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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
ONION CULTURE.

More attention is being paid to
onion culture each year. The crop, if
properly managed and under good
conditions, is usually quite profitable.
The soil should De moist and rich;
fresh, clean land is preferred because
of the less difficulty in keeping it
clear of weeds, which are the chief
drawbacks in growing this crop.
Good preparation of the crop is essen
tfal. The ground should be deeply
broken and thoroughly pulverized,
but cultivation which should be fire.
quent should be shallow. Although
hand work is more slow and labor
ious than with the horse, it is found
to be most profitable with onions. 1t
is very great saving, of growing
onions in quantity to start with seed;
sets are expensive. The seed should
be sown as early as the ground can
be put in good condition, and it has
been found the most successful plan
to SOW first in seed beds. A bed
20 to % feet will start seed enough
for an acre, if drilled in rows only
or inches apart. The seed should
be covered only half an inch deep,
and unless rain comes frequently the
beds must be sprinkled twice week.
When the onions are six inches high
they may be transplanted to the field,
in rows IL inches apart, the plants
4 inches apart in the rows. Clip OF
the roots and tips before setting; this
makes the work of transplanting cas-
Ter and does not check the growth.
Experiments show that it pays we'll
to take this care in starting the
young plants. Then they must be
worked with scuffle hoe at once and
constantly till out of the way of the
weeds, and that may not be till they
are ready for gathering. If weeds
appear in the rows they must be pull
ed out by hand, even if you have to
kneel to get at them. But this care
full, painstaking work pays with the
onion for it often r'elds 400 bushels
to the acre, and at an average
of 81 retail.
Four pounds of seed are enough for
any acre If started in seed bed as
described. If sets are wanted, in.
stead of onions, so or 60 pounds of
seed are required; some growers use
Is pounds, and the seed costs from
60c. to 75c. pound The sets sell at
from$3 to 81 a bushel, and, as from 800
to 500 bushels can be grown upon
an acre of good land, it is quite a
profitable, though q laborious bust.
ness. But do not undertake too much
at first. One experienced grower
says that one-quarter of an acre is
plenty to begin with, especially If the
land is at all weedy.
Many of the statements here given
are in reply to queries made BY one
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
The Fellow He Shot At.

A Virginian was showing q CON-
pany OF Northern men over a battle
field, when one Of them said: II am
reminded of an incident that occurred
here. had charge Of a gun over
there near Fort Morton. One Sunday,
while there was no firing going on
and we were all loafing about l saw
a man come over the hill by the GEN.
etery and down across this slope to-
ward the rear of the Confederate
lines His comfortable and serene
manner irritated me. / determined to
see how close 1 could come to him,
and we all chuckled at the idea OF
soaring the life out Of him. / took
good aim and landed a shot about six
feet from him. You ought to have
seen him jump! He was the most
demoralized Johnny Reb you ever
eaw. How he did run! and how we
laughed at him. $50 you are the
man who fred that shot, are your
said the virginian. Yes; do you
know anything about it," well, yes,
1 tuiuk oos was lhc iS0ys Wd0
the fellow you shot at I was a
Lad coming with something for my
father, who was In the works.
didn't suppose there was a Yankee
fool enough or mean enough to shoot
q cannon at one little fellow carrying
grub to his father. But you don't ex-
aggerate the scare. I didn't grow an
inch in q year."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
SECRET OF DANISH BUTTER
MAKING.


MAKING.
Denmark exports large quantities
of butter which finds ready sale at
good prices, most of it going to Eng
land.
The following from the Farm Jour-
nal, shows the pains they take to en-
sure an equally good quality at all
times.
The Danes love their cows and give
them every comfort; and the cows,
not to be outdone in devotion, do their
very best. All the stables l visited
were fireproof, had concrete floors,
and there was water so arranged that
everything could be washed.
Each stall had a tablet with the
name of the COW, date of birth, pedi-
gree, etc. There was also slate on
which daily record was kept.
If a cow is sick she is at once sep
arated from the other animals and
taken to the hospital. 1t is a crime
in Denmark to use or sell milk from
a sick COW.
The milking is done by women who
are not allowed to wear sleeves below
the elbow. They wear white linen
caps and aprons, and must not only
wash the bag of the COW, but also
wash their own hands before milking,
each time.
Everything fed the COW is prepared
with great care-the quality and
quantity is known as nearly as posi-
bic in the pastures every weed is
pulled and the COW is not permitted
to eat anything that will in any way
faint the milk.
The cream is carefully Pasteur-
lied.
In short, the secret of Danish but
ter-making is perfect cleanliness and
eternal vigilance, but the result is a
product that will go through the
tropics or the circumpolar region and
come out standing up.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
IMPORTANT WORK.

