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Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
ECONOMICAL BEEF FEEDING.

The Nebraska state experiment sta- tion at Lincoln published the middle of December a bulletin on Economical Beef Production" which contains Il number of suggestions which should be valuable to feeders of beef cattle. As result of number of carefully conducted feeding tests 1t was found that old process linseed meal coarsely ground had a slightly higher feeding value than cottonseed meal, while ei- ther of these feeds was considerably better than wheat bran as protein concentrate. One experiment showed that cold pressed cottonseed cake fed with corn and corn stoyer gave larger daily gains than any other combina- tion of foods used. The results in three experiments made showed that beef could be produced more cheaply by the use of alfalfa in connection with corn than by the use of any of the three -linseed meal, cottonseed meal or bran-when the roughage consisted of prairie hay. The conclusions derived from some other, feeding tests showed that with corn at from 35 to 50 cents per bushel and alfalfa hay at $7 per ton or lower less than full feed of corn-from four teen to eighteen pounds-was a more economical ration than when full feed was used and that if corn was worth from 50 to 60 cents per bushel it was more economical to reduce the corn ration to half feed; or from ten to twelve pounds. A comparison of the quarters after the animals were slaughtered showed that the groups fed on alfalfa gave better quality of meat, as shown in the color, marbling. etc
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
A DEFICIENT DIET.

Investigations into instances of pig eating sows seem to show that this tendency is aggravated if not in every case caused by the sow's not having a balanced diet during the few weeks prior to the birth of her litter. A largely fat forming ration, such as corn, fails to furnish the mother with the elements she needs in providing her unborn young with flesh and bone forming material, and the morbid ap- petite she sometimes shows in her at tempts to devour them as soon as born Is quite often evidence of the lack re- ferred to. The difficulty may be over come by reducing the corn ration and substituting for part of it in the neighborhood of half a pound per day of oil meal or tankage. This ration may be stilr further improved by add ing an allowance of steamed clover OF alfalfa hay. The bone forming e!e- ment--J9etash-may be supplied in col charcoal and wood ashes.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
A LIMITED PARCELS POST.

The demand on the part of the peo- pie of the country for what is known as limited parcels post is increasing, and there seems to be little question that in the near future congress will pass such legislation as will put 1t into operation. These systems of,pack- age delivery by mail have been in vogue in some European countries for more than hundred years, hence are not socialistic, utopian or untried. In practical operation they have proved eminently successful and above every thing satisfactory and great con venience to people living in country districts. The postmaster general has recommended limited parcels post which would make low rates for the distribution of parcels from towns and cities over local rural routes. It is contended, and the point is we'll taken, that the average rural carrier handles less than forty pounds of mail matter daily when even with his light wagon he could easily take care of several times this amount, not only increasing greatly the revenues of the postof1ce department, but ministering largely to the needs and convenience of the pa irons along his route. The opponents of parcels posts in any form seem to be the country merchants, who fear still further inroads into their terri tory by the catalogue houses and the express companies, which are annually extracting millions of dollars from the shippers of the country in the shape of discriminatory and exorbitant rates. Inasmuch, however, as some country merchants are buying catalogue house stuff and putting it on their own shelves, the position which they take in the matter is hardly consistent. The live merchant does not greatly fear catalogue house competition, and the dead or moribund merchant who is al- ready hanging on the ragged edge will drop out sooner or later anyway. This matter of home trading is a good deal of fiction, and with no class is 1t q their relation one to another. As the postal laws are now, with agreements at present in force with foreign cOun- tries, one can send a package to rela- tive in Europe as cheaply as he can to friend in the next state or county
 The inequality is manifest and one that bids fair to be righted '.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

came quickly. Former United States Senator James Smith, Jr., who mus tered only fourteen votes against thir' ty-three for Maritime at the conference practically abandoned the fight when he notified his supporters that he re leased them from all pledges made in his behalf. Four of the fourteen as semblymen who had lined up for MT Smith took advantage of the opportu' nifty and joined the Maritime camp.
 Assemblyman Maxey, one of the ten who voted for Smith, announced he would be for Maritime. thereby making the forty-one necessary to a choice o1 joint ballot. Assemblyman Brown oi Essex soon followed with a similar declaration, and three other assembly. men were known to have reached d like conclusion, though they refrained from making any public declaration.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
FLIGHT TO CUBA TODAY.
Mccurdy Says He'll Make Distance From Key West In Two Hours.

