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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
LAMBS FOR PROFIT.
Good. strong Belief About Breeding
Thcm SnccessfullN.

BY JOHN CAMPBELL. Ontario.
In 1897 I imported one of the best
Shropshire owe lambs to be found in
England, the pick of the best pen of
five shown that year. She produced
in six years thirteen living lambs.
many Of them first and champion
prize winners. Up to the fall of 1904
in sales, her own winnings in Canada
and her offspring's winnings in Can
ada and the States realized $3.50 In
cash. At the same time seven daugh-
tiers and four granddaughters We're re
tanned in the flock, and the now eight
year-old dam is as fresh looking as Il
two-yearold.
As far as present prospects Indicate
the future course of things. growing
lambs in general cannot for some years
fail In being Il profitable business. But
in the sheep industry, as in other lines
of agriculture, there is n good and
better way of going about it, and the
1t is in the good animal well prepared
for the market that we invariably find
our greatest profit. To have the lamb
which will return the largest profit be
the market firm or dull, he must be
bred for the purpose, along the right
lines, and so cared for that every day
of his life Il steady increase in growth
and flesh is maintained.
From the writer's experiences and
observations at fat stock and other
shows in Canada and the United States
the lamb which led, and that strongly,
in grade classes for twelve or fifteen
years past had a long wooded mother
and for sire a Down, usually a Shrop
shire. A most notable exception was a
pen of lambs exhibited by the Wiscon-
sin Agricultural college at the nterna-
tional, Chicago, a few years ago, pen
of five, remarkable for beauty of form
and good quality. They were sired by
Southdown ram and out of western
range ewes and no visible line of
breeding Such evidences have led to
good. strong belief that Il good eve
Of most any kind Of grade coupled with
compact. medium sized Shropshire
RAM having we'll covered back and
good full leg of mutton and big in his
points, can produce the lamb we are
after.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. BARROW. Chatham. N. y,
Press Correspondent New York state
Grange
VIEWS ON GRANGE WORK.
state Master Horton of Michigan
Gives Answer to Some Questions.

state Master Horton of Michigan
Gives Answer to Some Questions.
Hon. George Il. Horton, master of
Michigan state grange, has for several
years been at the head of the grange
movement. and by his individual eff
forts, seconded by strong deputy or
ganization, has built up the grange to
its present high standard in that state.
In a recent interview he was asked If
he saw any danger, or signs of danger,
ahead in the grange movement II
so. what are they? He replied. I'm
times of prosperity there is danger Of
those being attracted to activity for
selfish purposes. For farmers. by farm
ers and in the interest of farmers
should be the words passed all along
grange lines. No matter how seemingly
sincere or earnest and solicitous for our
welfare, be watchfu of the active
movements of those members not di-
rectly interested in the tilling Of the soil
or in farm life"
Asked if the grange was undertaking
too many things in national and state
legislation, and if it would not be wiser
TO attempt less ana perhaps secure
more, Mr.. Horton replied: There is
very little danger of the grange be
coming overaggressive. Our chief care
should be to espouse reforms based
upon common sense and justice. If we
are wise in this. the good name of the
grange will be perpetuated through
generations to come"
Asked what questions of public
nature are now demanding the atten-
ton Of the grange in Michigan, Mr.
Horton said: I'VE are attempting to
amend the direct nominations law and
also enact good roads legislation in
rational way We are discussing for
estry from the farmers standpoint and
have kept up the agitation for the de
natured alcohol law, which is now on
our statute books"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Oregon State Grange,

The Oregon state grange is one Of
the few that hold their annual meetings
in the spring. At the last meeting,
held in June, A. T. Buxton was elected
master to succeed B. G. Leedy, who
had held the position for several years
Resolutions were adopted favoring fe
male suffrage, local option law, post
al savings banks. parcels post electing
United States senators by direct vote
of the people. publishing the assess
ment roll annually in each county and
holding an educational conference OF
county assessors each year. kilograms
expressing satisfaction at the passage
of the free alcohol bill were sent to
congress and TO the master of the ma
tional grange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
BEAN STACK.

an arrangement similar to the one
shown in the cut, says Il correspondent
of Farm, Field and Preside This is
very easily constructed at little or no
expense. Any sort of available poles
or sticks may be used. dashed together
with pieces OF Irvine or small wire
The platform. built ten inches or
more from the ground, permits a free
circulation of air underneath and so up
through the pile and prevents the bot
tom layer from molding. By arrang-
ing cross sticks as shown cover may
be placed over the top that will pre-
vent rain entering the stacks from
above. Beans cured in this way are
very uniform and free from mold. The
poles may be kept from year to year,
and the platforms stored in piles or in
buildings
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
CIVIC AFFAIRS.
Each Grange should he the Center of
Civic Life.


