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The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
WHERE rARPon ARE FOUND.
Game Fish Wanders Over Immense
Stretch Of Waters,

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Tliat great game fish, the tarpon.
says a writer in Field and Stream, is,
after all, creature of rather myste-
rious habits. 1t seems first to have
been discovered as game fish on the
east coast of Florida. Much more re-
Gently, it was taken in the neighbor-
hood OF Pensacola. Then came the
prodigious reports from Aransas Pass
and Corpus Christi, Tex Lastly,
few fortunate and adventurous an
glers brought out the greatest tarpon
stories of all from the relatively little
known town of Tampico, in old Mexi-
CO. Thus 1t is to be seen that the
tarpon is found at one time OF the year
or another along a tremendous strip
of coast country. even wider than the
shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Its
breeding grounds seem to be well to
the southwark, and it seems to move
north as the lower waters become too
warm for 1t. BY midsummer it is well
all over the middle gulf country and
Texas. Its migration. II it have any
definite migration, has never been
closely charted, but that it does move
from the Mexican to the Florida coast
and back again may be accepted as
the truth or something closely parallel
to the truth.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Back to the LsndI

The trend of the country-raised boy
i5 all too irresistibly toward the city.
while there has been no counter-vail.
ing current impelling the young peo-
pie of the cities to fill his place in the
country. The problem is one for the
most serious consideration OF our best
statesmen, this constant and un-
stemmed movement which is over.
ciowding our centers of industry.
However, there are subtle forces at
work. year by year becoming better
organized and with a broader power.
whose tendency is to overcome this
hurtful condition and induce migra.
tion back to the land and away from
the teeming cities. In all OF this the
influences of industrial and agricul.
tutal education are playing an i'm
portant part. Nature study courses
and city school gardens where child
rem are taught to know something
of the soil and plants, the real wond.
ers of nature working around US on
every hand, are no longer looked upon
by us as fads; although the results
are as yet not greatly In evidence and
the influences constantly and increas.
ingly advancing may seem practically
latent. the effect of this work and this
education will eventually, substan-
TALLY and effectively materialize for
the betterment both of the farm and
the city
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Change in Market Demands.

This change In the demands of the
market is characteristic not only of
the beef consumers. but also of all
other kinds of products. and is easy
to understand. Away in the lumber
woods or on the fishing craft quality
counts for little. There thick fat pork
and beef is the food of the much-ex-
posed and hungry men. But in the
cities indoor employments take the
keen edge off the appetite and lean.
e-, finer grained class of pork and
beef is needed to satisfy the wants
of more delicate palate. Moreover
the days of the tallow candle are no
more. and as result fat is not now
of the value 1t used to be, being worth
but 2 or 3 cents pound, in contrast
to values of 10, 15 and 20 cents placed
upon good cuts of beef, said a speaker
at meeting of cattle breeders.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Barrel. or eoxe, for AppIe,.

Would not consumption be doubled
il apples were put up in small pack
ages like other fruits SO the consumer
could get them in the original pack.
age? II the advance in the price OF
barrels is due, as many think 1t is.
to pool or trust, land I will say
there are reasons for this belief" and
there is plenty of timber. the remedy
lies in the apple-growers of the coun.
try through the National Apple Grow
ers' Congress or some organization to
put machinery in operation cutting 1t
into cooperage. We are not assum-
ing that there is any trust. but we
notice each recurring year that bar
Tels can be had II We pay the ad-
vance in price. 1t is question. how
ever. IL we could secure barrels at
25 cents each again. whether 1t is the
package we should use. We are OF
the opinion that the extended dis
tribution in a retail way necessary
for the consumption of our large ap-
pie crops cannot be reached by the
use of the barrel. 1t may be said that
for storage and export trade we will
have to use barrels. II only barrels
are used for this 1t would relieve the
barrel situation that much. Still would
not case holding half barrel once
in use be more satisfactory for stor-
age and export?-G. T. Tippin.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Some Small Erujts.

