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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
THE FARMERS SHEEP.
Popularity and Excellent Qualities of
the ShrOpshIrc.


The Shropshire sheep Is unqucstiona-
bly, the most popular of all the breeds
IL we may judge by the comparative
numbers shown at the various exhibi-
tlons and equally by the locks seen on
the farms as one passes along the roads
in such localities as sheep arc usually
kept Practically 1t Is the farmers
sheep, says Henry Stewart in Country
Gentleman, ana the following are some
of the reasons for his opinions:
The Shropshire has an excellent repu-
tation as n prime mutton sheep. espe-
cially for its most desirable lambs for
the Easter and Christmas market. Its
home Is in the best part of England,
where agriculture Is most highly de-
veloped. and It stands at the head OF
that class Of sheep commonly called
the Downs breeds.
Its qualifications as farm sheep
are various. It Is hardy and prolific.
One flock in England has been trained
to produce two sets OF lambs every
year, so that the flock MS TO its original
number really doubles annually, and
as this sheep Is very prccocious, and II
well cared for may be bred as lambs
the second year and increase in this
same proportion, The flock Is proportion
ately more profitable than one in which
the lambs are only singles. The sheep
OF this breed are easily disciplined
and are rarely troublesome on any or
dlnary farm and thus may be consid-
cred MS especially the farmers sheep
II Is easily fed and when three years
old may easily be made to dress TWEEN
ty pounds to the quarter 1t Is pro
llGc wool bearer. A prize ram had a
live weight OF over 800 pounds, and
his fleece of that year, not quite
years growth, made seventeen and n
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
Corn with Lcpume Hay.

The results of our eight years or eX-
periments at the Missouri Agricultural
college with several hundred head OF
cattle of all ages from calves to two
and a half year old steers, fed under
all conditions from merely being win
tered to full fed, show that bushel Of
corn at 80 cents is worth SO cents when
fed with the best quality of timothy
hay, mlllet or sorghum and 40 cents
when fed with clover, alfalfa or cow
peas. This Is due to the fact that the
latter plants supply very important
Ingredient in which corn is deficient.
Hay made from timothy, millet or
sorghum Is more deficient in this ele-
ment than corn and makes the ration
even more one sided or unbalanced.
There is no single way in which the
farmers of Missouri can so readily I'm
prove the quality of their soil and IN
crease their income as by devoting
larger areas to clover, cowpeas or al
falfa and making a larger use of these
crops In the ordinary cattle feeding
operations.-Dean Waters.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
A Wonderful Record.

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the dragging down distress in the pelvic
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making motherhood possible. where there
was barrenness before, thereby brighten
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
GARDEN KEYBOARD

For exercise of body and diversion of
mind try the garden fad. Open the
doors and live in the garden.
Very many old gardens will be bene-
fited by sprinkling of slaked lime. \
lump the size of an ordinary loaf of
bread will answer for ten square feet
of surface. Rake it in lightly.
When the first rough leaves appear
on tomato seedlings the plants should
be transplanted to other boxes about
two inches apart. BY the middle of
April they can be exposed to sunlight
and air out of doors for few hours
every day to harden them off.
If you wish to have new potatoes
on the Fourth of July prepare trenches
five inches deep in the warmest and
sunniest part of the garden about April
/ or little later, when the ground is
warm. Plant potatoes ten inches apart
In these and cover them with two
inches of soil, making the ground firm
Ibove them.
Spinach, lettuce and radishes may
be sown every ten days for success
sion till July.
For q continuous supply of young
celery plants for the late summer, fall
and winter crops sow seed the first
week In April and every two weeks up
to June 10.
When the hotbed is empty Of its cab
bage. lettuce and other plants for ear
ly setting plant seed of cucumber in 1t,
keeping It covered while the weather is
still cold. With warmer atmosphere
gradually remove the sash and let the
cucumber vines spread over the bed
In this way you can have an early and
bountiful crop of fresh cucumbers from
your own raising.
As cabbages will grow Mt quite a
low temperature, they are naturally
one of the first plants to put out In
the early spring, and while for some
time the appearances may not seem to
show any leaf growth, nevertheless
they ore forming roots. and as soon
as the sunshine begins to warm up the
air they will soon respond in a vigcF'
Gus and healthy growth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
Perennial Celery.

