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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
LIVE STOCK
MARKET REPORTS.

EASY BUFFALo-Cattle: Export. good
60 choice, So esQ5 so; shipping steers,
a 2S04 Is; butcher cattle. IS oo94 IS;
hetfsrs, % eo&A 90; cows, ~ 25Qs 60;
bulls, 81 3582 7y; mixers and springers'
Gas 90@g5 90 Sheep and Lambs-Good to
choica ysarlingE, s. 0oGs 3s; wethers,
, IS s9Qs rs; mixed, S5 b00B rs; ewes, IS 20
R5 so; spring lambs, Sc 0097 SO. Calves
Best 81 5o09 90. Hogs-Heayias, IS 100
s IS; mediums IS 10; Workers., IS oo9
o5; pigs. IS 90; roughs, "a oo94 50.
CLEVELAND - Cattle: Steers. choice
fat. 81 5O@4 70; coarse and rough, SO as
@4 l5; hei:ers. SO 25@S 80; cows, 81 600
springers SIS 09Q50 90, Sheep and
Lambs-Good to choice lambs, 81 15; ;culls,
90 oO9s 50: wethers, IS 0o95 so; mixed.
q 5005 25; ewes 81 25@5 90. Calves
81 90 down IIozs-Mixed weights, IS 069
10; Yorkers. IS 0O@5 o5; medium heavy,
IS 10: pigs. IS 90; stays and roughs, 81 90
o. IS.
cHicAoo-Catt!e: Common to prime
steers. SO 25@e 40; cows. ~ 1904 oo;
bulls, 81 O0Q4 25; Etockers and feeders,
81 l6R4 IS; heifers, "a 50Q5 90. Sheep
and Lambs-Sheep. 81 0oQ6 rs; lambs.
IS 25@7 so. Calves-S2 O0@7 25. Hogs
Choice to prime heavy, 50 1906 49, medi-
urf, to good heavy, 81 95@5 05; light, So 10
ss5 10; good to choice heavy mixed, 81 80
: 6s o5; packing. 81 so@5 90. Wheat.No.
fred, SsQ91c. Corn - No. 3, 46446hc.
Oats-No. =, S0&3oAc.
PITTsBu7o - Cattle: Choice, IS ESQ
s 50: prime. IS Oo95 20; tidy butchers
.. 1904 so; heifers. 50 5o@s 80; cows
bulls and stays, 81 oo@s 5O fresh cows
S26 ooQ5o 90. Sheep and Lambs-Prime
wethers, IS 25Q5 so; mixed. 81 1905 90;
lambs, So OoQ7 SO. Calves-s6 O0@S co.
Hogs-Prime heavy. IS 2o@5 25; medi-
ums, IS 10; heavy Workers., s5 05@5 To-;
light YoYkers. IS oO@5 O5 pigs, S5 oo@
sos.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: No. 9 red, 81 y
eec, Corn - No. mixed (new), 47hc.
Oats-No. Q mixed, 32Kc. Rye-No. 2, 73c.
Lard-$e co. Bulk meats. 81 37h. Bacon
% rs. Hogs-s4 o0@5 15 Cattle-$2 00@
4 60. sheep-sS e'Q4 rs. Lambs-$4 30
o. IS.
NEW YoRk-wheat: No. g red. 9SAc.
Corn--No. 2, SIC. Oats-Mixed, S6 to 80
tbs. 3Bc.
ToLEDo-wheat, Ssc: corn. 4se; oats,
SaAe; rye. 72e; cloverssed, IS OF.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
Low AND HIGH pR1cED LAND.

1t is worthnoting that the high priced
lands of Illinois and other sections
Of the west-land which sells for $3.50
and upward per acre-are almost inva-
riably worked with the cow. In fact,
there is no type of farming, save dairy
ing, which will keep up the fertility of
such land and enable it to pay fair
interest on it's valuation. There is a
lesson here worth needing by the own
ers Of lower priced lands, for if mod
ern methods of dairying can be made
profitable on high priced land they cer-
tainly can be applied with greater
profit to lower priced lands. The dairy
farin is always productive farm, the
soil becomes more and more fertile and
all crops raised on it larger and more
profitable. Dairying is the one business
which will never be overdone in this
country and affords the surest and
safest way for a man to improve his
farm and get on his feet financially.
If man has poor farm and is in
debt we know of no better way for him
to get out of his trouble than to keep
all the cows he can take good care of
and raise as much poultry as possible.
Doing this, he will soon get rid Of his
| mortgage and double his crop yield.
Thousands of men have done and are
doing this very thing with almost uni
form success.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
SWEARING OFF.

