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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
The Hired Man Problem.

This question is becoming a more
serious one each year. Many young
men are buying land and making
farms for themselves. In discussing
this matter a writer in Wallace's
Farmer says:
There are more sides to the hired
man problem than there should be.
In the first place there are men on
both sides that are not satisfied with
justice.
The hired man should be satisfied to
do just what is right, and his employer
should be satisfied if he gets Just SER
vice from his man. Then if each can
encourage the other to do n little better
in cases Of emergencies both should be
satisfied. But the hired man who has
to spend his time in town until late
hour for three or four nights in the
week and has to have several lost
days in month will be in very poor
shape to give his employer satisfaction.
On the other hand. the farmer that
wants his man to work from four
o'clock in the morning till eight or nine
at night with only time to eat his three
meals per day should not have any
help. | was hired man way back in
the COS. and know whereof affirm.
Also | have hired considerable help
in the last thirty-dye years on the
farm | have also had many men
under me in the building business in
the last thirty-four years Il am a me.
chanlc as well as farmer, and
know there is q great difference IN
mon on both sides.
Last summer / let my sixteenyear
old boy work out eight months, and as
it was his first season away from home
he probably did about as other young
men in his work. but he only had three
days lost time-on one of these days
he was sick.
He saved and brought to me $50 tC
pay on a small farm which he viii
have clear of debt in four years more
when he is twenty-one years old If III
does right the next four years. Hiret
men could save good money IL they
would. They do not realize what thi
small sum of $50 per year will amour
TO in forty years al six per cent. com
pound interest. keeping the interes
and principal working together ant
adding each year another $50. But i
would buy a good farm home of 12t
acres at $50 per acre. stock 1t will
fifteen good COWS, two or three goo,
horses and all necessary farm ma
chinery.
There are thousands OF men whit
have been throwing away the $50 pc
year for the last forty years that nov
would be glad to have forty acres an'
a common team and two or three cows
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

Straw leads the way, and there will
be much chip as the season proceeds.
The fashionable straw is hard and
somewhat rough, made up in broad
pleats, and the shapes in these do not
yield to the head. Tricornes and those
with the sides quite distinct, one turn
ing up, the other not, are features, says
the London Queen. Roses and violets
blend well together. 1t is fascinating
entirely composed of flowers The hats
that Marie Antoinette is represented as
wearing at the Trianon have been re-
vived, encircled with roses, and these
are often large, some after the turn
down mushroom order, some flowing
outward at the side. Some of the
turned-up brim Of toques are covered
with close-set roses, the leaves of the
flowers employed for the crown, and
many are lifted from the head by a
double row of roses at the back. We
have roses Of every hue, possible and
impossible-the milllner Is no botanist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

The testing of seed corn is very i'm
portant and no farmer should plant
seed of doubtful terminating quality.
Good seed should give test of ninety
five per cent. or above and show Wig
orous termination. When purchasing
seed corn, the farmer should insist on
its being shipped In the ear. Ii may
be difficult to get it from our seedsmen
at this time, but they must be educated
to the fact that the scoop-shovel
method of selecting seed corn is not
the method desired by farmers. Prac-
tically all the seed corn will soon be
put on the market in the ear. as the
time has arrived when the corn grow
ers will insist on having their seed corn
shipped in this way.
The greatest immediate Improvement
In the corn crop will probably be
brought about by grading up promising
varieties already grown within our
State BY testing other varieties that
seem especially adapted to our soil and
climate, we may secure some standard
varieties that will be Of great value
to our farmers few years hence.
The greatest advancement in corn
growing in other States has been
brought about by the individual farmer
planting from year to year the same
variety of corn and practicing right
selection of seed ears II seems ad.
visable for the farmer to have a por-
ton of the corn field for his seed patch
This may be one of several acres. but
must be that portion where extra care
has been exercised in the selection of
seed. From time to time during the
growing period. the farmer should
carefully study the plants of this por-
tion of the field. remove or detassel
the barren stalks. and note the uni
formity of stand and character of the
plants in general. At the time the
husks begin to turn yellow. If the
farmer will occasionally go through his
seed patch. and by tying string
around each ear he desires he can
select ears of early maturity and at
the same time study the character of
the stalk and mark ears only that grow
upon vigorous stalks with medium
shanks and having other desirable
characteristics He may desire to grow
a good fodder corn, as we'll as grain
producing corn, hence should pay CON
siderable attention to the leatiness of
the plant. Some farmers make mis-
take by going into the field and picking
the early ears and retaining them for
seed The ear should merely be
marked and then left until fully
ripened 1t can then be distinguished
from the other ears by the string pre-
viously tied to it.
BY selecting each year from our seed
patch one or two hundred ears in this
manner, supplemented by the test for
uniformity and high oil and protein
content, we will have valuable corn for
our seed patch the following year. The
corn for the general crop should be
also selected from that portion of the
field that has been planted with this
carefully selected seed. but we do not
need to spend so much time on the Sc
lection of that seed as on that which
we desire to plant for our special seed
patch. II. A. Moore, in Massa-
chusetts Ploughman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
The Culture of Asparagus.

