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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Fceding and Training Colts.

Feed is high. but so are horses. aud
even the chronic grumblers have
stopped saying that it does not pay to
raise colts. There is no denying that
it pays better to raise the heavy
breeds than the trotting-bged colt.
Nine out OF ten Of the former are
prizes, where only row and then .
trotter IS developed. The trotter re.
Quires special training; the draftei
needs only use 10 make him saleable
at a good price. Somebody asks il il
is true that st present prices for feed
colt will "eat his head Of in 4 few
months? 1t all depends upon how he
is fed
y yearling may be kept we'll. which
means kept growing. at not TO eX.
coed from So to S2.50 per month
while in stable. and for much less
when At pasture. \ favorite ration
is pint Of ground oats, the same Of
bran and half 4 sill of oil meal,
twice day. made into 4 thin gruel
with water and spread on the hay
feed. If hay is high, feed oat straw
in its place if bright and clean. DC
not give the colts any dusty food. and
see to it that they do not become con.
stipated Linseei meal. roots. corn.
stalks and apples are useful 10 pre-
vent this danger.
The main thing is TO keep the
youngster growing. and to see that he
has no backset. Stunted colts, like
stunted children, will carry the i'll
effects OF early maluutriuon as a
/ handicap all through life.
Next 10 sensible feeding IS intelli-
gent handling Of the colts. This
should begin early and he carried on
with patience and good sense. Kind.
ness allied to frmneSs is the great
essential in the training Of a colt in
the way you want him 10 so. 4
Drawing. impatient, headstrons man
can very soon turn likely colt into
vicious and worthless imitation Of
himself Witness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Cowpeas For Worn Land.

am and have been a reader Of
your paper for several years. and de-
sire little information through its
columns. I have field OF twelve
acres which is what We call cold. fiat
land. which has been farmei for
about thirty years. and has not been
brought IN any during that time.
but everything taken of. Last fall
/ sOwei it 70 rye, which I intend 70
turn under when full gvown. probably
in June. Now I want TO sow another
crop of something thar Will mature
in Gus to turn under IN time 10 sow
the land 20 wheat in the fail. Haye
been thinking Of some sorghum -
make a quick. heavy growth - lurn
under when fall srowC. Some advise
cowne&S. others bUCkwheat and some
m.Get, Ny ohjsct is 20 set the most
yes table matter in the ground by
some crop after the rye has bss1
tanned under. Wouli like - hear
from some who have had experience
with sorghum il that way and how
much seed should ! SOW 10 the acre >
II any farmer knows q 3 better p.sn
To revive this kind Of sCoGai would
be sad 20 hear from HIM. 4. +.
Answe--We recomm Won 70
SOW cowpeSs, ana - c1t tAs rye Be-
fore seed natures II ycu use soy
ghuu. SON six OF eight oESy,s Q. sss3
PEI ae7s.-IRdia12 Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
THE COLUMBUS STATUE
AT WASHINGTON

Foreigners have often commented
on the absence from Washington City,
where statues of heroes and near
heroes occupy almost every available
space. OF any monument to Columbus
throughout the entire United States
of Columbus. like those of a certain
ancient Roman, are conspicuous by
their absence. on the other hand
throughout Latin America statues of
Columbus in bronze and marble are
numerous and of great beauty.
At last. however. the great discov-
erer is to be honored. an Act of Con-
gress approved March 4. 1907. pro-
viding for the erection of a statue
in a suitable location. one hundred
thousand dollars having been appro-
priated for the purpose. and a COM
mittee named 70 select the design
At the time the bill was enacted.
President Taft was Secretary of War
and chairman Of the committee.
Il has been decided that this me-
mortal shall be placed in the PLAZA
OF the new Union Depot. This build
ing, which cost eleven million dollars.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
kecnins Un Soil Fertility.

