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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Cecding the Crops.

The noted millionaire farmer, David
Rankin, OF Missouri, says:
| have been asked why | always
feed all my corn, and | always say
first, find II profitable to feed It, be-
cause in that way can get full value
out OF ii, and secondly, | also gain an
immense amount Of fertilizer, and
then to haul my corn to the railroad
10 ship would be a big job. And,
further, | do not believe in selling
raw material You see, / run my
farming business something on the
plan of the manufacturing industries
OF the country. / want to sell the
finished product, and can do so only
by feeding all | raise to stock. II By
doing so, | gain only an average OF
81 head for the cattle and hogs J
feed, you see II pays me. But, OF
course, | expect to make more than
that
] would recommend TO every farm.
er TO feed his crops rather than haul
the grain of the place. My obserya-
tion Is that great many farmers dc
not carry out their work as far as
they can. They sell too much raw
material and not enough finished
product. 1t is true, there are years
that the return from a crop might be
greater, but year in and year out, It
will pay you to feed all you raise.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Learn to Love,

We may, If we choose, make the
worst of one another. Everyone has
his weak points; everyone has his
faults; we may make the worst of
these; we may fix our attention con-
stantly upon these. But we may also
make the best of one another. We
may forgive even as we hope to be
forgiven. We may put ourselves in
the place of others, and ask what we
should wish to be done to us, and
thought of us, were we in their place.
BY loving whatever is lovable in
those around us, love will flow back
from them to us, and life will become
a pleasure instead of n pain and
earth will become like Heaven; and
we shall become not unworthy fol-
lowers of Him whose name is Love.
There is story of a German baron
who made a great Eolian harp by
stretching wires from tower to tower
of his castle. When the harp was
ready he listened for the music. But
1t was in the calm of summer, and in
the still air the wires hung silent.
Autumn came, with it's gentle breezes.
and there were faint whispers of
song. At length the winter winds
swept over the castle, and now the
harp answered in majestic music.
Such heart is the human heart.
1t does not yield it's noblest music in
the summer days of joy, but in the
winter of trial. The sweetest songs
on earth have been sung in sorrow.
The richest things in character have
been reached through pain. Even of
Jesus we read that He was made per-
feet through suffering.
The child of poverty and vice has
still within him, however overlaid by
the sins of ancestry, a germ Of good
that is capable of growth, IL reached
in time. Let us stretch out tender,
strong hand, and, touching that poor
germ of good, lifting it's feeble head
in wilderness of evil, help it to live
and thrive and grow.-Dean Stanley.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Curing Clover Hay.

I have read good deal in farm
journals about curing alfalfa, etc,
under hay caps, but have never seen
my method published. While l do
not pretend to say it is perfect, it
gives the best results of any method
| have ever seen tried, considering
quality of hay and expense of max
ing it.
/ start cutting just as soon as the
clover comes into bloom, and try to
arrange to have it all cut by the time
the heads begin TO turn brown. My
haying outfit consists of one mower,
one side delivery rake, one hay loader
and rack wagon, two eel cart at
tached to hosting rope of harpoon
fork.
l have a seven-eighths bolt set In
axle OF cart, and ring tied into rope,
and whenever fork full of hay Is
dumped, the driver simply throws the
ring off the bolt, and man on the
wagon can have harpoon back and
nearly ready with another fork full by
the time the team gets back. In this
way it takes only a few minutes to
unload a large load of hay, usually
about five forks full.
My way of curing is as follows:
Cut what will make about four or
five loads of hay. After the dew is
off start, say, at $50 or 0 o'clock.
Throw 1t into windrows with a side
delivery rake Just before the dew falls
in the evening. The next morning
NOW until about II a. m, and then
take the rake and tip the windrows,
made the day before, upside down,
and Immediately after dinner you can
start hauling in the barn. With two
men, a good hay leader and boy to
drive team on hay fork, you can have
the four or five loads OF cured hay
in the barn in time to rake up what
you cut in the morning, If you have
but a short distance to haul.
BY following the system of cutting
just what you think you can haul in
the next day from noon till evening,
you will be surprised how much hay
can be put into the barr with little
expense. My bill for hired help for
! three years has run from fifty to sixty
cents per ton 10 put hay into tho
/ barn, all work hired except my own.
And you will be surprised at the quail
ity OF the hay. When you throw
down hay for the stock you can smell.
IL all over the barn. No dust, no
musty smell, and lots of clover heads
just as red as when cut. Horses and
colts will winter on 1t without any
| grain, and do fine.
In case It rains and your hay is
| in windrows do not scatter 1t out, but
take your side delivery rake and drive
alongside each windrow just close
enough to kick 1t up into a funny
windrow and let the wind blow
through It. Do this about twice. and
your hay will be ready for the barn,
and you can scarcely tell it has been
wet.
II any one has better system,
hope to hear from him, for good hay
is a hobby of mine.-J. V. Perry, in
Hoard's Dairyman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
The Gila Monster.
BY j. w. SCHULTZ.

