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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

Cheese may be canned as green curu
and ripened nicely in the can. At the
Oregon experiment station two and
half, five and twenty-three pound
cheeses have been thus made. These
are without rlnd or mold, lose no
weight In curing. after ripening keep
for months and stand shipment far
across the Atlantic and back, to China
and back. and open up on return in
perfect condition. The cans are thor
oughly parafIined within, the cheddar
curd after milling and sailing is either
filed and pounded in and then put in
press. being sealed the next morning.
or else the curd. pressed In the usual
manner. was the next day slipped into
big pans made to fit and sealed up
Cheese thus canned needs no further
attention save that of a low and fairly
constant temperature at about 60 de-
grees. A high temperature or a varia-
bic one. particularly when the cheese L.
young, ruins It.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Fertilizine Strawberries.

In replying to an inquiry as to the
use of certain fertilizers for strawber-
~ plants Or. II. J Wheeler of Rhode
Island has the following in New Eng
land Homestead:
No doubt the application of ysSriate
OF potash this winter would be helpful
to strawberry plants another season
unless there is n sufficient supply Of
potash already in the soil. At all events,
If the potash is not applied this winter
it should be applied quite early in the
spring. 1t IS generally recommended
in Europe TO apply these salts the au-
tumn previous TO the time when GER
tain crops are 20 be grown. but in this
country this is seldom done. no doubt
on account Of our heavy rains and the
fear Of possible losses. In the case Of
potash 1t is apt 20 be held quite secure
ly by the soil unless 1t he of a very
sandy or gravelly character.
SO far as concerns lime. If much Of II
is used il is doubtful II It will bs help
full. In some cases very small amounts
have been used 20 advantage-for in
stance. not more than from half ton
W Il ivh per dNIt-Dul IL liuSl De
ed into the soil rather than applied to
the surface.
III phosphate is TO be applied TO the
surface. IL should by all means be the
acid phosphate and not the pulverized
phosphate rock known as floats" II
floats are to be used for strawberries,
they should by all means be worked
into the soil most thoroughly before
the plants are set. In fact. the same
advice is good In the case Of bone.
II will doubtless be wise to apply
both murlate of potash and acid phos-
plate in the early spring. should
apply a small amount Of nitrogen in
addition. either In nitrate OF soda OF IN
dried blood. and observe whether or
not II gave good or poor results. No
one can predict beforehand without a
full knowledge OF the soil.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

~ 3 o
A, =, c, terrace, house. greenhouse and
hotbeds; u. L. +, flowers, grape arbor
and shed. Between grapes and trees
the rows Of bush fruits. strawberries
and vegetables are indicatcd.l
especially with spade. hoe, etc. is re-
duced to a minimum. We want tile
garden in one block, not in beds. and
the small and bush fruits as nearly
as may be in few and long rows.
My own vineyard of about 100 vari-
eties Of grapes is in almost a square
block, each row having about ten or
twelve vines, and this almost In the
center of other cultivated lands. This
was one of the great mistakes made in
planning the planting. The improve
ment | would suggest on this plan is
given in the accompanying sketch.
The arbor might just as well be most
ly a grape arbor, and IL the two rows
are not considered sufficient another
might be added. Next to this wine
yard" would place the berry patch,
consisting OF currants, gooseberries,
blackberries, raspberries, redcaps and
blackcaps; then asparagus, rhubarb
and other perennlals; then strawberries
and finally the garden vegetables. Such
an arrangement would economic la
Dor. reducing the expensive part Of it
labor by spade and hoe-to the lowest
possible limit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
To Grow Good Crops Of Wheat.

desire TO drop a word Of caution
against n positive danger that may
soon threaten us. | refer to the idea
that we should not continue TO grow
wheat. The time is never likely to
come when we will cease to grow
wheat. Wheat is a staple. and sta
pie crop in a country cannot be set
aside without loss. Our mistake has
not been made simply by growing
wheat, but by growing it to the ex-
clusion Of almost every other kind OF
crop. Diversity of farming in Min
nesota includes the idea of growing
wheat and to a greater extent than
any other grain crop. because II can
more certainly be relied on to grow
well If we give it a good chance. But
the more we diversity the better will
be the chances to grow good crops Of
wheat. - Professor Shaw In Kansas
Farmer.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Value OF a Good Bull.

