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The Detroit times., 1909-03-05
LIVES LOST
ON CANTOM RIVER

VICTORIA, b. c., March 4.-One
thousand lives were lost on the Can
ton river near Hong Kong as the re-
suit OF the overturning OF kerosen :
lamp on a flower boat. which was
chained TO other vessels.
The fire spread rapidly to the other
ships and resulted in one OF the worst
Hong Kong.
The news of the catastrophe was
brought TO this city by the Akrima
Maru, which has just locked at this
port.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-05
FREDERICK w. HAYES
TAKEN BY DEATH

Frederick w Hayes. former presi-
dent of the Preston National bank.
which gave up business several years
ago. died at O'Clock Thursday morn
Ing in the home of his daughter Mrs.
Christian Hecker, No. 1l6 La Sale
Gardens Mr.. Hayes had been un.
conscious since last Saturday Last
summer Mr. Hayes began TO suffer
from cirThosis ~ the liver and grad.
gally grew worse until death cane
He was son-ih-law OF the late David
Preston.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-05
COMMITTEE POSTPONES
TOUR OF STREETS

Just about the time the council
committee on streets was planning to
start out on its tour of investigation
In connection with the estimates.
Thursday morning, snow furry
broke with such fury that the com
mittee had visions OF blizzard and
decided to abandon the trip for the
present. In the meantime committee
Clerk Schreiter will map out route
for the trip to facilitate the inspection.
Aid. Heating has called "a meeting
of the public buildings committee for
Friday afternoon, to consider the esti-
mates! and Aid. Gilman will get the
WAYS and means committee together
for similar purpose not later than
Tuesday. Z
The Detroit times., 1909-03-05
Is Your Health
Worth 10c?

That's what II costs TO get a-week .
treatment-o of CASCARRTS. They
do more for you than any medicine
on Earth. Sickness generally shows
ana starts hrst in the Bowels and
Liver; CASCARET cure these ills.
us 80 easy TO try--why not start TO-
night and have help in the morningp
CAscARETS Ioc a box 10, 1917. q
treatment, AL druggists. Biggest seller
In the world. Million boxes a month.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-05
PRIZE FIGHTER SAVES
YOUNG WOMAN'S LIFE

Walter Coleman, known to prize
ring fame as Tommy Cody, risked his
life to save Miss Cecil Stocker from
death in the icy waters of Lake st.
Clair Monday afternoon, when he
plunged through an air hole I'm the ice
into | 3 feet of water, and drew her out
in safety.
The young woman was on the Ice
Yacht Cha llenger," which ran into
the air-hole, a mile off Matt Kramer's.
Coleman. on another yacht. plunged in
after her.
The Detroit times., 1909-03-05
n. !. BANKER
KILLS HIMSELF

NEW YORK. March Al. c. Hol'
Inns, head of the banking firm OF r.
c. Hollins K Co.. with Offices at No
IL Walkst.. committed suicide today AT
his home. 62l West 13Sth-st. by inhal'
Ing Illuminating gas. Al the Offices OF
Mr.. Hollins II was stated that the only
cause the suicide was illhealth
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02

