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The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
THE HEN.

The hen is not an animal.
Nor fish, and doesn't sing;
It's just feathered sort of bird
And yells like everything.
Whene'er it chances for to lay
An egg in any place,
Just cackles round and up and down
And never cracks its face.
And when 1t wants a family
1t doubles up its legs
And sets on anything in reacn,
Woodpiles, or stones, or eggs.
One time hen set on an axe,
Her pride!-no hen could match ~
But finally her poor heart broke
Because she couldn't hatchet.
All children should be good to hens,
Till goodness is habit,
No other thing lays eggs for them
Except the Easter rabbit;
A rooster is man hen. but
This between me and you
The hen climbs on a roost to Sleep
So it's a rooster, too.
j. NJ. Lewis in Houston Poss'
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
An Extra Good Appetite.

A good appetite is a symptom of
good health. An extra good appetite
is sometimes a symptom of constitu-
tional disturbance somewhere. A sam
pie letter sent to the Questions and
Answers" column of prominent
health journal was something like
this:
"I am troubled with pimples. not to
a great extent. but still very annoying.
They appear principally on the fore
head, but occasionally on other places.
I often feel languid. and tire easily,
and cannot gain flesh. although l have
an extra good appetite. Still 1 ami
not sick, and have not been In bed for
a day in my life. Age. nineteen years.
Will you kindly advise me what you
think would remove these pimples?"
There is little doubt but that the
extra good appetite" alluded to af-
fords the key to the situation. The di-
gestive organs have more than they
can take care of, and consequently do
not properly take care of anything fur
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Flavor of Butter.

70 a very large extent the flavor
of butter depends on the kind of bac-
terra working in the cream. 1t is
desired to have all of these of the
species that produces Tactic acid fer
ment. for then the flavor will be both
clean and pleasant. But in too many
cases the bacteria belong to the put
refactive order and set up putrefac-
ton in the casein. There is gener-
ally a little casein left in the butter,
in spite of the work of the best but
ter-maker, and this casein forms
base for the work of the putrefactive
bacteria. There are other bacteria
that cause decomposition of the fat
itself. and If these are present the
work of developing bad flavor goes
on rapidly. Pasteurization can do lit.
tie to remedy this. If the undesirable
bacteria have been at work for few
hours. The problem is to keep them
out altogether.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Top.workins Apple Trees.

SCme time past there was an article
in the Review, in regard to grating
old apple trees to make them produc'
tive, which | think is misleading. l
have been engaged in the nursery
business for the past fifty years, and
in that time have grated great
many old trees of nearly all varieties
that grow in this climate. If you
have trees of good varieties that have
become feeble and that have ceased
to he productive the best thing to do
is to prune heavily and spread good
Wa Son load of manure around the tree.
great many make a mistake by
thu owing the manure in pile near
the tree. The fertilizing material that
supports the tree and makes the fruit
is taken up by the small fibers at the
extreme out end of the roots. The
roots will extend outward from twelve
to sixteen inches from the tree every
year. So a tree twenty years old
should have the fertilizer scattered at
distance of not less than twelve
feet. The large roots merely act as
a conveyor of the fertilizer to the
tree.
But if your tree is thrifty and in
healthy condition. but bears little fruit
or of inferior quality, the best thing
is to top-graft with some good variety
tnat bears in your locality. and, If
given good attention. 1t will bear
finely in three years. In top-grafting
cut all the limbs that have an upright
growth where they are from one-half
inch up to one inch in diameter.
use fine hand saw and good knife
Where the limb is large l use two
gratis. AS to the mode of grating 1
will give no directions, but If you have
had no experience you had better get
an experienced man to do the work.
Limls that grow straight out from
the tree should be cut off where they
are not over one inch in diameter. as
gratis do not take well on horizonta!
limbs, but from the ends will make
an upright growth. which can be
grated the second season. The fruit
grower is often disappointed as some
varieties that bear finely in some To-
calities are failure in others, as to
fruiting, but grow thriftily. in which
case it is best to top-graft them with
some variety that you know will bear.
David Ruble.
Lincoln Co., Oregon.
Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Value Of Competitive Tests.

