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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Meal, Bran and Linseed Oil.

w. C. j., Manorville, N. Y, writes:
How many hundred pounds each OF
coarse meal and wheat bran should be
mixed with 100 pounds of linseed oil
meal to make nutritive ration of from
1 :5 to 1:6?
Cornmeal has had nutritive ratio Of
l to 10 as the result of most analyses; {;
wheat bran, 1 to $40; linseed oil meal,
to less than 2, hence you see that it
would require 500 pounds of cornmeal to
contain as much proteine as in the 100
pounds of linseed oil meal, and about
$50 pounds of cornmeal to contain as
much pr0teine as 100 pounds of the wheat
bran. Now you have the figures which
will make q good problem for you or
vour school boys to work out. As a
practical mixing I will say without fig
nrine that should the 100 pounds Of lin
seed oil meal be mixed with 500 pounds
of cornmeal and 100 pounds OF wheat
bran the ratio would not be far from l
30 5.-Cor. in Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
FOolinR u Critic.

What can be more mirth provoking
than the naive simplicity with which
a pompous critic, who prIdes himself
on his lynx eyed acuteness, will some
times walk into trap that has been
set for him? When Alexander Pope
was translating Homer he read by re-
quest several books Of the "lllad" to
Lord Halifax, whom he characterizes
as a literary coxcomb, at his house.
During the reading his lordshlp sey-
eral times stopped the poet and sug-
gested that certain passages might be
improved. Perplexed and irritated by
the advice, the poet withdrew with
Garth, who laughed heartily at the in
cIdent. and told him to leave the verses
Just as they were, to call on Halifax
a month later. thank him for his crit
Iclsms and then read again the verses
to him unaltered. Pope followed this
advice, saying to Halifax that he hoped
his lordship would now find his objec-
tions removed, upon which Halifax, de-
lighted. cried out: AYE, now they are
perfectly right. Nothing can be better"
William Mathews in Success Maya
zine
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Men and Glove storien.v

When man has passed through the
cycle Of emotions called love he has
had his adventures; other peoples
cease to have a personal bearing. and
he anticipates nothing further from
them.
1t is not so with the young man and
woman who. as the proverb says Of
the young bear, have all their troubles
before them. The world Of love, so
full Of mystery for them, has become
to the maturer man translated into
the concrete terms Of domestic life,
and the relations Of man ana woman
pass into the domain Of fact that can
he tested by experience.
Yet nOvelists do not seem to under
stand this psychology of the mature
man, and they continue to make the
love story their chief staple, so that
they are read chiefly by young men
and women as callOw as their own
heroes and heroines. Pecuniarily they
are OF course catering for larger
market. The number Of the immature
by age and the immature by nature
are always the larger part OF man
kind,-Iond0n Saturday Review.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02

it all under his thick. gray. grizzled
wool. fast us thought could compass.
No. 1 headed for Acton, and her pace
was a hustle every mile Of the way
three cars of coal bowling down on
her. how fast he dared not think, and
through 1t all lie was asking himself
what day it was. Thursday? Up!
Yes, George. his boy. was OH the fiier
No. /. 1t was his day up. II they met
on a curve
"Uncounle herr roared Dad Sinclair
In giant tone.
"What are you going to do!"
Burns" thundered Dad to his fire.
man. "give her steam, and quick. boy!
Dump in grease, waste. oil. everything.
Are you clear there!" he cried. OPEN
ing the throttle rs he looked back.
The old engine. pulling clear Of her
coaches. quivered as she gathered her.
self under the steam. She leaped ahead
with n swish. The drivers churned IN
the sand. bit into it with grltting tires
and forged ahead with a suck and a
hiss and roar Before Reynolds had
fairly gathered his wits Sinclair. leav-
ing his train on the main track in front
Of the depot. was Gathering over the
switch after the runaways. The wind
was a terror. and they had too good II
start. But the way Soda Water Sal
took the gait when she once felt her
feet under her made the wrinkled en-
gineer at her throttle set his mouth
with the grimness Of game:ter. II
meant the runaways-and catch them
or the ditch for Soda Water Sal, and
the throbbing old machine seemed to
know 1t. for her nose hang to the steel
like the Suout Of Il pointer.
He was Il man Of hundred even
then Burns-but nobody knew IT Their
We hadn't thought much about Burn
before. He was Il tall. lank Irish boy
with an open face and Il mOrnii:;.
smile. Dad Sinclair took him OH Gc
cause nobody else would have him
Burns was 50 green that Foley salt
you couldn't set his name alire. H.
would. SO Foley said. put out hot bo
Just bv blinking ut it.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
changed his mind and was ready to

