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Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
SOME POST FIGURES.

The United States department of agriculture has recently been collect ing some interesting statistics on posts the cost, durability and use of them. Iowa was selected as an average agri- cultural state, and the data presented is the result of inquiries sent to a great many Hawkeye farmers. It is estimated that about 1O,OOO,0OO posts are used annually in the building and repairing of the fences on the 209, ,163 farms of the state, which have an av- craze size of 1581A acres. The replies received indicated that about 70 per cent of the posts used were home grown or produced and that only 30 per cent were bought of lumber deal- CTS. The average life of the posts in the state was given as fourteen years and their average cost as 13.7 cents. From the standpoint of durability alone the post material used ranked as follows: Osage orange, red cedar. locust, white oak, arbor vitae, catalpa, black walnut, butternut, red oak and willow. In the matter of cost alone the red cedar post heads the list at 26% cents, while willow is the cheap est at cents. When the two factors of both durability and cost are taken into account the post material ranks as follows, the first named being the most economical: Osage orange, white oak, locust, catalpa, red cedar, black walnut, butternut, willow, white cedar and red oal1 Experiments made along the line of giving posts preservative treatment showed that this materially increased the life of all kinds of wood en posts and more than doubled the life of the round sapwood posts. The cost of treatment was found to be considerably less than buying new posts and setting them in the ground. The department has conducted special experiments along the line of treating fenceposts and will send those desir- ing them bulletins and pamphlets bear ing on the subject.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
IS IT TOO STRONG?

Henry Wallace, leading and highly respected Iowa agricultural editor and authority, member of the Roosevelt country life commission and lately chosen president of the National Con- servation association, recently made the statement in a public rate hearing that the average quarter section farm devoted to grain raising Is robbed on an average of $467 annually and that the owner is in reality that much poorer as result of the seasons oper- ations. Men who are won't to go into ecstasies over the inexhaustible fertil- ity of American farms have criticised rather sharply or poked ridicule at MT. Wallace's assertion, when the hkeli- hood is that if he erred on either side in the statement made 1t was that of conservatism. This law of the impov- erishment of fertility as result of the continued practice of raising grain crops and selling them in the raw state Is just as memorable and binding as the law of the Medes and Persians or the law of gravity, and by no possibil- ity can 1t be abrogated by published statements by the thoughtless that 1t aas no binding force. Better far would it be if all who are interested in the fertility md cultivation of the soil should give serious heed to the warn ing referred to and so modify their operations as to conserve it's fertility instead of wasting 1t freedlessly.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

If the young pigs Ego down behind" as a result of leg or back weakness, or both, it is more than likely that the ration which they have been receiving has not contained the amount of bone forming material which it should. This should be furnished in the shape of wood ashes, or, better, in cob char coal, with which some salt and little sulphur should be mixed. This should be prepared and placed where the hogs can eat of it whenever they like.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

Many who took the precaution dur ing the last protracted dry spell to sink their wells to good depth are feeling pretty comfortable these days when they see many of their neigh bors driving their stock to flowing streams or hauling water to them in tanks or barrels.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

Probably the most valuable lot of ap- pies ever grown was the carload of Hood river Spitzenburgs which won November and couple of weeks later captured another $1,0OO prize at the Chicago land show and were afterward sold to commission house at hand some figure.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

To give satisfactory returns the flock of hens must have something besides corn and water for a diet and some more sunny and genial place that the north side. of a barbed wire fence. We have heard folks who gave their hens just about this much care won der why it was that they didn't get any eggs.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

A good many families will not only be more comfortable this winter, but will use less fuel in the process, through installing a furnace heating plant. Aside from the matter of com fort, decided advantage is that with a furnace the worst of the dirt nui- sance incident to handling both fuel and ashes is kept down cellar.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

It is said that a vessel which re- gently landed in New York harbor had aboard cargo of 10000 pounds Of Chinamen's cues which will be fumi- gated, renovated and manufactured into rats and puffs and f1uffs or what you call lem for milady's bogus head gear.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

Careful experiments which have been made in swine breeding show that quite uniformly sows coming from large itters-prolific mothers-them- selves have large filters of pigs. The idea is one that it is well to keep in mind in the selection of the brood sows.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

