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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.

Some of the brightest and most sue
cessful men whom we know obtained
their early education at the district
schools in the country. 1t has always
been a mystery how it was that these
schools, often poorly taught and al
ways short on facilities and apparatus
and often slimly attended. somehow
seemed to lay better ereducational founda-
tions than many Of the more modern,
more largely attended and better
taught city schools. We are inclined
to think that the boy in attending the
getting very valuable education along
the line of hard work, self denial, train
Ing his powers of observation and learn
ing to reason from cause to effect.
There is much of benefit in an outdoor
education, far more than we usually
think. This sort Of training Is practi-
cally denied the city boy, WHO, finding
everything ready made to his hands,
does not develop that self reliance, that
inventive genius and that independent
habit of thinking which come as COM
pensations to the country boy for
what we call lack of opportunity. The
fact seems to be that the country boy,
given later on the advantages of the
modern city school, is almost invaria-
bly, able to hold his own and very often
frequently sulpasses his city taught
cOmrade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
HOSPITALITY.

We read much of the pleasant hospi-
tality of those who dwell in the south
land, and many are the references made
thereto by those who have Travelled
there. Yet 1t was but the other day
that we heard gentleman who had
been travelling through the north, and
whose own home was north of the Ma
son and Dixon line, say that hospitality
was lost art in America. We don't
believe him, yet can clearly see his
point of view when he tells us that at
many of the farm homes where he stop
ped for drink or perchance a meal,
while driving across country, his recep-
tion was far from cordial, entirely lack
ing in any show of good feeling Hos
pitality does not necessarily imply a
prodigal bestowal of meals and lodging
free of charge to any stranger who may
come along, but it does call for obedl-
ence to the common rules of courtesy.
the willingness to give one, whether
your neighbor or a stranger, a cordial
greeting and lend a helping hand in
case of need. Show us your hospitable
man and we will show you an opti-
mist, a broad minded citizen, good
neighbor. Show us home where the
spirit of hospitality prevails and we
will point out to you a happy family
and harmonious home circle. He who
will practice this virtue will find his
own reward--he will receive far more
than he can ever give.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
THE MANURE spREADER.

We have never come across a man
who used manure spreader who did
not rate it as one of the most valuable
tools on the farm. Some way manure
applied with the spreader always be-
comes q safe investment, bringing
quick and sure returns. In no way
does its beneficial use become more
apparent than when the cornfeld Is
given top dressing any time after 1t
is planted up to the time it is ten
inches high; this work done on the
places in the field where the soil Is a
little thin and again where the meadow
Is to be cut for hay top dressing Of
eight or ten loads an acre will produce
almost marvellous results. There are
some things which it is not best for
farmer to go into debt for under any
circumstances, but any man can well
afford to pay 10 per cent for money
with which to buy manure spreader
Then to think that all through the
great west there are no end of farms
where the owners are content with
thirty-fve bushels of corn to the acre
and right around their barns lie hun
dreds of loads Of the most valuable
fertilizer to be had, rotting and leach
ing in the sun and rains! Such men
do not appreciate their opportunities
and privileges. They might easily dOu-
BILE their corn crop by the exercise of
little enterprise, work and manure
Spreader
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
LIVE STOCK
MARKET REPORTS.

