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Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23
Famous Horse Drops Dead

New York, March 16.-Direct (2:O5A).
formerly the champion pacing stallion
and sire OF many grand circuit winners.
dropped dead of rupture of the heart at
Eastv1eW Farm, James Buffers stock
1arm, Wednesday. He was valued at
about $4,000, and was the sire of Di-
rectly (2:O3A) and Direct Hal (2:O4Hl
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

Every particle of straw produced on
the farm should find it's way to the
barn yard and be there converted into
a valuable fertilizer.
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

1t is great pity to strip all the tim
ber from the borders of the small
creeks and streams, as so many do. At
best these bottom lands are fit for lit
tie else than pasturage, being subject
to periodical overflow. Because of
the moisture and superior fertility of
such localities trees always do we'll
The creek which runs through the farm
should be bordered with trees. both
from an economic and from an aesthetic
standpoint, as nothing adds more to the
beauty of the landscape
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

An Honor to the President.
Madison, Wis, March 1S-The assem-
bly, on Friday honored President Theo
dore Roosevelt by passing bill for the
creation in Taylor county of a town
which shall bear his name.
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

1t will pay any township with seven
ty or eighty miles Of highway to care
for and only limited road tax fund
with which to do it to send some bright
young man to the agricultural college
of the state and pay his expenses for
the purpose of having him take a
course of study on road building and
drainage to the end that he may take
the position Of highway supervisor for
the township. OF course there will be
some men who will claim that no col
lege can teach them how to build good
roads, but until they quit trying to
make water run uphill it will not do to
believe them
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

1t required probably not less than
500 years to grow the black walnut
tree the stump of which we removed
from the farm last spring, and notwith-
standing it was cut a matter Of fifty
years ago it's roots were still sound, but
the pity Of all was that this monarch
of the forest was chopped down and
made into fence rails when it would
have been worth hard on to $500 today,
for it was nearly five feet in diameter.
We know what the early settlers had
to go through, but we can never quite
forgive them for so ruthlessly destroy
ing these patriarchs Of the past cen
turies.
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23
March 9-23
DELINQUENT NOTICE.
st. PdHt, minneapolis ec Mani
toOd Rdiltcay Company.
LAND DEPARTMENT.

ST. Paul. Minn.. Jany IA. 1905.
To F. NJ. Riley, Jefferson. Iowa
. You will please take notice that Gefault has
oeen made in the payments on your land con-
tract No. 227lO for the purchase OF the follow
OF Section No. 23 in Township No. I5s.
North. OF Range No. Al, West 5th p M:
that there is now due and payable under
sac saI % Contract the sum OF $4,000 principal and
and you are hereby required to pay the
SAID sum OF S0l go. together with costs Of serving
TINS notlce. within thirty days after the service
OF the same upon you. exclusive Of the day
of such service. and in case you fail to make
payment within the time aforesaid. said Rail-
way Company will cancel your Contract and
declare the same null and void
CHAS. II. BABCOCK
Land Commissioner
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

We ran across a young man recently
who with his brother six years ago,
when they were just young boys, in
vested in two registered Shropshire
ewes. The boys made careful study
of the sheep and cared for their little
pure blood into it. Today the boys have
a flock of over 100 pure bred ewes Of
this breed which is conceded to be one
of the finest herds of Shropshire sheep
in the west This is not a long story,
but there is lots of meat in it.
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

A reader wants to know whether, see
ing that he has not much work to do
this winter. it would pay him to haul
straw out on to his fields and burn it
for its value as a fertilizer, he living
where the soil is rich and well supplied
with potash and such other mineral
constituents as would be the residuum
of the burned straw. We do not think
this work would pay, as it is the wrong
way in which to use the straw, the
value Of which lies almost wholly in
the humus which it furnishes the soil
The straw should be fed to stock in a
yard and when converted into manure
be hauled out on the fields, when it
then becomes the most valuable ferti-
li2er to be obtained. Under no circum-
stances should straw ever be burned.
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

