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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14

Missouri man, and It is entirely
proper that the timepiece should en-
anate from the show me" states. The
clock consists of a skeleton dial
mounted on stand. The numerals.
which are large figures, stand out
clearly against almost any background
and the hands also show plainly. In
fact. the positions of the hands alone
will indicate the hour of the day with
out putting the onlooker to the neces-
sity Of consulting the figures. Prob
ably the most striking popularity of
this clock. however, is the fact that
there are no works to be seen. On one
end Of each hand is a watch move
ment and near the other end a weight,
the two connected so that the hands
are operated as they would be in an
ordinary timepiece. The ease with
which such clock can be regulated
and cleaned is another feature.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
A Rabbit Trap.

the rabbits fall when the bait is
touched
c Is the treadle or bottom of the
trap which works on a pivot. A nail
driven through each side into c.
which should work easily, forms the
pivot on which the trap door works.
The end Of c at the entrance of the
trap should be just heavy enough to
balance up the other end, so as to
reset after rabbit has been caught.
The square hole in board C fits
over the lower end of E and is tripped
by the rabbit when he touches the
bait.
EE the triggers are made OF pieces
one inch square and nine inches long.
d is two inches wide and six inches
long which holds the triggers in posi-
ton.
ID and ZEE should be attached to the
center barrel before the bottoms are
fastened in place.
The pin through the lower end Of
Z keeps the bottom board from going
up too far when the trap is set.
Apples as bait will catch dozen
or more rabbits as they do not have a
chance to eat great deal
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14

DDS employed, 1t was not possible to
make a living on II, and the owner
had been compelled to sell because OF
sheer poverty.
The father OF the young man who
bought the farm had become rich on a
farm most of which had been dug out
OF the hillside. He began gradually
to improve the condition of the soil
by blowing little deeper every time.
He started three-year's rotation of
crops blowing under the stubble ON
the corn land to add humus. He
sowed clover every year on new
ground.
When the Indiana farmer sold at
auction his belongings, when he left
the place. he had less than a dozen
animals all told. The Pennsylvania
man went In debt for a half-dozen
cows, 30 head Of sheep and a dozen
brood sows. In three years he had
Increased this number three or four
fold.
He made arrangements with the
livery stables in the country town
four miles distant to keep the manure
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
RAI,INCSUCAR CANE
This Is Quite Profitable for the
Syrup Yield.
In Addition Il Has a High Value az Z
Food for Live Standardization
10 Much Like That Given to
Common Indian Corn.

Sorghum is divided into two general
classes. In the first Is included all OF
the varieties which contain enough
sugar that 1t will pay to cultivate fol
the sugar. This is the saccharine
class.
In the second class is included the
varieties that are cultivated for the
seed. stalks. ETC.. used for feed for
farm animals. This class Is called the
non-saccharine class. 1t contains
some sugar. but 1t is low in sugar
content. while the saccharine class
may contain as much as 20 per cent.
Of sugar in its Juice.
The saccharine or sweet varieties
are cultivated primarily for the sugar.
but the seed and blades both make
good feed for animals. The seed make
good feed for almost any farm ami.
mails and for poultry.
Sorghum is cultivated very much
like corn. 1t is planted in rows 3h to
four feet apart and the hills are about
two feet apart In the row. with four
to five stalks to the hill.
The first cultivation is very tedious,
as the plants start OF slowly, but
after the plants get up a little the
cultivation is not more difficult than
corn. An acre of good sorghum will
yield from 100 to 200 gallons Of syrup.
The planting should be done a lit
tie later than early corn. as the sor-
ghum will not do much growing until
the soil gets warm. When the seed
gets ripe the stalks are bladed and
the blades cured and tied into bundles.
The cane Is cut and tops cut OF.
The tops or seed heads should be al
lowed to dry out before storing away,
else they will mold.
The stalks are crushed in a cane
mill and the Juice strained and boiled
either In an evaporation or a large
pan. Before the Juice reaches the
boiling point all Of the green skum
must be skinned of.
Another way to dispose of the green
skum Is to put the Juice in a long.
deep box, with small holes In one end,
corked with wooden plugs. for draw
ing off the skum without agitating the
Juice in the box.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
General Farm Notes.

