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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-19

getting his own living. marrying ana
dying. The responsible female not
only got her own living. but that of
her children.
Somehow, by and by. they came to
see the advantage of communal effort,
and, just MS women say to one anotli-
er now, IF you'll wash the dishes, I'll
wipe EN- one feminine bee SAID to
the other. "l'll he mother IL you'll get
the living" 1t was a bargain and thu
accommodating females took drones in
to board.
The queen of beehive does not
rule: she lays eggs. She does not
mind the babies. She does not even
do her own digcsting, let alone getting
the food The attendants that sur.
round her feed her with bee milk. se-
GREETED by glands in tlcr heads. Sho
had to be fed continually for at GER
tain periods she has the power of pro-
ducing 2,oOO to 5000 eggs a day. twice
her own weight. four times. indeed, for
her lifetime a prolific queen will lay
| l,5OO.O00 eggs.
To Tell the Age of Sheep.
Dentition in sheep Is irregular. de-
pending greatly upon the care and
food they receive; hence it is unre-
liable in some cases in determining
age. A sheep has eight lncisors in
lower jaw. The two in the center are
called the central incisors'E; one on
each side of these the internal lat
eral," one on each side of these the
external lateral" and those on the
outside the corner Under ordinary
circumstances. dentition is ms follows:
At from twelve to fifteen months, the
central permanent incisors are up and
in wear: at from eighteen to twenty
four months. the internal lateral per
manent incisors are up and in wear;
at from twenty-seven to thirty-three
months. the external lateral perma-
nent incisOrs are up and in wear: al
from three to four years the corners
are up and in wear. OF course. the
first teeth are temporary, and these
are shed and replaced by permanent
ones at the ages mentioned. 1t re.
quires considerable practice to enable
4 man to tell the age of any animal
by the teeth. and especially In sheep
,r cattle where dentition is 80 irreg
ular.-EXchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-19

The roosts in the poultry house
should be low, SO that the fowls need
not jump from any great hight. which
often causes bumblefoot-a swelling
of the bottom and side of the foot
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-19

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-19

Photography like bicycling Jumped into popular favor with
rapidly Every family has at least member who takes
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-19
Sheep that are properly fitted 70
market readily find a buyer.
Only few varieties should be plant
ed In the commercial orchard.


Only few varieties should be plant
ed In the commercial orchard
Too large quantities of fertilizers
plants.
Sheep. Independent of wool, are
worth more than their cost In what
they do for the farm ana in the meat
they furnish.
If chickens are allowed on the roosts
too young, their breasts often get
crooked and their growth and appear
ance spoiled.
Sheep are about the only animals
that do not exhaust the land upon
which they feed. but really perma
nently improve it.
A Massachusetts farmer claims to
have grown $1,000 worth of cabbage
on one acre of ground. This Is what
might be termed intensive farming.
The Dorset breeders for some time
claimed that breed as being dog-proof.
VIII some enterprising breeder now
proceed to produce u wolf-proof breed
A fairly well graded flock of ewes
bred for few years to none but first
class rams will in short time give
rs good a flock as is needed for all
practical purposes.
Good wool MS well as good mutton
depend largely upon the quality OF
| the food. Succulent food makes the
best wool. the cleanest, brightest
softest and strongest.
The roosts in the poultry house
should be low, SO that the fowls need
not jump from any great hight. which
often causes bumblefoot-a swelling
of the bottom and side of the foot
Nest eggs are useful to guide pullet;
or strange hens to locate the nes
boxes, but that is about the extent OF
1t. The old theory that the presence
of nest eggs induces egg production
has long since been exploded.
Quarantine the newcomer. Nevo,
place strange stock in Your pens until
they have been kept separate for tive
weeks. so that you may know If they
are in n healthful condition.
A Gravensteln apple tree at Wolf
vile, n. S., is reported to have givel
Its owner last year eighteen barrels
Of fine fruit, selling Mt about $50 after
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26

to scold at his leisure, and were FOL.
lowed down to the sea-wall by g hi.
larious procession Of my late enc
mics. There we babe farewell to Tan
Quin See, and on the way to the
steamer / related the whole story.
"Well, WE'LL" said the vice-consul.
as ne wiped his rudy face, that
Jump of yours, and getting your hel
met Dashed over your face, has prob
ably saved me the trouble Of cabling
Uncle Sam for a gunboat. You were
within an ace of being stoned to
death, but you discovered by accider.
the secret Of controlling a Chinese
mob, which is at once the most dan
gerous in the world and the most
childish. II you ever get into a
scrape like that again remember this:
Do something, no matter what. to
make 'em laugh, and you're safe till
next time."-Youth's Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26

