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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

PLAN OF A COVERED BARNARD.
The dotted line shows where we build
an outside pen and let the straw
come down on it to the ground, max
ing a very warm, nice place inside for
stock.
Since we have had this shed we only
let the cove in their stalls in the barn
to be MIXED and to eat their grain.
There has been no cleaning stables for
three years, and the cows are always
as clean In winter as In summer, as II
Is known that a COW will never lie
down In a foul place If she can find a
clean m and the shed can be kept
bedded up and clean. We have feed
racks in the shed, so that the stock does
not need to be out in storms at all. Also
a salt box, where they have salt all the
time.
We keep from nine to twelve head in
this sized shed, and they are comforta-
Bile. We have the siding nailed to sep
arate pieces SO that when We haul ma
nure the siding a be taken off like a
barn door and carried out OF the way.
Then teams and wagons are driven
through the shed anywhere. The parti-
ton to stalls ID the same, to be lifted
up and carried to one side. Some peo-
Pile might find objections to 1t, but the
cattle have lone. In summer they hide
away from the flies and in winter are
out of the cold and storms all the time,
concludes an Ohio Farmer correspond
EN- who describes this shed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
Fnx and Flen..

Reynard is a knowing animal. The
foxes are much tormented by fieas, but
when the infiction becomes too severe
they know how TO get rid of the in
sects. They gather from the bark of
trees moss, which they carry to a
stream that deepens by degrees. Here
they enter the water, still carrying the
moss in their mouths. and. going back
ward. beginning from the end Of their
tails. they adyafce by slow degrees TIL
the whole body. with the exception Of
the mouth, is entirely immersed. The
feas during this proceeding have
rushed in rapid haste TO the dry parts
and finally to the moss, and the fox.
when he has. according to his calcula-
ton. allowed sufficient time for all the
heas to take their departure. quietly
opens his mouth. The moss floats off
down the stream with its burden of
feas. and when it Is out Of jumping
reach the fox finds its way TO the bank,
much relieved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

The angler fish srgles for his PREF
Fromthe>upper part Y his head projeei
two long tentacles, With fesby extrem.
tiles. which wave abut IN the water
and attract small fist that approach
ing and attempting = seize the sup
posed bait, are themselves captored by
the angler. Without dis desice % at
tract his prey heNwouldprobabty starye
to death. as he is beasy and OF con
paratively slow notion
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

season Is continued until spring. Since
practically no breeders make a spe-
cialty of guinea fowl for the market,
the birds are supplied in small numbers
by poulterers who keep a few with
their other kinds. The New York deal
ers get their fresh guinea fowl largely
from New Jersey. they are raised In
small numbers by many poultrymen
In the middle west, as y shown by the
fact that the market supply comes in
considerable part from thar region. The
wholesale meat dealers In Chicago buy
up the birds as they find them, here
and there, on farms. paying for them
by the head rather than by weight. as
with other varieties. The birds are put
into cold storage until enough are col
lected for a shipment. Sometimes they
are sold In our eastern markets, but
often they are sent to England. where
there is always sale for them.
Guinea fowl are not separately In
Guided In the official market reports,
and consequently it is difficult to OBJ
tain definite information regarding
their price. Private inquiry among reli-
able dealers In Boston, New York.
Rochester and Philadelphia indicates
that i'm northeastern cities the average
retail price for a pair weighing two
three pounds each is probably about
$1.25 in the autumn and early winter,
while younger birds earlier In the sea-
son and older birds later often bring
$50 per pair or even more. In the
south, where all poultry is cheaper. they
cost less. Information received from
Montgomery. Ala. gives 30 to 30 cents
each as an ordinary retail price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

Our toFefatherS were 50 fond 81 the
whip that they seem 90 have regarded
IT as a cure for IUnacy and even for
smallpox. The accounts Of q Hunting
donshlre parish, under date loci. have
the entry. "Pd in charges taking up a
distracted watching her and
whipping her next day. = cl. and a
few years later e~ightpeace Is paid for
'~whipping two people VI had the small
pox."
Bang beggar" was evidently no mere
fancy name for the parish beadle. He
thoroughly earned the title in the days
Of his greatness. The name outlasted
the whip and the brutal performance
at the whipping post or the carts tail.
Fifty or sixty years ago bang beggar'
was still the provincial name fc@ a bea-
die in several Of the midland counties.
A Cheshire glossary defines a "bang
beggar' as "a beadle. one of whose du-
ties II was to take up and drive away
any begsars in the district and prose
cute them as the law directs. '-Londou
Graphic.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
Keep Away From skunk F.rm..