A man had 16O acre farm left him
by his father twenty years ago free
from membranes. Since then he has
been doing what so many do-been
raising grain and selling it from year
to year until his soil has become worn
and. unproductive. In order to get
along he had mortgaged the farm for
all the money it would carry as a Sc
curity. A year ago he moved to town
and rented the farm to a tenant for
So per acre. This tenant put sixteen
good COWS on the farm and easily paid
not only his rent, but obtained from
the farm good living. If he stays
there for five years he will be in good
shape to buy the farm.
The present high prices for mutton
and wool will tempt thousands Of men
to rush into the sheep business, buy
ing flocks to start with at exorbitant
prices, later to find that the ups and
downs of the sheep market have made
the business improbable and their
.flocks have to be sacrificed at dollar or
two a head, as has so often happened
in the past. Don't do this. Sheep are
all right; just like any other domestic
animal, sometimes pay and sometimes
don't The time to go into the sheep
business is just when every other fel-
low is trying as hard as he can to get
out of it. If you must start, commence
with very few and build up your own
flock. Not every man can properly
care for sheep anyhow-not over one in
ten. If you have level low farm
don't keep sheep at all; If you have a
high and rolling rough farm they are
the best domestic animal you can keep
on it.
Warren sheaf., 1905-03-23

We have had several inquiries Of late
as to what the silO will do and it's
value to the average farmer We will
answer two or three points The cost
Of a silo is about $1.25 per ton for it's
holding capacity. An acre Of field corn
which will yield sixty bushels Of corn
will make fifteen tons Of silage, or 3d.
600 pounds A matured COW or steer
will eat not to exceed forty pounds of
this silage day, and it will represent
about two-thirds of the ration needed
by such animal. The acre Of corn thus
treated will thus furnish a good food
for one animal for $50 days, and the
variations can be easily figured out on
this basis. In no other way can so
much food be stored so cheaply; in no
other way can so much nutritious and
palatable food be secured from so small
an area Of land. The silo goes with
high priced land and progressive farm
ing.
This is the season when, if you are
going to make hotbed, you must be
thinking about doing it. For many
years we have made sort Of cheap
family hotbed as follows: We take a
sheltered spot on the south side of the
chicken house or some shed, pile up a
bed Of fresh horse manure four feet
wide and say, ten feet long and eight
cen inches deep, we'll tramped and pack
ed, then make board frame eight feet
long and three feet wide, eight inches
at back, so that it will nicely fit and
carry a lot of old window sash which
we keep on hand. We then throw a
few pals Of water on the manure and
cover it with four inches of good soil,
then put on the sash and let it heat and
steam for two or three days. We then
SOW the seed-radish, lettuce, tomato,
early cabbage, peppers, eggplants, pars-
ley and celery, the four first named
taking up most Of the room. The seed
will very quickly germinate, and then
the only thing to watch is to see that
the bed is covered If there comes a
very cold snap, to water it properly
and watch that the sash is raised lit
tie on warm days when the sun beats
down too warmly upon it. The rad
ishes will be ready to pull In about
three weeks and the lettuce soon after.
giving these appetizing vegetables at
very small cost long before they can
be grown in the garden. We usually
SOW some lettuce among the radishes,
so that it can come on as a second
crop after the former are pulled. One
can raise all. the cabbage and tomato
besides, several dollars worth to his
neighbors from bed the size referred
to and made as described.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

Of time. This one IS quite novel and
emincntly effective, while IL suits the
woman Of generous proportions as well
as her slender sister, a feature by 10
means always found in full skirts of
any sort. The model Is made of brown
henrietta, ia the new shade known as
onion, stitched with cOrticelli silk and
Is exceptionally smart, the material be.
ing one OF the latest whims OF fashion.
II can, however, be reproduced IN al
sea sonable suitings and in al materials
IN vogue for separate skirts.
The skirt Is cut in seven CORES, The
front, side front and back CORES being
extended 10 form straps. which are
leoped over pleats laid at the front
edge OF each succeeding gore, and at
the back il an inverted plcat that can
be stitched fat, as illustrated, or pressed
into position. % may be preferred.
Tie quantity Of material required
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
EGGS AND COLOR

