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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
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Birds In Attack

Birds display great skill and cunning
In the chase, the attack and in guard
ing themselves from injury during the
struggle for supremacy. The secretary
bird is the invet"rate enemy and untir-
ing pursuer of the snake. All sorts,
even the most venomous. he hunts with
a Zest that is at once Interesting and
amusing. The snake fees from it's
foe, who follows, watching every OPP
portunity for blow When The reptile
turns the bird uses one Of his wings
as shield and strikes with his foot
The snake buries its faug5 IN the wing.
but leaves the poison in the plumage,
and the bird escapes unhurt Repeat
ed blows from the powerful claw con-
fuse and disable the snake, and at last
It falls, TO be at once dispatched by
thrusts of the sharp beak into its head.
The bird then losses his victim into the
air and, catching it as it falls, swal.
lows it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Hogs For the General Farmer.

know of no hogs which so we'll fill
the bill for the general farmer and feed
err as the improved large English Berl-
shires. While they glow to very large
size, they can be fitted for the market
at any time and take on for the food
consumed as large gain as any other
breed. The large sows weigh as high as
500, those in the medium class 500 to
600. These weights refer to animals
we'll grown and in good flesh The pigs
can be fed to 400 and 500 pounds in ten
to twelve months and when properly
handled always top the market, says
Rural New Yorker correspondent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
FEEDING METHODS.
Large Amount of "Cake" Used by
English Cattlemen.

Large Amount of "Cake" Used by
English Cattlemen.
The amount OF cake" that is fed to
cattle in England is astonishing By
this term is meant what we know as
"cottOnsced meal and ''linseed oil
meal" They are usually combined with
other feeds. but may be fed alone, espe-
cially during summer Either or both
are used. This term is strictly applica-
BILE only to the product in the form in
which it comes from the presses. When
sold on our markets the cake has usual
ly been ground into meal, but for con-
venience in exporting this is not usual
ly done until the cake reaches it's desti-
nation, and in many cases it is merely
broken into small pieces and not
ground. This makes it more conven-
lent to feed. especially when it is
thrown on the grass.
British farmers use large quantities
Of undecorticated cotton cake, especial
ly in summer feeding. This is the cake
obtained in the process of oil milling,
where the bulls are not removed from
the seeds. The hulls have a stringent
property which is found valuable in
counteracting the laxative effect of
grass.
UndecOrticated cottonseed meal is
practically unavailable for American
feeders. The only seed which can be
economically milled without first hav-
ing the hulls removed is that to which
no lint adheres in ginning There is no
Egyptian seed milled in America, and
sea island is a very small factor. AS
far as known to the writer all Ameri-
can mills remove the hulls as the first
step in the milling process.-W. J. Ken
nedy.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
N z w S NOTES

Denmark is said to produce the most
uniformly excellent bacon in the world.
1t has captured the bacon market in
which Irish bacon formerly stood first.
The United States is great cane
sugar consuming country. Statisticians
of the sugar trade estimate that more
than seventy-five pounds per capita
were consumed during 1904.
at is perfectly practicable to produce
first class Camembert cheese in the
United States" say some Of the dairy
experts.
The forests of Canada supplied $685.
O0O000 worth of lumber to the Unite /
States during the three years ende /
June 80, 1904.
Reports have it that in the town Of
Bethlehem, Ind, sunfower seed is
grown to quite an extent for market.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
POTATO TALK.
j. ID. Terry on One Eye Seed Cuttings,
SprOutinE and Planting.