Nigh on the water wagon
Reserve a seat for ne
When this years DER then Bevermora
VIII / go on a spree.
But will refuse allurins booze
And stronger drinks than tea.
Ne more the foannins hason
Shall tempt nay feet 10 stray
With sons and wine adown the line
Where night is turned to day;
All this I'll chuck and early duck
Into the yielding hay.
II seems SO very easy
At least before the date
For saving wood to be 80 good
And sit up firm and straight
And never think of things TO drlAk
Nor for the Growler wait.
Oh. why will snen be foolish
And waste their time and cash
In cheap resorts with tin horn sports
And other lowly trash
Grow into soaks when their home folks
Ars Needing Shoes ana hash7
There isn't any answer:
The wisest cant tell why.
We only know that It Ia 80.
For los ic can't apply
10 how good men cut capers when
They think that they are dry.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
THE IMPROVEMENT OF CORN.

IN the state of Iowa, where three
years ago there were not half dozen
expert judges of corn as to its quality,
breeding, ETC., there are now not less
than 500 young men who are experts
along this line, becoming so as result
of the short courses at the agricultural
college at Ames and the numerous
corn schools which have been held oil
through the state, a pleasing result
which is sure to be later on reflected
in greatly improved quality Of the
corn raised and certain increase in
the average yield per acre. The more
there was learned about corn the more
it was discovered there was to be
learned, and it is all clear now that
corn is susceptible of just as great Il
degree Of Improvement in quality and
productiveness, and so n greater prof
it, as are the domestic animals on the
farm. The corn of the west has been
mostly of scrub breeding of inferior
and erratic types, while now 1t is
known to be possible to grow pedi-
greed corn true to type just as one can
raise Shorthorns or Poled Angus cat
tie or thoroughbred horses. This opens
up wonderfully interesting field of
work. What has been accomplished in
Iowa is possible in all the corn grow
ing states.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
CLEAN CoRNEIELDs.

Once In great while one will see q
good sized corntield which in October
will be entirely clean and free from
weeds Many farmers leave their corn
clean in July, only to have q wilderness
Of weeds grow up later. How can a
man secure clean cornfield? We
think it can be best obtained by a
proper rotation Of crops, the corn fol-
lowing crop of clover or pasture
which has killed out the weed growth
Of the lands. We also think it would
pay to run one horse single cultivator
lightly through the fields along the last
or July. If it should be dry time,
such treatment would not only dispose
of the second crop of weeds, but also
be OF immense value TO the growing
corn. Then, we believe that where a
flock Of sheep has the run of the differ
ent fields on the farm it SO discourages
the weeds that it Is much easier to Sc
cure clean cOrnfield on a sheen farm
than on one where they are not kept.
We have noticed that the big crops of
corn are almost always grown on land
free from weeds, and we also notice
that such clean cornfelds invariably
produce a bigger and better crop Of
small grain the succeeding year. The
reason Of so many weedy cornfelds Is
that the size of the fields is out of all
proportion to the ability of the owner
to care for it, and for some reason he
seems content to grow half crop Of
corn where he might just as well grow
a full crop on half the acreage with
the same labor. Some day this will
change, and the sooner the better.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
INsECT LIrr IN wINrER.

A boy friend asks us what becomes
pf all the insects during the winter.
He says that he notices that as soon
IS the cold weather comes all kinds of
bugs, beetles. flies, gnats and moths
and all the creeping things disappear
He will find this very interesting
study. II he will look closely he will
find that some forms of insect life per-
ish with the cold weather and are
propagated the next season by eggs
which they have left. Other kinds, and
this the larger part, remain dormant
during the cold weather and may be
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
THE OLD AND THE NEW WAY.


