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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
ORCHARD ITEMS.

The codling moth and apple maggoi
can be made well-nigh harmless ny
keeping swine, sheep or fowl in the
orchard.-John L. Chase, Cumberland
County, Me.
In Canada they leave the discussion
of the details in fruit growing to the
smaller meetings and institutes and
make the large meetings business III
fairs, at which only the experts and
leaders in horticultural matters are eX-
pected to take prominent part.-A'
McNeill, Ottawa, Ont.
expect to see an adjustment of or
chard lands. We shall go back to the
rougher hill lands, leaving the valleys
TO gardening. l expect to see apple
growing leave western New YORK LOT
rougher lands. Lands far from sea-
board at a high value will not com
pete with high land worth Ittle.-H.
w. Collingwood, New Jersey.
l had an experience in thinning
Kieffer pears for three years. take
Ct in July and August from forty 10
fifty bushels, and my pears in the ran
are double the size of those in my
neighbors' orchards. l have had pears
weighing twenty ounces; they VIII
bring more money than the small
pears will, and there is not so much
trouble in gathering them.-W. c. Car
lin Illinois.
All those fruit growers that have
not adopted the plan of spraying are
losing heavily. One great trouble with
our apple market this year is that
there are SO many low-grade apples
which the market does not want
Spraying will not only produce the best
fruit. but it will help wonderfully.
Prune your trees, let them in the sun
and air, and plow and dress your or
chard every year to keep up its fertli-
ity; look right after it all the time as
YOU would your stock.-A. A. East
man. Penobscot County, Me.-lhe
American Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
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Separating Cream.

The temperature of the milk when
separated ought to be uniform. II
there is variation of ten or more de-
grees when the milk is run through
the separator at different times the
richness of the cream will vary with
the temperature. In some cases, owing
to some delay, the separator may not
be started so soon after milking as
in others; the milk then cools of be-
low the proper separating temperature,
and unless due allowance is made for
this loss Of fat will occur.
The speed at which the separator
is turned has considerable influence
on the thoroughness of separation,
and upon the texture of the cream.
If at any time the work is hurried, and
more milk is run through the machine
in a given time than is usual, the quail
ity of the cream will be changed. The
amount of skimmilk or water run
through the machine when the sep
arator is about finished, will influence
the quality of the cream, depending
upOu WutlHtI lHt lldCnlllt 10 HuSHtu
out with a little or large quantity
of water or milk. After a person be-
comes aware of the effect of each of
these things upon the texture Of the
cream, he can, if he likes, run the
separator each time, so that his cream
will be fairly uniform. Sometimes the
separator is started as soon as milk
ing is commenced. This is all right
if matters are so arranged that the
machine is running at full capacity all
the time, but when the supply runs
out, and the machine has to be
stopped, or to run empty until fur
ther lot of milk is brought, then we
get cream that is not uniform in
composition.
The chief points in running a sep
arator so as to obtain uniform results
are to watch the speed at which the
machine is run. the temperature of
the milk, and the amount Of milk
skinned per hour.-The American
CultiyatOr.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Sound Glover Hay,

| prefer to cut in the afternoons,
for the reason that clover has but very
little chance to cure before the dew
falls and will not be affected by it as
if it were partly cured.
The next day. after the dew is off,
go over your clover, giving it good
turning, either by hand or by a ted
der, and if the clover is heavy it will
be well to give two turnings or ted
dings. BY this time the clover will be-
gin to show signs of being partly
cured, and still it isn't dry enough to
break off the leaves, heads and smaller
stems which are the best parts of
the hay. Then start the rake and
rake it into medium windrows.
| prefer to do my raking in the mid
die of the afternoon and avoid raking
in the evenings, Next day, if you are
not sure the day is going to be such as
to finish curing the clover in the
windrow, take your fork and slightly
tear the windrows apart, letting the
sun have a better chance to shine on
lue ClONeT ana tne DTeeZeS TO pass
through which is a great aid in cur
ing hay. After the dew is off, lift the
clover off the ground and invert it.
Then after dinner, if it is well cured,
begin to draw in and NOW away.
A good way to test this matter is
to take some stalks and twist them
together and if they show no signs of
moisture generally your clover is all
right If the day has been a bad one
| would prefer to leave it day longer
by punching it up.
Last year l spoiled what would
have been choice hay simply by draw
ing it in when it was too full of mois-
ture. The weather was threatening,
and l did not care to leave it in the
field over Sunday, so drew it in; but
next time have hay under similar cir
cumstances l shall bunch it together
and take my chances with the rain,
and last year it didn't rain after all.
The stock eat it and seem to like it
as change, but it is not choice hay.
&C. F. B., in the Boston Cultivator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Drawing ButtermIk and Washing.

