls s. Hogs-a e ios Sia \.
choice light, State pigs, s 40. Az
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

J. PORT OF RICHMOND JAM. 1906, ~;
~ MI ARRIVED, Ell. IN
q Steamer Brand don. Harvey. NORFOLK. n1erchan.
disc and passen gers Old Dominion Inc.
a KS SAILED. s u
II ste s,usr 7. Pocahonta1, Gnves,; James; River
iandlRgs and Norfolk merchs dlse and passen.
ESrs, Virginia NAVIGATION GO. D II \ u a3.
Ste amer Brandon, HarAeyi Norfolk. me fchnn.
disc and ;psseensers. Old Dominion llne't
PORT NEWPORT NEWS. Jan, q 1905,
ARRIVE P. III ta55 Z.
Barge New York, Prov dence !, Il. i K,
1, y, II. 81 BALLET N s4Yg Az " Ss
bark baltimore. Charleston.
Schooner NJ. +. Sinai II ortl and, > n 3is
I3arge Winthrop. y 81 N 8
Barge Pastolus, E'roy !deppc, n "a y
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sE1R0ARD AIR LINE RAJ WAY I

q, Il.S1s VI,
Il DRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND
W. ~ t 4, SeAboard Maill0 100 p -4eA@
I'sV h s., I'd Express-ro 81 Yannah. jacksonville
Atlanta AND IND, sG Has Nasilna ana H.m,.,
: S;!U Z, =, Ms NJ ARRIVE RICHMOND DAlLY,$ssg5
al X N. mo, ST. From Flor ds Atlanta am
y AZ ne M souNs sS-Fron Forlds Atlanta ana
IA he = eM houNs ss-From :oriina and Ioaal
b IL 8. A't1'f>N -" W. N. TAYLOR. c T. H., n
o.o r,axt MAN 6lrust. Phone ~.
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u r p. - Richmond, Frederick.
III - burg e Potomac II. RI.


1s ] - burg q Potomac II ~
Trains Leave Richmond. ..N orthwart.
~ s ~ M--- I! Hyrd gt TAreaxh n
q 71o ~. NJ. week days. Elba. Ashl ands ACCOM-
s.aX. n. Daily Byrd 81. Through
12:o5 noon. pays. BYRD s.8 nrous i.
400 F. y M.-Weeki Days-t3yrd st, Fradsrickpss
burg Accommo dalton. Isl iaSaF5|5$$
FL sos Pr MISUNDERSTANDING Ct. Through.
H 8 800 P. fM.---Week Days-Elba. Ashland 80
sos =. M:.Daiiy- 81. Through
@l'rrains Arrive Richmond--6o uttvard.SN
s:3st A.t N. week days Elba.s Ashiand 4 Ao.5
szo AL M.--Week Dsys-Byrd ST. v Frederic Z.
4Ra45sS burg Accommodate ion s.gt
s:s5 An M.--Day-Byr ST Through. I.
II b0 Az n. Week Dsys Byrd \ Through.
d 2.14 F. NJ daily, Main ST. Through II Isl
& $3.50 Pr M cox days. EslbA AlhlsndSAs.
7:,5 i Po'"MGpaiiy-Byr ss. ThrcSsh.
u 800 n. Nj, daily Byrd s.. oush Local
L 10 p fsof N. Daily. 81. through
53NOTE-Pullrnan8 sleeping OF Parlor Cars -
ali above trains except tralnc arriving 1sich-3
mond S1l:5o SA. n week daysss and local acoonnsi
'n Time q 4rr.yal. ana lures ana eoanss.
w b DUKE. 9. W.cyl,F w P.TAYI'oH..l
CENT Man ~ cas1sii Man r,.s TrAf 4 1ieAS
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SssssEH ~ rs;! s,,s,;; ~. 1s 81
Oregon Short Line rcfundingI w
Pennsylvania cony. 3is ~, #
Reading General g: = ~
,,19s and son Tr.i ncIsco .,., Ss!s
.,ts @ ~, ~ orf, "A 81 8
o,ord AZ Ina Il e. S4,s
So,,t at,,! rac a5s
~, ~. . ii i,,a = ~ lis 81
M 1sn,f j.
So "a Nj we ern AZ II, 81
iisIa, ~ l0sA
9in;o, 81 . z. 1lts
steel 81 81. \. = sex
~ ~; ~, NJ. j, = I'VE 11s f
a ba ~ Ssh,S, a.. !. 6fss
yy,ost crr AZ. IA Z. DOE
r. nj = L ~ % ~
issossa ssRiss =
eon ~ .ot Seoreia I'd Inc \. 6e1s
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/. Other Produce Markets.