Mating is the most important work
of the year, as the quality of next
years stock depends largely upon the
judgment of the persons who mate up
the pens. Not alone are the stand
ard requirements to be considered,
but also the health, vigor and pro-
ductiveness of the fowls to be mated.
A poor comb, bad plumage, discolored
legs and other bad marks of breed
ing bird is almost sure to be trans
mitted to the chicks.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
CHILDREN AFFECTED.

By Mother's Food and Drink.
Many babies have been launched in
to life with constitutions weakened by
disease taken In with their mothers
milk. Mothers cannot be too careful
- to the food they use while nursing
their babes. The experience Of Kan
sas City mother is a case In point:
81 was a great coffee drinker from
q child, and thought could not eat 4
meal without It, Bat 1 found at last
1t was doing me harm. For years I
had been troubled with dizziness, spots
before my eyes and pain in my heart
to which was added, two years ago,
chronic sour stomach. The baby was
born months ago. and almost from
the beginning, it, too, suffered from
sour stomach. She was taking 1t from
mel
I'm my distress consulted a friend
Of more experience than mine, and she
told me to quit coffee, that coffee did
not make good milk, have since ascer-
tanned that IT really dries up the milk.
$50, / quit coffee, ana tried tea and
1t last cocoa. But they did not agree
with me. Then turned to Postum
Cofzee with the happiest results. It
proved 10 be the very thing 1 needed
It not only agreed perfectly with baby
end myself, but it increased the dow
Of my milk. Ny husband then quit
coffee and used Postum, quickly got
well Of the dyspepsia with which he
was troubled. / no longer suffer from
the dizziness. blind spells, pain in my
heart or sour stomach Postum has
cured them.
"Now We al drink Postum from my
husband to my seven months old
baby. It has proved to be the best hot
drink We have ever used We would
not eiye up Postum for the best cofres
We ever drank" Name given by Post
um Co., Battle Greek, Mich
There's = reason
ct ~ little beck, ~Ths Road t.
0ol1vi1lsI" - each pkg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
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xxx GNEZR R1SNH
A CHAFING DISH HINT.

A new use for the chatting dish hot
water pan has been discovered. A
clever woman who had no pudding
dish fit to come to the table baked
the pudding in a common porcelain
dish and transferred it, dish and all,
to the hot-water pan of her handsome
copper chatting dish. The cover of
the blazer went on over this, and the
whole thing looked very well on the
table at dessert.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
DAIRY HINTS.

The quality of milk COW yields is
born with her; the quantity, however,
is Influenced by the feed and care.
No cow should be condemned as a
poor and Improbable one until she
has been fed up to her full capacity
as a milk yielder.
Adapt breed to purpose. There is
but little money in milking butter
COWS and selling the milk in COM
petition with a herd producing a
large flow of common quality.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
MULCHING ORCHARDS.

