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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
Cattle That Are Immune,

A discovery that may have an I'm
portant place in the worlds history,
though Of apparent trivial Importance
In itself, is that native Japanese cat
tie, under natural conditions, are free
from tuberculosis, while cattle i'm
ported into Japan appear to be highly
susceptible. The significance of the
discovery lies in the possibility that an
immune breed Of cattle may be de-
veloped which, Of course, would be a
big victory In the war being waged
against the white plague
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
KEEP A FAMILY RECORD.
Dimcult often Even with 1t to Prove
Ones Identity.

Difficult often Even with 1t to Prove
Ones Identity.
Paradoxical as 1t may seem, the
most difficult thing to prove in court is
who you are, says the New York World
1t Is a simple matter If you have still
living plenty of relatives of an older
generation, but suppose your parents
and uncles and aunts are dead, 1t be-
comes well nigh impossible. AS mat
ter Of fact, your knowledge Of your
Identity is absolutely hearsay. You
know your father and mother called
you their son, and to that fact you may
testify If the question of your identity
should ever come before a judge and
jury. But the testimony goes before
the jury with the warning from the
judge that it is only hearsay, for you
have no personal knowledge of the
matter.
Official town or parish records are
valuable, but by no means conclusive.
Suppose you are John Smith, son of
Robert and Mary Smith, born at AL
bany, on Aug. l, 1865. The records of
births In the bureau of vital statistics
at Albany will prove that a son named
John was born to Robert and Mary
Smith on that date the register of the
church may prove that John, son of
Robert and Mary Smith, was baptized
on certain date, but they do not prove
that you are John Smith Of whom
these are records.
To establish the connection between
you and the person mentioned in the
records, in other words, to prove your
own identity, is the difficulty. If your
mother Is alive, she can do it; If any
relative who has known you since you
were born Is alive he can do it.
The successive suits for the estate
Of A. I. Stewart failed on grounds such
as these. The plaintiffs, cousins Of the
late Mrs. Stewart, were unable to prove
their relationship. 1t was necessary in
one Of these cases that man should
prove his late father and A. T. Stewart
to have been brothers, but he had no
personal knowledge of the matter; he
had heard his father in Ireland refer
to A. 7. Stewart as his brother, but
the court would not let him testify
even to that and, as the defendants
denied the relationship, the case fell
to the ground.
Very often 1t Is necessary to success
In litigation over an estate to prove not
only who were your parents, but who
were your grandparents. Family Bibles
with the records therein help out in
this, but are not at all conclusive Birth
and marriage certificates are accepted
as corroborative, but 1t requires quite
a mass of such matter, together with at
least some witnesses who can testify
Of their own personal knowledge, be-
fore a court will accept such q fact as
proved to Its satisfaction.
All this illustrates the great value
Of keeping family records, for these,
while not conclusive. are strong cor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
Giant Among Incuhatnrs

An incubator holding 11,70O eggs is
now In operation in Buffalo, N. Y, and
the company building it is said to have
orders for three more of the mammoth
incubators in different parts Of the
United States. 1t would seem from
this that the problem Of artificial incu.
batlon had passed the experimental
stage, which many people seem to
think 1t Is still laborlng in.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
SCENE AT THE MOUTH OF THE MINE.

SCENE AT MOUTH
All appalled, of
Coureres district
which
district
rigid military control
the burial of the Victims The
the
The miners at Coureres considered
They had
mine with the greatest confidence and the explosion
The
thought to be possibly alive brought
LOO enombed
They
stables and the morsel Of food which
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

and out at will, the whole being sur
rounded by boards four inches high
and three feet long nailed together at
the corners and resting on the floor Of
the brooder. When the chicks are ten
days old one Of these boards may be
taken away and bridge used SO that
the chicks may run from the hover to
the floor Of the room.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

roborative evidence of Identity, espe.
cially If the handwriting of the sue.
cessive heads Of the family in which
the entries are made can be proved,
which Is generally fairly easy. Many a
great estate has been lost to Its rlghtful
owners solely because of their inability
to prove who they were.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

the pail is set, while the mixer occu-
pies the top Of the box and straddles
the pail. This appliance is readily
made, Is firm on the floor, and, except
in unusual cases, no COW would be like
ly to upset either pail or mixer. The
illustration shows the affair very
plainly.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
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One Thing that Saved Him,