A dairyman' we read of the other day took the kinks out of his herd bull by compelling him to climb up and op- crate a tread power while getting his ration of hay. This would seem to be a plan worth adopting.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

It is a matter worthy of note that the average yield of the great staple corn was two bushels more per acre for the whole country in 1910 than in 1909, and this notwithstanding the fact that the seed used in many sections of the northern part of the corn belt last spring was unusually poor. s
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

At tae International live stock show, held in Chicago early in December, Shamrock H., an Angus steer owned and exhibited by the State Agricultural college at Ames, Ia., won highest hon ors as the best steer which was ex- hibited.. The animal was ten months old and weighed HOO pounds and was declared by Richard Garden, the noted Irish live stock judge, who placed the ribbons, to be the best steer of any age, of any breed, he had seen on either side of. the water. Shamrock was sold at auction and brought $16.50 per hundred
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

It is just human nature to be willing to be monopolist in the things we have to sell and quite anti-monopolistic louchiRS those things which we have to buy.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

In order to make sure that no direct drafts blow on the poultry while at roost a curtain extending we'll to the floor and about the corner in which the roosts are located will be effective.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

It is an interesting fact of natural history that white horses are always black as young colts. Did you ever note an exception?
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

A good share of the big white Der muda onions weighing a pound or more apiece which are found in most all markets of the country are grown in Texas. The seed is sown rather thick In beds early in October, and early in December the little onions are trans planted in permanent fields, which are thoroughly pulverized and put in the finest possible tilth. In the work of transplanting Mexicans are largely en- ployed-men. women and children. When the transplanting is finished the fields are irrigated. As soon as the soil is dry enough cultivation with spe- cial hand blows is begun, this being continued during the greater part of the growing season. Bermudas yield at the rate of about 10000 pounds to the acre. and the net return runs from S250 to $500 per acre. It is estimated that the total area in onions in Texas this sensor will not be far from 10000 acres.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

The we'll nigh ridiculous condition of postal rates in the United States is shown from the fact if you want to send a package to a friend in the next town, six or eight miles away, you most pay Is cents pound and your parcel cannot weigh more than four pounds, while if you have friend in England, Germany or Russia to whom you wish to send another parcel you have to pay but 12 cents per pound and your package can weigh eleven pounds. Scheming lobbyists and sleepy con- gressmen have connived to defraud the people out of their rights in this mat ter of reasonable postage rates, but 1t won't be for much longer. They will have to give the people what they want or get off the job for somebody who will.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

The big national apple show which was held at Spokane, Wash, a few weeks since was more of a success than either of its two predecessors. It is estimated that 100000 apples were on display, while 1t is conceded by the judges who had the laborious task of awarding the prizes that the quality of the fruit exhibited was the finest that has ever been shown. The grand sweepstakes prize was won by c. H. Sproat of Hood River for carload of Spitzenburgs, which were given a rat ing of 997 points out of a possible 1000; the second prize also went to a Hood river grower on a carload of Newtown pippins, while third prize was awarded a carload of Spitzenburgs from the Yakima valley. The prize winning exhibits were taken by spe- rial express to Chicago, where they were exhibited at the land show and were admired by thousands of visitors in the coliseum.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29
E or s ale
Second hand. Bargains
 worth looking after.

50 h. p. New York Safety En- zine; 60 h. D. Return Tubular Boiler; 20 inch Unique Nutrition Mill, very little used; Munson Burr Mill, Steel Pulleys, Wood Puileys and Shafting; No. l Lane Saw Mill.
 Also new Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys and Gears of all descrip- tions, Unique Nutrition Mills, Steam Engines and Boilers, Gas and Gasoline Engines, Turbine Water Wheels, Circular Saw Mills, Saws and Betting, Wood Saving Machines. If you don't see what you want ask for it.
 20 New Gasolene Engines at a low price for cash.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

Tn a good many states that person pays taxes on a piece of real estate who holds title after Jan. 1.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

It is estimated by investigators in the employ of the biological survey at Washington that damage to the amount of $1OO0O,OO0 is done in the United States annually by ground squirrels. The bulk of this damage is done in the western states to cereal crops, pas lures and orchards, while in California this squirrel Is known to be spreader of the bubonic plague.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

