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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Cotton Seed MenI For Swine.

The supposedly toxic or poisonous
effect of feeding cotton seed meal to
pigs comes from giving it in too large
amounts. Recent tests in Arkansas
show good results to all ages of pigs
II the amount is properly regulated.
For continuous feeding the following
allowances appear to be within the
danger limi.: Pigs under fifty
pounds, one-quarter pound per day;
pigs from fifty TO seventy-five pounds,
one-third pound per day; pigs from
seyenty-five to one hundred pounds,
four pounds per day; pigs rom 100
to $50 pounds, four and one-half
pounds per day.
Where the cotton seed meal forms
a part of the grain ration there
should always be an equal amount of
wheat bran to supply bulk. Cotton
seed meal supplies the elements lack
ing in corn meal and may be fed
proftably in connection with it at
the rate of one part OF the former to
four to seven parts of the latter. 1t
is never safe to allow hogs free ac-
cess to cotton seed meal, hence II
should always be mixed with the
grain ration and fed so they will not
get more than the amount stated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
PnnItrY in the Carbon.

In n bulletin from the Massachu-
sets station J. II. Robinson tells of
the many ways In which poultry may
be useful in cultivated lands. In the
cornfeld until the ears are ripening;
they will keep the asparagus bed in
good tiith and free from insects from
the time the cutting Is discontinued:
raspberries and blackberries until
fruit Is ripeniug. on grass land
where but one crop of hay Is cut each
year poultry may be kept on the land
from the time the hay is taken OFF
Some Of the best mOwiugs I have seen
in this State are those that are cut
but once year and poultry kept on
them with the second growth so
strong II really seemed 4 waste not to
cut II. OF course too much poultry
on grass land will ruin it. There Is
a medium where the land and poultry
alike profit. An orchard furnishes
an ideal place for poultry. II gives
shade as well as a grass run, and the
birds destroy many insects. Whether
in field, orchard or garden the fowl
that mas an opportunity 10 DO some
thing for itself Is saving labor for its
owner, saving on the feed bill, and
under proper restrictions is actually
doing work which otherwise he would
have to hire done. 1t is also keeping
in good physical condition, and thus
saving anxiety and extra care that
go with unthrifty stock. TO say moth
ing OF the losses steadily occurring
among such stock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Saving Manure.

Referring to the loss of manure re-
sulting from careless or thoughtless
handling, H. Leigh Hunt tells Coun-
try Gentleman readers to bed cattle
and horses, calves and pigs abundant
ly with straw, leaves or sawdust, both
for the comfort of the animals, clean
illness, and for the absorption of man
urial elements. For use directly in
the cellars, muck. leaf mold from the
woods, turf or dry earth are excel
lent. Sawdust is often the most cas-
| crops are to be raised it will. If very
freely used, cause a fungus blight, or
scab, OF itself it has little value,
being usually of soft wood, but will
absorb the liquids readily when dry,
and this makes excellent bedding.
Liquid manure Is available at once.
and the more quickly it is applied
to the land the better; but the solids
must go through a process of decay
before they are ready for the plant.
Manure on which hogs have run all
winter is so valuable, largely on ac-
count of the working over that the
hogs give it, when it is plentifully
mixed with straw or other bedding
material or a quantity of corn is
thrown amongst it, its dinintegration
into particles is much fastened. Much
/ handling improves manure, but 1t
should never be allowed to dry in the
sun. After being applied TO the land.
it should be narrowed in at once and
| thoroughly mixed with the soil to
| prevent loss. If left for days after
| spreading, as it often is, it dries and
| cakes and loses half it's value. One
| who has never tried it will be sur
prlsed at the first trial to see the
amount Of manure wasted by turning
/ the COWS out at night during the
summer. Knowing that they fed lit
tie during the night, | had my COWS
turned into a small. dry yard, where
they could be in the fresh air, but
could not wander Each morning a
man goes over the yard with shove
and throws the droppings in a pile
A shelter of old boards on four greer
posts protects them from rain and
sun. As often as needed, the heal
Is drawn out and used. This daily
chore keeps the yard clean for tn,
cattle to lie in at night, and saves
many loads of fertilizer. 1t takel
only a few moments of time each day
No manure loses more from expo
sure than that of poultry 1t is yer!
rich in ammonia, and this escapes
into the air and goes to waste. Alb
sorbents under the perches, and fire.
quent. even daily, cleaning of tn,
dropping boards, storing the manure
in receptacles that largely exclude
air, will insure a fertilizer OF mucl
, more value than when the dropping
are allowed TO lie on the floor from
month to month. as occurs in man.
henhouses.
II farming Is to be made profitable
all these little leaks must be stopped
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
A woman.s Poultry Profits.