changed his mind and was ready Ia
give in.
That's quite right. Dad" he ac'
knowledged. You can get more 0at
Of any old tub on the division than the
rest Of us fellows can get out OF Il
Baldwin consolidated. l mean 1t too.
It's the best thing | ever heard Of.
What are YOU going to do for Burns,
Neighbour asked Foley, with his usu-
al assurance.
IL was thinking | would give him
Soda Water Sal and put him on the
right side of the cab for freight run.
l reckon he earned 1t last night"
III a few minutes Foley started off to
hunt up Burns.
"See here. Irish," said he In his off
hand way, next time you catch Il
string of runaways just remember to
climb up the ladder and set your
brakes before you couple 1t will save
q good deal Of wear and tear on the
pilot bar, see? hear you're going to
get Il run. Don't fall out the window
when you get over OH the right"
And that's how Burns was made an
engineer and how Soda Water Sal was
rescued from the disgrace Of running
on the trolley.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
The New and tho Old.

A Chicago girl said the other day In
an address before II girls club: IL ad-
vice all of you to be new women.
urge you to pay no heed to the gibes
about new women that are continually
being uttered by men. 1t isn't a nne
type of man that gibes at the new wo-
man. You know the story of the man
in the county jail? What brought you
here, my poor fellow| missionary
asked. i married a new woman, SIR
the prisoner groaned. 'Ahn" said the
missionary. And she was so domi-
neering and extravagant that 1t drove
you to desperate courses. ehT NO.
said the prisoner The old woman
turned up San Francisco Argonaut.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
About Some of the New Varieties.

About Some of the New Varieties.
Please inform me through the columns
of the Farmer if the following varieties
of apples are adapted to the climate OF
southern Maine: Black Ben Davis,
Chicago, Delicious, Ingram and King
David, and oblige
Penobscot Co. RIvEs MITCHELL.
The several varieties of apples named
are among the later introductions which
one after another have been introduced
to tree planters with blazOn of paint
and a skillful play of advertising. There
is a nursery firm in distant state that
seems to make q specially of introducing
new varieties of apple trees, Of the mer-
its of which little is known only through
the extravagant representations sent
broadcast over the country by the hrm
growing the trees for sale. So extrava-
CANT are the merits set forth OF these
new varieties, as they come along, that
fruit growers may well conclude that a
new competitor for appreciation, need
ing such a representation to make it
take. must be in a measure humbug.
All of the varieties named above are OF
this class, and not one of them has
sufficient merit to recommend it above q
double score of the varieties of accepted
and widely known value now being
grown among US. We know a COM
munity of fruit growers who are con-
tinually running after everything that is
new till they have filled their orchards
with such a multiplicity of varieties,
none of which have merit sufficient to
recommend them to the attention OF
buyers, as to render them Improbable
to the owners. Better to plant varieties
of established merit, of which there are
plenty, and let the Delicious, King
David and Seedless apples alone. New
varieties better than the Baldwin, Bell
flower, Greening and Gravenstein do not
come along often. If fruit growers will
but remember that, it would save them
a waste of both time and money.-Maine
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
The Dairy Barn and Its Care.

