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The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
DOG PINED FOR MASTER

was in the hands of strangers. He
took up the scent at the farm and fol.
lowed my footsteps to the railroad sta,
tion. There he waited for me for
three weeks, taking but little nourish.
Inent.
THE station agent, knowing the dog
and knowing me. wrote to me, describ.
ing the dogs actions. about the end
of the second week Immediately
eft Denver for Virginia and did not
rest easy until arrived at the sta.
ton, where the dog awaited me.
There never was dog more glad.
he jumped and frolicked. despite the
fact that he was lean for the want OF
nourishment. Selling my trouser legs,
he dragged me in the direction of the
old farm. He would run short dis.
tance toward the farm. and then re.
turn to me. He could not understand
Why | would not go home. He is con.
tented here. believe. and his devo
ton has made such an impression on
me that | have never been away from
him since"
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Oats Injured by Rust.

In this vicinity about 40 per cent OF
all the plowed land is in oats. This
makes it very important crop with
us. We have had considerable trouble
from rust and | think the losses have
been considerable. But as yet the far
mers are doing nothing to check the
spread of this fungus. We SOW our
oats in spring as soon as the frost is
out of the ground. About the only
preparation the land receives is one
discing. The oat straw is mostly fed
on the farms, but of course much of it
goes into bedding. The great obstacle
in this locality to the successful pro.
duction of oats is rust | do not think
we can greatly increase the yield here
unless We first treat the oats SO that
the product will be free from rust.-O.
]. Wagner, Livingstone County, Ill.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
ACTOR DROVE A BARGAIN

time and we were travelling in his pri.
vate car. Getting tired of the argu.
ment between the actor and the In
dian. | went into the car.
Il had not been there long when the
colored cook came in and said that a
ge'mman' in the last car wanted to
pass through our car for a joke. 1t
was dull and my employer and | said
Sure in one breath.
Result. Well. Lackaye went
through our car and into the first car
o: the train, where he made friends
with an immigrant just over, borrowed
his striped flannel jacket and cloth
cap and would have taken his blonde
hair if it would have come off and left
his Broadway garments as security.
Then he went out on the platform
and just as the train was about to
start he bought that polished s26 buf.
falo chair for 1923 from the unsus.
rccting Sioux. He is a good actor all
right
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Ashes for Orchards,

see quite little discussion IN the
papers about ashes as a fertilizer ana
Nits good effects in an orchard. wouIu
IKE TO encourage others to use all thes.
can get of them, as my experience
with them in my orchard has caused
me TO prize them very highly, and l
buy all / can find in our village; but
so few burn wood now it is hard TO
get supply. | give 25 cents barrel
and furnish the barrel for them. My
hrst experience was about twenty
years ago, | had some old snow apple
trees that seemed most dead, there
were so many dead limbs on them Il
came very near grubbing them out.
would have done so except they were
near my bees and they usually light
in them and / did not mind cutting
limbs off of them. was burning brush
one winter, cleaning up my timber aid
made lots of ashes, and | hauled for
wagon loads and spread them thi2k
under those trees Such change as
there was in those trees and fruit. TIE
fruit seemed to take on new grow III
and colored up. 1t seemed to me much
better. at least they took many first
premiums at our county and site
fairs. They are alive and bearing nee
fruit yet, and they get occasionally
some ashes, and the balance of my
.rees get all | can buy. | was back
in York state few years ago snd
visited one of the finest orchards in
that state. | was informed that the
owner bought ashes by the ton and
sowed them in his orchard; they carle
from Canada the ashes How tley
get such a supply there. can't tell,
but they ship carloads.
l think asnes will supply what is
lacking in our soil, especially in an
old orchard to great extent. A
young orchard seems to have a SUI III
cient supply for few years. 1t seems
after few years the trees use up lae
supply of potash, which ashes will re-
PLACES. G. Soverhill. Bureau Co.. H..
in Farmers Review.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Cost of rransoortino Eouls

