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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-12-18
A Fine Forage Crop.
,rida Agricu1turist:

Editor Florida Agricu1turist:
Much has been said about Florida
forage, and there is doubtless room for
much more, but here is one that goes
without saying:
When the latter part of winter shows
my forage getting 1ow-when I see hay
bills staring me in the FACET hustle
out as early as is safe and SOW broad
cast, at thesrate Of six or eight bushels
per acre, a block of good conditioned
land in corn; break the ground (thus
turning the seed under) with small
turning plow, and drag down level If
needed, give a little cottonseed meal
before turning, Or nitrate Of soda just
as coming up.
We are often told to beware of "sure
things" but this is one that I am not
afraid Of.
AS this crop is moved off in May
(and everything eats it), we turn under
a good "green manure" crop and later
get the usual crop Of clover and grass
but for a quick conler and sure feeder,
this corn forage is IT.
Reader
Cottage Hill, Fla.
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Some Irrigation Methods Described.
CONTINUED from page ~

long drouth has been broken here at
Myrtle Lodge, and Winter Haven in
general, by an unusually heavy down.
pour. And to think, I just got my en-
CINE set up yesterday in running order.
Well, 7 am glad anyhow, for water
had to come in some way, and l will
need it sooner or later.
7 consier that watering plant is
just one form of insurance. Your
house may never burn down, you know,
but if it does, you are awful glad you
had it insured, and in the end you will
feel the same to know that your crops
are safe even though rain is withheld
longer than you could wish to have it.
Meanwhile the engine is under a
good roof, ready and waiting for bust
ness.
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FORTY Choice Shorthorn Cattle at private sale
D. A. Teener, Cumberland. Ohio.
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LIVE STOCK BREEDERS

Advertisements will be inserted in this column
at the rate of ~ cents per word each insertion.
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By feeding roughness on the farm
the fertility of the soil is increased.
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ANGORA GOATS, prepaid. H. T. Fuchs. Mar
BILE. Falls, Tex.
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RED POLLED BULLS for sale. Howell Bros.
Bryan, Tex.
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service age from add regis. dams. Best blood
of the breed. Knapp & Pierce. E. Claridon,
Ohio.
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{ ILOT of Cotswold rams. bred from imported
l stock Thos Steward. Biggsville. Ills
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RAMBOUILLET Rams out of pure bred ewes
by the celebrated Noe "Klondyke," reg. ram
weighing 251 lbs and shearing 26 lbs. Graham
K. McCorquoda1e. Graham. Tex.
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RECORDED Shorthorns. $45 and up. Luke
Stanard, Tay1or's Falls, MINI.
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RED POLLED CATTLE and Angora Goats.
DR.. w. R. Clifton. Waco. Tex.
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ERSEY AND ABERDEEN - Angus blu
calves Dept. of animal husbandry. Ohio State
University. Columbus, Ohio.
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ANGORA BUCKS-One and two year old; eg-
| bic to registry: size sheared over lbs. w. S.
! AUSTIN Dumont, Butler Co., Ia.
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SHROPSHIRE RAMS for sale-Y earring and
early lamb rambs. sired by imported Manse1l
ram; some good flock headers. All sheep recor-
ded. Thoroug hbred Stock Farm Carroll. Ia.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
LAUNDRY HINTS.
1t Is Best to Examine Clothes Goinq
to Wash.