Tn looking over the proceedings of q board of county supervisors as con tained in county paper not long since we saw long list of items like the following: willie Blank, badger bounty, $1.5O." This putting of boun- ty on badgers by these county com missioners was likely done in igno- rance of the fact that next to hawks and owls they are the largest con sumers and destroyers of gophers and other destructive rodents that we have. The badger is the most harmless and inoffensive creature known, and the only fault to be found with him is that he sometimes digs burrows in the meadows in neighborhoods where gophers and field mice abound. This badger bounty is mistake and wher- ever in force ought to be repealed.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

A friend who is a carrier on a. rural route running out from a small town tells us that one dog on his route makes quite common practice of com ing out to the mail box when he makes his rounds. Days when members of the family are on the lookout be gives the dog the daily paper, which he takes carefully to the house. This is better than raiding sheepfolds or bark ing at passing teams.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

While the plump little eight pound hen turkey or twelve pound gobbler which you had for your Thanksgiving dinner would not make so much of show as the forty pound gobbler which adorned the White House table, you may derive consolation from the fact that it wasn't so tough either, as the big bird in question was a patriarch of the flock and had spurs two and half inches long.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

There is one common bird that the small boy with slung shot or air rife may appropriately put in his spare time exterminating, and that is the English sparrow Exhaustive investi- gations have been made touching the habits and bill of fare of the bird, and he has been condemned as an all round nuisance. The only redeeming fea- ture the little rascal has is that he Is hardy and gives his monotonous chirp in midwinter when the thermometer is below zero and when other birds are enjoying the balmy air of the southland. But this is not sufficient virtue to justify saving him. The sparrow is good eating, and -four and twenty sparrows would make pret- ty good potpie. ..
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

A rather unique idea along the line of getting fresh fish to market was carried out in a special car which was run from Alton, ILL, to Philadelphia The car is equipped with tanks in which the fish were carried alive to their destination. The water in the tanks, which accommodate 5000 pounds of fish, was aerated, kept in motion by air pressure and cooled with ice. It is said that the fish delivered alive in this fashion sell for IS cents instead of 12 cents per pound, the price they would fetch if shipped in the usual manner. The fish which were shipped alive in this way were buffalo fish and German carp.
Connecticut western news., 1910-12-29

With winter advancing and the ground in most sections of north cen tral states, where winters are, as rule, severe, unusually dry, there is likely to be considerable damage from win ter killing in the case of ornamental shrubs, bush fruits and even of or chard trees. Where it is possible to do so they should be watered liberally in order to moisten the roots thoroughly. In case this is not practicable prospec- tive damage may be in measure off set by thorough mulching. Tn case some such precaution is not taken we look for extensive damage along the above line in attitudes where the ther- mometer frequently reaches 20 degrees below zero or lower.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
WILL DANCE TO FINISH
FOR WORLDS TITLE
Championship Will Be Decided
Saturday Night

TO settle the disputed claim as to
which is the champion marathon
dancing couple of the world, mara
thon dance to a finish will be held next
Saturday night at Dreamland rink The
last marathon dance, after going IA
hours and AZ minutes, breaking the
worlds record, was stopped by the
Judges with three couples left on the
floor. Since then there has been a con-
tinuous wrangle as to who are the
rightful owners of the title
The same rules which governed the
last contest will be adhered to and a
physician viii be empowered to dis
qualify any dancer who shows signs of
weakness or fatigue
The is couples who have so far en-
tered for the dance have declared that
they win go into training and be pre-
pared for a real finish" go. The dane
ers will be allowed to eat and drink
while dancing, provided they do not
miss a step. It is expected the dance
will last 19 hours.
It is declared by those who have en-
tered the dance that should they win
they viii send a challenge to the Chi
cago couple who started the craze.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
RABBIT is ONLY TRUE
EUROPEAN QUADRUPED
English Farmyard Tenants Come
From Asiatic Ancestry

Discussing the remarkable fact that
of all the domesticated quadrupeds in
Europe only one is Indigenous to that
continent. writer in the Newcastle
Journal says the rabbit is the only true
European quadruped among them; the
rabbit alone is sprung from ancestors
that had been in Europe at all times.
1t was the wild European rabbit that
the Romans domesticated, as they
brought under domestication, also, the
European duck. Before the Romans the
Greeks had domesticated the European
goose. the pigeon and the bee.
With these exceptions all the tenants
of an English farmyard. including the
farmer and his wife. are sprung from
ancestors that came hither from Asia
ages and ages ago.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
RESOLUTION FLAYS
BALLINGER'S ACTION

