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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
The Biltmore Sale of Berkshires and Its Lessons.

Messrs. Editors: Perhaps a review of the sale
of Berkshires at Biltmore Farms, February 18th,
will be of value to your readers. Fifty animals
sold for an average of $1O5. They were young
sows due to farrow. The highest price was $4OO.
This was for an imported SOW, Tact. Her two
daughters brought the next highest figures, $3.50
each.
SOW worth $500? If she brings pigs that sell for
$3.50 each, tact is certainly cheap at the price.
Is there anything else except that Tact is inn
ported9 Mr.. Weston says: "Tact was one of the
best sows found in England" She is a daughter
of the great boar History. She is a granddaugh-
ter of Trumpeter. Now History and Trumpeter
are both sons of Parish Council, a great English
SOW. That is, Tact is herself a fine individual
and in addition carries the royal prize-winning
blood.
I wish some one in North Carolina had bought
this SOW. She went to West Virginia.
The next best price was $175 for Francis of
Biltmore. This sow is a daughter of Loyal Lee
of Francesca North Carolina bred boar. This
boar is an inbred Loyal ~Berks-through Loyal
Mason. The dam of Francis is also a Loyal
Berks sow.
I call the attention of the reader to this breed
ing. 1t is Loyal Berks blood intensified through
three lines. I am partial to Loyal Berks blood.
It is quick to respond to feed and is pleasing to
look upon.
The next price was $15s for Poetess of Bit
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
PEANUTS FOR FATrEN1NG HOGS.
Directions for Growing Spanish Peanuts-A Cheap
Crop for Making Pork.

Messrs. Editors: I would like to call attention
to the value of peanuts for fattening hogs cheap
ly. Spanish peanuts will do well on any ordinary
cotton land if properly fortified. Use from two
to four hundred pounds of acid phosphate and
kainit to the acre. If the land is deficient in
lime, the addition to the above fertilizer of two
hundred pounds of land plaster or lime will make
the yield much greater.
Break up the land and lay off rows two feet
and ten inches apart, planting first of May. The
crop is much more easily kept clean If planted
with combination planter, as it is often hard to
get a stand.
I find it best to plant the shelled peas four or
five inches apart, timing to about twice that dis
lance at first working. It is cheaper in the end
to use a double quantity of seed and save re-
planting, as the replanted hills do not make half
a crop.
The crop should be planted and cultivated as
nearly on a level as possible. For cultivation use
a side harrow or small tooth cultivator until the
last working, which should be done with a larger
plow In order to throw more dirt to the pfants-#lt
does not pay to let them get grassy.
Fence after laying by. Turn the hogs on when
matured. They will not require any other food
while the peanuts last, but should be given plenty
of clean water. An occasional feed of charcoal
sprinkled with salt serves to keep them in a
healthy condition.
An acre of good peanuts will fatten from eight
hundred to one thousand pounds of pork. Some
prefer to feed corn for a few weeks before kill
ing, but is not absolutely necessary. The lard is
oily when fattened on peanuts alone, but the meat
is finely favored.
[ have followed the above plan for a number
of years and find that I not only fatten my meat
more cheaply but the land is improved by leaving
the whole crop returned to it.
:. - O. al
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28