Every week we hear somes&nan say
hat he cannot afford to pay SO for a
bull TO use on his dairy herd, says
Denver Field and Farm. 1t seems to
as. however. that the question Is how
IAN he afford not TO buy and TO 20 OH
N the same old way. Suppose grade
Tow sired by a pure bred bull gives
but one pound at each milking more
han her dam. an amount so small that
the mixer could not notice that he had
Il without scales. In the 300 days Of a
milking season, or 600 milkings, she
will give GOO pounds OF milk. worth at
he very lowest 20 cents per 100 or
1850 for the season. But good dairy
low Is MIXED eight seasons. which
would be $50 for the one COW, and II
ne bull got but ten such II would have
earned It's owner $500 A good bull,
however. will do three times as well as
mis- and make three times the money.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

Dairy economy means the greatest
of choice cows on the smallest acreage.
Buy good COW every time you can
get her at reasonable price. but buy
good bull every time regardless OF
price.
In buying COW avoid the one with
restless disposition. There is a diff
ference between high nervous develop
ment and restlessness.
Empty the cans and clean them thor
oughly as soon as they get home from
the creamery.
A hot tempered man has no business
In the dairy barn.
We cannot feed heavily one week
and then let down the next and get
an even flow of milk.
Remember this-the good COW needs
good care. Colantha could not have
made her record If she had not had
The best care.
Dairy cow improvement is the result
Of applied knowledge in breeding.
When you buy a blooded dairy COW.
go back far enough to learn what kind
of dam gave birth to her father.
A bull is about as dangerous a pet as
grizzly bear, and the man who han.
dies one without nose stick is rlsking
his life every time he does It.
The Babcock tester and the milk
scale pick out the profitable cows
A stable odor is a mighty persistent
worker when 1t once gets n start In
the milk.
There is no quick way Of building up
a dairy herd. 1t takes years Of care
full breeding.
Cleanliness and sunshine have the
same effect In the stables as in the
human habitation, dealing death to dis
ease germs and health and strength
to the stock, and they are cheaper than
medicine.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
tEfAgSzgR|Rgex
COMM ERCIAL APPLES.
Deterioration of Fruit and Man,
Worthless Orchards.

Worthless Orchards.
II is no longer a question, but fact
apparent to most of our apple growers.
that we have practically lost the Wine
nap and Missouri Pippin as commercial
apples. is the opinion expressed by
Philip Lux before the Kansas State
Horticultural society. Mr. Lux said:
For example, have forty Winesaps
from fifteen 10 eighteen years old, and
with one exception they are worthless
They are shy bearers, and the fruit is
too small for market These trees are
growing on ideal orchard ground.
also have about forty Missouri Pippins
Twenty Of them, which are eighteen
years old, bear only diseased apples
unfit for market. and twenty, which
are fifteen years old, bear fairly sound
apples. which are however. too small
for mercantile purposes.
Ben Davis and Some Others.
Our Ben Davis and some others are
following the same road very rapidly
These conditions are common in our
county. and many orchards are in part
or entirely worthless A solution must
be found and put into practice at once
II we desire to preserve our apple
trees in their most useful and valuable
condition.
Spores and Fungieides.
From time to time excellent papers
on spores and fungicides have been
read before this society by our State
Agricultural college experts. These
papers were compiled with thought and
practical study and have been a great
help to our horticulturists. But, while
the study Of the diseases and the de-
vislng Of methods for combating them
are Of great Importance, nevertheless If
we do not have trees which produce
good apples and produce them plenti-
fully the successful dealing with the
disease would still leave us with in
ferior or scanty fruit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Loss Of Nitrooen.