The story of the perennial celery
which a Mr. Bolton of Canada has just
sold to a Michigan nursery firm and
which will be offered to the public at
not less than a dollar plant sounds
exactly as II 1t had originated in the
imagination of Il oily reporter hungry
for news. This celery Is claimed to be
Il true perennial, having round and uni
forlnly crisp stalks which do not rust.
or course sit will revolutionize celery
culture" We cannot claim that this
story must necessarily be untrue, but
Il looks like fake, and for the present
shall put my reliance on the present
forms of celery In cultivation, especial
ly the Golden Self Blanchlng for early
and Giant Pascal and Winter Queen
for late-T. Greiner in Farm and Fire
side
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

"Rare slumbercrs are the Turks" de
clarcs n writer. ''ln the villages, at
any rate. they will drop into the land
Of dreams on the slightest prctcXt and
at the shortest notice. This habit has
advantages, one being that the Turk
does not at all mind being awakened
In the dead OF night. for the simple rea-
son that he can go TO sleep again the
instant he wishes. When staying In
very limited quarters have often
heard member of the family get up
and after searching about among his
sleeping companions thoroughly rouse
them all TO ask where his tobacco was
or upon some equally slight excuse"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

used simply to run off sticks and straw.
Board No. . carries the grain back
ward in the mill, so as to let 1t drop
through the blast at one place. The
light kernels are blown past the end OF
screen No. 3, the heavier kernels fall
on screen No 3. Board No. 2 may be
moved forward or backward to throw
a large OF small per cent of grain on
screen No. 3, as desired. Screen No. 3
should be coarse enough to let the
small kernels through on 10 screen No.
/. 1t is adjustable as to slant and may
be moved forward or backward TO reg
ulate the amount of grain it will catch.
Screen No is fine enough to carry
nearly all of the grain over into market
grain. Any side shake mill may be
fixed up in this way. Separation by
weight cannot be made with the end
shake mills. but the large kernels can
be separated from the small ones in
any proportion desired simply by using
coarse or fine screens in the lower part
of the mill. The average farm tanning
mill will handle at this kind of work
about forty bushels an hour.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
Any One Can Spell shakespeare

One IS not I'm danger of miSspclling
the word Shakespeare. Some one has
discovered 1000 ways, of which the
following, as they actually appear in
old documents. are examples; Shak-
spere. Shaxpere. Shakspirc. SchaXper
Shakespeare. Shagpere. Schakspeyr
SHAKESPEARE, Shaxpur, Shaxper. Shak-
sper. Shakespeare. SaXpere, Shacke-
spire, Shaliespire. Shakespeare, Shaka-
spear, ShakspeaT, ShaXpeare, Shak-
speerc. Shaxpurc, Shackspeyr, Shak-
spear. SchalSesper, etc. If the chrOg-
raphy OF Shakespeare himself is any
authority twenty-five Of these ways
nrc correct
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
A nri,Ie,s Dilemma.

A successful schoolteacher married q
wealthy widower The man had lived
alone with his servants since the deatl
Of his first wife On the morning aft
er the brides arrival in her new home
the cook appeared for orders. Now
the little woman was far more familiar
with the classics than with roasts and
stews and she was not little dismay-
cd when Mary innocently put the ques-
tlOn:
"An' how will We have the beef cook
ed, num-
For the merest instant she hesitated
Not for fortune would she have the
old servant suspect her absolute ig-
norance OF cookery But her years in
the schoolroom had not been in vain.
Calmly and sweetly she answered.;
You may cook 1t your way today,
Mary, and then another time you can
try my way"
And the cook went downstairs with
q high opinion of her new MISTRESS
New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree.
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostriIs, cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. Druggists
sell the SOC. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment.
Announcements.
TO accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal tTon-
Jles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
| LIQUID Cream Balm. Price including the
spraying tube is 70 cents. Druggists or by
mail The liquid form embodies the med
icinal properties of the solid preparation. 4
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
The Pleasing Garden.