Casey-Oh, but that bye O. Finne
gan's is the bad one.
Cassldy-Aye! He'd bring his faith
er's gray hairs In sorrow to the grave
If 1t wasn't fur wan thing.
Casey-An' watts that2
Cassldy-The Finnegans always git
bald befoor they've chance to git
gray.-Philadelph Press.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

held in position with staples. 1t should
be drawn taut 1t will not be possible
for the post to draw away from this
brace under any ordinary conditions.
The illustration shows how simple the
plan Is.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
sympntbetic EntomoIopx

"Why won't that Mrs. Green wear
birds on her hat?
II think It is because she has a bee
in her bonnet. t."-Baltimor American.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25
Omen the stabIe Window

If the COWS have been stabbed all
winter they are likely to become un-
easy as spring advances and long for
outdoors 1t Is an excellent plan to
turn them out into sheltered barnyards
that are clean and so arranged that the
cold spring winds will not blow over
them. Give them some roughage to
MUNICH over while they are out. If it
Is not feasible to rurn them out yet,
then arrange the stable so they may
have all the fresh air possible without
causing the air to blow over them so
they are likely to catch cold. The win
dow arranged so that it may be opened
and the opening covered by the muslin
sash will furnish this air without
draught better than anything else. Es-
pecially give the cows sun If it can be
done. If there is an open shed on the
place facing the sun into which the
cows may be turned they will enjoy
1t immensely. This little care just a few
weeks before they are turned out to
grass will help affairs wonderfully.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

Taking one farm with another,
there are few containing the soil nec-
essary to grow a profitable crop of
pure timothy hay, hence it is best to
use mixed seeds. What the mixture
should be depends somewhat on the
locality and the strength of the soil.
Where clover hay is mainly desired
mixture of alsike clover and timothy
gives splendid results, particularly OIL
soil that Is inclined to be wet. Eight
pounds of clover to the acre is the
usual seeding for red clover, though
on land that has been in clover six
pounds is usually sufficient. AS rule,
there is not enough clover hay grown
on the farm. Valuable as timothy Is
for horses, the clover hay Is much
more valuable for a mixed lot Of stock !;
it suits the cows, sheep, calves and
lambs better than either timothy or
mixed hay. and is very valuable for
the poultry. Where there is an abund-
ance we would not hesitate to feed
more or less of it to swine as varia-
ton in the roughage from corn stover.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

But the day worker acquires more
coin than the day dreamer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-05-25

1t Is better to look for a physician
than for sympathy when you are sick.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
How MANY Eoos Per Fowlr

How many eggs shonld a fowl lay
to make her profitable? think on
most of our farms the hen that lays
100 eggs a year pays for herself
believe, however. that we should not
be satisfied with hens that lay less
than 200 eggs II year for we want to
get reasonable pay for the labor we
put upon them. At the present prices
for eggs 100 eggs viii bring at least
81, and they have not cost more than
81, But there is another element that
enters into the cost of eggs. and that
is the number of fowls that are lost
from various causes. 1t is possible TO
lose so many fowls while they are
growing up that this will reduce the
profits of the ones that live Some
men figure out that they are making
a profit of dollar year Off their
fowls, but at the end of the year can
find no profit. They cannot under
stand why. II their birds are making
them profit OF dollar each, they
should not have as many dollars In
profits ms they have birds. The fact Is
that they had large number OF fowls
that were fed for from one month TO
six months and then died In some
flocks the cholera appeared. and in
others the roup was the devastat0f.
In others skunks and cats reduced the
size of the flock. II is the vanished
cost OF supporting these that reduced
the profits on the eggs to about moth
ing. The longer take care OF pouL
try the more realize that succeaa
with fowls consists very largely in
keeping them free from fat, lice ard
disease Mary Pickering, Elkhart
County, Ind. in Farmers Review
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
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-
perlments carried on.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
A Japanese House.

