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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-10-27
Pure water is essential.

Starter for butter may be propa-
gated from day to day.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-10-27

The proper treatment of barb wiu
cuts on horses will mean fewer blem
ishes and less serious consequence
generally.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-10-27

Many farmers make practice d
turning lambs into the corn field IL
the early fall to gather up all thl
weeds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-10-27

A SOW pig. narrowing at one year
old. will. If she and her offspring pro-
duce the average number OF animals,
round up herd of 500 at the end of
the fourth year-provided there are
re slips. NO death. no runts.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-10-27

The fall. after all of the garden
plants have been killed. Is the best
time to clean up the trash in the
garden and burn 1t to prevent insects
from spending the winter In it and
be ready to lay eggs next year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-10-27

Farmers will soon be feeding new
hay and new grain. Change from the
old to the new should be made grad
ually.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
A RANK INJUSTICE.

Tn spite Of the fact that the average man you may talk with who has no money in the bank will say that the exemption of mortgages and similar forms of credit from taxation Is q favoritism to the wealthy, the fact remains that the system of taxing credits is itself rank injustice, and this because it involves double taxa ton and throws burden. in the end not upon the man of wealth who has money to lend, but upon the poorer man trying to get ahead who must borrow. To cite concrete illustra- tion of the injustice to which we refer let's say that here is a young fellow who wants to buy an eighty acre farm at $100 per acre. He has $2,O00 of his own money saved up and gives a mort gage for the balance, $6,00O. When the assessor comes around he assesses the land, as he ought to do. Before long he gets around to the man who sold the farm and in reality he pro- ceeds to assess the farm again when he lists that $6,OOO mortgage. The up- shot of the business is that a little later a tax is paid on the basis of $14,- 900 worth of property when the best mathematician one can find can only figure out $8,OOO worth, which was the value and sale price of the eighty acres. In conclusion it is we'll to re- peat in substance what was said at the beginning of the paragraph-name- ly, that there is injustice in any sys- tenn of taxation which makes this two fold levy possible and that the injus- tice is borne largely by the borrower, who, because of the fact that the mort gage is taxed, is compelled to pay an added interest rate which will cover the sum paid by the mortgagor in the shape of taxes.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
What They Ate,

Tobias Smollett wrote his Humphrey Clinker' in 1771, the last year of his life, giving therein a spirited account of the society and customs then pre- vatling in London town. He exposed the iniquities practiced by the purvey- ors Of provisions at that time. Oysters were 'bloated" and "foated'' then as now; veal was whitened by repeated bleHdings of the live animal; greens were boiled with brass half pence to Improve the color; the wine In com mon use was ''pernicious sophistica- tton, balderdashed with cider, corn spirit and the juice of sloes," and oth- CT revelations not suited to repetition in this polite age indicated that al- most every article of diet was prof. ftably treated" before 1t reached the ultimate consumer. That "bleached" flour is no new commodity was also shown, while Smollett's added com ment furnishes excellent food for re- dection:
 "The bread I eat in London is deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum and bone ashes, insipid to the taste and destructive to the constitu- ton. The good people are not ig- norant of this adulteration, but they prefer it to wholesome bread because it is winter than the meal of corn."- Washington Post
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
Fires and Insurance.

The agent of a we'll known insur- ance company stood on the fringe of the crowd watching the firemen retir ing from the scene of q small blaze in an uptown flathouse.
 "Pll do business tomorrow morn ing" said he grimly, "and most of it will be with women who have forgot ten their insurance has run out. There's nothing like a blaze on the block to set thoughts in the direction or insurance. Last week a woman was waiting for me when I opened my office. Her husband had given her money to take out insurance weeks before, and she had spent it for q new hat. The night before a fire had broken out on the second flat above theirs, and, believe me, that woman must have suffered tortures until the fate of the house was settled. She paid the premium in small change, which believe she took from a child's bank, rather than confess her neglect to her husband. "-New York World.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
The Poor.

