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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
Axriculture and war.

Republican spellbinders continually
boast this country's enormous outlay
for the agricultural department. as evil
denee Of the G. o. F.'s great regard for
the farmer. 4 & +
The Senate has just passed . naval
appropriation bill providing for the
expenditure Of $1S4,0000O0. The agri-
cultural appropriation for 1910 was
less than $13.000.000.
I Which does the G. o. P. love more.
the farmer or the Wall street money
kings, to protect whose foreign invest
sments our big navy is maintained?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
FRIEND OF THE HUMAN RACE,


Place the Bee Has In Producing the
Fruits of the Earth.
If every farmer and fruit grower
were to take the advice offered recent
ly in remarkable lecture before the
Farmers Club British crops would
probably be multiplied in value by
millions of pounds. says the London
Daily Mail.
Mr.. Herrod, proving his contentious
by admirable slides, made out the bee
to be one Of the greatest friends Of
the human race. Formic acid, which
no chemist can make, Is obtained di.
rect from the bees in America and
used as a cure for rheumatism. and
In the hospitals honey Is now em-
ployed as valuable substitute for cod
liver oil.
But the farmer and fruit grower re-
ceiye the most valuable boon. 1t is
proved that apples are earlier. larger
and much more numerous where bees
are in quantity Some beautiful pho
tographs showed that misshapen and
stunted apples are due principally to
bad fertilization, and the perfect straw.
berry needs 100 to 800 acts Of fertil-
ization. New Zealand, which now ex-
ports clover seed, could not grow any
till a cargo of humble bees was sent
over and a number Of California fruit
growers failed till bees were kept.
The marvellous statement of Darwin
that flowers. especially red clover, are.
finer where cats are most numerous
was corroborated, Only the humble
bee fertilizes the first crop OF red clio
yer; the smallest flowers Of the second
crop can be reached by honey bees:
the great enemy of the humble bee is
the field mouse; the great enemy Of
the field mouse is the cat. There
fore, flowers are best where cats are
many. 1t would be not less true to
say that the clover is best where owls
are most frequent.
Many most persuasive photographs
showed that the crop Of gooseberrles,
currants, apples and pears is much
more dependent on the bees than on
the weather. except SO far as the
weather prevents the bees working.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

"oh, no; don't claim to be any DIFF
ferent or any brighter than the bal
ance of mankind. expect / shall
marry some fool woman some of these
days"
IF you ever marry that's the kind
of woman you will marry. all right"
Houston Post
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
/ PALACE RAzED m TEXAS.
Will BE Replaced by . Modern Ten.
story ONCE Building.

