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The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

From time to time the United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
has received reports from its various
tonsuls in Germany giving accounts
Of a meat famine in the Faderland
The scarcity of cattle in Germany is
probably due primarily to the strict
laws of that country forbidding impor-
tation of live stock from countries in
which certain animal diseases are
known to exist. The elaborate and
complicated system Of inspections and
prohibitions imposed upon the impor-
tation of meats and domestic animals
by the new meat inspection law OF
Germany, which went into effect few
months ago, had the effect of increas-
ing the prices of pork, beef, veal and
mutton by diminishing the available
supply. On account of few cases of
Texas fever which existed among the
cattle coming from the southern and
Western part of the United States, live
stock from this country are excluded;
similarly because cases of foot and
mouth disease were known to exist in
Russia, Denmark and Sweden, cattle
from those countries are likewise de-
MED admission.
Soon after the new inspection law
was put into effect the imports of live
stock and meat supplies greatly de-
creased until the situation in Germany
was extremely grave. Prices asked for
dressed meat went quite beyond the
reach of many working people in the
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
SE(RETARY SHAW WAS LATE.
he Narrowly Escaped Call Down
by Ngilant Matchman.

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was
three minutes late in reaching the Treas
ury Department the other morning and
narrowly ESCAPED being held up by the
vigilant watchman at the door.
1t was raining when he arrived, and
he hurried through one of the seldom
used entrances to the building.
1t is one of the regulations of his de-
partment that all employees arriving late
shall register the time of their arrival
at a desk near the entrance
Mr.. Shaw did not consider himself
amenable to this regulation and hurried
to the elevator to go to his Office, on the
second floor. The watchman noticed his
apparent carelessness in not registering,
and, not recognizing him, hurried after
the Secretary to remind him Of his neg
lect.
When the watchman reached the ele-
vator however, he heard the conductor
address his passenger as "Mr. Secre'
tarv."
The watchman's activity ceased i~nie
diately.
Secretary Shaw remarked later in thu
day that he was sorry he did net &
back and register, as all good ensPleys'
are required to do.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

pan 10 inches in diameter, the sides Of
the pan being full of holes to allow
free circulation of heat. Over this is
placed a table 2 feet 6 inches square
with legs Az inches high. Around the
sides of this table is tackled a curtain
of old felt cut from top to bottom at
intervals of five or six inches to allow
the chicks to pass in and out at will,
the whole being surrounded by boards
inches high and 3 inches 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 the
bridge used so that the chicks may run
from the hover to the floor OF the
room. The description of the brooder
can be found in Farmers Bulletin NO.
2S7, which can be had upon application
to members of Congress or to the Sec
retary of Agriculture.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

great busy cities. While it was report.
ed that the butchers and meat mer-
chants were taking advantage of the
situation and charging double prices,
investigation showed that they were
in reality in serious difficulties, for in
stead of increased profits they were
making less money than before the
law went into effect A number of
them announced to the municipal au'
thorities their intention to relinquish
their business. Mass meetings have
been held by citizens and meat dealers
with an endeavor to induce the au-
thorities to make the meat inspection
laws less stringent, but so far without
result.
The model abattoir and cattle mar.
kets of Europe at the present time are
to be found in Germany. There are
extensive and well equipped establish
ments in several large cities, but those
which are the newest with the latest
improvements and regarded as the best
of all are at the old university town
of Halle and at Mannheim on the
Rhine. These are almost duplicate
plants.
rs early as 1873 there were city
abattoirs at Mannheim, one for Jews
and one for Christians. In 1890 ii was
decided to construct a single new abat-
toir in connection with the new mar
ket. This was completed in May, 1900
This latter abattoir is a model of per-
fection, ample provision being made
for receiving animals and shipping
dressed carcasses. The visitor does
not receive suggestions of slaughter
ing through any appearance Of blood
on surrounding walls, nor does he
smell il in the air, as in many of the
American slaughter houses. Build
ings are of brick stone, iron and glass
of good appearance. substantially and
admirably adapted to their respective
purposes. All are supplied with hot
and cold water, live steam, electric
lights and either etoom or electric
power. These operate a great ''~~'~tv
of mechanical lahNr-saving appliances
The hosting apparatus is handled so
that manual lifting is almost wholly
avoided, and by suspended tramways
carcasses and other heavy parts may
be moved in all directions in the kill
ing halls. Artificial ventilation is also
provided so that every apartment may
be supplied with currents of fresh air
dry, and either cold or warm as de
sired. The rooms for slaughter are
large, light and airy Instead OF little
pens as is the usual case in France
the arrangements at Mannheim are fo
a separate hall for every kind Of ami
NAL and a regular corps Of licenset
butchers is employed by the establish
ment.
Butchering is, comparatively speak
ing. humanely done. The large an
mails are killed by a percussion gu
attached to the head with a mask. an
the smaller ones are stunned by
blow on the head and then bled. q
course, the Jewish butchering is al
complished by a different method an
according TO the rites prescribed b
that religion. INSPECTORS are presen
to supervise the slaughter and ever
quarter passed and anproved for maj
ket is properly branded.
The system of general drainage, sui
terranean conduits and service tran
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
ADnIe Growing.

