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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-06
Afflicted with Sore Eyes for 80 Years.

/ have been afflicted with sore eyes
for thirty-three years. Thirteen years
ago l became totally blind and was blind
for six years. My eyes were badly in
famed. One of my neighbors insister
upon my trying Chamberlain's Salve and
gave me half box of it. To my sur
prise it healed my eyes and my sight
came back to me.-P. c. Earls, Cynthia
ma, Ky. Chamberlain's Salve is for sale
by Frank Hart and Leading Druggists.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-17
Fluffy Ruffle Skirts
AT S4.98.

One of the best skirt values ever
made in skirt
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-17
$3.50 to $1,000.
Sc % SILK PBTTTCOAT s. 98.

Just few, to close out, Silk Tai
feta petticoats in black, tan, blue and
green. Made with knife plated ruffies.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-10-17
Children'S Coats.

Children's suits are the neatest and
nobbiest we have seen for some seasons.
Good, serviceable material in fancy
plaid and checked mixtures, solid color
cloths in reds, blues and tans, Chinchil-
las, Kersey, flannel and crushed velvet.
Prices range
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
WHEN TO BREED gifts.

Too many farmers are iii such a
hurry to get pigs that they breed their
sows months before they are able to
stand the strain put upon them. A
sow should never be bred under ten
months of age and twelve months is
better.
BY the time she is a year old she
will be fully developed, or nearly SO,
land is then in condition to produce
pigs and care for them by providing
sufficient milk. But R bred before
that age she is immature, and her pro-
geny will suffer in vigor and size-no
doubt about this.
A full grown sow of ten or twelve
months will produce larger and strong
er pigs than one bred before that are.
The young sow requires the, most care
full attention with the best of feed
while carrying her first pigs and
should be bred the SECOND time before
she is two years old. She will have no
chance toAlnake growth while sucking
her first litter and she must have time
to build up her constitution before she
is burdened with the strain Of a
second.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09

his health. I cannot refer any man
to any particular ranch.
1t would not fair to friends in
the west to send them men of whom
could know but little. 1 do not hest
tate to say to the delicate young men
with as yet no real organic lung trou-
Die that he should cross the Rockies
and work at ranching in the great
outdoors and sunshine.
I think it safe to say any intelligent
young man who will work and not
grumble. who will use his common
sense and be CHEEKY and helpful, and
who will not expect to be waited upon
may find work IN almost any part Of
the west. and may I'd renewed health
and vigor of mind and body by So
Ijourn Of few years there.
Go anywhere there are cattle and
sheep, except along the southern bor-
der where Mexican vaqueros and shep-
herds are used, and you will easily
find work and better jobs as soon !,
|you have shown yourself competent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
'H0GGING' STANDING CORN
senne Good Western Feeders Consider
This Method a Profitable One
in Nest Cases.
(R. L. Dean, Iewa.9