Every year dozens of people write us
about skunk farms. Only one answer
a be given-don't attempt to farm
with skunks. No matter what you read
In the papers, let skunk farming alone.
There are no skunk farms. A few peo-
pie have tried breeding them In cap
tlvity. but always with failure. The
skunks do not thrive under such condi-
tons. and usually a disease breaks out
which carries them or. Add to this the
fact that after starting such a place a
man Is known rs a skunk for the rest
Of his life, and 1t is easy to see the out
come. Never. never, start a skunk
farm.-Rural New Yorker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
4 GUINEA FOWL
rncr. .stas IHrercss IA 90 ~ a cSe'c"
TaAlc EGE1.

Table kAE9-
- growing n,arAet toe SOnea toUi
IN he United states has a. octVAt
farmers bailstjn. No 49, an tA- bud
aDd is use as food AGoCs o,lcg -
te7,>glaS Statements ua4c a,e Ue I1l
lowing.
of the dogncSucated binds og the
ordinary type tie - called pear'
guinea fowl Is by far the most som
moa. X has steel or pUrQa>h gray
plumare regularly dotted or pear.@I
with white iwhence its n1Met and L
i . handsome that the feathers are
~fr,asently used for ornamental pur-
poses The binds have bvi-at coral red
wattle The ears and the sides or
tie head are ordinarily white ANA are
not unlike XIII ia appearance
on the continent Of Europe guinea
fowl are considered very delicious ia
be birds. and in England they are
hfg.lly p-ized H. substitutes for game.
sometimes figuring on menus as Amer
lean pheasant They have always
been eaten 10 8 certain extent in the
United States. especially ia the south,
and hare been much reliShed 10y those
WAC were discriminating in their
tastes. but until recently they laye
been commonly said to he rather in
ferior to chickens, perhaps because Of
the darker color OF the meat or be-
cause the majority of persons have new
er had their attention called 10 their
good points.
Their flavor resembles in SO many
way that OF game birds that guinea
fowl furnish an excellent substitute for
game. They seem as yet TO be little
bought for private families except by
the few who have learned TO appreciate
their excellent qualities. but some idea
OF their Importance in club and res.
I taurant menus may be gathered from
the fact that in a fashionable New
| York hotel 5000 were used between the
lst of January and the middle of April
1905.
The young birds for broilers begin e
reach the market in the north late il
the summer; the larger birds are killet
throughout the autumn and early win
ter. and by means of cold storage th'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

X. can incorrigible btrowe)-Lend
ne a iyer. old man. Y.(weakly lend
ing him "A l9s.)-Tm keding the other
shilling to pay for the bstage Of the
letters which I shall hav, to write you
before I get my money b4k. X. (cool
ly)-Keep 5 shJlings. the. That viii
give me more time.-Londn Tit-Bits.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

There II a group Of islands to the
south OF New Zealand called the Sis
tiers. or Seven Sisters. which are reput-
ed to be subjected to q practically con-
slant rainfall. The same may be said
Of the Islands and mainland OF TERRA
del Fucgo. saving for the difference
that the rain often takes the form OF
sieet and SNOW. On 3 line running
round The world from four to eight OF
nine degrees there are patches over
which rain seldom ceases 10 fan. Ihh
= called the 'zone Of constant precipita.
tion.' but at The zane time there are
several localities aiong Il with very
Iittie ralnfan
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

A miller In Stark county. o., writes
rs that the milIers Of that county will
probably refuse to purchase mealy
wheat next year. He says they are
doing all they can to discourage its
production because OF its inferior mill
ing qualities.-Natlonal Stockman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

Experiments In shading cauliiower
the past season at the Missouri expert
ment station gave the same results as
for the year previous. Plants made a
much better start inside the tent than
outside. The leaf growth inside was
also superior throughout the summer,
This was considered to be due to the
ground inside retaining It's moisture
much better than that outside.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
SELF NEST.