1t Is Best to Examine Clothes Goinq
to Wash.
Accommodations in pockets should be
looked for. Tobacco allowed to remain
in mans waistcoat pocket may cause
a stain in the process of washing which
irretrievabiy damages the waistcoat.
All pins should be carefully removed
before clothes are sent to the laundry.
Failure to do this may quite easily
bring about blood poisoning, from
which fatal consequences are not in
frequent.
Hooks should always be rust proof,
or the blouse or other article upon
which they are sewed is quite likely to
be spoiled.
Many delicately tinted and daintily
trimmed blouses, usually sent to a
cleaner, can be Numbered to perfec-
ton, but it behooves the customer to
understand that in such cases the iron
ers who take this difficult and tedious
work in hand require proper compen-
sation.
If stains caused by tea and coffee,
wine, ETC., are to be removed, it is al
ways best to mention this fact in the
book, for no self respecting laundry
uses chemicals unless specially asked
to do so. The needfu1 process will be
undertaken at the customers own risk
only.
Lace curtains ought never to be kept
up till very dirty. If sent after long
exposure to strong sunlight, it is quite
likely that they will almost fall to
pieces when starched
Nor should needful mending be for
gotten, for it is inconsiderate to send a
tattered garment to the laundry and
expect 1t to be returned in no worse
condition.
One Of the sorter's principal duties is
to note with a line of colored cotton
every tear and hole, but after a little
thought it is obvious that this task can
only be specifically carried out in the
press of business 1t follows, there
fore, that a vast amount Of mending is
undertaken at the laundry which in
reality should be done at home, and,
however agreeable a method this may
prove to customers, it makes the labors
of the laundry mending unduly oner-
Gus.
Provide your own hamper, which
will insure its exclusive use, ard if it
is scrubbed now and again at home
with water absolute cleanliness will be
assured
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Of interest To xomen.

To such women as are not seriously out
of lhealthA but who have exacting duties
tolperform, either in the way of house,
hdld cares\or in social duties and func-
tidps. which\serfously tax their strength,
as wen as Do Nursing moihers, DR.. Pierce's
Favorite PfeAcription has proved a most
valuable supSSrting tonic and invigorat-
ing nervine. By its timely use, much
serious sickness and suffering may be
avoided. The operating table and the
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seldom have to be employed If this most
Valuable Woman,S remedy were reSorted
to in good time. The 'Favorite Prescrip-
ton" has proven great boon to expectant
mothers by preparing the system for the
coming of baby, thereby rendering child
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Bear in mind, please that DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is not secret or
patent medicine, against which the most
intelligent people are quite naturally
averse, because of the uncertainty as to
their composition and harmless character.
but is a MEDICINE OF KNOWN COMPOST.
TIoN, full list of all its ingredients being
printed, in plain English, on every bottle
wrapper. An examination of this list of
ingredients will disclose the fact that it is
non-alcoholic in its composition, chemic-
ally pure, triple-refned glycerine taking
the place of the commonly used alcohol,
in its makeup. In this connection it
may not be out of place to state that the
VFavorite Prescription" of DR.. Pierce is
the only medicine put up for the cure of
woman's peculiar weaknesses and ALL
ments, and sold through druggists, all
the ingredients Of which have the un-
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medical writer's and teachers of all the
several schools of practice, and that too
as remedies for the ailments for which
uFavorite Prescription is recommended.
A little book of these endorsements will
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absolutely free if you request same by
postal card, or letter, of DR.. R. Y. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take as candy.
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get one, cut one Of the exact size or,
failing this, use stiff cardboard. Cover
this with Wadding cut the exact size
Of the wood and lay it upon it, secur-
ing it with a touch Of gum here and
there to prevent its slipping.
Next choose a pretty piece Of brocade
or silk and lay this over the wadding,
fixing it in the same way. Set it to
dry under pile Of books.
Now lay some strips Of firm ribbon
or braid across the panel to hold the
letters or cards, arranging them as In
the sketch or in any other way you
prefer This is not an important de-
tail. Garry the ends Of the straps over
to the wrong side and secure them here
and fasten them together where they
cross by a stitch Of firm silk.
Now slip the panel into the frame
and fasten in the same way as you
would picture. Paste some brown or
fancy paper on the bach to make neat
and tie loop of ribbon through the
rings at the back to hang it by, -, the
post card holder Is complete.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
A DAIRY SNAP