EAST BUFFALO-Cattle: Export. good
to choice. So 006t5 so; shipping steers,
81 25@4 10: butcher cattle, So 00M4 75;
heifers. SO 006l4 90; cows, 81 2543 6Oi
bulls, 80 2iG3 T5; mixers and sprinGers,
S25 OOa55 90 Sheep and Lambs Good to
choice yearlinRs. 81 OoM6 %; wethers.
IS SOFAS rs: mixed. So Jln5 10; ewes, IS 25
as 50 spring lambs. 81 O1g7 So Calves
Best. 81 5OaS 90. Hogs-lLeavies, IS 100
15: mediums. S. 10; Workers. S5 00@
O5; pigs, So 90; roughs, $4 OOq4 so.
CLEVELAND 49, Cattle: Steers. choice
fat 81 50M+ is; coarse and rough. SO %
"a 10: heifers. So 25u3 so; cows, 50 00@
IS; bulls, 81 50n2 49, mixers and
springers, $l5 0OQ50 90. Sheep and
Jambs-Good to choice lambs, 81 10. cull5.
ST. 0O66 so wethers. "a oO15 so; mixed,
81 50@5 %; ewes, 81 25@5 90. Calves
s. 90 down. Hogs-AIiNed weights, So 050
10; Workers.. 81 OO45 O5; medium heavy.
s5 10: pigs, So 90; stays and rouShs, 81 90
"a S5.
cHicAGO-Cattle: Common to prime
steers, SO 25aG 4O COWS 81 75M4 90;
bulls. 81 OO@4 %; stockers and feeders,
s. 1904 o. helfers, 81 5o15 co. Sheep
and Lambs Sheep, 81 0o@6 %; lambs,
81 25@T 50. Calves-S2 00M7 %. Hogs
Choice to prime heavy, ST 1905 Is; medi-
um to good heavy, 81 956l5 O5; light, So 10
6l5 Is good to choice heavy mixed, 81 30
90 O5; packing, 81 a0@5 o0. Wheat-No.
red SaM9lc Corn - No. 8, 46@i6hc.
Dats-No >, SO@3Ohc.
PiTTSBURG 49, Cattle: Choice, IS 25D
B So prime, $5 OOM5 20; tidy butchers
S4 1904 so: hciiers, 50 5O@3 so; COWS,
bulls and stags, 81 OO@3 50; fresh COWS,
S25 OO05O 90. Sheep and Lambs-Prime
wethcrs s. 25n5 80; mixed. 81 iO@5 90:
lambs, So O0G7 so. Calves-S6 OO4S 90.
Hogs-Prime heavy, s. COOS %: medi-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
A HOG MENAGERIE.

We noted in pasture the other day
a regular hog menagerie, about II hun
dred pigs which had been crossed and
recrossed until they We're sight to
behold There We're black hogs, white
hogs and red hogs white hogs with
black spots, black hogs with white
spots, red hogs with black spots and
black hogs with red spots which made
them look more like lot of guinea
pigs than anything else. Some men go
crazy upon this crossing business and
absolutely neutraliZe all the benefits to
be derived from the keeping of i'm
proved breeds of stock by their stupid
ity and lack of intelligence in mixing
breeds up. This thing always results
in one way, and that is in the degen-
Grafton of all breeds used and the Gre
alton of a lot of pedigreed scrubs. The
best way is to take one breed and stick
to it always, seeking to improve it by
the selection of the most perfect and
best bred breeding stock. One will see
this same thing in lots of poultry yards,
where Leghorn, Langshan, White Brah-
ma and Plymouth Rock have con-
Quoted cooperative society in the
production of the most ordinary and
Improbable kind of scrub fowl. 1t
does not matter much what breed of
animals or birds you may select if you
only keep them pure and strive to i'm
prove them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
CockLEsuas AND GRASS.

A friend who owns n farm of 500
acres which he is compelled to rent
finds that the careless farming done
by his tenant in the growing of corn
and crops Of small grain has filed the
farm full of cockleburs and wishes to
know what he had better do to get rid
of this pest. 1t cannot be done by any
method in any one year, for the ground
is probably so full of the seeds that
even If none were allowed to go to
seed from now on there would still! be
plenty on hand at the end of four
years. We think he will have to try
the grass cure for this pest-seed the
land down and either NOW it for hay
or pasture it for series of years BY
thus doing he will not only get rid of
the burs, but he will rest and very
greatly improve the fertility of his
farm. A farm in grass never grows
poorer; farm devoted to grain grow
ing by tenants is on the highroad to
impoverishment. Every quarter SEQ
tion farm In the west should carry not
less than forty acres of grass all the
time. Then the old man can leave a
decent piece of land for his son to
work
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

A very common mistake which we
notice all over the country is the eff
fort OF city councils TO start public
parks in sod ground. planting the
young trees in the tough sod. If it is
desired to lay out and secure public
park the first thing to do is to plow the
land deeply and thoroughly fertllise it;
then the trees may be planted, and for
two or three years the land should be
cleanly cultivated, after which it may
be seeded down. 1t is almost impos.
sible to make young trees even live
much less grow satisfactorily. when
sod bound. for the trees must make
roots before they can make tops
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
nnon .ninAnINa. MArrrR.