Civic Life.
The field for grange activity Is as
wide as its members care to make it,
The ideal condition would be to have
the grange the center of civic life and
rural progress. Its members should
lead in local community improvements,
and they should be a recognized, help
full influence in every community. The
future is to see important changes in
educational processes and in the larger
utilization of schools, schoolhouses and
equipment. The rural school should
continue to be the best school, but its
work should be brought into closer
touch with life on the farm and in the
home.
A committee on civic affairs should
be appointed in every grange, and
through this committee the grange and
the public generally would be induced
to promote such objects as the follow
ing: First neatly kept grounds about
farmhouses and village homes; second,
attractively kept roadsides, free from
rubbish, but this does not mean to
ruthlessly cut out brush or trees that
add charm to the landscapes; third.
proper care of roadside trees, to see
that they are not gnawed by horses or
destroyed by insects; fourth, co-opera-
ton in fighting orchard and other tree
pests, so the trees will not only be
profitable, but have a pleasing look;
fifth. gradually reduce and finally abol-
ish unsightly advertisements or sign
boards along the highway and on pri-
vate buildings; sixth. cultivate a spirit
of pride in the whole TOW nship. its re-
sources, social life and industrial OPP
portunites; seventh, do everything pos
sibe to encourage the development of
small or large manufactures, home in
dustries, handicraft, etc.
Every intelligent effort along those
lines will rebound to the interest of
the grange as we'll as be a benefit TO
all the community
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Beneat of Glover on the Land.

The chief value of blowing under a
crop of clover lies, then, in the addition
of humus and its associated mineral
plant food and in the addition of nitro
gen. By the subsequent decay in the
soil of the turned under clover these
constituents are converted into avail
able food for future use for farm crops
and fruits While the growth and har-
vesting of other crops leave the soil
poorer in nitrogen, the growth of clio
yer, even when the crop has been har-
vested and the roots only left, leaves
the soil invariably richer in this con-
|stituent
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Married In the Grunge.

A rather unusual programme was
that presented by a grange in Maine
recently. After several numbers of
the programme had been rendered the
wedding march was being played, the
Patrons marching around the hall
They stopped before the masters desk,
when a brother and sister in the Order
were united as man and wife by one
having authority so to do. After the
ceremony a recess was declared and
congratulations extended to the newly
married couple. Refreshments were
furnished by the groom.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
CHINESE RADISH.

find specimens foot and a half in
length. 1t is eaten both raw and cook,
ed. 1t is white and Is carefully washed
before being carted to market, so that
it presents an attractive appearance,
although its enormous size makes its
Identification a difficult matter for an
average American farmer. Chinese
cabbage grows tall rather than round.
When growing the cabbage bears some
resemblance to our celery, being very
white at the bottom and green at the
top.
One of the most interesting vegeta-
bles grown at this farm Is a variety
Of Sicilian squash. which has a very
peculiar shape, specimens often being
seen which are fully yard long. al
though no larger around than ones
wrist.-Country Gentleman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Foreign Vegetables.

There is a prosperous farm not far
from Boston which is given up largely
to the raising of vegetables for the for
eign population of the Hub. The
Chinese are very critical in regard to
the quality of the vegetables which
they buy, and they are among the
farmers best customers. The Chinese
are great consumers of vegetables
Now the Chinese radish is something
to wonder at 1t Is not uncommon to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Fancy Figures For Good saddIer..

Good saddle horses bring $500 to
$1,000 in Chicago, yet at even these
fancy figures the demand is far from
being satisfied, says Orange Judd
Farmer. Purchasers are constantly on
fhe lookout for good mounts. but can
seldom find what they want Is not
| he lesson plain? Why do not more
Inen go into the breeding of saddlers?
True, it requires much skill, but 1t is
bot at all impossible. Outside of the
ity demand many we'll to do farmers
nd stockmen would buy saddlers If
hey could fina them
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
EARNAsass2a.se:;:
SIsssa4*'CHRBgA
NAVY BEANS.
Gathering and Curing-A Good RAN
For Stacking.

Gathering and CurinR-A Good Tl1n
For Stacking.
The ripe bean crop may be pulled by
hand ana thrown into windows con-
tainin. two or three rows each, or it
may be cut by a bean harvesting ma
chine. which does the same thing. 1t
should be left in the rows a couple of
days to wilt and dry and then ''poled."
This means the placing of the vine
root end i'm around n stake driven
firmly into the ground. If it is desired
to seed the field to wheat the vines
may be removed to another field for
the purpose of polling or stacking.
Poles have been such uncertain
things under unfavorable conditions
that for a number of years have used
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
The Saucy Summer Girl.