Goodalls Farmer tells this little
story OF a woman's success with poul-
try. Her way Of not giving her busi-
ness away even to her husband is
quite unusual for her sex:
II confess never paid much at
tention to the hens my wife kept, and
indeed thought il rather beneath a
mans dignity 10 look after chickens.
until had my eyes open.d to my
folly" remarked farmer recently.
"Sir years ago the drought in our sec
tion cut. my crops so close that when
went into the winter | found myself
short OF ready cash after settling uI
the seasons business. ] don't like "a
borrow from the banks and had be.
gun to believe / had 10 face a hard
situation. One night my wife said Ia
me: I can let you have some OF my
egg and chicken money TO help you
out. Much obliged. / replied
thinking she might have saved M
y25 or even $50. But when she CAV,
me her check for 5000 I felt like
crawling under the barn. She hat
actually cleared up $500 from be-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
CHR|ST|ANE ENDEAVORNOT
NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH
Pilgrims Progress Series. xI d.,

r"s''m,s Progress Series. xI. eeu.
'ah Land. lisa. e2: 3.5.
1919. on'' ID;
20, 23. 'onn l6'
oe A land of plenty. Jer. 81: 1914, %.
A land of Joy. lisa. 66: 1912 ii
6: 6. - =oi
A land or love. / Cor. 10; Lin
Gous country wears two crowns
crown OF beauty and a crown =,
power; she Is to be loved and feared
w. 81. reared
whoever dwells in Gods coun,r,
can never dwell forsaken. for Goa /,
with all in that land ". Al. %
So far as we know. the chier dai,,A.
Of God is In obedient and hapny ,non
and they alone OF His creotion bnrt "vu
tne power TO give God His highest
Joy. What a power and nriviiago,
! ". ~ ''''5e'
Gods country inspires in men tba,
dwell there the most profound of ali
affections; Judge whether You dwell
| IhelS ny lnat token ". 10.
Nearing Heaven.
Those that walk along the right va,.
do not find 1t dead level. but broken
by pleasant prospects. with almring
vistas showing what is to come -
Note that whenever the pUgri,,
meets delightful things along his wav
he has to have some guide To lead
him into the real meaning of tbom
The hill called Error is steen onlv
on the farther side: on this side If "a
very easy of access
Even when he is among the No..
lectable Mountains the Pilgrim needs
to be shown the door that is a 5v.wav
to hell, so many dangers lurk even in
our highest joys.
Even from the high hill called Clear
and with the Shepherds telescone
most men can catch only faint
glimpses OF the beautiful land which
"eye hath not seen" in its full glo-v,
Ignorance "is very brisk lad" and
the less he knows, the more show he
makes.
The mishap that befell I.ittle.faith
was the sadder because it was all so
easily preventable.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA
CONCERTED ATTACK ON DRINK
WINNING ALL ALONG LINE.
Prohibition VS.. Pcrpetnntion.

In relation to the drink trade, as in
relation to every other evil, there are
just two main classes of people, viz,
the prohibitionists and the perpetual
tionists.
The former class embraces the
greater portion of our population,
although many of them have not yet
committed themselves so completely
to the idea of prohibition as to vote
a party ticket, or possibly even to ac-
knowledge that they are prohibit
tionists.
There are very few people, how
ever, who do not believe in some de-
gree of prohibition. Even the license
advocates would prohibit sales to
minors, confirmed drunkards and at
unseemly hours. They would also re-
strict license to one year at time.
They are therefore partial prohibit
tionists.
The perpetuationists pure and sim
pie are the manufacturers and sellers,
with the confirmed sots, the tipplers
and their sympathizers. These are
they who demand the abiding saloon.
The prohibitionlsts are reformers,
and the genuine reformers are always
prohibitionists.
IL was I0TOuSH pTOHlDlllOu JudI
slavery was abolished. The aboli-
tionists were the party agitators.
1t was prohibition that abolished
the Louisiana lottery, race track
gambling in New York, polygamy in
Utah, and such like. Perpetuationists
never prohibit.
Somebody says that "the first pro-
hibitory law was passed in the Garden
of Eden" and the second was dropped
down on Mt. Sinai: Thou shalt not" ="
The latest prohibitory laws are
those just entered upon the civil
statute books. All laws that are
worth anything are prohibitory in
their nature and the men who enact
them are to that extent prohibition
/ lists. Society cannot get along with
out thus recognizing the prohibitory
| principle.
Our pure food laws are prohibitory.
| Society is waking up to the idea of
! doing away with stuff that hurts peo-
/ pie. They will prohibit all saloon
stuff sooner or later.
There is one liquid on earth that
! will quench thirst. There is plenty
/ of it, and 1t can be kept pure. None
/ of the artificial drinks can compare
with it. And by and by all beverages
| that tend to iniure boys and unmake
men will be put under the ban. Cold
water is good enough for anybody
Michigan Christian Advocate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Only n Little journey.