The other day / came across nn'
hrge Gila monster (Heloderma sus'
,ectum) wading along a dusty 'Fa''
ioosed 1t with piece of string anu
carried 1t to camp. "You want 10 W
:areful how you handle them things
Sonora warned me. MANY a leiiO"
aas died by bein' bit by EN-"
asked for particulars, names y.
:he victims, dates and places OF 'n'A
intimely demise, duration and cnS'
acter OF their suffering. well Wy
self never seen any one bit by em,
ne answered, "but I've heard OF CIV
plenty. Any Mexican will tell '0'
that their bite kills"
used an old washtub for peA
TOR my lizards, AMI that evening "nsA
Enders' chickens went to roost oar
tured a lean and venerable roos's'
for an experiment l had In view .sa
:he morning, grasping the bird py 'Hs
legs. thrust 1t time and again n.as sS
first against the head of the mohs'..,
hit the latter only shrank back az.
sluggishly attempted to turn taii "
the attacks. goaded 1t with s'i.a'
even switched 1t with willow cus ,.
ting, but nothing l did aroused ~
Ire. Finally | killed the helodeims'
made an incision In the roos'e' 1,
thigh and inoculated 1t with the Nsn
mixed blood. saliva and fluid iroD.
the formers mouth, throat ana upp''
and lower jaw. 4,
"I'il bet that rooster II be deau =
an hour!" exclaimed Sonora, VINO ""'
assisting In the experiment. 49,,
II don't know about an hour w,
ri bet he'll be dead before nisn'
Old Timer offered.
Three days have elapsed. anu -
cept for a slight lameness the roos's.
has shown no effect of the ordeal 2, 2,
this moment he is scratching arouns
at the head Of his harem and crowns,
as nonchalantly as ever he ola.
have concluded that the ella mons's,
has no poison glands. Portions y y
unswallowed food may and doup''e.,
do ferment in its mouth at times ~, y
thus a person bitten by one may =
poisoned Poorest and Stream =
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Uard Mixers.

DR.. David Roberts. the Wisconsin
State Veterinarian, says this trouble
is due to an abnormal contraction of
the sphincter muscles at the teat and
oftentimes reduces the value of what
might have otherwise been a valu-
able COW, as no one wishes to pur-
chase or own what is termed as a
hard milker, but if stock owners
knew how easily this trouble could
be overcome they would never think
Of disposing of a hard mixer at a
sacrifice, as is now being done by
many.
The mere fact that COW is a hard
milker does not indicate that she is
not a good mixer, but owing to the
fact that she is hard mixer is Of
tentimes neglected at milking time
by a disgusted mixer who leaves a
large quantity of the milk in her
udder that should have been drawn
out.
Stockmn who know how to handle
such cases oftentimes buy valuable
cows owing to the fact that they are
hard mixers and by the use of a teat
plug and few treatments for hard
milking. cause them to become splen-
did, easy mixers, thereby increasing
their value many more times than the
cost of the treatment. A milking
tube should never be used in such
cases, as there is too much danger
Of infection and the results are not
as good as from the use of the teat
plug.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Colors For Houses.

