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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
Clover Ensilage.

write briefly of a matter of no small
interest to dairy farmers. Two years
ago, at Bonnymeade Farm, Maine, l sug
gested putting the second crop of clover
in the silo, at the bottom, underneath
the corn. 1t made an almost perfec
feed for the following early summer
before grass had started much in past
ures. Now Mr.. Pope has made fur
ther advance, as have just been inform
ed by recent letter. Will you kindly
print the quotation from that letter, as
believe it to be of much Importance to
eastern dairy farmers.
"Perhaps you will be interested tc
know" writes Mr.. Ned Pope, under date
of Sept. IS, "that the clover ensilage.
left without covering when we stopped
feeding in the latter part of May, was
not nodded at all when we began feeding
the middle of July except for about
foot around the walls, the surface being
merely dried over bit and all right fol
feeding. For summer feeding it seems
far better than corn ensilage, for there
was no waste by spoilaee, no matter how
slowly we fed"
To prove that Mr.. Pope has been sue.
cessful with his large herd of Jerseys
/ need only add that notwithstanding
pastures burned by drouth and grain
ruinously high in price, his average
production for the year ending Sept.
has been almost 1900 pounds of milk
per cow Ito be exact, 1920 pounds).
There is no guess work about it, for the
milk of every cow is carefully weighed
and recorded at each milking. 1t means
an average of better than 400 pounds of
butter per GOWN bad year like 1908.
What a large value the silo has fol
crops difficult to cure, like second-croI
clover, Hurrah for clover ensilage.-W
A. Conant, Boston, Mass, in Country
Gentleman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
The Prevailing Drouth.

Rare indeed is it that 80 burning a
drouth is recorded as is now parching
the land over the principal part of our
state. Nor is it confined to the limits of
a single state, but unfortunately extends
throughout New England and beyond
even to the Mississippi River. In this
state, fortunately, the long continued
drouth did not reach its present extreme
severity so early in the growing season
as to seriously cut down the growing
crops, save the grass in pasture and in
the bayfield,. Cultivated crops in the
main have rewarded the labors of the
grower with only moderately paying re-
turns, but at the same time in sufficient
bounty to come into the account on the
paying side. Corn has made full aver
age yield in this state, but in what is
known as the "corn belt," where the
principal commercial corn is grown, it
Is not proving up to the crop of last
year, and hardly yet is so far advanced
in ripening as to 6e safe from damage by
frost. A leading Chicago journal,
speaking Of the situation, pronounces it
zone of the most distressing drouths
that has afflicted the country in many
years." 1t is quite certain that we shall
have to pay high prices for corn and
other grain feeds for another full year
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27

"Why," went on Gibbs, emboldened
at the others seeming complacence,
suppose you give up this Borough
fight and give up Dallas? won her
by trick. She doesn't really love me.
1t is her pride, not her heart, that made
her throw you over and accept me. 1t
is you she loves, and I've known 1t all
along, and you are in love with her,"
what them?
"Just this" returned. Gibbs. wonder
ing at Benefits quiet reception Of the
strange offer. "She will marry me be.
cause she isn't the sort Of girl to 60
back on her promise, especially since
she looks on me as sort Of high mind
ed martyr to your oppression, so If |
hold her tn her word she will not back
down. Now. II you, even now, with,
draw your opposition the Borough bill
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
Fruit Growing in Europe.
A CHANCE FOR AMERICANS.