The value of lot Of good reading
matter in the farm home where there
are young folks, and even where there
are not, is almost impossible of proper
appreciation. Altogether too many
homes are filed up with literary trash
selected because it is cheap. If one can
find time for just ten minutes each day
and every day to come in touch with
the great minds and the best thought
Of the world. it exercises a most potent
and broadening influence; 1t does more
than this, for 1t will surely create an
appetite for the best things IN a liter
airy way, and an appetite for good
things in reading is just as mandatory
and exacting as depraved appetite
for the bad things There are but few
people, we care not what may be their
vocation, who could not il they would
spare Il few minutes each day for this
elevating work. One of the great privi-
leges of living in the twentieth century
lies in the easy access to all the best
thought of the master minds Of the
past. Any farmer with children in his
home who are possibly limited as to
educational advantages may easily
make this educational loss good by
seeing that his home is literally sup
piled with good reading matter-books.
magazines and newspapers-and it IL
just as much a duty to see that this is
done as it is to properly feed his stock
and harvest his crops. We have been
in many farm home where the read
ing matter included only mail order
shoddy story paper, a local paper and
half dozen cheap subscription books
of doubtful value. 10 try to raise a
boy or girl on such stuff is like trying
to raise a calf ON sour separator milk.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
rar coMrENsArInNs or MlSTE6.

TIE CONVERSATIONS or WINTER.
While northern winters bring severe
cold and deep SHOWS and are reckoned
by some people as serious drawback
to life in northern ATTITUDES, still the
winter brlr gs large compensatons.
For one thing, the soil of the north
country is securely locked up for
period of four months, during which
time there can be no depletion of fer
tllity by erosion. In the south country
the reverse is true, the ground not
freezing to any depth, the heavy rains
taking the place of the northern SHOWS.
All cultivated land is subjected to con-
tinuous loss by erosion during the win
ter Again, cold though the weather
may be in the north, travel Is not so
badly impeded by the SHOWS as it Is in
the south by the almost bottomless mud.
Then we notice that wherever there
are marked and radical changes in the
seasons and a wide thermometrlcal
range there is n certain type of alert
ness, ambition and energy character
izing the people which Is largely want
ing in regions of Il milder climate. 1t
comes this way: A man in the north
must work as hard as he can during
the summer in order to keep from
freezing and starving in winter, and
inasmuch as men do not like TO work
hard they will not do 1t unless com
PEELED to- Now, it is so ordered that
the harder man works the more of u
man he will be physically, morally and
intellectually, and thus it comes that
the cold winters of the north country
are really blessing in disguise.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

A prominent minister, field agent
for the Home Missionary society, told
us recently that agricultural prosperity
was not conducive to agricultural pi-
ETY. or scientific farming. He said that
the easier 1t was for man on farm
to make living the less he cared about
religion or the Improvement of his
farm methods. He cited the case
which came under his notice recently
where an elder Of country church.
the owner OF 500 acres of land and one
of the trustees of a country church
which had been literally aided In the
past from the funds of the Home Mis-
sionary society, subscribed the large
sum Of 10 cents toward helping the
good work along In other localities.
The elder gave as his excuse that he
was in debt, and upon inquiry our
friend found that the debt was created
by the purchase Of another eighty
acres of land.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

We are wont to associate the idea Of
education with schools, colleges, pro-
fessors, teachers and text books but
really very large part of the most
valuable education attainable is ~ be
obtained entirely outside of such in
strumentalities. The education which
one obtains as result of observation,
by keeping the eyes and ears open, by
the reading of newspapers and books,
the reasoning from cause to effect, Is
of itself an education of the highest
type. Perhaps one fault of our mod
ern methods of education lies in the
fact that this last mentioned training
Is too much ignored.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