She's piquant and pretty.
She's clever and witty.
She's modest and simple and chaste;
Tiptilted her nose is.
AS sweet as the rose is
The girl in the peekaboo waist.
Her costume. though stunning.
Is what | call cunning
And quite in the height of good taste,
But still she is chilly
And says | am silly
To dote on the peekaboo waist.
swear l will leave her
And hope thus to grieve her.
But never a tear have traced.
She says there are others
Who aren't quite brothers.
And peekaboo won't go to waste.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Grange National Banks.

The grange national bank movement
seems to be spreading in Pennsylvania.
In Cambria county bank was recently
established on property costing $4,000,
which will be fitted up in a most at
tractive style. Pennsylvania is giving
the grange national bank system a
thorough trial and we anticipate that
other states will follow in its lead IL
these institutions prove successful
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

Experiments at the Oklahoma station
ave shown the following to be supe-
or to spraying with paris green, for
|erly recommended: Thoroughly mix
lille dry one pound of paris green and
fly pounds of wheat bran. Make
|oist, but not sloppy, by adding water
which quart of cheap molasses has
BEN dissolved. Place this mixture In
|oonful piles where the worms are
|prking. 1t attracts the worms from
e wheat and oats. 1t Is also good
asshopper poison.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Wood. Used For Tight Packages.

White oak is used exclusively in the
knufacture of barrels and hogsheads
+ whisky, spirits. wine, beer and ale.
|r the manufacture Of cider, vinegar
d pickle packages and also for oil
b packing house packages, white oak
Supplemented to very limited ex
It by red oak generally and locally
Oregon by fir, In California by
uce and in Massachusetts, by pine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
In Luck.

When frenzied noise let's down the bars
And cracker smoke wreaths curl,
Then little Willie thanks his stars
He was not born a girl.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
And Insight

What happens when people fall in
love at first sight?"
Usually. marriage and second sight"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
lakes Them Off.

why do the good die young"
ut is a malady that very quickly
proves fatal, and only the young are
ever afflicted"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

When a man goes about inviting to
look up references and be assured OF
his honesty, the brand he carries isn't
worth the advertising.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Likes Spice.

"Gayzer seems to be having a pretty
gay time Doesn't his wife objectY
Yes. that's why he enjoys it So"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
His Ideal.

whats the ideal wife7"
THE one a man hasn't got"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

You aren't apt to have unexpected
company when you have a really good
dinner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

No man really wants his children to
do as he has done.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

1t is never called debt as long as
your credit is good.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

If man would carry his wife
bunch of roses once in awhile she
wouldn't be nearly so apt to wonder if
marriage is a failure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Its First Job.

"When Adam and Eve moved out of
The garden | wonder II they carried
their belongings on wheelbarrow."
Sure not They used Adams ex-
press"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

The habit of paying compliments
often leaves a man bankrupt of truth
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

No one talks very much about rights
who has any.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

Some people are so tender hearted
that they cannot bear to see a chair
get cold.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13
Humor no Philosophy
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The contingent that would rather be
right than be in Jail is considerably
anger than the one that would rather
be right than be president.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

It things have no bright side, use
your biceps and polish up.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-13

A person OF mathematical mind
would rather get the average than so
10 heaven.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-13

"Defenseless women and little chill
dren--' He was still trying to re-
gain his lost equilibrium.
He walked about the fires or lin
gered by the groups in consultation
until the first signs of dawn. Then he
climbed the low, rocky hill to the east
and peered over the top, the drum
beats still pulsing through him, still
coercing him. AS the light grew. he
could make out the details of the
scene below. He was looking down
Into a narrow valley running north
and south, formed by two ranges of
rugged, rocky hills 500 yards or so
apart. 70 the north this valley wild
ened; to the south it narrowed until
1t became a mere gap leading out into
the desert.
Directly below him, halfway be-
tween the ranges of hills, was a circle
of covered wagons wheel to wheel.
In the center of this a pit had been
dug, and here the besieged were find
ing such protection as they could
from the rif1e-fire that came down
from the hills on either side. Even
now he could see Indians lying in
watch for any who might attempt to
escape. The camp had been attacked
on Monday morning after the wagons
had moved a hundred yards away
from the spring. It was now Friday.
For four days, therefore, with only
what water they could bring by
dashes to the spring under fire, they
had held their W in, the pit.
When it grew still lighter he de-
serted. out on his left neal the spring,
two spots of white close together, and
remembered Lees tale the night be-
fore of the two little girls sent for
water.
At that instant, the chanting and
the beat of the drum stopped, and in
the silence a flood of light seemed to
shine in upon his mind, showing him
in something of its true aspect the
thing they were about to do. Not
clearly did he see it, for he was still
proportions, moreover; for he saw it
against the background of his teach
ing from the cradle; the murder of
their Prophet, the persecution of the
Saints, the outrages put upon his own
family, the murder of his father, and
the death Of his mother; the coming
of an army upon them now to repeat
these prosecutions; the reported Of
lenses of this particular lot of Gen.
tiles. And then, too, he saw it against
his own fiawless faith in the authority
of the priesthood, his implicit belief
that whatsoever they ordered vas to
be obeyed as the literal command Of
God, his unshaken conviction that to
disobey the priesthood was to commit
the unfcrgiyahle sin of %blasphemy
against the Holy Ghost.
The plan CT assault vas o again
rehcarsed, and it's details commune
Gated to their Indian allies. BY ten
o'clock all was ready.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-13

