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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17
CATTLE INTERESTS.
How Beef Finishers Are Farine-DuaI
Purpose Stock.
By FRASER MILAN.

- AN<aDA~tA -h Lain
Time discredited the prophets and
laid the specter of vanishing cattle
industry A few vital days in the wan
ing of the corn ripening season lifted
the depressed balance of the corn crop
and added millions of bushels to the
yield. Nevertheless the amount of the
corn shortage has made itself felt. To
many feeders the corn belt cash has
looked better in view of the financial
Hurry, combined with the high cost of
feed, than has cattle, and they have
held 1T or turned to sheep or other
lines of business in which more profit
seemed to appear. This has sent great
numbers of calves and other stock to
local slaughter houses.
Those, however, who stood by the
good beasts and filed their feed lots
as usual seem, on the whole, to have
falr prospect of winning out when the
'cashing in" fever reaches the end of
its course, the length of that course de-
pending on easy money and the turn of
prices in the corn trade, which no man
may forecast. With diminished feed
lots the smaller number of cattle that
will be brought to finish on the short
corn crop should mean a good fighting
chance for future satisfactory profits.
The cattle situation is by no means
unique. Mutton finishers are loudly
complaining of improbable operations.
But, then, this is one of the usual NUT
ton events of the holiday season.
The great international live stock
show at Chicago has demonstrated
again that American beef finishers may
challenge the world with their prod
uets. But in respect to prices obtained
for fat cattle it proved a sore disap-
pointment to the producers While
the demand at the show auction sales
was keen, buyers indulged in no fancy
run Of prices. The fact that the cham
pion car lot of the show went to the
scales at $S per hundredweight as
against ST last year is evidence of the
success with which Killers kept prices
on basis that they claim to be justi-
fed by present business conditions.
Unstinted praise for the quality of the
cattle hardly atoned for unprecedent-
edly small values. Six dollars and for
ty-eight cents was the average price
per hundredweight realized on car
lois.
Feeding Beef and Milk Stock.
Now that the beef and milk combina-
tien promises to be in greater favor in
this country it is Of interest to farm
ers to know something of the methods
of the past masters in the art of pro-
ducing dual purpose cattle. English
breeders of dual purpose animals very
rarely allow their young stock to
Suckle
Bull calves are fed on whole milk or
on a cruel of whole milk or skim milk
with fiaXseed meal, cornmeal or oat-
meal. AS they grow older barley meal,
cotton cake, roots and hay are added
to the ration and the milk decreased.
A rather fleshy condition is usually
sought for.
Dual purpose heifer calves are fed
on skim milk and grain rations. and
large amounts of proprietary calf
foods are used Skim milk rations are
usually prepared by boiling the grain
in water and adding to the milk while
still hot
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17

The cheapest protein feeds in 1906
at the New Jersey experiment station
were buckwheat middlings. malt
sprouts. dried brewers grains, high
grade distillers' grains and cottonseed
meal
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17
FEEDING Roots to Hoqs.

1t is usually better to feed green or
succulent feed whole and apart from
the meal Where the roots have to be
pulped, however, as is the case with
sugar beets and turnips, dry meal may
be mixed with the pulped mass and
prove very satisfactory. Roots or sue
culent feeds need, with one or two ex-
ceptions, never be cooked. Potatoes.
turnips and pumpkins. however, are
more valuable cooked than raw. H.
Grisdale.
on the upper shelves of the press The
German 'hausfrau" keeps broad en-
broidered bands, which she slips
around her spare sets of linen.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17

From some talk in the Daily
Herald of Biloxi it looks like David
Holt is about to lounch a newspaper
of his own. To be called the Sunday
Biloxi Herald Holt can produce a
good paper, but are sorry that he has
not selected some other day in the
week for his sheet to appear and
be dated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17
Mississippi Chances.