The raspberry, blackberry and dew
berry will need careful thinning out
and short pruning of the bearing
canes. and then, after the fruit is we'll
set. take OF one-half or two thirds of
the berries. and keep down the young
sprouts and canes so that the strength
will go to the berries. Fertilize with
fonf pounds muriate of potash and
twU pounds of nitrate OF soda per
square rod.
For next years fruiting. grow the
canes for this especial purpose. re.
tanning about one-fourth as many
canes as usual and then treat the
same as above; picking. handling,
wrapping and packing the same as
for the strawberry. Fine clusters and
branches where they can be retained
should be shipped as clusters after
wrapping.
Twisting the canes often causes
them to produce larger fruit. and wa
ter is often used with lb. muriate of
potash and Y lb. nitrate of soda to
twenty gallons of water to help in.
crease the size. especially IL the
weather is dry. Mulching is neces-
sary and watering can then be done
safely.-L. A. Goodman
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Caring for Wyandottes.

o. o. Wild. talking with repre-
sentative Of the Farmers Review,
said:
have my poultry houses divided In
the center. One-hah is fioored with
boards and the other half is fioored
with. earth for a scratching shed. l
have used concrete for floor. but 1t is
too cold. II 1t is not covered with
sometAiag 1t is too cold for the feet
of the fowls. and If 1t gets moist II
holds the moisture. had my entire
poultry house on a concrete floor. but
I had to have it torn out and a board
floor put in. which cover with sand.
I believe IL house is built on an
elevation. on top of knoll, say, you
might be able to keep the cement
floor from getting moist, but my op-
lection to cement floors is that they
are always cold. However, there Is a
little difference of opinion about that
among breeders. Some of them won
have any other kind of floor.
Diseases of poultry do not bother
me much. 1t is always question OF
cleanliness. 1 do not clean out the
poultry House and throw the cleanings
out into the yard where the fowls
aie. as many people do. | have them
hauled to the barnyard and mixed
with the barnyard manure.
l had my birds on the place Tor
three years before l had louise or
mite in the flock. Then some OF them
got through a hole in the fence. in
vaded my neighbor's flock and came
back with both lice and mites. have
fought them ever since. but do not
let them get the upper hand. l have
looked the male birds over twenty
times this winter. The other day l
shows how rapidly they breed and
how carefully one must inspect his
flock to keep them down.
Such a bird give a bath of soap
suds that will kill any louise that lives.
The suds are strong enough to make a
good lather and work It into the feath-
ers till the bird is clean. Then l wash
him in clear water and I believe that I
get all the lice and lice eggs. The
same kind Of washing that the show
bird gets is the kind that kills the
lice.
had some trouble with rats. but l
got rid of them. They were most
troublesome in my brooder house. I
have a tom cat that is like dog in
protecting the chicks. He never eats
chick, hut seems to take as much
interest in them as do. When I
feed them he goes along and seems
tc enjoy seeing them eat. A cat that
l had previously had the habit of
"sneaking" a chick now and then. and
l had tc kill him.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
THE FASCINATION OF DARING.
Spirit Of Adventure Makes Reckless
ness Pleasure.

ness Pleasure.
1t is not probable that the accident
by which daring automobile racer
and his mechanic lost their lives
while speeding on the Ormond course,
will prevent others from indulging in
this hazardous recreation.
The risk involved in automobile
racing is one of the reasons for its
great popularity among venturesome
men. Were there no danger to the
occupants of the cars there would be
little sport in the experience.
Riding to hounds, steeplechasing.
football and many other outdoor sports
cannot be pursued without danger, but
this does not act in any way as a
deterrent to those interested in them.
Great as is the satisfaction felt by
the winning contestants over their
success in the field. the desire for pre-
eminence is not the only cause that
leads men to engage in dangerous
pastimes. The spirit of adventure.
the love of excitement for it's own
sake, the instructive rebellion of many
minds against the humdrum. common
place existence of most of us mod
erns. operate to make danger and risk
attractive.-New York Sun.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
The Reason.