Indicated in the cut. The box will rest
firmly against the wall and can be pro-
vided with nesting material. When
this is soiled and broken. the box can
be raised to the position shown in the
cut. when all the material In the nests
will fall TO the floor. leaving the box
clean.-New England Homestead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

S1lNI w ~
TA7GE ~
e BARNYARO
-omfortahIe For the Cows I'm sum
nae and In winter.

Comfortable For n COWS IN sun"
mer and In winter.
We fud that 4 covered harnyarG
suits Us wonderfully well. We made II
IN a cheap way. We set posts IN me
ground three feet deep and eight feet
above ground. sen them SO as 10 make
4 shed 80 10y 40 feet, aud laid poles on
top Cor plates and rails across, on top
Of which Is the straw stack All
sraund the outside Is sided UP Win
boariS. except openings for doors, ana
d opening which IS open all the time
ana is four feet VIZ
We have the permanent opening
next tie barn. 50 that the wind VIII mol
blow in. We also have two stalls IN
side of the shed 10 use when needed
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
Pride OF -Anee.tx.

"Tm proud Of the fat that my
grandfather used to split rails" de-
clared Swellsome Donothllg.
"So!' said his friend.
"Yes. indeed. II he hadn't I'd prob.
ably have been splitting WHO'D myself
instead Of blowing in his money
Detroit Free Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01
THE ISLAND OF IRE
Java's Wonderful Lake of Boiling
Mud and slime.

Java Wonderful Lake of Boiling
Mud and slime.
The greatest natural wonder in Java.
" not in the entire world. is the justly
celebrated Gheko Kamdka Gumko. or
Home of the Hot Devils. known to the
world as the Island of Fire. This geo
logical singularity Is really a lake of
boiling mud situated at about the cen
ter OF the plains of G~robogana and is
called an island because the great en-
erald sea of vegetation which surrounds
1t gives 1t that appearance. The island
Is about two miles In circumference
and Is situated at a distance OF almost
exactly fifty miles from Solo. Near the
center Of this geological freak immense
columns OF soft hot mud ma be seen
continually rising and falling like great
timbers thrust through the boiling sub
stratum by giant hands and then again
quickly withdrawn. Besides the phe-
nomenon of boiling mud columns there
are scores Of gigantic bubbles of hot
slime that I'll up like huge balloons and
keep up a series of constant explosions.
the intensity Of the detonatlons vary
Ing with the size of the bubble. In
times past, so the Javanese authorities
say. there was a tall. splrellke column
OF baked mud OH the west side OF the
lake which constantly belched a pure
stream OF cold water, but this has long
been o~bliterated, and everything Is now
a seething mass Of bubbllng mud and
slime, a marvel to the visitors who
come from great distances to see It.
The Late Stranger.
An attorney in Philadelphia who
makes a speciality OF prosecuting suits
against railway companies growing out
OF injuries due to accidents on the line
tells Of the trouble experienced in the
0 examination OF an Irish witness
This witness had evidently been care.
fully coached by counsel for the com.
pany. for when the question was nut -
him. WAS the man found on the trsck
: total strangers" the wary Celt =.
Piled:
- should say not. sir. Seem that
~ left les was gone, I should say. ~
that he were 4 partial stranrsr..-Wc
man's Home Companion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

An excellent pair of nests Is made
from an orang box from which both
top and bottom have been removed.
Place the box on Its side and nail a
strip of the removed wood upon bottom
to make he. front, as shown. Then
hinge the boz to the wall. by the top, as
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

While beans will grow In a wide
variety OF soils and climates. the pro-
duction OF the commercial crop seems
to be limited. chiefly on account Of the
attacks Of the bean weevii. to q narrow
belt along the northern border Of the
United States and to a portion OF Call
fornia. remarks an exchange.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

Prune In winter to increase growth
ana In summer to check II. With older
trees We need 70 cut away dead
branches and al that rub against each
other. Never cut large branches from
"a trunk q main btanches e DOING -
oaA ~ avofdeds-Professpr MaynpEds
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

