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THE OUTSIDE MARKET.

The outside market displayed a declining
positively weak in the afternoon. Business
was almost entirely confined to the mining
group which suffered in, sympathy with
prices generally on the Stock Exchange.
Nevada Consolidated was a very active feat;
ure and in its price movements. displayed
ring in the first hour. from which there was
a substantial recovery, followed by, a later
~erately active. Nevada-Utah was active,
with a declining tendency. Others were
fraotionally lower as a rule. Northwestern
issues were heavy and the same was true Of
American Can stocks. The fractions were
quiet. Standard OIL lost 4 points. The close
was weak.
The transactions in the market to-day
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Swift 4 oompAAy'g sales Of Fresh Beet In New
York City fQI the week ending Saturday, March IL
Averaged eet eanta por pound.-A6r.
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FLoUR.-Quiet and steady. Sales, 1000 bbls.
Receipts, if,te? bble.; exports. s,lOe bbls.
clears, IS. iod %, 90. Winter: clears, s.. 25d AZ, 90:
straiehts. %, T0dss. 90: rye -four, 90. 5om3I. 20.
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THE BOSTON MARKET.

BosToH, March 19.-The weakness in
Amalgamated to-day affected the copper
shares market and prices in the active list
at the close show losses ranging. from, 1
TO 3 points. Nevada Consolidated was de-
to realize and sold down to II, later recover
ing a point. North Butte and United Copper
alaO were weak,
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+Ex dividend. tEx rights.
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c iIfSfS 81: q. 5ss ssl' F 3 Veg ss:;T. ii 3 .
1000. J U2l2l 2on,,. 80 I6l 1000.
'20OO, o Mex Cent lst IN Wabash deb D
Chicago Term 70 1000. q 3os 10000. %
coupon OF IAokAn 6EAetlstl Wa Aarylana -
lDVO. ! 90 b000sl6.l 4 oSs 1000: e1te
5000. i999iTs 'SSSS..8ST wsssEY&Psi lisa
Colo In d ser bo01..l o0SA 20o0..ll6
10000. .. 77ialMK 81 AS IctO West shore ~
l00o. ..77 10000. 9Qls IeglsteIeq
Colo Midland al l0tOa. =, 80 1000. 1904
b00O.,..77 Mol Kan q Toy I'd Wieconsln Ce9 20
1000, "a 9tAl l3oo0....o2i
Total sales Of honda lrAr valued 81 .o23.6Oo.
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though If this be accomplished success
fully, he takes kindly to captivity, and
often lives contentedly for many years.
In fact, single specimen existed in
the Geological Park in London for over
twenty-eight years.
Hippopotami in captivity do not re-
quire the excessive care and attention
which are usually necessary for the
well-being of tropical animals. One
factor which is of considerable advan-
tage in this respect is the fact that
the animals lack the restlessness and
nervousness so commonly found in
wild creatures. Though terrible fight
ers if aroused they are even-tempered
and fairly intelligent, and learn to
obey the word of command of their
keepers. They appear to appreciate
kindness and seldom If ever required
punishment.
Hippopotami are purely herbivorous,
and in the wild state feed upon grasses
various water plants, rice, millet,
maize, and similar growths. This diet
is Appropriated as nearly as possible
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A Good Rotation,

