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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
Danger Of Barbed Wire.

Barber wire is all right for stock
cattle and makes a cheap fence. but
it is hard to construct such a fence to-
turn hogs, and, owing to its danger
Gus characteristics, it is out O. the
question for horses. and even for ,ailch
COWS.
With the woven wire fence tbs post
expense is not SO great as that Ct the
other kinds, as they need not ne so
heavy, and may be set a good dis
lance apart. Heavy end posts are
an absolute necessity and they should
be set in the ground not less than
three and a half to four feet deep. If
the line posts are twenty TO tWenty-
five feet apart it is a very sooC idea
to have every fourth post of gooC size.
longer than the others, to allow extra
setting. In setting end posts Gig q
big hole, put the post in, and begin to
lamp and ram from the Very bottom.
not filling it too fast, SO as to get the
earth about the post packed from the
bottom to the top. The dead man.
plan of bracing a post is perhaps bet
ter than any other. The dead man.
is a short post or heavy stone buried
about three feet deep, fOu feet from
the end posts, and with a gable made
of plain galvanized wire to the post
top and around the dead man the post
can be held for years as firmly as
when set. Be sure to use galvanized
wire, as black wire will not last more
than six or seven years.
\ thirty-inch high woven wire
fence. two smooth No. 10 ana one
barbed wire at the very top, maE.es a
good fence for any kind of StocE. and
can be put up for less than 40 cents
per rod, exclusive Of posts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

With the constant increase in the
price of lumber there is a growing
tendency to use something else than
poultry houses. There are many peo-
pie who consider the board floor the
best. 1t must be agreed. however, that
there is a point in the advancing cost
Of lumber, at which the use Of boards
Will have to be dispensed with.
Most people that construct poultry
houses are not SO rich that they can
afford to pay out large sums of money
for any part of the structures.
The board floor is without doubt
the warmes kind Of floor, and that
is why the writer favors it. The ideal
way of building such a floor is to
use matched lumber for the top and
rough boards for the bottom, with
tarrcd paper between.
The thick, heavy tarred paper is the
kind that should De used. Much of
the tarred paper being used in house
construction is of very little value.
1t simply answers to fulfill the
promise of the contractor to put
tarred paper in the walls. The heavy
paper costs more, but 1t is worth
more than it costs.
a floor that is Thoroughly well put
together will be quite warm provided
that the space under it is kept tight.
: floor Of wood should stand a foot
or so above the ground, so that rats
cannot set a chance to "a it.
The trouble about the space under
the floor is that it is quite
left open to the weather. and the
fiOOr above the space becomes very
cold in the winter time.
Some builders say that this space
should be left open to the ai,.. so
That dry rot Will not attack The WooS>
but IS there any reason why the out
SIDES should not be made tight end
the openings for aeratiOn be made in
the floor, thus letting the air from the
poultry house pass into the space in
stead OF the frigid air from out of
doors?
Earth floors are becoming quite
common, but they are difficult to keep
'1'dn. Sometimes they are too wet
'iu sometimes too dry, and If the To-
,"uon OF the poultry house is low
tHlS become damp, whoa is very
"' LIlnentaI to the health of poultry.
An earth floor, to be kept covered
won q litter of coal ashes. AS a
''.IJtcf of fact, the ordinary farmer
joom does this; ideal conditions for
.1"!S are usually found only in the
.'Nutullon that is eVOte entirely to
'I, raising of poultry.
iNeaI care cannot then be depended
.I 10 give US results, and the dirt
,'.0I VIII thus usually be found in a
very untidy condition.
oonetlmes in winter it freezes hare
M IS a poor substitute for a wooden
HE cement floor is coming to be
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
Orchard Suggestions.