The Department of Agriculture of
ten receives communications from
farmers who are maintaining that the
practical agriculturist does not have
much faith in experiments conducted
at experiment stations, as they are
on such a small scale that great
weight cannot be attached to the re-
suits. The statement is made that
were these experiments made on a
large scale or under conditions such
as confront the farmer himself, they
might prove more valuable. Taking
this standpoint as a rule to follow the
New York experiment station through
the Department of Agriculture has re-
ported the results of an examination
of 1,13S apple orchards covering s.
G42 acres in Wayne and Orleans
counties, New York. Both of these
counties are extensive apple growing
regions. In one township every or
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
THE RREcKEAInIncE AIr,u,e
MEATS IN GERMANY.
Almost a Famine. - improved Methods off
Slauqhterinq
sJY ELLIOTT MlTcHst

SJY ELLIOTT NIT CHE
ways is very complete. Ample clean
ing facilities are constantly employed
and these in conjunction with power
full ventilating fans keep the estab-
lishment clean and odorless.
Every animal that enters the Berlin
abattoir is inspected to see whether
it is fit to kill. After animals are put
to death those whose flesh is consid
cred absolutely dangerous are de-
stroyed. Owing to the prevalence OF
poverty the German authorities are un-
willing to waste anything that can be
saved. Animals killed are divided into
four cl- The first class consists
of meat which is thoroughly sound;
this is allowed to go to general mar.
kets. The second class consists Of
animals having some small local dis
ease which does not taint the bulk of
the meat. The affected parts only are
destroyed and the rest is sold directly
to poor consumers in quantities not
exceeding six pounds. The third class
is that which is of a quality so dis
eased that it cannot be safely sold in
raw state. However, it may be eaten
without detrimental results If thor
oughly sterilized. 1t is accordingly sub.
jected to temperature of from 900 to
23O degrees in a steam boiler and then
sold to the poor. like the rest. The
fourth class animals are those which
are so diseased as to merit total de-
While it may appear loath.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
DOubIes YOIked Eggs.

Squire Meadows, who lived down at
Four Corners, was classed as meal n
old son-of-a-gun." He didn't mind
buying new farm implements every
year and allowing them to rust and
ruin out in the winter rains and SHOWS,
but he would not buy his wife sew
ing machine or n dish-washing ma
chine to lessen the labors of house
work. She was never allowed srend-
ing money, and whenever anything
necessary was wanted for the house
the Squire always went himself to the
village store and made trade of some
farm stuff for the article desired.
One day the good wife wanted a
package Of darning needles, and told
her husband so.
"Now, Abagail." he said, "whats
ther use of gettin' so 'stravagant?
Winters coming on. an thar's that
fodder cutter ter buy: can't yer get
along somehow with lessW
The argument ended by n reduction
to n single needle. Squire Meadows
took n fresh laid egg down to the coun-
try store and inquired Of the store
keeper whether he would trade a
darning needle for an egg. The owner
was willing and the trade was made.
Now it seems that this store, in ad-
dition to being n grocery, dry goods
establishment and post office, was
also one where liquid refreshments
were dispensed. The owner was
known as a man of great cordiality
to his customers, often inviting them
to "treat on him."
The Squire, having made the trade,
looked around at the array of botAes
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