The rotation of crops has come to
be regarded as one of the necessities
of keeping up the condition of the
farm. Where farm animals are not
kept in considerable numbers, the
growing of one crop is sure to reduce
the fertility of the farm. Therefore
the growing of several crops is advis-
able. One Of the best rotations for
the general farmer in Illinois and like
states Is that consisting of corn. COW
peas, wheat and clover. 1t always
pays for the general farmer to have
few cows to assist him in the rotations
of the crops by pasturing off the crops
that can be pastured. With the rota-
ton above mentioned, the COW peas
can be sown in the corn at the time of
the last cultivation. These will make
good growth and being ,egumes will
add to the soil considerable portion
of nitrogen. After the corn is harvest
ed the cows can be turned into these
peas which will still be green and
can be fed upon them until the frost
comes. Farmers that turn their cows
in upon the corn stocks would find it
ooiOA W hoFS q supply VI CIV pea
age, that the animals may eat of both
at the same time. Heavy losses have
been occasioned by pasturing of the
dry corn stocks. The cow peas may
be turned under in the late fall or
in spring and wheat sown. II the wheat
is sown in the fall Immediately after
blowing the clover seed can be thrown
upon the land at the end of winter,
while the snow is still on the ground.
II spring wheat Is to be sown the
clover can be sown with it. This will
give a crop of corn, crop of COW
peas. crop Of wheat and the next
year following the wheat a crop of
clover and clover seed. The clover
sod can then be plowed under and
corn again put on. This will keep the
land rich In nitrogen and necessitates
only an occasional buying of some
form of phosphate.
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in captivity. They are fed every day,
usually early in the afternoon, on
fresh grass or hay, various vegetables,
and bread. They have very healthy
appetites, and one can imagine the
quantity of food that hippo" can
consume, when one considers that the
stomach of large specimen will mea-
sure as much as eleven feet in length.
The hippopotamus is heir to few
troubles. Natural attrition keeps his
teeth, which grow throughout his life
time, within proper bounds. AS he not
only spends most of his waking hours
in the water, but often sleeps there
also the frequent dimensions keep
his thick skin in a healthy condition.
The water must have temperature of
not less than fifty-five degrees, and
must be maintained at this point the
year around. With the exception of
the usual attention regarding the
cleanliness of the habitation, other
necessary care includes merely the
preparation of his food and the regu-
lation of the temperature.
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Pick OFF Caterpillar Eaas.

When the trees are bare is the time
to hunt the caterpillar eggs and re-
move them from the branches. II this
can be done in December, it should be
done at that time, because the days
are mild, and boy can climb about
the tree tops without being exposed
to the cold winds that will interfere
with the work later in the winter.
The eggs will be found in clusters or
rings about the twigs and smaller
branches. They are easily recognized,
and cutting them out will prevent the
appearance of the colonies next spling.
The sooner the work is done the more
certain will the orchard owner be that
the clusters of eggs will no. be for
gotten. Next spring there will be a
great many things to do, and 1t is very
easy not to find time then for work of
this kind.
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Laying Down Peach Trees.

In some parts of the west the laying
down of peach trees is being practiced
on a considerable scale. A hole is dug
around the tree and this hole is filed
with water. This softens up the
ground and the trees can then be
bent at the roots. They are laid down
till almost level with the ground.
Some coarse material, like gunny sack
ing, is thrown over them, and over this
is piled the earth. In the spring,
after the danger Of hard freezes Is
past, the trees are taken out OF their
protection. This must be done before
growth starts. The trees, when right
ed, have to be propped up and kept
propped throughout the season. The
results have been very good so far,
and much is hoped for from the ex-
periments carried on.
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AS popular fruit the grape stanL
next to the apple. When a man buys
package of apples or grapes
he generally knows what he is
getting. Grapes on the Chicago
market are of more uniform
character than any other fruit.
During the fall months baskets OF
grapes are sold by the thousands,
daily, and almost always the buyers
are satisfied with them. This year
they have been quite high from the
consumers standpoint. this being due
more to the fact that there has been
big demand for them than to any
shortage of supplies.
Grapes are grown over a very wide
range of latitude, and every year new
vineyards are planted. Ii is now 'esti-
mated that the area in grapes Is in
the neighborhood of half million
acres California is the great grape
grower, and that state grows about as
many grapes as all the rest OF the
United States put together. The larg-
est single area planted to grapes is
that known as the Lake Shore Grape
Belt in New York and Ohio. This be-
gins at Brocton in New York, and ex-
tends to Sandusky in Chic, and is
limited on the north by Lake Erie. On
the south 1t extends to Lake Chau-
tauqua. IL this region nearly al of
the farmers are engaged in the grow
ing OF grapes. The railroads are able
to furnish the growers with the best OF
shipping facilities, and every day dur
Ing the grape-growing season whole
train loads OF grapes go east and
west toward the great cities, where
most of the grapes are consumed.
At the present time there are hun
dreds of varieties of grapes being
grown in this country. They are, how
ever descended from four chief fami-
lies: Wits labrusca, known also as the
Fox grape; Wits festivals (summer
grape) Wits cordifolia, sometimes
called the Frost grape, and Wits vini-
fera, the kind generally grown in Eu-
| rope. There are quite a number of
other species, but none that have
amounted to very much In cultivation,
The entire grape growing industry
has grown up in about IS years. In
1920 no more than two varieties of the
grapes now grown were known here
The greatest advance has been made
within the past so years. Some of the
new grapes have been produced BY
Naturalization, but the most progress
has been made by cultivating chance
seedlings In this way originated the
Concord grape, the most famous and
most valuable grape grown in the
United States east of the Rocky noun
tains.
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To Secure the Best Cows.