~.
NEWi,YoRK Jans,s 44,--FL OUR Firm but
y sSey s4'Sii NJ
$iwheat-No, g red s.. al'1!s Wheat aaya ,s
5set hls ss''s NAY X closed q ,LlS s'isa jply
'4;Gs srn-spot easy No. q 81: option market
was moro active, closing steady NJ ~ neti
decline, May close y y ausi
" pest-- su teady: Gu Meats ard.
es;srS ssamss sss
Quiet s9slpI-lrs''' 1pFpsp'
g. Sa@bsMs; rhe market for col.
fec futures opened steady and closed stsad *
net Unchanged 10 q polnta lower, Sales u. boo
R FiSn, s MEo1s sHaswst su's 'es
stony; SAFE snail seisssa sS S waite sSo
sf ,, IL Ss.ss s1 ssss,,
as etss tsass
s 81 stsan a'a . p Gssspo IL .soa
Fan M;L'Ss,al tb asas Hhiss
is essa sssas
s is@Ssii, ia are Id, down l7ic,
q. s.a.as ss'sSss s.s s.a.ia s. 'el';.'
ssE ss's ' II s'''s u
~ ~ IL ;'s III
u r me- g, y 5s, =. y, ..oo..
| |SS E|I|
ARss pohssf ss ) 4: Il i; 4; ;;,s
= u ia ib.,
'Sais ~ ~ $50 sssN
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81; e, az, I, OIL MARKET.

y NEW YORK, Jan. I. --Cottopseed oil was
fairly active, Tbut weak. Primo crude. s. 7, 9;
s. prime GUNNER 4; e,0w " fe
inM. nonlinal; prime winter yellow. ?69g6ksc,
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4! N{ea II ,,..,...., ,44.3 aI2 Sb.8r, t,E
Atmosphere a. pressure Cred iced 10 sea
level inches and hundredths)--Aiea lean, 30, 90;
highest, 80,b, "a ITO a?d {, lowest, ~, date
Temper lghest Ct, date YeSth /; low
est, - date 18th + greatest daily range. 81.
aats 18th Least dF9lly ra11gs date i
average daily, excess lplus5 eaSieney
slmlnusl q this month, q cop pared With
lated excess (plps) or deficiency (mlnus)
sinee January LIST, mlnps !, i !; average
SINCE January, ! st, mInus ~ 4.
total, .moy.snlsnt ,ls miles j, ,,laxlm mum
Se eSs Hi he wa Sn ha 'Sa eS
Preelplt tlon;,sAYerag SO 1 tllts, month /, for
eight years. 3,s6 excess tpl!Msl or edeil-
solency (mlnusl Of this ,n9ntl as COM
pared with average Of eight years. plus
OBS /; accumulated 4 excess (plusl d or def
.clency stminus) since january 1st, minus!
4 Sunshine aud loudil iess unlheI. OF
sar sHT n sgb1y ,Fs dIpqaK
J. Not indicates iaee ot Spsoelptta,
Stlon,g " "a N /. 81 b, ,3 ft s,55%
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RICHMOND M & STOCK MARKET

y Richmond, III Va, Jam *lsts.
3 fs5sf nj H SALES
VII Virginia Ccn.ricS-c, 800 at 31ss 800 at u
100 at 97H;; 700 ut 900 al Coz at
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n 70 J. DOMINION J! !! |! 9 I !. , ]. !,
STEAM 2 G COMPANY J .
Nisht Line for Norto'llk

Leave Richmond every evening foot s6ss!l q q
M, Stopping az Newport News sR sovts, FsIs.
Dns way 81 SO Iound tip. Including issss,stm osNei
meals, Soc. each. sttsst ciis 70 sts " nstf'
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AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE.

Grew Of School ers Res ued After.
NIGHT Of Suffering and Terror,
Night Of intense aqffeFtng from thu cad.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-02
THE MILK PAIL.
How 1t May Be Handled So as to
Keep Out Any Matter Drop
ping from Cow.

When milk is not to be strained dur
ing milking, the sanitary milk pail is
best. When such is not done and the
milking is done into an open pail it
should be held in the position shown
in the illustration-that is. sidewise,
and just as far away from the COW that
any matter which may drop off the
COW will be sure TO clear the pail and
fall to the floor. OF course, when
the pail gets to be rather full it may
have to be held nearer to the COW and
in a more vertical position. The
Michigan station lays more stress on
cleanliness in the stable and of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-02
GREATER CORN YIELDS.
Ways in Which the Farmer May In
crease the Productiveness Of
His Fields.