Labos Secretary
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building
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that sentiments adopted
the president of the United States
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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
DICK" IS
SERIOUSLY ILL IN SOUTH
Old Express Messenger Sick at
Former Colleagues Home

VENICE, Cal, March lS.-Richard
Bullock, the original "Deadwood
Dick" is i'll here at the home of Mayor
Eskins. who was his substitute ex-
press messenger 90 years years ago
on the bullion run between Lead,
s D., and Omaha Bullock is 65
years old, but in spite of his age ex-
pects soon to return to his work,
although his illness is regarded as
serious.
.T have missed but few days since
began with the express company way
back in the 70s,' said he, "and
l haven't time to miss many more"
Bullock has but one eye. This gave
him the nickname Dead Eye" before
he owned his present sobriquet
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14

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who are not afflicted converse. You can en- Joy
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Thousands are in Many users tell us IL has
greatly improved their hearing and has stopped
their head noises In many instances the normal
hearing has been entirely restored. If you are
deaf or hard of hearing do not fail to send your
name and address today and test this wonderful
Instrument and see what many responsible peo-
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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14

something novel in the line of a
strike or boycott was recently reported
from a small town in Burgundy- THE
physicians of the place raised their
rates 80 per cent, and mass meeting
or all the ailing folk was called. at
which it was decided to dispense with
the medical mems services and trust 10
luck to get we'll
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
BUILDING FLOODED
WITH BURNING OIL
Two Men Hurt and Big Plant
DESTROYED

DENVER. Colo, March 1.-two
men were hurt and the local plant of
the Rocky Mountain petroleum COM
pany was practically destroyed this
afternoon when a conduit burst under
high pressure and flooded the building
with flaming oil. The loss will reach
$4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
CarefuIIy Arranged Pfot

To study the location of the rooms it
was impossible to believe that the
crime was not the elimination of
carefully arranged plot The rooms of
the museum. congested as they are
with exhibits and cases, constitute
labyrinth which can only be solved by
those fully acquainted with the ar
rangement. No thief of such loot
would have attempted the crime unless
he was sure of his get away.
Curator Baron notified the park COM
missioners OF the crime and Commits
sioners William K. Gutzow and NJ.
Earl Cummings visited the museum in
the afternoon and discussed the rob-
berry with Baron. The commissioners
viii hold a meeting today to discuss
the affair.
Lack of local knowledge of the
painting among art dealers and artists
may be due to the fact that it was pur-
chased in Paris of T. d. Trimon, Rue
Lafayette.
While the authenticity of the paint
ing can not be questioned, several art
dealers said yesterday that while they
knew there was such painting in ex-
istence they could tell nothing definite
about it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14

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to keep him from scratching the sores
and tearing the flesh. He got to be
a meYs skeleton, and was hardly able
tows 4.
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her tried it and it seemed TO dry up
the sores little. / sent to drug store
and got a cake Of Cuticura Soap and
& box Of the Ointment and followed
directions. At the end Of two months
the sores were all well He has never
had any sores Of any kind since: He
is now strong and healthy, and / can
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terrible sores. used only one cake OF
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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14

The National Academy of Sciences, an
election to which is the highest honor
in this country open to scientists. was
chartered by the national government
nearly half a century ago, and it is the
oficfal adviser OF the government in
scientific matters. The membership
which is limited TO $50, has never been
over 100
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
The DEAF CAN HEAR
80 DAYS HOME
TRIAL
Call or Write for
Particulars

Deaf people should send
their names and adj
dresses at once 20 get
this instrument on so
days home trial. This
wonderful instrument is
perfected TO such a de-
gree that the deafest
persons can hear the
faintest sounds. and we
unhesitatingly send it
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-14
FURNISHED BY THE CALL

copies Of the map with the printed
resolutions and letter will be furnished
10 the committee by The Call. The
subcommittee. having this matter in
charge Will meet this aftrnoon TO ar
range the final details. The man. res
oIutions and letter will be the same as
printed on this page The idea Is Eos
every man, interested in securing the
Hetch Hetchy water supply, TO send a
copy east, together with the request TO
Washington III