Rico, a native Missourian, who mar
ried Miss Harrison, of Audrain, tells
this incident, which occurred in his
native village, Barry: In the local
debating society Judge Alex Waller,
then young man just beginning the
study of law. was pitted against the
village shoemaker, a clever German
of the name of Swartz, but locally
known as Carl Schurz' / do not
remember the subject of the debate.
but Judge Waller then, as now, was
capable of quite brilliant fights of
oratory and impressed his hearers to
such an extent that when Carl
Schurz' arose to reply he was some
what under the spell. His German
wit, however, did not entirely desert
him and he proceeded as follows:
Mr.. President, und fellow citizens.
mine honorable opponent reminds me
of that great American bird, the tur-
key buzzard: when he gets up and
scars he Is all right, but Mr.. Presi-
dent, und fellow citizens, vepever he
lights he always lights on something
dedt.' The judges decided in favor
of the negative "-Moberly (Mo.)
Monitor.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
How to Know Bugs.

At the seventeenth annual meeting
Of the Association of Economic En-
tomologists, held recently in Phila-
delphia, the society recommended the
general adoption of a uniform nomen-
clature for certain insects, these
names being the ones internationally
current among scientists. These in
sects, among scientists. There In
forth be known as follows:
American cockroach, Periplaneta
americana L; bedbug, Klinophilos
lectularia l.; boll-weevil. Anthrono-
mus grandIs Bob; carpet moth, Tri-
cophaga tapetzella L: gypsy-moth,
Porthetria dispar L; house-hy, Mus
ca domestica L: San Jose scale. As
pidiotus perniciosus Comst; silk
worm. Bombyx mort l.; tomato-worm,
Phlegethontius sexta Joh-
With these names in mind, it is
claimed that any bug on the scien-
lists lists may be readily recognized
.-Harper's Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
Setting Sail.

Tomorrow / have wastes of sea to
ride,
Long wastes, beneath the blue and
boundless dome,
And wild the wind. and white the
breakers comb,
But yet l fear not shoal or swelling
tide
Home lies the other side!
Some other morrow / shall sail tide
Vaster and darker. But in farther
skies
Through breaking mists what shin
ing heights may rise
And in great quietness l shall abide,
With home the other side!
Harriet Prescott Spofford, in
Harper's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
A CHEAP PAINT.

A recipe given by the Scientific
American for a cheap and durable
paint for the various purposes of the
farm buildings is as follows: Stir
into one gallon of milk about three
pounds of Portland cement, and add
SUFFICIENT Venetian red, powder, or
any other colored paint powder to i'm
part a good color. The milk will hold
tile paint in solution. but the cement,
being very heavy, will sink to the bot
tom, so that it becomes necessary to
keep the mixture well stirred with a
paddle while applying it. This fea-
ture of the need of stirring is the
only drawback to the paint; as its
eficiency depends upon administer
ing good coating of cement, it is
not safe to leave it's application to I'M
trustworthy help. Six hours after
applying, this paint will be as Inn
movable and unaffected by water as
a month-old oil-paint. The party who
gives this recipe claims that he has
heard of buildings twenty years old
painted In this manner, IN which the
wood is we'll preserved. The effect
Of such coating seems to be to petri-
~ the surface of the wood. Whole
milk is better than buttermi1k or
pkimmed. as It contains moro oil.
and thh is the constituent which sets
- oeuen< 3 mixed With Wator IN
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
KILLING POTATO BEETLES.