Much discussion has been held in
recent years in regard to the different
methods of treating orchards. At the
meeting of the Michigan Horticul-
tural Society Professor Green advo-
Gated grass mulch. He cited or.
chards of successful growers in Ohio
and New York that had followed the
grass mulch method for a number of
years and had found that it was more
satisfactory to them than the cultural
method. The method is to allow the
space between the trees to grow up to
grass and clip it with scythe or now
ing machine as often as it seems nee
essary and leave the cut grass to lay
on the ground forming mulch. The
ground under the trees is covered
with some straw or any mulching
material. This prevents the trees
coming in direct contact with the
grass. In a hilly section of south
ern Chic one grower found that he
could afford to buy straw for So per
ton, draw it over the hills eight miles
and cover his entire orchard, as the
ground was so poor he could not start
grass. The professor believes that
it will pay any grower to buy S. and
Sc per ton straw for mulching the
orchard.
If one is contemplating following
this method he would do well to set
the field while in sod, for if billy the
sod will prevent washing, the soil In
grass constantly grows richer if none
of the grass is drawn off and it adds
humus and increases the water hold
ing capacity of the soil. One would
do better not to crop the field given
over to the planting of the young or
chard, as it takes from the soil plant
food which will be needed later on by
the trees themselves. Then the crops
are of minor Importance except for
the first few years; after that the
shade of the trees makes the crop so
small that the trouble is scarcely
worth while. Cultivation, too, burns
up the humus.
The advantages of the grass mulch
as enumerated by Professor Green
are that it conserves moisture;
shades the soil aud thus makes it
richer (this is due 20 the action of
certain bacteria which cannot work
in light; saves labor; easier to get
orchard started; grow trees with
lower heads because it is unneces-
sary to drive under them; this makes
picking easier, prevents wind from
having so good q chance to blow them
down and saves apples from bruising
so badly when they fall from the
trees, as they do not fall so far.
Trees seem to grow as well and bet
ter than in cultivated soils. Exam
pies were given of young trees in
orchards where the grass method was
practiced, showing that the growth
was as vigorous as it ought to be.
In the five orchards of the Ohio sta
ton the grass mulch proved to in
fiuence much better growth than
the adjoining orchards receiving Gull
tivation. Trees 16 years old, set 80
feet apart, had tops that would touch
either side of a buggy driven between
the rows. These orchards bear bet
ter than the cultivated ones, often
earlier-Northern Spy trees bearing
at seven years of age, and more regu-
larly. In dry seasons the grass mulch
conserves moisture better. The ap-
pies hang on the trees longer and
when stored keep better.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
FEEDING CALVES.

A safe rule in feeding calves is to
give just what they will lick up clean
and no more. 1t is the little more
than is needed that does the mischief.
If just enough is given the calf the
bucket, or trough, will be licked
clean. If little is left too much
has been given. With the growing
calf it is best to err on the side Of
giving too little rather than of giving
too much.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
TO KILL POULTRY.

The best mode of killing poultry,
as it causes instant death without
pain or Disagreement, is to suspend
the birds by trying their legs firmly
to a pole at a convenient distance
from the floor, and to open the beax
and, with sharp-pointed, narrow
bladed knife, make an incision at the
back of the roof, which will divide
the vertebra and cause imme 4i9+e
death.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured BY
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, q.
We, the undersigned. have known T. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

things to him. cSn see now the ago
nizing look the POOR fellow gave the
doctor. pleading to be let alone that he
might die, protesting ell the time that
he was MORALLY hurt, and he died
while yet the doctor was Juggling at
him, and in the presence of more than
dozen persons, one Of whom was
Mother Bickerdike. Was Mother Bick-
erdike indignant? Well, l should say
she wasI And there were others that
were, and there is one who hasn't
got over it yet and who spoke his piece
at the time. In honor Of Americans
will say that that assistant contract
surgeon was a Canadian, and, further,
that If he will call at my address, I
will give him the best in the shop.
1.-The soldier was not long dead be-
fore the doctors had him on the ampu-
Eating table holding a pest-mortem. 1
was allowed to be present and saw
one Of the most unique cases on record
brought to light. The man had sus-
tanned a complete disintegration Of his
small intestines-torn all to pieces
and yet there was no swelling in the
abdomen to indicate any such condi-
ton. The Canadian got his walking
papers that day. The facts in this
case can be found in the official papers
Of the general field hospital, Army Of
the Cumberland, ON file at Washington,
and If this should meet the eye of any
Of those present at the time I would
be pleased to hear from them. The
commissary sergeant Of that day Is
very mucn alive yet"-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
RECIPES