The safe colors for house, besides
red, are white. gray, yellow and
brown. Yellow or gray, with white
trimmings. suits many a plain pitch
rooted or square colonial house.
Grays and browns are good for ugly
nondescript ones; the grays always
being pleasanter on the yellow shades
than on cold blue tones. White sug-
gests the formal type again. II is a
very good color for a country house,
showing It up from distance In fas-
clnatlng glimpses, for It needs trees
about st. and flowers TO sparkle
against its walls. Such a house will
he attractive when the leaves are gone
from the trees. for the bare boughs
will serve to soften the effect
Scr.bner's Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Where Are Your Thoughts:

Where are your thoughts? That
fifteen or twenty minutes you were
sitting alone in the twilight, dear
girl, before the lights were on, that
half hour before you went to sleep
last night; young man, that little
while before the clock struck the
hour of rising this morning?
What thoughts come to dwell in
your mind in those moments between
duties? LAS man thinketh in his
heart, so is he" Are your thoughts
of loved ones whose lot you would
make easier? Are they of noble SER
vices you would render men? Are
they of the good things you have seen
in others, of victories you would
achieve, of successes you would win?
Are they of the beautiful and the
good in the world of literature and
songc Are they thoughts of prayer
and praise?
Or are your thoughts CT selfish
pleasures or questionable sins you
would indulge in, of books you hide
from those who love you best? DO
you think uncharitable things Of 9TH
ers?
AS you think to-day you will be to-
morrow Thoughts are but seeds. II
you foster them the fruit is newt
able. Think mean thoughts to-day
and you will be a mean soul to-mor-
row. Think great thoughts and low
ing, and you cannot but grow great.
Dream not your thoughts are secrets
of your own. They mold your face.
they make your character. they come
forth and startle you when you least
expect it in word and deed. They are
your real self.-Onward.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Corn Versus Oats as Horse Feed.

The Ohio station recently conduct
ed some experiments to test the wide
spread belief that oats are superior
to other grain as a feed for horses.
Six mature grade Percheron geldings
were fed on a basal ration of clover
and timothy hay, three receiving oats
and three corn as a supplementary
ration. Estimating corn to be worth
forty cents per bushel, oats thirty
cents per bushel, and hay IS per ton
at the time the experiments were
made, it was found that the average
cost of food per hour of work was
3.3 cents for the corn-fed horses and
4.54 cents for those fed oats. The use
of corn to the exclusion of other grain
for period OF forty-eight weeks was
not found detrimental to the health
of work horses and they endured hard
work during the hot weather as well
as those receiving oats. When mixed
(clover and timothy hay was fed
to mature geldings at general farm
work, ear corn was practically as
efficient, pound for pound. as oats. A
drop in weight of the corn-fed horses
coincident with the beginning of the
use of shelled corn indicates that ear
corn is TO be preferred above shelled
IN fcg work horses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Ammunition For Temperance Ser
mons.

1. The Business Mems Associa-
ton, of Creston, Iowa, reports that
out of 100 men who pay their bills
promptly, only three are drinking
men.
2. Three years prohibition in
Union County, S. c., decreased drunk
enness fifty per cent. and increased
the valuation of property S2,000,000.
3. The true temperance method is
one of education and elimination. 1t
educates the people and eliminates
the saloon.
4. The latest addition to the pro-
hibition column, from the large cities,
is Worcester, Mass, with a popula-
tion of over $4,000.
5. Many thousands of dollars
worth of opium pipes have been pub
licly burned in China of late. "The
smoke of these fires of freedom and
reform will perfume the world"
6. Science once said: Let the
fittest survive" The church o. Christ
says: Fit as many to survive as
possible"
7. The wettest county in West
Virginia has fifty-two more prisoners
In the pentitentiary than the thirty
two dry counties combined.
s. No city or colony, or land COM
pany, or manufacturing plant, or any
other place in civilization ever adver-
tises liquor saloons as among its ad-
vantages when seeking to attract peo-
pie to their neighborhood.
9. Good saloons and bad have
alike only one product-debased man
hood, ruined families and increased
vice and crime.
10. We have never found a saloon
whore whisky would not make man
drunk, or one that would not send its
patron out to make a fool of himself
or one that would not send man
home to terrorize his family.
II. In four weeks of enforcement
of the Sunday closing law in Newark,
n. j.. Mondays deposits of the work.
ingmen in four banks increased $751;
600.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
s / Be -aIe.f ,,:.:I..I amy

snow, to the time when some will defy
the lighter frosts of the autumn.
a rose garden, which may be made
section of a general flower garden.
is much more pleasing than where
roses are simply scattered here and
there. They are not fitted for pro-
miscuous planting, and always re-
spond better to definite treatment.
There are many kinds of waste
places. Perhaps one may be the
stump of an old tree which would be
beautifed If vine were allowed to
Chamber over IL.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Beautifying the Enrrn.