The barn and its care have an impor-
tant influence in the production Of pure
milk. As it is impossible to secure this
in dirty, dark barn, reeking with
odors of manure, its construction must
be taken into account. Plenty of air
space must be provided In order to In
sure pure air, from 900 to 1000 cubic feet
being needed for each animal. An abun-
dance of window space must be provid-
ed. Enough light should enter to
enable one to read newspaper In the
darkest places. The ventilation should
be such that the air is changed every
few minutes.
Anyone contemplating new barn or
the reconstruction of an old barn to con-
form with the ideas here mentioned
should secure some good treatise on barn
construction and venti lation. [Supplied
by Orange Judd Company of New
York; 1t is evident to any observer
that one of the difficulties in securing
good milk is the dark, poorly ventilated
and constructed barns, containing rot
ten wooden floors that cannot be clean
ed. Concrete Is the best material for
floors. 1t is economical and can easily
be kept clean. If wood is used in floor
construction, it should be closely laid in
pitch and kept in perfect repair. The
interior of the barn should be kept well
covered with whitewasb, which acts as .
purifier and makes the rooms much
lighter. Stalls and feed boxes should be
simple in construction and easily
cleaned.
As a usual thing bank barns are not
good dairy barns, unless the stalls are
placed on the floors entirely above
ground and the basement is used for
storage of implements or purposes OF a
similar nature. A basement as or
dinarily constructed is dark and damp
and has low ceilings. 1t is difficult to
ventilate and entirely unfit for housing
animals. The drainage of the yards
around the barns is very important.
Yards must be dry and firm. An accu-
mutation of manure in the yards is very
Objectionable. The dairyman who COM
pels his cows to wade knee-deep in ma
nure before they can get into the barn,
can never expect to secure good milk.
All dairy barns should be light and airy,
lots of sunshine when needed,
and be kept in good sanitary condition.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Bucket Covers Essential In Sugaring.

When tapping my sugar bush l am
very careful not to tap near any old hole
or defect in the tree. / manage to keep
the sap gathered up very closely. also
keep the spouts clean so they will not
sour. Keep the sap as cool as possible
and do not let it stand. use an i'm
proved evaporator as we'll as other
modern conveniences. With these later
evaporators one can boil sap much
faster and with less wood than in the
old way.
l would not make sugar without
covers for the buckets. They are a
great saving and will pay for themselves
in one spring. get rid Of the malate
of lime by settling the syrup and then
putting the settings In the sugaring OH
pan and run off to II pounds to the gal
lon. dash in cold sap and strain again.
The cold sap seems to crystalline the
malate of lime and you will find 1t in
your felt strainer.
Plan to get the sap boiled down just
as soon as possible if you want good re.
suits. In dealing with my customers l
give them to understand that the first
one to order is the first one served. II
they want sugar that is what they get
and If on the other hand they want
syrup they can have that. Give them
good measure every time.-Cor. in New
England Homestead.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
The agricultural committee of tn

The agricultural committee OF the
Massachusetts, legislature has agreed up
on bill establishing new standard for
milk in Massachusetts,, which according
to the omniscient newspaper, is exactly
wb at the farmers want. Perhaps 1t is;
but IL 30, 1t Is because the farmers are
reasoning from q mistaken standpoint.
No clean, healthful milk should be dc.
barred from the markets by law: But
it should be sold on test and paid ior
according to its value on the basis OF lat
content. This arrangement would DC
absolutely just, both to producer and
consumer, enabling the former to get 10!
his product exactly what 1t Is worth and
the latter to get milk of such quality as
he prefers at its exact valus.-New Eng
land Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
The Season.