It Is commonly conceded that the |
average yield of corn upon the best
adapted lands of the corn belt proper
might be greatly increased. 1t is also
true that great advances have been
made in the methods of seed selection
and corn cultivation, so that some
have have been made to produce 80 to
100 per cent increase in yield These
are comparatively rare instances, how
ever and there is great need of gen
eral application of improved methods
to bring up the average yield of the
entire corn-producing area. 1t will not
be a difficult matter to do so. 1t is a
very easy matter to increase the corn
yield of any farm in two or three grow
ing seasons In the first place, better
seed is required and the seed selected
should merely be the largest ears with
the deepest kernels that can be earlist
ripened in a given district Properly
saved and tested, such seed will give
good results on land that has been
brought to a proper filth, and that has
been enriched by manure and clover
growing. Given the proper seed and
favorable conditions of the seed bed,
weeds must next be kept down, and
this is to be accomplished by indus
trious narrowing before and after
termination of 9le seed. We want
good planting, too. Three plants to a
hill, all of them healthy plants, and
on well done check-rowing that allows
of cultivation, too, must be better than
| has been the case heretofore, when
small boys were given the work to do,
and did it as we'll as could be expected
OF them, but not sufficiently well.
Much corn is damaged, declares the
Farmers Review, by too close cultiva-
ton, so that side braces are cut off or
the roots deeply buried by deep cul-
tivation when shallow, fiat cultivation
would give better results. But even
with the best of seed, even planting,
clean and thorough cultivation, max
imum yields can never be produced
unless rotation of crops Is followed
and the soil fertility kept up by clover
growing, green manuring and top
dressing. We want less acres in corr
and better management of the areas EN-
ployed, and when the lesson is learned
on the small areas it will be time
enough to extend operations to grea
fields managed in the same intelligen
manner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-02
SIZE OF BUSHEL BOX.
A Few Pointers About the Square
Receptacle for Grains and
Vegetables.

The ordinary grain bushel contains
2.15O.42 cubic inches, 10AXl0H X2O12
inches, inside measurement, approx
mately. IN some sections custom re-
ouires 1854 cubic inches for such arti-
cles as potatoes, turnips. etc box
OF the required shape holding this
amount says the Midland Farmer,
would be about 107sxl0BX2134 inside.
Weight, is, however, much better
plan than measure for handling all
sorts of produce. If scales are correct,
all lots of 100 pounds more or less will
be uniform, but no two struck meas
ures of grain will weigh exactly the
same. A slight jar on the floor or blow
on the measure while being filled will
make a number of ounces difference in
the contents of a half bushel measure
For handling liquids the measure is
convenient and correct, but for grains
vegetable, etc, there is little reason
for using it, except where accuracy is
not essential.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-02
POTATO POINTERS.

Do not make sweet potato hotbed
and leave it for two or three days
there is danger of burning the seed.
A larger crop of potatoes may be
obtained from blowing under alfalfa
sod than can be raised in good land
that has been thoroughly manured.-
Farm and Home.
A yield of 100 bushels per acre is
looked upon by many farmers as a
fair crop, but over 1000 bushels have
been grown on an acre, while yields of
$50 to 400 bushels are not uncommon.
One of the most important reasons
why farmers do not get good results
from potatoes as they should, is that
they have too many crops to attend
to. Unless a potato crop is we'll looked
after, it will not be large.
Soaking seed potatoes from one and
one-half 10 two hours in one pint OF
formaldehyde, diluted by 25 gallons OF
water, will kill the scab germ. If the
soil is infested with the germ, pillow
under a crop of green clover or rye
which will reduce the amount of scab
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-02
CALL FOR BETTER COWS.
What Prof. Eckers Hassto Say in Re
gard to the Profits to Be
Realized.

Prof. Eckers, of the Missouri college
of agriculture, says:
The milk produced by the average
Missouri COW will sell for about $50 at
the creamery or when made into first
class butter. A good COW of the dairy
breeds will make at least $50 cash in
come every year. | have list of about
80 Missouri farmers who report a cash
income of from $50 to 800 per COW
every year, and these figures do not in
clude the income from the calves and
pigs fed on the skim milk"
But, says one milking is a tremen-
! dous task. AS a matter Of fact it takes
only go hours time, worth about six dol
lars, to milk a COW six months.
Last year the cash income from the
herd at the college farm was $3.50 a
COW for butter sold and $3.50 per COW
for milk skim milk and calves, making
total income from each COW of $95
| This year the average income from the
same source will be over 500 for the
entire herd of 2S. These incomes do not
come from feeding expensive feeds OF
excessive feeding. They are not due t.
fine barns or unusual treatment of any
kind. But they are the result of doins
the right thing at the right time in tn,
proper way"