We all love the poor. It would be entirely unnecessary, if not positively caddish, to say that we hate the poor. But there are two kinds of poor-the individual poor and the collective poor It is not the individual poor that we love; it is the collective poor. It is not the poor that we know and see, but the poor that we do not know and have neither time nor inclination to look at. We are afraid if we see them we shall cease to love them. We never say, God bless the iceman, or the coal heaver, or the motorman." For them we find our generations for not contributing to our comfort just so and so and so.
 It is with great fervor, however, that we can say, God bless the poor" be- cause the poor do not interfere with our comfort to the slightest degree.-- Life.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
HOW SHE. GOT WELL.

A bright young woman we know from her earliest years cherished an ambition to be teacher in a college For this work she was fitted both by tastes and intellectual equipment. She pursued this ambition with the great est devotion and zeal, but through the years seemed to lose sight of the fact that a physical constitution none too strong likewise needed developing and strengthening. She graduated from high school and college leader in her class and took up teaching work, be ing rapidly promoted to a position as instructor in a college, only to face the crushing disappointment when just ready to take up her life work that her health-physical and nerve force was so shattered that she would have to relinquish her ambition. She con suited physicians, who told her her only hope for health lay in getting into the great outdoors and working there. She resigned herself to this state of things, but not aimlessly. She decided to fit herself as an expert mar ACb SdIuCuCI dLu udS SuCCGSuGu D6- yond her highest expectations. She not only directs the garden work, but does great deal of it herself. She has made a thorough study of the science of gardening and does every thing In the latest and most approved way. She uses great care in the se- lection of seed, knows the value of fertilizers and thorough cultivation and, lastly, but not of least importance, takes especial care in the marketing of her fruit and vegetables. For these she receives the highest market prices. Aside from the financial end of the un- dertaking, she has been a gainer. The terrible nervous headaches are gone, the depression and exhaustion, and she has gained in weight and strength, the sun and outdoor air and work in the soil having largely restored her health.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
SHOULD BE swEETENEp.

A friend who has put in 1,20O rods of tile and plans to put in still more has asked for a sure way of telling whether such land is acid or sour. While this sour condition of soil is often indicated by the failure of the tract to grow clover and its tendency to grow the sorrels, a better way is to test the soil with blue Htmus paper, which can be got from or through most any druggist. Pieces of this paper cut 2 by inches should be in- serted into the soil in representative spots to a depth of five or six inches in spade cuts, each place where piece is placed being marked with stick. After remaining in the soil three or four hours they should be ex- amined. If the test papers have turn ed red or red in spots the proof is con- elusive that the soil is sour and that before it will give satisfactory results In crop production it must be sweet ened with an alkali, which Is con- tained in limited quantities in stable manure, but much more plentifully In common lime, which may be applied in the finely ground raw stone form or in the shape of slaked lime. If plenty of manure is available, both it and lime (at the rate of two to three tons per acre) may be put on the land at the same time.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
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Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

As showing that it is a far more diff ficult matter to control the supply of product like grain or potatoes where many are engaged in producing it than in the case of coal, oil or similar prod uct where the producers are few and quite likely united is shown in the disaster which befell those who tried to hold up potato prices last winter. It was decided by a group having In- dianapolis as a center of operation to hang on to a big lot of potatoes until $1 per bushel should be reached. The price not advancing as was anticipat- ed, several hundred cars were dumped on central markets in January and February and brought the munifcent price of IS cents per bushel, this not taking into account the expense of holding and storing. The men who had a hand i'll this deal are wiser if poorer this year and will speculate in something mote enduring than ''pra- ties"
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

One of the best jobs the postoff1ce department has had a hand in for many a day was the rounding up during the latter part of November of Burr Bros. of New York city. An examination of their books showed that they had whee- dled simple minded, unsuspecting in- vestors all over the country out of about $1OO,OOO,OOO during the past five years. The bulk of this money was got through the sale of oil, mining and wireless telegraph stock. While it is a. shame that there is not some federal authority whose business it is to in- vestigate into such propositions as the above before the promoters are allowed the use of the mails, it is also a pity that more folks don't have the good horse sense to view with suspicion in- vestment enterprises which promise
 aore than a legitimate 6 or 7 per cent on an investment and to cut out this trying to get something for nothing, a type of greatness which is really at the bottom If the whole trouble.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Poultry experience points plainly to the fact that hens will not only lay better, but keep in a more healthy condition, if they are kept in relatively small fiocks. In case disease appears the. advantage of such separation is seen at a glance.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