The following shows conclusions ar
rived at as result of experiments at
the Minnesota experiment station:
The loss of nitrogen from four grain
farms in ten years amounted to from
three TO five times more than was re-
moved 10y the crops. This loss was due
to the rapid decay of the humus and
the liberation of the nitrogen. which
forms an essential part OF the humus.
The losses of nitrogen from these grain
farms were practically the same as
from the experimental plots at the uni
versity farm. The results OF the tests
on the small plots are In accord with
the field tests In different parts Of the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
CARSON APPLE-L

color pale yellow. washed. splashed
and narrowly striped with bright Grim
son: dots rather large, conspicuous and
protruding; cavity medium, regular.
deep, russeted; stem Of medium length
and rather slender; basin very large.
deep, abrupt. furrowed and sometimes
russeted; calyx segments converging,
eye large, closed: skin thin, tough;
flesh yellowish, with satiny luster when
fresh cut; texture fine, tender. juicy;
core small, broad. oval, clasping, near
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
THE GARDEN.
An Arrangement That Is Designed %
Economic Labor

Some interesting suggestions In re-
gard TO planning garden are given
by T. Greiner in Farm and Fireside
as follows: In these days, when il is
SO difficult TO secure reliable farm la
Dor, we must try to arrange the gar
Gen and small fruit patch in such
way that the necessity of hand labor,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

use the press TO put
In the head, have at
hand a cushion
made of a dozen
circles of newspa-
per to lay on top Of
the apples before
applying pressure.
advises Farm Jour
nal. This will save
much bruislng OF
the ton LAYER OF nm
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

EARMaas.z.:s,::
SsssSCHNHgA
CARSON APPLE.
Its Record Renders II Worthy OF Ex-
perimental Planting.

The original tree Of the Carson apple
was obtained from an apple Seeding
nursery in Ohio, owned by a family
named Carson. It's excellent record for
productiveness, beauty and quality IN
northern Ohio for half century rem
ders 1t worthy of experimental plant
ing throughout the lake region and the
New England states, both for the home
orchard and as a commercial variety.
In commenting this variety William
A. Taylor. bureau OF plant industry,
gives the following description:
Form oblate, sometimes slightly con-
zeal: size large; surface smooth, with
occasional russell knobs and patches;
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

1t is our judgment that It Is better
,ot to build the silo over twenty feet
N diameter. and If that size building
gill not hold enough ensilage ii is bet
Der TO build two silos, says Hoards
Dairyman. 1t involves considerably
more labor to handle silage in very
large structure than i'll one of reason
able size. Many farmers prefer to
have two silos. They feed from one
during the winter and have the con-
tents of the other for midsummer's
feeding.
Silo Capacity.
The following table gives the dimen-
sions the silo should be built for Civ
EN- number of animals to be fed for
200 days. 1t also gives the approx
mate capacity Of each size and the
average number of acres Of corn It
will take to fill the silo:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Bank Note Paper.

The nine kinds of notes printed by
the Bank Of England are ali on thin,
white, crisp paper The ink used is
black, a hard, dry preparation, said
10 be made from naphtha smoke. A
popularity Of the Eli 81 notes is that
the engraving Is simple and old fash
toned, In contrast to the notes Of other
countries, which are most deliberately
engraved by complicated machinery,
the designs being difficult Of imita-
ton by hand and the lathes and ruling
engines being so costly as to discourage
counterfeiters. The English paper Is
made by n private concern, as is that
In use In the United States, the pulp Of
the latter being a mixture of linen, cot
ton and silk, the silk threads coming
Into prominence after the printing. The
French bank note paper Is Of similar
texture. hair being used with the puls
instead Of silk threads. Over 5000
notes are issued by the Bank of Ems.
land daily Of an average value Of f20.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
cont;nvou, Grain oro,v;ro.

In rotation experiments which have
been In progress on the university
farm OF Indiana for eighteen years the
continuous grain growing plats In 1900
rave an average OF 20.6 bushels per
ncre as compared with 1856 bushels per
acre for rotations with clover. A TO
tation OF corn. oats, wheat and clover
gave an average return for the three
last wheat crops OF 21.1 bushels per
ncre. while rotation Of corn and
wheat gave but 1919 bushels
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
CARSON APPLR-u.

ly closed; seeds few. plump. medium,
brown; flavor subacid, pleasant; quail
~ very good. Season November TO
March in northern Ohio. Tree vigorous
and upright in habit very productive.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

pies. When the apples have been press
ed into position. this cushion can be re-
moved and several circles OF newspa-
per or other paper laid on top Of the
annles. Then put In the head.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

For baclxache and kidney disorders
take Celery King. the tonic-laxafive.
Is will relieve you very quickly, for
Celery King n the great cure for back
aohe az well ~ headache
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

At q Michigan dairymen's meeting,
discussing the cement silo, one man
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Rarrelina Apples.