story once Building.
After having been In stu since 1875
the stone and mortar of the, Vera
mendi palace will be used in the con-
istruction Of modern tep-story ONCE
building, New York Herald's San
Antonio correspondent says. Instead
of hearing the gasconades Of Spanish
conquistadores and the dolce voices OF
senoritas they will hereafter listen to
the click of typewriters and the gig
giles Of those who work them. No
more will they look upon proud Dona
from far Hispano, armed capable and
incased In helmet, visor, doublet and,
cuirass, for hereafter twentieth CEN
fury business men with green neck
ties, pink socks. pigeon-toed shoes and
padded garments will be the only COM
panions. Before the stones get that
far, however, they will be put through
tl;e mill and made of the size used in
concrete construction. They are lime
stone, of excellent quality and we'll
adapted for their future missions.
With the Veramendi palace passes
one of the best known architectural
remains Of Spanish-American ciyiliza-
ton. 1t was erected almost simulta-
neously with the Mission San Antonio
de Valero, now the Alamo, and for
many years was the white house Of
the Spanish province Of Bexar. ter
ritory comprising all Of Texas. In
those days, however, 1t was merely
known as the governors house. de-.
scription more suitable than Veramen.
di palace. The latter name 1t received
because Of its occupancy by the last
Mexican governor Of Texas.
The building stood in Soledad
street, its site marking formerly the
northeastern corner of a large public
square, the center Of which was occu-
pied by the Plaza des Armas Of San
Fernando Presidio. In its rear was
big garden, which extended to the
banks of the San Antonio river, the
whole house and garden being at one
time surrounded with very strong
palisade and deep bitches. 1t was no
uncommon thing to have the Indians
make raids right in the city in those
days and for that reason defenses Of
that kind were necessary. ri
The old building was the scene Of
many a romance of love and murder.
Almost in Its shadow a Mexican gem
eral caused to be butchered like pigs
number of Spanish and other pris-
oners who had been unfortunate
enough to side with the Spanish gov
eminent during the Mexican revolu-
ton. The description Of this scene.
picturing the assassin as he whetted
the knife on the soles Of his shoes
every time he had slit the throat Of
prisoner. forms one Of the most
stirring chapters in Texas history. In
the veramendi palace Ben Milan met
his end at the assassin's hand and in
its patio and the shaded walks Of its
gardens James Bowie. designer Of the
famous knife bearing his name. court
ed and won Ursula Veramendi. said to
have been by far the prettiest woman
in Texas.
All that remains intact Of the IA
nous old structure now are pair
Of cedar doors which had swung on
their hinges since 1875. They are
deliberately carved and unusually we'll
preserved. For some time to come
they will swing in private residence
in this city, but 1t is hoped to put
them in some museum in the near fu.
ture,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
Poultry Pointer.

d EOIntGH0. g.
Be regular in feeding the non,trv
This is a good rule with regard to liva
stock of all kinds.
non,t crowd - ,,,,. ...a...,.
Nor cnm,ortoh1a az Az 80 pon -.
h,rds ,Iass n s,. ~. NJ =. ~ Mole
often anss S'''s' - 10 way 1s
,r,,,' a
~ rraan o,t hana "a a.. aa ~, u1et scraps
d,,,tad forr, ' ond ~ :, III ~, ~ . mols
tih,a and NJ d,aast,,, .na ss ais W,
from eithar o,a ~ sonna ah,a,.es al.se
81, ,,n = IL VOC ~ ana t,.,aa ns COZ
'' 80. - 81 va s = =.
Fure, c.ean wafer IS an absolute es.
sentlai Una. 100 often Is neglected.
EGGS contain sucn q very large per
cent 81 WAFER tnaI we ought TO realize
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Ito. Japan's greatest statesman, who
did more than any other man to make
Japan what 1t is to-day, was busy
planning still greater achievements
for his country when assassinated at
go
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
srysteriou. diseases,

Quite frequently a disease will ap-
pear among chicks because they have
mad access to some ccrrion, . dead rab-
DIT or putrid chicken. The mother hen
probably leads them to this source Of
disease quite ways from the house.
and Is, therefore. unknown to the poul-
Try keeper. In looking for the cause.
see first Of all that they are not In.
rested with lice, either communicated
by the setting hen or from the build
tngs wherein they are domiciled.-
Kansas Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

They have put their money in pro-
tected industries. when by taxation of
all the people they are insured profit;
and they now ask that the government
tax all the people to increase the prof.
its of the shipping business. Hon.
James w. Collier of Missouri.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
In the Park.

"That early robin" remarked Yorick
Hamm. struts about like popular
actor"
"He has right to be chesty." de.
clared Hamlet Fatt. He gets plenty
of press notices. louisville Courier.
Journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Mrs. Talkative-Mrs. Jones is such
quiet member of our card club. She
has nothing to say.
Mr. T. (abstractedly) Happy man!
Baltimore American.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Don't think that because the chick
ems will run to their owners every
time he comes around means that the
chickens need feed-it is bad habit,
encouraged by the kindness of the
owner-by throwing them a handful
Of something every time he sees them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

A farmer that has only the common
flock Of poultry should endeavor to
grade up the stock by purchasing a
pure-bred male Of some Of the utility
breeds and cross on his stock. The
first seasons progeny will pay the
price Of the pure-bred male. Kansas
Farmer. u
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

The reason that SO many people are
not enthusiastic over the poultry bust
ness is that they do not get eggs in
winter when prices are high. Hens.
as rule, refuse to lay out Of season,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
No Doubt.