There is no reason why any one hav-
ing suitable land for gardening should
not grow his own asparagus. If sets"
are not procurable, he may easily raise
it from the seed. Being slow plant
to come up, he will do well to mix
them with radish seed and sow in
drills. He can then tell where to cul-
tivate and thus prevent weeds from
getting the start of young asparagus
plants. In other words, the radshes
will do double duty by first serving
as a guide and afterwards making
good table vegetables, When one year
old, the asparagus plants may be
transplanted to the permanent bed.
This should be done By plOwlng out
trenches eight inches deep and about
three feet apart. Having sprlnked
in the bottom of them from one 10
two inches of well rotted manure,
cover with about one inch OF soil on
which set the plants eighteen inches
apart, with their roots well spread out
in all directions, and cover them with
fine soil until the crowns are at least
two inches under the surface. Cultl-
vate and hoe frequently, and as the
plants grow. fill in around them until
the trenches are even with the surface
Of the garden. In the fall all the top
growth wants to be cut and burned,
and the bed then covered with heavy
coating of fine, well-rotted manure, TO
be carefully forked into the ground
early the next spring. The second sea-
son clean cultivation should be given.
and the top dressing OF manure repeat
ed again in the fall. The third spring
some of the crop may be cut for use,
provided 1t is painstakingly done and
not continued too late In the season.
Cutting off all growth and top dress
ing with manure should, Of course, take
place again late in autumn. And ms
spring top dressing for the bed, potash
salts are excellent both as a fertilizer
and having the ability to assist In hold
ing moisture, including the extermina-
! ion of large number OF weeds, while
| 'oing no harm to the asparagus. Salt
aione will do likewise, except that II
furnishes no fertility. A light soil, well
enriched, is preferable on which to
make the bed, but If heavy soil Is
thoroughly under.drained and deeply
plowed, II will answer just as well and,
indeed, may continue to produce crop
longer than the one on light soil.--
Fred o. sibley, in The Epltomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
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hens mean low egg record. Feed hens
a grain ration in the morning in litter
and the hens are required to scratch
and work for their food all day long
which gives exercise. and exercise pro-
duces health and warmth: health pro-
duces eggs and eggs produce a profit
able flock of fowls. Hence | can not
see any question as TO the proper time
to feed warm mashes to laying hens.
Beyond reasonable doubt evening Is
the proper time to feed the mash; but
some object to feeding mash at night
because II becomes quickly digested
and the birds have not sufficient food
TO last during the long winter night.
But this trouble can be quickly over
come by feeding corn or other grains
In the feeding hopper promptly after
the mash meal has been served, which
only enables the fowls to get limited
amount before nightfall, assuming that
no trouble will arise from over-feedng
grain, but promptly puts the fowl in
constant exercise which gives most
satisfactory results. There is no ques-
tion in my mind. however, but that If
layers are fed mash at night and grain
In litter in morning there would be but
little doubt but the average farmer
would receive reasonable number of
eggs and especially liver trouble and
other troubles arising from over-gorg-
ing fowls with soft fattening foods
j. G.. Clipp, in Indiana Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
Introducing the Talent"

The lecturer who was to address the
natives of Cedarby in their town hall
on the subject of radium stepped for
ward with a preparatory smile at the
request of the chairman of the Star
Entertainment Committee.
This is Professor Brown" said the
chairman, with a sldewise wave Of his
hand, "and he's going TO give talk on
rajum. l guess you all know that we
ran behind with our finances last year,
and we concluded to try a new tack
this year Previously we've tried to
amuse and entertain you. and we've
paid high prices. This year we're
going TO try no entertainment, but lee
lures from cheaper talent. and il that
don't work all right the committee will
disband. So if Cedarby wants to have
some frst-class entertainments next
year all you've got TO do is to come to
these lectures and bring your friends,
and make them a financial success. |
now present to you once more, Profes.
sor Brown"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
Small Pen For Hogs.

Here is plan Of a pig pen of suit
able size to accommodate two brood
sows and the fattening ltters from
these. The pen is to be built of stone
and to stand east and west
In the accompanying plan there is
provision for partition in the brood
sow pens for the little pigs to go in to
feed; the partition is one foot from
the floor so that the pigs can go under
to be fed separate from the SOW. The
trough should not be over four inches
high for the little pigs; the other
troughs should be six inches high.
The windows in all the pens can be
placed above the doors-that is, the
upper part a window. and the lower
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
Fancy Blouse Waist.