If you have a garden 1t carries with
It the satisfaction of going out early In
May and gathering radishes, lettuce,
young onions and spinach. A few
weeks later early peas and beets are
there for the taking. BY the Fourth
OF July early potatoes, sweet and nut
ty, after fashion never found I'm any
store, can be dug In succession fol
low snap beans. crisp cucumbers. to
matoes, corn that Is sweet In some
thing more than name and muskmel-
ons, fragrant, melting. delicious.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
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SEED GRAIN.

Heavy Grains May Be Selected With
Common Tanning Mil.
The question arises how may farm
er select good grain seed in practical
manner, and the Minnesota experiment
station answers it thus: BY setting an
ordinary tanning mill. as shown in the
cut, or by using a coarse sieve in an
end shake mill any amount can be
taken out for seed and the rest left in
the market grain.
Screen No 1 should be just coarse
enough TO let the grain through. 1t is
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
A Fence ArrnnEcmcnt.

There is perhaps nothing very novel
about the arrangement sketched, but,
as an Iowa farmer says, 1t does the
business. 1t will admit man with a
basket on his shoulder and at the same
time will not let a hog pass through
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

Bacon-They say person will die
for want of sleep in ten days. Egbert
Its miraculous what keeps that baby
Of mine alive.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weakness Of Young Men Cured

Weakness Of Young Men Cured
and al private diseases.
DR.. E. Growers varicocele Ring cures
varicocele, Hydrocele and Rupture
promptly cured without pain and no
detention from business.
He cures the worst cases of Nervous
Prostration, Rheumatism, Scrofula,
Old sores, Blood Poison, and all Di-
seases Of the Skin Ear, Nose, Throat,
Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder.
Itching Piles, Fistula, Structure,
Tumors, Cancers, Goiters, cured with
ont cutting.
Special attention paid to the treat.
ment of Nasal Catarrh.
He will forfeit the sum of Five
Thousand Dollars for any case Of FITS
OR EPILEPTIC CONCLUSIONS that
he cannot cure
Consultation free and strictly conf
Dental. Write IL You cannot call
Office hours From A. IN to $50 p
IN. On Sunday from to D. IN. only
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

When find great deal OF gratitude
In Il poor man | take It for granted
there would be as much generosity if
he were rich-Pope.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
TURNsTILE.

at the bottom, and no shoat can jump
over and turn the angle at the same
time. No more room than will admit
the body of the feeder will be neces-
sary.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

The angle form
ed by the two
wings of fence
is so acute that
n hog cannot
pass $ through
unless It Is n
very small one.
If the hogs In
the feed lot are
small a board a
Fnzf ht1It ig r.trf
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
NOTICEl NOTICE !; NOTICEl