Wls& reference 70 AGSr.IS tie land
up with clover alone. I formerly De-
lieyei the fertility q the sol could
BE maintained indefinitely by crop
rotation and ths proper use o. clover.
bur IN resent years I have changed
my mind. Certain elements. Is nitro
gs2. phosphorus Scii ana potash, IL
hersnt il the soil and necessary -
the growth and thrift q all plants.
are removed from the land by. conia-
uou3 cropping. two ot which e21aos
be replaced by clover 2loas.
As sI know. clover il properly
used, viii renew the diminishing sup
ply ot nitrogen. but viii not develop
the available phoSphoric aci5 and
potash II sufficient quantities 70 scow
profitable o-oT& There comes a time
in the history OF all old land, when
the exhausted elements which cannot
b restored By clover mus, II sup
Piled from some ether source. Stable
manure, which is complete Within
itself O. some form q phosphate o.
commercial fertilizer must bs USED.
II you have enough stable manure
You VIII nevs: aesi any eomue-cis.
Iertil.ze-. But who has enough
We probably have more stable ma
nurs than any one else in this vieln-
1T. SIS we feed and fattsn. each year.
for the market, great deal OF live
stceS, consisting q some 1890 head
CT sheep and lambs. II harm bull;
expressly for th&t purpose. and in
which hey are well bs6ds6. thereby
cons a~ving, in the bsse possible man
re-. all liquid IS well IS au solid
manure. II addition 10 this We fei
last summer more than see head Of
hogs The manure from all these
animals SUES through the spreads-.
and back On the Land. YET We have
not enough Hence. we supplv the
deficiency by using commercial fer
tIlirsvs. and in addition 10 this. NE
SOW clover in su small grain. having
now more taaa loo acres ir clover.
Our 2veTSEe yield OF wheat has in.
creased from twelve TO fifteen bushels
yer acre, giving the figures for each
year and Geld. one year We sowsd
wkest in twO twenty-five sere feds:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
The Yerkes Rugs.

The Metropolitan Museum of New
York has through this (the Yerkes)
sale added several important pieces
to its collection, even il it has had to
pay big prices. Some of the finest
and most interesting pieces in the
Victoria and Albert Museum were ac-
Quired thirty years or more ago. and
several of them were then purchased
by far-sighted curator at prices FREE
Quently less than 81. and rarely over
s6 each. By the early SOS of the last
century the Oriental carpet and rug
had attracted the notice of collectors;
with the increase in price. and in
1882 the fine Persian Qspahan) car
pet Of the early seventeenth century,
OF crimson satin with the official
number and date of purchase Az
1SS2"). cost the Museum $40. Its
present value must be we'll into four
dsures.-Londen Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Be- .aIaE amy

one of these. comparatively new land.
and the other. very old. upon which
we used 125 pounds per acre Of a
fertilizer carrying. probably. one to
two per cent. nitrogen. seven TO
eleven per cent. available phosphoric
acid aud two to four per cent. potash,
no fertilizer being used on the newer
field From the old land we harvest
ed twelve bushels more per acre than
from the new, and of better weight
and quality.
The old field had been in cultiva-
ton. probably. more than fifty years.
rhe old field was much nearer the
barns. and had had more manure
hauled on it than on the other one.
At the Rothamstead experiment
station. England. three plats OF
ground were used in growing wheat
for more than fifty years. on one
of these plats wheat was grown for
the entire period without fertilizer
of any kind. producing 1S.1 bushels
per acre. average. On one Of the
other plats fourteen tons Of farm
manure were applied each year and
produced S57 bushels per acre. And
upon the other one commercial fer.
tilizer was applied. and the yield was
lS7.l bushels Per acre.. w. F..
Thomas, in the Indiana Farmer.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
ICONS Snread Consnmntion.

10 show that there is danger Of
contracting tuberculosis from using
milk from tuberculsr cows, We cite
the statement of Health officer Wood
ward. or Washington. who says that
about fifteen per cent. of the people
who die in the District of Columbia
from tuberculosis contract the dis
ease as a result of drinking milk from
diaries in and around Washington.
1t has been found that an unusually
large number OF cows around Wash
ingtou have the disease. This is .
serious situation. and if this is true
around Washington it is true in other
large cities. The only safe way is TO
give the COWS the tuberculin test
Farmers Guide.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Horse HOLIDAYS,

The Federal Government is acting
on the old saw that all work and no
play makes Jack dull boy aud
has adopted rule for holiday for
horses employed in the public service.
The first example OF the new law WAS
tested in the case OF all horses. used
in the service NJ Washington. The
horses employed in the Postal De
partment are TO have a thirty days
vacation every year. the same as Gov
eminent employees. The chief OF the
department believes holidays will add
70 the efficiency and durability OF the
horses in the Government service.
Every summer all the horses en-
ployed in the Postal Department At
the capital will be sent 10 the Gov
eminent pastures Of Maryland. \
change to the rich. tonic grasses Of
the country and the opportunity TO
repose in the shade OF the stately
trees viii net only be appreciated by
the horses. but will greatly add TO
their efficiency.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
a MYSTERY SOLVED.