F..
TIAvING observed some discussion
I'll about turning hogs into stand
ing corn will give my expert
ence in the line:
Thirty years ago nearly every farm
ef hogged down some corn, but owing
70 neglect Of details many had losses,
especially SO when the well snproved
4 hog was given the treatnent Of the
}razor-back, Eventually the practice
was largely abandoned. However in
recent years the practice has been re-
vived,
The matter has been studied with
some care, and 1t has been found that
the practice In itself is not at fault.
but only the lack OF attention to the
right things at the right time, Now
many Of our most intelligent and sue
cessful raisers fatten their hogs in
this way, and SO we'll convinced are
they Of its practicability that they are
hot afraid to uphol- it In the press.
q Our own experience dates back ten
years, We had few losses at the first
FROM causes which will be specified.
The present year, on September 13, We
turned 122 hogs weighing from SO to
sec pounds into a field of 101a acres
by drill measure. The total weight on
that date was 1858 pounds.
The field produced probably sixty
bushels of corn per acre, and with the
corn was good growth Of pumpkins.
The watering place was In an adjoin-
Ing five-acre lot Of clover aftermath
following the seed crop. There was
sufficient natural shade at one corner
to keep the hogs in comfort on the hot
days. The field was cleaned up on
October II. The bunch of hogs were
weighed and showed a net gain of
6,552 pounds
Iile field hogged down was disked
three times and sown to wheat with a
disk drill. When the fields are cleaned
up to. late for wheat we SOW rye in
the same way for early pasture in the
spring. This saves loss of droppings
from washing and provides a growth
to be plowed under for another crop
of corn
Hogs should not be turned into corn
Until the ears have matured sufficient
" to prevent their souring when left
snly partly eaten. Smaller hogs or
pigs follow advantageously the larger
ones to pick up much of the corn that
may be down. A good supply of
pumpkins III - field is excellent for
variety in the diet and we believe they
pay well. Do not attempt to hog
down corn unless shade and water are
abundant. Drive the hogs to the
water.
This allows us to turn the corn into
meat at a time when 1t is most readily
assimilatedsr 1t makes it possible to
fatten the hogs during the finest
weather of the year and fits the most
Of them for market before the price
declines materially. This means an
advance of from s1.0O to $500 per
hundred weight over later prices
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
RAIL FENCE WISDOM.

Planting corn in ground that has not
been properly made ready is like go
ing duck hunting without ammunition
July is about the busiest month In
the year-particularly If we have
failed to do the thing that might have
been done in May and June. Time is
real money these days.
The total sales at the Chicago Auto
mobile Show in February were $780,
100000 in round numbers. A pretty
good proportion of this vast sum was
spent by farmers for road carriages
a,.d traction ngines. The auto is here
to stay and the sooner we join with
auto associations to regulate speed and
punishment for the criminally reck-
less driver, the better for us.
Boys better a job on the home
farm with small but sure gains every
year than a clerkship, $40 month
and shiny pants in the big city.
The boy who leaves good home
loI the farm to seek a soft snap in the
city very quickly has his eyes opened.
Hanging to strap in car packed
with human beings as he never saw
cattle car so packed; living on salary
IHdI barely pays tHC COSL VI d CHoeT-
less box of a hall bedroom at cheap
boarding house; without friends and
|up against the fiercest competition the
world has ever seen-these things are
likely to produce serious case of re-
morse In most boys.
Its wise man who takes his
measure and then fits himself to a
business in which he does not rattle
around.
The man who has more boys than
the farm will supply with work may
be justified in moving to the country
of cheap lands, but he should be very
sure that he is making no mistake at
that.
There is money in raising fancy
road and saddle horses, provided the
farmer IS an expert trainer, compe-
tent to fit his stock for the show ring.
If he is not, he will be wise. to stick
to heavy horses a:-d mules.
UNCLE HENRY.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
NOTES OF THE FEED LOT.

Tankage is all right for hogs, pro-
yided it is fed with corn or other
grain. 1t will not do to feed alone, be-
cause 1t contains too much protein.
A correspondent Of Tama county.
Iowa. writes to know whether he
should feed fattening cattle barley in
stead of corn. We should say not.
unless he raises barley and does not
raise corn Even then, it would prob
hbly pay better for him to sell his
barley and buy corn. In some states,
where barley is easily grown and corn
not, the former is fed to good adj
vantage.
A strange dog in bunch of cattle
will run off many pounds of flesh in
few minutes.
Feeding cattle are simply flesh pro-
ducing machines and they should be
disturbed as little as possible. Keep
them in good order and promote lazi-
ness as much as possible.
A better plan is to keep salt where
cattle can get at it when they want
1t instead Of mixing it with the feed.
steer generally knows what he wants
better than the feeder himself.
Always feed fattening cattle to the
minute as near as possible. To keep
them waiting an hour after the reg
ular feeding time causes loss of
weight.
Mud is not a flesh producer.
A tiled drain feed lot is joy for
ever.
Why is it that so many farmers To-
cate their feed lots in the lowest
ground on the farm?
Now that the big western rangers
are passing away, the supply of the
beef for the future must come from
the farms. Better get ready to supply
the demand.
Hogs, sheep and cattle may be
forced to live upon the same rations,
but they will not all thrive alike.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
LITTLE NUBBINs OF NEWS.