A reader of these notes living in
southern Minnesota told us recently
some facts about his large dairy. and
he certainly seems to be in clover. He
milks between twenty and thirty COWS
throughout the year and separates his
cream and ships it by express daily to
the Twin Cities, where he receives 80
cents an inch the year round on the
basis of 20 per cent butter fat test.
AS a result Of this large return for his
cream and the practice he has made
of picking up the best dairy COWS he
could find he receives a gross return
of close to 500 per head from his
cows. Another feature of his system.
which many dairymen might not agree
with, is the practice he makes of buy
ing rather than raising his own COWS.
He aims to select cows of large milk
capacity and believes he can make
more money by using a black polled
sire and selling all Of his calves for
veal than by working into the strictly
dairy breeds, in which the scraWny,
jack rabbit steer is the chief draw
back. Our friend is very enthusiastic
about dairy farming and likes the fea,
ture of it which enables him to secure
q substantial income during every
month in the year.
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of any of our eastern grapes. A vine
or two of this high bred grape should
be in every garden.
In my opinion, the queen Of all
grapes, the handsomest, the most de-
licious, the most aromatic and the one
that pleases the most people, is the
Niagara. It comes the nearest to being
the ideal all round grape. The aroma
of a Niagara vineyard in late Septem-
Der is perceptible for a long distance.
Every grape has its champions, but I
have yet to find a person who does not
like the Niagara, says a writer in the
Garden Magazine. 1t will hang on the
vines until frost, and it's amber color.
aroma and honeycomb flavor increase
with every day. 1t must have good
soil, sweet and well drained, plenty of
fertilizer and thorough spraying. Civ
en- these, it makes grapes like the Mar
tina, Pocklington, Empire State, etc.,
sink into utter insignifcance.
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Fruit Notes.

Muscat of Alexandria is probably the
very finest favored grape in existence.
Early Rivers is a grand early nectar
inc, handsome, large and-of fine flavor.
Peach trees growing in a thick mat
ted mass can never be satisfactory.
Keep them thin.
Strawberries that have been lightly
forced in spring frequently produce a
second crop in the fall.
A couple of fig trees in pots are not
a very serious proposition, and they
may be grown by the amateur.
Fruit forcing, like all other kinds Of
forcing, should be begun gently. A lot
of heat all at once is ruinous.
A really good, well ripened melon
grown under glass cannot be compared
with any other fSuit for favor.
Madresfield Court is fine favored,
handsome grape, but it has a very
thin skin, and the berries crack easily.
Small apples and other fruit trees
grown and fruited in pots are not
much trouble to GROW and are very at
tractiye. --Gardenin
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For Tired Back.

Recline on chair face downward
the upper part Of the legs and lower
portion Of the stomach resting on the
chair With the arms stretched out in
front and the limbs held closely to
gether in back, raise arms and legs as
high as you can, bowling the latter as
much as possible. Hold this position
for a moment, then touch the floor
with the hands and feet and after rest
ing a moment repeat exercise until
tired.
This one is beneficial for strengthen
ing the small of the back and hips. So
many women complain of tired backs
especially when they have been on
their feet a great deal This exercise
will relieve the attendant pain that is
sometimes accompanied by dull
pressure, IS though this part Of the
anatomy had been Oh a strain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
ABOUT MANURE,

instead of viewing the production of
manure and the putting Of it on the
land as a necessary evil where oper-
atoms in both respects should be re-
stricted to the smallest possible scope
view held by many in days gone by
the intelligent farmer now aims to pro-
duce just as much fertilizer on his
premises as possible. A plan which
would greatly facilitate this would
seem to be that of covering the barn
yard and field lots with a fifteen to
twenty inch layer of the straw produc-
ed on the farm wheat, oat or other
kind. This would not only serve to
keep the ground from getting miry in
wet times, but would tend to absorb
and retain the droppings and LIQUID
manure, furnishing very large GUAM
tity of first class manure that could he
cleaned up with little trouble in the
spring and put upon the pillow land.
where it would do some good. The
losses In this country annually through
the improper handling Of manures is
estimated at S70O,O0OOO0, a loss which
the plan suggested would do a good
deal to reduce.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
First publication, April Is, 1907.
NOTICE TO CREDTTORS

