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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-06-05
EAST CHARLESTON.

Mr.. Lawrence Stoddard is quite sick.
Bert c. Davis has moved into the Meth
odist parsonage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kay Leonard of Lyndon
Vile spent few days here recently.
An interesting program is being pre-
pared for Cnildren's day, June 18th.
Miss Ida Cleveland, former teacher in
this place, recently visited friends here.
Mrs. Julia Allbee OF West Charleston
spent few days hare with her sisters last
week.
Mrs. Grace Batchelder and son of Derby
Line We're guests OF Mrs. w. A. Moultou
| the first OF last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Streeter arrived at
their home here this week after an absence
OF nearly two years spent in Massachusetts.
| Our base bali enthusiasts went to Nor
gan May Both, to play the team there, the
score being 80 to 8 in favor of Charleston.
| Mr.. Harry Taylor was taken suddenly
and seriously ill Wednesday morning. but
is more comfortable now and thonoht to
be improving.
Miss Ina Hamilton of st. Johnsbury &C..
companied her uncle and aunt on their re-
turn and will spend a few weeks here
among relatives.
The children and friends OF Mr., q. w
Lang made him visit on the occasion OF
his S0th birthday and left as an expression
of esteem, Morris chair.
A piece of vandalism was committed
here Sunday or during the night of May
18th, when an entrance was forced TO the
home of P. T. Van de Waters, who was abb
sent, and trunks and chests broken open,
the contents being scattered, while some
things of value were taken and others of
value only to the owner, being keepsa kes.
| Family albums were also taken.
This community was shocked and sad
dened Sunday morning to learn that Mr..
c. E. Hill, who so recently came to live
among us, had passed away during the
night from Bright's disease, from which
he had suffered for some time. He was 81
years OF age and brother of Mr.. Gilman
Hin OF this place. Mr.. Hill came here
with the hopes of gaining health by a
cnange OF climate. A widow, two sons
ana one daughter have the sympathy of
all In their trouble. The funeral services
were held at the home on Monday con.
Quoted by Rev. L. A. Wilson. and The "a
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-06-05
EVANSVILLE.

At the Sunday School rally held at
Evansville, May "a, the committee on reso-
lutions presented the following resolutions,
which were adopted by the associations
ResoLUed, Toat the Willoughby Sunday
School Association desires to express It's
hearty appreciation of the excellent pro
gramme prepared by Brother Macdonald,
and of the cordial hospitality of the churcn
at Evansville with special thanks to the
ladies for the bountlfui and. delicious re-
past
ResoLred that we cordially approve of
the movement to rescue our National
birthday, the Fourth Of July from its fallen
estate SIS an occasion for demonstrations of
barbarity and intemperance; and make it
an opportunity for the cultivation of peace,
temperance and patriotism. That with
this purpose in view, we cordially recon-
mend the plan of district rally and picnic
on July fourth with appropriate ceiebra-
ton.
DEFERRED LOCALS.
Presiding Elder Lewis preached in the
church May rs.
The Bell Telephone Company have agents
in town trying TO establish line.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. WRkeman of Jay
visited at G. G. McDonald's recently.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-06-05

The friends OF Alva Daniels will be In
terested to know that he has position in
railroad station at North Montpelier.
The subject of the sermon next Sunday
will be "Self." This will be the second OF
the series OF sermons which the pastor is
preaching on Conscience"
new choir gallery has been installed
10 the church. 1t was first used last Sum-
oay when large chorus rendered In
very pleasing manner, the cantata, which
was greece by crowded house. .
Preparations are going forward for the
hanging and dedication of the church bell,
which viii take place, Friday next,
June 9, and will consist of hanging In the
morning, dinner by the United Workers
at noon, and dedicatory addresses In the
afternoon. Several speakers and singers
from other towns are expected, and ali are
invited to come and participate in the GER
emonies
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-06-05

There will be picnic July in the Pres
ton Clark grove. Let all interested be
r1resent.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Wet Fields in sprinqtime.

l have found that it is possible 20
learn much from the wet places in
the fields in springtime as to the kind
of drainage that is necessary. We
find on some of our farms that the
water in the soil takes certain courses
in the lower strait and only shows
the wettest places when the soil is
full of water, which usually occurs
in springtime. We cannot always tell
ly levels just what part of the fern
needs drainage most. There are, we
will say. two spots equally low and
each equally able to be drained. But
in one the water goes off quickly in
wet time and In the other remains
for weeks. One is tapped by layer
of coarse gravel, while the other is
simply surrounded by soil little per.
vious. 1t is evident that the latter
place should receive the first attep.
ton. Watching the fields as the wa.
ter disappears will make it possible
to put the first drainage work where
1t will do the most good.
Emanuel Shaw.
Dade County. Missouri.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Predisposition to rubercuIosis.

