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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
INCREASING THE FARM INCOME.

INNhhASING FAtM lNIOMEs
A man owning 1G0 acre farm
writes us that his average gross in
come from his farm, taking a series Of
years, is about $S per acre and wants
to know il there is any way practical
and available for him to increase this
really very small income. He has for
many years been what Is called a rails
er of grain and hay to sell, keeping but
little stock. AS result he has greatly
impaired the fertility of his soil, and
thirty bushels of oats and corn to the
acre and a ton of hay to the acre are
about all he gets even with fairly good
seasons. There are so many men in
this fix all over the country that 1t
justifies somewhat extended COM
ment by us. The system referred to is
all wrong. 1t goes from bad to worse
each year it is continued. There must
be radical change. In this case,
which may be taken as a type, there
should be from twenty-five to thirty
acres of clover sown this spring; there
should be hog pasture fenced off and
at least fifty hogs kept; dairy of six
teen cows should be set to work on the
farm, and coming right with these
cows will he the calves and the pigs;
half the acreage of corn should be
planted and twice as well cared for
as ever before; every mouthful of hay
and every kernel of grain produced on
the farm should be fed to some animal
right on the farm; system of crop
rotation should be adopted which will
include clover every fourth or fifth
year. While it will take three or four
years to get these reforms all brought
about, we will guarantee the result to
be that in the end the yield of crops
will be nearly doubled and the income
correspondingly increased. Thousands
of men have done this, and other thou
sands are now engaged in this reform
work, and wehave never known the plan
to fail But some may say they do not
like to take care of n dairy-too much
bother. Well, then, try sheep or raising
beef animals, and if neither of these
variations of the plan appeals to you
the best thing you can do is to sell the
farm and go to town and run for super
visor.
Money Is not made on any farm very
rapidly, and never without plenty Of
good hard work, which is the reason
why so many young men dodge the
farm If possible. The successful farm
er will accumulate money slowly, but
safely and surely, and he will further
always see to it that his soil is not de-
pleted, but rather made more produc-
tive each year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
THE MARKETS.

