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Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16
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KILLING FEVER TICKS.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

To stamp out Texas cattle fever.
This is the hope of the Department OF
Agriculture. The Department has been
working on the problem for some
time, and it has almost been proved
to the satisfaction of officials that the
tick which causes the fever can be
eradicated from pasture simply by
keeping cattle out of that pasture. The
tick is not herbivorous insect, and
it will die out if the pasture is kept
free of cattle 1t is believed that If
one pasture on farm is always kept
free of cattle over what might be
termed the life period of the tick, 1t
will furnish perfectly safe pasturage
for uninfected animals in case fever
breaks out in the rest of the herd.
OF course, the Department of Agri-
culture has no right to go into State
and enforce the free pasturage policy,
and the matter cannot be, or at least is
not, always dealt with satisfactorily
by State officials. But in cases where
the Department is officially invited to
come into a State and take charge of
cleaning it up, it is quite ready to do
so. Tentative arrangements have al
ready been made for this work with
the authorities in some States, and it
is believed that it will be quite pos
sible to stamp out the fever and al
low the free interstate transportation
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

front of which and facing 1t, May sat
I was just then acting as engineer
and fireman, and as l happened to
look in their direction, to my horror,
saw an immense rattler, coiled within
foot or less of Mays back, his body
swaying to and fro, and his angry eyes
shining like sparks of fire. l was lit
orally paralyzed with terror, for
though but twenty feet away, it seemed
as if the blow would be struck be-
fore I could take even the first step.
Motz must have seen the snake at the
same moment, for I heard his voice
clear and sharp above the roar of all
the machinery, MAY, there's rattle
snake that will strike if you move; sit
perfectly STILL AS he spoke he
grabbed from beam the bull whip,
which we used for our OK team, and
with the slightest movement of his
powerful wrist snapped it at the rep
tile, as If striking at fly. I remem-
Der thought what a fool action that
was, why didn't he dash forward and
at least attract its attention! But l
looked again and the body lay quiv-
ering and twisting, but with broken
neck.
Pretty close call, May" he said
cheerily, but its easy when you know
the trick"
May had been perfectly cool and
obedient till the danger was past. and
then, womanlike, she quietly swooned
away. and for day or two we did our
own cooking.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

annually would be $27, by each head OF
cattle $40, by each hog s12 and by
each sheep 81. The fertilizing value
of all the manure produced would,
therefore, be for horses, $459, 000, 900;
cattle, $1,159.000; hogs, 1864, 000, 900 !;
and sheep, $90,000,000, or q total Of
$2,272. 900 900.
These estimates are based on the
values usually assigned to phosphoric
acid, potash and nitrogen in CONNER
cial fertilizers, and are possibly some
what too high from practical stand
point. On the other hand, no account
is here taken of the value of manure
for improving the mechanical condi.
ton and drainage of soils which is
almost as important consideration
as its direct fertilizing value. 1t is
generally conceded that at least one
third of the value of manure is lost by
present wasteful management or a
total loss to the country of over
s75O,000,000.
Return Full Value to the Soil.
If a farmer desires to maintain the
productiveness of his land. it is es-
sential that the amount of potash,
phosphoric acid and nitrogen removed
through the selling of meat, milk,
grain, hay, fruits, vegetables, etc.,
should be restored through an intel
ligent conservation of the barnyard
manure.
1t seems to be a hard matter to in
duce the average farmer to abandon
the tims-honored practice Of piling
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16
The Manure Pit.