81 wonder what that boy of ours
would really like to be?"
II fancy he'd like to be the censor
for all the picture shows in town.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
Egg Production value.

The value Of the egg production In
the United States for single year is
given by the Government Statistical
Bureau at $145,0O0.0O0. Wool pro.
duced during the same time is valued
at $45,750 900.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Cranes are used as watchdogs in
Venezuela by the natives. who call
them "yakanuk," and are said to be ex-
cellent guards Of poultry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

The rpir n'dooh. or "bird of DEATH"
is the only venomous bird known to
science. but there is very little known
regarding its habits, and especially its
venomous qualities.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
caution 4 Feedinr Gratis.

Rye. Is the poorest OF poultry grains.
Corn and sbuckwheat should be fed
sparingly. as they are very fattening.
Wheat leads az well-balanced food.
and barley Is a close second. Feed.
Ing too much buckwheat has ten
dency to produce white skin and
7light-colored yolks in eggs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Boyce-I never heard of a man like
Jones; he goes home every night and
tells his wife about the bargains he
has seen advertised for the next day.
Joyce-Yes; he is trying to keep her
from cleaning house.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Fattcning Turkeys Need Exercise. i
Fattening turkeys need lots of exer-
else, and confinement will often cause
them to NOPE and pine instead of put
ting on flesh. And the wild spirit in
them will often cause them to prefer
trees to their regular roosting place,
and II not watched they may wander
away. M ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
The Poultry House Floor.

Regardless Of the manner in hatch
ing. keep the young chicks dry till
they are several weeks old. A chick
has bare feet, which soon get cold on
wet ground or floors. Wet feet will
soon result in bowel trouble, and bowel
trouble means loss.
In speaking Of dry feet. 1t may also
be said that hens will always do het-
ter and lay more eggs If their feet
are always dry. For this reason the
floor of the hen house should be raised
above the level of the surrounding
ground and be provided with good
earth floor. board floor, or one OF
concrete. Also. on all cold and stormy
days in spring the hens should be
confined in the housewife plenty of
dry straw to stand on and scratch in.
Agricultural .Epitomist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

We are not in this world to do what
we wish-but to be willing to do that
which 1t Is our duty to do.-Charles
Gounod.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

BY placing corn in the silo the stalk
as we'll as the grain is preserved for
feeding purposes. and the whole corn
plant becomes available. About 40 per
cent of the feeding value Of the corn
plant is in the stalk, leaves and husks
and the other 60 per cent in the ear.
In handling corn as commonly prac-
ttced much of the 40 per cent is lost.
When corn is cut for silo before lower
leaves are dry there is no waste.
About twice the amount of dry matter
can be stored in the form of silage
as in the form of fodder 1t has been
determined that a cubic foot of hay
in the NOW contains about 4.3 pounds
of dry matter, while a cubic foot of
silage contains about SO pounds of
dry matter, a cubic foot of space in
silo being worth more than twice an
equal space in mow.-Agricultural
Epitomist.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
Dry Feed.

Try feeding your chicks this
year by the dry method. The chick
feeds sold at the poultry supply houses
are generally all right and as cheap
as you can buy the different ingred-
tents separately.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Officers of the new battleship South
Dakota, which is equipped with Curtis
turbine engines. say there is absolute
ly no vibration of the fire control
masts, a difficulty always found in the
reciprocating engine.driven vessels.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

You should avoid feeding anything
that would impair the flavor OF the
egg. Onions. decayed vegetables and
musty grain will faint IL fed to the
laying hen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Birds are not the only higher ami
mails that lay eggs. two quadrupeds.
the duck-billed platypus and the Aus.
tralian porcupine ant-eater. also lay
them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

When two horses becone accustom-
ed to working together, don't change
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

To prevent operators Of small ma
chimes driven by electric motors for
getting to turn of the current when
they leave them mat containing a
switch has appeared in the market.
When an operator steps from the mat
the current is broken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
Poison Ivy.