Grain and Stock Prices For March II.
Cleveland - Cattle: Choice fat, 1900
lbs. and UP, 81 S5O5 25 good to choice,
1000 to 1900 81 1908 90; fair to good,
300 to l.1O0. 81 OO04 so; choice heifers.
~ Oo@4 so; choice fat bulls, SO 50Q3 rs;
choice fat cows SO 5004 00 choice to
fancy milk cows and springers, $40 00Q
a. 90. Sheep and Lambs-Good to choice
lainbs. 81 1908 90; culls and common,
os 0047 90; good to choice wether sheep,
Is 00@6 90: good TO choice mixed sheep,
Is ooQ5 rs: fair to good, $4 O095 90; culls
TO common, So 0od4 90; good to choice
yearlings. s6 0O97 25; good to choice
ewes. $b 00@5 so. Calves - $5 o097 20.
Hogs Workers, IS 1905 46; mixed
weights. IS 1905 IS; mediums and heavy,
Is IS: pigs. - 1905 20; stays and roughs,
IS 60@+ IS.
Chicago Cattle: Good to prime
steers. IS 1906 20: poor to medium, SO 10
o. IS: stockers and feeders, 81 1904 80;
COWS. 81 1904 so; helfers, 50 00Q5 90:
Gamers. 81 5o@2 40: bulls, So 5000 90.
Sheep and Lambs-Good to choice weth-
u 1906 20; western sheep. s6 Oo@e 90;
native lambs. s5 6oQ7 so; western lambs,
ss Oo07 60. Calves-ss 00@5 CO. Hogs
Mixed and butchers, So O0@5 27h; good
TO choice heavy. IS 1905 80; rough hevay,
s5 O095 10: light. "a 1906 20. Wheat
No. red. 81 1901 15h. Corn--No. 2,
+s@4Slsc. oats-No. 2. SIC.
East Buffalo Cattle: Export, good
TO choice. 81 eo@5 IS; shipping steers,
"a 4o9i so; butcher cattle, 81 25Q4 so;
fair TO good. IS $500 Is; heifers, IS 25@
4 40; fat cows. 81 50@4 90; bulls, 81 500
90; good to choice mixers and spring
srs. tt5. 00055 90. Sheep and Lambs
Good to choice yearlngs. 81 O0@7 25;
wethers, s6 Oo9s 25; mixed. IS 1906 90;
ewes. IS 509s 90; lambs. Sc 5OQ8 40.
Calves - Best, SO oO@9 So Hogs-Me-
diums. heavies and Workers., S5 COOS G5 [;
roughs. 81 50@4 80; stays, SO 25@4 90;
pigs. s5 s0@5 IS.
Pittsburg = Cattle: Choice, IS 600
rs; prime. IS soG5 so; good. IS oO@
rs; tidy butchera "a 1905 90; fair,
~ 4o04 6b; heifers. IS 1904 40; cows,
bulls and stays. 81 256S so; fresh COWS,
$50 0o04b 90. Sheep and Lambs-Prime
wethers. 80 0pG6 Is; good mixed. IS 7O@
. 90: fair mixed IS 25Q5 so; lambs, IS 90
0S'eo. Calves--Veals. SIS o0Q7 SO. Hogs
Prime heavy, mediums and heavy
Yorkers. IS 1905 so; light Yorkers, IS 35
@s 40: pigs. IS 2o@5 30
New York Cattle: Steers, "a 500
IS; bulls. IS o0@4 so; cows, 81 700
8 so: choice fat Ohio. - 80. Sheep and
Lambs-sheep. - 50@6 90; lambs, 81 90
@s as: spring lambs. IS so per head
calves-veais. So oo9s rs, Hogs-state
snd Pennsylvania. IS 1906 rs. Wheat
No 3 red. 81 1875. Corn--No 2. 5onc
oats-A1ixed. 2s to 50 lbs. s7h 0ssMc
Cincinnati = Wheat: No red. 81 is
0l II. Corn-No. mixed. 61hc. Oats
NO. mixed. 34GSlkc. Rye-No. 2. $50
sic. Lard-sG 40 Bulk meats-s6 75
Bacon--Ss 90. Hoss--,4 1905 80 Cattle
--y2 1905 rs. sheep-s5 1905 SO. Lambs
SIS s0Ds 00.
Boston Wool: Ohio and Pennsyi-
pania Xxx ana above. 3fQ35c; X, 3O@3Ic;
No. 1. sG@37e: No. 2. 37@3Sc; fine washed
1elaine. Se1t WS7c. Kentucky and Indiana
4 and h-blOod. SO@31c.
Toledo Wheat, 81 IL; corn, 5ohc;
cats. sSxc; rye. $50; cloverseed. 81 So.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
uunrrnL RIVALRY.

II beats all what lot of useless and
harmful scrapplng there is often found
in the small towns and rural commune
ties. The different church denomina-
tions have 1t in for each other, the
lodges show their frnternal feeling by
fighting other like organizations, and
the strife and rivalry crop out in all
social affairs and what may be termed
the general public interests of the
community, and all this when harmony,
unity and local public spirit are SO
Borely needed In friendly cooperative
effort to secure the best that there is
many and workers oil too few. People
do not realize what the splendid possl-
bilities are connected with concerted
and united effort on the part of all the
people in community and how much
might be accomplished where all the
people pull together. The truth is
that there are altogether too many
churches, too many fraternal organiza-
tions in all our towns. This overorgan-
lzation not only cripples the best inter
ests of the community, but imposes a
most serious financial burden upon It.
While men cannot be expected to all
look at things just alike, 1t still is folly
to maintain so many separate organ
izations just to foster and exploit some
peculiar religious or economic notion
which of itself is of absolutely no i'm
portance whatever as affecting either
the present or future life Of the people.
1t almost seems as though the better in
formed and more civilized the people
become the less sense they have In the
matter of community living. Society
today needs the same policy of concen-
tratlon applied to 1t which is chang
ing all our commercial methods, to the
end that stop may be put to wasted
energy and effort as well as money.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
Her Bows.