After visiting orchards and nurseries
in England, France, Switzerland, Bel
gium, Holland and Germany, find that
tivated, but the orchards, as far as
have seen, have been poor, but little
cultivation and but little spraying
Trees are headed too high, and con-
sequently the fruit is poor. The only
good fruit / found in England was
grown under glass, especially the peach
es. They have a promising crop of
winter apples, but only a small number
of trees. While many thousands Of
trees are grown against walls, this is not
profitable way TO grow them as a CON-
mercial business.
In France, / found the peaches and
apples very poor, with some good speci-
mems of pears growing and maturing
well. The peaches grown outside of
glass are not to be compared with ours
in quality.
The price of fruits is out of reason,
and that decreases the sales. In Swift
zerland, found more pears of good quail
ity, and there the apples and peaches
are poor. The price of fruits is not
quite so high in Switzerland as in Eng
land, France and Germany.
Europe is far behind America in COM
mercial fruit growing. l feel greatly
encouraged in finding the great oppor-
tunity the markets of Europe afford for
our American fruits. The fruit growers
of the United States and Canada who
will grow and pack only good fruit have
a great future through the export trade.
1t would now take many years for the
Europeans to grow enough fruit to sup
ply their people. doubt If it will ever
be done. They want our fruit in Eng
land. The editor of the Garden Chron-
icle said to me that they welcome Ameri-
can fruit in their markets. More fruit
from America should be sent to Europe
and the price should be in reach of every
laboring man; by doing this, many
times the present quantity of fruit
would be consumed. The Europeans
are not fruit eaters like the Americans,
and we as American fruit growers
should cultivate their trade TO our
mutual advantage.-Orlando Harrison,
Berlin. Md. in Country Gentleman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
CHAPTER XVI.

~ ALIAS, eft alone in Horr'
gan'S private room. sat at the
big table, making no effort to
H. follow her brother and Phe
ian. A messenger. searching for Hor
rigGu. hustled in. looked inQuiringly al
the mo;iOniess. white faced girl. then
passed on to the committee room be
yond and OH again in his search until
the sound of his footsteps died. And
still Dallas sat, inert. dumb.
Little by little she was piecing to
gethcr the facts Of the long miserable
complication in the light of what Per
ry had just told her. 1t was absurdly
easy now that she held the key Of the
situation. She could understand every
thing-how Wainwright had put hel
fortune into Borough stock to intlu
ence Bennett; how. failing to move the
latter, he had used Alwyn's knowledge
of the fact as weapon against the
young mon: how Bennett had sought
to save her fortune and why he had
forbidden Perry to bias her feelings
by telling Of the generous act.
"From first to last" she murmured
in unhappy contrition, "he has acted
honorably and as he thought ! would
have wanted him to and for my happi
ness. And |. like the wretched little
fool was. couldn't understand ant
publicly humiliated him. Oh, II only
It weren't too late to-
A vision Of Gibbs flashed before hel
mind, and she shuddered. realizing al
that her rash steps had entailed.
ut is too late" she confessed to her
self, fighting back the hot tears tha
scared her eyes. But at least l car
tell him I know and beg bis forgive
ness and thank him."
The sound Of voices in the corridor
reused her from her bitter reverie
She sprang up hastily. unwilling tha
any should see her tear stained face
but the speakers. though they drew
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27