Where is the wise farmer who would
sell to his neighbor load of his finest
corn or load of some green crop for
a dollar bill, Yet there are thousands
of agriculturists all over the country
who are doing practically this very
thing when they dispose of their barn
yard manure for 81 a load. Others
are wasting the most valuable constitu-
ents of the manure they save. The
manure produced on the farm is its
most valuable asset.
There are in the United States, in
round numbers. 100000 horses, 61,-
10000 cattle, 100000 hogs and 49,
100000 sheep. Experiments have
shown that if these animals were kept
in stalls or pens throughout the year
and the manure, both liquid and solid,
carefully saved, the approximate value
of the manure produced by each horse
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16
THE WASTE OF BARNARD MANURE.

out evenly over these yards, covered
with coarse litter, and the whole kept
firmly packed by allowing animals to
run over it, thus preventing injurious
fermentation.
To Save All the Fertility.
A more elaborate and expensive
style of covered yard, plan for which
is furnished by the Department of
Agriculture, provides not only for the
required protection of both animals
and manure, but also affords an ex-
cellent grain chamber where feed can
be stored for convenient use. Under
the side roofs is also afforded a chance
for the storing of small tools and a
great variety Of articles that are con-
tinually in the way when lying about
the farm buildings. 1t also provides
splendid protection to animals when
housed at night during the summer,
this roof protecting them from heavy
showers in the night and affording
good chance for exercise in the win
ter, as all the sides, except that
against cold winds through tempo
rary boarding.
Many stables are so situated that
by adding cheap lean-to, manure
'pit" is easily produced. The out
side boarding of the lean-to should
be, for a part of the way at least, put
horizontally and hung in the form Of
fiat doors, so that the manure can be
easily loaded on a wagon standing on
the outside of the building.
A great number of farmers who have
adopted manure sheds and covered
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16
RatLIeSnake Den.

We were numbering in central Penn
sylvania during the summer of 1870,
our portable steam mill standing in
a piece of woodland, near small
stream and within a short half mile
snake Den"
During the hot days, rattlers were
constantly met, and Harry" who
drove the daily stage through the MAR
rows" had won quite a local reputa-
ton from having killed more than a
score since the melting of the SHOWS
The pretty young wife of our en-
gineer had charge of the boarding
house, and after the noon meal was
served, the dishes cleared away and
the house put in order, she was &C
customed to bring her sewing into the
shade near our Planer, which was the
cleanest and coolest part of the mill,
and sit for an hour or two before COM
mencing the preparation of the sup
per.
She was sweet, attractive sight
that hot afternoon of which / speak,
her beautiful arms and neck rival
ling the wilderness of her simple frock,
the only female in our camp of rough,
brawny men, but one whom any Of
us would have defended from all harm
at any risk.
Some of the men were rolling up
the logs on the skid. some saving them
into boards, others carrying the boards
to the yard, while my partner, Manuel
Motz, was personally tending to the
more skillful work at the planer, in
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

yards have obtained unsatisfactory re.
suits, but the Department of Agricul
ture believes that this is probably due
to the fact that these structures have
generally been loosely put together,
allowing free circulation of air,
which has dried out the manure. On
this account barn cellars, so common
in New England, possess decided ad-
vantages as receptacles for manure.
The common practice of allowing
swine to work over" the manure in
these cellars is a wise one, since it
mixes the manure and keeps it well
packed and moist In fact, if these
cellars are provided with impervious
bottoms to hold the liquid manure.
this system of storage is probably the
most perfect practiced.
Manure the Best Fertilizer.
Barnyard manure is the most ef.
fective means at the disposal of the
average farmer to permanently i'm
prove his soil. No other fertilizer pos
sesses to so great degree the power
OF restoring worn out soils to produc-
tiveness and giving them lasting fer
tility. 1t provides actual fertilizing
constituents; it improves the physical
properties Of the soil. increasing the
amount of humus, which is generally
deficient in worn soils, lettering its
texture and increasing its waterfall
sorbing and water-holding power. Elk
periments have shown that the influ-
ence of manure may be perceptible
twenty years after application. It d.
rectly represents fertility drawn from
the soil and must be returned to 1t
il productiveness is to be maintained.
In many cases it has been demon.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

into practice the new idea that the
manure should be as carefully pre-
served from unnecessary loss, as
should any other farm product, after
he has for twenty years stored the
farmyard manure under the caves upon
the slope which forms one border OF
the running brook.
Experiments made by various Gov
eminent experiment stations show that
the construction of sheds or covered
yards for the protection of manure is
well worth while. The manure from
the horse and cattle stables and the
sheep and calf pens should be spread
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