1t was a short journey of an hour
or two. The smoky little train rum
bled along, stopping at dingy stations,
and every time 1t stopped young
girl looked up from her novel, yawn-
ing, and found each village drearier
than the last,
The train passed between fields OF
wheat. Just the color to trim my
hat with" thought the girl.
Wheat" said the man in front of
her to his seat-mate, "has gone up
cent bushel since last week. That's
a poor crop"
An old man at the back of the car
looked out at the field. His own life,
he thought, had been something like
that field, wide spaces of waste land,
empty; and here and there a little
feeble crop. But the great Reaper
would be merciful in judgment
The sun went down in red glow
of splendor, and one of two stars
came out in the gray overhead The
old man had so long been used to
refer every sight and sound to his un-
seen Father that the crimson clouds
seemed to him only curtain with
which He had screened His pres
ence.
''He sets the stars in their places
as on the first night" he thought.
'He that watches over us neither
slumbers nor sleeps"
The wheat-dealer observed that It
was fine night, and the young girl
| jerked down the shade impatiently
| and asked the brakeman to turn up
| the wick of the kerosene lamp.
At the next station man numbered
! t..A~ H. a 4
ragged and pale. There was a stale
smell of whisky about him, but the
poor sot was sober just now. He
WINGED when the wheat-dealer hastily
changed his seat.
The young woman, too, told the
conductor sharply that he should not
allow such people to come aboard a
car in which there were ladies'.
The old farmer on the back seat
had been thinking of his Master, Who
had sent him into the world to work;
thinking, too, that the time was
short, and wondering what He would
have him to do now.
When he saw the friendless drunk
ard, therefore, he thought, There is
the next duty" And when the train
stopped the miserable fellow arose to
leave the car, the old man followed
him, and taking him cordially by the
arm, walked away with him, talking
cherfully as to friend.
In the journey of life, as in Saul's
journey to Damascus, a light from
God shines round about us all. Some
Of us, like Saul's companions, think
only that it thunders. But others.
like the apostle, understand, and
"are not disobedient to the heavenly
vision"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
,L.EPHANr,s sAcAcr1

An incident which demonstrated
the sagacity with which elephants
are endowed occurred at Old Medium,
Aberdeenshfre. the other day. on the
occasion OF a visit of a circus to the
town.
At the conclusion of a children's
performance an elephant proceeded
along a narrow road with pail In Its
trunk for the purpose OF procuring
water from pump. A little girl
chanced to get in the animals way.
and the road being only wide enough
to accommodate his substantial body
the elephant laid down the pail
picked up the child with his trunk
and gently lifted her to a place OF
safety. afterward resuming his jour.
ney to the pump for the water.--
Westminster Gazette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
A Change of Mind.

with fellow teetotaler, Sir Wilfrid's
Lawson that we'll illustrates that
ready wit for which he is so justly
famous.
When engaged in a conversation
with a fellow teetotaler, Sir iWlfrid's
companion took occasion to denounce
the practice of christening vessels
with champagne prior to their launch.
81 don't know that / altogether agree
with you," replied Sir Wilfrid; for
to my mind there is a good tenn
perance lesson to be found in 1t.
"How can that be-" asked his COM
panion. We'll" replied Sir Wilfrid,
"it is noticeable that directly after
her first taste of wine the ship takes
TO water and sticks to 1t ever after"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
ALL FOR HIM.