When you buy Wing Piano, you buy atwhoe-
sale. You pay the actual cost of making II with
only our wholesale profit added. When you buy
piano, as many still do-at retai-you pay the
retail Dealers store rent and other expenses.
You pay his profit and the commission or salary
Of the agents or salesmen he employs-all these
on top Of what the dealer himself has 10 pay to
the manufacturer. The retail profit on plano
is from SIS to 5000. Isn't this worth saviDg1
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
A Brooder for a Dollar.

The Department of Agriculture has
recently published a method OF con-
structing a chicken brooder, the total
cost of which might come we'll within
$1.0O. Such a brooder has been given
careful trial by the Connecticut expert
ment station, and has given excellent
results when used in a shed or colony
house. The lower section of the brood
er which contains the lamp for heating
is box #. square made of 10 inch
boards and covered with tin or gal
vanized iron. About this cover, around
the edges of the lamp box, one inch
strips are nailed. Two one inch holes
are bored through these strips on each
side of the box for the purpose es ven-
tilation. A floor of matcheu puards is
laid on the strips. A hole 8 taches in
diameter is cut in the center of this
floor and over it is turned an old tin
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

on the shelf, and, smacking his lips,
said:
"Why, say, look yere Perkins, they
say yer treat yer customers pretty
well at times ter somethin' stronger'n
water?"
Sure" responded the storekeeper,
"What'll yer hevT
"Oh. l guess mine'n be sherry'n
egg"
Perkins went over to the shelf,
brought out the ,gg just traded in by
the Squire, broke it into the glass and
was prepared to pour in the liquor,
when Meadows yelled out:
"Say, look yere, Perkins, slat thar
egg l brung yer is a double-yelker;
don't yer owe me another darniQ'
needle?"
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

chard as large as an acre in extent
was visited. Observations were made
on such factors as location, site, as
pect, soil, management, distance be
tween trees, pruning. present condition
Of the orchard, orchard troubles, etc.
The agent of the New York station
found that for orchards titled five
years or more there was an increased
yield Of about 80 per cent. over or.
chards which had been five years or
more in sod. This greater yield in the
titled orchards was found not to he
due entirely to cultivation. as the man
who tills his orchard usually gives II
better care as regards fertilizers
spraying, pruning. etc.
Figures were compiled Of orchards
in sod which were used as pasturage
for live stock. While It was found
that hogs were least and cattle most
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
PACKING APPLES FOR SHIPMENT.

system is that the Weather
Bureau will thus be enabled to send to
liners and other vessels,
information as to the limit of fog and
ice on the Grand Banks so that by
altering their course they may
steer clear of these dangers.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

some to American people to have a
housewife buy meat from diseased an
imals, yet under such a system as is
adopted in Germany, when one goes to
the market house to buy a piece of
sound meat he is assured of getting it.
He at least does not buy bad or dis
eased meat thinking it is first rate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
Finisllinr Hnrse..

Comment upol thr finishing and sell
ing OF trea.r draft horses ~" an aver
age price of S2SS.37 by the Illinois eX-
pertinent station is credited TO the Chi.
cago Daily Live Stock World. rs fol-
lows: The experiment required twenty
head of horses. They were Illinois and
Iowa bred and were picked up around
the country by buyers In the ordinary
course of events. All are native bred
grade Percherons, Clydes and Shires.
The object Of the test, which lasted a
hundred days, was to furnish an object
lesson to farmers and to determine the
profit attached TO fleshing horses he
fore sending them to market. The eX-
perimenters operated in the belief that
in skilled hands fieshing horses is more
profitable than feeding cattle. one lot
was fed on corn and clover hay, the
second on corn, oats and clover hay
and the third on corn, oats and timo-
thy hay. The second ration made the
best gains
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20