We made test few years ago to
see If small potatoes used for seed
would produce as good crop as where
large ones We're used. We found out
that the old saying is true-that as Il
man sows so shall he reap We plant
ed small potatoes and goy snail pota-
toes. No lesson needs learning more
thoroughly than this-that the crop is
very largely dependent upon the seed,
whether it be potatoes or any other
crop.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

We notice that most of the special
lists who go into the squab raising
business soon give it up. 1t seems to
be one of those things which figure out
well on paper, but rarely pan out div
idends.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

pure food laws should include as open
to suspicion those ancient specimens of
hen fruit which, born in April, masquer-
ade in December as strictly fresh laid
country eggs, and with them might be
well included that spring made butter
which is served up after a six months
probation in cold storage as fresh extra
creamery stock.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

come across lately was the case of a
prominent breeder of Jersey Red hogs.
He had some pedigreed nogs of this
breed on exhibition at Il state fair and
some Jealous rival made the discovery
that red paint had been literally used
to cover up some color defects in the
animals. 1t is needless to say that this
breeder will never hear the last of this.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

We have more respect for lady who
can concoct savory soup than we
have for one who can play fandango
OH the guitar. Music is all right, but
while it may soothe II savage man 1t
will never act as a pacifier for hun
glI one.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The bee men furnish the best of sci
entific Testimony that such a product
as artificial comb honey is an impossi-
billty, the bee alone possessing the
power to cap the cells. The adulter-
ated honey could be made. the artificial
comb can be made, but the combina-
tion cannot be accomplished.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

This is the season Of the year when
the hired man gets his fingers trimmed
up in good shape with the corn shelter
and shredder. Some men are totally
unfit to have anything to do with ma
chnery. being either so careless or so
foolhardy that it is wonder that they
are not all killed off.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

Alfalfa and corn make a perfect COM
bination and Il perfectly balanced ra-
ton. Only small part of the country
is able to successfully grow both of
these crops 1t is more successfully
done in the states of Kansas and Ne
braska than anywhere else.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The Pacific coast will send to eastern
markets 10000 carloads of citrus
fruits this year and probably with
more profit to the grower than last
Vnar
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

whom we know got his start twenty
five years agOoas result of his father
giving him calf. 1t is proper to note
here that when the calf grew into fat
steer the old man did not sell it and
pocket the money. A good many gen
erous fathers do things this way, and
their sons do not grow up to be success
full stock men. There ought to be law
to give boys their rights in matters Of
this sort.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

One successful hog raiser plants a
field of sweet corn in rows five feet
apart and row of pumpkins in be-
tween. When the pumpkins begin to
ripen he turns his hogs in the field and
lets them harvest the crop, which they
do in fine shape to their profit and his.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The cut over jack pine sections OF the
north country are not apt to prove q
very good investment for the farmer.
The soil is almost always very thin
and sandy and about two decent crops
are its limit,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

AS meat proposition for the aver
age farm there is nothing which beats
the 1,500 pound draft colt, which sells
for 10 cents Il pound. 1t brings twice
as much as the three-year-old steer
and costs but little more to produce.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

A German farmer living in the west
gets thousand dollar draft for every
child born in his family from his rich
father in the old country" 1t looks as
though he were trying to bankrupt the
old man, for he has had twelve remit
tances in fifteen years.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The central west is in a general way
not good fruit section. Extremes of
temperature often defeat the best eff
forts of the horticulturist. If one
would go where climatic conditions are
kind and favorable he must seek the
pacifc cOaSt.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

1t is little short of cruelty to keep a
work team of horses standing unem-
ployed on a hard barn floor for long
periods during the winter. While the
horses may not look quite so slick if
turned out into the yard every day, it
will be vastly more conducive to their
general health so to do.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The yellow refrigerator car which is
so common II sight on nll our railroads
represents one Of The greatest eco
nomic changes which ever cgme to the
country and at the same time repre-
sents the concrete economic rascality
the wealth and greed of the trusts and
the financial hides of the little ship
perS.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

A first cross between the Duroc-Jer-
sey and the Poland-China hog gives
very satisfactory results, but when this
cross product is used for breeding pur
poses nothing but trouble results.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25
Tho Power of His Eye.