To destroy potato beetles many pre-
fer to use one pound of Paris green
thoroughly mixed in two hundred
pounds land plaster for the first ap-
plication. We have only used table
spoon level full of green in twelve
quarts of water. applying it with the
hand sprinkler. knapsack automatic
sprayer and horse sprayer. There
may. perhaps. be more danger of this
destroying the foliage than with
plaster, but it has been suggested
that one pound of fresh, common lime
used with every pound of Paris green
In water will counteract the injury
that Paris green might do on the
plants.
The New York Station says. to
test the purity of Paris green, put a
small quantity IN little ammonia,
or commonly called f,artshorn, and
pure Paris green will all dissolve
H. NJ. Culbertson, Medina. Wis.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
PREPARING POULTRY FOR MAR
RET.

A little extra care and skill in pre-
pairing poultry for market will often
make large increase in the selling
price. A casual glance at the dress
ed poultry offered for sale in most
markets will reveal the fact that
much of it which is of inferior grade
might have sold for top prices if it
had been properly picked and pack
ed. People judge poultry by appear
ance. A choice young fowl, with skin
dried and torn, often looks less at
tractive to purchaser than an older
and poorer fowl that has been neatly
picked. pumped and packed for mar
ket. The expense of killing, picking
and packing poultry is small in COM
parison with the first cost of raising
it, 1t is pity to see good poultry,
that has been properly fattened, sell
among the inferior grades because OF
careless handling.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
ADVANCED SCHOOL FOR LIARS.
MontcIair's Peculiar Educational In
stitution Making Progress.

At Montclair, n. j., one of the most
al endeavor has been started by the
Board of Education, in the establish
ment of school for the exclusive
mental upbuilding of half developed
intelligences, and their corrollaries of
viciousness. sullenness, lack Of per-
ception and mendacity. 1t is in
charge of Professor Frank F. Gray.
a veteran teacher and close student
of psychology, and already he has
made remarkable progress in awak-
ening the dullard brains of a score
of pupils, who heretofore have been
regarded as inoorrigible and beyond
improvement.
One of the peculiar cases was that
OF boy who had no conception of
distances. He could not distinguish
between one inch and two inches,
when the marks were plainly before
him on paper. In other respects he
was fairly bright Another bow was
unable to understand the four cardin-
al points of the compass. North.
south, east and west meant the same
thing to him but he could read well
and write legibly. This was a par
dcularly interesting case. Professor
Gray discovered that the pupil was
lacking completely in the power OF
concentration. His thoughts could
not be fixed for more tina a few Sec
onds at time ON any one subject,
and as consequence he had no sense
Of place or location. He was drilled
constantly until this abnormal condi-
ton was corrected, and now he can
box the compass like an old mar
iner.
Lying. with no purpose. was the
most extensive fault with which Pro-
fessor Gray had 20 deal. It took a.
long time to arouse the latent moral
sense in the pupils who had this
habit, but patience and perseverance
prevailed. and today the class is fairly
truthful and reliable. All the effort
Of the teacher is directed toward
bringing the normal out az the abb
normal before there is any attempt
to go into the rudiments Of book
learning. New York Press.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
A HANDY SEED DRoPPER.

For those VINO have small seeds 70
SOW in the kitchen garden, the FOL-
lowing is a handy device that will
of small tin gutter pipe about three
and one-half feet long. Put a funnel
in one end and flatten the other end
so that grain of corn or bean will
just go through and It will fit into
the seed trench. Seeds may be drop
ped In at the top, and by holding the
lower end close to the ground in the
trench it will matter not how the
wind blows. If a pipe is not handy
any timer will make one for a small
amount, or it can be made Of mar
row strips of thin boards-C. H. Hum
phreys in The Epitomist.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
MARKETING.

In localities where collectors make
frequent trips and are willing to pay
reasonable prices it will undoubtedly
prove best for the poultryman to sell
his capOns alive, thus escaping the
responsibilities of dressing and
shipping. 1t is not always poss-
ible to sell alive, however, as
when one desires to sell to pri
vate or retail trade. Dry picking is
the favored method for capons and in
picking the feathers are left on the
head and neck, on the wings from
the "elbow" out and half way up
the legs. the large stiff feathers of the
tail are also left. This style of pick
ing is considered characteristic of
capon.-Inland Poultry Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26