I-luutlnS.
AT the recent meeting of the Vermont
Horticultural society T. b. Terry of
Ohio gave very interesting address on
potato growing. As reported by Ameri-
can Cultvator, Mr.. Terry said among
other things:
l found that in order to get potatoes
Of about uniform grade. of lust about
one size-that is, what women like TO
cook, not overgrown, not small. Just a
medium size, all alike must cut the
seed into one eye pieces. as we call it.
That would bring failure on poor soil
every time or with poor culture or poor
" sprouted seed. but we found that
with seed that had not sprouted, that
were properly kept without sprouting
until planting time, we could gain the
results desired.
L want the first sprouts to grow.
Those that come later are natures eff
forts to preserve the species, but she
cannot do her best with thea. The first
sprout should grow, and with such seed
as that Of the right variety and proper
ly cut and put into rich soil and well
taken care of. why. l csn grow more
dollars to the acre from one eye cut
tinGs than from any more seed.
Green In Potatoes.
L found that potatoes were sometimes
green on one end, and that spoiled
them. You know they are often yellow
inside and that spoils them for me. /
want them snowy white. What makes
this yellow? Just a little of what
makes the green. Too much exposure
makes the green; a little exposure
makes Tie ya'ow.
So we went to work i aa-c the pota-
toes from exposure to light from begin
ming to end. That meant that we could
not plant potatoes in hills unless we
hilled them up high, and that is not
practical, because in hill you are GO
ing to put in considerable seed, and as
they grow they are going to crack the
ground open, the air will get in, and
you are going to have the ends green.
SO we took the one eye cuttings and
planted them, one little piece about
every twelve or fifteen inches apart,
three to four inches deep.
One Eye Cuttings.
When | speak Of one eye cutting l
think you all know practically what 1
mean. | don't know Of any iron clad
rule-l mean to take potatoes that have
the ordinary number of eyes, a medium
sized tuber, and cut it so you will get
one eye to a piece, in the center. At
the stem end you will find a little
weak one. Reach up and take the
next one. When you get to the seed
end there is a cluster of eyes. Just
take your knife and cut off the cluster
of eyes and throw 1t away leaving one
or two eyes then on the piece. Suppos-
ing we didn't cut that off, what might
be the reSult-not always, but some
times? Why. half a dozen eyes might
start. | have often seen it. Half a
dozen little weak sprouts would mean
forty or fifty little potatoes and no
large ones. Supposing you have that
weak eye from the stem end and a
poor one from the seed end, you get
about twelve good pieces and two poor
ones. One-siXth of your crop is poor.
That is not business.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
FARM BREVITIES

Grass is soil maker, a soil improv-
er and soil protector.
"BiS money in sugar beets" ''profit-
able progress" and industrial and So
cial accord" are characteristics of the
present situation in Colorado, accord
ing to press reports.
The cotton red spider is another enc
my threatening the cotton plant. I'm
der ordinary conditions its injuries
rarely become serious, but it appears
to have become more familiar than is
desirable in some sections during the
past two seasons.
ut pays to plant trees" say many
who claim to speak with the authority
of accurate knowledge.
Following the recent movement in
favor of open front poultry houses
come protests against too close confine-
ment of dairy cattle. This, it is con-
tended, tends to develop tuberculosis.
"The fresh air cow is the vigorous
no1v -
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Cool Poultry Thoroughly.

Following is an extract from a circu-
lar sent to shippers by a New York
commission house: Our experience and
observation is that the cause of
great deal of poultry arriving in bad
order is the fault of the shipper either
by not having cooled out properly, put
ting too much in barrels without suffi-
Gent ice or shipping dry packed during
warm or muggy weather Poultry to
be tanked in ice water before shipping
should be well cooled by putting in
three changes of fresh well water be-
fore putting into ice water. This takes
the animal heat out gradually, whereas
if put in ice water too quickly almost
invariably a greenish cast Is given to
the poultry. This, of course, affects the
price from to = cents a pound. This
mistake Of improper cooling occurs
more with winter and inexperienced
shippers than with those who ship the
year around. However, it frequently
occurs even that they have used too
much haste or dressed too close up to
ShiDDing time
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Troubles For the Calf Feeder.

Undoubtedly the greatest difficulty
that the calf feeder has to contend
with is scours. Here, as elsewhere,
ian ounce OF prevention is worth a
pound of cure" The principal causes
of this difficulty are overlooking, sour
milk, feeding cold milk, feeding grain
with the milk, using dirty milk pals.
very cold water, too much water after
periods of thirst and irregularity in
feeding. The careful feeder will watch
very carefully the effect OF his feed
upon his calves, and Us soon as there
are any signs Of scours the milk
should be reduced one-half or more
and gradually increased again as the
calf is able to stand it.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
FertiIizing Tobacco.