A Japanese house causes a Euro
pean visiting the country for the Hrst
time unparalleled astonishment. The
interior Is spotlessly clean, dead set
is waged against dirt in every shape,
and when you enter you discard your
boots. To retain your boots on your
feet is an indiscretion that is not
quickly forgiven.
On looking round, you wonder where
the rooms are situated, for only one is
visible, and that apparently takes up
the whole of the house. As a mat
ter of fact, for the moment-we will
assume that you are calling during the
day-the residence cannot boast of
more than one chamber. But, strange
ly enough, this one compartment can
be converted into several others. The
transformation trick is effected by
means of panels. which when run into
their places divide the house into sew
eral rooms II you require few feet
of space to yourself. you just slide
along few panels, and behold your
wants are satisfied. With the utiliza-
ton of panels you actually make
room. At night the bed rooms are
constructed in the same way. The
floors consist of mats, and it Is on
these mats that you sleep. There are
no beds. In the morning, when the
family is up and about, the bed cham
bers disappear-the panels are put
back--and you have one large apart
ment.
The outside walls are as fragile as
those inside. They are composed of
paper panes. II you are unpardon-
ably curious to ascertain what the peo-
pie are doing inside, you wet finger
and push 1t through the WALL Tho
result is a hole through which you can
look.-Montreal Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
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 adyis-
able. On6 ref the best rotations for
the general farmer In Illinois and like
states is that consisting of corn. COW
peas, wheat and clover. II 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 legumes 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 II
safer to have supply of COW pea foli-
age, that the animals may eat OF both
ct 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 1t. This will
give crop of corn, a crop OF COW
peas. crop of wheat and the next
year following the wheat 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.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
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Grapes.


As popular fruit the grape stands
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 neighbornood of half a million
acres. California is the great grape
grower, and thai state grows about as
many grapes ms 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 Ohio. and is
limited on the north by Lake Erie. On
the south II extends To Lake Chat
tauqua- In this region nearly all of
the farmers are engaged in the grow
ing OF grapes. The railroads are able
TO IN inish the growers with the best OF
SHIPPING facilities. and every day dur
ing the grapegrowing 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 faml.
lies: Wits labrusca. known also as the
Fox grape; Wits aestivalis (summer
grape). Wits cordifolia, sometimes
called the Frost grape. and Wits vini-
fera. the Kind generally grown In Eu.
rope. There are quite n number OF
other species. but none that have
amounted to very much in cultivation.
The entire grape growing industry
has grown up in about S5 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.
! talns.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
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 tf any state. Only two other
states reported over 100000. They
were Ohio. with 143,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 M
ty years OF 4.290.5Si farms. The same
period witnessed an Increase in ma
tional population of 22,191,S76. In
1900 fifteen states reported over 200.-
00t farms each, as follows: Texas.
s5.,190: Missouri, 2S4.Ss6: Ohio, 276.-
IT'S; Illinois. 264.151; Kentucky. 234,-
6e7; Iowa, 22s.622; Tennessee. 224.-
623: PENNSYLVANIA. 2e4.24s: Alabama.
223 3,220; Indiana, 1897; Mississippi.
220,S03; Michigan. 20S,261. The total
increase in acreage has been from
293 100000 acres in 1850 to S41 900 900
in 1900.
The increase in value of farm prop
erty during fifty years is shown by the
following census reports: 1850. S3.967.-
100000; 1860, s7.ss0.O00. 900; 1870.
1924 100000; 1880. $12.1S0. 900 900;
1890, s16,0S2. 100000; 1900, $40. .514 .000.-
900. The average value per farm for
each census year was rs follows: 1850.
s2,73S; 1860, ss,904; 1870. s3.3s3: 1880.
s3.03s; 1890, s3,523; 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, 10000 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 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 dncluding wagons and car
riages) in 1850 was S15l. 100000 BY
1880 this value had increased to siOG..
100000. In 1890 the value was Si9i,-
100000 and in 1900 It was S76I .000.-
900. The increased use of farm ma
chinery has been largely the cause OF
the enormous increase in agricultural
wealth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
Cave stored Fruit.