III - III Ncu III
|" Ian In high excitement. jerk
ing his thumb toward doar
4 i leading Off the committee
room, IAN I've sent for Wainwright
an Horrigan to meet your honor here
An I've fixed 1t so the Borough bill
won't come up for ten minutes. Now.
all that's left is to touch the punk to
the fuse an set of the whole giddy
bunch Of fireworks under 'em. Gee,
but it's good to u stuck to this old
world just for the sake Of bein' here
today an seeln' what I'm due to see"
The alderman chuckled, but his JOY
GUS anticipation found no reflection In
Benefits white set face. The two were
In the committee room, whittier Phe-
Ian lad repaired after depositing Dal
las In chair beside her brother at the
meeting and attending to one or two
details Of greater import.
"Yes," went on Phelan, again nod.
ding mysterlously toward the farther
door, "he's In there, trained to the
minute for the blowout. There's somt
one else wants to see you, too-som'
one who'll make more Of hit with
you If I'm not overplayin' my hand
But good news can wait. There's sc
little of It In this measly life that II
centrally has to. r.
From the corridor Horrlgan stamped
into the committee room. Wainwright
at his heels.
well" cried the boss defantly, glar
Ing at Bennett and ignoring Phelan
you sent for us. What do you want?
Zone moment" interviewed Vain
wright. I'VE are beaten. We adm!'
that without argument. SO we need
waste no time going over details"
"Have you sent for US to say what
you'll sell out for?" queried Horrlgni
coarsely. because If you have you've
only to name your price. You've go'
us where you want US. We've got tc
pay"
81 should have thought" replied Ben
nett, with no shade Of offense, ''yo'
would know by this time that have
no price"
Then what do you want?"
"Nothing-from you"
"Why did you send word you wanted
to see us?"' growled Horrigan impa
tiently as he and Wainwright, unin
vited, seated themselves at the table
ITO tell YOU" answered Alwyn
glancing from one to the other, "tha
every step you two have taken in this
whole Infamous transaction from the
very first has been carefully followed
and, to use your own phrase. we've go
you with the goods"
Same old bluffw commented Horri
gan contemptuously, with q reassurint
wink at the somewhat less confden
Wainwright.
"By tomorrow noon," resumed Ben
pett, "you will both be indicted on {
charge of bribery. Even now there ar
detectives on the watch for you. Els
cape is impossible"
"Rot! sneered Horrigan. you've
no evidence that will indict, and yo'
know It. Even II you had, don't con
troll most of the judges and the distric
attorneys Office besidesf Swell chance
you'll have Of getting conviction pas
that hunchl Bah! You talk like a maj
made Of mud l s'pose it's the a1air
Of those Rober,s notes you're counting
on. That don't feaze me any. My
lawyer can twist that around 30 It'll
look like a charity gift No, no,
youngster. You'll have to think OF
something better if''-
"And, anyhow" put in wainwright
t,rvously, 'you can't prove any con-
lection on my part There's nothing
against me orr
81 think there is." retorted Bennett,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
Keen the PIGS Growing.

The man who makes anything out OF
the raising of hogs is the man who
keeps his pigs growing from birth till
the time he takes to market. This is
the cheapest way Of production, and the
only profitable way in these days OF
high priced feed.
When pig is once stunted and allow
ed to go back, it will take him more
time to catch up, and he will never be
in as healthy condition, and grow as
we'll in the future as he would have done
If he had been steadily pushed from
birth. We want to keep our stock
healthy, and fed we'll to keep them
growing. The sooner we can get pig
to market the more profit there is in il
for US.
Feed the pig on growing ration and
as he grows older il is time to think OF
laying on more fat, of course we must
not let him get poor, but do not let him
get too fat, but rather encourage grow
ing.
The good healthy pigs which are the
most profitable pigs, are neither too fat
nor too poor, but just in good, thrifty
condition.
The object is to keep the pigs grow
ing from birth, and get them into mar
ket at as early an age as is possible, fol
the longer we have to feed hog the
more it takes out of our profit.-E. j
Waterstripe in National Swine Maya
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27

"N01o ledue me, please. tempt in her
Your presence STICK steady ewes ST.
e'S "e' fenced him.
Without word he skunk out Of the
room and out of her life.
Phelan, agog with eagerness for the
coming struggle In the aldermanic
chamber, hustled past through the cor
ridor The alderman had many duties
today, and as the performance Of each
brought him nearer to his longed for
revenge ON Horrigan he was positively
beaming with righteous bliss. Dallas
caught sight Of him.
Alderman she called family.
Phelan halted. still In haste to fulell
his mission.
"Could-could | see Mr.. BennettY'
she asked. new timidity Transforming
her rich voice. "Do you know where
can find himT
"Is It important? He's pretty busy"
Every Important" she pleaded. 81
must see him at once"
'I'll look him up," agreed Phelan,
"but | warn you he's too busy to see
you just yet S'pOse you let me take
you back to the meetln'? Our b!ll's
comm up In few minutes now. an
You don't want to miss it. Then III
scare up his honor for you as soon us
he's got spare minute an bring you
back here to him. Sorry to keep you
wallin'." he went OH as they started
toward the council chamber, "but be-
fore this sessions over all sorts Of
things is due to explode, an we ain'i
hardly at the beginnin' of the excite.
ment yet. We're goin' to make Il
Fourth of July celebration in giant
powder fact'ry look like a deaf mute
fun'ral by the time we're DONE"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
In the Man.