Eggs are often condemned as not
being fresh when in fact the food of
the hens has been OF such a kind that
the delicate characteristic flavor OF
the eggs. such as proper food produces
Is entirely lacking Corn has the ef-
feet. when fed literally. of causing
the hens 90 produce eggs with rich.
looking dark yellow yolks. while wheat
fed instead OF corn Will yield eggs
ot pale yellow. The public imagine
that the dark yellow. .yoked eggs are
the richer though they really are not,
Green food In the spring also produces
the dark yellow yolk, While food
has considerable influence on the yolk
of the egg, IL has little ar none on the
color of the shell. There are certain
breeds that never lay any other than
whitc-shelled eggs, and others that
also invariably lay brown. shellcd ones.
An egg from a Leghorn that was white
would never be set 10y a poultry fame
Ter. \ real white egg from any Of
the Asiatic NreedS would be a curiosity.
The distinctive shape and color Of the
eggs Of domestic poultry are as marked
and established feature as is the
case with wild birds. Mirror and
Farmer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
TO PREVENT MILK FEVER.

To begin with, never turn a cow dry
while she IS still giving good flow
Of milk. Right here IL where scri.
Gus mistake Is often made. our cows
bre milked regularly, mornings and
evenings, until the amount Of milk
given at each milking is less than n
pint; then once day for about two
weeks. As rule cow should be dry
about six weeks before calviDg, but
some COWS are inclined 10 keep up
good Gow Of milk 20 within a short
time of calving. in which case they
should be MIXED as usual or at least
once day. The milk, of course,
should not be used If the weather is
cold, az calying time. see that the COW
has good shelter; In hot weather, a
cool place. where she cannot get her
iill OF cold water. Neglect or ignorance
in this matter has caused the loss Of
many a fine animal. A. soon as the
calf Is dropped, the COW wants water.
Give her a drink Of water from which
the chill has been removed every half
hour for several hours. Two gallons
or little more is about right. Don't
forget 10 have IL slightly warm. n
the afterblrth Is slow. give the COW a
small feed Of moistened bran with
large. dry pun bail or several small
ones broken into pieces and mixed
well with the bran. Add a little salt
also. The puff balls are nothing more
nor less than dry mushrooms; the Kind
that grow in meadows and pastures.
Early In the summer they are white
but later on turn brown or purplish.
brown. aHd when broken a dense dust
arises. This dust must be retained
when they are gathered. We gather
them any time from August until late
in the fsll. Keep in boxes. II the
first dose given the COW does not prove
effective. repeat In three hours. The
punbslls can DO no harm at this time.
therefore the best plan ~ 90 add them
10 the first food given the COW. unless
no medicine is needed. let nothing
interfere with the cows drink being
given at regular intervals A good
ration H. composed OF equal parts oats
and bran. mOistened little.-AnDa
Ca!liher, IN The Economist.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
Eif.h of the Moon.

Year by year the moon is getting q
few inches more distant, and revers-
ing tie argument, year by year, in the
great past the moon was nearer 10 us.
Professor George Darwin has shown
that long, long ago the moon revoived
close 10 the earth. and still earlier
formed part Of this globe. From that
time 10 the present he calculates at
least 55,000OO0 years must have
elapsed. The birth Of the moon took
place. therefore, says the London Tel
egTaph. some where about that date
in the past.
Sir Robert Bail observed that when
the moon was near to Us its attraction
must have produced enormous tides.
many times greater than those that
wash our shores to-day. and he suc-
gested that these tides, by their pow
erful erosions and wasting Of the
land, accelerated the geological forces
that 50 reduced the tremendous peri
DDS which the geolOg.sts have demand
cl.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
A National Peril.