ty-second day remove hen to good warm roomy
coop with board floor, take the little chicks one
by one, and grease the tops of their heads with
carbolated vaseline q. e., v~aseline with a few
drops of carbolic acid added). This kills the
large head louise which is generally found on
young chicks twelve hours after Matching, and
has killed more little chicks than all diseases
combined. Place little chicks with hen in coop,
and now listen:
Do not feed them anything for at least thirty
six hours after Matching.
KILLING YOUNG CHICKENS BY FEEDING.
The great mortality amongst little chicks is
caused by too early feeding. Nature has provided
the yolk of the egg (Which they absorb through
the vent just before hatching) with enough nutri-
ment to sustain life for at least sixty hours, and
if you feed them before most of this yoke has
been taken up in the system, you give them indi-
~gestion; bowel troubles follow, and your flock
diminishes. What the little chicks do need at
once is clean fresh water given them in a shallow
pan with a board or rock over the pan to prevent
them wetting their feet. And they also need a
few teeth to help digest whatever is fed them
later; this is supplied by scattering pure sand on
thee oop floor, and you will be surprised to see
how they will devour it.
At the expiration of the thirty-six hours the
first few feeds should be hard boiled eggs chopped
fine, or light bread soaked in sweet milk, squeez-
ing out all surplus milk before feeding. Never
feed a sloppy mess to chicks, and never feed the
chicks on the coop floor; have a little feeding
board and on this put all feed. Feed five times
a day for the first week; after that, four times.
When chicks are a week old feed cracked wheat,
or screenings, rolled oats, and cracked corn
mixed. Continue this feeding until chicks are
large enough to take care of themselves. And
you will raise ninety per cent of all chicks hatch
ed if you follow this method.
But never during any stage of its growth, feed
it a wet sodden mess of corn dough.
Address all communication for this column to
UNCLE 10.
Charlotte, N. c., r. F. D. 7, Box As.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28

CdllCu ANL U.S. 49,
Her son would never rise.
Az the Matching season is now about on for
those who use hens for incubation, a few sugges-
tions will not be out of place. During cold
weather gather all eggs as soon as possible after
they are laid, keep them in a room where the tenn
~perature never gets below so degrees.
STAND EGGS ON END.
IF convenient stand all eggs to be used for
Matching. on the small end or point. This pre-
vents the weight of the egg from breaking
through the thin film or skim, which encloses the
ooc and filing the air cell which would be fatal
70 the Matching of that egg. A cheap contri-
vance for this purpose can be made of card
hoard on same principle as filters are made for
the ordinary egg crates holding thirty dozen.
Place one of these partitions in the bottom of a
split basket, box. or anything convenient, put an
egg in each compartment large end up. When
section is filed lay old newspapers or cardboard
on top. if you have hen fruit enough. Eggs
packed in this way will keep longer than in any
other way, and at the same time will insure a
greater number of fertile eggs.
DON'T HURRY To SET A HEN.
When your hen becomes broody, don't be in too
great a hurry to set her, as at this season hens,
lit pCcNN GhAASoS @AS wy
after staying ON just long enough to spoil the
egg. After she has been on the nest for at least
two nights would be time to set her. Fill the nest
with about three inches of dry dirt, or road
dust is better, slightly s~cooping it out In the CEN
tire; on top of this some litter from the barn floor
or cutting room can be placed, (never use cotton
seed hulls as they contain grease and close the
pores of the eggs through which the chick
b~reathes). In summer time a handful of dry
onion hulls added to nesting material is a great
thing, as their odor is sure death to lice and mites.
the poultryman's worst enemy.
USE MEDIUM SIZED EGGS.
In selecting your eggs to put under hen, dis
that are rough and uneven, using those of me-
dunn size, smooth and clean.
Never set a soiled egg for nine times out of
ten it will not hatch. During February and
March thirteen eggs is enough to put under even
the largest hen, as she can more readily cover
them, and those on the outer edge will not become
chilled. To obtain the best results eggs should
getting chilled, may hatch out chicks, but are
weak and puny things that NOPE around for a
few days and then die, and exclain
Since / am so soon done for,
L wonder what / was begun for"
THE YOUNG BIDDIEs
During the time the hen is on the nest feed her
every other day on corn, oats and wheat. Feed
her literally, as a Sitting hen never gets fat"
When all fertile eggs are Matched, about the TWEEN
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28