Mccurdy Says He'll Make Distance
 From Key West In Two Hours.
 With all arrangements completed for his flight from Key West to Ha. yana, Aviator McCurdy announced that the start will be made about | o'clock this morning instead of at day light.
 AS a last precaution flights wer made to try out the motor and test the winds.
 The torpedo destroyers and othe! naval vessels which will patrol the waters between Key West and Hava ma have left Key West and took theii stations about ten miles apart, tht first vessel stopping thirty miles iron Sand keys.
 McCurdy says that with favorable winds he expects to make the dis, tance of 115 miles in about two hours
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

A lady reader of these notes living near Messillon, O., writes inquiring if there is any truth in the articles which have been published lately as to in- furious effects from eating food cooked in aluminium vessels. While we have heard statements to this effect and ar ticles charging such to be the case have been published, inquiry of med ical men does not show that the claim that stomach trouble Is due to the eat ing of foods cooked in aluminium yes sels has been conclusively proved. We would suggest to our correspondent, however, if her family use aluminium utensils and some of them have stom- ach trouble seemingly as a result, that it might be a good idea to go back to iron and granite ware for a time and see if the disorders referred to disap- pear. Should they do so there would be considerable reason for supposing that the use of the aluminium vessels was the cause. If any of our readers can furnish us definite proof on the point under discussion we would be glad to present their experience and findings in these columns.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
SCHENK JURY IN TEARS.

Case Against MiIIionaire's Wife Goes
 to the Jury.
 Weeping bitterly for the first time in the long strain of the past two weeks, Mrs. Laura Scheuk, who is ac cused of poisoning her millionaire hus band at Wheeling, w. Va, could not be consoled while she listened to the eloquent appeals made in her behalf by Attorneys Frank and J. J. P, O'Brien. Three of the jurors were also moved to tears.
 Assistant Prosecutor Maury con cluded his address. Attorney Boyce completed his arguments for the de fense. Prosecutor Handlan concluded he case for the state. The case was given to the jury after the arguments
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

The system of one-year rentals and the various conditions developing from 1t are responsible for more agricul- tural depravity and cussedness than almost any other phase of farm tenure or management. Just so long as a tenant knows he quite likely will not reap next season some of the benefit of fertilizing or improvements which he puts on place this year the whole situation not only encourages him, but makes it necessary for him to play to a finish the "skin game" which is prostituting and playing hob with tens of thousands of farms all over the land. It is likely that the fault is pri marily with the owner of the land. who usualty says whether the lease shall be for one, three or five years, If it is stinginess that makes him cling to the one year lease system he is surely getting his punishment as he goes along, or his land is.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
Lea, Next Tennessee Senator.

Breaking into the Democratic lines and carrying with him four of the Democracy, stalwart young men, Luke Lea, publisher and owner of the Nash. vile Tennesseean and American, was chosen United States senator on the eleventh ballot by the fifty-seventh general assembly of Tennessee to sue. ceed James B. Frazier, whose term iu the national congress expires on the 4th of March next. He received sixty eight votes, sixty six being necessary to q choice.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
SMITH WITKDRAWS
 AND MARITIME WINS
The Vote Necessary For Flee,
 tiOn Has Been Pledged.

James E. Maritime of Plainfield vii. be elected United States senator from New Jersey on the next ballot. His formal election by the legislature ir joint session is so much of a foregone conclusion that 1t will be scarcely mort than a ratification of the votes taken in the senate and house when Mir. Mar tine received within one vote of the number required to make certain his election on joint ballot.
 The climax to the fight, which has en listed widespread interest for months
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
Senator Clark Reelected.