She simply couldn't do her hair
According to the style
Nor wear u gown with queenly air
Nor like a cherub smile;
Her figure wasn't "just divine"
Nor like a fawn's her eye;
Twas more like yours or, mayhap, mine;
1 cannot tell you why.
She sung not like seraph sweet
She didn't sing at all
But when her boys are on the street
Then you should hear her call!
And at her summons sharp her boys
Came trooping In TO her;
They left their playmates, play and noise
Without the least demur
When II was time to 60 to bed
They slipped In for the night
And not a single word was said
Oh. they obeyed all right
For, though the woman couldn't sing
Nor of the style take heed,
or raising boys she knew a thing
Or two; she did indeed.
For she who wouldn't do her hair
In quite the latest kink
Could guide her boys with patient care,
Their hearts to hers could link:
Could find smile for boisterous plays,
For boyish hurts kiss.
Where's further need to sing her praise7
What's greater praise than this?
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

A farmer in northern Iowa was very
desirous Of securing an outlet for the
water in pond hole ON his farm, but
the only way in which this could be
done was by way OF his neighbor's
land, who most vigorously opposed the
plan. A ditch or drain four rods In
length would do the work. but the pond
remained a nuisance because of the
neighbours opposition. A muskrat
prowllng around took it into his head
to drain that pond and bored out the
drain, releasing the water, greatly to
the pleasure OF the owner and the pro-
found disgust Of his nelghbor.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

If one can raise one ear of corn on
each hill weighing one pound, which is
nice big ear the yield Of corn per
acre will be about thirty-eight bushels.
If he can raise two such ears to the
hill But we will let you do the rest of
the figuring.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

A man, just a common sort Of
farmer, whom we know received $72.65
for the cream product of his nine
cows during the month Of January. OF
course these were good cows, well
cared for, but that is the only way to
run dairy. What this man did thou
sands Of others might do and don't.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
THE RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE

THE RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE.
In the present controversy being
waged between the people and the
railroads over the matter of transpor-
tation it is not so much a matter of
rates as it is discriminating charges,
the favorlng of certain towns and inter-
ests and the consequent discrimination
against other communities and individ-
uals. While the railroads are and
should be protected in an unquestion-
ed title to their respective properties,
there is this difference between them
and a purely private business in that
the public, having bequeatlfed them
the most valuable franchises in the
whole country and with such fran
chises bestowed extraordinary powers
and privileges to promote and secure
great public utility and necessity,
has thereby acquired an inalienable
and important interest in such roads,
which gives it every right to demand
absolute fairness and impartiality in
their management. This right the peo-
pie have been rather backward and
slow to assert and possibly never
would were there no just causes for
complaint. AS it is, the people are
waking up, and such peaceable and
equitable adjustment will be secured
without doubt as will insure entire i'm
partiality in the administration of the
roads. Their power Is so omnipotent
and so far reaching in the making or
tl,a 90
communities and individuals that moth
ing short of absolute equity for all will
ever satisfy the American people.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

The corn root worm rarely troubles
the corn where corn is grown at the
rate of sixty bushels per acre but once
In four year rotation of crops on a
good clover sod. This pest is the pen
atty of growing corn on the same land
year after year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
WANTED.

WANTED---10 men in each
state to travel, tack signs and dis
tribute samples and circulars of
our goods. Salary $500 per
month. $500 per day for ex-
penses. Kuhlman Co., Dept. S.
Atlas Building, Chicago.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
Garden Seed.
Our Bnlk Garden Seeds are
Fresh and from the best growers.
Bort & Co. the Druggists.
For Rent.

Sealed bids will be received un-
til 1890 (Standard time), March
25th., 1905, for the renting of
pa. ture and dwellings on the Fair
Grounds for one year, from April
1, 1905 to April 1, 1906. The
Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. By order of the
Board.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

A new ship, the Minnesota, recently
sailed from Pacific coast port for the
occident carrying 2G,000 tons of Amer
lean produce and merchandise. The
great capacity of such vessel is best
understood when we say that 1t is capa-
BILE Of transporting the product of PIG
well conducted quarter section farms,
allowing each farm to produce seven
ty-five tons of hay, eight tons of pork,
four tons Of beef, two tons Of butter,
twenty tons of corn and ten tons Of
oats and potatoes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Some attention is being turned to
catch crops for their value as fertilizers
following crops Of small grains. Con-
siderable success is reported where soy
beans or cowpeas are sowed, disked In
ON the stubble just as soon as the field
Is cleared and then plowed under be-
fore the frost destroys the crop. 1t
costs about 50 per acre to give land
this extra treatment, and the invest
ment is returned, with good interest,
in the crop of the following year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT.