Farming, as business or calling is
all right. 1t pays generously for the
capital and the labor put into 1t. II
there is any trouble over the profit or
the income of the business the reason
for it lies with the man and not with the
farm. When a farmer encounters an un-
successful outcome to his efforts it is an
easy way to charge it up against the
business and become diSgusted with
farming, Instead it would be more to
his advantage to look at the matter in
it's true relation and become disgusted
with himself for having a failure.
Across the way a farmer has just taken
seventy-five dollars from the canning
factory for the cut of sweet corn grown
on three-fourths of an acre of land.
This land is in no sense superior in its
natural adaptation to the lot over the
fence belonging to another man that re-
turned not quite half the crop. An
other is now digging crop Of two hun.
dred bushels OF market potatoes TO the
acre, while his neighbor, plainly within
sight on the next farm, is getting
scarcely more than enough to meet the
cost of digging.
In farming there Is altogether TOO
much charging up our failures to the
season or to the business, when our
selves only are at fault. 1t is rare in
deed that nature fails to do her part in
bringing forth success in paying meas
ure in our farm operations. Errors in
Judgment, errors of management, lack
of effort, failure to put in the needed
work at the right time, are the usual
reasons for the many partial failures, or
the entire failures, when they are en-
countered.
Farming rightly conducted is goodly
paying business on the capital and the
labor invested in it. II q person is am
bilious to make more money he has only
to enlarge his Investment and employ
moro labor, the same as man in other
business are forced to do to bring about
like results.-Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
Hebron sanatorium Farm Notes.

Hebron Sanatorium Farm Notes.
At the Maine Sanatorium Farm in
Hebron was hatched, the twenty fifth
day of last March, a flock of White
Wyandotte chicks; the twenty-sixth day
of August pullets began to lay and up tc
the present writing, Oct. 9th, have laid
26S eggs.
We have hatched the past season be-
tween 1000 and 100 chicks. They have
been fed the dry mash feed, wholly,
from time of Matching, similar to the
formulas given out from the Maine
Experiment Station; l making slight
change. Some of the cockerels are par
ticulsrly promising.
We are building up pure-bred herd
of Holstein stock, having secured three
head this past spring-two heifers and
bull-from the herd of DR.. j. w. Davis
of South Portland. We have some very
good grades, the COW Marcie giving us
July 81 twin heifer calves, very much
alike and in general makeup hard to
beat. The dam of these calves, working
under abnormal conditions, not doing
we'll when she calved and having pneu-
monia, her temperature going as high as
1O6-has MIXED SIS pounds OF 81 per
cent milk in one day. Another grade
has milked 55.7 pounds of 8 s per cent
milk in one day; still another one milk:
ing AIS pounds of 4 per cent milk and
giving heifer calf that at six weeks
old shows up wonderfully as far as
udder and teats go, the udder develop
ments being nearly as large as most
yearlings. We expect to get something
fine when we put our pure-bred sire on
such cows as these. We also have a
grade Holstein cow that the Gath of last
January gave us twin bull calves. Veal
was made of both of them, selling for
s2l.60. This COW has MIXED up to Oct.
l, 6506 pounds Of 2 per cent milk.
We are about to turn two hogs from
the farm, the heaviest weighing 697 1-2
pounds of the pure blood Yorkshire
breed.-H. c. Black, Superintendent, in
Maine Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27