| cJnnot conceive how some people
attacl the Importance they do to
competitive tests of dairy cows at ex-
positions. That they have value Is
certain. but 1t is not as great as many
people suppose. The tests do not
really prove the differences between
breeds. for the simple reason that
no one knows Just what the average
OF any breed is and it is Impossible
to select COWS that represent the
average. In fact, the good cows Sc
lectad are generally very good cows
and. as such, far above the ordinary
quality of the breed. But this does
not help to show differences between
breeds, for the breed that happens
to have the best cows available for
test is not certain to be the best
breed. Also the breed that can Iro-
duce few extraordinary mixers Is
not as good as the breed that has
very large number of good mixers.
So l do not believe that competitive
tests on limited scale will ever
show the real difference between any
two breeds. The value of such tests
consists in the accumulation OF a
vast amount of data, which furnish
valuable material for study in trying
to learn the truths concerning milk
production.
Graves Co.. Ky. James Eaton.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Iohnnu,s Sauina Bank.

Our son Johnny has taken a great
fancy to poultry. and he calls ms III.
tie flock his savings bank. He poueh'
hen and rooster with the pennies
he saved and since that purchase
two years ago, he has been investing
about all of his extra pennies in more
hens. Hens have been selling al
thirty-five cents in the vicinity ioi
years. and every time he gets tha'
amount of money a new hen comes
to the farm. Incidentally might
mention that Johnny has an uncle
whom he has interested in his saw
ings bank, and from him he succeeas
IN getting many n dime for errauuS
run. | have strong suspicion that
the said uncle has more errands 10
do than he really need have, as ne
has strong leaning towards Johnny
The surprising thing is that
Johnny's flock has now grown to be
bigger than the family flock. Johnny
Is only twelve years old, but he mas
an aptitude toward handicraft, and ne
has built his own hen house and men
yard. He wouldn't be dependent on
his father. so he purchased his lum-
ber from neighbor for small sum
of money. That neighbor got urea
OF having board fences and bought
wire for fences of that material. That
threw on the local market (Which was
Johnny considerable amount OF
lumber in the form of boards, and the
owner sold them at Just what they
would have been worth for fire wood.
The house that Johnny built has
only an earth floor and two gooG
windows on the south side, some
roosts. nest boxes, and plenty of straw.
but the hens are contented in it, and
all the hens seem to take an especial
pride in making their chicks live
and develop into mature biddies. The
owner is hard dealer and will not
sell his fowls or eggs under price.
Already he has turned over" his
money several times.
His father told him he might have
all the land he needed for his flock
and that the hens could run and pick
all the grass and gather all the scat
tered grain without charge for same.
Now the old man" is beginning to
worry lest Johnny take possession of
the whole farm in few years on the
said agreement The bank stock"
now totals about $50 and is paying
four hundred per cent.
]. II. Watkins.
La Salle Co Ill
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Seed Corn In the Ear.

circular letter sent out from the
Ottawa. Canada. station, says:
The cost of the small quantity of
seed corn that is required to plant an
acre. in comparison with the cost for
labor in cultivating and handling and
the ultimate value per acre of a good
crop, would seem to make it clear
that the best available seed of the
most satisfactory type and variety
should be obtained at any reasonable
cost. 1t would be much letter for
Canadian farmers IL they were able to
obtain their supplies of seed corn in
the ear. they would then nave a fair
idea of what they were getting. While
in the ear, the danger of injury to
the vitality of the seed from damn
and its after effects is reduced to a
minimum. Corn that is shelled by n
machine and left in sacks for six
weeks or more will seldom terminate
more than rs per cent. unless the
conditions for storage have been ex-
ceptionally good. The average vital
ity of seed corn, tested in the seed
laboratory last year. were, for corn
received in the ear. 95 per cent. and
much to be recommended then that
wherever possible. farmers obtain
their supplies of seed corn in the ear
only. To meet the demand for seed
corn in this condition growers would
do well to adopt the style of shipping
crate that is used for this purpose in
the states of Iowa and Illinois. This
crate is two feet nine inches long, one
foot wide. and one foot deep, and is
made of half inch lumber three inches
in width. Its capacity is one bIshel.
or between one hundred and one nun
dred and twenty ears. If the corn
can be planted in hills. this crate will
hold sufficient seed for FIVE acres.
While 1t is true that there may be
some additional cost for freight. on
account Of the weight of the cob anu
OF the crate, and that extra work is
required in shelling the corn, these
become Insignificant when the differ
ence in value between an acre of
good matured corn and an acre of un.
satisfactory corn is considered.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
.IlVE1
STOCK
Hogs for Profit.