When the granules are of the right
size, and if salt in the buttermilk is
not Objectionable, the addition of this
will make it draw better, but l have
seldom been troubled that way and
there is no need of losing single
granule as strainer, or better, hair
sieve should be used in drawing.
When this is done, about the same
amount of water from so to SO degree s
should replace the buttermilk (if the
granules seem very soft As degrees
may be allowed; the churn should be
turned a few times. Unless it is de-
sired to harden the granules the water
should be drawn at once. 1t is a big
mistake to leave the butter to soak
in water for hours. AS rule, two
rinsings should be enough and indeed
some of the finest butter is made with
out rinsing at all, relying on the work
ing to remove the buttermilk. The
Danes used to do this, but now they
rinse the granules by dipping them
from the buttermilk with hair sieve
and then removing this gently in tub
of cold water, thus washing the but
ter only once and only for a minute
or so. AS in most other matters, the
best road lies in the middle course
j. II. Monrad. New York.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Trimming.

Trees should have he branches
shortened in when planted. 81 hate to
cut the branches back" exclaims the
well-meaning planter. 1T spoils the
looks of the trees" So it does tempor-
arily; but at the end of the season
the trimmed trees will have made
twice the growth of those untrimmed.
1t is of the utmost Importance that
each kind of tree should be trimmed
in accordance with its needs. With
apple trees, shorten back three-fourths
of the growth of the side branches.
Leave a dominant center so that the
next set of branches will be at least
foot above the present set of
branches. Cherries should be shorten
ed as to the side branches to three
strong buds. Peach trees should have
the branches shortened to one bud at
the base of the branch and the trunk
of the peach tree, no matter If five or
six feet in height they should be short
ened to 80 or even "a inches.-Rural
World
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
To Ward off Stin os,

Hornets and bees are not so apt to
sting a person if he keeps absolute
ly still, but this is not necessarily due
to the fact that they do not see readi-
ly, but simply that they do not
recognize an enemy in perfectly
stationary body. The accumulated in
telligence of generations has shown
them that still objects, like posts,
stones, or trees, are not enemies, and
that disturbance of their nests is al
ways occasioned by objects having
power of motion. 1t thus follows
that if hornets nest be disturbed or
If wild bees nest be agitated, dang
er of singing is much less If the per-
son keeps perfectly still.-St. Nicho-
las,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Some Strange War Bets.

Some extraordinary bets have been
made on the Japanese-Russian war.
A number of Japanese officers have
bet that they would be killed in
battle. The money was to go to
their widows. One officer, on start
ing for the front, made the following
wager: If he were killed within a
month his heirs were to receive
$500 After that date he was to pay
his opponent 10 yen (S5) day until
he had survived 100 days, after which
the bet was to cease. He undertook
to expose himself to danger only
when military conditions demanded
It.; in other words, he would not will
fully let himself be killed.-Kansas
City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
FEAR FOR NIAGARA.
IMMENSE VOLUME OF WATER DL
81 VERIFIED FROM FALLS.