Have plenty of pure air in the dairy
barn.
The brood sow needs exercise all
the time
A clean-minded man always pro.
duces clean milk.
Bees are good for clover and clo-
yer is good for bees.
Lack Of ventilation is the cause of
dampness In many hives.
If you are burning coal the hogs
will help take care of the ashes.
The quiet. easily handled sow is
preferable. other things being equal.
II you use cream separator sepa-
rate the milk Immediately after milk.
ing.
See that the colts hoofs are prop
erly trimmed. A poor foot means a
poor horse.
Stick to the kinds proven best for
your locality If you wish your apple
orchard to return profits.
This Is good month in which to
prune grapes. Don't wait till too late,
or the vines will be injured.
Don't be alarmed If the sitting hen
is off the nest longer than you think
necessary. She knows that the eggs
will cool as well as you. That's why
she left II.
The best timothy hay is none too
good for the horse. Don't give him
all he can stuff and then let him fill
up on water. That's where disease
often starts.
Some hens are so busy waiting for
the feeding hour that they have no
time to lay. Justice to the producing
fowls demands that they have but Lit.
tie more time to live.
A farmer of Elmira, Ia, has a COW
which last year produced butter to
the amount of $3.50 in addition to
the milk. cream and butter used by
his entire family.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Cause Of "keeI Water

The track of smooth water. or
keel water" stretching in the wake
OF moving vessel is often noticed. but
little understood. The effect is not
due to the influence of oil on surface
tension. though the stilling of the
waves may be similar. Prof. Ash
horn. German Investigator, has made
some experiments with bodies moving
on the water. and these show that the
gyroscopic action Of the eddies or
whirls left behind on each side of the
vessel smooth out the smaller waves
and give the calm. disappearing track
that is so familiar. The larger and
swifter the ship the longer and broad.
er Is the smooth wake.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
HOW TO REINFORCE STOCKING
TransvsrssIy Ribbed knssoap VIM
Stand Unusual Wsar-ExosIlsns
Article for Small Boys.

A stocking that nils long-felt want
among small boys. scrub women and
other persons who spend great deal
OF time on their knees Is that designed
BY Mississippi woman. This stock
ing Is made with transversely ribbed
gore on the knee that will stand many
times the amount of wear and tear
that the knee Of an ordinary stocking
Will. Above the calf the stocking II
ribbed longitudinally, vile the gore
section Is ribbed crosswise and y
made of heavier material, more close
ly knit. The small boy who viii 50
through an ordinary stocking the first
time he puts 1t on can crawl around
and climb trees in this kind for many
day before the knee gives way. Even
then a new piece can be set in. which
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14

hauled away from their back door
and for five years all his spare time
both winter and summer was devoted
TO this task.
The manure spreader was not
known at that time, but he continued
to pile the manure upon his acres by
the forkful, until his neighbors began
to make fun Of him. Some of them
declared that he would destroy his
farm by making 1t "manure-sick; 4"
but the Pennsylvania man smiled and
kept his wagon going to the livery
stables and back to the farm with its
heavy load.
He was among the first farmers In
the state to buy a manure spreader
when they came in style.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
LITTLE POTATO BEETLE PEST
'nsect'cide Recommended That VIII
Stand Considerable Wet Weather
and Do Good Work.