on them ana rubbing them with a
smooth stick, care being taken, how
ever, not to draw blood, for upon CO.
agulation it is likely to protect the
mite from the dip. They should then
be allowed to stand for at least half
an hour before being put into the bath.
Each sheep should be Immersed in the
dip for two minutes by the watch, the
head being ducked at least once just
before the animal energies from the
vat. Within ten or fourteen days the
dipping should be repeated in order to
kill all mites Matched since the first
dipping as the eggs are more resistant
to the dips than are the mites.
Sheep may be dipped in the winter
in many localities, but warm, dry days
must be selected for the purpose and
the dipping discontinued in the middle
of the afternoon. If the sheep, after
being dipped, are allowed to stand for
few hours on the sunny side of a
barn they will not chill as quickly as
if turned inside a building at once.
Dipping watts can be made OF wood.
metal or concrete. A farmer owning
as many as twenty-five sheep shoula
have good dipping vat. For smalle.
number than this the barrel used to
scald the pigs will do if the farmer
feels that he cannot afford to purchase
or build a vat. A good galvanized vat
ten feet long and four feet deep. made
purposely for dipping. can be pur-
chaser for about $12. There are
smaller sizes than this that can be pur-
chased for less money. Three or -four
farmers can club together and pur-
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In Width with the exception of the par
tition between the vat and dry cham
Der, which has a thickness Of nine
inches. The end of the vat into which
the hogs and sheep are plunged is per-
pendicular, while the opposite end is
provided with an incline which is quite
deeply creased so that the animal can
walk out. The floor around the end Of
the vat from which the sheep emerge
is SO graded that all drippings return
to the vat. There are sewer connec-
tons with this outfit, the valve of
which is located in the dry chamber.
The dry chamber allows the attendant
to carefully control the dipping, break
UP thick scabs with a brush, and, II
necessary, help the sheep up the in
cline, and also go to the aid of a sheep
quickly if it shows signs of strangling.
This vat is quite Inexpensive.
A chute like this can be built with
little trouble. The incline to the vat
should be made of smooth, lumber and
creased when hogs or sheep are dipped
In dipping animals the second time
they usually remember the first ex-
perience and endeayor to Jump the
length of the vat unless the swing doc,
is attached to the end of the chute
As an extra blind" to either sl,eep O,
= hogs board can be fixed on a, piyo,
and extended horizontally from the tor
of the chute toward the vat. TIL,
sheep imagines it a level surface or
which to walk, only to find, as one O,
two steps are taken, that the enc
toward the vat tips down, plunein,
him quickly into the vat.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
FENCE RAIL PHILOSOPHY

The time was when mortgage
and man got on the same farm the
Ian was the one who had to leave, but
since alfalfa came it is the mortgage
that has to leave.
style" t., too often the art of look
ing ridiculous because everybody else
does.
The farmer who puts all of his
smaller apples in the middle Of the bar
eel is a CRATER.
Some mems veracity is SO little re-
garded that their hogs hardly come
when they're called.
Money talks, they say. Certainly it
says "good-by" glibly enough
Even the best farm boy needs an
occasional raking over.
Don't blame the implement manufac-
turers for getting rich when you leave
your plows and harvesters out in bad
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STORY OF The WEEPING WILLOW

This peculiar dropping tree has a
strangely interesting history regarding
it's introduction into Europe and Amer
lea. This was after Alexander Pope
had builded d home on the Thames
river in England. AT that time he re-
ceived from friend in Smyrna drum
of figs, and with it there happened to
be a small twig that greatly excited
the poets curiosity-so much SO that
he stuck it into the ground by the riv-
er's bank.
The little tree rooted and soon grew,
to the delight Of Pope. 1t was the an
cestor of all those that have since lived
both In Europe and America.
In ITS young British officer going
to Boston, Mass, took along with him,
very carefully wrapped in oil silk, a
twig from the genuine Pope willow
and gave the precious twig to Mr. Cur
tbs, stepson Of General Washington
Mr.. Curtis planted it near his home in
Virginia. There the twig took kindly
to the soil, growing vigorously. 1t was
a child of 'Pope's willow" the first
one to strike root in America Later
in 1890, General Gates also put out q
twig on his farm on Manhattan island
New York, which grew finely. and was
! known as Gates weeping willow tree
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
SUCCESSFUL HOG RAISING