A Yankee was travelling through
ireland for the benefit of his health
and had stopped at crossroads to con-
slider which way to go. when a native
came along leading a horse by "a rope
around its neck. 1t was a fine white
animal, excepting that its head was
black. This popularity attracted the
attention of the tourist, so he asked
the Irishman how it was that the
horses head was black
Without hesitation the Irishman re.
piled:
Sure, If you had rope around
your neck your face would be black.
too"
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
chauney's Sausages.

Many stories are told in the little
town of Stow, Mass. about Chauncy
Fitch, an eccentric character. who has
been responsible for all sorts of
pranks.
One morning he presented himself
at farmers door with a goodly num-
ber of sausages. He asked the farm
ers wife II she would cook them for
him. She good naturedly complied
with his request.
She watched him as he ate sausage
after sausage with the keenest relish,
and finally remarked: You seem to
find your sausages uncommonly good"
well, they ought to be-" replied
the unabashed Chauncy, "for got
them right out of your pantry"
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
FARM
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1kSCEIIANZ
Wasted Farm Forces.

There Is too much wasted force and
energy on the farm. OF all the wastes
Of the farm this is the most exhaus-
tive. most destructive of its resources
The most vital values of the farms
resources are essentially in the active
mental and physical forces of its oper-
atives. Deplete these and the produc-
ing capacity of the farm has been d.
minished in relative proportion. The
farmer himself is the one directly re-
sponsible for the unnecessary expen-
diture of forces that could be utilized
to better advantage, and SO sacrifices
fncalculable energies by waste and
mlsdirection that tend to incapaci-
tate both himself and his farm. Not.
able among other wastes is the un-
necessary power expended in doing by
hand, by main strength and awk-
wardness." after the manner of me-
dieval ways, the things that can be so
much more expeditiously and cheaply
done by machinery and improved tools
and implements. Only in instances
that are exceptions can 1t be con-
ceived why such conditions exist as
ale found over all the states where
not only energy and strength are
wasted, but time, which to the farmer
as well as to the manufacturer, has
an appreciable money value that
largely contributes to the final deter
mination of profit or loss. The i'm
proved tools that are offered to the
farmer at fairly reasonable prices are
both labor and time savers, therefore
money savers that make for profit.
Manufacturers expend large sums of
money for advertising to call the
farmers attention to agricultural i'm
plements and various wares that he
may know that such are made for
him, by whom and where. 1t will cost
but penny for postcard and a mo-
ment OF time to write 1t to secure
elaborately illustrated descriptive
matter that will give him detailed in
formation about any of the things de-
sired or that he Is open to conviction
that he needs. With most of these
descriptions of implements and sup
plies will be found conclusive evil
dence Of the economy Of their use.
The farmer will in all this matter
come in contact, as a pure matter Of
business. with claims of the best
and the only" but he will do well to
remember that in this day of near
perfection Soth in invention and con-
struction that there are greater or
less numbers of standard and reliable
machines and implements and that
II is dependent upon him to select the
one that his judgment may indicate
as most suitable to his needs.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Farm.cured Hams.

Most of the ham obtained on the
market to-day is less satisfactory than
the hams that used to be cured on
most farms in old times and are cured
on few farms to-day. There seems
little reason why the farmer should
not cure the hams he uses in his own
family, and thus secure a finer ar
ticle. One way still practiced in parts
of New England is to hang the hams
in a barrel over mouth of board
smoke duct which leads to a great
hole in which are burned large gum.
titles of cobs. The cobs make a good
smoke and If the top of the cavity is
covered the smoke will be forced to
find its exit through the barrel %
which hang the hams.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Best Bacon Hogs.

Men that are in touch with the hog
markets of the country say that the
best bacon hog is now being produced
in the northwest part of the United
States and in Canada. In these re-
gions there is not only scarcity of
corn, but an abundance of grains rich
in protein In addition there are nu-
merous flour mills, and these turn out
great quantities of by-products rich
In protein. which is cheaply obtained
by the feeders. The farmers that han
die these hogs produce kind of meat
that the people want and for which
they pay. The farmers, however. COM
plain that the market does not dis
criminate as much between bacon and
lard hogs as 1t should.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Too Little or Too Much Feed.