The arrows OF sarcasm de barbed
with contempt. 1t Is the sner In the
satire or ridicule that gals AM wounds
wv. GLADDEN..
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-03-01

We'll. brother" said the ldeacon
that was a fine prayer you mde last
night
Thank You. deacon. am v4y glad
to hear you say So"
-fes II was a splendid pray4. loug
and fervent. And. say. what hale you
Deer doing anyway? You can dnfde
IN me with the utmost confdene. ]
wouldn't betray you for anything in
the world."-Chicago Record Herd.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
ELECTION IN LINDEN.
Dr. WhitfieIds Remains Are Laid to
Rest In Demopois.

Linden March .-tspecial)-The mu-
nlcipal election held here yesterday re-
suited as follows DR.. w. L. Kimbrough,
intendent; John c. Dunn. 7. j. Beck, G. 5.
Adams and W. B. Cooper, couneilmen.
DR.. c. b. Whitheld's funeral was con-
Quoted from his home,in Demopolis Sun
day afternoon at , O'Clock. He was buried
with Masonic honors, of which order he
was a prominent member. 1t was said
that his funeral was the most largely
attended of any that has occurred in
Demopolis in many years. The process
sion proceeded from his residence To the
Episcopal church. where appropriate ser
vices were held. conducted by the Rev.
DIR. Harrison. and thence to the Whitfield
burying grounds, where his body was laid
TO rest. Several Llndenites attended the
funeral. among whom were D. c. Grayson,
II. ID. Mat1in, S. b. Iussen. w. b. Cooper,
J.. b. Glass and Lamar Matkin, the last
three mentioned being Masons.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
J, II. Walton Turns Up.

Meridian Miss. March e.---(special)-J.
H. Walton of Newton, Miss, who was
reported among the missing IN the Friday
night storm, turned up at his home in
Newton today. Walton occupied room
above the Cameron restaurant. He was
in bed when the tornado came. 1t devel-
opes that he was picked up in a dazed
condition lying in the street some dis
lance from the restaurant. Friends car
ried him to the Grand Avenue hotel,
where he was cared for until today, when
he was able to leave for his home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
Date Fixed for Primary.

Union Springs, March 6.-(special9-
The democratic executive committee of
the Sixth senatorial district met at Fort
Davis in Macon, county, today and decided
upon Tuesday. March 90 at Montgomery
as the time and place for holding the
senatorial convention for the nomination
of a state senator from this district. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
Killed BY Collapse of Roof.

Pueblo. Colo. March 6.-By the collapse
of the concrete roof over a section of
the huge new round house of the Denver
and Rio Grande railroad. which IS in
course of construction here, this after
neon, one man was instantly Killed and
three others were badly injured The
roof had just been completed and the
men. who are all carpenters We're remov-
ing the false work underneath which is
supposed to have weakened II. causing
the collapse,.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
.LENTEN CONCERT
At COUNTRY CLUB
Madame ShotweII-Piper to APP
pear With Treble CIef Club
SOME SOCIETY NOTES
Directors of the Birmingham Free Kin
derearten Association Will Meet
Thursday at the Morris.
Personals.

The Treble clef elab will give its Len
ten concert at the Country club instead
Of IN the auditorium of the High school
as previously announced. The concert. on
the evening of March u will be a
brilliant event. It will be given in
the beautiful ball room Of the club house.
which will amply accommodate several
hundred people. Opera chairs will be put
in and while the stage arrangements may
not be sufficiently large for the CLUB, these
difficulties will be overcome and the con-
cert will be given under the most att
tractye auspices.
Madame shotwell-pfper. one Of the
soloists for the evening, IS considered a
very beautiful woman. She IS wealthy
and able to crafty her artistic tastes
She sang three seasons with the late
Theodore Thomas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
Victory Is Overwhelming.

Gadsden, March -(speclal.)-With but
three precincts to hear from, the school
tax measure shows a total vote as fol-
lows: For, SO; against. $50. The advo.
Gates of better education throughout the
city and county are juhilant over the re-
suit,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
Celebrate ST. Patrick's pay.