The abnormal fear of tuberculosis
which haunts so many minds is bred
of ignorance. The awful results of
the white terror" have impressed
themselves upon all, but as with the
aborigine, when he first encountered
the gun-bearing explorer, the reason
why is hidden. The native heard the
gun speak and saw his brother fail.
The sudden death terrified him. He
did not stop to inquire the cause. He
fed in abject fear.
To-day the ravages of tuberculosis
are stupendous. Are you inquiring
into the why. or are you trembling
lest it seize you? Are you trying to
dodge an inscrutable foe. or are you
studying to give intelligent battle?
The tenement dweller says, 81 can not
escape the plague. will await my
turn" The son or brother of a con-
sumptive says: "It is in the family,
must suffer the same death" The
weakened victim of intemperance or
neglect of vital laws says: my con-
stitution is wrecked-I am no match
for this relentless foe."
DIR. Knopf asks and answers the
following pertinent query: "Who are
the individuals who must be particu-
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
The Modern Sjlo.

The old-fashioned silo was in part a
failure, as at first men did not under
stand how to get the air-tight arrange
ments for the keeping of the silage
They always had more or less of air
in the corners and these four corners
acted as means of constantly renew
ing the supply of air. The result was
bad in the winter and worse In the
summer. because in summer silage
spoiled with great rapidity. Another
fault was in building the silos with
too large a surface on top, the un-
covering of the silage for feeding pur-
poses exposing a surface that was al
ways in process of spelling. The mod
ern silo, however, is about perfect
The round shape makes it possible to
pack the silage solidly. The silo is
also much higher than wide end the
area of surface that has to be uncov-
cred at each feeding is so small that
no more is uncovered than can be fed,
with reasonable number of cows.
The modern silo is success, and
there should be one on about every
faym. By it feed can be carried over
from one year to another, and the
large crop years may thus be made
to supply the needs of the cows dur
ing the short-crop years. Old silage is
more digestible than fresh silage.
Some of our most advanced dairymen
now have enough silos to permit them
to feed their cows on silage the year
around.
The modern silo is also a cheaper
silo than its predecessor. Some of
the first silos we're built of stone and
cost a great deal The round silos
can be built at third of the cost of
the old fashioned stone silos and they
will last for lifetime. The farmer
that wishes to reduce his dairying to
d system will find silo very great
help. unless he is selling his milk to
some man or company that does not
permit the feeding of silage.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Alcohol and Tuberculosis.

DIR. S. A. Knopf. the eminent New
York physician who has given a great
deal of attention to the subject of
tuberculosis. took occasion not long
since in scientific paper to condemn
the popular notion that alcohol is a
remedy for consumption. He says:
There is an idea that alcohol is a
remedy or even a specific remedy for
consumption. There has never been
a greater mistake made. Alcohol has
never cured and never will cure
tuberculosis. 1t will either prevent or
retard recovery. 1t is like a two
edged weapon; on one side it poi
sons the system. and on the other side
1t ruins the stomach and thus prevents
this organ from properly digesting the
necessary food. Truly pathetic are
the results of this erroneous doctrine
in the families of the poor. where, in
stead of procuring good nourishment
for the invalid, liquor has been bought
in far too large quantities, so that
often there was not enough money left
for food for the sufferer nor for the
other members of the family
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Use Steamed Bone Meal.