The waist that has chemisette eff
feet makes one of the smartest and
best liked of the season, and renders
possible many attractive combinations.
This one is adapted to almost all sea-
sonable materials and would be equally
effective in soft silk and soft wool,
with the chemisette either of lace or of
embroidered muslin, but, In the illus
tration, shows pale green messaline
satin combined with ecru lace over
chiffon only, and trimmed with bands
of taffeta. The long lines given by the
box pleats at the front mean slender
effect to the figure, while the shlrrings
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

the cellar to the first floor. and there,
famed by tha wind from the open
door. 1t had licked its way through the
corridor doors we had left open!
And where was Esther? We looked.
We did not make sound Only Ma
taiie turned. covered her eyes. and laid
her head on my shoulder. | could feel
her shiver all over. II seemed as II In
an instant all the wing was ablnze.
Then we saw Esther! We saw her
running. running. past window after
window. But flames ran. too. over her
and under her. II all depended on
whether she could reach the main stair
case before they did! The main stair
case is only of wood. She reached 1t.
She got down. She was not hurt a
bit Only when she saw her. Natalie
and both sank down on the ground.
| felt as If was going to faint.
Esther came right over to us. "Why
didn't you shut those DOORS" she
asked
We did not answer. but Esther knew
why. Suddenly her face began to work
so queerly. there in the red light of the
fire
IF the fire had come n minute sooner
when you were all on the stairsg' she
said. and she put out her hands as il
she could not see. and We're feeling for
something. Then Mrs. Sinclair stepped
out from somewhere, and put her arms
round her.
The fire was not so bad as it looked
at first, and the slow old Mayslde Hose
Company did arrive. and put it out
after a while. About thirty of us had
to board in the village for the rest OF
the year. but now we are all under one
roof again.
We have self-government this year,
and Esther is president. The vote for
se.f-government was unanimous, and
so was the vote for president. 1t was
the first time anything unanimous ever
happened in this school.-Youth's Com
panlon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

4 few minutes after killing a large
snake In the yard of his summer rest
dence at Aliqulppa, Pa. George Wood,
school director in the Thirty-frst
Ward, died very suddenly of a hemor-
rhage, which. it is believed, was
brought on by the excitement. He
reached Aliqulppa shortly before G
o'clock, and on entering the yard of his
summer home was startled 10 see O
reptile in the path. He killed It and
continued on his way to the house. He
plainly showed his excitement, and
suddenly became III. He was attacked
by hemorrhages and died before a ply.
sician could be summoned. Pittsburg
Dispatch
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
SWINGING ON THE GATE.

/ can seea painted. | cans smell the driving
powbOy wSding blowed
wndward. st'ning the dinner
While o or OF
make wondrous childish journeys the
back many recolectons o past
foolish fond seeming hardly the while
Yet somehow made wondrous like tender smi
Eeeting gone, and ogotenye remembered by and by
With a swelling the bosom and dmming OF the
Now temples fast and have sober
with the years OF varied happiness and have known
Still the echo when the
And without dkened easement shosy bree7es blow,
Ot the friendly. Of the latche when
In the hazy, lazy summertime swung upon the gate.
Lowell Ous Reese, Lesie's Weekly
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

The building inspectors office is op-
posed TO the mirror-lined elevators of
the city, but no action has been taken
for the removal Of the mirrors, al
though the new code forbids the use Of
looking glasses in elevator cage CON
structlon.
"They are usually placed at such an
angle that woman stepping up to one
blocks the passageway," said he. "of
ten she will forget that portion OF
her skirt protrudes beyond the grating,
and accidents occur in this way. Not
only women but men are attracted by
mirrors and are inclined to grow for
getfu of personal safety, Cleveland
Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

at the shoulders provide fashionable
folds. The sleeves are among the very
latest and are so shlrred as to avoid
excessive breadth of figure.
The waist Is made over a smoothly
fitted foundation, which can be cut
away beneath the chemisette and cuffs
when a transparent effect is desired.
The closing is made lnvlsibly at the
left of the front, and there is a softly
draped belt which also is closed at the
\ left side.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is four and one-fourth
yards twenty-one, three and one-half
yards twenty-seven or two and one
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

There is a plei SAINT story being told
Just now OF an IRISH priest who, taking
leave OF his congregation, gave his rea-
sons for going: First, you do not love
me. for you have contributed nothing
to my support; secondly. you do not
love each other, for I have not cele-
brated a marriage since 1 arrived;
thirdly, the good God does not love
you, for He has not taken pne of you
to Himseif--I have not had a single
funeral."-London Telegraph. ~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
Time For Wedding Mash.