4 new kind of excitement to whlCa
jewellers in the country are hence
forth likely to be subjected is SET
forth somewhat amusingly in the Bal
timore Herald. The energetic editor
OF the Gungawamp Advocate VA
rudely awakened from his afternO0l
slumber in his Office chair by Te
lent ringing of the telephone bell
At first he thought it was the lns
ling Of silver coin, and q smile playa
over his sunken features. but Vna
he realized what it really was
sprang to his feet.
"Hello," he shouted, and seized
pad and pencil. !.
Hello" came the answer
this the Advocate ofice?"
eyes. What do you want?"
"Well, say, there has been a nI
der committed out here on my ials
and want to have you come ng'
out and write it up. n
"A murderl What makes n
think so?"
well, I just found a hat -
of spectacles and a set OF false '1
down in my south medder anu 'na
amt another blessed thing IN W
anywhere. Oh, it's MURDER
right" u
Have you run down all
elues?"
Yes. Amt even a footprint
the grass"
"All right; I'll be right out
The editor had jumped in'v
shoes and coat, and was giving u
tions to his Office boy, when 'n'
rang a second time. :,
"Hello," he shouted, nerVousS a.,
"Hello." came the answer. ,.r
needn't come out. An air-ship
has just come in, and says De u'Vf'
EN-"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
A HippopotamuS Hunt.
BY H.R.H. the DUCHESS OLE AZ

The chief breaks the smell
stands up and gives his orders
rise, and at signal the men 20 =
upon the green carpet Of loa
field. Complete silence again
hold our breath in anxious exnace
ton. The hippo is invisible. h
he is there he is hidden under r.,
protecting grasses. Our wait !,
short; the hippo is indeed there. !,
man has felt him under his feet RI,
the beast travels under the movir,
vault. The blacks never lose traeI
of him for moment; the circle cIo...
in; for an instant they fear tbat.h
will escape them by going out ~
ward the river, and they hurry ara
him with lances poised; bat he go.,
back to the middle of the lake bv :,
underground passage. A man /,
knocked over; iostled by the invisibI,
animal, he loses his footing and fan,
The hippo is here-Quite close TO n,
we see the grasses move. Wifi
great skill man throws a harpoo,
with a strong cord attached IN 4
A shout of joy goes up; the harpoO,
stays upright, firmly planted in ths
animals back. He disappears onas
more, and the crowd of hunters nn,.
sues him closely. a second and
third harpoon are successfully thrown
and the ends of the ropes quickly
passed to men in canoes. They mil
at the animal, which struggles and
resists, and. pushing up his head
bellows furiously He plunges down
again, pulling after him the canoes
and paddlers. There is an anxious
moment, but the weight of numbers
tells, and he is brought back to the
surface. Finding he cannot escaue
he becomes Infatuated; he fights and
struggles and throws himself against
the canoes, biting at them with bs
huge Jaws; he turns and attempts 10
charge, then tries again to wreck Ina
canoes. 1t is too dangerous a g9fs
to be allowed to continue, andM
men close in and spear him to dealt
with their long lances. His death Il
almost pathetic; with an effort be
lifts his forequarters out of the wa.
ter, and rests his head sadly agains!
the side OF canoe Then his head
falls, his eyes close, and he dies
Harper's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
BYZANTINE ART IS EGYPTIAN.
Characteristic Architecture Marble andWood
Sculpture From the Land OF the Pharaohs.

Tie gscaiiAr style % at kn0wn as
Eyrantlne has hss1 alternately
si2imed a. a ssrTivai q the Hsliezls-
fie ART cf Alsxan1raa. ard q sronfan-
sous srowta sf ne u-tive rint when
arsaset 81 TIE yoathfsl Impulse 81
ceristlAzity WAne ses 3ezy1ng that
rcia t1csf elements mas lave coutTit-
ase4 % - fafmafis-. " Disai i1 IRE
Aeta q, iasi ysafs ArrhascscelEt Goa
Efess tcaifef triasa eat ses4 eiearis
t1e p-ss114sfaa1k tett sAle1 b.
IA1tias al ewss e. aasie1t ExyEt
waenrs lt aeFiFet its Characteristics
Arralsecturs. 80 Hlamlaatst maaa.
scrirts 41i tAs h4FA tsehnleal sash
stown IN ths st9iEgare SO mar1ls.
lr,ry a1t ueos
une mixhf aes 60 tAs taai b was
rrceatlF - wEnsues co rhs
Ecek g t<s ptst ssita Ear have
bsaz fanEiaf etlegts g. eFfTy Eryr-
tiaz. whieA sass tts arfi itsas 81 $40.
mi1aie1 miasais 80 taexs 81 Aeas
tAas tAe s41ss1 l1e1s wEfe 80 saf-
rlNal Of 50 m4fai rslau1Es 81 ~
tsz.ss - IS kl1@A 49, g4al - 10.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Cheap Horse Feeds.