In fertilizing tobacco at the new Ohio
test farm the greatest total yield and
net profit were produced by a fertilizer
containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potassium in approximately the
ratio to each other in which they are
found in barnyard manure. The large
quantity Of nitrogen required in this
application greatly increased the cost.
AS a carrier of nitrogen nitrate Of soda
appeared much more effective than
tankage
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
CROSS SECTION OF TOMATO.

[Showng the small seed cavities and
thick walls of good shipping sorts.l
These characteristics of the fruits are
important factors in determining their
fitness for special purposes. Professor
G. G. Corbett, an authority on horticul-
tural matters, says:
Medium sized, smooth, spherical
fruits which ripen evenly and have
small seed cavities and thick walls, as
shown in the accompanying figure, are
especially suited to long distance ship
ment. These qualities should enter into
every sort selected to the greatest pos
sible degree consistent with earliness,
lateness, heavy yield or any other spe-
cial quality which gives the variety
marked commercial advantage.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Whnt Mice Like.

In trapping mice sundower seeds
and next to them squash or pumpkin
seeds, old or new, are among the very
best things that can be used for bait,
says I. Greiner in Home and Farm.
You can coax rat or mouse almost
anywhere with these oily seeds. In
grocery and hardware stores you will
find little cheap traps in sizes suitable
for both kinds of rodents, and if you
will keep these traps set with ordinary
skill and in selected places where the
little animals have been in the habit
OF feeding you will soon see the last
Of them.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
ROAD DRAG,

Farmer presents the design herewith.
1t is much like the land graders used
by irrigation farmers in Colorado for
bringing the land to a plain surface.
Instead of the split logs use two pieces
by - inches and nine feet long. Be-
tween these place two X braces made
Of . by stuff and of such length as
will fix the distance between the 2 by
12's at thirty inches. These X braces
are halved, as represented. Long
fve-eighths inch eyebolts are passed
through the by los. The eyes are
used for attaching the chains. Blocks
and washers should be placed under
the nuts at the rear ends of the eye
bolts. A twelve inch plank should be
placed on the drag. The driver will
stand on this plank in such position
as may be required by the work. The
planks are provided with a cutting
edge of steel This may be three inches
wide
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Commercial Printing.

For years we have paid much
attention to the wants of the
business firms in this city and
county and feel that we can offe1
them our experience for theii
money. 1t will be a fair trade!
Our line of office stationery il
i'll style and finish the best thai
can be had. This embraced
everything used in correspond
dence or in the Office or store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
A TOMATO oTANDARD.
Gest Kinds Have Sn&Il Seed Cavities
md WHO. Walls.

Farmers will sJaa be making out
their seed lists, am lie varieties of to-
matoes to be grown come up for deci-
sion. Early ripenirg sorts are frequent
~ irregular in shape, have compare
lively thin walls large seed cavities
and numerous seeds. The fruit is apt
TO color ANA ripeI unevenly, remaining
green around the stem, or to contain a
hard core. LGier ripening sorts, while
not all superior to the others, have as
rule thicker and tirmer walls, smaller
seed cavities and few seeds.
The most highly developed varieties
now make few seeds and ripen evenly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
BOOK PUBLISHING.

We make speciality of Bool
and Pamphlet Printing and car
show samples of our work ir
this line that must interest you
We also do newspaper and mag
azine work and general compo
sition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
The Mutton Merinn.

Some people seem gifted in making
forecasts of the future and anticipate
coming needs. My friend. the late +.
ID. Curtis, who by the way, was a
forceful writer on farm topics and live
stock breeding, some years since ad-
vocatcd the development of mutton
Merino type. What would be the mat
ter with such a sheen for present con
ditions? Surely it would not be want
ing on the score Of fleece. | can name
two fiocks in this section that were
developed by minglin& the blood of reg
istered American Merin0S with the
French or so called EambOuillet blood.
Each of these llocks has clipped fleeces
averaging fourteen pounds, which has
selling value equal to American Me
rino clips. These sheep have all the
vigor and energy that always result
from uniting long separated forceful
mother blood, says a New York CORE
spondent Of National Stockman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Vinegar That "won,t Make

Many farmers and vinegar manufac-
turers make Il foolish practice of add
ing fresh apple juice to old vinegar
stock in the hope of thus securing a
more rapid conversion Of the product
into vinegar and then complain that
their vinegar won't make" The
sugar of the juice must first undergo
alcoholic fermentation before acetic
fermentation can begin, and by adding
apple juice to old vinegar the alcoholic
fermentation may not only be checked,
but even absolutely prevented.-C. A.
Brown.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Is the Dual Purpose Cow Needed.

