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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22
HANDLING THE MANURE.

The method of handling manure on
this farm can be used only on farms
en- which stock Is kept in stalls, and
Il Is therefore not applicable to all
styles of stock farming; bat il Is 60
unique, so perfectly systematized, and
bears such an intimate relation 10
the success attained, that an account
of the farm would be incomplete
without a full statement of it. Be
hind each row Of COWS Is gutter Is
inches wide and inches deep. These
cutters have no outlets. They are
thoroughly cleaned daily. (The whole
barn is disinfected twice a week by
free use of creolin, and the inter
Tor is frequently whltewashed) When
cleaned the cutters are sprinkled with
ashes or dry dirt to absorb what
moisture may be present During the
day quantity of absorbent, con
sisting Of leaf mold. rotten sod. etc,
Is placed in them. Each gutter ends
near a DIOR. The manure is lifted
from the gutter-into a cart backed
up to the door. The end of the gut
ter next the door IS slightly lower
than the other end. One man lifts
the manure with fork and places
Il in the lower end of the trench. A
leecond man then lifts IL into the
cart. In this manner the liquid man
ure is all gotten into the cart Fin
ally, the fragments that remain. In
the trench are swept to the lower
end and removed. The cart goes Inn
mediaie,y to the field. and the man
ure is spread at Cace. In summer
II IS spread on the land from which
fthe s5ilns crops AR are removed, in
winter Il Is snread On The sI-s IL!
grass fields-on the latter particularly
when the ground is too soft 10 plaos
It upon the rye fields No manure
Is used ON newly seeded grass lands
but the second and third year grass
fields are top-dressed in winter. "Ws
always have a place 10 putymanure,
said the owner OF this farm. and this
Is the secret Of his large crops.
C1rpfNC NAV
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22

interesting process. The rank growth
OF the crops renders it necessary 90
move aside the swath cut before the
machine can get at the next one
The method Of curing is as follows:
crhe grass is cut in the afternoon.
The first nights dew never hurts Il,
Let It lie the next day until noon.
1t is then put into curing cocks, which
are made flat. These cocks are upset
uhe next morning. and in the after
noon four of them are made into one
weatheriug cock. Let 1t stand thus
for one day; then haul TO the barn
or rick"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22

seed was then sown broadcast, late
Ia August. Sowing thus early, using
no nurse crop, gives a full crop the
next year. In fact, because of the
state of fertility to which
this formerly exhausted soil has been
bullt up, three large crops are cut
the next year after sowing grass in
August Two cuttings are made the
second year. In the spring of the
third season, II the crop promises 20
be abundant, crop of hay is taken
before breaking up the sod for late
corn. II the grass crop is scanty. the
sod Is broken earlier for any crop for
which II may be needed. The sod is
always heavily top-dressed during
the winter before 1t is broken up.
Some of the fields are kept in rye
In winter and corn in summer, indef-
initely. Rye is sown broadcast AT the
rate of bushels per acre, the seed
being covered by a spring-tooth har-
row. The hay made from this rye Is
readily eaten by the stock, but a part
OF It is used for bedding. During
the present season rye attained a
height of feet II inches. Three of
the twelve subdivisions of the farm
are thus devoted regularly to rye in
winter and late corn in summer. Oats
and peas are sometimes sown in
early spring on land sown in rye the
previous fall, the rye having been
turned under in spring. Sometimes
a piece of corn land if left bare dur
ing the winter and sown to oats and
peas the next spring. Grass is occa-
sionally sown on land from which
soiling corn has been cut One small
field was devoted To oats and peas
for several years AMI then put down
in grass, to be followed by corn. 0ats
and peas do not fit very well into
the cropping systems followed on amy
of these small fields. They must be
sown in early spring, and are of
early in July; yet they yield 50 large
quantity of such nutritious hay on
selling material that small area is
usually grown each year.
( 1t Is unfortunate that no records OF
actual yields are kept But since tne
stock are all kept IN the barn me
year round, it Is not difficult to es-
timate approximately the amount Of
dry matter in hay, silage. etc, the
farm must yield. Estimating that i
cows commune 16 pounds, II head Of
young cattle 10 pounds, and two
horses IL pounds Of dry matter each
daily In their roughage, the tota
amount of dry matter thus consume,
Is equal to that continued in 81 ten
of hay containing 10 per cent mois
ture. This is equivalent 10 6.7 ton
Of hay for every acre In cultivation
ON the farm. Not only did this farm
produce all the roughage for 30 hea'
of stock last year, blr a surplus o
IS Ct hay was sold. A SINAI
portion Of this years hay crop ma
! also been sold.
The remarkable yields On this farr
, are due TO the intelligent use o
! stable manure Most farmers vast
/ more than half the value of the man
) ure produced on their farms. 1t
D estimated that five-eights of tn
: plant food in the manure of farr
] animals is contained in the liquids
: On this farm every particle of thi
: plant food is utilized.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22