(BY s. ARTHUR JOHNSON. COLORA-
DO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE)
The potato beetle is such a com.
mon pest that description scarcely
seems necessary. but since other in.
sects are often mistaken for It. II may
be well to give brief account of It.
The adult beetle is oval in form, about
three-eights of an inch in length. and
just little narrower than long. The
ground color is yellow. The upper
wings are marked by ten black lines
running lengthwise.
The adults live over winter In the
ground to the depth OF six TO ten
inches or more.
In the spring the beetles appear
about the time that the potatoes
break from the ground, and in a few
days the egg laying begins. The eggs
are bright yellow in color and are
laid In patches on the under sides OF
the leaves. They are very easily dis.
covered by simply turning over the
vines with the hands so that the under
sides of the leaves are exposed. Ev-
cry potato grower should make a sys-
tematic examination of the vines by
passing through his fields and turning
over the leaves of two or three hills
in each row.
The eggs hatch In from four to
eight days, according to the tempera-
ture. The larvae are dark red grubs
with black heads. For the first day
or two they often eat the surface of
the leaf upon which they were
Matched. Then they migrate to the
top of the plant and feed upon the
young tender leaves which are lust
unfolding
The ideal moment for the first
spray is just when the eggs are be.
ginning to hatch. Fortunately. we
now have an insecticide which will
stand considerable wet weather and
still leave enough cllnging to the
leaves to do very effective work. This
is arsenate of lead.
This poison usually comes In the
form of white paste, though some
manufacturers make powdered
product. The arsenical Is applied to
the vines in water at the rate of six
or eight pounds of the poison to a
hundred gallons of water, or about
three or four pounds to the barrel.
The best way to mix the poison is
to weigh out the required amount In a
pail, pour in some water, and mix
with stick. Pour off the |
top of the mixture into the barrel of |
water through screened funnel. Add |
more water to the remainder In the |
pail. mix. and proceed as before until
all the substance has been dissolved.
The best method Of application, es-
pecially In large fields. is by means
Of a power sprayer. |
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Material for FLYING Machines

A novel material for flying ma
chimes and airships is kind of re-
inforced paper. and is claimed by the
German inventors. DR.. Wagner and
Herr Won Radinger. to be exception
ally light and strong. 1t is made of
paper, raw silk and other fabric bound
up with steel wire. The product is
stated to be inexpensive. proof against
fire and damp, and is expected to
prove serviceable for variety of pur.
poses. A test of 1t is being made in
an airship now being built at Stettin.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Scissors with saw-Too.h Blade.

on the bottom Of the goods, the edge
will be left rough; but by reversing
the shears, so that the saw teeth come
on top. the edge is left just as clean as
If no teeth were used. The piece cut
of however. is rough on the edge. The
scissors can be used to cut paper,
cloth, or any other material, If the
saw teeth are kept on top or bottom.
according as it is desired to have the
smooth edge on the left or the right
hand piece cut off.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
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FARM NOTES.


God hard oil makesan easy running
wagon.
A portable forge is time and
money saver.
Arrange so the chips do not fly all
over the yard when chopping wood.
DO up the repair work, especially
tho blacksmithing. before the opening
otebring's work.
An empty post-hole Is but one de-
gree less dangerous to life and limb
than an open. unprotected well. Fill
It up.
When the hoops come on barrels,
hoop them with wire. Cheaper than
buying new barrels. and anybody can
do It.
me man who puts lot OF cider In
mis- cellar to get hard is laying up for
mis- boys something that cannot be
kept In barrels.
The windy days of spring are here.
Rattle a log chain down the chimney
and get the SCOT out before Il burns
out, and maybe burns the house, too
Even the much despised chicken
mite has use. According to the OF
lava (Kan) Republic, they are
killing the English sparrows in Kan
sas. Y
Two good eyes to hill Of potatoes
are a-plenty. We make a mistake
many times In seeding too heavily.
Good stocky shoots are better than
spindling ones.
Simply pull up any weeds which sue.
coed In pushing through the straw
berry mulch. Generally speaking, 1t is
best not to hoe or cultivate the fruit.
Ing bed In the spring.
Burn all the old brush heaps now
and get rid of thousand and one
pests that have their home there
waiting for warm weather to bring
them into activity again.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14

which passes through the door. This
bar connects with three latches which
slip into place when the bar Is low.
cred, says Orange Judd Farmer. The
bottom end Of the bar also slips into
notch In the sill of the doorway SO
that the doors are fastened in four
places by the one movement Of the
bar. The bar may be of wood or
iron, as desired. preferably wood be-
cause of its lightness. II iron is used
one-fourth by ~ inches will be heavy
enough. The length will. of course,
depend upon the height of the door.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Guns with Double Tubes.

Henceforth all sea coast guns of six.
inch caliber or over. except mortars,
will be provided with double tubes. so
that, should the inner tube give way,
the damage will not extend to the
outer tube and the enveloping jacket
and hoops. This will permit the
restoration at small cost Of guns
whose tubes give way and will facili-
tate the rehabilitation of guns whose
accuracy has been lost through ero-
sion and wear of bore.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Don't Stuff the Hog.