The Miehisan Agricultural Expert
mont Station has published bulletin
on comparative horse feeding. It
states that six horses at work re-
ceivei reguiar ration Of timothy
hay and oats at an average expense
OF 600 cents per day. estimating the
feed at current prices. The horses
lest an average Of eleven pounds
each. Six horses were fed a cheaper
ration consisting of shredded corn
stalks. cat straw, hay. ear corn, oats.
beet pulp. bran, oilcake and few
carrots, the average cost Of which
was IL cents per day, and the
horses gained on an average four
teen pounds each. -Four horses were
also fed the cheaper ration. but rs
they were ut rest part Of the time
they were not fed as heavily as the
other lots. The average cost Of main
tena0oe in this trial was 12.e cents,
and the average loss in live weight
for each horse four pounds.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

really simple and substantial caa
opener. one that she cogl1 operate
without danger o. cutting her k2z4s
Simplicity and e-icierey see.i O. -
he keynote % ire one shCwz n tks
ii,usirstio- beloH. tsEg-ei ars H.
vented ty 3 Detroit nan u oyer 80
a car Tie point a. re end . t.E-s,
into the central porti,u e re TO- oi
the can AID re ~ t-oagef - teaf
il lies parallel wiih ;Aetcs e tie caz
Tie caster Is thea Fexuiatet e. its
toothed bzr - that 4 wli szt e.tesr
the TOP 81 TIE car O. ths Sic Wte
a Hrn pall or tie k4r1is tAe III c4a
he easily severed = sill - uoti,st
that there are practically t~c cattsfs
one FOR custinE TIE 'cp q ire ca- AL
another for eating tie SIDE % tAs
can. TAis I'll. ts fc1ut eorvsr'sat
vhe- i Is desired 20 remove t4e cen.
tents without tisar-1rrlrs ties --
Boston Pest;
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

section. BY the depending chain the
pin is then given a downward tug and
the resistance Of the spring and the
spring coils az the top holds the whole
firmly on the clothesline. which fits
into the cOnesve part of the spring
end. There is no danger Of such 4
pin coming loose and allowing the
clothes to GroD.--Washingto Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
The Chinese Riots

The immediate occasion Of the riot
Ing 81 Changsha, in the province Of
Human. appears % Re the failure az
the rice crop. With all their cen
turtles q sgr2-isa experience, the
Chinese have not yet Learned 10 dis
tribute the surplus product OF one
district 70 relieve the distress OF an
other. Il mSy &c that II one province
the cattle Sre driven into the fields 10
feed 2nd the crops are used as fuel,
while in AZ adjoining province the
people are starving. The market for
the rice crop is strictly a local one.
While il Is permissible to import
gr2in from abroad II any quantity de-
sired. grain OF sny kind may not BE
transported from one district to an
other without the express permission
Of the goveVnnent-PhilzislPhia
Ledger.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
The Wrong Tag.

b this story Congressman Rams
dale. Of Louisiana. was reminded of
a professional beggar in Dublin who
had been wearing big "I-am-blind'
tag for many years. and had gathered
!. plenty OF money. One OF his con-
tEibutors saw the blind beggar skip
ping along a by-street without any
boy or dog for guide. and he
stopped the beggar. saying:
Here. you rascal. You can see
IS well as anybody"
Sure l can. replied the Irishman.
They've put the wrong tag on me.
It's dafe and doomb l am tn day
Washington Herald.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

less and conventional style of Egyp-
tan arr during the latter part of the
NeN Empire Is quite sufficient to &C
eouni for the decadent appearance of
at Byzantine work from its earliest
period
Tie manufacture Of textile fabrics.
p ~hieA Egypt was always supreme.
seems % have passed straight from
iae Nile toconstantinople and TO have
tans become responsible for its sur
tlVAl IN EuFopeduring the Dark Ages.
50 Tue Is IL that the more facts come
90 Asht the stronger does ~ obliga-
tioa % TIE modern world to ancient
kgTFi aqpear.-The Afhenaeum-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Insects That Make Money For che Farmer.