In Denmark 10000 farmers live OF
80 to 80 acres and 100000 farmer
make a living on smaller farms.
Agricultural laborers in Germany re-
ceive from AZ cents to 81 day an,
women from 80 cents to so cents.
An experiment by professor 4
dairying at the New York Experimen
Station with herd of ordinary dair!
cows showed that they had consumol
in one year 1850 each and produce
s25 of milk. The farmer had lorf
$3.50 on each cow in his herd In an.
EDITION to his labor. A careful wedding
out according to the records kept rnade
la difference the ne7- yer. Each COW
consumed SIS of feed and produced
$38 of milk.
It's big mistake to pillow when the
ground shows up slick and oozy, as II
leaves the mold board Too wet. and
THAT means clods and impairs the EEK.
ture of the soil. We are all too eager
to turn the ground cTer as soon as
the spring days come. but a little pa
thence and good sense will save trouble
later and add to the bulk of the cropa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
MUST RAISE MANY CROPS.


Twenty years ago hundreds of North
Dakota farmers bought butter, eggs.
and even potatoes and cabbages at the
village stores, but they were not real
farmers, merely wheat raisers. They
d. pended entirely upon one crop, and
when that .ailed distress followed.
James :. Hill quickly taught them the
folly of that kind of farming, and To-
day the states diversified crops are
equal to those Of any other northern
state. This educational movement was
not that Mr.. Hill had any love>for the
farmers then, nor has now. but he had
big railway to feed and was forced
to teach he farmer how to produce
the freigae. Now the experiment. sta
tons are carrying on the education
commenced by Mr.. Hill and are doing
it better
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
NOTES OF THE HOG LOT.

Build the fence around the hog lot
so the pigs cannot wriggle through.
Once they learn the trick nothing
short of a bull proof fence can stop
them.
If we are going in for hog raising
let us plan our campaign in advance
and then stick to our work. A hap
hazard, go-as-you-please method is
sure to end in failure.
A pig rises up today only to be cut
down tomorrow. He is with us but a
short time, but during that period he
is either making or losing money fast.
1t all depends upon his owner.
A chicken eating sow is an abom-
ination and Is not worth her keep UNI
less she can be confined in a hen tight
enclosure.
Give the hogs shade and plenty OF
air with it. A tight, dark pen is a poor
place for hogs in hot weather.
While a hog will drink dirty water
clean water will make better pork.
If pig is allowed to wallow in a
barnyard pool he will never ret over
the habit, but will always return to II.
Hogs must live on the ground to
in summer time.
A pig catches cold very easily and
should always be protected from
draughts at night. Pneumonia carries
off thousands every year.
1t is the pigs nature to root in the
ground and 1t is necessary to his
health.
Hogs should be changed from one
pasture to another whenever prac-
ticable.
Do not disturb the sow for at least
a day after narrowing.
Teach the pigs to eat corn as SO
= possible. Crack it for them at first.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
readily, causing considerable loss Of
the best part of the forage.
THH sLENDER-LEAEHD
GRASS.