The Season.
This twenty first day of March appar-
emily makes the dividing line between
winter and spring, this being the first
day indicating break in the continuous
cold that has held northern New Eng
land in its grasp since the frost sealed up
the outside farm work and covered the
face of the land with snow the closing
days of last November. While extreme
and continuous c"ld has characterized
the winter, yet otherwise the season has
been favorable for business in the main,
a large amount of which has been car
ried on. Snow came on early and storms
have been frequent, yet in every case
they have been light and with single
exception mo serious obstruction to
regular business. There has been but
one windy day for the winter, and but
one day of blockade of the highways
from drifted snow. Otherwise continu-
GUS, good sleighing has favored business
activity and contributed to the pleasure
of travel up to the present time.
Another marked characteristic Of the
winter, unusual for Maine, has been the
almost entire absence of rain for the
entire time since the first snow fall of
the season. With the exception OF
light sprinkle for few hours in the
early winter, there has not been drop
of rainfall for the entire winter up to
date, throughout all central and north
ern Maine, and the present covering Of
snow has not yet made even start
towards giving way to the approaching
spring. Yet there has been no general
complaint of shortage of water for any
purpose. This can only be accounted
for on account of the complete and con-
tinuous covering of snow, and from the
fact there is absolutely no frost in the
ground under this covering.
Maine farms are all provided with
comfortable shelter for stock, and in
these quarters the stock has come
through the long winter housing in good
condition, sleek and thrifty. The cows
have continued their usual flow of milk,
and have kept the butter factories and
the cream trade supplied with an amount
of business that will compare we'll with
former and less severely cold winters.
The comfortable housing of cows tones
down the rigors of our cold winters in
marked degree. Butter and cream have
sold unusually high all through the win
ter, thus more than making up for the
high cost of grain feed, and serving to
keep up an encouraging outlook to the
dairy business.
There is some complaint heard that
hay folders have not spent this winter
as we'll as usual, and as consequence,
while there is plenty of hay within
reach, in many barns the supply will be
well cleaned out by the time grass
grows again. :,
On the whole, prices of stock of all
kinds-dairy products, pork, and in fact
everything farmers have for sale, have
been we'll up and quick of sale during
the winter. As result, farmers are in
good spirits and wideawake to grapple
in earnest with the work of the coming
seeding time as soon as the grasp OF
winter is past and nature is again
awakened to life.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Cows not in 1t with Hens.

see that you invite those interested
in poultry to write their experience for
your paper. have been poultry lover
all my life, and except the few years l
was away from the farm, have always
kept them.
have been keeping so hens for the
last few years and have kept an account
of eggs laid and how much / have sold
from them. In 1905 sold an average OF
1886 per hen in poultry and eggs; no
account was kept of what was used In a
family of two, nor of eggs set. In 1905
sold S3.65 per an, an account being kept
of eggs used and set and poultry eaten.
should have sold more, but hawks and
foxes got after my pullets, and had to
keep them confined till October, and as
was very busy did not get them to lay
ing till the last of November. My hens
averaged in 1906, 134 eggs each in IL
months besides Matching and raising ITO
chicks. In January, 1907, they laid 778
eggs, in February, SS5, on several days
LAYING SO, and in March I expect to get
1000. This record is from 40 pullets.
Their feed has been as follows: In
the morning mash of corn meal, bran
and animal meal, what they will eat
clean in a few minutes. At noon oats
and buckwheat thrown in the litter. At
night all the corn they will eat up clean
in five or ten minutes. Grit, oyster
shells, charcoal and water has been kept
by them all the time. At noon they
have also had a pan of skimmilk.
Not over fifteen minutes a day has
been spent caring for this flock. They
have no extra chance, run ming at large
in barn and sheep barns, but at night
have a warm place to roost.
My hens are pure-bred Buff Wyan-
dottes, and I have spared no pains to
get the best. l keep both cows and
sheep, which pay me well, but they
are not in it with the hens. At local
prices can clear % per hen above all
expense. believe in pure bloods, for
the poultry and eggs are more uniform.
A man will take pride in them, and care
for them better.-Fred W. Allen In
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
walter s. BUCK. NORWAY, ip giving hi

Walter S. Buck, Norway, ip giving his
experience recently in regard to grains
best adapted for feeding stock In his
section, gave strong preference to grow
ing oats and peas together. feeding
green until too ripe and cutting balance
for hay, which In his opinion Is much
preferable to growing oats and threshing
them. Mr.. Buck reports slight In
crease I IN poultry and sheep in his vicini-
ty.-Maipe Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Definitions.