From Chicago comes the report, too
often repeated, that there are not
enough good to choice" feeders to
meet the demand, and quotations are
running from 81 to $3.50 without
bringing out sufficient supply of this
class of cattle. It the same time COM
mon stockers and grass and skim milk
calves are quoted there and at Buffalo
at 50 TO $3.50. Most of this poor stuff
appears to come from the dairy dis
tricts and emphasizes the Importance
Of dairymen working into a different
class of cows from those now held in
many localities.-D. L. Salmon in
Country Gentleman.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

AS beans come from the thrashers
there are among them more or less that
are discOlored and damaged and also
gravel and dirt of various sorts. This
refuse must be removed before the
beans are ready for market. Much of
this work can be done by machinery,
but some of it must be accomplished by
hand picking. All the beans going to
market from New York are hand pick
ed, which means that practically every
bean is perfect The matter of prepar-
ing the crop is almost exclusively in the
hands of the bean dealers. At large
number of the railway stations in the
bean growing sections are bean houses.
usually the property of local produce
dealer who buys the crop of the local
ity. The farmer delivers his crop at the
bean house.--American Agricuturist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
Sorghum Poisoning.

From a Mississippi station report IT
appears that hydrocyanic acid was
found in the stomach of a COW which
died suddenly and in sorghum from the
field whore she had grazed. The only
plat of sorghum found to contain
traces of the acid had made the most
luSuriant growth.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

Crested Polish fowls are popular in
villages and small towns because they
are highly ornamental, do not require
high poultry fences to keep them In
and are fairly good layers. Their
crests seem to prevent their seeing tbs
tops of even such low fences as four
feet
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
MICHAEL KNlLL,
JOB PRINTING

In general we can do anythin,
in this line, at prices that vii
command your attention ant
your orders. We have tasty an,
attractive ideas that we will b.
happy to show you if you cal
or write.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26

"There's so much noise in the house
the chair can't hear it's own voice."
Speaker Cannon confded to the house
the other day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-26
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AGZ7RMeF Qt3A,D
SA 7NA GARDEN
A ROAD DRAG.

4 Form Of the King Drag Made With
Sawed Lumber.
The original King drag was made
Of two halves of log nine feet long.
These were placed on edge with the
fiat sides to the front. Two inch holes
were bored through them, and in these
strong bars were wedged. These held
the halves in position. To meet the
wants of readers who must depend
upon sawed lumber for material with
which to make a drag, the Kansas
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
EASTERN TURF
SOWING TO VEST
z sllIls3,ontInaed from F4Est IeEsl

the fact Of 70, persons II . aYln seen
tha RUNNING az the y, 900 rlghtans 1a ndiN
Dan oil AIT satuTd fully ttestlng sI,l Z
faptf Racillg ts " wv !;
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the golden carnival of atoga gets I'M il;
der way, where King ChaHce an. King
sThoroug hold the tlrone Until Az
gusts 81 Then CONES TIL autumn season
about New Z ork Il gain :33
The East 50 boWing and scraping 70 the ll!s
west gust now is SO the the
turf is COZ cerned. " Once again q tier
lapse of Inc Wa years two stinctively
western race horse produc ts ara. run1ni,ig
over the top of the flower I he metro
polltan ables. During the last ten days
Ram inner the 1905 Mont e IT. tgon n,
cry Hand leap Aiemphi a ,ltI
Sir Huon, I. Kentucky :,
Derby al Louisyill have hoW v, fully
the met lei and the ood tn oroug hbred
Esu bstanlcce within hem BY sim ply toying
with strong Efie1 d. local q 9the.r
nd respee Both Ra'is
8HornSnnd Sir Huon took j class Is honors
with clean heels d uri the last days.
RAMS Horn won the Bay n 3itdge Fiandl--
cap on last Afond ats Sheep head Bay
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cAR1ER HALL 81 ARkE counry HoME EBEN RICHARDS