Commercial Enterprises Are Making
Heavy Drains on This Famous Show
Place-Its Tremendous Electrical Pow
er the Inducement.
Niagara Falls, August THE vol
ume of water being diverted from the
historic Niagara Falls is reaching such
proportions that the people of the State
are trying to pass laws which will pre-
vent the possibility of a practical wip-
ing out of this sublime natural spec
tacle.
Water sufficient to develop nearly
FIVE hundred thousand horsepower
continuously, twenty-four hours per
day, for industrial purposes, is now be-
ing taken from the river above the
Falls, and further developments re-
quiring more water are contemplated.
Probably the largest user of the elec-
tricity produced by the waters of the
mighty river is the concern which by
the five or six thousand degree heat Of
the electric furnace brings lime and
coke into unwilling union, thereby pro-
ducing what is known as Calcium Car
bide.
Dry calcium carbide is lifeless as so
much broken rock, but in contact with
water it springs into activity and be-
gets abundantly the gas Acetylene.
The light resulting from the ignition
of acetylene is the nearest approach to
sunlight known.
These facts, though Of comparatively
recent discovery, were soon seized by
men with an eye to the commercial
possibilities and to-day calcium carbide
is being shipped everywhere and used
for dispelling darkness in buildings OF
all descriptions, from the ordinary barn
of the farmer to the country villa of
the wealthy, as well as for lighting
the streets of large number of towns
Acetylene can be easily and cheaply
installed, and the manufacture and sale
of acetylene generators has become a
business Of recognized standing, has
assumed large proportions and is stead
lily growing.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Feedinu SiIaue,

In his recent elaborate enquiries in
to the cattle feeding problems, Prof.
Mumford of the Illinois agricultural
college station reports in circular 92
on the subject, the experience of an
old feeder in Henry county that state,
from which we take the following:
81 am now fattening my fourth car
Of beef using silage as one feed per
day and with such satisfactory results
that l expect to continue its use as
long as | am in the cattle feeding
business. AS to the method of feeding,
we feed one-half bushel of silage per
head in the morning and scatter five
pounds of bran per head over it and
stir it all up together; then let the cat
tie into the shed to the feed. Thus
they all have an equal chance to get
their share. At noon we feed hun
dred hills of shock corn per car of 20
head, and at night peck of ear corn
per head, broken in the boxes, aiming
to feed only so much at any one time
as the cattle will eat up clean before
they leave the racks and boxes. The
amounts of shock corn and ear corn
are varied some so as to give the cat
tie all they will eat up clean. / find
that cattle fed on silage as part of
the ration, while not ready for the
market quite as soon as those fed a
straight corn ration, make more
growth per month during the fattening
period than when fed clear corn as is
the general practice in this country"
This feeder buys in the fall steers
weighing 800 to 900 pounds, feeds them
six to nine months, and reports aver
age gains of so pounds per month. He
emits silage from the ration during
,he last nth of feeding. His cattle
graded "choice" when fat, selling from
40 to so cents per hundred weight be-
low the top" of the market.-Indiana
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
GARDEN COLUMBINES.

There are very few old fashioned
gardens that do not contain some OF
the columbne, it is such an Old-time
favorite. Formerly the old purple and
purplish white sorts were mostly seen,
but since the introduction of the blue
and yellow one from the Rocky Mount
aims, and the growing under cultivation
of the wild scarlet one of the North.
the number of kinds has greatly in
creased. 1t is not alone those men,
toned that have been added. When
grown close together, as these sorts
have been, they hybridize one with an
other. the result being that numbers OF
varieties differing from the parent
forms have been obtained, some of
them of great beauty. Any one pro
curing a collection of half dozen or
dozen sorts would be surprised to see
the diversity of color and habit OF
growth. The wild scarlet one of tie
North is one of the first to flower, and
it is yet one of the most distinct of all,
The blue and the yellow ones of the
Rocky Mountains are also fine, and
the yellow one has the character OF
continuing Towering for some time al
ter it's main crop is over. 1t takes a
year for columbines to flower unless
the seeds are sown in the summer as
soon as ripe, in which case the plants
will flower the next spring. This is
also the case with many other pcren-
mails.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
A Few Poultry Notes.