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cThe grass is cut in the afternoon. /
The first nights dew never hurts Il,
Let It lie the next day until noon,
1t is then put into curing cocks, which |
are made flat. These cocks are upset
phe next morning. and in the nfter-
noon four of them are made into enc
weatheriug cock, Let 1t stand thus
for one day; then haul TO the bara
or rick"
CONCLUSIONS.
We have given the account Of a
pioneer farmer, starting in with no
experience, but going to work IN.
methodical manner TO learn what he
could from the experience of Others,
making a careful study of surround
ing conditions, and adjusting himself
to those conditions. This farmer, by
alytng scientific principles and bus
mess methods, has blazed path inso
a region of great possibilities The
most important lesson 10 De isarheu
from his achievements is that, by
applying such methods Il is possible
to cause land to yield twice or three
times as much as the present aver
age from what are considered good
methods,
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-06-22

Orders for fee left at the Snyder
Hardware store will be filled at an,
time for any amount.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
LAND PATENTS HELD UP.
Stored Away in Vaults
in Muskogee.

Forty-two thousand patents to land
IN the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations
are lying in the vaults of the commits
sion to the five civilized tribes in Mus
kogee, duly executed by the governors
of the two nations, approved by the
secretary of the interior and ready for
delivery. The commission is holding
them under instructions from the Sec
rotary of the interior and the tribal
officials assert that the secretary Is
delaying action in hope of getting au-
thority from congress to take the de-
livery of these deeds out OF the hands
of the governors of the tribes and have
the work done by government OFF,
Gals. The patents have been a bone
of contention between Secretary Hitch
cock and the Indian governors for
more than year The Curtis bill. as
now pending, provides that the deeds
shall be delivered under the direction
of the secretary of the interior to the
party entitled to receive the same"
and II this clause becomes law as 1t
pro badly will in short time, 1t. will
do away with all claims on the part OF
the governors TO the right OF making
the delivery themselves.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Distribution of Official Volumes an
Element Apart from Their
Usefulness.

The printing law of 1895 (still In
force) specified the edition and dispo-
sitlon of the principal annual publica-
tons OF the government, writes w. S.
Rossiter, In Atlantic The total num-
ber"-whether single volumes or sets
of parts authorized by this law was
9S2 600, afterwards increased to l.
1900. OF this aggregate congress re-
served for itself as quota SO per cent.
The quota arose, and has flourished.
principally for two reasons Naturally
enough, the voter rather likes to OBJ
tain something for nothing, and the
receipt of expensive publications from
the member of congress for the dis
trict involves an element of fiattery,
Just as does the receipt of a package
of agricultural department garden
seeds from the same source. The
books may not be of any practical
value to the recipient. and the seeds
may never grow, but the object. of
their dispatch has been secured. Thus
there has grown up In connection with
the distribution of official volumes an
element totally apart from the USE
fulness of the publication or the APP
propriateness of its destination
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
WEARS NAME ON BREAST.
Travelling Man Cashes Check at Ho-
tel Through Queer Means
of Identification.

For the purpose of Identifying him
self in order that he might secure
money on a draft novel method was
employed by travelling salesman OF
Detroit, at a hotel in this city recently.
reports the Milwaukee Sentinel. The
man is quite well known among a
number of business men in this city.
and he has never experienced any diff
ficulty in securing the necessary iden-
LITIGATION for cashing drafts. He ex-
pected to reach Milwaukee on Satur-
day, but did not arrive until Monday.
When ne registered at the hotel he
asked the clerk to cash check for
him. but the clerk politely asked for
Identification. The man then called up
a number of his business acquaint-
ances by telephone, but was unable to
locate any of them. Finally happy
thought struck him. Taking OF his
collar and necktie, and unbuttoning
his shirt bosom, he exclaimed:
81 guess that will identify me-"
On the breast of the man was his
name tattooed in blue letters. He
stated that the name had been tattooed
on his breast years ago. The draft was
cashed by the clerk.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
Stop that COUGH!