Poisonous plants are almost as much
of nuisance as the insect pests, and
ought to be attacked through kind
of legislation. Poison ivy increases
very fast along old stone walls and
fences, and becomes a nuisance any,
where near gardens or orchards. For
the Inflammation that follows poison
of this plant a professor in the Har-
ward Medical School recommends ap-
plying alcohol, soap and water, which
will offset the poisonous oil that
causes the trouble. The plant itself
is best checked by repeated cutting
back. The young growth is easily kill
ed with a spray of kerosene and water.
Protection from Lightning.
In a lecture before the Engineering
Society at Birmingham, Sir oliver
Lodge discussed the question of pro-
lection. from lightning. He stated that
the problem consisted in finding The
best method of dissipating the enorm-
GUS energy of the flash; but that It
was not wise to get rid of the energy
too quickly. A thin iron wire is con-
sidered the best lightning conductor
from an electrical point of view. but
it is almost impossible to protect a
building from lightning unless 1t is
completely enveloped in a metal cage.
It is by no means true that building
is safe when provided with q con.
ductor reaching up to the tallest part
of the building.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Do not bang the bits against the
horses teeth. Be patient and he will
open his mouth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
For Lice ON rurkcxs,

Dust both the mother and poults
twice week with Persian insec. pow
der. For busting the poults, place
quantity Of the powder IN large YES
sci. then hold the poult by the feet
over the vessel and dust It all over and
through the feathers till 1t is yellow
with the dust. Rubbing the powder in
80 that It tuches all the skin of the
bird Is the secret Of its effectiveness.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

Z A 10 k.
The prosperous farmers in the east
ern states not only have been derelict
in letting their children drift whittier
they would in getting away from the
farm life; they have done worse; they
have followed the children into the
towns. Their farms have been turned
over to tenants who, as rule, have
not sought to keep up the productive
ness of the soil. Shiftless cultivation
has been followed by sterility. OF
late years the better prices Of farm
products. the improvement of roads,
the stringing of telephone wires, the
free delivery of mails and the intro
duction of automobiles and building
of trolley lines have served as great
corrective tendencies. The farmer and
the farmers wife and children have
practically been made suburbanites.
They are no longer set apart and iso-
lated and felicities have brought them
within arms length. There are fewer
tenants. There are more farmers
boys In the agricultural colleges.
There will be better harvests in the
years to follow Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15
A Pointer.

II we are after eggs, 1T pays US to
go after eggs in business-like man.
ner What we fancy in the way of
color and general prettiness must not
be considered. The department store
Is not necessarily erected on pretty
location. It goes after trade in .
business.like way, and the poultryman
must do the same II he seeks the
greater success with his enterprise.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

n.
In starting into the poultry business
the average man or woman Is apt to
get too enthusiastic and attempt to do
too much The better way is to start
on a small scale and enlarge as your
experience and capability will justify.
The notion that most anybody can
make a success of raising poultry on
q large scale has been disproved times
without number.
When the Sitting Hen Deserts.
A hen may leave a nest of eggs for
more than a day. and the eggs still
hatch II they have not been subjected
to freezing temperature. In very
warm wather hen may be away from
her eggs for two days and the eggs
still hatch. II you find a hen has left
her nest and the eggs cold. give the
eggs to another hen. \,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