Within the last five years the San
lose scale has spread all over the
country This insect Is considered by
some 10 be a worse pest than all tie
others put together Certainly IL has
resulted in more legislation than all
the other insects combined. We now
have quarantine system that protects
US fairly well from the importation OF
insects and diseases. and also provides
for the investigation and fumisation
of nursery stock, but the general situG
iion is Tar more sprious DOW than ever
before. After spending more than n
million dollars 10 fight the San Jose
scale the State OF Massachusetts has
given up the struggle. and at the pres
ent moment the outlook for saving the
century-old elHs which are the glory
Of New England is ratba gloomy at
least so far az State aid is concerned -
Country Life In America.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
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CURIOSITIES OF MEMORY,
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BY VENEER VOLDO

tons, proved Mr.. Mccartney TO be IN.
yariably correct.
We Will conclude our chapter by
quoting a very remarkable instance of
loss OF memory. In 1870 a resident OF
Elmira. y. y, accidentally struck his
head against beam, and was rendered
ansensibie thereby. From the effects
or the blow, however. he very readily
recovered, and three years passed him
In the enjoyment of apparently per
feet health
At The expiration Of this time lie was
taken with acute pains IN the head.
accompanied 10y violent spa SINS. He
was promptly attended by bis physi.
cans and again recovered bodily
health; but his memory. so far as con
cerned all events which had taken
place since the date OF his accident
three years before. was a blank.
de greeted his partner in business as
the schoolmaster he had known him
10 be before the beam and his own
head came in contact. He had no un-
derstanding or comprehension Of the
state Of his business. and persisted in
treating acQuaintances formed in the
three years past as though absolute
strangers. What is still more extraor-
dinary' he was decioell- puzzled much
10 the embarrassment OF his wife 10
account for the existence OF his two
children born il The fatal three years
interval
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

There are thousands OF good COWS
owned 10y men who never know IT,
They never feed more than enough
10 Just about keep n cow alive; they
never test the milk, ana always COM
plain of hard luck.
Are your stables warm ana well ven.
tilated? II not, go TO work at once 10
make them so.
This will bc true economy, for in
this way YOU will save food and in
crease the product, whether II is butter
or milk
The stable should be kept not above
sixty degrees nor below forty-Ivc de.
grces.
Never allow cow 10 lie on bare
boards. II is cruel and costly.
DO not try To keep the stable warm
by shutting In the foul air
The ventilation must be good 10 keep
the stable sweet ana the cows healthy,
but there must be no drafts.
II you can not keep your stable warm
without artificial heat, II will pay to
have lt.
Always remember that the least chill
Of the cow shrinks her mess OF milk
Exposure 10 the chilling blasts OF
cold day teven long enough TO drink at
trough has been found 10 cause
considerable shrinkage In milk.
II pays 10 take the chill of the water
and have IL constantly before the cows
go they can drink at will Dorothy
Tucker, Ina Farm Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

Professor ]. w. jerks. OF Cornell
University, who hte!y returned from
the Orient. says that Chinese litterafi
have a fine scorn for. the practical
learning OF America Tin is the opiD-
ion a highly educated chinese official
held Of our educational standards:
The schoolbouse ana college in
America. where the rising generation
ought 70 he taught and trained in
human conduct and nanDers. have now
become mere Smithsonian workshops,
where the pupils a1e taught 20 make
money. CT. as IL is called. how 10 get
or. by learning the coarse juggIery Of
the hand called modern mechanical
srts.' or the hne juggiery % the head,
called law and theology In many
American universities dentistry and
chiropOGy. or the science Of toenall
peslirg, are pui CT tbe sane level with
p,stO aud virgil
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
only One way 70 saw. Him.

while the religion % some mon is
Intellectual said a well known New
York clergyman, "tbc religion Of many
- thing of emotions.
Back in my bodbOod days remcm.
ber man In the country who used 20
20 10 camp meetings; after singing n
few inspiring hymns he would become
90 outward appearances the bapplest
and most plous man In the camp. But
bis emotion would always die out and
his religion wouldn't tide him over
90 the next meeting.
a cynical neighbor OF this mans
once remarked that the only way 20
save his soul was 10 get him happy and
pious In one Of the meetings and then
XII him New York Presa
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
ODORS IN THE HOUSE
A SOURCE OF PERIL.
A Prob EN- Over Which the t.ome.
Builder Has 70 Fight Her hardest
Battle.

