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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

ply renting out all of the land except
fifty to eighty acres. That several cows
must be kept on such n farm goes with
out saying, not only for the monthly
income and profit, but for the manure
that Is necessary to keep the soil alive.
Present sanitary requirements call
for many devices and appliances that
cannot be installed on the small farm,
but cleanliness and kindness is within
the possibilities Of any Of us, and while
1T is true that to house the cows In
the same building with the horses has
some disadvantages, it also has its ad-
vantages, and to build separate build
ings for both, is not only expensive, but
calls for extra help in caring for and
feeding them
A careful study of the barn shown
In the illustration herewith will show
what we will call a condensed arrange
ment, and, while the cows are in the
same barn with the horses, a good,
tight partition separates them from the
horse barn, to keep out the dust and
odOrs. For the same reason the silo Is
located where shown. for slage, no
matter how well cared for, has an
offensive odor. that is readily absorbed
by milk.
The floor plan Is self-explainlng, the
silo is an ordinary stave structure, with
wire cables for hoops, as the cable is
not so easily affected by contraction
and expansion as the solid iron hoops.
The crib has the foundation left out
as shown, and the floor is of 2x6 inch
studding. with one-half-inch spaces be-
tween. The siding is drop siding, the
same as the balance Of the barn, but
the top and lower edges are beveled,
ad a one-half-inch space Is left be-
tween each board. This construction
allows a free circulation Of air, and
keeps out the rain, snow and wind.
The small amount of corn that drops
through the floor Is eaten by the poul-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Cultivation That Damages Corn.


The corn Is often damaged by the
roots being broken In deep cultivation.
This Is not the case to serious ex-
tent early In the season, when the corn
Is small, but the check to the crop may
be quite marked II cultivated deep
late In the season, when the corn has
reached a height Of to feet or more,
particularly If the previous cultivation
has been shallow or neglected. II dry
weather happens to follow such treat
ment the damage to the crop Is much
increased. When not followed by
some form Of cultivation that will level
down the ridges left by the large shovel
cultivator, the ground will dry out
quite deeply and in the burrows be-
tween the ridges this drying readily
reaches the roots Of the corn. To
obviate this as much as possible, when
the old-fashioned large shovels are
used, the work should be followed as
soon as possible with something to
level down the surface. Unless there
is something to be gained by it. deep
cultivation should not be followed
Oklahoma Station.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

For potatoes the past year we useo
LOO pounds of fertilizer to the acre
one-third applied broadcast and the
rest scattered in the furrow, brushing
the fertilizer into the soil of the fur.
row before planting the seed. After
planting, the surface was kept we'll
stirred to prevent weeds starting and
the cultivator was run often enough
to keep down the weeds. A little hand
hoeing was done. The yield was go
bushels per acre. The crop followed
corn and the land was very thorough
ly narrowed before potatoes were
planted. Plenty of narrowing and lib
eral use of fertilizers may be DEPEND.
ed on to give a good crop.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

try and hogs. The studding are II
feet, and the lower story is 8 feet ;
the COW stalls are of cement, with gut
ter, and all stalls have pounded clay
floors. 1t will pay TO plaster the walls
and ceiling of the COW barn with ce-
ment After the silo has been used for
several years. it is intended to lath
and plaster it with cement.
1t will pay to use good material
throughout. provide a good foundation
and roof. and to keep all exposed wood
work well painted.
AS the various climates demand
slightly different construction, and the
lumber used is not the same I'm all
sections. it would be simply a waste Of
valuable space to describe them here.,-
J. E. Bridgman. in st. Paul Dispatch.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
CHAPTER XVII.