Young apple trees may be protected
against the raVages of destructive ami
NAL pests by wire netting.
In the warmer climates every n
who wishes a beautiful shade tree
should plant the pecan. 1t will not
only give delightful shade, but de-
liciOuS nuts raised may easily be
mad q source of profit.
Cultivate COW peas and red clover in
your young orchard. This will ben
eft the trees and at the same time
give you an income.
Cultivate around your trees with a
hoe several times during the year and
keep a mulch of grass OVer the cult
waited space.
When trees to bear use
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

The writer, who is also an old con-
tractor, has planned and built the
with, several times, with slight
changes. This particular plan seems
We'll adapted to the farm, as will be
seen by the floor plan.
The first floor has four rooms,
bath, pantry and large closet; two
large or three small bedchambers may
be finised on the second floor, also
several closets.
The large dining room and living
room are features that will be appre-
ciaated by any housewife, a wins
room serves many purposes, and
should be large, we'll lighted and have
ample ventilation.
The large rear porch, When screen
ed in, viii serve as a summer dining
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
Doubling Crop Yields Without Eztra
Cost

SO while Mr.. James j. Hid, II. HE
now famous st. Paul address. declared
that the average crop yield per acre
In the United States could BE- doubled
without cost, there are thousands Of
in the Carolinas who have
determined that their yield shall be
not merely doubled, but quadruI al,
and thousands of them are succeed
ing. Down in a poor section of Moore
county where it was once thought tnat
h land would hardly be worth taxes
after the pines were cleared off, Mr.
w. I. brooks harvested 81 bushels Of
corn per acre last fall. And there is
an enthusiasm about the people lnat
IS almost religious in its intensity 4
feel as il | had just learned how to
farm said one the other day who
began to lead and catch the spirit of
he new agii ulture q year ago. why
j have learned more about farmirE In
these Fast twelve months than ir Aft
my life before. The very earth seems
rev 10 me since | found out how
science and skill can revoluticnize=
my work" Said a Yadkin farmer last
winter: L have been trying to farm
for thirty years, but it looks now as,
II | have not done a thing fit to look
at-ilot a single thoroughbred thing
on the place except two Old roosterS
| am going to beRir right to aiE1 at
80 bushels of corn to the acre instead
Of 10, and to get some Berkshire hogs
instead of the scrubs ] have always
raised And it was Rev. G. l.. Mil
Ter who told me last spring: "-As o.
boy | helped to wear out a Carolina,
farm. Now | have bought a rundown
place and am going to try my hand
at landbuilding to atone for the sins;
l blindly committed against the soil
Of my youth"
For Good Butter Making.
=
An overloaded churn is sometimes
the cause Of slow coming of the but
ter. IT the amount of cream Is too
large for the size of the churn, turn
ing It over and over will not agitate
the cream sufficiently. The cnurn
should be less than half full, and
should rot be turned too fast to allow
the cream to drop from side to side
of tho churn.
Stop churning when the butter gran
tlatcs If you want to wash ont a. the
buttermilk.
When the conditions for the cream
rising are unfavorable put less milk
into the pans or cans; the cream will
rise quicker to the top.
Thin cream may be churned st q
higher temperature han thick cream,
and sweet cream at a slightly higher
one than sour cream.
Fine butter has a clear, nutty favor.
q nice color (nOt too high), a firm,
Waxy texture, free from moisture, and
a grain which, When broken, shows
like cast steel.
Do not allow smoking near the
dairy; nothing abSorbs tobacco smoke
more. quickly han milk, and butter
tainted with tobacco smoke is a.. alb
OminatiOn.
Butter WASHED with water tha- has
been boiled and cooled keeps much
better than that washed with untCiled
water.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

room, a COO place in which to do
the weekly wash and ironing, and for
putting UP the winters fruit and
canned vegetables.
The pantry will protect the house
wife from the heat Of the kitchen and
the sink and hot-Water tank will save
many steps.
The cellar may be entered from
the kitchen, the steps being located
under main stairway.
The bathroom may be entered
from the rear porch, q feature which
Will be appreciated by the men folks.
AS the material entering into the
construction Of any building, also the
cost Of same, will be governed en-
tirely by local conditions, it would be
simply a waste Of space to describe
the same here.
The house is the usual balloon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