BLACK q B ARKER Br6cR OF FINE FUR
e1rrRE AND CARPETS. THE BALANCE
At PRIVATE SALE NOW AT GOLD.
BMITHS. NEXT 10 PICKERlEGS, y54
PENN AVE; ODD PARLoR PIECES q. oF
NOW si5o AND ss; SOLID MAHoaANY
At Sn 10; 'dENuiNE 5EStn M IEATHER Iiin suTr5 OF s
PIECES s. q H. PRICE. $40 60 AT $55;
GENUINE LEATHER coUcHEs. .. II.
PRICE. sos. NOW ya5: GENUINE LI1ATHEF
90 AT ,55. oTHERs Down As LOW As
lzz10: FINE ALL LEATHER ROCKERS:
WERE {ec. NOW 1910; FINE LEATHEK
SEAT ROCKERS 8. & H. PRICE. SIS. now
FK1c:E, RICE: sis. NOW 1 $50: MAHooANY cfIIT::
!l75o; MAModANY DREssER. g. a 4
sxar.oa TABLE. ysioLIp MAHooxIE.TY1;;
PRICE SO. NOW $3.50. BIO LOT OF RUos
At tI50. u2. SIS; WAS SOLD BY SPEAR
MoLLAE FOR SO s25 AND $50; ALI
HtRAss tntA BEDS, ti7:5Q AND s22 30. ,r1 WqETH EI-H
HDas SR bs,d sa' wAs siTE s WV 1M soME
ROOM SIZE MisTIT .cAnPETs IN Wilton.
BHpesELs cARPETs To FIT LARop
ROOM COST $50. 60 AT $3.50. OTHERS
BIO LOT or DINING ROOM TABLES.
CHAIRS. BTOvES AND RANGES. THIS ~
4 CHANCE OF LIFETIME. so COME NJ
CNrE. NEXT TO PIcKER1NG,s 054 PENN
AVE. LOOK FOR THE BIO WINDOW.
], GOLDSMITH.
sS4 Penn Avenue, Ptttsburg, Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
VENDETTA BOY $500.

The Wilkes stallion Ven
delta Boy and the PercheroD
Stallion Brilliant No. 27S65
viii bo found nt my barn
during the summer of 1906
Vendetta Boy is a beautiful.
rich, bay, standing 164
hands high and weighs 1880
pounds. He is by a produc-
ing son Of the Great Wilkes
Boy 2:24l and sire of "a in
the 2:30 list. His first,
second and third dams are
all producers of standard
speed. His second dam be-
ing in the great brood mare
list. He is a perfect type
of trotting bred coach
horses, combining as he does
the best and fastest blood
in the world. He has shown
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31


quarter pounds. An excellent charac-
teristic is that it improves the COM
mon sheep when bred to it by reason
of its solidity Of form and its strong
natural vitality This latter quality
tends to the acquisition by the progeny
Of a pure bred ram of the special points
OF the breed. so that n half bred is very
little inferior and often not at all to
the ram itself
1t is most commonly used by the
range shepherds for the production of
lambs and market sheep.
This breed used to have dark face,
but of late this popularity has been
lost to a considerable degree. The il
lustration shows a model Shropshire
of the modern type, in which only the
dark face has been lost, but the dark
legs remain to some extent
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
OSTEOPATHY.

DR. G.. F. PURVIS,
IL OSTEOPATH.
Chronic diseases a speciality.
Consultation and examination free.
Office hours to -: l. 80 to 3.
Rooms 20S-9, Odd Fellows Temple.
Peoples Phone 500.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

nR. JULIA L. FOSTER,
~ CSTEOPATH.
Consultation and examination free.
Office hours-9 to - A. NJ, 2 to
NJ, daily except Sunday. Evening
appointment.
Office-Stein Block, Rooms $40, But
ler Pa. Peoples Phone ATS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
Future value of Young Timber.

An item of news of Importance to
timber land owners is the announce
ment that California lumber COM
pany, which applied a plan Of fire pro
lection to a single township during the
summer of 1905, is now preparing to
extend the same protection TO the rest
Of its large holdings of cut over land.
1t built fire lines and inaugurated a
patrol system to guard the young
growth. \ significant point in connec-
ton with this use of a fire protection
system by a private owner is the fact
that it means the recognition of the
future value of young timber.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS,

nR. l.. R HAZLETT,
~ 106 W. Diamond ST., Butler
North side OF Court House.
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat work, a
speciality.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-31

All sizes and Wood Working Machinery, New
and SECOND Hand.
BRIGGS MACHINERY COMPANY,
t 25s Second Avenue. PittsburR Pa.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-28
MADE BANK OF CELLAR.
Money Laid Away in Jars. Boiler and
 Barrel Amounts to Over S4,0OO.