A good many farmers are putting
bone meal on their lands at the rate
of 200 pounds to the acre, for the
purpose of restoring the phosphorus
Many of them are, however, making
the mistake of putting on raw bone
meal instead of steamed bone meal
In all cases the steamed hone meal
should be used, as it is as rich or
richer in phosphorus than the other
kind and costs less. This lessened
cost is due to the fact that the bones
before being ground were steamed to
get the value of the nitrogen they
contain. All the phosphorus was left
in. and that is what the farmer is
principally after when he buys bone
meal. Professor Hopkins and other
eXperimenters are continually calling
the attention of the farmer to this
matter, but there are many that seem
to pay no heed and go on buying the
more expensive kind This is case
where the cheapest is the best.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Hens for Hatchinu.

In spite of the fact that incubators
and brooders have been brought to a
great state of perfection, the old hen
will still be used on most farms. The
hen is more skillful producer of
chicks than is the incubator in the
hands of the average man and woman
Where only a few fowls are kept and
only few chicks are desired the hen
will still hold her popularity. We
believe that where the farmer desires
to keep a goodsiZed flock of hens
and to raise yearly in excess of 100
chicks the incubator should be used
But we realize the fact that on mil.
lions of our farms just enough fowls
are kept to consume the scraps from
the table.
The hens for setting purposes must
come from some of the breeds that
have not had the maternity instinct
bred out of them. We would not
think of selecting any of the Leghorn
breeds for sitters. Probably there is
no breed that produces better sitters
than the Plymouth Rocks. But in Sc.
lecting a fowl for this work, prefer.
ence should be given to those that
are light in weight, as the heavy fowls
both break eggs and trample chicks to
death. We have found the lighter
weights to give most excellent salts.
faction. While they cannot cover so
many eggs as the larger fowls they
will bring more chicks to maturity
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Water Purifjcation

A physician connected with the
United States Agricultural department
has called attention to the fact that
an extremely small quantity of sui
phate of copper will prevent the
growth of algae in lakes, ponds and
storage reservoirs. and will destroy
typhoid and cholera germs. The ques-
ton at once arises whether this meth
cd can be considered thoroughly Ey-
gienic. The probability is that the
small amount of copper thus en-
ployed would be neutralized by COM
bining with vegetable substances so
that the water will be left practically
pure; nevertheless. the addition of
chemical substances to water cannot
be considered the most desirable
method of publication. Boiling and
filtering through a Pasteur filter are
really the best methods. Filters are
cheap. and boiling is an easy and sim
pie process. The old-fashioned char
coal and gravel filters cannot be re-
lied uDOn,
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Closely Penned Fowls.

l have found by large experience
that it is not advisable to pen up
fowls unless they have to be penned.
Closely penned fowls are generally de-
prived of many of the things fowls
should have to enable them to do
tLeir best work. Usually the green
stuff in the yard is SO small in guam
tity that it soon disappears altogether.
l have a lady friend who was very
anxious to keep hens. She Lad a
house built for them, about ten by ten
feet in size, and yard about as wide
as the house and thirty feet long. She
bought four beautiful White Rocks
and rooster. How pretty they looked
in that yard bright with green grass!
If she had but been content with the
little flock she might Lave been keep
ing hens yet
But, alas! She thought IL so eggs a
month were such help, 400 eggs
month would be far better, so she
bought twenty more fowls of the same
breed. That made flock of twenty
five. How the grass did disappear
from that yard! By midsummer not
green thing was left there. When the
fall rains began, even the roots of tie
grasses that had made up the texture
of the sod had disappeared, having
decayed in few weeks after the tops
were killed. The birds spattered
around in lake of mud. How they
did look, covered with mud from foot
TO wing.
Their mistress no longer took her
visitors out to see them. Her enthu-
siasm had died out and she gave the
fowls as little affection as possible.
Another month, and they had disap-
peared. The lady said she had got
tired of keeping chickens, they are SO
dirty"
Now, If my friend had retained her
little flock and at the same time
retained that bit of green grass, she
would not have become disgusted.
Looks count for great dcal-Bertha
SEow., Tippecanoe Co., Ind.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
AGRICULTURE
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What Variety of Corn?