when the ground was new most
anybody could raise good corn" said
an old settler to us recently as he com
planned that his corn was not as good
as 1t used to be. In saying this he
touched upon very important thing.
When the soil was new it was full of
humus and available plant food. Per
sistent cropping, scant If any rotation
of crops and no return of any product
of the field to the soil, even the straw
from the grain crops being for years
burned in big piles, were bound to tell
on the fertility of any good land, so
1t has come that thousands of acres are
no longer responding with good crops
even when good care is given to them.
All through the vast western territory
where land is called worth hard on to
500 per acre something needs doing,
and that, in word, is to resolve to be-
gin to study the soil and its needs, to
grow more clover, to raise more stuff
ON fewer acres = in fine, to begin n
more intensive type of agriculture, to
grow the thousand bushels of corn on
twenty acres instead of forty acres, to
feed the land, give better and more
thorough cultivation and grow fewer
weeds. 1t is time to abandon the old
way and take up with the new way,
and the sooner man does 1t the better
it will be for him.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

snd sgeeaag, Nckg ,siicfo Go wsitst'
new iiyos thousnndn OF acres ~ co-a
wcrc harvested last fail by steers nnl
sheep, with minimum Of waste, The
most satisfactory results where u.
plan Is followed Is where about two
pounds OF rape seed are scattered over
the cornfield at the time Of the last cul-
tivation, this rape nfrordlng IN excel
lent addition to the ration OF The stock
so fed. The appearance of fell SO
fed off is decidedly gratifying t, the
owner. He has been saved the labor
and bother of husking the corn. the
field has been cleaned up In perfect
shape, and n valuable amount of fer
tilizing has been given to the land for
the benefit of future crops. 1t may be
said that his method looks slovenly,
but the end justifies the means, every
farmer now being compelled to devise
ways and means Of getting along with
out the help which 1t Is Impossible for
him to secure. This method of feed
ing crops off on the land Is very COM
mon in England-in fact. is the only
method used in feeding the enormous
crops of turnips there raised. We look
to see this method grow in favor and
come into quite general use wherever
stock is being fed and prepared for the
market.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

f4NAd alternating ~ ail ssgts OF aAcoy
plaoes~-in piles of rubbish and corn,
stalks. under stones and boards, in
cracks. In creyices. while many bore
their way into the earth and remain
frozen up solid during the winter. 1t
is remarkable to notice the effect which
a rise in the temperature will have on
all forms of insect life Let the mer-
curry go up to 80 degrees during an
early May day, ana ii seems 10 nsiun-
taneously release all forms of dormant
insect life. Flies, bees, bugs and
worms of all sorts may be noted full
of life and business. If our boy friend
will closely examine the apple trees
and, in fact, most any kind of tree
closely with a glass lie will find clus
ters of eggs cemented to the bark or In
crevlces of the wood which simply
form the foundation for future swarms
of insect life, and then If he will close
ly watch the few birds which spend the
northern winter with us, the chlckadee
and the woodpeckers, he will find that
these clusters of eggs form the princi-
pal food of these birds during the win
ter. If it were not for the valuable
work done by these birds during this
season of the year the fruit and grain
growing interests of the country would
simply be overwhelmed by a horde of
insect pests. We do not know Of a
more interesting study for bright boy
than this one, and he will be aston
ished if he takes it up at the large
number Of strange and curious facts
which lie will discover.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
PREACHERS AND POOR PICKING.

EnchNhhhS AMI fOOtt RlChlNG,
There are great many poor little
$400 preachers all over the country,
good men and true, who think they
have calls to the pulpit, but who exist
on the ragged edge of poverty all their
lives. These men should do something
for themselves and their families be-
sides just preaching, marrying folks
and burying them. AS they are usual
ly attached to country churches, the
best thing for them to do Is to combine
little agriculture with their theolog-
ical work, learn how to work the soil
as well as how to interpret the divine
decrees Many mighty good sermon
can be picked up. in cornfield, an
orchard or garden. There is nothing
in any manner derogatory to religion
in mixing agriculture and theology
One-half and the biggest half, Of the
living of the family of the country min
lister should and may easily be de-
rived from his cows, his hens, his gar
den, but too many of them depend upon
the free will offerings of Brother Jones
or Deacon Smith for supply, and in
the giving of these things to the parson
it sometimes happens that the good
brethren think they in some way ac-
quire dispensation to do something
off color the next day. Every country
gardener in n small way. 1t would be
good for his health, good for his fam
lily, good for his poclletbook.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