more. Here again we find the blood of Loyal
Berks and other good ones. The next price was
$155, paid for a sister of Poetess.
/ will not follow the list further. Three things
can be learned by us from this sale:
i. An animal to bring a good price must be
well bred.
2. An animal to bring a good price must be a
perfect Individual.
3. The way to get these animals is to intensity
the best blood.
A number of young men are going into stock
raising. I urge them to begin right. Buy the
very best blood, expressed in the quick-feeding
individual, intensity these qualities-and success
is sure to come to you.
H. 3. WILLIAMS.
Orange Co., N. {.
In addition to the foregoing letter from Prof.
Williams, and the briefer note printed in last
weeks paper, The Progressive Farmer has re-.
ceived a private letter from Manager Weston re-
garding the Biltmore sale from which we extract
the following further information:
The sale was a decided success, but especially
when the conditions are considered: the thermom-
eter was five below zero the night before the sale;
very near to zero ON day of sale; many buyers
either never left home, or turned back half way,
and others missed connection and arrived after
the sale.
owe try each year to offer a little better lot,
and we have certainly never driven in so good a
lot before, not only for quality and evenness but
particularly for size. Many bargains were Sc
cured, especially on the younger sows who looked
small following in a compound SOW that was eigh-
teen to twenty months old, yet they were simply
young.
"Fully double as many mail bids were received
as compared with last year, but very few secured
anything as they were too low. Mr.. Cofman Sc
lected this SOW especially to breed to an American
bred boar that he purchased at ST. Louis.
"This is probably the last winter sale that Bit
more Farms will hold. We will start in with a
new date, August %, 1905, holding a two-day sale
of Jerseys and Berkshires, with a summer camp
of visiting breeders, who will be invited to make
a week of it; and from the many letters received
there are going to be about two hundred of these
present"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
SDuCrED BY CHARLES WIN. BURKETT,
PRACTICAL POULTRY TALKS.
m-HOw to Manage Sitting Hens and Young Bid
dies.

had a little speckled hen,
She was our household pet,
called her England feeling sure,
Her son would never set,
But when a dog waylaid her son.
And took him by surprise,
called her Russia as / feared
Her son would never rise.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28

As the Matching season is now about on for
those who use hens for incubation, a few sugges-
tions will not be out of place. During cold
weather gather all eggs as soon as possible after
they are laid, keep them in a room where the tenn
perature never gets below so degrees.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-28
THE YOUNG BIDDIEs

During the time the hen is on the nest feed her
every other day on corn, oats and wheat. Feed
her literally, as a Sitting hen never gets fat"
When all fertile eggs are Matched, about the TWEEN
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-05
HELEN GOULD GIVES $4,000.
six-story Railroad Y. M. c. A. Build.
ing for ST. Louis.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 8. - Miss Hell.
en- Gould has agreed to give $150,O00
for a Railroad Young Mems Christian
association building at st. Louis. This
announcement was the feature of the
opening day of the twelfth internation-
al conference of the railroad depart
ment of the Y NJ G. A. The build
ing will be memorial to Miss Gould S
father, the late Jay Gould, and will
probably be completed by September
1, 1906. 1t will be a fire-proof, six-story
structure of brick and stone, and will
stand opposite the Union depot, fac
ing on Eugenia street. 1t will cover
an entire lot 120x82 feet and will ac-
commodate 1900 men. In the base
ment there will be gymnasium, bowl
ing alleys, baths, barber shop, etc, On
the ground floor will be located the of
fees, smoking room and billiard room.
On the second floor there will be a
library, reading room and restaurant,
and on the third floor a lecture hall
and class rooms for the night school.
On the upper three floors there will
be 162 bedrooms
The plans have been completed and
have been approved by Miss Gould,
and the lot was acquired some time
ago. 1t is expected the work will be
begun by November l.
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CHARLTON.

Charlton, Oct. 3.-Sam Beardsley is
confined to the house this week will,
the grip.
Messrs. C. E. Fluke, Clint, Noble
Robert Adams and Roy Hatcher are
spending few days this week fishing
on the Whitebreast river near Bauer
Harley Sanger went to Ottumwa this
! morning to work at the carpenter
trade.
Farm loans, 5A per cent net. See
Kelley.
M. e. Stone is quite sick at his home
in Benton township, with pneumonia.
Benz. Fleet, of Lamonia, was a bust
ness caller in the city Monday.
Morgan Williams made trip to
Burlington Monday.
M. Butcher is moving back to his
farm in Cedar township.
Miss Nettie Williamson made brief
trip to Galesburg Saturday
The doctors association of this city
was entertained last evening at the
home of DIR. Boynton.
G. L. Avitt, of Weller, was in tho
CIV yesterday morning.
Mesdames A. G. Rebel, w. H. Lewie
and Mrs. Bell spent Sunday in Ben
ton township at the home of Mrs
Maggie Reynolds.
Smoke Noxal Club cigars, SC.
Miss Carrie Custer left yesterday for
Washington, D. c., to attend school at
the National Cathedral.
Irwin Waynick has resigned his po-
sition in one Of the local stores and
gone to Des Moines, where he has ac-
copied position
Frank Holmes, of Lucas, was in
the city Saturday.
Emmerson Wells came Saturday
from Oklahoma for visit with his
parents near Olmitz.
Miss Susie Kay returned home from
Des Moines last evening.
VIM. Moore, who has been quite sick
is now getting some better.
The work on the new Burlington
reservoir just west Of town, is pro-
crossing nicely and il the good wealth
err continues it will be completed this
fall.
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Iowa at WASHINGTON,