Many farmers keep hogs year after
year, raising a crop of corn to feed
them and selling when the corn is all
fed; sometimes at profit, but often
at loss. Many of them cannot tell
whether or not they make any profit
They keep hogs as a sort of habit
and almost think they must. They
follow the same road each year and
have the idea that this is the only
way to market the corn crop. They
think there is profit in 1t because they
have always done it that way and
rev ever keep an account of the corn
led. Other farmers claim there is
nothing in hogs. They have tried
hogs a few times and failed and con-
cluded that there was no profit In
feeding. Many times feeding hogs are
given just half the attention. and to
be sure there was loss. There are
times when the best of feed would
bring but small profit.
Both of the above kind of feeders
can do better II they adopt better
methods. Some keep hogs in close
pens and feed mostly corn. Exercise
is needed by all young and growing
StoSh anu II Is Important tHdL tuey
have 1t for the development of mus
Gle and bone. The hog kept confined
VIII not grow fast. An exclusive corn
diet will fatten but a young pig
wants something besides fat. He
wants growth and corn is poor thing
for the purpose. Middlings, contain
Ing higher per cent of protein, make
good growth and a greater profit for
the owner. There is a wide difference
in feeds and the feeder should make
careful study to know this differ
ence. Hog pastures were formerly not
known. but no up-to-date hog-raiser
will think of being without good
hog pasture. The hog is an extensive
grazing animal. The pasture should
have good fence and II study is
made of the hog and the different
kinds OF a feed, profit will result
This has to be managed on a business
basis Just as well as any other branch
of agriculture. The study should be
made to produce pork at the least
possible cost as we can come nearer
isrerning the cost of production than
the market.-E. ]. Waterstripe, Shell
by County. Mo.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
AGRICULTURE
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ExperimentsI Plots.

I must acknowledge that have
been slow in taking advantage of my
opportunities. | farmed the old place
for many years without attempting to
find out what it needed in the way Of
fertilizer. In fact, robbed part of
the farm and kept up another part
and did not know what I was doing.
! used to haul out the manure every
spring and put II all onto the fields
in which l grow potatoes and corn.
That was very good for those parti-
c,ilar fields. but was a little hard on
the land that did not get any OF the
manure. | put 1t on the same fields
every year because I believed that
every year the corn and potatoes
LOOK out all put on. | am now salts
ned that there was residue left that
was not really needed on those fields
and would have been paying me bet
Ter interest had 1t been put on some
of the fields that have never had any
barnyard manure.
In attending a farmers institute l
heard the matter of experimental plots
discussed and thought would try
one on some of the poorest parts or
my farm. | measured off two acres
and put no fertilizer on one and var
lous kinds of fertilizers on the other
in strips. l left the first acre for
check. | put on the other acre about
l,OOO pounds of lime and some phos-
phates. and strip on that acre was
treated with nitrogen and another
with both phosphorus and nitrogen in
a commercial form.
The results were remarkable. and l
nave since been wondering why l did
not do 1t before. | found that the
phosphorus and nitrogen were both
deficient. | made an application per
acre of about $50 pounds of bone meal
on forty-acre field and put on some
barnyard manure. enough to give u
little more nitrogen and humus to
each acre.
1t is astonishing how we will run
along in the same rut for many years
and never think of what is and what
might be, till we have an object les
son that brings the truth home to us.
am but Just beginning to teach my
self by the help of experimental plots
and | intend to continue the good
work.
Adams Co., Ill. Augustus Mihill.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Floors Of Hoq Pens.