The practice with regard to the
maintenance of dairy herds In this
state is varied. Some of our farmers
try to breed their own herds, saving
the calves from the best COWS, and
thus, by a process of indirect selec-
ton, improve the annual yield OF milk
and butter from year to year. Many
OF our farmers buy cows as they need
them, disposing of those that have
proven Improbable to the local butch.
er. While dairying is a growing in
dustry In Virginia, it has not made
as much progress as the legitimate
prices obtainable for milk, butter and
other dairy foods would seem to war
rant. There is an increasing desire
for information along dairy lines, and
our farmers are beginning to realize
that they must have better cows, and
one OF the most certain ways to secure
these is through breeding them them
selves.
Andrew M. SouIe,
Dean Agricultural College of Virginia.
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While few menageries or geological
kurdens include hippopotami among
he members of the animal world
which they contain, the general public
8 nevertheless quite familiar with the
kppearance and characteristics of the
sfcat ungulates. They have been de-
hcribed in word and picture by in
Vulnerable naturalists, historians,
Ind writers, even of the earliest times.
We find unmistakable reference to
khom in the records of the ancient
Egyptians. and to-day there is little
aoubt that the behemoth of the Bible
was identical with the hippopotamus.
The Central Park Zoo of New York
City, is particularly fortunate in the
bossession of three splendid speci-
mems. pair of older animals and
koling one. The pair, Caliph and Miss
Murphy, are well known, not only to
those directly interested in these mat
tiers, but also to the reading public, for
khe huge brutes have been described
and pictured in various publications.
'Caliph, the great male which is the
tttUjCCt VI tlt us ihtSiSoI-
ing engravings, has been in the Cen
trail Park Zoo since 1889, while his
mate, Miss Murphy, has been included
Ia the collection for a somewhat short
er period. These two have proven re-
mark ably prolific, and have presented
an admiring public with eight healthy
offsprings, and these, with the excep-
lion of the young one at present in the
Park, have been sold to other menag-
cries. This is not an exceptional case,
~ strangely enough these curious
lists thrive well in captivity, and
breed not infrequently. Were it not
Tor the difficulty formerly experienced
IN securing original pairs, they would
To-day be far more common in ZOO
Illogical parks. Needless to say, it is
Very difficult to capture the hippipo-
Janus in wild state and transport
the animal uninjured to civilization,
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Very likely you have not heard of
Chula, Mo. This is not strange, be-
cause Chula has but recently been
placed upon the maps of state whose
citizens insist upon being shown"
and who refuse to give proper cult
walton to their credulity.
II is not exactly correct to say that
Chula has been placed upon the maps,
for on one bright red-letter day in its
lexicon it was thrown upon the maps
inaa bright red splotch by country
editor. This editor came to the city
the other day as the guest Of the st.
Paul railroad. He occupied an en-
tire drawing-room car, ate rich food
and drank sparkling wines and re-
ceived adulations from the colored
porter all the way from Chula and
back again at the expense Of soul
Iess corporation"
The man who compelled the map
makers to take notice of Chula en-
3oys the not uncommon name Of
Smith e. H. Smith.
Smiths great opportunity came
when the st. Paul put the Southwest
KNITTED train into service between
Chicago and Kansas City. The train
passes through Chula on its eastward
and westward flights, and there were
things about it that made great i'm
pression upon Smiths imagination.
He watched the flight of the South
west Limited as it tore great holes
int the atmosphere of Chula, and then
wrote this about the train:
eThe new train on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railway passed
through Chula for the first time Sun
day night, about three hours after
dark. There was no hesitation at
chula town, at least none perceptible.
There are no high places in Chula
town, hence we question whether she
ever touched the track. She just rip
ped great fiery hole in the darkness
and left the atmosphere heated steam
pot for a second, then whistled for
Mantle or Chicago, we are not GER
tain which, If Central had not been
rlosed, we would have telephoned to
Chicago to see If she hadn't run clean
khrough the Union station. She is sure
nNf 'hurry-up train Chicago is
pniy about three miles up the track
bow. She is a CLEAN of summer sun
lght. vestibuled and electric lighted
Prom the cowcatcher clear back a
pupdred yards behind the last coach.
She is knee deep with velvet carpets,
Rrn her cushions are as soft as a
sin's cheek. She is lighted to daz-
Pc and heated to fragile. She was
built to beat the world and her gorg-
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Country Editors Day of Triumph