oss require dry, warm shelter
Tree from drafts every night botb
summer and winter. The bepinner J.,
nog raising should start with chea,
shelter, and not put up anv ,erre
buildings until he can do SO from, tbe
profits of his hogs. Usually. after h.
has learned the business, he will NOT
want large buildings. The shelter
should be warm, light and dry, free
from draughts, but well ventilated and
easy to disinfect in case Of disease,
Hogs should be comfortably bedded.
but 1t is best to use just enough bed
ding TO Keep them warm, and to change
1t once or twice a week. Where a
large quantity Of bedding is supplied
1t becomes damp underneath. causing
rheumatism; and dusty on top, giving
the hogs a dry, hacking cough. Both
dust and dampness are opposed to
thrift.
When hogs are not supplied with
plenty OF comfortable bedding in cold
weather they pile on top of one another
to keep warm. In this way the under
ones become heated, and when they
get out into the cold air are easily
attacked by pneumonia and rheuma-
tism. If the attack is not sufficient to
kill them it makes them unthrifty. 1t
is best to allow only limited number
Of hogs to sleep together, and they
should have such shelter and bedding
that they can keep warm without be-
coming heated.
Hogs are more disturbed by wind
than any other farm animals. Their
shelter should thoroughly protect them
| from wind and from draughts
| This is a cheap and convenient port
able hoghouse. 1t is feet wide, s feet
long, and the roof is 8 feet in length
making the building feet high The
door in front is 2k feet wide, s feet
| high, and another at the back, near
the top, is 10 by Is inches. The small
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
BY G. K. GRAHAM.

The method of killing not only af-
fects the plucking of the fowl. but will
to a large degree affect the quality of
the flesh.
Chickens should not be chased or ex-
cited before killing, as this is thought
to have an unfavorable effect on the
flavor and texture of the flesh. To
avoid this it is well to have catching
hook The best method of killing is
probably by bleeding, and is described
as follows:
Hold the head of the bird with the
left hand, back of the head up keep
ing the hand on the back of the neck
to avoid cutting yourself should the
knife slip and pass through the top of
the head. Take the knife in the right
hand, the back of the blade toward
your body. Insert the blade in the
mouth, keeping the point to the right
side of the birds neck and as near the
outer skin as possible until it is well
past the neck bone. Then press the
edge toward the bone and slowly draw
the Knife from the mouth, the hand
moving from your body, so that the
knife appears to pass across the neck
Repeat the process on the left side of
the neck. This should cause the bird
to bleed freely, but by holding the beak
| up the blood will remain in the neck
giving you plenty of time to pierce the
brain. The latter is located lust above
the eye and can be easily reached
| through the upper part of the month
by using stiff steel blade, inserted
in the mouth with blade edge up and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
A LITTLE ABOUT COWS

To the close observer the form of a
COW Is a valuable index to her auali-
ties. However, there are so many fac
tors that enter into the growth and
temperament Of dairy COW hat many
excellent judges of form and function
are deceived by outside appearance.
The new COW has an individuality OF
her own and the feeder should become
acquainted with her as soon as possible
after she is brought into the herd.
The most of tie loss that comes to
dairymen is through a lack of knowl-
edge and a wrong idea of what they are
about.
The feeder should waste very little
effort in trying to feed fat into milk.
for every such attempt has resulted
doubtfully. The amount of fat in the
milk is matter of individuality and
breed more than of feed.
The low percentage of protein and
the high percentage of water in corn
ensilage make it necessary while feed
ing literally of ensilage to feed clover
or alfalfa hay If we produce an ideal
ration.
| The calf that is to be future dairy
cow has the right to be we'll born, with
an unquestionably good record as ar
| inheritance.
| 1t is the farmer who is making his
| breed by, the sweat of his brow who
| cannot afford to make mistakes IL
| breeding up bunch of inferior cows.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
UNCLE SANS FARM HIGH SCHOOL

The great agricultural high school,
dreamed of by some hopeful educa'
tional pioneers may be a long way off,
but the plan has been squarely placed
before congress in Representative Da-
Wis bill.
Mr.. Davis, who very ably represents
a Minnesota district, believes that the
government should encourage the
states to establish high schools of
technica, nature where agriculture can
be taught and where men and women
can be trained to teach it.
Mr.. Davis bill asks for something
like $1O,0Oo.0oO for this purpose. The
districts in the various states must
help establish and maintain these
plans. They must provide suitable
sites free, and the building and equip
ment as well. Then the money APP
propriated by the government will be
available.
The details Of the plan have not been
worked out and the Davis bill is prob
ably only a preliminary feeler as to
public sentiment in the matter.
Theodore Roosevelt favored this
| movement and so does President Taft,
although no official Endorsement by
him has been amended. Mr.. Davis has
received thousands of letters Of in
dorsement from every state, but as yet
the support Of the measure has not
crystalized into 9 form that carries
great weight.
There are nearly 100000 bread win
ners in the country, and of these 3d.
! 100000 or more work with their hands
| Therefore it is claimed by Mr.. Davis
4 and his supporters that the large ques-
ton of education is not along academic
lines. but industrial as WELL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
GROW ROOTS FOR STICK
Their Feeding Value Entities Them to ore Con-
sheraton Than Is Given by the Average
Farmer