Washington, D. c., Oct. 3.-Rur.
al free delivery routes established to-
day:
Elgin, Fayette county - Length OF
routes, 203s and 2414 miles; area COW
cred, 39A square miles; population
served, 1,045; number of houses on
routes, 200.
New Hampton, Chickasaw county
Length of route, 2714 miles; area COW
cred 20 square miles; population serv.
ed, $40; number of houses on route,
1O2.
Waterville, Allamakee county
Length of route. 25A miles; area GOV.
cred, 1871 square miles; population
served $50; number of houses on the
route, liz.
w. T. Knop and George G.. Hicken-
looper appointed substitute letter car
riers at Des Moines
w. w. Futzsche of Burlington, H.
w. Moss of Bentley, A. G. Groom of
Des Moines, Ithamer J. Baldwin of
Oelwein, D. B. Howard of Keokuk, l..
r. Boos Of West Liberty and Emil
Bacher of Dubuque have all been ap-
pointed railway mail clerks.
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great deal Of attention to the subject
throughout the session. He has ar.
ranged for several conferences this
week with senators and representa-.
tives interested In this matter and will
have a definite plan of action before
he starts south"
Reads Message to Visitors.
To some Of his visitors the Presi.
dent read what he considers the most
important features of his message.
One related to the question of railroad
rates and another to campaign contri.
buttons. While the Presidents recom-
mendations on rate legislation are
strong he leaves the remedy to con-
gress.
On the question OF campaign con-
tributions he renews his recommends
lions Of last year, which provided for
the publications OF the names of the
contributors and the amounts they
give.
Knapp Is Biuffing, Declares stlckney.
st, Paul, Mimi, Oct. 3.-"In March.
1902, the interstate commerce COM
mission procured an Injunction
against four lines which had been VIC.
lating the rebate law. Believing that
1t was an oversight that two of the
lines were not included, called Com.
missioner Knapp's attention to the
fact. Much to my surprise, he used
the same bluff which he now uses
that IL would make a complaint
against the two roads and furnish
evidence that they were cutting rates,
the commission would act"
Such Is the keynote of the reply Of
President Stickney of the Chicago
Great Western road made last even.
ing to the comments of members Of
the interstate commerce commission
on his recent statements.
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ALBA.

Abba, Oct. ga Jury was secured
for the Andrew Smith case yesterday
about p. m. The whole day was
taken up with the selection of this
jury. The evidence will be taken to-
day. The next important case will
be that Of Tom Smith, to whom the
supreme court granted a new trial
Tom Smith is the officer who killed
Wild Sarver while attempting to ar
rest him. He was tried and convict
ed by the district court but his case
was appealed and he was granted a
re-hearing.
The remodeling Of the new Monroe
hotel is progressing rapidly and will
soon be finished. The alley just south
10 being paved which adds greatly to
the appearance of the place.
c. M. Shockley, Of Grinnell, is, vis-
iting relatives and friends in Abba for
few days.
James Best left last night for xenia,
Ohio, where he will enter the theologi- :
cal seminary of the United Presbyter-
ian church. Mr.. Best finished the
course at Tarkio college last June.
Mrs. Pearl Saunders and children
left for their home in Centerville yes
terday afternoon.
Mrs. Clifford Stanley, who has been
seriously III with tonsilitis, is improv-
ing and will probably be able to be
about shortly.
The Max Loeb block on the south
side of the square will be very hand
some structure when finished The
front Is of hand cut stone, the carving
being done after the stone is put In
place.
Attorney w. w. o'Brien, Of Melrose
attended court here yesterday.
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ELDoN.