strated that the value Of the manure
obtained in cattle feeding represents
largely, if not entirely, the profit of
feeding. There are sound, scientific
reasons for the high esteem in which
farm manure is held. 1t contains all
the fertilizing elements required by
plants in quickly available forms that
insure plentiful crops and permanent
fertility. 1t supplies nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid and potash, and it also rem
ders the stored-up materials of the
soil more available, makes it more fri
able and warmer, and enables it to
retain more moisture.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

that they will produce a fever-resisting
strain that will be a valuable acquisi-
ton to the cattle men of the South
west.
These two experiments of Uncle
Sans farm department hold out a
promise of very great Importance to
the livestock industry, and conse-
quently to all meat consumers.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16
TYPICAL CROP WHERE MANURE IS WASTED

manure in the open air, exposing it to
teaching by rains and fermentation by
hot midsummer suns, and adopt ra-
tional scientific methods He also hesi-
tates to incur the necessary expense
of building suitable receptacles for the
storage Of manure, frequently assum-
ing that this expense is greater than
it really is. Manure is considered a
waste and 1t is hard for him to put
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16
RYE GROWN ON WELL MANFRED LAND.

examined before they are shipped. and
then quarantined on one of the small
islands of the gulf coast till it Is de-
termined that there is no danger of
their bringing into this country some
strange bovine affiiction even worse
perhaps than Texas fever.
After the animals have been thor
oughly proven, they will be introduced
among the Texas herds, and it is hoped
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1906-03-16

Automobiles are now running a mile
In less than half minute, and two
miles in one minute.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-03
Always Staunch
And True

The Denver Republican has al
ways avoided the fallacies and
knaveries of yellow journalism,
and its steadily increasing Circula-
ton proves conclusively that its
policy of telling the plain Truth
without exaggeration or misrepre-
sentation, standing fast for the
Right, is heartily approved with
growing force by the intelligent
Public to which it appeals.
To read it is liberal Education,
and the citizen who goes without
it does a positive harm to himself,
to his family, and to the commu-
nifty.
In no other way can the invest
nent Of 2H cents per day
for that is all The Republican
costs any subscriber-bring such
rich results in that knowledge
which is both Power and Pleasure.
Information, instruction and en-
tertainment fill its columns and it
leaves a good taste in the mouth
Of the reader.
1t stands for Law and Order in
the State-for Peace, Prosperity
and Happiness in the Home.
s1f you are not already enrolled
among its splendid list of Patrons
send on your subscription and give
it fair trial at rs cents per month
for Daily and Sunday.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-03
PALMER BETTER.
BULLETIN ANNOUNCES DECIDED
IMPROVEMENT.
SCHOOL cHILDREN's GIFT

Five Thousand Pupils in Colorado
Springs Schools Each Give One Cent
for Floral Offering to General w. J.
Palmer.
Colorado Springs.-The physicians
in charge of Gen. w. ]. Palmer at IL
o'clock tonight gave out the following
bulletin:
General Palmer improved in all
particulars. He has made a decided
gain in voluntary control"
Every one of the 5000 school chill
dren in Colorado Springs this after
noon donated 1 cent toward the pur-
chase Of a number OF beautiful floral
offerings, which. were sent to General
Palmer's residence at Glen Eyrie this
evening. No movement of the kind
was ever known in the history of the
city wherein each pupil in all the pub
lie schools participated.
The suggestion came from Superin-
tendent John Dietrich, and met with
a spontaneous response on the part OF
the pupils. The flowers consisted OF
chrysanthemums, roses and carna-
tions. The gift is especially appropri-
ate in view of the fact that General
Palmer's wife, now deceased, was the
first school teacher in this city. She
established a school in 1871, shortly
after the townsite of Colorado Springs
was laid out by General Palmer, and
long before the organization of a city
school system.
The following note accompanied the
flowers:
/. please accept this floral offering
from the boys and girls of the schools
of Colorado Springs. Permit them all
! to convey to you, in some degree, the
esteem in which you are held in the
hearts and minds of the children OF
our public schools 1t is with deep re-
gret that we have learned of the sad
accident which has befallen you. We
wish for your speedy recovery, and
trust that, in the wisdom of wise
Father, the life of one who has al
ways been SO unassumingly thought
ful of the interests of the individual
as well as of the community at large
may be spared for many years te
come"
The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-03
CHASING iNDiANS.
Soldiers Have Lively Time With Utes
In Wyoming.