Senator c. D. Clark, Republican, car ried both houses of the Wyoming leg. islature on the first ballot for United States senator, winning over J. l.. Kendrick, Democrat, by II in the sen. ate and 1 in the house. As Clark ob. tained q majority in each house, q certificate of election was issued tc him immediately.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
PAUL MORTON IS DEAD.
President of Equitable Stricken With
 ApopIexy

Paul Morton, president of the Equi. table Life Assurance society, was stricken with apoplexy just after be had gone to the Hotel Seymour of New York to keep an appointment with Paul L. Kiernan, a lawyer. He died an hour and a half later in an apartment vacated by MT. Kiernan earlier in the day and just few min utes before his wife and brother, Joy Morton of Chicago, reached the house. The body was removed to Mir. Nor tons home in that city.
 MT. Morton was born in Detroit in 1857. son of J. Sterling Morton. who was secretary of the interior under President Cleveland.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
DIES AFTER
 BEING SHOT 6 TIMES
NOVeIiSt'S ASSaiIant, a ViOIinISt,
 Commits Suicide.

David Graham Phillips, the novelist, who was shot six times Monday after. noon by Fitzhugh Coyle Goldsborough, a professional violinist, in Gramercy park, died at Bellevue hospital in New York. MT. Phillips had been vomiting blood, which symptom told the physi- clans that the perforation in the lung caused by a bullet which had entered
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

The trouble with most prohibitive or restrictive laws as affecting the con- duct of people Is that their enactment does not change desire or will, but merely represses it. It Is on this ac- count that those agitations are most effective which are largely educational and furnish new interests and new aims-that is, furnish new channels for the operation of the energy and will.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

Buckwheat cakes, a favorite dish with many during the winter months, are both more palatable as well as more wholesome if the batter is made of buckwheat and wheat four, half and half
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

A man or woman cannot work ad' vantageously on poor and scant fare. Neither will horses, hens or dairy cows give satisfactory returns under the same conditions.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

Disease is often very closely associ- ated with discomfort and dampness in the case of both animals and poultry; hence care should be taken that these unfavorabl ble conditions are so far as possible removed.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

A chemist of the University of Min nesota has discovered germicide to which he has given the name benetol.. The new chemical Is nonpoisonous to animals and human beings, yet is said to be five times as powerful a germ destroyer as carbolic acid.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

A dairyman may make margin of profit on his cows if he does not take a good general farm or dairy paper, but his chances for doing so are much improved if he has at hand in such q publication the best and latest infor- nation on the subject.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

There is no ration for furnishing protein for growing pigs which is bet ter than skimmilk, and the farmer who is long headed will see to it that there is as much of it as possible pro- duced on the place.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

There is no liquid that will absorb odors more quickly or completely than milk. On this account it is well to keep the stable sweet and clean, free from manure odors, the smells of roots or silage at milking time as well as free from dust, which will get into the milk if 1t is stirred up.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

We have seen people of normal size and possessed of what would be con- sidered a fair amount of courage who just didn't have the nerve to set one of those little "devil'' mouse traps.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

The following rare bit of humor is taken from the ginger jar" of a well known eastern agricultural publica- ton: One may retail apples, but it is Impossible to retail a dog" It is ap- parent from this spicy morsel that the supply of ginger needed replenishing.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

Since the federal pure food law went into effect good many sugar bush es" over the country seem to have gone out of commission, judging from the very limited supply of maple sirup which is able to bear the legend pure" Yet if one cannot get the real article a very wholesome substitute can be made by the use of corncobs, which will impart both flavor and color. White cobs clean and freshly shelled are the best for the purpose. They should be put in a kettle and boiled for about an hour, or until the coloring matter shows clearly in the water. They should then be removed, the water carefully strained to remove particles of cob and sediment and enough coffee or light brown sugar added to give the sirup the desired thickness after. a few minutes boiling. If the job Is carefully done not only will this cob s1rup have a delicate fla vor closely resembling maple sirup, but the color also will be a close counter felt.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