Pegram & Son were considerably as
tonished upon the return of young Bllnks,
their spy, with his information. The
boy had tracked Jack Phillimore to his
hotel. and contrived to get hold of his
name from some of the under servants,
and the knowledge that Jack Phillimore
in person had been playing the spy down
in Rydland set them thinking, to say
the least of it. Of course they knew per-
fectly we'll who Jack Phillimore was. Peg
ram senior had made it his business long
ago to know everything connected with
Lord Lakington's family that was to be
pot at. But what could have been Jack
Phillimores object in seeking information
about old Krabbe, and, further, in going
to see him!
'gThere is only one possible solution to
the question:" argued the old lawyer. Mr..
Phillimore could have no object in doing
this on his account he must be simply
acting as the agent of Lord Lakington.
Now what on earth is his lordship's mo-
tive? and what could have made him
think of wanting to know all about
Krabbe? Somebody must have got hold
of the viscount, and been whispering
stories 10 our disparagement. l suspect
that is about what it is
But lawyer Pegram, as Hemmingby
said, was not the man to be frightened
out Of his game lightly.
1--WE must be unrelaxing in our vigi-
lance during the next three weeks" he
remarked to his son, "and we must siren
uously oppose any attempt TO postpone the
marriage. In the meantime, | will just
slip over to Slackpool Super-Mare. 1t is
1ust possible that inquiring young people
like Mr.. Phillimore may take it into their
head to follow old Krabbe all through
that little tour of ours. / should be sor-
nv. Bob. if they did not get every possible
information; should not you? | will just
make matters smooth for them," and the
old gentleman chuckled slyly as he
thought of an unsophsticated tracker like
Phillinore seeking to follow trail that
he had been at some trouble to blind.
Next day Mr.. Hemmingby visited the
cottage 70 see Krabbe, but was not ad-
rnitted. Bob Pegram went out to the
cottage to hear about Hemmingby's visit,
and he found Mrs. Clark in no slight
state of perturbation.
ITS what ! have always dreaded, ever
since YOU first told me that he had talked
Of coming out to see the old man. He
took me so much aback that declare to
goodness I very nearly called him by his
name straight out. had no time TO
change my cap for one Of deeper Dor
der. to bring my hair more down, nor
ANYTHING. | never dreamt OF Its being
him. and opened the door as might have
6ons to any one. / did my best After
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

The wooing of the great German
statesman, Bismarck, was character
Istic of the forceful nature Of the man.
He first met the Fraulein Won Putt
hammer at wedding, and was van
ouished at first sight. Hardly waiting
to remove his wedding garments, he
sat down and wrote to her parents de-
manding her hand in marriage. As
Bismarcks reputation was not above
reproach, Herr Won Puttkammer's sur
prise was naturally not altogether
pleasant However the bold suitOr
was invited to pay him visit, and
within few hours Bismarck appeared.
The object Of his alteration and her
parents were prepared to give him q
formally polite welcome; but Bis
marck's intentions were far more
cordial, for he ignored utterly the ex-
tended hands of the parents, threw his
arms around the daughter and kissed
her heartily. Before many minutes
had elapsed the impetuOus lover was
formally betrothed.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Where They Cnme From