tile. But the Smyrna fig, the only
variety of particular merit for dry
ing, contains only pistillate, or fe-
male. blossoms; and unless these are
fortified from some exterior source
the fruit falls off when the size OIL
small marbles. The Capri, or wild
fig. contains both staminate and pis-
tillate blossoms, and in this the hg
wasp lives. moves and has its being.
This variety of the fig natures three
or four crops of fruit annually, new
crop making its appearance just as
the old reaches maturity, so that
when the female wasp emerges from
the fruit that is fully ripe and ready
to fall, it finds new figs formed into
which it crawls to lay its eggs.
When the Smyrna, or commercial,
figs form on the trees in June Tin the
San Joaquin Valley of California;,
one crop of the Capri figs is fully ma
tured, and the insects are just ready
to emerge to seek place in which
to deposit their eggs for the perpetual
VI lu6IT h1uQ. AC rs
then take the Capri figs from the
trees. string them upon ratfia, ana
hang them among the branches OF
the Smyrna trees in their orchards.
The insects emerge from the Capri
figs covered with pollen from the
staminate blossoms in the interior,
find the immature fruit of the Smyrna
figs, and enter them for the purpose
of laying their eggs, effectively pollen
izing the blossoms so that the fruit
natures perfectly.
This process, known as caprifica-
ton, has been performed in the
Orient by fg-growers for ages. The
growers did not in the least under
stand the reason for it. but they knew
from experience that if they did not
place the Capri figs containing insects
in the trees of the commercially val
liable variety they obtained no fruit.
1t was commonly supposed then that
the insects inflicted a sting in the in
terror of the fruit that stimulated
its growth and caused it to remain
on the trees. In the experimental
days of commercial fig culture in
California advocates of the introduce
ton of the fig wasp were ridiculed
and derided for their "superstitious'
belief in the agency of bug" but
the absolute necessity of the fig wasp
is now universally admitted.
After many failures the insect was
successfully introduced by the De-
partment of Agriculture. in 1899,
and 1000 tons of dried figs are now
produced annually in California, with
the industry as yet in its infancy.
In its wild state, the vanilla bean
OF Mexico. Central and South Amer
lea is similarly fortified by a small
insect, but the vanilla of commerce
(grown under cultivation is pro-
duced by artificial fertilization of the
blossoms by hand. The vanilla plan
is an orchid and has the trait of re-
quiring insect fertilization in common
with nearly all species Of that great
botanical subdivision.
These are only few of the insects
whose natural operations in one way
or another are advantageous to man
kind. They are the most conspicuous,
but there are hundreds, or more like
~ thousands, of other species that
contribute TO the comfort, convent
ence or well-being of humanity.-New
York American
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Novel ClotheSnin.

Now the o,6-faShioned wooden
clo,heSrin that has done its humble
work 50 well for many. many years
may have 70 50. II has : rival, de-
signed by Texas man. which IS
much more artistic and i said 70 be
cleaner. The new clothespin is made
Of wire, galvanized iron Or aluminium
wire Of gOod quality. and is guarsn-
teed not 10 soil the clothes The
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

Vice-ccrsui Charles L. Williams.
e cAsioc, reports tia; is.Tss.iss
qcunts - straw brazil we're exported
tscm China in 1897. Of which eves
s.eoe.tee pounds we're exported from
fenktsu. s1d oniy iSS.c0o pounds
frem cAeeioo. which vas formerly
20 srsAs salRRias point for this pre-
4a4A
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

A meteor heat iavs-ie4 ~ a VIE
0-ss- nan. ard toure rr4rt.csits Is
mounted. cztara-4z faskior. r. tee
marrow hu,ls. vAlch are ser. fHet
with air.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
The Least Shrinking Of Living Ladies

Mrs. Herbert Henry Asquith. wife
OF the British Prime Minister. stands
for that type OF female character
which IS antithetical TO the reserved
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

whole device shown in the illustra-
ton is made of one piece Of wire,
twisted and intertwisted to form pin
and chain. The wavy pieces of iron
shown form a sort of snring The
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
For COLDS and GRIP.

Hicks CAPUDISE is the best remedy.
relieves the aching and feverishne1-c1ra
the Cold and restores normal conditions III
Gc-, az drug stores
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

A clear brain and
STEADY, dependable nsfVa
Can win wealth and A@
For their owner.
Cearheadedness anda
Strong, healthy boy
Depend largely on the
Right elements N !,
Regular food and drink
Coffee contains caffcins7
A poisonous drug.
Postum h rich 70 the !,
Gluten and phosphaIss =
Furnish the vital energy
That puts @EingC any
shustIc"
into body and BRAIN
@There's a Reasa>
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

n. II. GREEN'S SoSs, OF Atlanta, Ga, an
the only successful Dropsy Specialists lntn
world. See tnei- liberal offer In advertise
ment in another column Of this PAPER,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

Even II you stand on your dignity.
i viii not enable you to see over the
heads OF the crowd.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20
Eheient Can opener.

Every housewife would undoubt-
edly welcome the invention Of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-05-20

Crowns of hats are now faced
with metallic or colored laces.