When a cough, a tickling or an ir-
ritation In the throat makes you feel
take Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup. Don't wait until the
disease has gone beyond control. Mr.
and Mrs. j. A. Anderson, 354 West
5th St. Salt Lake City, Utah, write:
"We think Billiards. Horehound
Syrup the best medicine for coughs
and colds. we have used It for Sc
veral years; 1t always gives immediate
relief, Is very pleasant and gives per-
feet satisfaction. 25c, SOC and sl.OO.
Sold by Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
RABBITS STRANGE REFUGE
Bunny Leads Pursuing Lynx Into
H"uter's Tent and Makes
His Escape

That the instinct of self preserva-
ton .s not Nnfned to the human
race Ia ident from many instances
in the experience of hunters in the
north woods.
A trapper in the Tahquamenon riv-
er country, relates the fact that while
seated in his tent one evening at dusk
there was "A sudden commotion at the
entrance and in popped a rabbit. Be-
hind the rabbit in hot pursuit, came
another animal, which fairly shot
down the snow incline into the tent.
This animal proved to ! a lynx.
For a moment 1t did not dawn upon
the lynx that 1t had been caught in a
snare, and then 1t Jump to the OPP
posite side of the tent began to
claw the canvas and snarl. BY this
time ,he trapper had grabbed a club
and was Gu his feet. The fight that
followed was livery and how he man
aged to doase the lynx and also hit 1t
in the semi-darkness is, he says, a
mystery, but 1t was not long before
the lynx was stretched out lfeless.
The hunter came out of the encounter
with few scratches, and in the
meantime the rabbit escaped.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
CARIBOU A GOOD SWIMMER
Speed AAoat So Great 1t Takes a
Strong Canoeman to Over
take Him.

cad with a coat OF oily wool mex,
hts skin, the caribou is covered exteri.
CRY with dense pelage of fine quilts.
Every caribou. indeed, wears a cork
jacket, and when this is prime the
creature seems on the water rather
than in the water No other quadru-
ped that know swims as high as the
caribou, says writer In Scribner's
Magazine.
Their speed ailoat is so great that II
takes the best Of canoemen to ovcrtak.
Il vigorous buck A good paddler is
supposed to cover about six miles an
hour 80 the caribou probably goes
FIVE. There are many kinds of wood
land and rough country over which
tho caribou cannot travel so fast AZ
this.
What wonder, then, that they are
40 ready to take to tie water as soon
as they find 1t In !neir course. Mr..
Mum assured me that several times
he saw caribou swim broad hay thpt
was in their line, though . trHing de-
Fiction would have given them easy
waking along the shore to he same
Joint, and with but little increase of
distance.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
BRUTAL SHsEP-SHEARING
Removal Of Pieces of Skin While
Struggling Is of Common
Occurrence.

In the farther west, where by far
the greater number of sheep are
raised, the shearing is often done by
rowing hands of shearers whose only
thought Is to dispose of as MANY head
as possible In day, says Country Life
In America. To remove a piece OF
SKIN as large as the palm of the hand
is a trifllng matter to them. Some
times 1t is the case with a struggling
sheep that this mishap occurs several
times. II Is rare indeed for a sheep to
pass through this ordeal without a
SKIN puncture In one or more places
Reference Is made to hand shears,
but the excellent invention Of power
shearing machines has not removed
all the danger of injury to the sheep.
with these clippers in the hands OF a
careless or Indifferent man 1t is an
easy matter to stick the points of the
guards into the sheep or to cut Sits
In Its skin. IL must not be made to
appear, however, that the shearers of
the west are more cruel than those OF
the great sheep raising countries of
Argentina, New Zealand or Australia,
out the practice Is none the less repre-
hensible, and worthy the protest of all
humane citizens. In the sheep shear
Ing contest at the worlds fair at st.
Louis last October some of the con-
testants were so bloody" in their
work that the sheep and goats when
released presented sickening sight.
Because of this fact. the judges of the
contest. so far as the machines were
concerned. went beyond their pre-
scribed duties to rebuke the inhumane
work.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
HORSES LOVE OF HOME.
Longing for Familiar Stall One Of
the Animals Strongest
Instincts.