The question OF odors Is one over
which the hOmebu!lder has TO fgh,
her hardest battles, even If she starts
WIN house properly equipped for the
struggle, writes Elizabeth knight
Tompkins in Good Housekeeping. They
say that animals have no discrimina.
tlon ia odors; that is, that their senses
make no distinction between the pleas.
urable and unpleasurable. Ii often
seems as IL men were made on the
same plan. Many a man will sit con-
tentedly reading his paper in an at
mosphere of cabbage or fresh soup that
would set a woman's sense OF smell on
edge. The mother Of a family has often
10 fight her family as well as the
odors, the necessary. the inevitable
airing Of & house after meals being
accomplished only against protests.
Food odOrs are not the only ones she
has 10 fight against. Many furnish
Ings and floor coverings have odors,
more or less unpleasant. This is an
important objection 10 cheap materi-
ais; they are rarely odorless. You
should select your furnishings with
your nose. Even If the odor is not ac-
tualy disagreeable, the presence OF
any odors that are not distinct
pleasure gives a second-rate atmos-
phere to house. l wonder II the
sense Of smell is not deficient or lack
ing in great many people; this seems
sometimes the only possible solution
of their Indifference TO the abominable
odors ia their houses. How people can.
except under compulsion, endure
houses pervaded with the smell Of
moth balls and gasoline, cannot 9th
erwse understand.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
Loose Outer Wrap.

In the outer wrap this season coats
are worn loose and hagcy. with dol
man-shaped sleeves and Capes of the
regulation coachman cut cover the
gown almost entirely. \ long poAee
coat. severely plain, was lined with
gray and white squirrel fur, the lining
being entirely concealed when tie coat
was closed. The only trimming was ot
several silk frog trimmings down the
front. This is another instance OF thin
fabrics being utilized ont Of season.
Fortunately, in this case, however, tie
fur lining supplies the necessary
warmth.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03
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FARM TOPICS. |
IMPROVED STOCK.

Improved stock leads 10 better care.
IS a rule. Thus IL Is the benefit Of
pure blood. combined with the best
management and keeping. that make
the most successful and profitable re-
suits on the farm. The farmer who
undertakes 10 make the farm pay
without good stock and good care. and,
IL may be added, good treatment. is
spending his life getting experience
which is essential 10 success. while
the more progressive farmer goes
straight 10 prosperity with these i'm
porlant requisites.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

crate ones may be liked. This one is
laid in box pleats for its entire length
and is becoming 10 the generality Of
womankind, while il is absolutely sim
pie and well suited TO wear with the
jacket suit. The sleeves are among
the latest Of the season, wide and full
at the shoulders and narrow at the
wrists where they are finished with
deep cuffs. AS illustrated the material
is royal blue taffeta with figures OF the
same color, but all the seasons waist
ings are correct.
The waist consists Of the fitted lin
Ing, which is optional, fronts and back.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

Unhappy is the woman who has not
pretty wrist. She looks OF the new
waists and the new theatre and visit.
ing gowns with despair, Tor they all
have short sleeves. Not necessarily el.
bow sleeves, but with the cuff ending
good -four inches above the wrist.
The fashion is pretty and graceful, but
II calls for well-turned wrist and
forearm. The short sleeve and the
transparent guimpe are Characteristics
OF the fashions OF 1904 and Will prob.
ably continue through the coming year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

taineer. What, you preach! Kin yor
preach rs well as YOU kin shoot"
Much better" responded the bish
op, smilingly BE sure and come
some Sunday. III see that you get .
good seat I'm front
The old man availed himself Of the
invitation thus extended At the con
clusion Of the service he quickly
sought out his friend, the bishop, anc
grasped him by the hand.
"Mr Bishop" he cried enthusI
astically, II don't know much about
your creeds and dogmatIcs. but | RE
nd sot with you every time!"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1905-03-03

A lowered chiffon in yellow rose
tones was made with plain full skirt
oven an under-skirt OF taffeta and an
interlining Of plain yellow chiffon. The
waist was full and plain, cut low and
square, and had very high girdle
sharply pointed top and bottom.
Around the decollete was a fat band
OF heavy cream lace headed by tiny
quilting of cream chiffon. On one side
was rose and leaves made OF chiffon
and ribbon The sleeves were short
elbow length and were composed Of
three small puts divided by bands OF
the lace.