A writer on the storage OF
apples for winter keeping says
that the digging of 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 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 a
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 a cave must be built
SO IL can be entered at will.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
The Pre.enee Of WhItetop.

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 a
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 il field
Is well cultivated and the clover crop
established. no whitetop will appear
Farmers Review.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
INz29 H%aZSzzNG&Z@e0

shown in illustration. Cut notches in
the ends for the string to be tied on
Take drill or If you have not a
drill a heated piece Of wire will do.
and three inches from each end Of the
stick bore hole. These are for the
string to pass through. A strong
string a little longer than the bow is
needed. One end of this is tied to
the notch on one end of the stick or
bow and passed through the holes and
tied on the other notch in such il man
ner that it can easily be united
again when the bow is put away. The
bow is now finished. A bamboo stick
on one END and nail on the other
make good arrow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04
A Dog Of Heart and Courtesy.

Il saw very pretty scene a day or
two ago during one of the heavy after
noon rains" writes a correspondent Of
the Jacksonville Times-Union "A lit
tie kitten. the pet OF some children.
probably, with a-bme ribbon around its
neck, soft gray fur and dainty white
feet. had wandered ont into the street.
and feared to cross the gutter where
swift stream wbirled and dashed
along. 1t was mewing piteously, but
no one paid any attention to 1t. In this
busy world the moaning of a human
being excites but little attention; how
much less, then, the crying of a for
lorn kitten. Then there came along a
great Newfoundland dog, with bright,
intelligent eyes and glossy coat. At
tracted by the little kittens distress.
he gazed at 1t a moment, then glanced
quietly about him. The nobler animal.
man, was going by unheeding, so this
dog walked out into the street, picked
up the kitten in his mouth and carried
It gently to the sidewalk There ho
placed it on dry spot, licked 1t kindly
once or twice. wagged his bushy tail
and went down the street. 1t was a
little thing, but 1t struck me that that
dog had something higher than intelli
gence."
Dogs usually reflect the manners
and morals of their owners in some
degree; how many dogs are there who.
taught by brutal masters, would not
rather have killed the kitten?
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-01-04

He was just an ordinary dog, with
no pedigree. Who his parents were,
or where he was born. he never in
quired. AS far back as he could re-
member he had slept in the coal shed,
from which he occasionally came forth
at night to bay at the moon. or an
swer the call of some other dog in
the neighborhood.
s HIS name was Pup. Just plain Pup
Once little girl called him Puppy"
and he was SO surprised at her kind
ness that he licked her hand, and she
+. ran away screaming. After that he
never heard the pet name Puppy"
again
Pups occupation was chasing the
chickens out of the back yard, and
watching for crusts of bread to be
thrown out Occasionally he got a
bit Of meat. or a bone from the kitch-
en-, and then he was very happy, and
sweuld wag his tail as he gnawed the
grfstle.
Several times the dog man tried to
catch Pup, but Pup was wise little
dog and always got away and took
refuge in the coal shed. Then he
would peep through the cracks and
bark and growl at the dog man. No
one seemed to care whether the dog
man caught Pup or not. If he had a
real friend. he did not know it. That
is, until something happened. This
something changed the entire course
OF Pup's life.
One night. Just as Pup went to the
coal shed door to bay at the moon, he
saw a bright light up near the roof
Of the house, where the lady lived who
fed him crusts OF bread and gave him
old bones. At first Pup thought
it was a star. but no. it could not be
star. 1t was too big, and then,
there WAS, smoke. Suddenly Pupeun-
derstood. The house was on fire.
"Bow-wow! Bow-wow! Bow-wow!"
barked Pup. but no one answered his
call. II he was heard, it was only
thought he was baying at the moon.
This will never do" said Pup to
zhimeelf. THE kind lady who gives