When barrellng apples. cut several
circles OF newspaper and put in the
bottom OF the barrel When ready 70
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Good Advice.

Good sound advice is always valua
hle If there Is any one thing the
average dairy farmer needs to be well
advised upon II Is to feed his good
cows better. A Wisconsin farmer at
Phillips writes to DR.. Smead Of the
Tribune Farmer complaining that his
Jersey COW. fresh last November and
which gave thirty 10 thirty-fve pounds
Of milk day for three months. testing
6.5, now gives only six pounds a day on
good pasture and that she looks very
poor, though she is healthy. Or. Smead
tells this man in plain. practical words
that he has been neglecting this COW;
that he should have fed such a fine COW
better, so she could keep up; that there
Is little wonder that she is poor when
we consider the drain upon her system
10 produce that amount Of milk and
milk solids. That view, IL seems, new
er entered the mans head. ia thought
something was the matter with the
cow. The doctor gives him the sound
advice to dry her off and feed her two
quarts of oats day till 40 calves. AS
he says, Keep her up. MIN; keep bar
I'D"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

Read the Alma Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
NEW RASPBERRY.
An Autumn Cropping Variety That
Appears Promising.

The new late fruiting raspberry here
shown is a seeding purple cane raised
on the grounds of the Rural New
Yorker, which says that 1t made a
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11
Feeding the Milk Maker

In feeding the dairy COW liberality is
the best policy Find out how much
she can use to good advantage and
then give her that much.
Excellent Cow Feed.
On every farm there are refuse vege-
tables, such as pumpkins and small po-
tatoes. These make excellent cow
feed, not on account of the nourishment
they contain, but as a relish. Potatoes
are the best food OF all vegetables.
When such vegetables as turnlps are
fed they must be fed Immediately aft
er milking or they will faint the butter
Feeding mt "A Loss.
The dairy ration should be palatable
1t should be nutritious. 1t should
be digestible, abundant and as In
expensive as possible after the other
essentials are secured, but we should
,,Dver loss sight Ct u.S TACT that
. ration In ever gesd HeR10A or cheap
enough to coax a profit out Of worth
less COW, says Farmers Advocate.
"Succulent foods the year around" Is
the watchword of the successful dairy
man. Their free use results not only In
greater profit. but enables those ami
mails to utilize greater quantities OF
other foods with least danger. Inesti-
mable are the values Of silage and roots
to the COW and the dairyman, and yet
the large majority Of cow owners grow
neither ensilage nor roots.
A Cow Worth Feeding.
Like thousands of other men, this
COW owner did not appreciate what his
COW was doing, what 1t meant TO pro-
duce 1900 pounds of milk In ninety
days, with a fat cortent OF 165 pounds
or 1872 pounds of butter, says Hoards
Dairyman. Then for the remaining
six months she gave, we will allow
twelve pounds a day, or, at the same
figuring, 2,110 pounds of milk, producing
1876 pounds of butter, or total of 32I
pounds of butter, and the man wonders
that she is poor when he did not know
enough to feed such COW what food
she ought to have. What has this COW
earned? At least $40 in butter and
skim milk. She is COW OF so strong
and decided a dairy temperament that
she must give all the milk and butter
fat she can even II she takes 1t out
of her body. There are thousands Of
such COWS. This is the kind Of COW
wise men are breeding for. 1t is pity
that there is not more breeding of fit
dairymen to care for such cows.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-09-11

In feeding the dairy cow liberality Is
the best policy Find out how much
she can use TO good advantage and
then give her that much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14
ds5-d&ds,eS
Making Graphite With Sawdust.
From Wood Craft.