What is trailing? The fox hunter
has some idea when he sees superb
pack follow a faint scent through a
hundred perplexing places, discerning
just which way the fox went and
when. The detective does another
kind of trailing when he follows some
trailing clue through the world of
thought, tracing the secret OF an un-
known man along an invisible path
and running it to earth at last in
the very heart that it belongs to. The
trailing of the Indian is these two
combined to a great extent his eyes
do the work of the mounds nose, but
the nose is not idle. When the trail
disappears he must do the human
detective work
From a hunter perfectly equipped
and who knows the secrets of the
trail, a deer can not escape.
The trail may seem to end, but the
trailer knows that it does not, ex-
cept at the victim 1t may elude him
for a few hours or even day. 1t
may puzzle him by side tracks and
doubles. and may distance him by
sheer speed. but the tracker will run
it down--Earnest Thompson Seton,
in Country Life in America.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
DO ATHLETES DIE YOUNG?
Some Pertinent Statistics That go to
Refute a Widely Popular Fallacy.

According to DIR. William G. Ander.
son, in his article on Making a Yale
Athlete, in Everybody's Magazine,
college athletics tend to prolong
rather than to shorten life. The nos
tile criticism" says DR.. Anderson,
that athletes die young has been
so often made without definite refu-
tation that it passes for truth among
those who mistake rumor for fact.
An investigation of the health and
longevity Of college athletes must be
exhaustive to furnish trustworthy
data. Realizing the importance OF
such statistics, Professor Franklin b.
Dexter, the Librarian of Yale, has re-
Gently completed the task Of collect
ing the records of 761 athletes VINO
competed in intercollegiate events
and won their 'Y's' on the eleven, the
nine, the crew, and the track team
between 1855 and 1904. This. mate
rial was gathered for prominent life
insurance company, and later given
to the director of the gymnasium.
The main deductions are as follows:
"Of these 761 athletes, 81 have died
since graduation. The causes were:
Consumption, II; pneumonia, 4;
drowning, 6; heart disease, 2; sui
eide, 2; war and accident. 8: died
from unknown causes, or disappeared,
10; from various diseases (fevers'
appendicitis, cancer. diphtheria, par
esis, dissipation, etc., II. 50"
"Of these 81 men, Is rowed, 16
played football, IL were track ath-
letes, and played baseball. The
ages of those who have died show
these extremes and averages:
Sport. Extremes of Average age
age. at death.
Crew 20 to 6s years ALI years.
Football % to 81 years 1913 years.
Baseball 20 TO SO years 2S-3 years
Track q to SO years 25.4 years.
Turning to the 10 living athletes:
Those who nave passed 40 may be
thus grouped:
113 men are between 40 and 40
years Of age.
90 men are between 4O and % years
of age.
% men or between 60 and 60
years of age.
"Of the Yale athletes in their lat
ter years. II are between 60 and 65
years, one is Go, three are &C, one is
67, two are 6S, and one is Co.. In
brief, barring violent deaths, only 40
of these 761 Yale athletes, in a pc
Rod of nearly fifty years, have been
lost from the ranks of the living.
'I have been assured by life in
surance expert that college athletes,
barring the track men. show a bet
ter average expectation of life than
their non-athletic classmates. and
much better than the general aver
age Of insured lives
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
RUNDOWN LANDS.

We have many times published the
methods of energetic and intelligent
farmers, in restoring fertility to run
down lands. Many instances have
been cited where such lands were
bought very cheaply and in Few
years of intelligent application have
been made very productive and profit
able. Most of this class Of lands IN
the Central States have good clay
subsoil, which affords a fine oppor-
tunity for resuscitation. Tile drain
age and deep blowing are the frst
steps to be taken in bringing up sucn
lands. Deep blowing reaches down
to elements of fertility not much
drawn upon, and tile drainage both
areates and draws off excessive and
stagnant water. Then barnyard ma
nure is used with good effect in max
ing clover or other legume crops
catch. Once this is accomplished the
owner Of such lands has a sure prom
Use of future fertility. Occasionally
commercial fertilizers are necessary
when manure is not plentiful. with
the growth of the legumes there Is
promise Of good live stock condl-
tons, and with five stock to con-
sumo the crops comes more abu1d-
ant manure, and this may be followed
with grain and other crops in the ro-
tation which rapidly increases both
the fertility and productive charac-
ter of such lands. In nearly every
instance mentioned of restored fer
tility to WORKOUT lands, farmers OF
very moderate means but full of in
telligent energy, have accomplished
this work. They have usually OBJ
tanned such lands in the older states,
convenient to good markets and
counted on such factors as worth
much to them for their outlay Of pa
thence and energy, and have so sue
ceeded in raising cheap lands to dou-
BILE the amount paid for them. While
red clover has been the favorite leg
ume in this restoration, in parts OF
Southern Illinois cow peas which
also deposit nitrogen in the soil, and
humus, too when plowed under, have
become a favorite plant in the work
or restoring fertility. The live stock
industry when such soils have been
restored is a sure guarantee of con-
tinued fertility. This has proven the
case in almost every instance we
have cited, and when convenient TO
good markets the dairy industry has
led the rest.-Indiana Farmer
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
A HAI,ANCEp-UP HORSE.