The question Of vigor in seed corn Is
matter to which little attention has
been paid, while as n matter of fact it
is Of just as much Importance as is the
same quality in the breeding of our do,
nestle animals. There Is lots of seed
corn which will germinate, but which
is so lacking in strength and vigor that
it can never under any circumstances
make healthy and productive stalk
Of corn. Such seed produces those
stalks which never mature an ear of
corn and which are as matter of fact
the worst weeds in the corntield, for
they rob the more vigorous stalks Of
moisture, light, fertility and sunshine
and besides scatter lot of their
worthless pollen to further degrade the
field. Seed corn which can only just
barely make a. live Of it is even worse
than that which will not germinate at
nj
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

The cornfield has a good many pests,
though probably not any so destructive
as the blights or rust which often
devastates the oat and wheat fields.
There are, to start with, the gopher the
crow and the cutworm, which three
will often work to greatly injure the
stand of the corn. Then there are the
wire worm and the root worm, the
crow again as the corn begins TO hard
en- and the bad work of the field mice
after corn is shocked. The blackbirl
pest has, however, mostly disappeared.
Then there is the work of rats and mice
in the cribs, the fact being that some
thing or other is after part of the
corn crop nearly all the time.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

There is quite difference of opinion
among growers of clover as to the best
manner in which to save the hay crop,
which through the north has to be cut
about the 1st of July, a season of
heavy rainfall, the weather very often
spelling all the crop. 1t is claimed
that If the clover is first well wilted
and entirely free from outside mois-
ture it may be placed in NOW with
safety, the heating process curing it
into very fragrant and palatable food
We believe that If 'haymow were
built out of doors, box, so to speak,
with bottom and sides made as nearly
air tight as possible, then the hay in
the condition referred to packed in. be-
ing tramped down solid with horse
while filling and then the whole COW
cred with some material to keep the
rain out, clover hay of good quality
could be thus secured.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

If one has land which he must rent,
IL such land is getting worn out and
weedy, IL cookie burs are more thrift
ty crop than corn, the best thing to do
is to get the land into grass, and, while
the rent it will command as pasture
will not be more than half what 1t
would for cropping purposes, there is
this to be considered-that grass will
kill the weeds and gradually restore
fertility to the SOIL
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

Do you happen to have a field of
wornout, unproductive land, field
which only gives you twenty bushels
of oats or corn to the acre, and would
you know the easiest and most praeti-
cal method of restoring fertility to
such field and making it productive
and profitable? The following has
been done with very great success and
is commended to our readers: First
reed the land down to mammoth clo-
yer, the next year turn the crop under
In September, then follow with n crop
of corn and then with wheat,A oats or
barley. In this crop of small grain will
be another good stand of clover, the
product of the clover seed turned un-
der. Follow the clover crop turned I'M
der again with another crop of corn.
The result OF this treatment will be
that the first crop of corn will In all
probability give you fifty Instead OF
twenty bushels an acre, while the sec
ond crop will go sixty rather than fifty.
This method of restoring wornout
land Is but little understood and rarely
followed, but 1t is the one practical and
sensible methods of accomplishing such
a result. In no manner can poor land
be made productive and fertile so eapI-
ly and so cheaply as by following the
suggestion above given,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

There is a close alliance between fur
coats and bank deposits, the gentle
men who wear these coats now being
able to draw their checks in four fig
ures. The time was, and not so very
long ago, when they could not afford
to buy fur coat and when the only
business they had with the bank was
to secure If possible the extension of a
loan at 10 per cent.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

The settlers out in what may s,s prop
erly called the semiarld region of the
west nre making merry this year for
the reason that an abundant rainfall
has secured them very fine crop. The
bad thing about this Is that the dry or
the normal seasons are sure to return,
and when they come there Is nothing
but disappointment and loss for the
men who try to cultivate the soil. 1t
has been that way in the past and will
be again.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