From Wood Craft.
An important electrical industry at Nj
agara Falls manufactures graphite. The
raw materials used consist OF anthracite
coal. glass. sand, foundry coke and saw
dust.
The furnaces for the conversion of the
anthracite coal or petroleum coke into
graphite are in the form of long troughs
built of fire brick. AT the end of each
trough is terminal built of carbon rods,
to which is connected the cable conveying
the current.
The sand, coke and sawdust are mixed
in the proper proportions. and the trough
Is filed with anthracite coal in which is
embedded a carbon rod TO make electrical
connection between the terminals, as the
coal is a very poor conductor of electricity.
The temperature to which the coal is
raised before conversion into graphite Is
very high, and is said to approximate
100 degrees Fahrenheit.
When the furnace has cooled sufficiently
the graphite Is removed, but 1t rs not yet
in commercial form and has to be ground
to powder and finally separated into the
sizes necessary for the various uses to
which graphite Is put.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14
AUCTION SALES.
MONDAY,
THos. j. OWEN & son, AUcTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING PREMISES NOS.
I12l-I123 sTH ST NV. AND NO. 72A

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING PREMISES NOS.
MARYLAND AVE. NE
BY virtue Of a decree of the Supreme Court Of
the District Of Columbia passed IN Equity Cause
No. 1881. the undersigned trustees will sell. ut
public auction; in frMns Of the premises, on
CEMBER. AID. 1907. AT FoUE O'CLOCK PM,
the following described land and premises sit
uate in the city of Washington, District Of Co.
Iumba. and designated and being all Of lot
IL in William 3. Todds recorded subdivision Of
square 500. said lot being improved by a brick
dwelling known as No; I24 MARYLAND ave. ne. !:
and on THE SAME DAY AT FOUR-THIRTY
O'CLOCK PM. part Of lot T. square 4l0. be-
ginning for the same at point on 9Th street
west q feet Sil inches south fro.n the northwest
corner Of said lot 4. and running thence east 100
feet thence south 25 feet 6is inches. thence west
100 feet. thence north % feet 6k inches to the
beginning. said lot being improved by two dwell
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase
money to be paid In cash. balance In two equal
instailments payable In one and two years. with
semi annually. from da5 0, sale. secured By deed
Of trust upon the property sold. all cash. at
the option Of the purchaser. 4 deposit Of 500
will be required at time of sale on each parcel:
purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with
within fifteen days from day Of sale. otherwise
the trustees reserve the right to resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost OF defauting purchaser
after FIVE DAYS advertisement Of such resale In
some newspaper published In Washington. ID. e.
]. ENOS RAY Jr..
Columbian building.
CHARLES ". CLAGETT.
Colorado building
detdSdsaSu Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14
THos. J. OWEN & son. AUcTIoNEERs.
PROVED REAJ, ESTATE FRONTING; 33O n

rRqsTEEg sAE OF yA tT6I4Is, gS III
OF AND ADioISISG ST. ELIZABETH Hos
PITAI. GROUNDS.
By virtue Of deed Of trust dated November
the land records Of the District OF Columbia,
and at the REQUEST Of the party secured thereby !.
the w os5 for sale It e
pY iESha Ell isd4 II
HALF-PAsr THREE O'CLOCK Pm, the fol:
Washington. District Of Columbia. and known
and distinguished as and being part of lot (
per plat recorded In BOOK Levy Court No 2.
folio ! Id the surveyors ONCE Of abe District Of
Columbia: Beginning at the southwest corner Of
said Let ID and running thence with the southern
line thereof south II degrees Is minutes ~
seconds. east 52s.s7 feet to an original boundary
ritai for the In.xne thence continuing said south
line Of lot south 81 degrees q minutes east
TO- feet to tine west line o, Nichols
gees s. minutes 10 seconds east sso.ss feet.
thence leaving Nichols avenue north 81 de-
thence north 81 degrees IS minutes 20 seconds
west co.. 90 feet 10 the west line Of lot d,
With "a Rere feet %
beginning, continuing 12l ;247-5 feet
Terms of sale: One third cash. onethird in
one year and onc-third In two years. Or all cash.
at the purchasers option. deferred payments, II
any, 10 he secured by deed Of trust upon the
real estate sold and to he represented by ProI..
of sale and bearing interest payable seml-an.
nually at the rate Of per cen, cent per annu%
Ing at purchasers cost Terms to he complied
with within ten days from the day OF sale. 4
sale In case of default in compliance by the
purchaser with the terms Of sale. trustees re-
the st to s at s TIE r Ave and sar cost
sertisement In The Evening Star ,.,,
JOHN RIDoUT.
ds5-dSdse Trustees, 344 ID NV