At the last annual meeting OF the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Associa-
tion, S. NJ Meehan spoke as follows
on the "DeautihcatIoL OF Waste
Places"
A dwelling Place should be made a
home in every sense OF the word. The
grounds Immediately surrounding the
house and beyond should be made
attractive and lovely to those who live
right on the spot. But then we must
think OF others, too. We want to
please our visitors. friends and neigh
bors, and in fact every one who passes
by. II Is rightly a matter for per-
sonal pride that our surroundings be
made TO speak our appreciation of the
beauties OF nature.
A good expanse OF lawn may be
considered one of the chief aims, be
cause when that Ia set apart, Il offers
many opportunities for development
In detail and effects.
Decide to have q flower garden
not simply fowcr beds and borders
around the grounds, but something
OF an enclosure into which one may
PASS and feel that he is IN different
atmosphere. where flowers are on
eyegy side inviting admiration and In,
tcresi Fnow OF no phase OF garden.
Ing tina; Is more delightful, inyigorat-
ing and care-destFoying than that
which relates TO the hardy flowers
A carefully selected assortment gives
= profusion OF flowers all the year
from the very earliest spring days
when some will open their advsntur-
Gus blossoms almost out from the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORNDTE,
OCTOBER TENTH
iopic-How can we help Our

Topic--How can we helm o,.
Ex. II: 8.13.
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12: 2S. " ~; Cor
6-12. 0'' lin. 4:
by generous support. Cor o. -,
II, IS. e'' IL; l.
1925. heD' 10;
The pastor Is the leader and ,r,,
OF the church. 1t is a dIstino, suloe
fortune when the pastor himself aus n,"
all the church work ". 81. uOss
A praying pastor Is the obu..,,
greatest help, next to the Gu nI'Vns
whom he prays ". 11). "
very often pastors hands
heavy when he makes no SIGN. e
". 12). ''O' cares
The staying up Of the ro,,o.,
hands Is good for Aaron ana % ~. :
quite as much as for Moses Cv us iST
Practical Suggestions. --'
One of the best ways of heiriru a..
pastor is by going to him for for Io,u '.'
taking to him your plans, desires S ona
ambitions. '''' ana
A definite offer of yourself IN bol,
the pastor is never amiss. N ny.
take 1t for granted that the na,IO' IU'
knows your readiness. O'
Every Christian Endeavor soo,o..
should form a pastors aid commit; commit
tee. whose sole business is TO do VIII, rha,
the pastor asks it to do, to hal"
him. ue'p
A sermon committee is n pood MN,
to help the pastor. This commI,,ss
reports at the Christian Endeavo,
prayer meeting some of the notahIs
thoughts from the pastors last ssr
mon, giving a review of II
Sometimes sermon meetings nav
be held, every Endeavorer giving
thought CLEANED from recent sermons
See what the church needs. II NAV
be new lights, cushions, hymnaIs
Then set to work to supply the need
A very practical way of helpinV IA
emphasized by our pledge-simply bv
attending the regular church meat
ings-the Sunday evening service and
the mid-week prayer meeting. Make
these Christian Endeavor gatherings.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Tfl0uGHTS Fqh THE
N 1 NGS;gs
OOdIET -FOUR
REST AMID TURMOIL.