The following is statement by the
County Auditor and the County Treasurer
OF the amount OF money remaining in the
County Treasury, on the last day of Feb
ruary A. d. 1906, specifying the amount in
each Fund, as per Secttou ll3e Revised
Statute, to witt ~ z
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

We are looking for an energetic
young man of good reputation to
start in business. Must be able
to invest $500. References re-
CURED. The Universal Stone Ma
chine Co., Cleveland. o.
March 2, 2w.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

A weeks snow blockade compelled
the burning of some forty cent corn in
place of coal In some western COM
munitles this winter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

There Is seldom n man who will not
gladly miss a meal in order to get a
chance to talk about himself.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

After small boy has feasted on
green apples he is apt to lead double
life for few hours.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

1t Is easy enough to withstand temp
tation when man has had enough.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Some men lack just one thing to make
their happiness complete. and that is
some ono to pay their debts.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
Strange.

"There Is something uncanny about
that boy and his mother"
"I see nothing unusual"
''But there is though. He possesses
oil the faults that youth of his age
can have, and his mother doesn't deny
IT"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

A great fuss has been made over the
discovery Of very large diamond in
South Africa, said to be worth q mat
ter of 100000, but there is a county
UP in north central Wisconsin, which
only few years ago was wilderness
of brush and pine stumps, which the
past year sold dairy products of a
value of over S2,0O0OO0, and, what is
better, will do it every year right along,
When the lumbermen left it, it was a
diamond in the rough, sure enough.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
One Does Her.

Mans ages. SO the poets say.
Are seven; tits true. ween.
While lovely woman has but one
She's always sweet sixteen.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Girls may be dead anxious to get
married, but the average old bachelor
has generally met one who wasn't.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
BREEpINa CORN.

The frequent lack of satisfactory re-
suits where one has taken special pains
TO select the best corn possible for seed
Is owing to the fact that II Is only half
bred-that Is, such corn may have been
pollenized by most inferior types Of
eorn-hence the great advantage Of hav-
Ing a corn breeding plot where this
matter Of fertilization can be properly
controlled. Select the best corn of the
type desired. Plant patch removed
from other corn. Remove all barren
stalks before they shed their pollen
and detassel every other row, this to
prevent the possibility OF inbreeding
resulting from the corn being fertilized
by its own pollen. This plan repeated
from year to year will soon give a pure
bred corn where most of the product
will be true to the type selected. This
Is all there is of corn breeding, really
an exactly similar process which gov
erns the breeding of pedigreed domes.
tic animals.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
The Difference.

"In the city we always dress for din
ner."
Must be lazy. In the country we
have been dressed about seven hours
by the time the dinner bell rings"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
To Practice Economy.

az understand the manager is going
to merry the leading lady"
"Yss; he figures that he can raise her
salary without having 1t cost him any
money"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
The AneeI was One.

The Angel Was One.
"There are two heroes In the play"
"That Is rather unusual. Don't they
clash?,
"No. One treads the boards and the
other is the gentleman who puts up the
COIN"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Nothing worries lazy man less than
ieing lazy.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

The best way to argue with woman
10 to say nothing and stick to it,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Charity begins ut home and general
ly likes the place SO well that it settles
down to stay.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

We hereby certify the above statement to
be correct.
A. j NUNEMAKER,
Treasurer Of Hooking Co.
JAMES L. MARTIN,
Auditor Of Hooking CO.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

A man should be careful about pro-
posing over the telephone, for the girl
at central may accept him before the
message gets down to the one for
whom 1t was intended.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23
February.