Stand for Jesus, Christian, stand,
Take thy place among the brave!
Speak for Jesus, Christian, speak;
Tell the world He came to save.
Live for Jesus. Christian, live!
Actions are the final test
Not the one who calls Him Lord,
But who does His will is blest
Shine for Jesus, Christian. shine,
With a bright and steady light;
Cheering, warming, guiding souls
Who are lost in sins dark night!
Sleep in Jesus, Christian, sleep,
When the darkening shadows fall!
Wake in Jesus, Christian, wake,
When He comes His saints to call.
Rise with Jesus, Christian, rise,
When the grave restores its trust!
Reign with Jesus, Christian, reign,
In the Kingdom of the just.
james Bryan, in London Christian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ID.
The Soul and the Seed mark d: 10,
14-20)-A Home Mission Study.

ne Soul anu tne Seeu (Mark q: 1-9,
14-20)-A Home Mission Study.
He began to speak to them in par.
ables.' His purpose is to arouse spir.
1tual insight, to quicken dull ears so
that they may hear heavenly harmon.
les, to awaken blind eyes that they
may see everywhere the signs of the
Kingdom. He has made the world Of
nature and of human life a mighty
lesson book, visible Scripture filled
with holy texts.
We call this first lesson OF our
Lords parabolic teaching the parable
OF the sower. 1t is more properly the
parable of the soil, for his purpose is
to show the dependence of the seed
upon the soil. If the gospel fails, It
is not the fault of the Sower, for there
is nothing lacking in the work of the
Master; neither Is it defect of the
seed, for Gods word Is tried and per
feet; 1t is "the power of God unto sal
vation." When the gospel fails 1t Is
the fault of the soll-the hindrance Is
found in the wicked, worldly, selfish
heart of humanity.
First, we note the wayside hearers,
the hard-hearted Trampled by the
passing feet of a thousand mundane
interests, pounded by the hoofbeats OF
myriad sins, crushed by countless
wheels of business drays and pleasure
wagons, they have become indifferent
to spiritual things. Such lives are the
feeding grounds of the forces of evil,
the birds OF the air.
Second, we see the stonyground
hearers, the light-hearted. The shal'
low soil OF the frivolous natures gives
quick response, but no deep roofing
to the truth. They love a pleasant,
sunny religion full of vapid emotion
and the cheap luxury of ready tears.
Just beneath the shallow soil Is the
stony heart. There Is no such shallow
selfishness and cruel heartlessness as
in the souls where sentiment is substl'
tute for real sensibility. Such have
no stability; the quick growth yields
no harvest.
Third, we find the thorny-ground
hearers, the half-hearted. The soil Is
good enough, but II is preoccupied
with worldly cares and pleasures
which choke the word and spoil the
promise of the harvest.
Fourth, and too often, as here, the
last. we note the good soil, the whole
hearted, where the divine word mas
ready reception with unhindered
growth, and from which comes at last
noble fruitage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
!: THE UNMARRIED WOMAN
ssesessssssssssessesseo eoss'

Carolyn Shipman, In the NO'.
American Review, contributes IeAu
able article on "The Anomalous Ies
tion OF the Unmarried Woman Mis
Shipman defines the status oi the u1
married woman and goes on 10 SA.
Nothing Is more painful ana hAIu
10 bear for a sensitive woman tnaA
the kind of loneliness that may oNe,
take her at any turn II she Is irlaS ,S
a detached life. Married women W."
family cares or protected wohsa
with too much leisure often envy Wv
independent life of the self-suppo,s
ing woman. But they see ohS d '
pleasant side. There ic another anS
the envied one would, more o,..s ~
than most people know. excnanse 49, s
with the envier. After woman ne.
passed her thirtisth year. she Is se.s
likely to tire OF independence anu -
wish for guidance and ADVICE
argument that she is 'as free as =
man has been satisfactorily plo,ss .ss
to be sophistry. She learns tnsl "a "a
IL half man and half woman, deprrss
of the advantages Of wife. with .n'
burdens OF man, but not MS pr"
Ieges. For example. II she Is res'is's ,,
and lonely at night, she cannot ~ =
the play in solitary fashion, IKE
man; she might do so in Boston w, PA
she could not do so in New YORK az ~
feel quite comfortable, II she WEI .
young. She must SIT at home anu y,
to divert her mind II nc compan'oa, s,
ship Is available. She has not esss
mans solace OF cigar and q s''vn
| Propriety forbids solitary walks ~
J ladies' after dark" 4.-.l
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Long Snake In a Tree.