HENOSHA COUNTY COURT:-In Probate.
N In the matter of the estate of Dora
Acker, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against Dora
Acker, deceased, late of the town of Salem,
in said County of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjusted by the County Court of Kenosha
County at the regular terms of said court to be
holden at the County Court Room, in the City
of Kenosha. in and for said County, on tie first
Tuesday of September, A. d. 1907, and on the first
Tuesday of December "A. D. 1907, at ten O'Clock
A. M of those days; also that the time until and
including TIE first Tuesday of November, A. u.
1907, is the time allowed and limited for cred
itors of said Dora Acker, deceased, to
present their claims for examination and al
lowance.
Dated at Kenosha. the 10th day of April,
A. D. 1907. BY the Court.
RUSSELL FL. SLOSSON,
VIZ County Judge
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.FRUl TsSgFEoKERj
d1iIh55 - 81 49,
PEACH CULTURE.
Some Practical Directions as to Soil
and Treatment.

Some Practical Directions as to Soil
and Treatment.
For peaches choose a warm, fertile
soil, not too rich in nitrogen, but with
plenty of phosphoric acid and potash.
A northern or northwestern slope af-
fords some protection from frost In
jury. Hillsides are safer against in
jury from both frost and too much
! moisture in the soil. A good sod or
green crop plowed under before plant
ing will furnish vegetable matter
enough Afterward the soil may be
mulched.
Keep the Top Open.
Trees should be one year old and
trimmed low SO that they can be easily
picked from a stepladder. Keep the
top open and spreading, not removing
the lower limbs unless necessary. My
trees are set twenty feet apart each
way and fortified with 1000 pounds
of complete fertilizer applied broad
cast. The first season potatoes are
raised between the trees, followed by
NV PSetNoJ WAliSAI ttAC pIONCu IuG
following spring and another dressing
Of an equal amount of fertilizer APP
piled, followed by another crop of po-
tatoes. After that the ground is kept
clean by narrowing, cultivation, spread
ing the two sections Of the harrow so
as to reach under the trees. After
ward cultivate each year and apply
fertilizers as the trees seem to need,
advises a grower in American Guilt
vator
The fruit is thinned both by cutting
away an excess of wood and by pick
ing off the fruit. The peaches should
not be closer than five or six inches.
Every tree showing signs of disease is
cut out.
The Hardest Varieties.
The hardest varieties are of the
cling type including the Snead, Victor,
Greensboro, Waddell, Carman, Fitzger-
aid, named in order Of their earliness.
The Early Belle is the first early free
stone. liberia is one of the most pop
ular kinds but not Of high quality.
For localities having a severe climate
the Greensboro, Carman, Champion,
Captain, Edes and Belle of Georgia
can be recommended
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POST CARD HOLDER.

A Useful Continuance Easily Made by
the Amateur.
This little lGlder is ornamental as
well as useful and is quite easily made
by the amateur. You require a frame,
and very possibly there may be one
lying about somewhere which is not
required for a picture, which would
do admirably for the purpose. If not,
simple and pretty frames can be bought
for a trifling sum.
Take the wooden panel which fits at
the back of the frame. If you have to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
WHITE GRAPES.
Niagara PIeases Many People as an
All Round Variety.