frame, ten feet to the caves. and the
roof halt pitch: lap siding is used
for the outer walls, and il built in
any of the colder States the inner
walls shOul be lined with ship lap,
and this in turn stripped over each
studding with lath; the lath for the
plastering are then nailed or the
strips, which leaves a half-inch space
between the lath and s~heathing for
mortar.
This makes a solid job of plastering
and a Very warm house. While it is
not possible for any one to give an in
telligent estimate Of a building with
out being on the ground and being
familiar with the local prices, ETC., this
house has been built several times at
prices ranging from $1,000 to $4,000,
bath and hot air furnace included
j.. E. Bridsman, Lamar, Mo.
a fertilizer rich in potash. Wood
ashes can be used to at
that time.
The value Of the fruit crop in Wash.
inSton, Oregon and Idaho last year
was almost $40, zoe, 600.
II spraying is done late and the
aruit has formed, never use paris
green in the spray.
White hellebOre is a substitute for
paris green. It may be applied to the
bushes dry, mixed with three times its
weight Of flour.
The national plant Introduction gar
den at Chico. Cal. is experimenting
with the raising Of the cork oak,
which has not yet been grown COM
mercially in the United States. The
cork oak thrives in Spain, where it is
the basis Of an important industry.
There are now $1,000 acres of
planted trees in central Kansas, where
at one time it was thought trees could
not be grown
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
POULTRY HOUSE FLOORS
Those Made of Boards are Deemed the Best Despite the
Cost-Cement Floors Good
Cost--Cement Floors Good

quite popular in some localities, but
has the disadvantage Of being cold.
Also it Will not entirely prevent HI
entrance of moisture.
A cement floor, like an earth floor,
has to be kept covered with some
thing in the winter time. 1t is, low
ever, sanitary and easy to clean when
it has become dirty.
Water can he used upon it with
out any injurious results. 1t will not
become the harboring place for lice
through it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
Well Designed narrowing Pen

The picture shows q view OF the
corner Of a farrowing pen. It Is pro-
vided with a fender around the in
side of the pen which keeps the sow
from lying up against a partition and
killing young pigs, which a large sow
Will often do. The tenders hould pro-
:ect at least eight inches into the pen,
and allow eight inches clear between
the fender and the floor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06

Last season the farmers near Syca-
more. ILL.,. raised about ninet'y acres OF
sugar beetS, which were sold to a
sugar company in Wisconsin 81 50
per ton.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
ITALIAN STABBED IN FRAY
MAY HAVE BLOOD POISONING.
Assailant of FusarO Rearrested
Pending Victims Recovery.

Mattelio Fusaro, of IA Romoer street,
East Nutley, who was stabbed through
the left arm between the shoulder and
elbow by Giovanni Lendo, of the same
street, during a row on Sunday, Sep
TENDER 8, has developed symptoms of
blood poisoning. Chief Horace N.
Booth, of the Nutley police department,
who was notified of Furaro's condition
through DIR. Cyphers. of Bslleville, who
attended the injured man, rearrested
Lendo. who was out under 800 bail,
and arraigned him before Recorder
William H. aPrry on Saturday night.
Lendo was taken to the Essex county
Jail later by Chief Booth n COM
mitted to await the result of Fusaro's
injuries, which are so serious that
doubts of his recovery are entertained.
There Is considerable feeling among
the Italians of East Nutley oveer the
ARRAY, as both the injured man and
his assailant have many friends. who
are much wrought up. If Fusaro's
wounds prove fatal 1t will require cool
heads to prevent trouble among the
different factions. 1t was only through
the presence of mind of Chanceman
James Singelli, who arrested Lendo
after the stabbing, that the prisoner
escaped mobbing and probably serious
injury.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
HELD In 200 BAH
ON ASSAULT CHARGE.
Men Who Drove Into Hardham's
Car Plead Not Guilty.