From English sources we hear com.
plant of some poultry keepers feed
ing their birds just enough food to
keep them alive and without any re-
gard for profits. We believe that in
this country we have little to find
fault with in the limited quantity of
food given. The great abundance of
corn and its comparative cheapness
leads to its lavish feeding. Some Of
our poultry keepers would make
money by cutting down the ration.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
DoubIe-Headed Fraud.

Reports from the South say that
bogus butter is still sold there in con
siderable quantities. This is a doti-
ble-headed fraud. as 1t is fraud on
the consumer and a fraud on the
maker of pure butter whose butter is
forced out of the market by the com
pound. The makers of the latter are,
however. wiser than the makers of
pure butter. both in the manufa cture
of their stun and in the selling of 1t.
The makers of the compound article
make It profitable for the merchants
to handle the goods they make. and
SO get very influential part of the
community working in their favor.
Having won over the dealers they
have powerful leverage on the com.
munities. II the fraud is detected by
theiy customers they are able to cover
it up by placating the consumer that
feeln himself aggrieved.
Then the makers of the bogus but.
ter put 1t up in attractive packages
and label 1t with name that makes
the eater believe he is getting the
best quality Of pure butter, or. at least.
som-ething that is Just as good ss but.
ter. 1t is true that what the consumer
does get is compound made largely
Of cottonseed oil and lard. but II he
is satisfied. 1t is hard to start prosecu.
tion,. The same thing was common
in the North. but the Northern com.
munities have shown themselves SC
much opposed to fraud that the max
ers Of the compound article can nc
longer take the risk of selling colored
oleo for butter, except in rare cases
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Progress in Dairy Science.

The savants are making great prog.
ress in dairy science. but the progress
is but slowly touching the masses
There are a few thousands of men
that have become interested in dairy
studies, but there are a few millions
of men that care nothing about dairy
science. Some day there will be a
revival. The preaching that is being
done now will in the future make its
fruit manifest in a great wave of i'm.
provement that will sweep over the
country. We are not prophesying. but
are simply measuring the future by
the past. 1t has always been thus. 1t
takes time for the seed to fall, collect
moisture and germinate. The human
mind is like soil, it must take its time
to give forth the energies that are
within 1t.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Echo Of syxeton Case.

There is charitable lady in Paris
named Lebaudy. She does good among
the poor. but, like so many charitable
French women. has violent taste for
politics. She advanced 10000 francs
t2,000) to Deputy Gabriel Syveton to
meet the expenses of his defense when
he was sued for assaulting Gen. An
Dire in the chamber of deputies. Now
She seeks to recover the money from
his widow, whom she accuses Of hav-
ing poisoned him. Nine. Syveton says
that most of the money had been spent
or lawyers fees before her husbands
death
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Inerea.e Use Of MIX.

The use of milk should be encour.
aged in every way. In most of our
cities stations could be established for
the sale of milk by the glass.
quart of milk makes four large glasses
and at two cents a glass, milk would
bring eight cents per quart. Here
and there in cities stations have been
established for the sale of milk. but
as yet only in a tentative way. There
is no doubt that the sale of milk in
this way would to some extent at least
decrease the use of strong drinks
When a man is full of one kind OF
liquid he does not SO greatly crave
another kind. 1t is the thirsty man
that is the bard drinker. Skim milk
could be sold at a cent glass and
yield profit.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
The paIrym.n and Agriculture.

The dairyman needs to be, well
versed in agricultural matters. 1t is
a mistake to suppose that the only
thing dairyman needs to know is
dairying. He may be an expert in
matters essentially of dairy char.
acter and yet fail because he knows
too little of how to get cheap feed
OF a substantial character. At c dairy
convention attended by the writer a
dairyman of prominence said: II find
that have to read the agricultural pa.
pers as much as do the dairy papers.
1t is necessary for me to learn how to
grow crops and how to tile land.
There are many other things that I
need to know besides how to milk
cows and take care of the milk"
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
HORTICULTURE
SMIssSY Ya@T
Low-Headed Apple Trees.