Some men can save money, but they are not in it at the business with woman when she makes up her mind to pile up the coin. As an instance of this, a man states that some time ago he talked over the matter of saving with his wife and both agreed to economize until they had put away enough to purchase a home with. Not another word was said on the subject for twelve or thirteen years when the woman re- marked that if he didn't intend to buy a very expensive place he could make a move in that direction any time he pleased. The man inquired where was the bank book and was somewhat surprised to hear his wife say that all the money she had been able to spare was tucked away in the cellar. He could hardly believe this and was inclined to think his wife was joking until she invited him down stairs and pointed to the dust, some in stone jars, more in an old boiler and the rest in a barrel. The story sounds rather fishy, but the gentleman built himself house and paid for it and declares that it took the better part of a week to count the money evenings, and when he got through the sum total was $4,310.O5. The money was in pennies, dimes, nickels, quarters, half dollars and dollars, all copper and silver
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-28
BROOKLYN BRIEFS.

Rocco Dl Orl0 will leave tO-mOr. row to spend few days in New York
 Miss Irene Demers has returned from visiting relatives in Springfield Michael Lyons of Highland aven. ne has returned from vacation spent in Hartford.
 Miss Katharine Whalen and Miss Grace GrOienbach are visiting friends in New Britain.
 Miss Grace Suel of Washington avenue is entertaining Miss Ruth Harris of New Britain.
 Frank Joyce of New York. who has been visiting Joseph Smith, has returned home.
 Attend the concert in Polls to- morrow evening and help swell the fund for the San Francisco sufferers.
 The long awaited banquet of the Moral club will be held this evening in the Lyceum and it promises to be the event of the season.
 Miss Louise Malone of Bank street and her cousin Miss Josephine Shea of Hartford have returned after spending a week in Boston.
 Mrs William Various of North Leonard street was severely scalded about the hands and arms last eve ming by n potful of boiling tea.
 The winner of tine small pig at the barn dance given by the Brooklyn Athletic club Thursday evening has not as yet called for his prize.
 After an illness lasting about six months D. J. McGrath is able to be around again. Mir McGrath is looking well considering the length of time that he has been confined to his bed.
 The Brooklyn Athletic club and their supporters will be out tomorrow in force at the opening game of the City Amateur league and the rooters in this section expect to see their favorites draw first blood.
 The pavement at the corner of Bank and Meadow streets was strewn with strawberries this morning be- cause of an accident which happened to one of w. l.. Halls wagons. The cart loaded with fruit was just turn ing into Bank street when it hit the curb and a couple of crates of berries which were on top fell to the street.
 Now is the time for the Brooklyn people to make demand to have the streets in this section sprinkled during the summer months. The ma jority of the merchants and residents are willing to pay for sprinkling and the thing would be well appreciated. Brooklyn knows what it is to have dusty streets during the warm wealth CT and it is not at all strange that the storekeepers are asking for sprinkling carts.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-28
STREETS NEED sPRINKLING.
Could Be Done at Moderate Outlay
 by Damming the Naugatuck.

The dust is becoming so annoying that nearly everybody you meet wants to know if something cannot be done to keep it from blowing into their eyes every time little gale of wind comes along. One man who has had some experience in municipal affairs thinks the city officials rather lame in not making provision to sprinkle the streets. He says 1t could be done at modest outlay by damming the Naugatuck river and carrying the water to convenient places about town in pipes. This would save the expense of building another reservoir, something which he knew will soon have to be done if everybody is 'allowed to tap the Branch supply for domestic use, fire protection. sprinkling and manufac- turing purposes. He thought he saw a fortune in the Naugatuck river for Waterbury and regretted that it was likely to be left there until a private corporation gets hold of it.