The cement floor for the hog pen
has evidently had its run, and the
same may be said of brick. 1t has
been demonstrated that the two ma.
terials mentioned too readily permit
the loss of heat from the body of the
hog. especially in winter when the
ground under the cement is cold. Ce.
ment is very good in the part of the
pen not devoted to sleeping purposes.
but for this part boards are best.
They prevent the passage of heat,
and the side of the board next the
hog soon becomes warm and remains
warm. The old charge that cement
and brick are cold" though unscien.
tifically stated. conveys a great truth
II cement and brick are used, a good
lot of bedding should be used above
them.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
How to Earn Sound Sleep.

All doctors are not SO careful OF
the welfare of their patients as they
might be. Here is story of one who
went to the limit. He is the proprie-
tor of famous health resort not far
from --. When he receives a pa
tient for treatment he says:
Now, | want it understood that IN
less you do exactly as | say, there is
no use of your staying"
This rule sometimes requires him to
be very harsh. but he never hesitates.
He acts on the theory that he can bet
ter afford to offend single patient
and lose him that to have that pa
tient go back home and tell his friends
DIR. So-and-So had done him no good.
relates the Washington Star.
Not long ago well-known clergy
man went to this. resort for treatment.
The doctor looked him over upon his
arrival and said:
While you are here you must take
long walks every day."
But | can't take walks" replied
the parson. Il haven't done any walk
ing for years. My heart won't stand
1T"
They argued the question quite
warmly. AS the clergyman and doc
tor were good friends. the latter was
more lenient than usual. However.
he bided his time. The next after
noon the physician said to the clergy
man:
Its a nice day. | would like you
to go horseback riding with me-"
Riding they went. When they were
about eight miles from the sanitarium
the physician said: "Oh, doctor. won't
you get me that flower by the road
side? l don't like to leave this
hcrse."
AS soon as the clergyman was on
the ground tie doctor galloped Off
with both horses. and the clergyman
was compelled to walk back to the
sanitarium. Upon his arrivel he was
very angry, and was for packing up
and leaving at once. There was no
train that night so he was forced to
stay few hours longer. The next
morning he came down radiant and
good natured.
Doctor" said he, 81 was pretty
sore at you last night. but 1 forgive
everything. | have had the first good
sleep have enjoyed in months. Here
after I'll obey your order implicitly"
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Graded Milk and Cream.

So far as we know. 1t was Professor
Fraser of the Illinois Experiment sta
ton that first suggested the grading
of milk and cream for city use. We
believe this is thing to be desired.
The farmer that sells cream to city
people has little conception of just
what kind of a cream he should send
to market. There is no standard. He
may send such a thin cream that he
loses his customers or he may send
such thick cream that he may keep
his customers, lat bankrupt himself.
1t would be well to haze a standard
for the different kinds of dairy prot-
ucts put on the market, and let the
buyer pay accordingly. II he wants
cream that is twenty per cent butter
fat. let him nave it. but If he wants
crean that is thirty per cent pure
butter-fat. let him pay fifty per cent
more for that than for the cream that
contained only twenty per cent. Just
now the farmer is really receiving pay
for about twenty per cent cream,
but he frequently sends a cream that
is fully 30 per cent in richness. I'm
de- system of graded cream he
would receive full pay for such
cream.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Exercise and Feed.

No doubt hen will get along well
without exercise IL she be very scien-
tifically fed. By that kind of feeding
is meant the giving to the hen of a
perfectly balanced ration and In linn
tied quantity. The increase of the
quantity beyond a certain point
means injury to the fowl, which will
eat more than she should, just as
men will eat more than they should
The fowl is developed by nature
with the idea of being well fed and
having a great deal of exercise. All
the functions of the body are ad
justed with the idea of consuming a
great deal of food and having it
worked off in the natural exercise of
the bird. Now, when exercise is not
given the laws of nature should pre-
vent the bird from eating more than
is necessary, but the laws do not
work that way.
We must give the poultry exercise
if they are to be kept healthy. We
have experiments that seem to show
that flock of poultry will lay as
many eggs without exercise as with,
but. like most experiments, these are
confined to limited number of
months. 1t is possible for fowls to
be deprived of exercise for months
feet is there, just the same. We can
accept it as a well nigh universal law
that the domestic bird or animal
must have exercise as well as good
food, to remain healthy.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
Common White Beans,