eous splendor makes us chuckle to
think we have pass on her. She
goes so fast that the six porters look
like one big fat niger. She is called
The Southwest Limited She stops,
going both ways, at Chillicothe, and
you can get on her there, but you'll
have to hurry"
In the gratitude Of his heart the
general passenger agent wrote the
poet-editor that whenever he desired
to come to Chicago he would be more
than pleased to cause the Southwest
Limited to pause long enough at Chula
to take him on and again to let him
off. The offer was accepted by wire,
as Editor Smith does not believe in
toying with fortune nor flirting with
opportunity. Then he wrote a piece
for his paper, as everything that hap
pens, IL anything does happen, in
Chula is news, and told the citizens
that he was going to Chicago on the
limited and as the guest of the gen.
eral passenger agent and Of the road
AS might be expected, the entire
business of Chula was suspended the
following day and every man, woman
and child not bedridden was down to
the depot bright and early. The Chula
band in full uniform was there play
ing suggestive pieces about conquer
ing heroes, and Chula's mayor revised
his last Fourth Of July "oration" to
fit the occasion. 1t was a gala day
for Chula, and the editor had to tell
them with becoming modesty how he
had achieved greatness.
About the time he reached the
spread-eagle stage of his address
there was long, mournful wall pitch
ed in minor key which sounded like
the expiring war whoop of an Apache
Indian. 1t was the Southwest Limit
ed hailing Chula, Mo. Editor Smith
grasped his new $2.75 suit case firmly
by both straps and waited, all a-trem-
BILE with excitement The band be-
gan a furious fanfaring and the citi-
zens of Chula held their breaths
There were two more long walls, fol-
lowed by two short ones. as the lin
ited's mogul swept down upon Chulas
only grade crossing, cloud OF blind
ing dust, an answering "toot" to the
tower man as he dropped the soma
phore indicating clear track and a
faint moan was borne upon a passing
breeze to Smith and to Chula's popula-
ton as the mogul whistled for 'Nian-
tic or Chicago, which,"
Smith, standing disconsolate with
grip in hand, and with Chula's popula-
ton gazing seemingly with a million
eyes clear through him, didn't care
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Cave Stored Fruit.

A writer on the storage OF
apples for winter keeping says
that the digging Of a cave for
the winter storage of fruit is feasible
and is often practiced in some parts
of the country, but that certain things
have to be carefully observed, to make
the practice a success. The cave
should be dug in clean dirt and in a
place that will receive no drainage
and no seepage. Sand or gravel is
best Of all. The cave should have
southern exposure, SO that the frost
line will be less deep. The top of the
cellar should be Just below the FROST
line. Little wood or vegetable matter
should be present. No hay or straw
is needed. The apples should not be
piled too high or the lower ones will
be bruised. Such cave must be built
so 1t can be entered at will.
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Agricultural PROGRESS.