Cherry Dumplings.-Roll out
layer of tea biscuit dough to a quar-
ter of an inch in thickness, spread
with butter and sprinkle with granu-
lated sugar; then lay preserved cher
ries over it, roll and steam for one
hour. This makes a very delicious
dessert when served with rich egg
sauce.
Beefsteak Roll.-Have a steak
weighing one and a half pounds cut
very thin. Make filing of one cup
full of breadcrumbs, one-half tea
spoonful of salt, two-thirds of a cup
full of cold water and one well-beaten
egg. Season the steak with a little
salt and pepper, spread the dressing
on it and roll up. Tie the roll to keep
it in place. Now place four table
spoonfuls of. fat salt pork in frying
pan and put it over the fire. Dredge
the roll well with flour and put it in
the hot fat Cook until brown on all
sides, then place it in the stewpan.
with a little onion.
Add Ito the sauce) one tablespoon
full of flour and stir until a light
brown, then gradually add two cup
fuls of boiling water and stir until
the sauce boils up. Strain this over
the steak. cover the stewpan and let
all simmer for three hours. When
tender remove the strings and serve
with the sauce.
Desert Puffs.-Take one pint Of
milk and cream each, the whites OF
four eggs beaten to stiff froth, one
heaping cupful of sifted -four, one
scant cupful of powdered sugar; add
a little grated lemon peel and little
salt. Beat these ingredients all to-
gether until very light, bake in gem
pans, sift pulverized sugar over them
and eat with sauce favored with
lemon.
Molasses Cookies--Take one cup
full of sugar and one cupful of butter
or good shortening. Cream them and
add two cups of molasses and two
eggs. Dissolve two good-sized tea.
spoonfuls of soda in little hot
water, and fill up the cup it is in
with cold water. Add it to the other
mixture and stir enough -four to make
a soft dough, but ono that can be
rolled out and cut into cookies- Spice
"a enit the taste.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

ney Pills did me
a great lot Of
good, and If it
were not true I
would not recon-
mend them. 1t
was the strain Of
If Il n g b a {
brought on kid
ney trouble and
w q a kened NV
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

back, but since using Doan's Kidney
Pills 1 have lifted 600 pounds and felt
no bad effects. 1 have not felt the
trouble come back since, although I
had suffered for FIVE or six years, and
other remedies had not helped me ar
ALL"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

A broken tooth startled a gentleman
in Vienna while he was hurriedly eating
his breakfast, eager to catch train. The
accident was caused by his biting into q
roll, in the center of which was rusty
nail The baker was arrested and fined
four dollars
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
Such Is Life

'Most marriages" said the old bach
elor, remind me Of jug handles"
What's the explanations" asked the
widow with the drug store complexion.
''They are one-sided affairs" answered
the man who had passed through leap
year unscathed
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06


During the Civil War captain OF .
company which had sixty men in it,
ranks, none of whom was as energetic
as the officer thought he should be.
hit upon plan which he believed
would cure the mems habits Of lazi-
ness, says writer in tho Public
Ledger. One morning. after roll call.
the captain, addressing his command,
said:
'T have a nice, easy job for tho
LATEST man in the company. Will tho
LATEST man step to the front?"
Instantly fifty-nipe men each took
step forward
'sWhy didn't you step to the front?r
inquired the commander Of the ono
man who did not come.
81 was too lazy" replied the soldier.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
THE ART OF FURNISHING.

Purple and green is one of the lat
est decorative schemes for bedrooms.
Chairs of East Indian rattan, hour
glass shape, SO popular for porch use
in warm weather, are to be quite as
much seen in fashionable living
rooms this winter.
Japanese and Indian cottons, in
either old blue and white, or old blue
and yellow, make both unusual and
very attractive as we'll as inexpensive
curtains.
In buying chairs it is well to bear
in mind the rules laid down for
the cabinetmakers themselves-sim
plicity, stability, strength, perfection
of execution in harmony with its OBJ
ject, and, last but not least, beauty of
outline.
While an entire absence of frieze,
with just a holding in the angle of
wall and ceiling, is correct at present,
many people object to this as looking
unfinished; so, as compromise, a
plain frieze a tone lighter than the
side walls is used.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
FISHING for a License.