sponsive to good cultivation in their
profuslon of bloom, and the plants are
perfectly hardy, absolutely permanent
in character and adapted TO greater
variety of ornamental uses than most
herbs. The foliage is of a lasting char
acter and does not become scar and
unattractive after the Towering period
has passed.
Paeonia albiflOra one of the forerun-
ners of the hybrid herbaceous forms
of peony, shows vigorous growth and
prolific bloom on long stems. From
three to seven flowers are borne on
each stalk, and they often measure
seven TO eight inches across. They are
Of the purest white, and the stamens
form a dense round cushion of gold.
1t is true there is not n perfect regular
ity in the flowers, but this would be
considered an advantage by many in
It's apparent simplicity and artistic
value.
The plant grows from three TO four
feet high and fully as broad. AS for
all single lowered peonies, an open
sunny exposure is to be desired, and
shelter is an advantage, as all lose
their petals quickly If subject to drip
or hard whipping by wind, but they
make up i'm prolific bloom for the tran
silent character OF their flowers, which
appear in June.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
CHEAPER FARM LAND.
Southwest Offers Best Oppor-
tunities for Securing
Homes.

Many farmers in the northern
and eastern states are selling their
high priced lands and locating in
the southwest. Many who have
been unable to own their homes in
the older country are buying land
in the new country.
Unusual opportunities exist along
the lines of the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain Route. The rich,
alluviaI, delta lands and river bot
toms lands of Southeast Missouri,
Eastern Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas, capable of producing 90
bushels of corn, a bale of Gotten,
4 to 6 tons of alfalfa, 80 bushels of
potatoes, and other grains, vege-
tables and hay crops, can be bought
for $50 to $500 per acre. When
cleared and slightly improved will
rent for S4.00to 5000 per acre cash.
UplandS more rolling, lighter soil,
adapted to fruit groWing-peaches,
pears, plumS, grapes, berrieS-also
melons, tomatoes and other vege
tables, can be bought for $500 to
$1,000 per acre in unimproved state.
Many places with small clearings
and some Improvements can be
bought very cheap.
This if a fine stock country. No
long winter feeding. Free range,
pure water, mild climate. A healthy
growing country, with a great
future.
Write for map and descriptive
literature on Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas, Kansas or Indian
Territory. Very cheap rates on
first and third Tuesdays of each
month. Address.
n. D. Armstrong, T. p. A.. Detroit,
Mich.
or n. c. Townsend, c. p. g. T. A.,
St. Louis Mo.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
Long Trip of an Orange Tree.

Notable work is carried on I'm Cali
fornia against insect pests. 1t is told
that a little orange tree afflicted with n
dangerous scale has been sent from
California TO China, where it will be
carried into one of the interior prov
inces in which lives an insect that
preys upon this scale The insect and
the orange scale continue to exist to
gether in this province, but the former
destroys the latter TO n sufficient eX
tent TO preserve the balance of nature
and enable the orange trees to live.
When the benefcent insect has laid
eggs upon the small orange tree and
become ,domestlcated, so TO speak, the
tree will be returned to California and
the insect eventually introduced into
the orange groves for the benefit of the
great citrus industry
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
CLIMATIC CURES

The influence of climatic conditions in
the cure of consumption is very much
overdrawn. The poor patient and the
rich patient, too, can do much better at
home by proper attention TO food diges-
ton, and a regular use of German Syrup.
Free expectoration i'll the morning is
made certain by German Syrup, so is a
good night's rest and the absence of that
cough and facilitating night
sweat Restless nights and the exhaust
ton due to coughing, the greatest danger
and dread of the consumptive, can be
prevented or stopped by taking German
Syrup literally and regularly Should
you be able TO 90 TO warmer cline, YOU
will find that of the thousands of con-
there, the few who are ben
efted and regain strength are those who
Use German Syrup. Trial bottles, 25c;
regular size, 75c. At all druggists.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
POPULAR GARDENING