The census of 1850 gave the number
of farms at 1,449,073. In that year
New York reported 170,621. the largest
number CT any state. Only two other
states reported over 100000. They
were Ohio, with 14S,S07, and Pennsyl-
vania, with 127,577. In 1900 the aggre-
gate number of farms in the United
States was 5,7S9,657. an increase In If
ty years of 4.290,5S4 farms. The same
period witnessed an increase in ma
tional population of 23,19i,S76. In
1900 fifteen states reported over 20O,'
600 farms each, as follows; Texas,
352,190: Missouri, 2S4SS6; Ohio 276,-
719; Illinois. 264,151; Kentucky, 234,-
667; Iowa, 22S,622; Tennessee, 224,-
623; Pennsylvania, 224,24S; Alabama,
223,220; Indiana, 221.S97 Mississippi,
220,S03; Michigan, 203, col The total
increase in acreage has been from
29S.000,000 acres in 1850 to SAL 100000
in 1900.
The increase in value of farm prop
erty during fifty years is shown by the
following census reports: 1850, $S,967,-
100000; 1860, s7,9SO,0000Oo; 1870,
$S,944,O00,O 1880, s12,1S0,O 100000;
1890, s160S2, 100000; 1900, $20,514,000,-
900. The average value per farm for
each census year was as follows: 1850,
s2,73S; 1860, $3,904; 1870, $3,36S: 1880,
$3,03S; 1890, $3.50; 1900, 1854.
In 1850 only eight states reported
farm land to the value of 100000, 900
or over. In 1900 there were seven
states each with farm land worth
$500, 100000 or over.
In 1850 little farm machinery was in
use. Cast iron plows were about the
only plows to be found on the farms.
Grass was moved with a scythe and
| grain was cut with the scythe, sickle
or cradle. The threshing implement
was the fail. Since that time almost
innumerable farm implements have
been patented. The value of all farm
implements Qncluding wagons and car
riages) in 1850 was $751;, 100000 BY
1880 this value had increased to $4O6,-
100000. In 1890 the value was $494,-
100000, and in 1900 II was $761 ,000,.
| 600. The increased use of farm ma
chinery has been largely the cause OF
| the enormous increase in agricultural
| wealth.
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The Presence of Whiteton.

While visiting Odin, H.. last year,
and inspecting some of the meadows
around that place, the writer was talk
ing with Professor Hopkins relative
to the presence of whitetop, which
seemed to have taken many fields.
Professor Hopkins made the remark:
"Whitetop never troubles in the
clover meadow"
He had demonstration of this at
hand, for one of the fields under his
control was an immense meadow of
red clover that stood twenty-four
inches high. The whole field was
mass of green leaves and red blooms,
and If there was any whitetop there 1t
was out of sight. One of the farmers
remarked that his brothers farm was
so overrun with whitetop that the hay
was of little value Whitetop is great
pest where it is allowed to get the
upper hand of the farmer, but II field
Is well cultivated and the clover crop
established, no whitetop will appear
Farmers Review.
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Thinks They Are Safe.

In the spring term of the past year
the athletic young women of Smith
college developed passion for base
ball. In conversation with distin-
guished visitor at the college, Presi-
dent L. Clark Seelye spoke of the
fresh enthusiasm which the students
were manifesting in the national game.
The visitor. having his own ideals
of intelligent gentlewomen, looked
somewhat distressed at this announce
ment.
Aren't you afraid" he asked, that
baseball will have tendency to make
the girls masculine?"
A humorous expression stole over
President Seelye's face. "Masculine?"
he echoed. "My dear friend, If you
could never have further fears pitch
ing the ball you would never have any
further fears on that score"
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strlnay MIX.

Now and then n farmer Is puzzled
at the appearance Of stringiness in the
milk few hours sitter 1t Is drawn.
He at once imagines that the COW
is sick or that some certain COW has
given this milk and begins hunt for
her. Sometimes the stringiness is
due to case of garget, but In most
cases 1t Is due to less important
causes. There are certain grcwths
OF minute nature, found sometimes
in the pastures but often In the hay,
that produce this stringiness. There
is only one way of getting rid OF 1t.
and that Is by excessive care when
the milk Isl drawn. Generally the
trouble begins with the stirring up
OF the hay before milking, and the
filling of the air around the COW with
a vast number Of particles that have
In them the power of development
In developing in the milk these at
tach themselves one to the other and
make the white strings so annoying.
When the thing occurs persistently in
the stable, 1t Is probable that these
spores exist in great numbers In the
hay. We can only advise in such
cases that the hay be not given the
cows until after the milk is drawn and
taken away.