Scattered as is the sunfower "tawny
and bronze and gold" all over the
prairles of the west as well as the
fields Of the eastern states, yet few
people know that it originally came
from Peru. Incidentally here are the
birthplaces of other popular plants:
Celery came from Germany; chestnut
from Italy; onion from Egypt; tobacco
from Virginia nettle from Europe; cit
ron from Greece; oats from North
Africa; poppy from the east; rye from
Siberia; parsley from Sardinia; pear
and apple from Europe; spinach from
Arabia; mulberry tree from Persia;
walnuts from Persia; peaches from
Persia; cucumber from East Indies;
ounce from Crete; radish from China
and Japan; peas from Egypt; horse
radish from southern Europe; horse
chestnut from Tibet.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
--j ~ -Z=
CHAPTER XvI.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER RXvI-(Continued)
The testatrix. with the exception OF
two or three trifling legacies to servants,
bequeathed what little she had TO leave,
including the furniture of the cottage. to
Mary Chichester. This seemed all very
natural and just as it should be to the
half-dozen auditors, with the exception
of Carbuckle end Ringwood. These two
could not refrain from exchanging a
glance of astonishment.
What on earth has she done with her
'Tontine' share?" thought Mr.. Carbuckle
'she cannot surely have forgotten all
about it. If so, and it should by any
fuke happen to come off in her favor,
there will be a pretty miscarriage of my
poor old friends intentions. She has
don't know how many nephews and nieces,
while Mary Chichester is only her great
niece, and naturally all these others would
come before her."
Here his reflections were interrupted
by the attorney, who handed him a packet.
This, you will perceive, Mr.. Carbuckle
is addressed to yourself. l know the con-
tents. having indeed written them out
at the wish of my late client but as it is
a matter placed by the deceased lady en-
tirely in your hands, it is, of course, q
private communication"
This packet" said Carbuckle, as he
and Ringwood returned together to town
II have no doubt refers to that 'Tontine
share. | wonder why poor Miss Cater
ham has enclosed it TO me in this mys
terous manner; however as soon as We
get to my rooms we will see what she
has done. You have been, and are, SC
deeply engaged in the affair that intent
to take you into confidence at once"
AS soon as they were comfortably in
stalled in Mr.. Carbuckle's chambers, thai
gentleman broke the seal, and drew two
documents from the envelope. The frs
was q short legal document, by which the
share, numbered 1477, of the Great Ton
tine" life nominee, Terence Finnigan
was bequeathed to Mary Chichester; the
second was a letter. written at Miss Ca
terham's dictation, in which she told hin
that she placed this share in his hands
in trust for Mary Chichester, with the
earnest injunction that the girl was tt
know nothing about it unless the thing
should be actually decided in her favor.
The upshot of all this was that Ronald
Ringwood came to a fresh determination
with regard to Miss Chichester. Maj
has natural desire to console pretty
woman in her affiiction, and RlngWoo(
felt that he could not see Mary in hel
sorrow without Offering consolation ant
that, over head and ears in love as h'
was, that must, of necessity, be OF
somewhat impassioned kind, such a:
would be certain to result in downright
avowal of his love. The objections tha
stood in his way before Miss Caterham
death were there still and it seemed tt
him that it would be now a downright
mean thing to do to ask Mary to marry
him while in ignorance of her possibly
brilliant prospects. He resolved to hole
aloof from her till the Great Tontine'
was decided. He would rather she saie
to him may" as possessor of eight thou
sand year than she should unwittinglJ
come into it as his wife
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
ALI In Mnnar rpmenf

Folks say that If you want any class
of stock that can always be sold at a
profit, from weaving time until totter-
ing old age, you want mule. We do
not raise mules, so can not speak from
experience. This much we do know,
however, several good friends Of ours
have been dickering in mules for years
without making any money. Perhaps
these are the exceptional cases that
prove the rule. Others have raised
and bought mules and made good
money. We surmse it's more the man
and his management than it Is the
mule, that reaps the profit The same
man dealing in razorbacks might make
some money.-Farmers' Mail and
Breeze.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

The necessity of the rotation OF
crops is well recognized among mod
-ern farmers, and now it appears that
in India nature is seen practicing the
same thing in the forests. The soil
becoming exhausted after a long period
Of one kind of forests, seedlings of
other species gradually replace the
old trees as they die out On the
Indian soil, the deodar tree has been
observed taking the place of the blue
pine. pine and oak slowly exchange
places, and spruce and silver fir have
been noted gradually extending into a
forest of failing oaks.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Plans for Farm Barn.

The many very marked changes IN
farm life would lead one to believe
that the large farm is, or soon will be-
thing of the past. The high price
of farm help, the necessity for better
cultivation and farming, fewer and
better bred stock, better care of stock,
better buildings for housing the hay
grain and stock. has or soon will bring
the small farm, and, 50 planned and
arranged that greater variety Of prod
ucts are raised.
Many instances are known where the
man who had struggled for years with
POO to 800 acres, barely made a living
and Of doubling their income by SIM
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
breeding Corn.

Prof. r. A. Moore says that pains
taking in breeding corn has raised the
average corn production in Wisconsin
from % bushels per acre in 1901 to
41.2 bushels per acre in 1907. This In
crease is worth striving for In every
State and on every farm.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Tho SRnuel.

Stubb-My parents were thrifty.
was often strapped when q boy for
spending money foolishly.
Penn (gloomily)-I wasn't and that
is why l am strapped now.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Notes of the Pig Pen.