When alfalfa cannot be had, give
the chicks chance at red clover.
Poultry raising is now the fad il
Florida, where the industry has long
been neglected.
Quarreling hens should be separ-
ated, as hen that is worried will not
do her best at laying.
Give the hens and young chicks a
chance for an occasional dust bath,
which will drive away lice.
An ugly rooster should be disposed
of. He is as dangerous in the flock
as when running at large.
When killing fowls. let the blood
drip into a pail of bran. as the mix
ture makes splendid food.
Grit, oyster shells or a baked mix
ture of salt and charcoal should al.
ways be available for the hens.
1t will soon be time to dispose of
the old hens. which should be done
along in the summer when they quit
laying.
poultry raiser gives the following
combination for morning feed for lay
ing hens: Mash of bran and dry cut
alfalfa, equal parts, 5 percent meat
and blood meal, same amount of
crushed charcoal. the whole seasoned
with salt.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
BIBLE IN STONE.
euddhlsts Carved Their Holy Words
on a Hundred TEMPLES.

Great as has been the amount Of
labor expended on the various Bibles
of the world, the palm for execution
must be given to the Kutho-daw, which
is Buddhist monument near Manda-
lay in Burma. tY...
1t consits of about 100 temples, each
containing Stag of white marble on
which the whole of the Buddhist Bible,
consisting of more than 100000 syE
tables, has been engraved The Bur
mese alphabet is used but the langu-
age is Pali This wonderful Bible is
absolutely unique.
The Kutho-daw was erected in 1867
by Mindon-Min, the last king but one
one Burma. The vast collection Of
temples together forms a square, with
dominating temple in the center.
Each of the marble slabs on which the
sacred texts are inscribed is surmount-
ed by an ornamental canopy in pag-
oda form.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Preroaatives of Jack Tar.

Uncle Sam is a tolerant old gentle
man. He permits the sailors on his
battleships and cruisers to keep pets.
No ship in the navy is without its
mascot. The other day big cruiser
came into Brooklyn Navy Yard and
the sailors proudly displayed a big
Within the last three months ships
have come into the navy yard with
all sorts of curious animals for mas
cots. One had a jackass from Brazil,
another monkey from Algiers, still
another game cock from Liverpool,
while a fourth had a stray dog res
cued in port from the waters Of the
harbor at Southampton.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Sowino Rape in Corn.

Farmers, where corn is grown as a
principal crop, are frequently advised
to combine sheep or pigs in their OPP
eratons. The advice usually rendered
is to pop in some catch crop like rye
as soon as the land is clear of the
corn crop, and wherever the plan has
been tried it has been very successful.
Mr.. f. NJ Webster of New York State,
who is an ardent advocate of cultivat-
ed pasturage, has been trying to save
time by sowing rape broadcast among
the growing maize just before horse
hoeing it for the last time. The rape
thus sown does well, and by the time
the grain is harvester there is a fine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Beat the Machine,

A father, with his three children,
was in a waiting room in the north
of England, and stopped before one
of the weighing machines placed there.
Lifting his children he placed them
one by one on the machine until all
three were on it. Then he put one
penny into the slot The figure irdi-
Gated was 125 pounds. Lifting one of
his children carefully off he found the
other two together weighed 10 pounds.
The difference, therefore-47 pounds
was the first child's weight. In the
same way he discovered the weight
of the other two. and then went off
highly gratified with his success.-Tit-
Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
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POPULAR HYDRANGEAS.

The choice of varieties is perplex'ng
because there are hundreds of lovely
shrubs, but there is list that the be-
ginner may tie to. 1t contains those
good old standbys that are sold by the
million and which are sure to give you
your moneys worth. First of all, the
hydrangea. undoubtedly the showiest
of all shrubs and the only one for au-
tumn Towering. Its huge flower clus-
ters are foot long or more and when
cut will last year without water.
The change of color from white to
purplish, with brown and other tones,
is delightful to watch. Don't plant
this in the middle of the lawn as most
folks do. Put it in front of bigger
bushes, so that the flowers will have a
background.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Reseedinn the Pasture.