In Wyoming.
Sheridan, Wyo.-Soldiers of the
Tenth cavalry. and a band of Utes en-
gagged in a struggle Wednesday over
the possession of a band of Indian
ponies. A troop of cavalry attempted
to capture fifty Indian ponies which
were in care of five herders. AS the
soldiers approached, the herders fled.
but while the soldiers were driving off
the ponies, a band of 100 Utes ap-
ponies. The yells of the savages STAN
peded the ponies and the entire bunch
was taken from the soldiers.
AS the Indians drove them away the
troopers fired voiley at the ponies,
killing five. II is said to be the inten-
tion of the military to attempt to I'M
horse the Utes by capturing or killing
their ponies.
Another troop of the Tenth encoun
tered ten Crows under Chief Sweet
Mouth, accompanied by II small num-
ber of Cheyennes. These were turned
toward the Crow agency. as they prom
listed peaceful hunting trip
Trainmen entering Sheridan tell of
seeing band of 100 Sioux marching
this way along the railroad, but this is
not believed.
A squad of the Tenth cavalry to-da,
fell in with band of cheyenne In
dans who. en- representation that
they were hunting, were allowed to go
in peace.
Settlers charge that Indian guides
employed by the federal troops are act
ing treacherously and leading the
troops on false trails TO keep the sol
diers from oyertaking the Utes.
The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-03
EDUCATION BILL.
British House of Lords Tearing II
Into Pieces.

INTO Pieces.
London.-The House of Lords con.
tinues to make far-reaching changes
in the education bill and in liberal
circles the opinion is expressed that
IL the opposition continues in it's pres
ent spirit the bill hardly will be recog-
nized when 1t returns to the House of
Commons. Clause two, of the bill, was
completed Wednesday,, after radical
alterations. mostly by the large oppo.
sition majorities.
There is a distinct atmosphere OF
tension in the upper house.
The sittings now present brilliant
and imposing spectacle, and the House
of Lords is SO crowded that members
of the opposition occupy a consider
able portion of the government seats
and the peeresses throng their special
galleries. A number of peers who
have not been seen in the house for
many years are now regular attend
ants.
Il apparently has been determined
that the ministry will not tamely SAP
nit to the lords. This metamorphosis
was indicated by the president of the
Board of Trade, Lloyd-George, who.
speaking at Spalding Wednesday. de-
ciared that the word of ''re-editing'
the bill would terminate in way prob
ably far from agreeable to the House
of Commons. A majority of the peers
were endeavoring to establish the
principle of compulsory religion, to
which the country would not submit.
II was absolutely intolerable, said
Mr.. Lloyd-George, that the House of
Loros should override the decisions OF
the people at the last election, and the
government was determined 10 perse.
we're with the bill. The people had
outgrown the old system of cate
chisms and the old teachings that they
were to be humble and lowly before
their betters. They would no longer
be content, the president of the Board
OF Trade said, in conclusion, with les.
sons in class humility.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-18
HoWENsTEIN.

Howenstein, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Martha
steinmetz is improving nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bierly, Of Mineral
City, visited here Sunday.
u, r. Carson and wife are visiting
in Harrison County, o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-18
HIS LOVE OF HOME.

William Mckinley loved his home
and cherished his friends. There is a
closer tie between the dwellers in the
smaller communities than is possible
in the rush and diversity OF interest
and attraction in large cities. The
good old-fashioned word "neighbor''
means much TO those who depend upon
one another closely in the daily walk
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
sPoTTERs
Believed to Be at Work On the Stark
Electric.