Give growing pigs food to produce
bone and muscle rather than fat
The pig should have a warm. dry
bed kept clean and free from dust.
No. domestic animal responds SC
quickly to good treatment as the hog.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Had Better Taste.

Father-How do you like your new
mamma, Elsief
Daughter (turning up her nose)-
H'ml Next time you better let me
pick one out for you'll
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

pasture to another
while COWS re
confined to one. AS
shown, the hanger
is a piece of strap
iron bent around
the post and sup
ported by pegs.
These pegs may be
inserted in holes
at varying heights.
This is also a good
device for raising
the gate above the
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03
Easily Regulated Gate

The gate hanger illustrated in the
drawing is very handy for use where
it Is desired to let hogs pass from one
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

The French ministry Of marine Is
contemplating an order for nfty aero
planes for the coast guard servicA
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-06-03

snow in WINTER
Sam Avery, in Farm and Home.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-07-02
Preached with a Broken Leg.

During the recent severe weather in
England Rev. Thomas McCIelland,
one of the organizing secretaries OF
the Church Missionary society, fell at
Guildford while descending a mill on
his way to preach at st. Saviour
church. He managed to crawl to the
church, though considerably shaken,
and rested in the vestry until the time
came to preach, when he succeeded in
reaching the pulpit, and gave an able
and impressive sermon. When the
service was over Mr.. McClelland col
lapsed, and was carried to the house
of friends. 1t was found that his leg
was broken just above the ankle. Aft.
er having the limb set, he rested 6
few days, and was then conveyed to
his nome.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-07-02
A wan Street confession.

The broker runs the most profitable
end of the game. Perhaps you have
never realized that most New York
stock exchange houses with any sort
of clientele maintain their offices on
what they make on interest charges,
which every monthly statement shows,
and which not one of a hundred spec
ulators can verify. The commission
and interest charges that go to the
brokerage firm make the percentage
an almost impossible one to overcome.
This percentage is far bigger than in
roulette. Do you think you can win
in the long run playing roulette? If
you think you can, then go ahead and
speculate. If in doubt, then let me
tell you that in almost three years
lad over 200 accounts, and not only
have l never seen anybody make any
money to keep, but have seen many
q fortune wiped ut-Everybody's
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-07-02
STOCK. CROP AND FARM NOTES.


When you can dig A potatoes from
one hill what's the use monkeying
with tobacco? That is what farmer
near Winchester did Saturday.
When we remember that it requires
10000 cases, or 2. 700, 900 dozen, eggs a
week to supply the great city of New
York, there need be no worry about
OVERRIDING the chicken industry. While
New York is the largest city In this
country, there are many other large
cities, as well as hundreds of smaller
cities to supply. Eggssnevel sell be-
low 20 cents dozen in New York.
Keep the farms crops on the farm
and ship the meat and the butter and
the milk and the cheese" is the ccm-
mon sense advice of Secretary Wilson.
This insures soil fertility Every ton
of corn shipped to market loses the
farm SO pounds of nitrogen II pounds
of phosphorus acid and seven pounds of
potash. Figure this out on the basis
of the printed analysis on the fertilizer
bags and see how much the farm loses
with each cornRsale. If fed, 50 to 90
per cent, of these constituents go into
manure. BY the way, Uncle jim says
to be sure and haul out and spread
your manure as fast as made.
Tine Winchester Democrat says
Possibly the highest price paid for
many years for blue grass seed was
paid by Mr.. j. S. Wilson. a Paris
dealer, who paid AZ cents per bushel to
number OF growers of this county,
who had formed pool. The follow
ing is a list of those who sold to Mr..
Wilson and the number of bushels de-
llvered by each:
j. Harvey Hunt. 10000 bushels; Hol-
loway Bros. 10000 bushels; Jos.
Brown, 10000 Ben D. Golf, 1O,OOC
bushels N. P. Vanmeter, 80,0 bush
els; Tom Brock, 5000 bushels; Harry
Crawford, 5000 bushels j. Scott Rem
lex. 5000 bushels"
Watermelon and cantai oupe season
is now in full swing in Texas. 1t is es-
timated that about 5000 carloads OF
these delicious fruits will be shipped
/ from the San Antonio country this sea-
son. Last year between z, 600 and 2, SOC
carloads were shipped. The Texas
ROCKFORD cantaloupe mature about
six weeks earlier than those grown in
the Imperial Valley of California and
thus has the advantage of the early
markets. The watermelon industry Of
this state, next to the onion growing
industry. is the greatest truck product.
There are thousands of acres in water
melons throughout the San Antonio
section. Growers figure on an average
of from 500 to $l25 an acre profit.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-07-02
MIX In Siberia,