= Vne Farmer ana tne 1ncuO0tOfs
One point, and an important one, in
favor of the incubator is the fact that
the incubator can be put to work turn
ing out chicks and consequently. the
farmer can have all the March or
April chicks he desires, says Poultry
Tribune. The cockerel from these
matches will be ready for the market
at time when they will bring the
best prices, which is not possible, in
any considerable number at least, in
the case of hen-hatched chicks, for the
simple reason that it is impossible to
get a sufficient number Of broody hens
SO early in the season.
The pullets from these early matches
will begin laying early in the fall,
while the hens are in moult and when
eggs are high in price, and If given
proper care will keep it up all winter.
Early pullets properly cared for make
the best of winter layers and with
eggs at 40 to so cents per dozen are
certainly very good proposition
The successful operation of any
good incubator is not SO difficult as
many farmers seem to think. We know
dozens who have had the best of sue
cess the past pring and now have a
fine lot of pullets to show for their
work, the cockerels having gone to
market long ago as broilers and roast.
ers at good long prices.
There can be no mistake in the as
sertion that the incubator will be
needed on the farm next spring more
than ever before, since the market
price of eggs will without doubt be
higher than ever was known, and II
will be simply good business policy to
keep the hens turning out 20 to 80
cent eggs instead Of Matching and
brooding chicks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-06-15

CHAPTER Z
It was Just before the Christmas hol-
idays. In his fourth year Of the sectar-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-19
4 MARITAL
TRAGEDY
At z 4. VI.

The three observers quoted below
live In Attleboro. Massachusetts;
Waynesville, Ohio. and Little Rock, AZ
kansas. The first notices, In his New
England town that the largest con-
gregations assemble to hear those ser.
mons that deal with moral. mental
and civic betterment--the church u
more active I'm social Improvement
that in religious enthusiasm:
Strange as IL may seem, the clergy
men OF the eight churches that are OF
sufficient quality or quantity TO De
reckoned with here are all civic bet
terment enthusiasts and all men OF
brains. One Is a beekeeper and stl,-
dent of Browning and sociology; an
other Is a Socialist with reservations:
a third has been travelling correspcn-
dent of the London Times; another
missed his calling when he forsock
Journalism for the ministry, but made
a first-class minister just the same
and all are eminently instinct with I've.
Because OF broad experience with lie,
they are tolerant, and their congrege-
tions are tolerant because ours Is
prosperous town, and prosperity and
religious fanaticism are seldom found
together"
The Ohio man. himself clergyman,
believes that I'VE are entering upon
new civilization very unlike anything
the world has ever known"
The people do not hate each other
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-19
GOV. HARMON'S
LACK OF SHREWDNESS'

Obviously Mr.. Harmon cannot be
called a shrewd politician in the ordi-
nary sense. His action in the investi-
CATION OF the lynching at Newark, In
the suspension of the mayor and the
entertaining OF charges against the
sheriff, and in the demonstration to
the people of Ohio that he will pursue
law-breakers likely to be for the most
part of his own party with the utmost
energy, not in a roundabout way, indi-
rectly and without assuming personal
responsibility, but directly and In per-
son, shows that he is no politician at
all. He is apparently a simple-mind-
ed gentleman, with old-fashioned no
tons OF civic duty, such as he may
have acquired, or such as he mani
tested, in the Cabinet Of Grover Cleve-
land. 1t may very well turn out, as II
did In the case of the great president
under whom he served, that this Is
the most effective possible means or
securing popularity, but in the one in
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-19
BOY SCOUTS IN CANADA
AND SOUTH AFRICA

Maj Gen. Baden Baden-Powell has
retired from the British army on half
pay to devote himself to the boy scout
movement, which has outgrown all ex-
pectations and is now becoming one OF
the most extensive and popular or
ganizations in the country. Gen. Ba-
den-Powell says
For the present | intend to devote
myself to putting the boy scouts or
ganiZetion upon n surer foundation by
decentrali2ing 1t and by giving powers
10 county organizations. We now
have 100000 members and intend 10
perfect a scheme by which boy scouts
will find work in London and scout