A judicious selection of seed for the
planting of the corn crop will largely
determine the size of the crop this
fall. The longer we grow corn the
more are we impressed with the fact
that the seed is far more important
factor than it has hitherto been COLI
sidered. During this past season the
farm boys of Illinois planted a great
deal of corn sent out by various agel,-
cies to stimulate corn growing coii-
test among the boys. In the northerA
part of the state much of this work
was a complete failure, due to the fact
that the boys received seed that would
not mature in the time in which 1t
must mature to make a crop in north
ern Illinois. Men who looked into the
matter say that the seed came from
corn that had been grown SO far south
that 1t had acquired the habit of ripen-
ing in longer season than that con!-
mon to northern Illinois.
If this is true with the seed coin
planted by the boys. it is altogether
likely that much of the seed planted
by farmers generally had the sane
fault. This would seem to point to the
necessity for the farmer to know mole
about the origin of the corn he plants.
II he buys corn he should ascertain
that it is raised on about the san e
latitude as that in which he lives or
that it comes from some point north
of that latitude. If it has been de-
veloped further north of course it IS
adapted to a short season, this being
proved by the fact that it has ma
tured in latitude having short crop
season.
Above all things, the farmer should
stop planting the nondescript corn
that he has been planting for half
lifetime. There is on thousands of
our farms tradition that corn does
best always on the home farm, and
that if it has been on the farm for
half hundred years so much the bet
ter. Corn bred on one farm may not
indeed have suffered any because 1t
has been grown on the same farm for
long periods of time; but If it is of
the old variety that is small in pro-
ducing ability it can never compare
as a profitable crop with the newer
varieties.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29

larly careful so as not to be attacked
by the almost ever present tubercle
bacillus.
There are four classes: First, those
who have hereditary predisposition
to consumption; secondly, those who
have weakened their system and thus
predisposed themselves to consump-
tion by the Incorporate use of alco-
holic beverages, by a dissipated life,
by excesses of all kinds, etc.; thirdly,
those whose constitution has been
weakened through disease; fourthly,
those whose occupations, trades or
professions, such as printing, hat MAX
ing, tailoring, weaving, and all occu-
pations where the worker is much ex-
posed to the inhalation of various
kinds of dust, have rendered them
particularly liable to consumption"
Let every one take courage and live
above tuberculosis. If you are already
suffering from it strive to rise above
it. Avoid alcoholic beverages, condi-
ments, pastries, tea and coffee. Live
out of doors. provide fresh air for
your bed room, study the laws Of your
body and return to the natural way
of living.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
The Use of Incub ators,


II is simply wasting money to buy
a poor machine. 1t can never be de-
pended upon. The test of incubation
is not alone in the number Matched,
but also in the health, vigor and har
diness of the chicks and their ability
to live and thrive. Faulty incubators
are responsible for the death of many
small chicks. If, by buying a low
priced and poorly constructed incu-
bator, one gets a 20 per cent lower
hatch or gets 20 per cent lower vigor
in the chicks that do hatch, he has
bought the probability of failure in
buying that machine. A large hatch
of strong chicks cannot be expected
unless the eggs used are from pen
of thrifty. vigorous fowls. 1t is not
advisable to use for Matching eggs
that are more than ten days old. and
these should be tested twice during
the incubation period.
The advantages of really good in,
cubator are not all summed up in the
larger matches and the greater
strength and vigor of the chicks. Such
a machine renders us Independent Of
the vagaries of the broody hen and
enables us to get chicks when we
want them. Obviously, if we want
eggs to sell when prices are high, we
should hatch our chicks of the
American varieties in April or May
and of the Mediterranean varieties in
May; then feed the pullets for growth
so they will be mature and laying by
November.
The incubator should be ordered
early. as there are apt to be vexatious
delays in delivery. The incubator
should be placed in a well-ventilated
room, preferably one unheated. The
chicks developing in the shells re-
quire an abundance of fresh air. A
bright airy cellar or well-ventilated
room having an even temperature is
the best place. with outside air enter
ing the room at all times but without
direct draugh. blowing on the ma
chine. Follow implicitly the direc.
tions that accompany the machine,
the care of the lamp and the control
of temperature, the turning. cooling
and testing of the eggs, and all other
details. When Matching commences
let the machine alone. 1t is too late
to rectify mistakes In management and
interference can only injure the hatch.
The chicks should be left in the
machine until they are thoroughly dry
and not fed the first day. When feed
ing commences, feed sparingly. More
small chicks are killed by over-feeding
than by underfeeding.-Mr. +. C. Ell
ford, Canada.
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
HEALTH CAMP FOR CONSERVATIVES
Worthy Enterprise Established In Southern Cal
ifornia-So Arranged That Patients May
s Be Sells Supporting.