The Secretary of the Mississippi,
Teachers Association is getting
busy sending out literature TO his
membership, which by the way is the
largest of any Association in the
State. and to the obligine news
paper editors, heralding the hold
ing of the Twcnty-tbird convention
of this body in Jackson April 80 10
May 2. The program isinviting and
no doubt despite the eanness OF
pocketbooks in these tight times,
many of the pedagogues will spend
the first days of the Summer Vaca-
tions hobnobbing with one another
at the States Car ital.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-04-17
Swamp Fever of Horses.


If the horse is heated he should nev-
er be left standing uncovered, no mat
ter what the weather may be.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR.

extensive establishment having several
kilns. The most satisfactory kiln.
all things considered, Is about twen-
ty feet square. This is convenient size
to fill, so far as the preparation Of the
fruit is concerned. The heat can be well
regulated, made sufficiently intense for
the purpose desired and evenly dis
tributed so that the fruit will dry uni
formly, and for various minor reasons
q kiln of this size is desirable unit in
the construction OF evaporators of this
type.
"A kiln consists essentially OF floor
made of Stats and placed over a fur
mace room or over a system Of steam
pipes. The floor is usually built from
ten to twelve feet above the floor OF
the furnace room. Provision should
be made for regulating the heat by
means of small openings at the base OF
the walls communicating with the out
side. These can be opened or closed,
as desired. The inflow of cold air can
thus be regulated. Such control Is
especially desirable In windy weather
If the evaporator is frame build
ing, the walls of the furnace room
may well be plastered or covered with
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

small plant for evaporating. 1t
may contain hints even for those who
do not wish to erect so elaborate a
building.
"A conveniently arranged one kiln
evaporator and plan is shown here
with" says the magazine. THE space
is divided into a furnace room IA by 10
feet and somewhat smaller work
room, in which the apples are pared.
An upright bleacher, which also serves
as an elevator for raising the fruit to
the second floor. is placed in this room.
THE second room rs divided In sim
liar way. The kiln has the same d.
mansions as the furnace room, with
capacity of 70 to 100 bushels of IN
pared fruit at each filling. The work
room on this floor contains the slicer
and the upper portion of the bleacher
The dried fruit as 1t is taken from the
kiln can also be held here temporarily
If desired.
Such building may be so con-
structed that 1t will be useful for
many other purposes during the course
of the year than that for which it is
primarily intended. In constructing
kins the same general principles are
followed, whether the evaporator is q
small one with only single kiln or an
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
An unAppreciated Plant.

Chives is vegetable not widely
known in this country 1t is native
along the northern borders OF the
United States as well as in some parts
of Europe. where 1t is popular. The
plant belongs to the onion family, and
its leaves are used for seasoning In
soups, salads, etc, and are preferred
to onions by many persons because
they are much milder and more ten
der. Europeans use chives for season
ing scrambled eggs and similar dishes.
The culture OF chives is simple, The
plant will grow In any ordinary gar
den soil. 1t is usually propagated by
division OF the roots. because 1t does
not seed readily. The roots or clumps
Of roots may I've purchased at moderate
prices. The clumps should be planted
In beds about nine inches apart in
rows which are two feet apart. The
planting may be done in either spring
or autumn. The chives may also be
planted In the border Of the vegetable
garden and makes an excellent perma-
nent border AS border plant the
clumps should be planted about six
inches apart. The leaves will grow
thickly and form dense green mat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
The Csnkerworn Again.

The worm which devastated elm
trees and apple trees in Connecticut Is
the cankerworm, the same pest that
visited trees ten years ago. The worm
does its work very rapidly. but, unlike
the elm tree beetle. does not have a
long life and consequently the trees can
put forth new foliage. though at some
sacrifice OF vitality. On the apple trees
1t can be destroyed by arsenical spray
ing, but the trees must be treated when
the worm is very young If the work Is
to be effective. The banding Of the
trunks of the trees with vermicides is
the most effective method OF proven
ton. The reports from the state re-
eeived at the Connecticut agricultural
experiment station indicate very
great variation in the number OF pests,
some towns suffering very seriously
and others being quite free from the
visitation.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
THE UP TO DATE FARMER.
How He Makes Agriculture Paying
Business.