Prof. Arthur t. Erwin: One I'm
portant lesseG gained from the past
is that, at least for the northwest. low
headed trees are very much better
than the old-time 'skyscrapers."
In prairie region like Iowa. pro-
lection from the wind is important.
This refers not only to the matter of
wind falls. but also to the protection
OF the plant from the drying infiu-
ences OF winds in winter. A low head
ed tree offers less leverage. hence less
wind fall; and the head being closer
to the ground receives proportionally
more protection from desiccation.
A serious loss to young trees is by
sunscald. This usually occurs on
bright. warm spells in early spring.
and the injury is generally on the
south or west side of the trunk. Heat
stimulates activity. During the win
ter season the protoplasm is in dor
mant state. and while in this condf-
tion Is uninjured by cold. On bright,
warm day. on account of the rise in
temperature. the protoplasm becomes
active. At night the temperature sud
denly falls. catching the protoplasm
in this active condition and it is de.
stroyed. The live bark dies and par
TALLY peels away in patches. A low
head has less trunk exposure. hence
less opportunity for such injury. The
top also shades the stem better. and
hence affords a protection not re-
ceived with high headed trees.
No fruit grower who is in the busi-
ness for the money can AFFORD to omit
spraying as one of his orchard opera
tions. Low headed trees can be
sprayed much more effectively and
also cheaper than high ones. At gath
ering time there is also an important
advantage. One man on the ground
can do the work Of two on ladders.
Orchard cultivation is an essential
to good fruit growing. and a high
headed tree is very much more con-
venient in this respect. 1t is likely
in this one fact that we find the prac-
tice Of high heading so prevalent in
older sections. With the old-time i'm
plements and harness it meant slow
work and lots of lifting. to work
around low headed trees. The fellow
who has had cuch an experience is
very strongly tempted to lop OF few
Of the lower branches the first oppor.
tunity.
Better types of orchard harness and
implements have remedied this to q
large degree, and there Is no longer
ground for complaint from this source.
The traceless harness does away with
single trees. which skin the bark and
are very useful in the orchard.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
l1AlKq&11
A Wronq Analysis.

The Canadians are very proud e the
Iurity of their dairy products, which
are now largely sold in the English
market. 1t is doubtful IL any country
in the world has better reputation in
England than has Canada. 1t was q
surprise. therefore. when a firm at
Hastings. England. was fined by the
local court for selling filed cheese
under the label OF Canadian full
cream cheese" The local anal
yst had made the discovery that
20 per cent OF the fat in the
cheese was not 'butter-fat. AS
soon as the Canadian Department of
Agriculture got WORD of the occur
renee there was excitement among
the Dominion cheese factory inspec-
tors. What factory had dared to make
filled cheese and send 1t abroad under
the name of Canadian full cream
cheese? The tracers were set to work
and the lot of cheese that made the
trouble was quickly traced. to a we'll
known factory in Ontario. The man.
ayers declared that the cheese was
wha. it was claimed to be-"full
cream The Dominion authorities
took up the matter with the home gov
eminent and had the cheese sent to
London for analysis. The London
analyst found that the cheese was of
first'class quality and did not contain
an atom of any fat but butter-fat. OF
course the fines were remitted and
Canadian cheese again stood before
the English buyers with a spotless
character This is the kind of work
that keeps the Canadian cheese on the
English market, out of which it has
driven cheese made in the United
States.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-22
Saving a Few Cent. on Plants,

1t does not pay to save few cents
on plants. II thereby a poorer variety
is to be obtained. 1t is true that
sometimes high-priced plants are mere
worthless novelties: but that is not
the case as rule. Plants of the
standard varieties that are high-priced
are so for reason. There is always
tendency to cut prices among agents
Of nurseries. but the man that gets
what seems to him bargain must
look out. Perhaps the other fellow is
getting even by repurchasing poor
stock from some nursery other than
that he represents. Saving a few
cents In the first cost of the plants
may cause the loss of a few dollars in
the years to come.