There is a big temptation to keep the horses in the stable just because the weather seems trifle colder than usual. Where there are paddock and a shelter from the wind 1t Is well to turn them out for exercise even when the weather is cold. The fresh air and exercise they get will more than offset any possible disadvantage.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

It takes something more than a ped igree to furnish assurance that a giv- en animal IS worth anything for breed ing purposes. In the same way boy can come from a pretty good family, yet be an all round scrub and no ac- count. Many an animal sold at stock sales at price trifle above an every day commercial basis should be sent to the block instead of being intrusted with the highly important duty of be- coming the sire of future breeding anil malls.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

The trap nest enables the poultry keeper to learn just what each mem- Der of the flock is doing; hence the point in question is not whether it will pay to bother with them, but whether one can afford to continue stufing high priced food into hens which do not pay for their winter keep.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

Have you thought to empty the spray tank and drain the spray pump carefully? If not you have probably got some trouble ahead.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

An observation made by syndicate writer the other day was to the effect that weeds require poor land to do well. Probably what the writer meant was that weeds would flourish where some grasses and cultivated plants would not; yet, other conditions being equal, the richer the land the more rank weeds will grow, as they take from the soil in the main the same clements as do other crops.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

A reader of an eastern farm journal who has tried it recommends the fol- lowing mixture as excellent as rust proof coating for blows: Melt three pounds of beef suet and add one pound of white lead; apply when warm with an old paint brush. This combination is good to apply on any metal tool to prevent rustfng.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

Notwithstanding the fact that chick en lice are less active in cold weather than warm it is a pretty good idea to see that the hens are provided with bath of dust and wood ashes, with a handful of powdered sulphur thrown in. It won't take them long to find out what this combination is good for if you put it within their reach.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

The poinsettia, which is coming to be a very popular early winter house plant, has several very interesting characteristics One of these is that it sheds its green leaves some time before it does the red bracts encircling the blossom cluster. Another is that each blossom is equipped with little cuplike projection containing about drop of clear sirupy liquid, which Is evidently intended as a bait to draw bees and other insects to aid in more complete pollenization of the flower. It is well worth securing one of the plants, not only because of its showy green leaves and beautiful red crown, but for the peculiarities above noted. The plant is subtropical and will flourish best if kept where the temperature is quite warm.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

There are good many fellows who would not knowingly take property be- longing to another who yet show il detestable slackness or penuriousness in hanging on to money which other folks have earned by working for them from whom it is as difficult to extract it as is blood from a turnip. AS soon as money is fairly earned 1t belongs at once to the man who has earned it, not the man. from whom it has been earned.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

It is pretty risky proposition for a girl to marry a man to reform him from the booze habit or to get him to turn over a new leaf when he's just naturally shiftless and lazy. Ten chances to one, the girl who, marries the first chap will bear heartaches of a drunkard's wife, while the girl who marries the other type can safely count on building the fires in the morn ing, bringing in her own water, chop ping good deal of the wood and trot- ting to the corncrfb for cobs and kin ding.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

Within the past eighteen months machine has been perfected which seems to be very effective in the pick ing of cotton, a process which for generations past has been done by ex- ceedingly slow and expensive hand la bor. With the new machine one per son can harvest about as many acres of cotton as he can cultivate during the growing season. The machine will pick four acres a day at a cost of about $6 per day, or one-fourth what the picking would cost by hand. The machine is so arranged that it will pick the ripe cotton, but will not tnjure the immature bolls.
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
F or = ale Second hand. Bargains
 worth looking after.

50 h. D. 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. 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., 1911-01-26

The opening of an alfalfa meal mill at Rife, Colo, was celebrated in it yet decidedly unique fashion. A banquet was served, and every article on the bill of fare was made of or served with alfalfa: The turkey was stuffed with alfalfa, the biscuits were made of it, mashed alfalfa took the place of potatoes, and leaves of it were served instead of spinach. Salad made of al- falfa was served, and the beverages were alfalfa tea and cider, Toothpicks made of alfalfa straw were distrib- uted. The chief toast of the evening was on "Alfalfa and Apple"
Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26

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