Late in the fall or early in the
winter Is the best time for the farmer
to buy poultry to replenish his stock
or to give him a high quality of
breeders. These should be mated early
in February. | think 1t Is better for
him to buy male birds, but he can do
much by buying both kinds. He need
rot be afraid to buy birds at con
siderable distance from him, as they
can be shipped long distances without
deterioration. The cost of shipping
birds is not great when we consider
the bulk of the bird and the trouble
any living thing is to the transporta-
ton companies. | shipped one bird
to Cripple Creek, Col, for SIPS, cost
of transportation. On one shipped to
Los Angeles the cost of Transportation
was $1.50. | have shipped several to
Kansas at the rate of 50 cents each.
| find that birds can be shipped in
winter without being in danger OF
taking cold, If they are boxed right.
Whether the birds are taken care of
on the railroads is thing we cannot
know, as that depends on the en-
ployes. Some are careful of such
things and some are not. Some farm.
ers are afraid to buy from fiocks at
distance because they are afraid of
roup and other contagious diseases.
can only say to that. that II is neces.
sary to deal with reputable dealer.
and that Is true whether he lives near.
by or far away. The only way that a
farmer can know that he is getting
good birds and not scrubs when he
buys poultry is to educate himself
along the line Of poultry. judging all
he buys by a book called the Ameri
can Standard of Perfection, which de.
scribes all the classes of poultry now
in general use, with the exception of
a few breeds brought out recently,
which the American Association of
Poultry Raisers do not yet admit as
standard breeds. II man pays for a
first-class bird and when 1t arrives
finds it is not what he paid for, the
remedy is for him to ship it back at
once.-Marcian p. Seavey, Cook Co.
vi
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Feeding for Milk.

Taking 1t for granted that the dairy
man has warm and comfortable win
ter quarters for his milch cows, n
good flow of milk is readily produced
with proper feed and management II
the farmer has corn silage. he is able
to put up the best and cheapest dairy
ration obtainabie. We feed cows on
full flow of milk from 20 to 20 pounds
of silage twice n day, morning and
night. AT noon, bright. clean clover or
millet hay is given, in such quantities
as will be eaten up clean. About three
pounds of bran is given with silaEe
to those on full flow of milk, while
others receive proportionately less.
The feeder must constantly watch his
animals, as to how they respond to
liberal feeding, and vary his methods
with different animals. With silage
that has an abundance of corn in II
there Is no need of feeding ground
corn.
Salt the COWS about every other
day. giving a small handful on feed.
This will keep their bowels open and
prevent disorders of the digestive
organs. which occur quite frequently
with animals highly fed. Where no
silage is obtainab.e, n good flow can
be maintained by feeding good clover
or nillet hay in the morning and
bright shredded corn fodder at night
For the grain ration, feed about four
pounds of bran and two pounds OF
corn-meal. or four pounds of corn and
cob-meal, twice day. Although not
as good as the silage ration, STILL in
the absence of a silo, it will prove
very satisfactory. Feed. water and
milk the cows regularly; see to their
every comfort. treat them kindly at
milking time, and rest assured thai
you Will receive your reward in a
good flow of milk.-H. Pfaender,
Brown Co, Mimi. in Farmers Re.
view.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
FEEDING Farm Horses.

L. A. Merrill. Utah. speaking to a con.
course of farmers. said the amount of
hay fed on the ordinary farm may be
greatly reduced, so far as horses are
concerned. This, he said, would he a
saving to the farmers and would re
suit in reducing the digestive disor.
ders to which the horses are subject
Horses should receive most of the hay
at night. very little in the morning
I'D none at all for the noon meal
Always water before feeding. Oats
make the best grain feed for horses
but these can be replaced by bran or
shorts or supplemented by the use of
corn. Carrots and sugar-beet pulp
have a marked beneficial effect in
horse feeding, serving as a laxative
and tonic, as we'll as enabling the
horse to digest the hay and grain more
effectively. Horses may eat as much
a. 20 pounds of sugar beet PULP di..y.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

For weeks Shep. blooded Scotch
collie dog, waited at lonely station
in Augusta County, Va, for the re-
turn of his absent master, says the
Denver Republican. The master. c.
r Dorian of West Eighth avenue, Den.
yer, when he heard that his devoted
pet was homeless. took railroad trip
TO Virginia TO get possession of the
dog and bring him to Colorado. The
two have never been separated since.
Dorian was at the Union depot last
light, waiting for train to take him
to South Platte, Neb., where he is to
do some contract work for the Union
Pacific railroad With him was the
dog Shep.
Mr.. Dorian patted the dog as he told
the following story:
Il left Augusta county. Va. where
had farm. several months ago. 1
gave Shep 10 a ueighbor. believing
that he would be better off than with
me. Shortly after | left he broke his
chain and returned to my farm, which
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