February.
Same old woodchuck
Skulking round;
Same old shadow
On tho ground.
Same old blizzard,
Fierce and bold;
Same old winter.
Mighty cold.
Something Of a jumper.
"Does Miss Oldish go in for ath-
leticsT
II guess she does l hear that when
Young Mr.. Simple asked her to marry
him she broke the record jumping at
the chance"
Sure Enough.
Why should we pay the weather man
A stipend fat and large
II on the ancient. time tried plan
the ground hog Is in charge?
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
The horse trader who always tells
the exact truth is not horse trader.
About the best cure for an egotist is
to turn him loose in group of chill
dren who are SO young they do not
know better than to tell the truth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Some people
seem to make a
great pprade OF
their troubles
lest they should
forget them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Some women
would like TO be
rich that they
might employ
n physician by
the year.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

No one thing will help the cause of
good roads more than the development
of local public spirit among the mem
bers of the community which is direct
ly interested in such improved high
ways. AS it is too often now, small
break in bridge which any man could
fix in five minutes causes the discover
er to travel three miles to get a road
boss to fix 1t at an expense to the dis
trlct of a dollar or more. The public
spirit which we refer to would have
made the man fix 1t himself and made
no fuss about 1t. Some day men who
own good farms-some are already do
Ing twill take real pride in the
highways which border their farms and
will cheerfully give OF their labor such
work as Is needed to keep them m
good condition. A good example in this
line is great factor In influencing any
community. for 1t is true that good
example is just as contagious as bad
one.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

All land, river bottoms and the like,
which is subject to periodical overflow
Is far more profltably kept as perma-
nent blue grass pasture than to attempt
to cultivate it and take the chance of a
crop of corn or other grain once in two
or three years. Such blue grass pas
ture when properly used will pay lar
ger net return each year than the aver
age acre Of the farm which is cropped.
Assuming the season to be a favorable
one for the growth Of grass, an acre of
such blue grass will produce at least
$S worth of beef, and this is almost all
net profit
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

Some women regard the marriage
certificate as equivalent to sight
draft for new bonnet.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-03-23

The greater portion of the prairie
west may as well accept and face the
fact that for half century at least
the dirt road will be the common high
way of the country. This dirt road is
for period of at least eight months
in the year the best road in the world,
and the money and work spent on the
roads should be with reference to
making it as passable as possible for
the other four months. This will be
best accomplished by thorough drain
age and frequent leyeling. The $1,000
mile macadam highway is an i'm
possibility from financial point alone.
Natures method of restoring lost fer
tility to wornout lands Is through the
medium of grass and trees. 1t is n
slow process and may be seen IN OPP
Grafton on countless thousands of acrej
in the east and the south on lands
which were once wheat and cotton
fields. On most of this land she works
by the tree method, covering these de-
pleted and starved acres with confer
and deciduous trees, with vine and
shrub. Little by little humus and fer
tility are restored to the soil, and at
the end NJ seventy-five years the forest
may be again removed and man go In
to the soil robbing business again.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-10
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Screens In China,

screens are to be seen everywhere In
the dragon empire. They are carved
or lockwood and handsomely paintc,l
with various figures and devices. IL,
some parts Of China bedstGads similar
10 our own arc used. They are curl.
ously carved, with drawers underneath
ana Shelves for holding toilet nccessi.
Ties, all Of which are hidden out of
sight by drawers which look like n
beautiful screen,
Inc rooms in the different suits of
apartments are separated one from an.
o'her by The carved wooden scrollworl;
for which the Chinese are famous. II
Is usually dark and gives very rich
una handsome appearance to the whole
interior, which is dull AMI dark-owiup
10 Tie want OF windows-un the
lhFriads Of lanterns are lighted. The
carving Is sometimes gildel, and some
times the wood Is left in II state of
nature with Il high polish. Doorwnys
are oftch half filled in With it. Again
low, deep friczc is seen all around
thc room. The womcn's apartments
particularly are decorated with fin.
carved work. Whatever can Dr i;nnr
aned rs contributing to pleasure and
tue support Of luxury is TO be found IN
the secluded quarters devoted to Tho
women
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-09-10
Dun,,,a, scheme.

AicXandre Dumas, ST., WAS once Wis.
ling Ills son, who nj that time lived in
Il villa near Paris. They sat in q tiny
scrap of a garden behind Tie house
under The one small tree it contained.
1t WAS broiling hot day, and Dumas.
WHO was very stout, said TO his son:
am suifocating with the Intense
heat"
What shall do, father"
suppose you open your chamber
window ana let 81 little air into the
garden" replied old Alexandra, with
gravity.