Believed to Be at Work On the Stark
Electric.
For two days it has been known
that spoilers have been riding on the
Stark Electric.
Who they are or where they came
from or who put them there is not
known, but they certainly were moi
experts at their work. No sooner
had they begun than 1t was passed
along the line and everybody got
next. One of them. with his count
er in his hand could not keep tally
without moving his lips in the count
and this amused even the passengers
The various crews are not alarmed al
the appearance of spotter and rather
welcome him. They court investiga
tion. 1t can do no harm-Alliance
Review
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
AFTER THREE TRIALS
Jury Brought in Verdict Saturday in
RepIevin Case.

In the case of Mary M. Oliver
against M. Bar Dorrence, which was
on trial before Judge Harter and a
jury for number of days last week,
the jury returned their verdict Sat
urday morning, finding that the lum-
Der belonged to the plaintiff and was
wrongfully detained by the defendant
but awarded the defendant S227.50
which they found was due him for
saving the lumber. The action was
one in replevin wherein the plaintiff
claimed the defendant wrongfully de-
tanned her property. This was the
third time the case was tried, the YER
diets before were set aside by the
court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03

Washington, July Toledo, Co
lumbus and Marietta recovered in con-
ference the full amount allowed them
by the house in the public building
bill. But the palm for clever work
in this connection belongs equally to
Representative James Kennedy and
to Representative B. G. Dawes.
The house committee refused the re-
quest of Kennedy for a 100000 ap-
preparation at East Liverpool. He said
nothing, but laid prompt, quiet siegs
to the senate committee. Most of the
Ohio members who got anything in the
house bill promised themselves and
their constituents to increase the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
NOT SATISFIED
James Warwick Thinks the $4,000 Yer.
dict Against Railroad EomJ
pany Is Too Small.

The defendant. James Warwick, is
not satisfied with the verdict of the
jury in granting him over $4,000 for
damages to his premises because of
the proposed construction of the Su-
gar Creek and Northern railroad
through his premises and has filed a
motion for new trial. The case was
on trial about all of last week in pro-
bate court. Judge Bow says the War
wick motion will be taken up after
the trial of the case instituted by the.
same railroad company for strip of
land through the premises of Jere-
miah Seese, which will begin in his
court today.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
TAPPED PORK BARREL
congressman Kennedy and Dawes Show TIN
Others How to Do It,

amount in the senate. Southard want
ed 100000 more for Toledo and wa
sure he would get It, Kennedy alone
said nothing. but he did the worR
When the senate bill was reported ht
had his money for East Liverpool.
Dawes is C hero of this game be
cause he secured 100000 to purchase
a site and complete building at Ma
rietta. Now that he has the money
it develops that Marietta has site
set aside when the town was founded,
but never used. Marietta will get a
100000 building where it was intend
ed she should have one costing about
$4,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
WILL GET EVEN
Baseball Teams Stopped from Sunday
Ball Playing viii Prevent Church
People from Charging Ad-
mission to Campmeet-
ing on Sunday.

Salem. o., July 1.-Alliance am
Sebring baseball fans promise to raise
trouble for the Sebring Campmeetine
association in July when the annual
two weeks campmeeting is opened a
the Quaker Hill ground near Sebring
Recently the Sebring Law and Order
league, composed largely of members
of the campmeeting association, stop
ped Sunday baseball at the Lake Park
grounds. near Sebring, where admis-
sion was charged. The association has
announced its intention of charging an
admission of rs cents to the campmeet-
ing grounds on Sundays, and the base
ball management have an attorney
looking the matter up, and, if sustain
ed by law, will bring injunction pro-
ceedings as move of retaliation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-07-03
AN EXHIBITION
Showing the Progress of the Pupils
of ST. Peters School.

An exhibition, showing the progress
of the pupils of st. Peters school was
held in ST. Cecilia hall Sunday, for
the parents and friends.
This is yearly custom which gives
the parents an opportunity to, see just
what progress their children are max
ing. in comparison with the others.
The schools are taught by the Notre
Dame sisters and exhibits, especially
in drawing and penmanship are above
the ordinary and credit to the in
structors.