How He Makes Agriculture q Paying
Business.
The up to date farmer knows the
value of being up TO date. He knows
that new discoveries in the various sci
ences related to agriculture reveal new
relations and suggest better methods.
He knows that many OF the theories
held and many of the methods prac-
ticed years ago, and some even now,
are worthless. He knows that one
farmer cannot make as many expert
ments as can a thousand men.
He reads books on farming and does
not scoff at the book farmer, nor does
he refuse TO listen 10 the college pro-
fessors, for, while he has great respect
for the students of agriculture, yet he
knows that the time has not come and
never can come when agriculture shall
be reduced 20 a rigid science, which
shall be governed by code or rules
and laws. as are such sciences as chem
istry, physics and the ike.
The up to date farmer has the latest
improved farming implements and TO
save horsepower and to do most Ell
cient work always keeps them in per
feet order. He does not use plow that
will not scour nor one that is dull nor
one whose adjustment is such that
three horses must work hard TO do the
work which two could easily do with a
pillow properly adjusted. He under
stands the application OF force to all
his farm machinery so that the great.
est amount OF work is accomplished
with the least expenditure of power.
When his farm implements are not In
use he keeps them well housed If IT is
profitable TO do SO. A hundred dollar
wagon shed into which a twenty-five
dollar farm wagon is backed by hand
every time the team is unhitched is not
profitable.
The up to date farmer pays his debts.
Not the least important of these is the
one he owes TO the soil. He knows that
each crop which the soil yields takes
from II something Of its fertility and
that unless this fertility is returned to
the soil 1t can soon yield only dimin-
y
by year to pay back to his land that
fertility which the crop has taken from
1t. He knows many ways OF doing this,
and the one which he will adopt will
depend upon the neighborhood. He
knows that he can run a dairy, and
when he sells a ton Of butter, worth
perhaps $500, it will impoverish his
farm no more than TO sell five or six
hundred pounds of straw worth about
a dollar
He will keep his hired help all the
year, and year after year. for the longer
they are in his employ the more valu-
able they are to him and the more he
can afford TO pay them. He will buy
more food than he sells. will raise all
the feed he can for his stock and will
not hesitate 10 buy more when needed.
II he is wise In the manage ment Of
the fertilizers from his barns and feed
lots and wise in their distribution up
on his meadows and pastures and wise
in sowing clovers FOR his corn land
and among the grasses of his farm he
will In time greatly increase its fer
tility.-Farm ard Fireside.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

" generated. II the
walls, at least the portion below the
kiln door, are double, with an air
space between the two sides, the in
sulation will be more perfect than If
they are solid or Of only single thick
ness. thus best conserving the heat
and increasing the efficiency Of the
plant The height of the walls of the
kiln above the drying door should be
sufficient to permit an attendant to
work on the floor conveniently and
with comfort.
Some means for the escape OF the
air laden with moisture from the fruit
is necessary. This may be provided
for by means of an opening in the roof,
or a cupola-like ventilator may be
built, the sides OF which should cou-
sist of slate placed so they overlap
Dne another as In an ordinary window
blind. The kiln floor is constructed of
strips especially designed for the pur-
pose. Such floors are generally made
Of poplar or Eastwood strips three
eighths Of an inch thick. one inch
wide on the top surface and one-half
Inch wide on the under side. In lay
ing the floor these strips are placed
one-eighth to onefourth inch apart on
the upper surface. This makes the
space between them wider on the un-
der side than on the upper. as shown,
thus allowing the small particles of
fruit which work down between them
10 drop through without clogging the
intervening spaces"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

Heavy, impure blood makes muddy
plmply complexion. headache, nausea, in
digestion. Thin blood makes you weak,
pale. sickly. Burdock Blood Bitters max es
the blood rich, red, pure-restores perfect
health.
The way to make girl let you kiss
her is to get her to say she won't.
Stops itching instantly. Cures piles, &C.
zema, salt rheum, letter, itch, hives, herpes,
scabies-Doans Ointment. At any drug
store
A woman can love man for loving
her, but a man will love woman be-
cause she won't love him.
For a mid, easy action OF the bowels, a
single dose Of Doan's Regulets is enough.
Treatment cures hab tual constipation. 20
cents box. Ask your druggist for them,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
FARMING Notes.