1t is told OF Van Amburgh, the
great lion t,:ncr, that on one occa-
sion while in d Darroom he was ask
ed how he gained his wonderful
power over animals. He said
at is by showing them that Pm
not in the least afraid of them and
BY keeping my eye steadily on theirs.
III give you an example of the pow
er OF my eye
Pointing to a loutsh fellow who
was sitting near by, he said:
"Iou see that fellow? He's a
clown. Iii make him come across
the room to me, and | won't say a
word to him"
Sitting down, he fixed his keen,
steady eye on the man. Presently
the fellow Strengthened himself up,
rose from his seat and came slowly
across to the lion tanner. When he
was close enough he drew back his
arm and struck Van Amburgh a ire
mendous blow under the chin,
knocking him clean over the chair,
with the remark, you'll stare at
me like that again, won't you?"-
London Standard.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

A few women can make good crust
for a custard or pumpkin pie which is
palatable nnd digestible, but many
cannot. These last should make the
crust and bake it before putting In the
filling.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The up to date cook will learn how
best to prepare the low priced cuts Of
meat. Ten pounds of beef can be
be bought for $50. ana the fifty cent
lot of meat will contain just as much
nutrition and may be made just as pal
atable If the cook only knows beans,
but most cooks don't
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

There will be but little Improvement
In agricultural methods the country
over until in some way the one year
renter is disposed of, From the very
nature of things his methods and prac-
ticeS place Il ban on all good farming.
Being here today and gone tomorrow,
he can play nothing but Il skin game,
and he always docs it to finish.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The beet sugar business is developing
rapidly through the irrigated sections
OF the west but is not meeting with
much success where it comes into com
petition with corn. cattle and hogs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

The fact seems to be established be-
yond controversy that the corn crop
nine years ont of ten will be better
one and mature ut least ten days earli-
er IL planted on fall plowing rather
than OIL spring plowing.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

Some men claim that four quarts Of
clover seed is ample seed for an acre
of land. 1t might be if it could be
sown exactly right, but with our usual
methods of sowing it is not Many
clover raisers lose half the value of the
clover rotation by scrimping on seed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

New York market is in daily receipt
OF potatoes grown in Germany. 1t
looks queer that this country some way
cannot grow its own potatoes,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

Where the large dent varieties of
corn are grown it quite often happens
that the cribs will he empty along in
August when a supply of corn is need
ed to finish off lot Of hogs. We have
a friend who cleverly provides against
this contingency. He plants few
acres of the early Yankee corn as early
in the spring as he can and has this
crop all ripe by the fore part of August,
just when he needs it, nearly two
months in advance of the maturing Of
bis field crop. This plan is well worth
trying.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

An eastern farmer will pay a dollar
load for manure and haul 1t ten or
known men to move their barns to
get rid of the accumulation Of fertilizer
and in one case TO clean up feed
yard with a four horse scraper and
dump the scrapings into the creek near
by 10 be washed away.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

We are all aware that there has been
OF late very marked advance in the
price of leather. The hide of beef
critter is worth more than twice as
much today as it was four years ago
A reason for this is to be found in the
great demand made upon the leather
supply by the automobile trade of the
country and the further fact that Amer
lea is now not only producing shoes for
our own people, but is capturing the
markets of the world. The hide of the
old Gamer is now worth as much as
the meat
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1906-01-25

growing in the five states of Colorado
Utah, California, Idaho and Washing
ton, and the acreage is increasing
greatly each year. 1t is good for four
crops Il year in all these states and in
some of them for six. In connection
with the irrigation projects it is prov
ing the most valuable of any crop
which can be raised.