A New York paper publishes an ac-
count of a successful effort recently
made by Mr.. N. o. Nelson. in South
ern California. to provide for the poor
er classes. Mr.. Nelson has established
at Indio, in Southern California, what
he calls a health camp for consump-
tives. We quote the following de-
scription of this worthy enterprise
with the hope that it may encourage
others to do likewise; for certainly
no more beneficent work can be under
taken by anyone:
THE camp is located in a desert
valley. cut off from the ocean by
the mountains. There is no rain, no
fog, no clouds. The winter days are
all warm, the nights comparatively
cold.
"The camp was established in De-
cember. 1902, to provide in part for
the large number of consumptives and
other invalids who go to Southern
California. Most of the invalids have
little means; they can not afford ex-
pensive sanitariums and are not want
ed by hotels and boarding houses.
ITO meet the requirements of such
patients, Mr.. Nelson bought one hun
dred and twenty-five acres of land ad-
joining the lndio depot. This tract
he has improved by sinking artesian
wells, and by putting most of the land
under cultivation. in order to give con-
valescents something to do.
TENTS, with all necessary equip
ment for sleeping and taking meals,
are free to those who have their own
outfit. A small rental for tents is
made to those who can not pay. and
where necessary. board is given them.
All expenses reed not be more than
from $3.50 to S4.00 week.
Work is provided for those who are
able to do it, so that their care does
not become burden on the camp.
"The camp is situated in the midst
of sandy valley one hundred miles
long and three to ten miles wide.
The mountains on each side rise by
degrees to four thousand and five
thousand feet high. In some places in
the foothills there are springs and
vegetation.
I'm the valleys most of the land
has been taken up in the past few
years. The crops of melons and vege-
tables are early and bring high prices.
From 800 to 5000 an acre is an
ordinary yield. Alfalfa hay is cut ten
times a year. giving twelve to fifteen
tons an acre.
When the campers get well enough
to work. they buy OR lease a few
acres. They can either buy the land
on the instalment plan. or lease it on
shares for such length of time as de-
sired"
The Lamar register., 1905-03-29
Dilution Separators.

The cans known as dilution separa-
tors should not be purchased by the
farmers. They are of no value above
an ordinary can. If the farmer wishes
to separate the cream from his milk
by dilution he can arrive at that end
by simply diluting his milk with cold
water. using as much water as milk.
1t is on this principle that the dilu-
ton separators work. The writer has
talked with some of the agents OF
these separators at the state falrs
where they have been showing their
so-called separators. Without excep-
ton these men have claimed for their
cans that they would separate the fat
from the rest of the milk as thorough
ly as the centrifugal separators. This
is claim that has been positively dis
proved again and again. The exper-
iment stations, notably the Cornell
station, has examined the skim milk
after separation and has found that
while the centrifugal separators have
taken from the milk all but about one
tenth of l per cent of the butter-fat
originally contained in it, the dilu-
ton separators have left a much larg-
er amount in the milk always. and
sometimes this amount is / per cent
of the weight of the milk. which
means that about one-fourth of all the
busterfat in the milk is lost.
This points the climax to a little
incident that occurred at the Illinois
state fair two years ago. The agent
in charge of one set of dilution sep
arators absented himself from his ex-
hibit for short time. During his abb
sence farmer came along and looked
over the cans. Looking around for
an agent, his eyes fell on the agent of
centrifugal separator a short dis
tance away. He took 1t for granted
that the dilution separators were un-
der his charge and walking up to him
asked: What do those separators."
pointing to the dilution cans, "cost?"
The agent of the centrifugal separator
replied: ''They will cost you only s11
if you don't use them; but IL you use
them they will cost you s1OO in
short time"
The name of "delusion" separators
has been applied to these cans by
some of the makers of the power sep
arators. and the name is not greatly
misplaced. We can advise all our
readers to let them alone. II full in
formation is wanted about such sep
arators. send to the experiment sta
ticns.