A hog fattens more quickly by being
fed no more at any time than it will
eat. When II is fed. clean out the
trough and do not feed again until
the animal shows plainly that it is
hungry. II overfed so that It feeds in
differently 1t will lose weight; to per-
NIT 1t to go without food day will
do 1t less harm than by continuing to
feed beyond its appetite. Probably
no other animal is so sensitive to In
jury from overlooking as a hog.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Earth's Ace,

A new estimate of the earths age
has recently been given by William
Morris Davis of Harvard. For the
usually accepted 1o0.OO0.O00 years he
estimates 100000, based on an ex-
animation of the cliffs of Arizona and
Utah. where the time taken to de-
post the strata can be: easily com.
puted.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
THIS INCUBATOR IS UNIQUE
Operated by Heat Given OF by Single
lncandescent lamp-Designed for
Exhibit Purposes.

This incubator is operated from the
heat given off by single incandescent
lamp and is designed to be used for
exhibit purposes. as the top is CON-
posed of glass dome. through which
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
New stereo Invention.

Interest among printers has been
aroused over the daily use by the
Pittsburg Press of dry matrix proc
ess by which steam tables are entirely
eliminated from the process and meth
DDS In the mechanical department
practically revolutionized.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Oldest VEGETABLES.

The onion. asparagus and cucumber
are three 'of the Oldest vegetables
known. Like peas. the Egyptians grew
them 30 centuries ago. To the onion
belongs, probably, the honor of being
the first vegetable primeval man ever
made trial Of
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Spawn Of American Toad.

Though a single spawn of the fe-
male of the American toad contains
5000 eggs, N. Miller finds no increase
% the species. Dragon flies, water
oeetles. nevis, crayfish and other wa
er animals are destroyers.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
TRAP FOR CATCHING RABBITS
Cheapiy contrIved Advancement That
VIII Capture Many Of Small
Injurious Animals.
CBy J. WESLEY GRIFFIN.)

(By J. WESLEY GRIFFIN)
In making a rabbit trap one will
need two boards for the sides; one
board two feet six inches long and
ten inches wide for the top. This
board is nailed on the edges of the
side boards. making the box eight
inches wide and one foot tall in the
clear.
There are no end pieces. The CEN
ter board is Sx12 inches. to which the
sides and top are nailed.
is the side. B is a barrel or deep
box set In hole or hollow into which
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Farmers Unite.

In the Hood river country in Ore
gon where some of the finest fruit In
the world is raised. the farmers have
formed unions for mutual instruction
and also to aid each other In keeping
up prices. A good plan.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
CLOCK WITH SKELETON DIAL
Makes u Possible to See Time FROM
Distance and IL Of Much Bene-
fit to Near-sIghted.

A clock by which even a person Of
poor eyesight can tell time the length.
OF a big room is that shown In
the illustration. 1t was designed by
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
HANDY BARN DOOR FASTENER
Where Swinging Affairs Are Used the
Device illustrated viii Be Found
Very Convenient.

For swinging barn doors. the device
illustrated herewith will be found very
convenient. From top to bottom Of
one door Is bar on the inside but
operated from the outside by pin
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Unique Incubator.

the eggs and chicks may be watched,
says Popular Mechanics. 1t is provid-
ed with a thermostat arrangement
which keeps the temperature at con-
slant value.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
DEVICE REMOVES ONION TOPS
Handy Little Implement Useful In
Cutting OF Tops Of All Kinds
Of Vegetables.

This is a handy device for remov-
Ing the leaves OF tops of almost any
vegetable. II is made from a common
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
Homemade Onion-Topper.

corn knife, is attached to the edge of
q board, as seen in the picture, and
things to be cut are placed beneath
the knife. The board Is of hard wood.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-04-14
RESTORING WORKOUT FARM
This Can Be Done by Putting Into
Ground More Fertility Than
Taken Out by Crops.
By r. s. TAYLOR.l

(By r. 8. TAYLOR)
number OF years ago a young
pennsylvania Dutchman bought a 300
acre farm In one of the southern
counties OF Indiana. This farm had
teen run down until by the old meth.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-18
At the Pop Concert.