of this, however. could only be ascer-
tanned at the cost. we fear, of the
creatures life. for its armor-like shell
would make an investigation of its
internal economy hazardous, if not
impossible. The animal appears to be
about four months old. and measures
some two by one and three quarter
inches, the shell being possibly a trifie
larger than would ordinarily be the
case. The two heads are nearly of
the same size, and as far as can be
seen are perfect in all respects. Its
other visible members do not exceed
the usual number and it is probably
not incorrect to conclude that the null
t!nlicity is confined to the heads.
These do not feed together, but do
so separately and alternately, and ap-
ear, furthermore, to be otherwise in.
dependent.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
So.called "wonder" churns.

Many of the churns being offered up
on the market with wonder attached
to their name in some form or other are
good things for the farmer to let alone.
we have Just heard of a new churn
Of this kind being manufactured in
Massachusetts. 1t makes a pound of
butter from quart of milk, which
has been the form of fraud most com
monty practiced in the sale of such
churns. 1t is easy enough, by the use
of pepsin. to collect the butter-fat and
the casein in milk into one mass that
looks very much like butter. The
mass, however, is not butter, but a
very rich, soft cheese. The men that
Sell these churns depend upon this de-
ception for making their sales. and
we are sorry to believe that they find
altogether too many buyers.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

A man who has known Wilton Lack
aye since his youth tells an amusing
story of the actors practical employ
ment of his art to facilitate bargain.
81 was in an official capacity in I
private car OF a train which was al
tached TO the priva. e car OF the Trilby
company just then ic turning from the
Pacific coast" says the narrator. Al
Green River Springs. Col. they cut
loose the mail cars and there was
quite a delay At the station Indians
sell buffalo horns. Several members
Of the company went out and bought
them. The best piece of the bunch
was group of polished horns formed
into a chair
'Lackaye went out on the platform
ard bargained with n dirty Sioux for
half an hour, The Sioux wanted SIG
Tor the horn chair, but Lackaye
wouldn't pay that price.
Il was secretary to director of
the Union Pacific railroad at that
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Worlds OUTPUT Of Ships.

AS a builder of ships the United
Kingdom is so far ahead of all other
nations as TO be in a class by itself
Indeed, upward of two-thirds of the
entire ship tonnage of the world last
year came from British yards. The
exact figures as complied by the lead
ing authority show that while British
builders turned out 1.S05,OO0 tons the
other nations combined constructed
only 1,127,000 tons. This may be de-
scribed as the actual ship tonnage
that was put in the water in 1905 by
AL countries. American yards come
next after the British in the amount
OF construction, but they were a very
lame second, with only 36S,775 tons.
Philadelphia Press.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
DESERT RAILROAD is OPENED
line from Berber to Suakim Ready
to Carry Traffic.

Inc from beTDer TO SudkIfn Nedoy
to Carry Traffic.
The railway from Berber, on the
Nile, TO Suakim or Port Soudan, on
he Red sea, has just been opened to
raffic. The road was projected TWEEN
.y-fve years ago, or before the Sou
Ian was abandoned by the British in
1882. Osman Digna made war on all
surveying parties, however. and be-
,cre the death of Gordon at Khar-
oum had closed the route from the
Red sea to the Nile.
After the retirement of the British
expedition from Khartoum. in 1882.
all of the Egyptian Soudan for six
teen years was given over to bar
barism, and projected railways were
lost sight OF. Among the men who
protested against the course of the
British government in 1882 were Gen,
Kitchener and Slatin Pasha. Both
appealed to the British people, and in
1898 Kitchener made his successful
campaign against the Mahdi and re-
claimed all of the Egyptian Soudan
surrendered by England in 1882.
Since then most remarkable prog
ress has been made in railway build
ing, in river Improvement, and in the
organization of government. The
Cairo railway was extended up the
line was projected to connect the rail-
way system of Central and South
Africa with the Cairo system, and
work was begun on the railway from
Berber, or the mouth of the Atbara,
across the desert, 325 miles to Sua-
kim.
This enterprise, clearly in the in
terest of the trade of the Upper Nile.
met with opposition at Cairo because
it was believed the proposed railway
would divert trade from the Lower
Nile to the Red sea and Arabia. 1t
was held that the Berber railway was
more in the interest of British trade
than of Egyptian development. This
feelirrs; had 10 be overcome, but at
last the railway has been completed,
and all points on the Upper Nile
south of Berber are 900 miles nearer
seaport than they were year ago.
The advocates of the Berber rail
way contend that it will create
trade which without it could not ex-
list; that it will materially assist in
the rapid development of the Sou
dan, the main source of Egyptian
prosperity; and that it will stimulate
construction on the Cape to Cairo
railway. Since the close of the Boer
war considerable progress has been
made in construction on the Southern
and German divisions of the Cape to
Cairo railway and the military rail
road up the Nile has been built south
ward.
The new Berber railway is along
the old caravan route from the Red
sea to the Interior. and its completion
strengthens the position of England
on the Red sea. 1t also strengthens
her position in the Soudan and on
the frontier of Abyssinia. 1t may
contribute little to the commerce of
Alexandria, but it gives England a
new strategic line on the flank of the
French railway from Abyssinia to the
Red sea, and whatever it may be to
Egypt it is of great benefit to British
commerce.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28