An Indiana Farmer reader writes us,
asking when is the best time to feed
laying hens warm mash. This ques-
tlon is now being warmly contested
by number Of experienced breeders
and we believe the majority Of them
prefer feeding the mash at night Per.
sonally we much prefer feeding mash
at night, from the fact that II fowls
are fed warm mash in the morning
they are likely to become gorged witt
food early in the day and then take
to the roost. which promptly produces
sluggish, lazy, oyer'fat hens, and laz,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

We can not always charge ii to old
age when we find our fOreheads are
crossed with distressing network Of
tiny lines. 1t is not always age that
makes those disagreeable rows across
our foreheads and around the eyes.
There are some grandmothers whose
faces have hardly wrinkle, and some
granddaughters whose brows are as
scanned as they might be at sixty. Time
is not responsible for these vexing lit
tie lines. \ good many Of them may be
charged up against worry. If one gets
in the way of fretting over everything
that has gone wrong and everything
one thinks likely to go wrong. the rec
ord upon ones face will be a mark
which is hard to erase, and is Ear
uglier than the lines the happy years
bring.-Philadelphla Inquirer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
De centric as best suIts the lndlvldual

the centre as best suits the individual
agure.
The coat is made With fronts and
back and includes the regulation
sleeves that are full at the shoulders
md which are stitched to simulate
tufts.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is three and seven
eighth yards twenty-seven, two and
one-eighth yards forty-four or one and
three-fourth yards tlfty-two inches
wide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
Embroidered Waists.

Women who are skilled in embroid.
cry are employing their talent for the
decoration of shirt waists and tussore
silk is most effective medium. One
such waist recently embroidered by a
clever artist is pale blue green in
tone and sea weed is the decorative
motif, being carried out in shades of
sea green and pale pinkish brown. The
waist buttons in the back and the
front, cuffs and collar are embroidered
in the sea weed design.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

A novelty in linen is the three-quar-
ter coats of all-over broderie anglaise.
One of these seen recently was belted
at the waist line and was fastened
with large black velvet buttons. There
was a touch of black velvet ribbon on
the front of the blouse, and the gaunt-
let cuffs were edged with velvet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

No accessory OF dress is made more
OF lately than the belt. The craze FOL
ribbons Is partially responsible, bu
every variety of linen belt and girdls
is also being shown. A new idea is Il
have a matching stock and belt In two
colors OF linen. Blue and white II
the prettiest combination, but all col
ors are to be had.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
part door. 1t is a good plan to hang

part door. 1t is a good plan to hang
the doors on hinges at top. so they can
swing either in or out, so that the doors
will always remain closed and pigs can
go in or out at any time. If the doors
are required TO be kept open all the
time they can be hung up by wire to
the jOst. BY having a windlass above
the feed alley it can be used for a
slaughter room, and when not used as
such it may be closed by having trap
doors above.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

Very dashing are the black and coy
The shapes approximate to the small,
short-back sailor, and the tulle Is put
on in huge ruches and rosettes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05

moment, both for the separate wrap
and for the costume. This one is de-
signed for young girls and is adapted
to all the fashionable suitings, Slcilian,
silk, yelling and linen, but as Illus
trated IS made of dark blue mohair,
with the collar of silk. and is simply
stitched with corticelli silk, the skirt
makes a most satisfactory finish for
the neck and the double brea asted clos
ing allows of using the handsome but
tons, which are so much in vogue and
which always add to the effect, while
the pockets made with flaps are among
the smartest of all smart things. The
back can be either plain or scanned at
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-05
GROUND FLOOR PLAN.

A, brood sow pens; B, pens for litters
to feed in; G, pens for fattening hogs
ID, water barrel; f., feed box; f, feed
alley; G, troughs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-05-19
A Story of TennysOn.

Dante Rossetti used to tell story of
Tennyson, with whom he was walking
one sultry summer night through High
Holborn. They passed building bril-
liantly lighted up and from which is
sued the sounds Of joyous music.
What is that placer" asked the bard.
at Is called" replied Rossett. 1.-THE Hol-
born casino" Il should like to look
in," pursued the bard, "only l should
be at once surrounded by a crew of
groundlings, who would mob and pes
ter and jostle me-" "My dear sir"
quietly remarked Dante, "if you We're
to get on one of the tables, announce
your name and recite three of your
poetic masterpieces into the bargain
probably not per cent of the audi
ence would have the slightest idea of
who you are"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-05-19
Town Doom e e.

The town of Roosevelt, Arizona, hum
ming as it is with the activities of its
5000 inhabitants, is doomed. Its lease
on life is only three years long. In 1905,
when the engineers of the Reclamation
Service shall have completed the highest
dam in the world, Roosevelt will lie l12
feet below the surface of the water in the
reclamation rservoir. Work has been in
progress there for about a year, but men
are laboring now, night and day, in three
shifts of eight hours each, in order that
no more than three additional years may
be consumed in the task. Then Roosevelt
will be no more