women followed, marching slngIy or
IN pairs; some with little bundles of
their most precious belongings; some
carrying babes too young to be sent
i n the wagon. A few had kept
even their older children to walk be-
SIDE them, fearing some. evil-they
knew not what.
n such, a young woman near the
last of the line, was leading by the
hand a little girl Ct three or four, while
n her left there marched a sturdy,
pink-faced boy of seven or eight,
whose almost white hair and eye
proWs gave him a look Of fright which
MS demeanor belied. The woman,
looking anxiously back over her shout
DER to the line of men, spoke warming
~ to the boy as the line moved slowly
forward.
Take her other hand, and stay
close. I'm afraid something will hap
pen-that man who came is not an
honest man, I tried to tell them, but
they wouldn't believe me. Keep her
hand In yours, and if anything does
happen, run right back there and try
to find her father. Remember now,
just as if she were your own little
sister,"
The boy answered stoutly, with
shrewd glances about for possible
danger. +.
"Of course I'll stay by her. I
wouldn't run away. If I'd only had a
gun" he continued, in tones of regret
full enthusiasm, IT know l could have
shot some of those Indians-but these,
what do you call acknowledgements
they'll keep the Indians away now"
But remember-don't leave my
child, for I'm understanding warns
me-"
Farther back the .others had now
fallen in, SO that the whole company
was in motion. The two wagons were
in the lead; then came the women;
n some distance back of these
trailed the line of men.
When the latter reached the place
where the column of militia stood
drawn up In line by the roadside, they
swung their hats and cheered their
d%eliverers; again and again the cheers
rang in tones that were full of graft
tude. AS they passed on, an armed
Mormon stepped to the side of each
man and walked with him, thus con.
vincing the last doubter of their sin
cerity in wishing to guard them from
any unexpected attack by the Indians.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-12-13

In such fashion marched the long,
loosely extended line until the rear
had gone some two hundred yards
away from the circle of wagons. At
the head, he two wagons containing
the children and wounded had now
fallen out-o of sight over a gentle rise
to the north. The women also were
we'll ahead, passing Ut that moment
through a lane of low cedars that
grew close to the road on either side.
The men were now stepping briskly,
sure 1t last of the honesty Of their
rescuers.
Then, while all promised fair, a call
came from the head of the line Of
men,-a clear, high call of command
that rang to the very rear of the
column:
Israel, do your duty"
Before the faces of the marching
men had even shown surprise or ques-
tioning, each Mormon had turned and
shot the man who walked beside him.
The same instant brought piercing
creams from the column of women
ahead; for the signal had been given
while they were in the lane of cedars
where the Indian allies of the Saints
had been ambushed. Shots and
creams echoed and re-echoed across
the narrow valley, and clouds Of
smoke, pearl gray in the morning sun,
foated near the ground.
The plan of attack had been we'll
laid for quick ucces Most of the
men had fallen at the first volley,
either killed or wounded. Here and
there along the all but PROSTATE line
would be seen a struggling pair, or
one of the emigrants running toward
cover under a fire that always brought
him low before he reached it.
On the women, too, the quick attack
had been almost instantly successful.
The first great volume of mad shrieks
had quickly died low as if the victims
were being smothered; and now could
be heard only the single scream Of
some woman caught in fight,-short,
despairing screams, and others that
seemed to be cut short-strangled at
their height.
Joel Rae found himself on the line
after the first volley, drawn by some
dread power he could not resist. Yet
one look had been enough. He shut
his eyes to the writhing forms, the
Jets Of fame splitting through the fog
OF smoke. and turned to flee.
TO Be CONTINUED NEXT WEEK