IN q verita bic ronp, Yhileg the doEgedly
provincial u New " rkers p ts1d thousands
ana thousands OF do lars into the betting
ring on B douin,a son OF Me ddler. owned
~ Jewett, 9 this city at 3 tel,
Bookmr1ak er z mm y'' Duc kworth,, n * har-
5lie9, lllisor, n y ohnny'. u, George %
Bennett and Bookrnn lser s,.s ack sheqlan
waited like bloodhoun In the leash
until Bookmne III p 5oWan. ne &c ne :
and sreputed wisest money handle Sths
ring, had posted ~ to 1.1s . lsSls catfne ING
We stern pla All s III III
The aforemen toned clientele plugged
the q to 81 down to ~ to IN at 5tilei very
close. After tho smoke had cleared Y 20 W
an stood a. $4,000 @5 loser ,,s while yler.i
,Lichens tein. Rose and TInnff. other strong
book ma kers, also showed It's to the
play 81 the m co. w 4. 81 llianls' substl-
5tuted Shaw In place Of Perrlne, " no had
done most OF the riding when Rams Horn toN:
had up the colors tat New o. leans. Ram, q
sHorn ran his schnra cteris I ic: race. Cedar.
stone, h Bedouin and q Log LIST y a made az
tho early running, and when the Held
had straighten ned gu II for the run home
through The stretc CHI shaw shook IN Rams p,
Horn, IN With his ca rs ;pric ked back 9as i
lie liked the Job on han the biz. strld, .
Ing fellow Just to up he front run.
lNerS, one py OUcI
}In tina lead long before the finish, 7 hen
he came home on the bi t, n N ono OF
stle boxes sat Y Charley Hug hes and q
pa ty OF Cincinnati, Il o.. Lad les and gentle
Hmen with a snug pool i wng Town on
Rants \ Horn. You ought TO 4 have heard
tho Il ACCLAIM rendered s the nv esterllj colt
{by tina box party. al u eyes were soon
sriyetedt on the loyal esterners,
aI s Sir EHlon s. 3Yindl lea Ion came VI tn the
running OF the 81 Z, 900 isaa5 Conn IN
Adandloap Of a Il mile Ind 4 ri Guar terS for
three v ca Dis and unWard. Here again
the New York n speenla tors II could Int see
the possibility Of ~ Il on tllc Derby winr
ner IA nging alongside 81 he r,n nor n 70 g
Brooklyn Handicap ana sast Snbur II n-
ldica p winner SO III WAS hen be n ng en-
lsied on the. race. 8 trsss II non vent from
ia to ii to 80 Ito ~ some books AT no
close of bet ting, while ID Ildelion q WI hose
second to ~ al BE tween! In the Y g burban
Hand cup had been his pleYiols performs
sanee ID tpoa a IA to ~ Yprite, sstT IIuon
had run the; sa turday V he fore In the AZ 4
Vance Stakes. where Irlap Won, "
sWhir Steal second, VI and n he Quail third.
slTroxler rode a poorls I'd gee. asrac 90, gets
ting hiHtTinto nll m rollal ts and ma kr
sing two or three d fferent run for a he
SIaatl egshlp. lac weYer, tho col looked
all, wa and d ry for days fore lesgace,
and IA q Ssugge cling his Se g
2Ysat here from .Slltsyt Ne ISy,s tAssee
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The American Offices Boy

n most difl cult person r. .:orga nize,,S 81
thes once By, says rthur, Yarreh
Success Ma zine. - hear SO d much
3abou " he brig Ameri ca j hoy, ana the
SachieYe . he spu bic hools; that
the wond ere Il ofnces boys come
from. They bring U cert II Gates q some
j3S Every big concern ia a pro ession$ Sc
boys trooping \ ii oug llf It's flces sys and
work day BY BIZ q he boy the
most tnate Ing 2
iopportunit tyr d lick enou and
has sta wing 20 Wers; But
the ma ortt y OF sst ers9 apply9
for jobs ave no me q llIS
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