The people in Siberia buy their
milk frozen, and for convenience it is
allowed to freeze about a stick, which
forms a handle to carry it by. The
milkman leaves one chunk or two, as
the case may be, at the houses of his
customers. The children in Irkutsk
instead of crying for drink of milk
cry for bite of milk. The people in
winter time do not say BE careful
not to spill the milk" but "Be careful
not to break the milk" Broken milk
is better than spilled milk, though, be-
cause there is an opportunity to save
the pieces. A quart of frozen milk on
stick is very formidable weapon
in the hand of an angry man or boy,
as it is possible to knock a person
down with it. Irkutsk people hang
their milk on hooks instead of putting
it in pans, though, of course, when
warm spring weather comes pans or
pals must be used, as the milk be-
gins to melt.-Baker's Weekly.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-07-02
The BurIeY Crop.

The pledge upon which the pool of
the Burley Tobacco Society will base
its efforts to pool the crop of 1909 is in
the hands of Cincinnati printer and
will probably be given to the public
in few days.
Many of the most salient points were
mentioned in a recent article in this
paper. Perhaps the most important
change in the pledge for the farmer
is that clause retaining 10 per cent. of
the proceeds for priZing, storage and
insurance. AS the Society proposes to
do this at cost twill eventually mean
a great saving to the grower This
clause means that each grower who
pools will have stock in the corpora
tion that perform these functions to
the extent of 10 per cent. of the pool.
The Equity warehouses which were
formed during the last pool all paid
good dividends and some of them paid
their whole cost in one season leaving
thesproperty as clear profit.
1t is expected that this stock will
pay a dividend of SIX per cent. and at
the same time make a surplus that
may be used for other purposes and
possibly eventually for establishing
factories if 1T should be considered
necessary.
From this fund will also be establish
ed warehouses where its own pricing
can be done and where the tobacco may
be stored thus saving the charges made
by the Louisville ana Cincinnati ware
houses for Storage.~
1t is said that the pledge will not
mention any specific portion of the
crop to be pooled before the pledge is
binding, but there is feeling that it
will be necessary to secure as large or
| larger portion of the whole crop than
was the case in the last pool.
The pledges will be bound in books
with stub attached.
| The pledge is contract between the
grower and the society and the stub
contains ali the conditions of the con-
tract The pledges will be retained in
the counties where they are made and
the stub sent to headquarters here
This will give a more-perfect check
upon the contracts and will reduce the
danger of the sale of pooled tobacco to
a minimum.
The campaign in regard to the pool
will be quick and decisive. The cam
paign of information and education
which was necessary in the former
campaign is no longer needed The
puol is an assured success and the mat
ter will be placed before the growers
and their decision will settle the mat
ter of pool for once and for all time.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-07-02
College Men in Public Offices.

New England, with one-ifty-fourth
Of our continental area and about one
fourteenth of the total population of
the states and territories, has schooled
the president, fOur-ninths of his cab
met and fur of the newly-appointed
first assistants. 1t may be added that
Henry Clay Ide, the new ambassador
to Spain, IS a Dartmouth man; and,
forecasting the honor-roll which is to
be headed by ex-President Eliot of
Harvard, it seems safe to assume
that New England colleges will figure
as largely and brilliantly in the diplo-
matte as in the executive appoint
ments. AS for the judiciary, in which
changes are so few that it seems I'M
gracious to preyise any, one may
surely point with pride to the fact that
our colleges provided four-ninths Of
the present supreme court of the
United States-the chief justice being
graduate of Bowdoin and Yale being
represented by one and Harvard by
two associate justices.