most decided faint in the milk. 1t is
useful also for sheep feeding, either
Tor Keeping the ewes in milk or for fat
tening.
hohlrabi is cabbage plant, with a
oulp like turnip growing on it's stem.
~ IS not such heavy cropper as either
CABBAGE or turnips. Both the bulbs
and the leaves NAV be used for any
hind OF stock, including dairy cattle, as
hohirabi does not faint the milk
rape Is one of the rapid growers
Whlch is used principally for sheep
leealng by folding the sheep on it;
out 1t may be used with advantage
Tor soiling cattle and farm horses Rape
IS very nutritious food, containing
practically twice as much albuminoids
as are found in cabbage.
Vetches are deserving of more cult
vation than they receive. This crop
mas a good deal of resemblance to clo-
yer in its composition, being very rich
IN the f1esh- forming material of albu-
minoids.
On this account it should be fed in
combination with foods low in albu-
minoids, such as straw, poor hay, corn
or meal.
When given with such foods as cot
ION cake 1t is too albuminous. Sucb
leeolHg would be not only wasteful but
dangerous to the health of the stock.
seeing that the difficulty on the farm
Is TO get food with enough albuminoids
LnlS is q CrOp that sho,,ld ro+ / -
lected W Aies
Vetches may be fed either green O,
MADE into hay. When allowed to be.
CONS oVerrlpe they are apt to be tor
heatihg and constipate the bowels.
me proper time to cut is when the,
are in full flower, and small stretcbe.
siould be sown in succession, so as t,
nave the feed coming to hand as re-
CURED II the stock cannot consum,
the crop before the pods are begin
ning TO fill it should be made into hay
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
CARE OF SWEET POTATOES
Must Be Kept Absolutely Dry and Warm, as Slight
Frost Even Very Cold Weather Will lnjure
Them-Cellar Bad P ace for Storage

When the heap az potatoes has pecs
completed cover with straw or leaves,
then add five or six inches of dirt OF
sufficient to keep out frost.
Care must be taken to keep both the
trenches and ventilator open till 1t ia
necessary to cover them during Sc
we're cold spell when they are covered
with something like an old carpet,
which should be removed on days when
the weather will permit.
In the north, where the ground re-
mains frozen for several months, this
plan would not answer but they may
be kept in well-ventilated cellar il
kept in crates and up from the ground
Yet cellar is by no means the ideal
place for storing sweet potatoes, the
accumulation of moisture being too
great. A frost proof building that may
be kept dry is much better. Such a
building should be constructed of brick
or stone and lined with wood, with
dead air space, which insures a dry
wall. Where only a few are to be
kept for home use no better or cheaper
| way can be found than to store them
in barrels or boxes of dry sand or road
dust and keep them in warm room
or rather in room where they will
mot freeze. 1t is possible. of course. to
keep them too warm.
| Potatoes kept in dry dust and not
allowed to freeze may be kept for seed
with very little loss.
1t must be remembered that the
sweet potato will surely rot if exposed
to frost, even though they do not actu
ally freeze; also that they must be
kept dry and where the air circulates
| freely. When these conditions are
complied with you will have no trouble
in keeping sweet potatoes in any lati-
tude.
For best results probably q tempera-
ture of about 60 degrees. varying
through range of ten to twenty de-
grees, will be found best, and where
the proper building may be had this
temperature can be maintained easily
with a free circulation of dry air
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
THE TELEPHONE AS A FARM tiELP