The strongest instinct in the horse
Is that Of home-all his thoughts and
interests lie there-and the most wear
Ing pain he suffers Is that OF nos.
talgia-the longing for the familiar
stall and the well.loved surroundings.
says Outing Magazine. What wonder
that our pets almost invariably return
to us from such unhappy experiences
mere shadows Of their former selves,
and in such wretchedly bodily condi.
ton that II is months before they re-
gain their usual health and spirits.
We blame the man in charge, poor
feed. bad stabling insufficient pastur.
age, etc. and overlook entirely the fact
that 1t Is our own fault, and the direct
result Of heart-hunger which no grass,
grain or roof-tree could entirely as.
suage. OF course, the little.used
muscles have, from lack of exercise.
shrunk and lost their firmness and
plnmpness; the crest has fallen from
the same cause; poverty lines" appear
in the quarters and shoulders; the tail
and name are all out of shape, or all
worn away; the feet stubbed off; the
coat dingy and sun-burnt; the skin
full of all manner of scars. cuts and
abrasioDs; all these are the effect, not
the cause, of the lack of bodily condi.
ton which Is two-thirds due sheerly
and solely, in the high-br nervous,
sensitive horse, to simple homesick.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
FORESTS OF PORTO RICO.
Dense Jungles, Composed of Many
Different Kinds of Trees and
Shrubs.

The primeval mountain forests of
Porto N'oo are now restricted To a few
summita in the west central part of the
islam 4. tld to the forest reserve of more
than 100 square miles in the high Sierra
dc Luqulllo In the eastern part, estab-
lished by proclamation of President
Roosevelt in 1903. They are dense jun
giles, composed of many different kinds
OF trees and shrubs the mountain palm
being the most prominent feature in
those visited by us. CHM ing aroids
reach to their SUBMITS; r~1ceful tree
ferns ado charm to the .tas; small
ferrs, mosses and lichens in great va
RE carpet the ground al clothe the
rocISs and tree trunks, and In the more
open places MANY species of herbaceous
plants occur, the whole f. ming mass
of vegetation of wondrous beauty and
interest, many of the plants growing
here occurring nowhere else in the
world. One is brought to regret that
this fascinating floral veal n is nowhere
readily accessible to visitors, except by
walking or horseback.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
TEMPTATIONS OF A VALET.
Assaulted by Inducements to Increase
the Size of His Masters Tailor
Bill.

"Us Wallets has our temptations
sir" he said, relates the New York
Press. only yesterday, when / went
to pay Mr.. Henny's tailor bill, you
ought to have heard what the mana!
ger said to me.
"He says. says he, handing me a
IS note: Why, he says. this here
bill amt harf big enough for man
Of Mr.. Henny's position, he says,
the truth is that you don't brush
your masters clothes hard enough
MOP says |.
No" says he. And now, he
says, IN put you up to wrinkle
that'll put $50 year in your pocket
II you use It right.
''Then he brought from his Office a
stick all roughened on the end.
"'Scrub TIL here rough stick he
says, over t elbows of your mas
ter's coats says, and now and
then touch up his trousers about the
knees a bit. lt'll do wonders, used
right 1t ought to double his annual
bill, and, if it does, there's $50 year
in 1t for YOU
Il took the stick" said the valet,
but | amt never used it, sir"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-15
STUDENTS OF VESUvIUS.
Men Of Science Who Have Held to
Their Posts Amidst the
Awful UpE eavals.

Sig. MatteuCSi. director of the royal
observatory, In refusing to quit his
perilous post, near the crater OF We
suvius, only followed the example OF
his predecessors. During the tremen-
dous outbreak of April, 1872, Sig.
PALMER, stood by his instruments
amid smoke and showers OF red-hot
stones, while two immense streams of
lava, diverted by the rock on which
the observatory stood. flowed by on
each side. The first student of Vesu-
vius of whom there is any record, the
elder Pliny, may be said to have START
ed the tradition rf scientific GOODNESS.
II Is known on the authority OF his
nephew that It was philosophical
curiosity" which leo him to his doom
on the Vesuvian plain In that awful
year of 70 A. ID.
When Fastening to the place from
which others fed with he utmost ter
ror," the nephew wrote ''he steered
his direct course to the point of dan
ger, and with SO much calmness and
presence OF mind as to he able to
make and dictate his observations
upon the motion and figure of that
dreadful scene" The brave old phi
losopher retired to rest that night in
the house of a distracted friend.
Pliny' was so little disturbed that he
fell into a'deep sleep. for. being pref
ty fat, and breathing hard, those who
attended without actually head him
snore"
But Vesuvius increased In violence,
and the party had to take to the open
fields. with pillows on their heads
cited on with napkins), as a protec-
ton against the storm of stones. But
after all Vesuvius dealt mercifully
with the man who left his safe quar-
ters at sea for the work of study and
research. for his body was afterward
found, as the famous letter to Tacitus
tells, without any marks of violence
upon 1t, exactly In the same posture
In which he fell, and looking more
like man asleep than dead"