A good-natured German located in
certain Pennsylvania town a few
years ago, and apparently had no def
mite business. Every morning regu-
larly he would go to the creek that
ran through the town and fish for
black bass. The first mess that he
caught was given to the minister Of
the village church.
Some one, seeing the German on
the bank, said to him: What are
you doing?"
oh he remarked, I'm fishing for
a license"
The following day six fine trout
were delivered at the home of the
school-teacher. The day after that
the leading banker received fine
supply of fish; and so it went for
nearly a year. He caught fish every
day, and as regularly turned them
over to the leading citizens
When the spring term of court came
around, he put in an application for
a liquor license. Under the rules of
that court it was necessary for twenty
citizens to sign a protest to kill an
application for license. The protest
was taken around; but to the amaze
ment of the messenger he could get
no signers. The clergyman was much
opposed to the proposed license, but
could not find it in his heart to attach
his name to the paper. When the
court announced its decision, the Ger
man received a license, and he bland
ly remarked:
i've been fishin' for license. /
got it."-Sunday Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
Point Of View.

"I.'s a shame the way he treated
you" said the philosopher. "but you
should heap Goals of fire on his head"
Not now," answered the miserly
man. "I'n wait till next summer whea
coal will be cheaper"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
[&EgEl AID GARDEN
sASsssss ,,tessa aSSSSAEM Dr.
= - SSsss&= o.

who Intends going into the business
OF onion growing for the market-In-
diana Farmer.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

About twenty per cent Of the young
men who recently applied to enter the
Naval Academy failed in the physical
test, and the failure was largely due to
the use of tobacco, resulting in the ir-
regular beating of the heart
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

The other night tnS police Of Buda-
pest made raid on the principal park
and found over hfty persons, Of both
sexea soundly asleep In the branches
Of 4 groCp Of trees. Each was -
cured with . piece Of ropA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
Very Low One WAY colonist Rate.

Very Low One Way Colonist Rates
Plate Road, March LIST to May 18th inclu-
sive. Half rates to children of proper age.
For full information call on Agent or adj
dress G. A. Asterlin. 7. P. A. Fort Wayne.
Ind. (526)
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

A fickle memory is bad tickle course
of conduct is worse; but a tickle heart
and purposes, worst Of all-C. Simmons
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

To CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
druggists refund the money II It fails to cur&
z W. Groves signature 4 on each box 2SA
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
CARPETS IN THE LIVING ROOMS

The writer of this article grew up
on a bare oaken floor, his early years
being spent upon an old-fashioned,
back-woods puncheon floor-punch-
cons split from the trunks of large
trees, the rougher places being
Clipped off with broad-ax, but which
had never been touched by saw or
plane.
But l do not think this fact is re-
sponsible for my prejudice against a
carpet on the floor of the living
room. 1t is the dust, the filthy dust,
the germ carrying, disease breeding
dust, that will gather in the carpet,
and that will fill the room every time
a person passes through, no matter
how lightly that person may walk.
If you do not like to see bare floors,
linoleum, in its various figures, makes
a cheap and tasty covering, and one
that will not catch and hold the dust,
and may be easily cleaned every day.
But it is cold, almost always cold
to the touch.
IL you HuSI nave carpets, leI 10
suggest a plan which We have never
seen suggested-put them down in
sections, and without stretching or
fastening. in sections that may be
lifted and shaken, busted, every day
or two, like rugs are treated.
We know the objection that will be
urged, but if they be nicely fitted,
there need not be so much annoy
ance in getting out of place as one
would think. All will soon learn to
step and to move things about the
room so as not to disturb them.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06

Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour makes love
" pancakes, mullins and gems So good
you always ask for more
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-06
THE STRAIN OF WORK.
Best Of Backs Give Out Under the Bur-
den of Daily Toll.

Lieutenant George G. Warren, of No.
Chemical, Washington, ID. c., says:
Its an honest fact that Doan's Kid