The orchestra was playing The
Moonlight Sonata"
"Sweetheart." he cried, passionate.
ly, II have loved you ever since you
were a child. | have louged for the
sweet companonship of such a wom-
an as you ever"
shut up, will you?" came roar
from the seats at the rear we want
to hear the music"
shut up yourself" retortcd the
young man. They advertise this as
a pop concert and I'm going to pop
or bust"
Then, turning to the fair maiden at
his side. he began again.-Harper's
Weekly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-18
GENERAL WOOD ALWAYS READY

army, although only surge on, he assigned
to lead detachment of soldiers in pursuit of
Geronimo's Apache warriors far down among the
mountains and cactus deserts of Old Mexico. He
performed this difficult task with such courage
and efficiency that he was especially commended
by his commanding general and rewarded by
gress with Of its medals Theodore
Roosevelt said of him.
No soldier could outwalk him. could live with
greater Indifference on hard and scanty fare could
endure hardship better or do better without sleep
"At the beginning OF the Spanish war, when 1t
was proposed to raise regiment of rough riders.
the man naturally chosen to lead this
reticent, lowspoken, wellprepared army surgeon.
He became colonel and led the rough riders on
the bloody hill Of Las Guasimas. After that. when
the high at Washington looked about them
for a man to command the conquered province of
Santiago. there stood Leonard Wood-ready
He proved admirable colonial administrator
and from that moment onward he had been the
Imminent man in connection with the most din.
cult problems of foreign dependencies He
became governor Of Cuba. then he went to the
Philippines.
"As he has held more and more important DO
stions. performing each task with that high sort
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-18
INDIAN CREMATION MUST STOP.

Some time ago the agent and other officers in
charge of the Yuma reservation asked the braves
to refrain from burning the houses OF the dead
They showed how easy 1t would be for a fire to
sweep over part OF the reservation and put gov
eminent property in jeopardy.
For time the Indians observed the request
the Los Angeles Times says, but few days ago
celebrated the departure OF one of their number
In the most approved redskin style The personal
effects of the deceased were burned and his house
was set on fire. He was supposed to have arrived
in the happy hunting ground ready for an enthu
siastc reception.
But inasmuch as the personal property of a
deceased person belongs to the heirs by the Cali
fornia law, there Is doubt that Jealous friends
overstepped the law when they cremated every
thing the dead Indian had ever owned
The practice of the Yuma Indians In burning
their dead, together with the possessions left BY
the departed braves. has aroused the federal au.
thorties to action. While there wouldn't be in.
reference with cremation-a religious rite-the
oficers declare that government property must
not be endangered.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-18
For Proper Care Of tuberculosis.

According to the National Associa-
tion for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis, New York state leads
in the number of beds for consump-
tives provided up to May /, with 5,476
beds; Massachusetts is second with
2,403 beds; Pennsylvania. third. with
2,347 beds; Colorado. fourth with .4S9
beds; and New Mexico fifth, with
1,104 beds. AS yet, not one state in
the country has made adequate pro
vision for its consumptives. New
York has set itself the task of having
NO uncared-for Tuberculosis in 1915,
and several cities in other parts of
the country have adopted similar pro
grams. The National association
says that tuberculosis will not be
stamped out until all cases of this
disease are cared for either in their
homes or in institutions. With this
end in view, efforts will be made to
increase the number of hospital beds
in this country to at least $4,000 by
May l, 1911.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-06-18
A Touch of Sarcasm.

Mr. Skinflint- Ton receiving dep
utation from his employes) We'll.
what's the matter now?
Clerk spokesman want to
be paid every week instead of every
month.
Mr.. Sigh You get all that's due
to you, don't you?
Clerk-Yes, sir.
Mr. S,-And promptly to day?
Clerk-Yes, sir.
Mr.. S.-Then, why do you want to
be paid weekly instead of monthly?
Clerk-Please, sir, it's because We
won't be gettin' the lumbago carryin'
home our wages London Answers.