II is rather surprising that more
attention Is not given to the growing
OF the common white beans. | think
that we can greatly improve on the
quality of our beans. Why Is it that
the white bean OF the West Is not the
equal Of the white bean of the New
England states? have spent a good
deal of time in New England, and
there they have what they call the
yellow-eyed white bean, and most
farmers in the northern part of that
section of country are growing them.
They are nearly twice as large as the
white beans we have here. | no.
ticed that the farmers there planted
them on very ordinary ground and
after all the other field crops were in.
AS to manuring, one of them said to
me that he used very little manure.
When he got around to planting the
beans the manure had been all taken
out of the barnyard except some of
the fine stuff scattered about the
yard. This was hoed up for use IN
the bean field. and with the hoeing a
good deal of soil was mixed with the
manure. Then a hired man went to
work with the soil around the chsp.
ping block and ralied up large pile
of partly-decayed wood dust, saw dust
and the like. This was mixed with
the scrapings from the barnyard re.
ferred to and was the only manure
put on the ground in which beans
were TO be planted. The manure was
not mixed with the soil but scattered
thinly in the burrows, tramped down.
and the beans drilled upon 1t. The
crop obtained was always good. 1t
is my belief that we often manure too
heavily for the best result with white
beans.
Ashland Co.. o. Walter Bisby.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05
VEGETARIAN RECIPES.

Cream of Celery Soup-lngredients
Celery tops, l quart cream or rich
milk.
Method-Put tops in saucepan, cover
with water. simmer one hour. Drain.
return water to pan, add milk and
stalks, simmer one-half hour longer.
season to taste, remove celery. thick
en- to consistency of cream. Serve
hot.
Chilli Sauce-Ingredients: One
quart strained tomato. 4 tablespoon
fuls minced celery. 3 tablespoonfuls
minced onion. sugar.
Method-Put all together in sauce
pan. let come to boil. set on back of
range and simmer two hours. A
small piece of lemon peel and cup
of chopped tart apples will greatly
improve the flavor. Cook till apples
are done, remove lemon peel. cool.
serve.
Sweet Potato cutiets-Pare pota-
toes, cover with boiling water. boil
twenty minutes, drain off half the
water. and cook till soft. They should
be almost dry when done. Mash or
put through ricer. Form in shape of
ehoPS' SPIN WIN Po"uSiSs ouS"''
and brown in medium oven. Serve
with sugar peas.
Porkless Baked Beans-Wash beans.
place in heavy pot and boil five min
utes. Salt to taste. Bake twenty
four hours in slow oven. keeping bare
ly covered with water. When done.
the beans should be of a uniform
dark brown. Longer cooking will i'm
prove.
Potatoes Lyonnaise-Chop cold boil
ed or baked potatoes. Season with
salt while chopping. Stir in onions
and parsley minced. If too stiff. thin
with nut cream to consistency desir-
ed. Turn into oiled baking pan.
smooth. brush with cream, brown.
Serve in squares.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05

s FRESH AIR FOR CONSERVATIVES s
Most Effective Weapon Available for Conflict
With Dreaded "Wflite Plague" 9

nished There will be frequent head
aches, skin disorders and alternate con
stipation and diarrhea with such per-
sons. Pimples are a natural result os
such depraved blood conditions.
With many people the habit OF
hearty eating is continued when the
warm spring days come. Food which
was appropriate when the thermomet-
er was at zero is continued in the
came quality and quantity when the
thermometer rises to ninety degrees
in the sun, and averages above sixty
all day and night. The person who
loses his appetite under such condi-
ton is on safe ground. The person
with an extra good appetite will have
to exercise self-control or be placed
on the retired list to learn wisdom by
experience.
The Lamar register., 1905-04-05

Sheep are on the decrease all over
the southwest country. During the
past few years the springs have been
so dry that the lamb crops have been
great failure. At present there is a
promise of an early spring and good
grass, but il another storm comes,
the grass will be injured and the
lamb crop will suffer. The lambing
season begins about the middle of
April. and continues about a month.
and that is the most critical time in
all the year in the sheep business.
The heavy SHOWS of the past month
in that country were hard on sheep
as well as other stock, and while
there were not very many heavy
losses 1t tended to weaken the sheep
just at time when they are in need
of strength. The next three months
in the southwest country will be
watched with a deep interest by
SheeDmen