In these days of scarcity of help on
the farm the value of the telephone is
becoming more thoroughly appreciated.
1t does it's work with lightning like
rapidity and saves hours, and even
DAYS. in times when it is most valuable
1t carries messages to the town, the
neighbors, and brings the doctor, help
and aid at all hours of the day or night.
1t never gets drunk, seldom goes on a
strike and generally speaking is the
most reliable help on the farm. The
increase of farm telephones is growing
rapidly every month.
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door may be covered with heavy mus
draught. The frame is made of 2 by
is and is covered with drop siding.
No floor is used. When it is desired
to move the building it may be tipped
over onto low wagon or stone boat.
1t is cheap and often old material can
be used in building it. 1t is easily
moved and easily disinfected and can
be changed so frequently that it may
be kept on clean ground, free from
disease. When SOW farrows in cold
weather lantern hung to the roof
will keep the building sufficiently warm.
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Preparing Fowls tor Market

pointing slightly over the eye. With
young birds little trouble is expert
enced in piercing the brain, but with
older birds a very stiff blade is re.
1nired as the bones are much harde
When the point OF the blade enters the
brain, give the knife a quick twist to
right or left to widen the aperture. Ii
the brain has been reached the bird
will attempt to squawk or will give a
nervous jerk as the blade touches the
spot, and this touching the brain or
nerves not only loosens the feathers of
the bird for dry plucking, but will
greatly improve the appearance of
scalded stock
A weight, which may consist of an
old tomato can half filled with stones
and cement, is Immediately attached
by means of a wire hook to the lower
mandible of the bird. Then by grasp
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-02
BY H. F. GRINsTEAp.

The storing of sweet potatoes for
winter is by no means so simple mat
ter as the proper care of Irish potatoes,
while different methods prevail in the
north and south.
The harvesting machinery Is similar
except that the most improved potato
diggers are not adapted to the har-
vesting of the sweet potato, since the
vines would interfere.
The kind generally used is the regu-
lar two-horse pillow digger, with two
rolling cutters to cut the vines on
either side.
The potatoes are not injured by ly-
ing in the sun, but should be removed
to the storage room the same day they
are dug.
The essential difference in the stor-
ing of sweet potatoes and the Irish
potato arises from the fact that a
sweet potato must be kept both dry
and warm.
| 1t is simple matter to bury Irish
| potatoes in bank where they will
| keep all winter, hut specially con-
structed storage place must be made
for the sweet potato.
In the south and even as far north
as Missouri they may be kept in q
well-ventilated pit, which can be kept
dry by covering with boards or other
roofing.
Select a well-drained place, scrape
away sufficient dirt to level the ground
then dig two trenches across the place
from six inches to a foot deep, and the
ground should lay SO that water will
not run into nor stand in them.
Cover the trenches with pieces OF
| boards, spread a little straw or dry lit.
ter over the ground and pile the pota.
toes thereon in the shape of a cone
around the ventilator flue, which con.
sists of four pieces of by 6 inch board
nailed in the form of box and Sc
4 over the point where the trenches
cross, extending up through the heal
of potatoes and out at the top.
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ing the wings close to the back the
bird will not be able to flutter. and
can be easily and rapidly plucked
This, of course, should always be done
while the bird is bleeding. The can
catches the blood, and by hanging the
bird over barrel the feathers may
easily be saved.
Since there is considerable difficulty
in scalding birds properly and 1t is
often improperly done. dealers usually
pay little more for drysplucked birds.
The breast should be plucked first.
starting near the crop. After the
breast the thighs, then the back near
the base of the tail, and last the wings.
AS soon as the feathers have been re-
moved the wings should be twisted
over the back and the bird taken from
the hooks and the feet washed, after
which the thighs and legs should be
pressed to the body either by placing
a brick on the birds breast or by tying
the body, the object of this being to
rive the bird plump or blocky ap-
9earance.
| The birds should not be allowed tc
hang until they become rigid. as that
causes them to look thin. Care must
be taken that all animal heat has left
| the birds before they are packed FOL
| shipment, but this does not mean thai
it is necessary for them to hang while
| cooling.
| AS a rule the head and feet are lef
on and the entrails are not removed
but such details depend on the require
rnents of the market to which thu
birds are sent.