Asked to define a suffragist, Brit
ish schoolboy answered, "A person
who creates disturbance" One boy
described surf" as "a form Of sea-
weed which grows in the Pacific
ocean," In an essay on the canine race
pupil declared that "small dogs i'm
prove by keeping," and another gave
the singular Of "twain" as "wOrsted."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
An Odd Little Anaaram.

Here Is IN interesting little puzzle
and anagram which was published In
a newspaper several years ago:
A - old woman with - Intent
Put on her and to market went.
-" said She give me. pray.
The wherewithal to - this day."
Each of the blanks Is TO be filled with
a word Of four letters, and the same
letters occur In each Of the five differ
ent words. These words are consecu-
lively vile" "evil," well" Levi" and
"liye"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
There Yet.

Scott-My wlfe's mother has visited
Us only once in Ave years. Mott
That isn't bad. When do you expect
her to pay her second visit? Scott
Oh, she hasn't got through her first
yet.-New York Telegraph.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02

No other stock will stand BY both the
farmer and his farm like dairy cows.
They enrich their owner and at the same
time they enrich the farm from which
they are fed.-NAino Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Then She Talked.

Reporter-Well, I've interviewed her,
Editor-Did she talk without restrainti
Reporter should say nit! She
wouldn't say word until her husband
came In and told her to keep STILL
PHILADELPHIA Inquirer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
paniaI,s Eams.

Deacon Jones-Why was Daniel the
most popular man mentioned In the
OLA Testament? Brother smith-BA-
cause he was lionixed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02

Sell hogs whom the market ID best and
they are ready. There ID no wisdom or
economy In keeping hogs until they
weigh just % many pounds.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Her Share.

"Snigsby haT n new scheme that ne
purposes SUBSTITUTE, FOR the oT'!inaf!
swear or tea. I,c IL goin" to carry II
little savings bank around with him.
and every ...-c i, buys liquid refresh
meuts he will drop the cash equiya
lert In the Ian. for h.' wife.'
Whose i,lea IN IT,
"SniCsby', i'c. she thinks there y
bc 4. Iitt'r sr-'e'iils ~ II for her
Cleveland r,ai" iteHief
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Eapily cecrets.

Intimate rriend-Is your father 90
lng - give you away? Prospective
Rrldc-I would like 10 see him.-Ex-
change
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02

BY feeding these to live stock and
saving all the manure, liquid and solid,
one can get back so per cent of this total
fertilizing value. Thus, he can get
back 81 from the ton Of clover and "a 10
from the timothy. We have seen farm
ers sell clover hay for 81 per ton. By
the ordinary method on q great majority
of farms, half the fertilizing value, or
more, is lOst.-Ohio Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Soda Water.
Sal.
BY rRAEK II. sPEARMAN
copyhah.. 1900. by Fnnt H. speam.n

len the great
engine which
we called the
s ysc craper
came out of
the GAINESVILLE
shops. she was
rebuilt from
pilot TO tender.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
Manurial Value of Clover.

There is $50 fertilizing value in
ton of clover hay and $5.21 in a ton of
timothy hay at present prices of nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash. A
ton of clover and timothy hay contains
the following amounts of each OF these
three elements:
~,.. phoa a.,d pokaah
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-04-02
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE Flow"

on practical agricultural topics
IL solicited. Address all communications In.
tended for this department to HENRY ID.
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1907-10-10
Believed by Japs,

The Japanese believe in more myth
ical creatures than any other people
on the globe, civilized or savage.
Among these mythical animals are
some without any remarkable peculi-
arities of conformation, but gifted with
supernatural attributes, such as a
tiger which is said to live until it has
become a thousand years old, and
then turns as white as a polar bear.
The Japanese also believe in a multi
tude Of animals distinguished mainly
by their monstrous size or by the
multiplication of their members.
Among these are serpents 800 feet
long and large. enough to swallow an
elephant, foxes with eight legs, mon
keys with four ears, and fishes with
ten heads attached to one body. Japs
also believe in the existence of a crane
which, after it has lived for 600 years,
has no need of any sustenance except
water.