Remember the importance of the
kitchen garden.
When mustard is a serious pest the
fields are sprayed with solution that
kills the weed, but does not harm the
crop.
Preaching economy doesn't amount
TO much. You must practice it, but
there is such n thing as being too
economical.
In Holland they rotate the fertili-
zers as well as the crops. Each crop
has It's particular coaxer. Perhaps
that's why they farm successfully on
land worth $1,000 per acre.
Read what people who know from
experience say about incubators,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
STATE ROAD WORK
GRADING, DRAINING, MACADA-
MIXING
Notice to Contractors

Sealed proposals for building section of
state road about 1878 feet in length in the
town of Skowhegan will be received by the
Selectmen at their Office until P NJ, Au-
gust 10, 1908 at which time and place they
will be publicly opened and read.
Plans may be seen, specifications, forms of
contract and proposal blanks may be obtain
ed at the Office of the Selectmen and no pro-
posal will be considered unless made on said
proposal blank.
Each bidder must accompany his bid with
a certified check payable to the Town Treas
urer ofSkowhegan for 10 per cent of the
amount Of his bid.
The successful bidder will be required to
furnish bond in the penal sum of at least
the amount of the contract.
The right is reserved to reject any and all
bids.
r. +. PARKER,
A. II. WYMAN,
G.. w. NASH.
3w3o Municipal Officers Of Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
WANTED

Honest, Industrious woman wanted to intro
duce our large line OF foreign and domestic
dress goods, waistings, trimmings, ETC., a.
mong friends neighbors and townspeope.
We prefer woman who has trade already
worked up. Should be able to earn S25.0e or
more weekly. Dealing direct from the mills
our prices are low and patterns exclusive
No money required. Write US for fall parti-
culars. 2w30s
STANDARD Dress Goods Co., Ieo7h St. Biasbsn,oa N v
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
CAUTION NOTICE.

Having been forced to leave my home by
neglect and cruel and abusive treatment,
shall pay no bills contracted by my wife, Mae
II. Nutting, on and after this date.
WEBSTE Err NUTTlNG.
Skowhegan, Me-, July 30, 1908 3w3l
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

asbestus paper TO
lessen the danger
of fire, which
may otherwise be
great because Of
the intense heat
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

Everybody in GAINESVILLE, o, knows Mrs.
Mary Lee, of rural route 8. She writes
my husband, James Lee. firmly believes he
owes his life to the use of DR. Kings New
Discovery. His lungs were SO severely af-
fected that consumption seemed inevitable,
when friend recommended New Discovery.
We tried it. and its use has restored him to
perfect health" DR.. Kings New Discovery
is the King of throat and lung remedies.
For coughs and colds ii has no equal, The
first dose gives relief. Try i'll Sold unde
guarantee at G. X. Fosg's erug store. soc.
and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
I arm ana
Garden
EVAPORATING FRUIT.
Surplus Fruit May Thus Be Disposed
of Readily and at a Profit.

of Readily and at a Profit.
The demand for fruits in various
forms is increasing. Like the cereal
fad, it may sometimes assume the pro
portions of cult There is IN every
orchard much good fruit that is lost
because It cannot be kept for the mar
ket, but IL carefully evaporated by one
OF the scientific processes 1t will keep
for some time and then may be dis
posed OF at profit. The process must
be a good one. however. The Ameri-
can Agriculturist tells how TO put up
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06
S4o.7z

The following bills Of Cost were allowed at
the March Term Of the County Commission.
ers' Court, 1908.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

The following bills of Cost were allowed at
the March Adj. Term of tee County Com
missioners Court, 1908.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

SI.EMENTINE:
Don't try to make angel food unless you
use Gold Medal Flour. BELINDA.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

The following bills of Cost were allowed at
the March Adj, Term of the County Com
missioners' Court, 1908.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

A very delightful thing about hn-
NOR is when it's your own.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-08-06

The following bills Of Cost were allowed at
the December Adj. Term of the County Com
missioners' Court, 1907.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
QUAIL HUNTING