All Round Variety.
Green Mountain or Winchell is the
earliest and sweetest Of all grapes. 1t
soon, however, becomes overripe and
tasteless. 1t is a most delicate and
tender grape, having large punches
with small, thin skinned berries.
Though almost Invaluable for the gar
den, few vines of Green Mountain
are enough.
Moore's Diamond is also a handsome
early white grape spicy and high fla
vored. 1t makes the best white wine
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Dairymen in a portion Of Denmark
report that by means of testing and
selection $4,000 cows made an increase
Of thirty-six pounds of butter fat per
COW in one year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Illinois is at the head of the list with
$4,000 rural delivery postal routes,
Ohio, Iowa, Indiana and Pennsylvania
following not far behind in the order
y,a,,,o5
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

The report Of an official grain IN
spector on the Chicago market is to
the effect that there is a loss Of |
cents per bushel on the oats shipped
from many localities in Iowa and 9th
er states simply because Of the weed
seeds and other rubbish which the
grain may contain. It was also his
statement that the oats from a certain
locality had been improved so per cent
in quality since the practice had be
come general Of testing the seed and
blowing out the weed seeds and light
grain before sowing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Killing of weeds is but one of the
two chief purposes of filling growing
crops. The other is the stirring and
loosening Of the soil so as to make pos
sible a free circulation of air through
it and to prevent a too rapid evapora-
tion of the moisture which it contains.
Although a field of corn or other crop
may be perfectly clean, one of the
most important reasons for cultivation
still exists.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Feeding tests lately made by an
eastern feeder show the production of
milk on a ration Of cowpea hay at a
cost of 1898 per hundredweight, while
with grain ration it was COS cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

There are good many swindles that
can be worked to a considerable ex-
tent and the victims be none the wiser,
but when one defrauds the soil by
wrong systems OF tillage and robs it
of it's fertilizing elements the theft is
automatically registered and cannot
be covered up. Crop returns are an
unerring detective of this kind of a
sWindle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

While insecticides will do a good deal
to protect the melons, sQuashes and
cucumbers from the striped bug the
safest way is to construct boxes a foot
square of six inch stuff and tack
mosquito netting over the top. This
will effectively protect the tender vines
until the bug pest is past
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Some one has recommended sowing
a few faxseeds in every hill of pota-
toes, claiming that this will prevent
ravages by the Colorado potato beetle.
Any of our readers who are of an ex-
perimenting turn Of mind can try the
plan and report their success. On the
same principle the presence of a toma-
to vine in a hill Of cucumbers is said
to ward off the striped squash bug.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Under the operation of the lately en-
acted federal pure food law pure maple
sirup will not only be a mighty scarce
article, but will also fetch fancy
price. The common folks will have to
be content with a brown sugar corncob
concoction, which will taste just as
good as that which we have often
bought under a fancier name.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

A series of experiments conducted
with some of the alkali soils in the
western states seems to show that
they will grow good crops of sugar
beets where they will not produce
grasses or Iegumes. If this proves to
be generally true, it will have been an
agricultural fact worth finding out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Wood ashes, salt and soapsuds may
be put on the asparagus bed to adj
vantage, and larger and more vigorous
shoots will be the result.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

The blithesome widow of thirty who
marries the foxy widower of sixty in
the expectation that she is going to
fall heir to a good share of his prop
erty, but after marrying him finds that
his property has all been transferred
to third party, is not entitled to and
will not receive very much sympathy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

A system of thing properly laid not
only tends to draw the moisture from
piece Of land in wet season, but In
q dry season tends to keep it from
baking by insuring a good circulation
Of air through the soil and proper
conservation of all the moisture that
is available This is the universal tes-
timony of those who have given such
system a fair trial.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

A paris green solution suitable for
killing the worms on the currant and
gooseberry bushes as well as fixing
the potato beetles may be made by
adding ne-quarter pound of the chem
ical to fifty gallons Of water In order
to prevent burning of the foliage
one-half pound Of freshly slaked lime
should be added and stirred in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

There are two classes of charity
boarders which should not be tolerated
the hulk of boy that is lazy and
won't do lick of work if he can help
it and the dairy cow that does not give
milk enough to pay for the feed she
consumes. The former should be put
on a diet Of bread and water until he
reforms; the latter should be sold to
the butcher.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

There are two things the landowner
is justified in going into debt for a
manure spreader and a thing of his
wet acres. Both are sure to fetch gem
erous returns on the money invested.