the best part of the forage.
When cut shortly after the first
blossoms appear the plants recover
quickly, and usually in thirty days
from the time of taking the first cut
t. from the field another is ready to
cut. Alfalfa should not be cut after
the middle of September, but thu
growth left for winter protection.
Alfalfa may turn yellow and looA
sickly; this may be due to an over
abundance of moisture or to a dis.
ease known as leaf spot. When all
falfa is affected as above described II
is a good plan to out regardless of the
stage of maturity. The next growth
often will show no detrimental effects,
The first cutting Is generally made
IN early June, and, as a rule, ia tho
heaviest and hardest to cure. Hay
reaps are found to be very essential In
curing the hay. often one-half the to-
tai value Of the hay Is saved by theiy
use.
In good drying weather the alfalfa
cut in the forenoon can be raked into
windows in the afternoon and put
into cocks containing not more than
100 pounds Of hay. These should be
promptly capped and left for two
days. II weather is fair cocks can be
open to the sun and wind for a few
hours and then hauled to the barn.
In rainy and misty weather, 1t n
somewhat trying to cure alfalfa nicely
into hay and CAPS are an absolute ne.
cessity. After the alfalfa remains un.
der caps for two days in moist wealth.
Ter 1t is necessary to remove the cocks
OF hay or the alfalfa plants UNDER
meath will meet with certain death.
II the cocks Of alfalfa cannot be
opened on account Of moist weather
they should at least be drawn from
the spot where standing. This can bs
done readily by sticking pitchforh
into the hay near the bottom Of tho
COCK and by pulling directly towards
you 1t can be moved easily.
Dew and sunshine hurt alfalfa. an
well as rain, hence the use of the hay
cap is urged as a necessity for making
well-cured hay. At the Wisconsin Elk.
eriment Station farm four cuttings Of
alfalfa were obtained during one sea.
son which yielded five and one-haH
tons to the acre.
BY comparing alfalfa, clover, timo.
thy and bronze grass for protein con.
tent 1t was found that the alfalfa
yielded three times as much proteir
per acre as clover nine times as muck
as timothy, and twelve times thu
amount obtained from bronze grass.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
PLACES FOR YOUNG MEN
Stock Raising Presents Coed Oppor.
tunities In Nearly Every Sec
ton Of the Country.
tJoseph p. Wing.)
T>HERE is no such great difference

lTHERE is no such great difference
In localities as Is commonly sup
posed. Northern locations have
long periods of cold and long feeding
seasons, yet they have fertile soils and
good crops Warm and sunny chimes
have very often severe droughts and
scarcity of food. Stock raising is In
the long run more profitable where
stock must be fed in winter.
have abundant faith In one or two
things, and should locate here they
should be had First, If in the country
not dependent upon irrigation, would
settle where the blue grass and the
white clover grow naturally.
would choose the land that has
enough lime In 1t to harden the we'll
water. would get near to corn, IL
possible. Yet some northern loca-
lions are good because of the excel
tlence of the grasses and clovers, and
because barley, cats and wheat grow
we'll. If possible I would avoid too
fit location.
| In going west of the Missouri river
would ask these things: AS much
rainfall as possible; land adapted to
alfalfa; nearness to corn. I would
not care especially to grow corn on
my own land If I could buy it easily.
In settling in the country of short
Agrass I would seek shelter from hills
or ravines in winter, water enough to
grow alfalfa, and, if possible, nearness
ITO wood and fencing timbers.
| In the mountain regions, seek
grassy mountain ranges at your back
door, water and fertile valley lands
land alfalfa fields in winter. would
not be enticed to invest much in any
free range" without an alfalfa field
back of it.
| Every now and then some young
man writes asking me where he can
get work on a west IN cattle or sheep
ranch, where he can learn the bust
ness and at the same time build up
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
70 sFeP seH WASHING.
Cover Crops Should Be Grown Every
Year for the Purpose.
q. G. Mesier Illinois Experiment
Statien,)

When soils are likely to wash, an
ounce of prevention Is worth many
pounds of cure. The best remedy is a
preventive enc. This applies especial
~ to the formation of gullies on hill
sides, by which farm may be COM
pletely ruined In very few years.
When these bitches are small they
may be filled with rubbish that will
check the current of water and cause
the sediment to be deposited there,
which will result In the filling of the
ditch. The general washing that takes
place from the surface Of all hilly and
even slightly rolling land should be
Looked after as we'll.
This washing removes the best soil
and lowers the productive capacity of
very large areas of land in Illinois.
Much of this was not Of the best to
begin with, and the removal Of the
thin top soil has rendered many
tracts worthless. Silt and clay soils
are much more liable to wash than
sandy ones, because the particles are
smaller; consequently more easily
car ed by water; and, as these soils 10
not absorb the railfall readily, because
water to run off,
While It is impossible to change the
inorganic constituents o, soils to any
appreciable lc-:tent, yet they may be
treated In such way as to change
the texture In few years This
may be done by incorporating organic
matter In them. The partially de-
cayed material dement's the soil par
ticles into gra..ules or grains, giving II
somewhat the porosity and looseness
Of a sandy soil.
The granules thus formed are too
large to be carried readily. When in
this condition water will be absorbed
rapidly, and if deep blowing is p-sc-
ticed the ground will be in condition
to absorb heavy rainfall 1t is esti-
mated that ten inches of loose soil
will absorb two inches of rainfall.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
MILK GOATS COMING UP.