I n the realms of outdoor recreation
nothing appeals to the hearts of
n sportsmen so strongly as shooting
game birds over a good dog. Eastern
ers who have never shot California
quail almost invariably are surprised
when they first go into our coverts. But
one day afield makes an enthusiast of
every tenderfoot hunter who comes to
this paradise for wingshots.
The accompanying picture, while
beautiful piece of Photographic art,
Goes not depict a typical quail hunt
ing scene. The man and dog were
caught by J. E. Ryan, The Herald
Magazine staff photographer, near a
ranch house where there were more
trees and foliage than in places the
little slate-blue skyrockets are usually
found. The quail were there, but no
shots were fired, the ranch being sane
tuary for all birds. The setter shown
standing birds is G. B. Kirkpatrick's
Fannie, and is one of the best trained
as well as the truest type of the Lew
ellyn found in California
In a recent article in Forest and
Stream Edwin L. Hedderly, who is con-
sidered a high authority on all things
pertaining to hunting and fishing, wrote
of quail and dogs as follows:
Some alleged authorities on the sub
ject have said the valley quail of Cali
fornia would not lie. No one can ac-
cuse them. When these books were
published, such may have been the fact,
but the quail has taken his degree in
gun knowledge, and now, between lying
this day and running the next these
birds can puzzle the most accomplished
of gunners.
The progress in education made by
the quail has placed a premium upon a
good dog. Time was when a dog was
considered of no use in this form of
hunting. An eastern dog seldom is; he
is used to reading birds to a lie and
holding them there until flushed. Such
an animal soon would go crazy in Cali
fornia. The birds would run from every
point. What local conditions demand
is a dog that is broken to crowd the
birds to the extreme of flushing them
out of range, and only stopping short of
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

accompanying picture was made by
H. Koebig a few days previous to the
tragedy when Rabe lost his life.
From the day the trainer left the
park the lion grew thinner and thinner,
the wrinkles on his brow deepened and
the look of anxiety in his eyes grew
more and more pathetic. One morning
the great animal was unable to rise,
and after lying with his nose pointed
down the parkway several hours Ben
Wallace crept to the back of his cage
and expired. Attendants at the park
zoo who had tried in every way to
tempt the old favorite to eat declared
he had died of a broken heart.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

MI ANY Los Angeles people will re-
vi member the pathetic end of Ben
Az Wallace, the big AfriC an lion
who grieved himself to death because
his master left the cage one morning
and never returned.
Rabe, the famous animal trainer of
Eastlake park, was bitten on the cheek
later, after terrible suffering. Ben
Wallace refused to eat or drink after
that day. The big animal walked his
cage hour after hour, from day to day,
looking in the direction from which
Rabe always came to feed him. The
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

that cardinal sin in a well-trained ami
NAL. Personally, l can count the really
good dogs 1 have seen in ten years
experience upon as many fingers. Only
one in many has the natural stamina,
endurance of limb and nose, ana ability
to do without water without harming
his scent. Some dogs never learn to
accord due and proper respect to cac-
tus and lay themselves up within the
first hour. The ideal dog is apt to be
rather deliberate; hunts out the cover
closely when birds are around, and fer
rets out each one from his manzanita or
live oak clump when the quail are dis
posed to lie close"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22
By Proxy

Priscilla laudeth not her skill
In rare housewifery.
She smiles-but modestly is still
Touching h r industry.
Yet are her talents widely known,
And how she doth excel.
The explanation? l must own,
She makes each minute tell!
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-22

IT HERE are some anglers who just
l. won't quit. Smith Warren is one
of these. Not content with capturing
the worlds record yellowtail, taken on
the three-siX tackle, he goes out for
small and less noble game at times.
The picture here shown depicts Mr..
Warren with his refined tackle bringing
big albicOre to the gaff, or rather
shows the fish just as the boatwan has
performed that service. Mr.. Warren's
45-pound yelowtail was the sensation
of the season at Avalon. A London
tourist, w. w. simpson, who knows
more about "faW paws" than he does
about angling, Numbered around at