L.. ]. Hardham and Irving II. LOCKER,
of Newark, made a charge of assault
n battery against Timothy Gerrity,
of Glen Ridge avenue, and Patrick
Dockery, of Cherry street, both of
Yost at the police court today. The
assault took place on aSturday after
noon, and, according to the evidence
given, 1t appears that Mr.. Hardham,
his wife, Mr.. LOCKER and his father,
l. Halsey LOCKER, were riding up
Bloomfield avenue, Montclair, in an
automobile. Irving H. LOCKER was
driving.
When the party reached Pine street,
it is alleged, that the or ndants drove
out of Pine street into Bloomfield ave-
nue. and ran into the automobile. The
shaft of their wagon hit 1. Halsey
LOCKER, who Is 81 years old, and frac-
tured one of his ribs. TIL bit In the
horses mouth hit Mrs. Hardham or
the cheek, making a deep cut. She Is
also suffering from shock. The occu-
pants Of the auto went to the Noun
tainside Hospital. where Mr.. Lockers
rib was set, and several stitches were
taken In Mrs. Hardham's face. They
then proceeded to their homes in New
ark. Dovkery and Gerrity denied that
they We're responsible for the accident
and asked for an adjournment to allow
them to procure witnesses. Recorder
Yost held the defendants in $50 bail
each for a hearing or Monday evening,
September u, at 7o'clock.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
MORRISTOWN NOTES.

MORRISTOWN, Sept. 1S.-With the
return of the Rev. William Russell
Bennett, the pastor, to the pulpit of
the First Presbyterian Church next
Sunday hat congregation will resume
its normal activities after the changes
incidental to the summer vacations.
The time of holding the morning
church service will be 1890 o'clock, in
stead of II o'clock, and the Sunday
school will meet in the afternoon at
3 o'clock, instead of in the morning.
Professor Isaac T. Headland, of Pc
kin University, will speak in the Meth
odist Church next Sunday evening on
affairs in China.
The Epworth League of the Metho-
dist Church will hold a rally service
next Sunday evening. The speaker will
be Professor Edwin L. carp, until re-
Gently of the faculty of Syracuse Uni
yersity and now occupying the newly
founded chair of Christian Sociology in
Drew Seminary. Madison.
The Methodist Church choir will give
a special service on Sunday evening,
September rs. at which Mendelssohp's
Hear My Prayer will be sung.
A young peoples dance will be given
at the Morris County Golf Club on Fri
day evening by MIR. and Mrs. John
Clafin in honorso of the Misses Clafiin
Sixty guests are expected n a mid
night supper will be served.
Frank A. Hastings. who has been en-
| joying the summer at Litchfield, Conn
is now at 40 East Fifty-eishth street,
New York.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
MILLBURN,
IRvINGroN
AMI HILTON
SIMPLE FOOD FOR
SIMPLE FOLK
Mrs. Mills, Candidate for Mont-
clair School Board, May
Use That Slogan.

Simplified cooking for school children
may be a slogan in the coming am
paign for membership of the Montclalr
Board of Education. The friends OF
Mrs. Irving Parker Mills, who is an in
dependent candidate for the office, say
thai if she comes out in favor of a re-
vised cooking curriculum she will be a
sure winner.
All this talk about the pupils food
has been raised by the publication OF
the full list of things that will be avail
able at the High School luhchroom dur
ing the coming term. When School
Commissioner Harrison had the fry
ing pan cut out of the list of cooking
utensils to be purchased for the High
School, it was thought that the re-
sultant menu would. be as simple as
that of a beef and house, but the bill
of fare now published dispels this no.
ton.
Here are some of the things that are
expected to furnish nightmare for
Montclair children: Fried oysters,
oyster patties, creamed ham, corned
beef hash, meat pie, baked beans,
deviled chicken, salmon croquettes,
sponge custard, bread pudding, layer
cakes, fruit jelly, lemon jelly, charlotte
russo and Ice cream.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
THE ORANGES,
BLOOMFIELD,
MONTCLAIR
BART FALLS OFF
THE WATER WAGON
Livingston Dog Breaks the
Pledge with Saddest
of Results.