While there is a pretty fair return in growing beets at $4 to $5 per ton, the incentives is not sufficient to make the average corn belt, farmer banker after the job after he has had one years experience with the intensive type of culture which is necessary in raising them.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

A whole lot of farm owners and hired men are now minus fingers and hands as result of getting them shipped off in corn shredders. It seems a bit strange that fellow won't keep at a safe distance from dingus that is as powerful and vicious as shred der is.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
It is passing strange how many farr

It is passing strange how many farm CTS seem to have a native prejudice against any device or method that that can by hook or crook be called newfangled. We know many men, and our readers know a great many more, who are pulling teats of cows twice day through the whole of their milking period who actually don't give enough milk, raise a good enough calf or make enough manure, all told, to pay their annual feed bill. Yet these fellows will shy at a.four dollar Bab- cock tester worse than a green heifer at a red automobile, and they will doubt less console themselves with the re- hection that the good old way is good enough for them. Where a fellow Is absolutely blind and stubborn the only thing that can be done is to let him plod along in the good old way" and take what comes.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

It was not long ago that a good many were expressing the fear that the automobile business would knock the horse business galley west. Walk up to the owner of the next fine team you see and try to negotiate for it, and you will conclude at once that the folks that held this view were false prophets of badly deluded type.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

The good sound corn you are feed ing those pigs to get them in shape for market will produce far better growth and larger financial return if you add to it one-tenth as much tankage or oil meal. This will balance the ration and give most economical gains.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

It> sounds nj in the account of tho wedding to have the reference to the wedding gifts read mostly cut elss and silver" but there is little question that it would be more sensible if larger portion of the gift money were spent for bedding, carpets and kitchen utensils.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Now that live hog and pork prices have begun to rise again it is very pat ent that the recent slump in prices an- nounced by the packers was chiefly for the purpose of loading up on big sup ply of live stock at reduced rates. The fellow who buys bacon, salt pork and sausages will quite likely have to dig just as deep into his pockets as he has in the past.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

The harnesses should be kept in good repair if for no other reason than to prevent so far as possible runaway fracases with the green horses, which, if they once have a run, are never again so reliable and steady. More than this, the precaution referred to may save repairs at the wagon shop and funeral expenses.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Horses that have a tendency to kid ney trouble, often manifested in ago. turia, may be helped quite bit by giving them a dose of saltpeter now and then. In severe cases, where the limbs are affected with the overflow of albumen, an excellent medicine is Fowlers solution put on the oats or ground feed. The dose should be in- creased from a teaspoonful at first to tablespoonful given twice day.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

While there is little question that rapid settlement of the Pacific north west has tended to break up the large range areas for sheep and cattle and for the time being to reduce the output of these animals, it is the view of those who have been watching the introduc- tion of more diversified forms of farm ing that in the more favorable sections at least more stock will be raised un- der the new era of ownership of small CT areas than was produced under the old.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Fanette is the name of a prize Swiss Toggenburg goat belonging to firm in Redlands, Cal, which has the dis tinction of having given the most milk of any goat on record. From Feb. IA, 1909, to Jan. %, 1910, she gave 1;7o8 pounds of milk, the largest amount produced in one day being April T, when she gave five quarts, or nine pounds ten ounces.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

The average man or woman relishes eggs, meat, beans and fish for the same reason that the farm animals are greedy for clover, alfalfa, bran and oilmeal, because they contain generous supplies of protein-muscle and blood forming clements.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

The small boy should be encouraged to start savings account, if for no other reason to encourage him in de veloping a habit of saving and having something to look forward to, which will stand him in mighty good stead when he arrives at mans estate and wants to make his own way.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