The breeding Of horses is sure to
become a profitable business. in Flor
ida, within a few years.
The following, from Wallace's Far
mer, contains information that will
be useful to such breeders. therefore
it would be we'll to cut out the ar
ticle and preserve it for future ref
erence:
The boys may say: whats next?
What do you mean by balanced-up
horse?" We mean, of course, a horse
of proper proportions; and we want
you to set to work to find out wheth-
er your horses are properly balanced.
We don't suggest that you balance
them up as you can their rations, but
will give the boys something to do.
Professor Crabb of the Ohio Uni
versity, recently made careful meas
urements of forty-six typical three
year-old draft colts. He found the
average length of the head to be
2e.71 inches, and assuming this as
the unit of comparison We have
the following relative measurements:
Head, 100; withers, height, 2.47;
crupper ("croup") height ,2.4S;
shoulder to quarter, 2.61; chest to
ground, 1872; circumference of arm.
0.S3; of cannon at middle. OBS; OF
foot at coronet. orc; width OF fore
head, go; of chest, 0.7S; across
hips, OBS; point of hook (hough) to
ground, 092; circumference Of thigh,
0.s0; of shank, GA; Of body, 1923;
length of Group" OIL; dorsal angle
of scapula to hip, LIS; length OF
shoulder, 1.02."
Now let the boys who want to know
something about horses go out and
me asure all these dimensions on each
three-year-old colt or mature horse
with a tape line, and then figure out
how far each one is out of plumb, or
not properly balanced Then when
they come to buy breeding stock of
their own and reach out after some
of the good money there will be in
the draft horse business for the next
ten years they will know how to Sc
lect both sire and dam. 1t is a long
time ahead, boys, but you can have
some education and have It now. and
it may be worth good deal to you
after awhile.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
By Professor Simon Newconb


fact
through
be probability
ghundred a
which led
special creative gradual
which by rise higher and higher
believe this
therefore perfectly reasonable
inspiring could learn by actual observation what
But
possible confined
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26


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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
PREVENTING WEEDS IN POTA-
TOES.

L OCHO.
Eight or ten days after planting
potatoes I go over the rows length
wise with a weeder that kills all
weeds before they start, and just as
soon as the potato sprouts show
through the ground then put a small
handful of fertilizer between each
plant, being very careful not to let
any of the fertilizer touch the plants
because 1t would kill them if it came
in contact with them. One man
drops the fertilizer and another works
it in the ground lightly. After l am
through with that operation 1 then
run the cultivator through each row
as often as once week until the tops
are large enough to horse hoe.
horse hoe twice and do but very little
hand fhoeing for the very reason that
| use no COW manure and my ground
not being weedy and no weed seed
in the fertilizer l am not troubled
with weeds.-A. T. Griffin, in the Mas
sachusetts Ploughman.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
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stead of milk, the wash rubs of and
soaks OF readily. This cement-milk
paint flows on smoothly and easily.
almost equal to genuine oil-paint; is
cheap, easily procurable everywhere
and Recommendations and Fire
side.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
How a Priest Killed
A Grab Bill
BY George w. A1ger.

the which has
~ told by the lobbyists who had been
a Legis
VOS&6J which
lobbyist different
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his The little
believed implicitly
talking
legislation
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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-10-26
GY KS GT
The Aim Of Good Teaching
By Arthur Gilman.

RI
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uS0k al a
UW lead him far The holds good in regard to the moral
better ordinary
too much direct religious instruction for religion
faculty the child leads to the cultivation of traits that
comeAlantic