That nature is not without latent
sense of humor is often demonstrated
ty the strange abnormal creatures
and freak erowths she produces. and
rarely does a week pass by that some
one of the many illustrated publica.
tions does not contain photograph
of curiosity of this character. Ac-
cordingly the Scientific American
adds one more to the list of oddities
in two-headed box tortoise, the prop
erty of f, S Schmid, taxidermist of
Washington,
The turtle, which is of common
and well known variety, and whose
scientific name is terrapene Carolina,
was found in Fairfax county, Virginia
Lear Mount Vernon, and with the ex-
Ception OF its superfuity of heads ap-
pears to differ little from the ordinary
representatives of its kind. The truth
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
JApANs NEED is MOST URGENT
Instant Relief Alone Can Save Thou.
sands From Starvation.

Through the California branch, the
American National Red Cross has re
ceived from the American residents In
Japan an appeal for the famine
stricken people in three northern
provinces of that country. In one
province the rice crop has yielded
only ~ per cent of the average, and
the sentence of death hangs over a
quarter of a million people if for
gotten and unaided In the eastern
portion of another province the yield
is only Is per cent, and 100000 people
are in great distress and on the verge
of absolute starvation; and in the
third province it is certain that over
100000 persons cannot live without
speedy and prolonged aid.
ALREADY thousands in these prov
inces are reduced to shrub roots and
the bark of trees by which mere life
may for time be sustained but at
the least calculation 6S0,O00 are now
facing extreme conditions. What this
means for their poor women and chill
drcn, we who live in the center of
this oncoming misery find no words
to describe
ftunureuS OF thousands OF persons
are on the verge of starvation, and
winter is adding its rigors to the dis
tress. Snow having hidden away the
roots and herbs of the forest from
the hands of the stricken people,
speedy death or physical anguish.
worse than death, confronts them.
During the late war the great Eu-
ropean Red Cross societies did much
to aid the Japanese Red Cross in its
work of caring for the sick and
wounded, but our American Red
Cross, just beginning its reorganiza-
tion, could be of no assistance. Now,
the opportunity arises for us to send
to those brave famine stricken people
some assistance from our abundance.
The American National Red Cross
will gladly receive and forward to
the Japanese Red Cross, to be used
for the relief of these famine stricken
provinces, such contributions as the
public at large or any of its own
members desire to make
All contributions can be sent to
Thomas r. Jones, treasurer of the
District of Columbia branch of the
Red Cross, National Safe Deposit.
Savings and Trust company, Fifteenth
street and New York avenue, Wash
ington, ID. Washington Times.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Dairyinq in Argentina.

The dairy industry is rapidly ad-
vancing in Argentina. This is shown
by figures recently published by the
government of that country. Eleven
years ago the export of butter amount.
ed to less than twenty tons. The fol.
lowing year, 1905, the figures were 494
tons; in 1901 they had reached a total
of 1.510 tons; in 1902 the total exports
of butter were 4,125 tons; in 1908 the
exports were $500 tons. OF these last
G:eat Britain bought AHA tons and
Africa l ,213 tons. We have no later
statistics than those of 1903. The num-
ber of cows in the republic devoted
largely to the production of milk for
human consumption is about 1000, 600
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
11A1!.El|!3ZZ;1n
brlDl Is
Winter Prices for Milk.