Ensley. March .-(special.)-The Irish
American club is making arrangement
for a grand st. Patriels's day eelebra ton
to be given at the Ensley opera house
Friday evening, March Is. The pro-
gramme will consist of instrumental
music, oratory and song. The most nota-
BILE musical talent in the district will
take part and the orations will be de-
livered by Lieutenant Governor Cunning
ham and the ReV. Fnther DoYle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07

only candidate for the place is Henry
p. Merritt formerly of Bullock but now
of Macon county and he will proba bly,
have no opposition as It is customary
for Bullock and Macon to alternate In
furnishing the senator and Bullock fur
nished the last one in the person of Tom
S. Frazer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
Nominations Confirmed.

Washington, March 1.-THE Senate in
executive session today confirmed the
following nominations: Marshal of the
West district of Arkansas, John Frank
Mayes. Postmasters: Alabama: J. T.
Daughtrey. Hartford; A. c. Walter, Union
Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
colonel Kyle Greatly Improved.

Gadsden March Especial THE eondl-
ton Of Col. r. b. Kyle. who has been
very i'll. is greatly improved and hopes
of his complete recovery are now enter
tanned. Colonel Kyle is one of the largest
proptrty holders in the city and Is one of
the pioneer citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07

Gardner declared that alleged tanners
trust" controlled only 20 per cent Of that
trade. and Mr.. Armour and his son-ir-
law. Mr.. Valentine did not own a con-
trolling interest in it. Mr. Powers entered
vigorous protest against having the
name Massachusetts made TO inelude
all New England. Maine. he said was
more than half of New England, and was
opposed to free hides and against reciproc
ity with Canada
Mr.. Clark questioned Mr.. Lacy closely
as TO the politics of Governor Cummins
Of Iowa and his utteranees as to the rob
berry under the Dingley BILL"
Mr.. Lacy said he had voted twice for
Cummins for governor and would do 50
again III he is nominated on our ticket"
Mr. Williams of Mississippi then took the
floor for general reply to MIR. Lacy.
There are few things began Mr..
Williams, AT one and at the same time
more amusing and moro pitable than. the
acrebatic exploits of human intelligence
when attempting to prove that laws
which cireumscribe and limit trade. tend
to increase trade
Williams Talks on Tariff.
= Mr. Williams described some of his
tariff revision bills and asserted to Mr..
Gardner Of Massa chusetts, VINO revived
the free leather controversy, that it was
a very simple thing to get tariff legisla-
ton. All that was necessary was first to
convert the speaker, then the committee
on rules, then the honorable Serene
Payne, and finally the republican MEM
bers of the republican ways and means
committee This ought not to be hard
for a republican to do, said Mr.. Williams
TO Mr.. Gardner
Taking Mr.. Lacy in hand. Mr.. Williams
said a Bourbon never learned and never
forgot anything. Since the Fifty-second
congress Mr. Lacy had been making the
same arguments regardless of conditions
and had proved himself fit to be admitted
into the royal family of Bourbons.
One OF his bills, Mr.. Williams said. pro-
vlded for reduction to 100 per cent of
all duties over that amount. He said he
had seen the speaker quoted as saying
This must be one of John Sharp VII
liams jokes, as there are no such duties"
In answer to this he read this list Of
articles on which the duty is greater
than 100 per cent
Chalk s(taiforsl LOG per. cent. of which
$4,000 worth was imported last year, OF
which the duty was $4,000; boraeic. acid,
122 per cent; sulphuric ether, 230 percent;
cotton duck over eight yards to the pound,
liz per cent; 'cordage. from los to 800 per
cent: irecfackers. 126 per cent: cheap
speetacles 116 per cont; common window
glass. from 127 to 255 per cent. looking
glasses, 1870 per cent, etc.
He expressed the opinion that % per
cent on any article would cover the ac-
tual difference of labor on an article.
The speech of Mr.. Williams concluded
the debate for the day
At o'clock the house adjourned until
tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-07
Aqe-Herald Carrier Hurt.

Corona. March -(Specal)-The Age
Herald newsboy, Claude Shannon, met
with a painful accident this afternoon
while waiting for his papers lie climbed
upon a box car on side track and in
turning around to come down slipped
and fell to the ground breaking his