cur as you IN all the so foul q cur os
WOrld." ~. -, 49,
world. thought understood how ut.
terly rotten you were. but didn't le-
lieve there was man living who could
debase himself as you've just DONE"
But began Gibbs. In hewilder-
ment.
"Now you'll listen to me for a no.
ment," cut in Bennett. silencing the In.
terruption. "You say I'm in love with
Miss Wainwright. 1t is true. love
her in way dog like you could never
understand If he tried for a lifetime,
I'd give my life for one word Of love
from her, but I'd sooner 20 forever
without that word than win 1t by a
dishonest deed that would prove me
unworthy Of her. asked her love as Il
free gift and tried to deserve 1t. She
refused. and won't try to buy what
she won't give Inc. especially since the
price would make me as unworthy of
her as you yourself are"
But you take the wrong view of It.
You see. IT,
81 see this much: I'll have to speak
palmer to get my view Of the case into
your vile mind. II ever again you
meet me, stand out Of my way. Don't
speak to me or come where | am. for
II you cross my path again I'll treat
you ten thousand times worse than
when I thrashed you in that football
game That's ALL"
Bennett. restraining his wrath with
a mighty effort, turned on his heel and
strode Off into the corridor, leaving
Gibbs staring after him In dumb. I'M
potent despair.
When the broker had recovered him.
self sufficiently to start from the room
Dallas Wainwright stood before him,
barring the exit. Her face was dead
white, her big dark eyes ablaze.
"Waitw she commanded. II must
speak to you-for the last time"
"Dallasr' gasped the desperate man,
his drawn face turning positively vel
low. "You were-you-you heardY
"Mr. Bennett just now called you
the foulest cur in all the world,'" said
Dallas, her voice scarcely louder than
a whisper, yet every syllable stinging
as whiplash. "He put 1t too mildly"
"But sweetheart
"'Miss Wainwright please. heard
you offer to sell me to him in exchange
] for his conscience. II my own brother
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-27
Hog Cholera.

The most serious disease affecting
swine is known as hog cholera but in
Maine the disease is so rare that the
majority of people have never seen a
case. 1t is in the corn belt that II is
particularly destructive. In that region
the disease is always present. 1t pre-
walls most seriously during the late fall
and winter and is comparatively rare
during the spring and summer. The
causes for this periodic increase are not
difficult to find but they do not par
ticularly concern us here in Maine ex-
cept in an indirect way. Hog cholera is
very Infectious disease and not year
goes by but what there is some herd in
this state affected with it. We get it
here in one of two ways. Occasionally
hog is purchased for breeding pur
poses from some infected herd or again
hogs may be fed scraps of raw pork that
came from other hogs that were killed
after they had contracted hog cholera.
To avoid danger from purchasing hog
cholera it is only necessary when hog
is purchased from possibly infected
herd, TO keep the purchased animal away
from other hogs for two weeks. Ii he
remains we'll for this time he can then
safely be put in with other hogs. In
the region where hog cholera is most
common it sometimes occurs that in
order to avoid more serious loss, when
the disease first appears in herd the
owner will send everything that is in
fair condition to market and have them
killed before they have time to die from
disease. Under government inspection
it is possible that few hogs that really
have hog cholera even in an early stage
will pass the inspection but it is quite
probable that some may. That this has
occurred in the past when inspection
was not so rigid is undisputable. When
this infected pork reaches our Maine
markets the retail butcher cuts it up and
sells the trimmings with other refuse of
his shop to some farmer to feed his
hogs or the pork is cut up in boarding
house or hotel and scraps of the un-
cooked meat find their way into the
waste barrel and somebody's hogs eat
them. Most of the hog cholera in this
state can be traced TO the feeding of
hotel or boarding house swill. The
only absolute safety from this danger is
to cook this waste before feeding it.
When hog cholera gets into herd of
hogs it spreads rapidly among those
that are in the same pen. And it is
usually fatal in from one to three weeks.
Occasionally hog will make a lingering
recovery but not often. The symptoms
of hog cholera are poor appetite, a
dull, stupid appearance, a staggering
gait and red patches on the skin of the
under part of the body and inside Of
thighs.
No successful treatment is known
AS soon as the disease appears the we'll
hogs should be placed in clean pens,
remote from the diseased ones and
guarded in every possible way from in
fection.-F. d. Russell, Orono, Me-, in
Turf, Farm and Home.