The price for milk in the winter
Is generally very much higher than in
the summer The difference for the
whole country is about the difference
between so cents and sl.50. This diff
ference, however, is extreme. In the
West, some of the milk will sell as
low as 80 cents per hundred pounds
in summer and s1.40 in winter, this
difference being about so cents. There
is very little excuse for this great
difference in price. especially for the
small price in summer. 1t can only
be explained on the supposition that
farmers have not yet learned how to
dispose of their milk in the summer
time. We believe that, all things con
siGered, and on n well equipped farm,
milk can be produced as cheaply, or
nearly as cheaply, in winter as sum
NOR
In the summer, often the question
of milking is a serious one, because
all the people on the farm are en-
gagged in looking after the crops that
are then being grown. In the winter
tin'e. labor is more abundant and the
people who are doing the work on
the farm are less pressed for time.
Milking, therefore, should cost less in
the winter than in the summer. We
said, "on the farm that is well
equipped" This, of course, means the
farm that has a silo and where a
great amount of silage has been put
up in the fall. On some of our great
est dairy farms the COWS are not
turned out at all during the summer
time, so far as pasturing is concerned;
hut they are fed in the stalls, summer
ami winter, in such cases winter feed
costing practically the same as sum
mer feed.
The price for winter milk in north
ern Illinois should be s1.40 or $1.5O
per hundred pounds. on the basis OF
the present price of feed. We believe,
at such prices, it is possible for the
farmer to make money, providing he
so arranges his breeding operations
that about half of his cows will come
in fresh in the fall.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
CURE FOR EVERY I'LL

In these days OF indigestion,
OF fever and congestion. -
A new and pleasant remedy mas iat'ly
come to light:
,ris cure-all pure and simple =
The very latest wrinkle
Just eat a big round apple and you IL be
all right.
Then good-bv to Inflammation,
To pain and liberation: m .
The vermiform appendix VIII De forgot
ten quite:
Throw away your pills galore.
You won't need them any more.
Just eat a big round apple ana you p'
all right.
II swear words rise and choke you.
If an awful thirst comes Ger you.
And you cannot find the keyhole in the
middle of the night.
After which you long have pined.,..,
lust eat a big tund apple ara you De
all right
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Cactus a COMING Stock Food.

That cactus is to be a stock food OF
considerable value is certain. Even
now considerable quantities are being
fed, but this amount is smaller than it
should be, due to the trouble in get.
ting the spines out of the way. which
is now done by singeing and steaming.
1t is obvious that this requires a good
deal of hand labor. All kinds of farm
animals take kindly to this class of
food when the spines are out of the
way. The cacti carry a large amount
of water and are thus especially
adapted to furnish succulent food
in the semi-arid regions in which they
grow. Dairy cows eat from 40 to 20
pounds Of this kind of food per day.
and oxen will take up to 200 pounds
per day when given nothing els,.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
To Do Awsv With Substitution.

Substitution is not jdstifiable without
a mutual agreement between purchas-
er and seller. Nurserymen should not
have substitution clause printed on
their orders, but a blank space should
he left for noting whatever may be
agreed on by both parties to the sub
stitution. If orders are taken on the
above plan it is only necessary for the
nurseryman to comply with the order.
There is hardly nursery that will
not run short on some varieties, but
shyster agent will take orders for all
that is called for, and then ship what
ever he pleases. The purchaser mas
nothing but the word of the agent that
the varieties are true to name.-J. T.
Bonrell, Richland Co., Ill.
The Lamar register., 1906-02-28
Change in National Bird.

Congressman j. Adam Bede was the
speaker at a big banquet the other
night at which women were admit.
ted to hear the speeches. Mr.. Bede
apologized for the non-appearance of
Representative Weston of Indiana,
who, he said, was detained at home
because of family matters" 81 want
1t distinctly understood" said Mr..
Bede, that under the Roosevelt ad.
ministration the national bird has
been changed from the eagle to the
stork. The eagle may scream. but
the stork delivers the goods. never
posed as an Adonis," Mr. Bede con.
tinued. My wife always insisted
that she would never marry any but
a six-foot man-one with big black
mustache. But she married me. and
now we have string of six little
Bedes."