Eldon, Oct. 3.-Mr. and Mrs. Will
Germer have returned from a two
weeks visit in Michigan.
George Flint is visiting his rela-
tives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Terry returned
yesterday from trip to st. Louis.
M. J. Kenelly has been appointed as
sistant trainmaster here.
Mrs. M. w. Jones, of Merida, Yucca
tan, Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. !. I. Flint.
Frank Jaques, of Des Moines, is in
the city on business.
Mrs. F. U. Norton was an ottumwa
visitor yesterday.
Miss Blanche McHaffey and Miss
Nora Kittle attended the Holy City
last evening in Ottumwa.
s. Lucas has purchased the property
OF Mrs. Nancy Ward Mr. Ward ex-
poets to move to Fairfield.
Bert Davis, of Batavia, is in the city
today.
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WOMAN SMOKES FOR A CENTURY
Mrs. Fountain of Wayne County, Aged
1o1, DispeIs Prejudice.

Corydon, Oct g. Since the death
of Mrs. O'Brien of Keokuk last week.
Wayne county claims the oldest wo
man in the state of Iowa. Grand
ma Fountain, resident Of Wright
township, this county, will be 101
years of age on December "a and is
now hale and hearty Mrs. Fountain
dispels the belief that the use of to.
bacco is injurious to the body and
mind as she has been constant pipe
smoker since years of age When
she came to Iowa in an early day she
lived for months entirely surrounded
by Indians.
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ROOSEVELT STILL STRONG IN
DETERMINATION FOR RATE
LEGISLATION.
TALKS TO SENATORS
President ls Visited by Several Repub-
Ican Law Makers at the White
House and Railway Question is Dis
cussed-stickney Is interviewed.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 3.-Presi-
| dent Roosevelt made 1t clear to sew
eral republican senators who called
to see him yesterday that his deter.
mination to bring about railroad rate
legislation by increasing the powers OF
the interstate commerce commission is
not weakening in the least, but in.
stead Is stronger than ever.
Senator Foraker, Senator Burkett,
and other senators called at the White
House for the purpose of discussing
other questions, but the President in
the rate question.
Working on Message.
1t has developed that the President
has completed several portions of his
annual message to congress, including
those relating to railroad rates and
campaign contributions. Senator For
aker and the President agree as to the
Importance of some sort of rate legis-
lation, but they were not In harmony
as to methods.
AS he left the White House Senator
Foraker said, laughingly: well, we
had our quarrel about this railroad
question, but, seriously, we agree on
the main question. We differ, how
ever. as to detail"
Many Senators Call.
Senator Burkett, Senator Hemenway
OF Indiana, Senator Fulton of Oregon,
Senator Dick of Ohio and Senator Nc
Cumber Of North Dakota also called
at the White House and with all of
them the President started the discus
sion OF the rate question. He told all
of them that the people are entitled to
some relief and that he proposed to do
all in his power to give 1t to them and
that he desired the cooperation of the
senator's
Senator Burkett said on leaving the
White House: THE President will
take up railroad matters as soon as
congress conyenes and will give a
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PATRICK KERNEY. DEAD.
Old Time Section Boss Passed Away
in erosion.

Creston, Oct 3.--Another OF Union
county's pioneer residents and re-
spected citizens has crossed the Great
Divide, and his spirit rests in it's eter-
nal home. Pat Kerney, an old railroad
employee, died at the home of his
daughter Mrs. Donahue, near Alton
Saturday. He was an old pioneer,
having been connected with the road
since 1866. He was well known and
highly respected by all who knew him.
The funeral took place at St
Malachys church on Monday at 1890
a. m. The ball bearers were J. P.
Wiseman. Mike Hayden, Jos. Walters
Mike O'Donnell, Thos. Callahan and
Robt. Ambrose.