This is no time for mirth and laugh
ter; the cold gray dawn of the morning
after" hummed Lester Jones. of Liv-
ingston. yesterday, as he gazed at the
dark circles under the eyes of his New
~foundland dog, Bart, and considered
the a~dvisability of tying the animals
head in a wet towel.
On Saturday morning the Jones's
hired girl found two robust mince pies
in a cupboard. They had fermented
and were not fit for the table. She
placed them in a tub at the rear of the
house and Bart found them. Bart al
ways has been a sober old h%ousedog,
but after he had got on the outside of
those two bulky pies with their big per
cent. of alcohol he felt as unsettled as
the North Pole with a brass tube in it's
innards. He leaped a fence and licked
an English bulldog owned by Walter
Spangler. hen he started on a ram
page hat terrified the neighborhood.
Two book agents, canvassing for a
story of the hun for the North Pole,
gave a practical illustration of it by
shining up telephone line supports.
Joneses and Sanglers sought safety
behind closed doors, while the dog
chased all the live stock OF the farms 20
cover, killing two Cochin hens and one
guinea fowl. When Jones got home he
found the animal asleep in the wagon
shed. Jones got his revolver, but when
he got a Whit of the dogs whiskey-
laden breath he realized Bart was
drunk. Discovery of fragments of the
pies saved the dogs life.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
GLEN RIDGE,
B%ELLEVILLE
AND NUTLEY
BIRTHDAY PARTY At
80 YEARS OF AGE
Grandchildren and
Great-grandchildren to Hon.
or Mrs. Jaeger.

Four children, thirty grandchildren
and seventy great-gfanchildren will
receive invitations to the ninetieth
birthday celebration to be given by
Mrs. Elnore Jaeger, the oldest inmate
of the Home of the Aged, Irvington,
next Saturday. William Rankin, of
Summit. who is 80 years old and who
belonged to the family which employed
Mrs. Jaeger when she first came to
this country as a girl of Is, viii also
DE hidden.
Mrs. Jaeger has been in the home
nearly four years. She is the oldest In
mate. She has a lively sense of hulnor
which she says has kept her young
Age has not bent her figure, and, far
from needing any assistance. she walks
through the buildings of the home, up
and down stairs, While other inmates,
twenty and more years her Junior, are
less fortunate.
S~eventy-ive years ago Mrs. Jaeger
was a servent In the employ of the
Rankin family, in the old Rankin home
stead, in High street, near Thirteenth
avenue. and she remembers William
Rankin. Mr.. Rankin was then twenty
four years old. He is now 80 years old,
and living with one of his sons, walter
NJ. Rankin. at Summit.
II will send him an invitation, too, tc
my birthday party" Mrs. Jaeger said
yesterday, and perhaps he a come.
| remember him so well n he was
such a splendid young man. I was Is
years old at hat time. and had just
from Germany with my parents.
You a imagine how a g%reenhorn feels
Mrs. Werner has nine children and
grandchildren. Another daugh.
ter is Mrs. Caroline Mittelsdorf. of East
Orange. She has seven children md
grandchildren. Mrs. Susan
a third daughter, of South
Orange, has two daughters and one son
and eleven grandchildren. There is
also d son.. Frank. who is not married
The three children of Mrs. Jaeger
who died were married and had ,hil-
lren and their children got married
md, all told. Mrs. Jaeger has now
.hirty grand children and seventy
great grandchildren.
Mrs. Jaeger was born In Lambrecht,
lear Neustadt, Germany, where rela-
Ives of her family are still living. She
lever returned to/the old country,
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
SHAFT OF MOTOR BOAT
INJURIES BRECKENRIDGE.
Wife Steers Craft Into Port and
Whistles for Help.

When Harry Breckenridge. of
Stephen n Holmes streets, Bellevilre.
met with an accident in his motor
boat on the Passaic river yesterday
afternoon, and almost had the heel of
his right foot torn off, his wife, who
was in the boat with their two children.
took command and steered the boat for
Champions dock, in Main street, Belle
vile. There she blew the whistle. and
this brought out people In the house.
Breckenridge vas carried ashore and
attended by DR.. Herbert B. Vail. The
bone in his heel was smashed and the
skin almost entirely torn off. Breck-
enridge, who is 80 years old, is an en-
gineer in the Napier and Mitchell hat
factory and George, Napier, of the
firm, who came along in his automo-
bile had the man put in the machine
and took him home.
The accident ccurred opposite Mill
street, Belleville. They were returning
up the river after a days outing, when
Breckenridge got his heel caught in
the screw of the shaft of the engine.