Medium early and late varieties Of
tomatoes follow nicely after early rad
ishes, spinach and crops of that sort
Good strong plants set In place early
In June, when danger of frost is past,
usually give a very satisfactory crop.
A light sandy loan high and well
drained Is perhaps ideal for tomatoes,
provided 1t is well prepared and en-
riched with quick acting fertilizer
concentrated within reach of the roots
Fertility in too great amount or too
widely distributed tends to growth of
vine greater and more rapid than is de-
sirable.
One must put up good fight against
weeds at this season, and the ground
should be kept well stirred.
To hurry up the fruiting of the toma-
TO apply Il little nitrate of soda around
the plant. Owing to the small bulk of
the nitrate it is well to mix it with dry
soil to insure even distribution, and
care should be taken to prevent its
immediate contact with the roots of
the plant
Iceberg is very satisfactory let
tuce, because practically every plant
makes Il good. solid head. Improved
Hanson, next TO Iceberg, is one of the
best of the curly leaved types Of head
ing lettuce. New York Cabbage and
Market Gardeners Private Stock are
two of the best of the plain leaf let
tuce.
1t seems pretty certain that bordeaux
mixture applied thoroughly and in sea
son will greatly check the early blight
of potatoes, and its use by those who
are growing fine potatoes in the home
garden looks advisable. Why not try
II this season If early blight is trou-
blesome?
Stop cutting asparagus about June
81, but keep the bed free from weeds
the rest Of the season.
Eggplant will succeed best where
summers are hot and dry. The plants
should not be set till the ground is
well warmed up, which in many sec
tons is not before the 10th OF June.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
ssalGEaRNhk
FlELRsAp GHRpEN
THE HOG SUPPLY.
Light Hogs Scarce In Summer, When
Most Wanted.

The supply of the different kinds of
hogs on market changes with the sea
son. Most pigs are narrowed in the
spring. BY the time winter sets in
many of them are ready TO go TO mar
ket in a finished condition, and many
more are sent in an unfinished condi-
ton for various reasons such as lack
of feed, lack of room, lack of thrift
ness and the need of money TO meet
pressing obligations. The result is that
light hogs and pigs are forced upon
the market in undue proportion during
the fall and winter. How is 1t with
the heavy hog? Pigs that were far
rowed I'm the spring have not as yet
had time TO develop into heavy hogs,
and fall pigs of the previous year
which have not already been sold are
not numerous enough to fill this gap.
This causes a scarcity of heavy hogs
in the late fall and early winter.
In summer the conditions are re-
versed, giving more heavy hogs and
fewer light hogs. The hog that is sent
TO market in the summer usually Is one
that was narrowed in the spring or the
fall of the preceding year and has de-
veloped into heavy hog. Light hogs
are scarce at this time because most Of
the pigs are narrowed in the spring
These factors usually work together to
make a narrow range in prices be-
tween heavy and light hogs during the
summer months and wider range
during the winter months.
This variation In the supply of hogs
from the normal demand also has n
tendency to lower prices. If the hogs
on the market of certain class are
not sufficient TO supply the demand for
that class OF hogs this demand must
necessarily be filed by hogs of another
class These will not command the
price that they would if they We're sold
within their own class, provided the
different classes sell on the same level,
nor will they bring as much as the
hogs whose places they are to take
would sell for.-W. Dietrich, Illinois.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1906-06-20
PLEASURE GARDEN

Those who have shaded veranda
not much exposed to the wind can Oh
tain beautiful effects by planting to.
gether rex begonia and ferns Of strong
growing kinds, such as medium sized
Boston ferns. Nephrobesis cordoba and
the larger holly fern.
The variegated vinca, German ivy.
Cobasa scandens, Lonicera reticulata
aurea and variegated trailing abutilon
are good vines and trailing plants for
window boxes and should be planted
thickly enough to entirely cover the
front of the box.
Plant gladioli for succession not less
than three inches deep.
Amaryllis can be plunged in the Dor
der or planted in the open ground.
Boston ferns are said TO grow rapid
~ I'm mixture of equal parts of COW
and horse manure we'll rotted two and
one-half Inches deep, with ashes for
drainage.
o The short rule for pruning shrubs is
'prune after towering" And this is
just the same as the directions some
times given TO prune spring Towering
shrubs in early summer and late flow
ering kinds, like hydrangea. in winter.
Ivy cuttings put down now will root
and have long shoots before autumn.
Groups of tall lilies and foxgloves
are striking and beautiful
Cut the large geranium plants well
back.