Life's mystery-deep, restless as the ocean-.
Hath surged and walled for ages to and
Earth's generations watch its ceaseless mo.
tion,
As in and out its hollow meanings flow.
Shivering and yearning, by that unknow.'
sea,
Let my soul calm itself, o God, in Thcc
Life's sorrows, with inexorable power.
Sweep desolation DER this mortal plain
And human loves and hopes fly as the
chaf
Borne by the whirlwind from the rip.
ened grain;
Oh, when before that blast my hopes all
Let my soul calm itself, o Christ, in Theel
Between the mysteries of death and life
Thou standest, loving, guiding; not ex.
planning;
We ask, and Thon art silent: yet we gaze.
And our charmed hearts forget their
drear complaining.
No crushing fate, no stony destiny:
Thou Lamb that hath been slain," we
rest in Thee.
The many waves of thought, the mighty
The ,ground-swell that rolls up from other
lands,
From far-of worlds, from dim. eternal
shores,
Whose echo dashes DER life's wave-worn
strands;
This vague, dark tumult of the inner sea
Grows calm, grows light, o Risen Lord, in
Thee!
Thy pierced hand guides the mysterious
wheels,
Thy thorn,crowned brow now wears the
crown of power;
And when the dark enigma presseth sore.
Thy patient voice saith Watch with
Me one hour"
As sinks the moaning river in the sea.
In silent peace, so sinks my soul in Thee
From The Changed Cross.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Foot Rot and Its Prevention.

No fock can thrive where this Is
present, and as undoubtedly it is con.
tagious, it is wise TO submit all bought
sheep (Which should be few to a
thorough disinfecting before being al
lowed to mix with the general flock.
Generally speaking, It may be said
that foot rot is the outcome of lazi-
ness, and with due care It should
rarely be present to any large extent.
Passing the whole flock twice dur
ing the year through n trough in
which a solution of arsenic and pot
ash, or some other equally effective
ingredient, is placed IS strongly rec
commended. ed.-Inland Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Lamb Feeding.

Corn and the bearded or Scotch
barley, when fed with alfalfa, were
about equal in value for mutton pro-
ductior. Barley in this test proved
to be a shade the better. Twenty
seven per cent less alfalfa and twenty
eight per cent less grain vas required
where barle, replaced emmer in a
ration.
Grade lambs with mutton sires
made greater gains, conditions being
similar, than did Rambouillet lambs,
though a record Of food consumption
TO: each class was not kept.
The Western stockmaH has q feed
in barley that is of great value for
meat production, and may be used 70
advantage as a corn substitute -
Wyoming Station.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
EPW0RTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10.
The Forgiven Unforsiving Matt ts:
23-25).
The Theme and the Scripture.

The Theme and the Scripture.
Human nature is such a variable
quantity 1t is no wonder that old
marked, "Natur' is a rum thing ma
tur' Is" 1t is as unreliable as an
automobile, for you never know how it
is going to act.
That describes Peter to the life.
He was as uncertain as weather
vane--as tickle as "the Inconsistent
moon, that monthly changes in her
circled orb" No one could justly ac'
cuse him of being "faultily faulteSS,
icily regular, splendidly null" because
he was too instinct with life, fairly
bubbling over with energy though
wrongly directed. Rough and ready,
frank and outspoken, thoroughly genu'
inc and and unartificial, the Master
loved him, as we all do.
Nothing stagnated with Peter
around. He was full of obstinate
questionings, queries as to conduct
and matters of conscience. In pas
sage earlier in the chapter Christ had
set forth to the members Of his III,
ture kingdom their attitude towara
an offending brother. Peter, anxious
to learn more on this subject, blurted
out the insistenJ interrogatory, LORD
how often shall my brother sin against
me, and l forgive him? till seven
times?"
This question is the direct occasion
of the parable with which we are IusI
now concerned. Peter, as one mos!
liable to err at this point, desired
some authoritative words from inc
Master to guide his actions and lalln.
in the parable that follows the Master
lays down the broad general law lol
the principle and practice OF forgive.
ness, and in one wav- sweeps away
the traditional notion that there Is any
limit to its exercise.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-10-07
Eve Disease,

Dr. David Roberts, Wisconsin State
Veterinarian, says;
Sore eyes may be due to various
causes, such as injury or catarrhal
infection, and when due to the latter
the entire head is apt to become af-
fected.
It is advisable to keep animals thus
affected in a dark stable during the
day, allowing them to pasture at
night.
The eyes should be bathed several
times daily in an antlseptic solution,
after which time an eye lotion should
be injected into the eve. Give ami
mails access to medicated salt.