While walking through the woods
near his home and gazing into the
treetops for a sight OF a squirrel.
Charles BGtchfield, farmer of LIB
erty township. near Millville. was un-
prepared for the sight that met his
gaze. and for time was somewhat
startled.
Fifteen feet from the ground, pro-
truding from a hole in the tree, Mr..
Batchfield saw the head OF snake,
with the tongue darting out of its
mouth. Batchheld promptly killed
the snake. which measured seven feet
and eight inches long and was about
two inches in diameter at the largest
part OF the body. The coler was
brown, with bars a short distance
apart OF lighter color.-Newcastle
Correspondence indianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
A Portal to Shame.

Mary saloons are in close connec-
ton with houses of assignation, while
others are well-known rendezvous for
prostitutes, and have a distinct pa
tronage on that account. Through
their portals the young and innocent
are enticed into a life of shame.
What other institution raises its
hand with such desecrating effect
against the sanctity of the Sabbath
and the sanctuary of the Lord? God
decreed the Sunday to be day of
rest and worship; the saloon makes
1t a day of riotous drinking and bias
phemous desecration of the doctrines
and practices of religion. ''The back
door of the saloon on a Sabbath
morning admits the law-breaker, the
ILebriate, men who commit the crimes
and the sins-who degrade public
morals, who desecrate divine ordi-
nances, who pollute also the virtue
and happiness of the home"
From whatever point of view,
therefore, we examine the saloon we
cannot escape the conclusion that its
influence is bad, almost irredeemably
so. AS an institution it is a menace
to society in every sense of the word.
Against this monster evil-the Amer
ican Saloon System-what can the
Catholic Church do IL she is loyal to
her professed principles but raise her
hand in opposition And put herself on
record as an answering antagonist?
She has always regarded intemper-
ance as so serious sin that 1t ex-
cludes from Heaven those '7ho are
guilty of it. Hence she looks upon
tho saloon-the foster parent of
drunkenness, the nursery of intem-
perance-as one of her greatest foes
a barrier to the operation of divine
grace in human souls. an arch enemy
with whom there can be no semblance
of a compromise,--.ev James M
Reardon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Fever I'm Sheep.

A foundered sheep will be in a
high state of fever and tiff all over.
It will stand up but little and seem
In great pain. ordinarily sheep dc
not become foundered except when fed
from a self-feeder and they are diff
cult animals to treat when they dc
overeat. The only remedy is to phys.
lc with EPSON salts or pure raw lin
seed .-Farms.-' Home Journal
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Best Single Food.

Corn is our best single feed for
hogs. but 1t is too rich in fat and too
poor in protein to make a harmoni-
Gus and steady growth Pigs fed
corn alone thive for a little while, get
very fat and then seem o stop grow
lng.
Farmers who fsed corn to pigs
that have all the grass or clover they
will eat between meals have found
that they can make good pigs without
any other feed.-Farmers Home
Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
{ I Be -a,itas.E dI'IIN@

chicken yard in three and onU-half
years without saying a word about
It, Do | look after the chickens
now? Indeed, yes, and every man
and boy on the place also has orders
to carry out madame's wishes and
give her all the help she needs in her
care of the hens. | know they are
money producers and that neither
drought nor floods affect them"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Obey the Shirt.

You little think how much the life
Of all your graces depends upon your
ready and cordial obedience to the
Spirit. When the Spirit urgeth thee
to secret prayer, and thou refusest
obedience; when He forbids thee a
known transgression, and thou wilt
go on; when He telleth thee which Is
the way and which not, and thou wilt
not regard. no wonder II Heaven and
thy soul be strange.-Richard Bax-
ter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11

Deep-water diving can be carried
on with safety TO depth OF 210 feet
provided proper precautions are
taken and suitable appliances used.
according TO report OF the British
Admiralty Committee appointed to
investigate the subject.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-11
Plenty of Good Milk.

The sow's value depends so largely
on her ability to furnish plenty of
good milk that we cannot afford to
give her corn alone. She cannot give
as much mill or good milk on corn
alone as she can on half corn and an
added portion of middlings, oats or
other grain, with grass or clover or
other vegetables. --- Farmers Home
Journal.