For a permanent pasture timothy,
redtop, orchard grass and white clover
are generally used, as these grasses
seem to hold out as well as any. Other
kinds may be added, if preferred, but
the three mentioned should never be
omitted. The fall or early spring is
an excellent time for reseeding the
pastures, but in so doing the farmer
should use clean seed, use it plenti-
fully and scratch it in if possible, One
of the best plans to assist a pasture
is to SOW white clover seed on the bare
places, as it will make growth where
some seeds will fail.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
FOREIGN Circus Performers.

Although the circus is an institution
peculiarly and typically American,
over 80 per cent. of the circus perform
ers and specialists are foreigners. Mr..
Bailey calls attention to this in his
prospectus, stating that in Europe the
struggle for existence is so snarp that
people will attempt things in which
failure means death, and which no
American would think of undertaking
in order to fit themselves for the
trapeze or the ring of some American
circus, where they are certain of a
good salary.-Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Pneumatic Tire Armor.

DR.. J. A. Vansickles, of jefferson
City, has filed application for patent
on a pneumatic tire armor. The
The armor is composed of light steel
plates which overlap each other in
such a manner as to render the rub
ber tire of an automobile or carriage
puncture-proof. The parts of the
armor are small and are held to-
gether by rivets, rendering it as fleX-
ible as the pneumatic tire Itself
Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23

An Irish judge stated that if any
women were brought before him on
a charge of slapping or scratching a
mans face because he had attempted
to kiss her, he would at once dis
miss the case. He, however, only
awarded one shilling damages
against man who had kissed a
widow without getting scratched.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23

One the oldest tombstones in Amer
lea is above the grave of T. B. Lane,
at Akron, o. A dozen years ago a
meteor fell upon the Lane farm, at
Talmadge, burying itself 16 feet in
the earth. 1t was dug out, and on the
death of Mr.. Lane was utilized as a
tombstone. The meteor, which re-
sembles mass Of iron ore, is mount
ed on an oblong pedestal Of polished
granite, and is in marked contrast to
the crude sculptures found in other
parts of the cemetery where the grave
Is located.-New York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Sleep and Death.

An animal deprived of sleep dies
more quickly than from hunger. One
of the cruelest of Chinese punish
ments is to kill man by preventing
sleep, he dying insane about the
fourteenth day. All animals sleep
for some period Of the "a hours;
how and when they do so depends
upon their natural habits. But they
all have this in common, that after
any unusual eXertion they sleep
longer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23

Marching Through Georgia" is
said to be the favorite tune of the
Japanese soldiers. Native music has
no marches, as it is without time"
Patriotic composers have, however,
since the war began, remedied this
defect by adapting various foreign
pieces. The soldiers have picked up
the new airs and sing with great de-
light the Japanese words fitted to
them.-Kansas City Journal
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23

whirling headaches, dizziness and ter
rible urinary disorders ran me down
from 16s to 100 pounds. Doctors told
me l had diabetes and could not live.
was wretched and hopeless when |
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, but
they cured me eight years ago and
I've been well ever since"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, so
cents per box.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Trap for Auto Scorchers.

A Photographic police trap for the
apprehension of scorching automobil-
lists has been invented in England.
BY the pressing of button a pho
tograph is made of any passing car
with the time and date. A pair of
these instruments with synchronized
timing arrangements used at each
end of measured piece of ground
would, it is believed, give absolutely
automobiles.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure of Raw
and scaly numor. Itching Day and
Night-Suffered For Months.

AZ wish you would publish this letter so
that Others suffering as | have may be
helped For months awful sores covered
my face and neck, scabs forming, itching
terribly day and night, breaking open, and
running blood and matter. l had tried
many remedies, but was growing worse,
when started with Cuticura. The first
application gave me instant relief, and when
I had used two cakes of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, l
was completely cured. (Signed) Miss Mel
lie Wander Wiele, Lakeside, n. Y"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-23
Preferred Aluiers,

Once the late Bishop of London was
ordered by his physician to spend the
winter in Algiers. The Bishop said
it was impossible; he had so many en-
gagements. well, my Lord Bishop"
said the specialist, 'it either means AL
giers or heaven" "Oh, in that case"
said the Bishop, "I'll go to Algiers" +"