1t would be \ good thing every way
IL farmer would each year make the
effort to raise one acre of some extra
crop-that IL, so care for one acre of
land that he could produce ain extraor
dinary yie,d of whatever crop he Sc
lected. Ttls would give him an object
lesson Of the relative values Of average
and supereXcellent crops. For instance,
it IL cntirrly practicable to produce 100
bushels Of corn on one acre of ground
or 500 bus hels of onions or 400 bushels
of potatoes or, If there is sufficient
moisture. five tons of hay. This sort of
experimental work carried on by the
farn,er himself ON his farm is of very
great vflue, as when engaged in caring
for such crop he becomes more in
terested in it than he does in any other
crop on his farm, and, becoming inter-
estod, he takes special pains to study
and learn all he can about it. His
neighbors may laugh at him, but he is
really doing them as much good as he
is himself
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

1t 10 almost impossible to secure
fine quality Of celery, white, tender and
nutty In flavor, when 1t is bleached in
an, other way than with earth. The
use Of boards, tile or paper for bleach
ing is a mere makeshift. The best
celery literally grows underground, is
not grown above ground and afterward
bleached,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
FEEDIN0 OFF CRoPs.

The scarcity Of help in much OF the
corn growing section OF the west is
bringing about method OF feeding
the corn off In the field, many feeders
Of cattle and sheep having adopted this
method with very great satisfaction
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

We regard all catch crops sown in the
corntield, such as rape, cowpeas or even
clover, as injurious to the crop Of corn
to greater or less extent. 1t may
be urged that such catch crops cannot
hurt The corn more than do weeds,
which Is probably true, but then weeds
in the cornfeld are ever and always
hurtful to the corn.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

The cement crosswalk for city streets
Is supplantlng all other kinds. 1t Is
cheap, durable, easily cleaned and
every way satisfactory. The stone,
brick and wooden crosswalks will have
to 20.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

Rural mail carriers without excep-
tion speak in highest praise of the new
method OF dragging the dirt roads
Wherever the roads are thus treated
the work in delivering the mail is
greatly facilitated.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

When the electric arc light was first
introduced it was assumed that for
municipal illumination the higher up
the lights were placed the better, and
the first arc lights were placed in lofty
towers. Experience proved this thing
all wrong, and now the lights are plac-
ed near the surface of the ground, near
to the people. This suggests that if
man desires to have his light shine
he will best succeed by not elevating it
too high.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

absndonmcns Of i!ic farms has como
about quito q roeorcstpg OF much Of
the country nnd with this an increase
of wild game II is said that large
number Of bears have been killed this
fall In that section, and they are near
ly always found in these old apple
orchards, bruin being very fond OF
apples.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

1t is getting to be snow time, and
one of the first duties Of good citizen
Is to see that his walks are kept free
from snow. If TOO busy TO do it him-
self, there are plenty of bright boys
who will be glad to earn dime or two
in this way. 1t is good idea to look
after the Widows sidewalk also
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

There is lots of farming done with
out any definite plan or purpose as a
guide. Men SOW or plant this crop or
that crop governed by some temporary
condition or whim, and the result is
that by so doing they are utterly pre-
vented from carrying out any desirable
system OF rotation of crops.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

snklv ev agent Of raiHtlps bis ndyov,
tiscment on tho barn ap disaguring tho
pasture lot with billboard proclaim,
ing the merit Of some brand Of cigar
or patent medicine. This Is n cheap
business, The whole country Is mar
red with this sort Of advertising. and
nowhere is 1t more out of place than
on our nice farms.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
After Him.

What has become of Mrs. Jones?"
"she just stepped outside to see a
man."
Indeed. Does her husband know
about it?"
You bet he doesn't. He is the man.
and If he knew 1t he would be n mile
away"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04

An acre of good blue grass pasture
will make SS worth of beef in a year.
As this return can he secured at the
nominal expense of sailing the stock
and looking after the fences, it makes
such land worth at least $100 per acre.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-04
THE RURAL MAIL SERVICE.

The rural route mail service, which
has been generally extended so as to
cover TIE entire agricultural territory
of the country, is being operated by the
government, rs shown by the official
report, at II loss to the government Of
about So, 100000, and this fact is draw
ing out some criticism as to whether 1t
is wise for the government to continue
4 service which from the nature Of
things can never be made self support
Ing. The government does so many
other things which do not pay that this
argument really possesses no merit.
The service as now given is of such
immeasurable benefit to the agricul-
tural interests of the country, has so re.
moved many of the objections to farm
life, that any attempt to cut out thi-
service would be met with the loudest
and most unanimous roar ever heard In
the country.