/, Recently scientific Investigations
have brought out facts that greatly en-
nance the value of goats milk, and
that to an immeasureabie degree, a
fact that cannot be too widely known
and the Importance OF which cannot
be eNerestimated.
The numerous Inquiries that have
been conducted of late years by seien-
lists have elected what Is now pretty
generally admitted by medical men
that tuberculosis can be, and is eent-
inundated to human beings through
the milk and flesh OF cattle afflicted
with that disease, the increase of con-
sumption In children being largely at
tributed to the use Of tuberculosis
milk.
Now when we consider on the one
hand, the terrible character of this in
sidious disease, and on the other hand
the absolute necessity for the use Of
milk in the healthful rearing Of child
rem, such a revelation is simply appal-
ing?
What makes matters worse, how
ever is that q COW may be suffering
from the malady in it's earliest stages
without the disease. being detected.
In view of such a state of things
who will not experience sense of re-
lief on hearing that goats milk Is en-
tirly free from this element of dang
er? Professor Nocard states that out
of over 10000 goats and kids that
are brought to Parts for slaughter at
the shambles Of La villette every
spring the meat inspectors of that city
have failed to discover single case
of phthisis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
SOME HINTS BY UNCLE sILAs.

= I heard yesterday that our neigh
dor on the hill road bought some fine
currant trees" from travelling agent
4 Tor 1925 a tree" If he had read
the American Farm World he would
know he can make trees" of currant
bushes by pruning. He was badly
swindled. The only safe way is to
Zeal with reputable firms that adver-
Use in high-class farm papers and
set the dog on the tramp agent.
got good pointer from seeing
the lawn at our state experiment farm
last week. The lawn was not orna-
mented with flower beds, but was as
clean and even as a lawn mower
could make it. The flowers are all
planted in beds near the house or at
the sides and back of the big lot
They set off the lawn like a frame to
"a picture and / realized as had never
before that a well-kept lawn cannot
be improved by flower beds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-07-09
WHAT IS PATENT LIME"

A se-called "hydrated' lime, made
under processes upon which patents
are claimed, is being pushed upon
the market under the claim that 1t Is
fertilizer and that. because of its
peculiar manufacture. It will produce
better results than ordinary lime when
applied to the soil. The price asked
for this lime Is usually about $40 per,
ton.
A sample of this limo was pro.
cured direct from the manufacturers
by the Ohio Experiment Station. and
used at the rate of ton to the acre
on land that was being prepared for
wheat
At the same time an ordinary build
er's lime. ground into meal and cost
ing, delivered at Wooster in car lots,
$3.50 per ton, was used in the same
quantity and on adjoining plots of
land. the preparation Of the land and
the seeding being Identical for both
Kinds of lime. In the spring the whole
tract was soWn to clover and a good
stand was obtained.
The results OF this test has been
that In every case the lined plots have
produced less wheat than those not
lined, there being but little difference
IN the reduction in yield following the
KINDS OF lime. Following are the av-
erage yields:
Bushels
per acre.
No fertilizer, no lime average a
plots) ............... 1851,
No fertilizer, hydrated lime Il
plOIJ 4 &
400 lbs. Fertilizer, no lime (aver-
age plots) ........,....... 27.4s
400 lbs. fertilizer, hydrated lime
average 2 plots) .26.7s
400 lbs. fertilizer common lime,
(average 2 plots) .26. os