There are lots of chaps who will spend half day at country auction and not buy a secondhand halter who would consider it trial to spend fif- teen minutes setting a supply of fuel for the kitchen stove.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

That pigs as well as some smaller animals have considerable capacity for multiplying was shown in the case of Duroc SOW belonging to corn belt farmer of which we read the other day. She had litter of nine pigs in October, raising all of them. In the June following she had nine more pigs, of which number eight lived. There were six sows in the first litter, and before the year was up they had forty five healthy growing pigs. This meant an increase from one to sixty-three in less than twelve months time. No wonder there's money in pigs.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Not only is it true in the case of the farm animals, but of the poultry as well that fresh air during the win ter season when they are closely con fined is far more important from the standpoint of health and growth than warm air. Many farmer shortsight- edly stuffs up every crack and cranny to keep. out the cold when if he but knew it he is dollars behind as re- suit.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Southern and western corn growers will have to look to their laurels if reports from Massachusetts are cor rect touching a yield of 125 bushels of corn in a contest which was con cluded in the Bay State a few weeks ago. If we remember correctly, the corn grown was long cobbed flint type, and the yield was due to excel lent tillage and generous application of a commercial fertilizer.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

The question of the partition fence often arises and sometimes causes trouble. In many states the law de- fines quite exactly what this shall be, that it shall contain a certain number of strands of wire of given descrip- tion, or if one party erects or wants to erect a hog or sheep tight fence the other can be compelled to do so if he does not voluntarily. In case he is obstreperous the matter may be re- ferred to the township trustees, who are usually delegated with authority to settle such matters.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

The alligator is one of a number of animals that have the hibernating habit-spending the winter season in a sleeping and nearly Hfeless condi- tion-and the way in which they pre- pare for this is interesting It is said that they return in the fall to the vicinity where the female alligator made her nest in the summer and there dig down about a dozen feet. then horizontally some distance thence upward to a point above the water level, where a retreat is excavated large enough so that the animals can lie at full length. Another interesting habit of the alligator, if the testimony of seemingly credible witnesses may be accepted. is that of taking into it's stomach a bit of wood, often light wood knot, before beginning its long sleep, these having been found in their stomachs in the spring highly polish ed.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05

Many a boy and man are making snug sum these days in attitudes where fur bearing animals, such as the mink, muskrat and skunk, abound by doing q little trapping on the side while going to school or attending to other work In the section in which the writer has sojourned for the past six months rats fetch from 40 to 70 cents, skunkskins from $1 to $4, while minkskins bring all the way from 8 to $6 or $7, depending upon their size, color and quality. The rapid advance in the price offered for these and other furs Is due not only to a decreasing supply of fur bearing animals, but also to a steadily growing demand for furs and fur trimmed apparel
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-05
F or = ale Second hand. Barga.Es
 worth looking after.

50 h. p. New York Safety En- zine; 60 h. D. Return Tubular Boiler; 20 inch Unique Attrition Mill, very little used; Munson Burr Mill, Steel Pulleys, Wood Puileys and Shafting; No. 1 Lane Saw Mill.
 Also new shafting, Hangers, Pulleys and Gears of all descrip- tions, Unique Attritionss 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.
The Cairo bulletin., 1911-09-10

up for sale, has had several notable
occupants. but none more notable
than Lord Byron. Most of his brief
and tempestuous married life was
passed there. his daughter, Lady
Lovelace. was born there, he was liv.
ing there when he parted from his
wife forever and in the library at the
back Of the house overlooking the
stables -Lord Glenesk also used Il as
his library--he wrote The Siege OF
Corinth" The apartment remains
pretty much the same as 1t was In
1916. .
There are several memorials OF the
poet In the house. His bust stands In
a recess in the overmantei of the en
trance hall. There Ia an oil painting
of him framed by the overmantel of
the library and the secret stairs In
the lobby at the back of the morning
room are said TO have been used by
him as a means of gaining access un:
observed through the still existing
trapdoor to the room above He used
II Is said the latter room as bed
chamber, though In Lord and Lady
Glenesk's time II was drawing room: