Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 February 1896 — Page 7

The farming world. RELIABLE ROOT CUTTER. Sow Ou Cob Be Mod* at Home at Teij Small Expense. I liave noticed several inquiries about feeding potatoes to stock and the best •way to prepare them. As money is as scarce as potatoes are plenty, I presume a good many farmers will be glad tc luiow how they may have a first-class _ root cutter at a small cost. ; { Fig. 1 6hows the complete machine. The frame may be made of any rough material at hand. I made the legs of 2x4 stuff; and the hopper.from a shoe box, by cutting out 7 inches of the bottom at the front end, and putting a board, m. Fig. 1, in the other end of the , * box. The knife can be made of an old handsaw, or something similar; It should be about 10 inches long and from 2 to 7 inches wide. If less than seven inches, the back part of slide may be made level with the upper surface of the knife, by a board. Tlic knife, a. is fastened to k. This is a board 15 inches long and same ! •width as knife. 3 A hole, h. Fig. 2, 4 inches wide is cut in the slide under the ; knife, the edge being even with the ; * edge of knife. Fig. 2. The knife is raised from the slide about one-quarter inch by pieces of lath and fastened with screws. The slide is worked by the lever, b, fastened tc elide, as ^hown in Figs. 1 and 2, by two j stout piedes of lxl stuff about 6 inches l&ng, bolted loosely to the lever and slide. The tongue oj^the slide, through -Which the bolt, passes, should be 3 or 4 inches long, to give sufficient strength to the joint. The lever is 4 feet long and made from the handle of a broken stable fork. The lower end is inserted iiitd roller, d. Fig. 1. • { A board, the size of the front end of \

T*~i 7". i u HOMEMADE ROOT CUTTER. hopper, is placed insid** the front, and extends down to the slide. This board should be fixed so, that it can be removed when it is necessary to sharpen the knife. The knife conies against this at every strokes and is cleaned off so it will not freeze if used in a cold place. The slide is put in place from the front, before the “stubbing board” is placed fat position.—S. ,1). > Peck, in Ohio FarmerT OATS AND ANTHRAX. > latrmtlnt Derision Recently Render* by an KnglUh Coart. A ease of muchjntiTest to farmers has been decided in oa* of the English courts. The plaintiffs sued to recover the price of certain oats. The defendant denied liability on the ground that the oats had contained the germs of anthrax, which had caused the disease to break out in iris stables and led to the loss of 50 horses. Some of these were covered by insurance, but he counter-claimed in res|>ect to llie others. Several corn dealers who had bought some of the cwus in question from the plaintiffs, mixed and uumixed, and sold them again said they bad received no complaints concerning them. An expert veterinary surgeon said the oats had a considerable quantity of dirt in them, and should not have i,H*eji fed to horses without Wing screened, -lie thought it possible that winnowing the oats \vou‘d have got rid of the bacilli, as it was possible, ii there w ere any sjiores, they were all on the surface. lie thought there was room to doubt that the oats in question caused the horses to die. The jury found that the goods were unrner••hantiole by reason of latent germs of anthrax, in them when they were first delivered to the defendant; that the defendant fiad’ not been guilty of negligence in not having cleaned them, but that he hael been so guilty by reason of not taking the order of a second supply of the oats off the file. Judgment was given for the plaintiff tor $il0, the value of the second lot of oats supplied, and for* the defendant for $1,400, the value of 11 horses which died in consequence of the first delivery. Ifow to UbpoM of Dead AsluuU. If you have any dead animats, say, fot instance, the body of a horse, do not ©offer it to pollute the atmosphere by drawing it away to the woods, or any ether out of the way place, but remove it a short-distance ouly from yout premises, and put down four-or five loads of muck or sods, place the ejareass thereon, sprinkle it over with qiuick-lime, and cover over'immediately, with sods of nould, sufficient to make, with w hat had Ken previously added, 20 got*} wagon loads, and you will have within 12 months a pile of manure worth conaid- < rabie for any corn you ehoos- to pu: it upon. Use a proportionate quantity o* mould for smaller animals, but never less than 20 good wagon loads for a horse; and. if any dogs manifest too great a regard for the inclosed carcass, shoot them on the spot.—Farmers' Voice. Charcoal I* Good for roaltrv. Charcoal is one of the must essential articles of food to successful poultry farming. The best way to secure this is to place an ear of corn in the fire until it is entirely charred and then mhell off to your fowls. You see an ^eagerness developed and a healthy condition brought about. Ail pale com lit will become bright red, and the busy *ong which precedes laying w»ll >«e heard, and the average yield of eggs greatly increased.

THE BLfCK TURKEY. A UorEit>bU!th(d Variety, and Very Popular la Europe. All of our turkeys are descendants of the wild bird. The wild turkey in plumage is almost identical with our bronze variety. It is, therefore, qrnJe probable that the black turkey was produced from the domesticated wild, either by continuously selecting the blackest specimens, those showing the least tendency toward bands, or that through melanism a black specimen or specimens sprouted from the’ common kind, and became the foundation of this variety. The black is a long established variety. In certain parts of England it was, until quite recently, the favorite variety. The introduction of

“Pt'ttE blooded’* black turkeys. the bronze turkey in England has done considerable in recent years to depose it of its quondam supremacy. The black is a handsome variety. All black fowls are handsome, American prejudices to the contrary notwithstanding. Black plumage means black beak and legs, or Approximately so, with white skm. Black is the most iustrous plumage we have. In the sunlight the greens and purples are extremely beautiful. Bui black in this country, owing to unreaf unable prejudice, is not a popular color. Only one black variety of fowls is widely popular—the Langshan. The Minorca narrowly escaped being poje ular. But black ought to be ijopular, for its wearers are usually hardy ami always beautiful. So, with this prejudice in view, we need not wonder that black turkeys are comparatively few in number. The black turkey should be black throughout. The American s'amlard makes “feathers other tjiau black” a d isquali heat ion. But, despite this rigidity, the variety often “harks back” to its banded ancestors, and bands will show on wing feathers and tail. These bands do not hurt the flavor of the flesh, although they may picvent the bird from winning a prize. If the breeder of black turkeys wTI fatteu all that show these bands— marks of heredity—and use only the solid colored specimens for breeders, this tendency willl be reduced, though it is impossible to predict how many generations it will take to obliterate jt wholly.—American Agriculturist. POULTRY METHODS. Fowls Need as Good Caro as Any Other Kind ot Stock. To make poultry a success, they should receive good care and management, the same as any other stock. When w e w ant milk, lots of it, and go-^1 butter, we protect our cows from storms, and feed them what we think w ill produce rich milk and good butter. Hence we must have for our poultry a warm poultry-house where there wiil be plenty of sunshine ami protected through the day as well as night from the storms. The best feed 1 ever found to make hens lay was wheat, not threshed, but cut and fed to them straw-head and ail. After they, have picked the wheat from the heads, one has the straw 1-vr bedding. It would pay any farmer or poultrvman to have wheat cut and saved, straw and all; have it loose or in sheaves, and feed what they need. When wheat is only SO cents per bushel there is no feed so cheap as wheat. Through the w inter, if the ground is covered with snow, they must be provided w ilh oyster shells or ground bone to make shell. Feeding wheat heads bvats throwing grain ‘among litter to make them scratch for exercise, for they will scratch to get the w heat out of the heads. Miik is one of the greatest egg producers known. The great trouble with many farmers is that they think the poultry can get through the entire year without feeding. Sot long ago 1 hauled • load of corn to a man w hose w ife kept a lot of chickens. When unloading it every tin.e an ear oTcorn would fall ou the ground he would pick it uj> for fear a chicken might get a grain. .Well, i thought that was tough on the poultry. T’oulirv requires feed the same as any other stock, and w hen eggs are 20cent* I*r dozen it will pay to give more a> u- at ion to therm—E. Wing, in Orange County Farmer. AMONG THE POULTRY, f The nousetters are the beat egg pro* ducers. / tieese are chiefly valuable for their feathers. Fresh earth in the poultry quarn-rf for scratching and dusting is indispensable. The food must always be varied enough to keep the chickens with a good api»etite. Eleven eggs are enough to put under a lieu, at least until warm, settled weather sets in. J Feather-eating is largely caused by idleness. A scratching hen has no time for mischief. Tobacco sprinkled in the bottom or tobacco stems spread in the nests will drive away vermin. Overfeeding is expensive. It not only ccst more for me feed, out the hens get too fat*ahd lay no eggs. Too much soft or cooked- feed is not good for fowls. They need some employment for the gizzard. Fresh air. clean water, varied food, with plenty of range, are essential to the health and thrift of fowls. As a general rule fowls of two years j old make the best breeders. They j should not be sold until others can > take their places.—St. Louis Ee public.

OUT OF THE ORDINARY. A woman life insurance is doing a j thriving business in and about Nebo,: Ky. ■ A bald eagle, with a big steel trap hanging to. one of its legs, flew over Licking, Ky., a few days ago. Howesville, Ky„ the gounty seat of ffiauwic county, has no Hebrew . residents, and there is only one Hebrew in the county. A woman’s rights club has been or- | ganized in St. Joseph, Mo., and arrange- j ' meats have been made for putting in a billiard table and a woman barber. “In honor of a young lady visiting the i town” a very successful dog fight was given in Stvampdale, Ky., the other day, according to a local paper. A farmer in South Gray, Me,, says he : has a hen that is 22 years old who can yet scratch a good living and care for a j | brood of chickens. j A man was put in charge of the | officials of the county asylum in Kennebec county. Me., the other day on the sole ground that he was “ignorant.” - Just how ignorant he was the commitment papers did not state; they only said he was “ignorant.” Two poultry keepers in Bronson, I Mich;, kept tally last year on the number of eggs laid by a certain number of hens. One man had 320 hens, which laid 32.7S2 fcggs during the year. The other got 24,827 eggs from 270 hens. The total was nearly a car load of eggs. , A Lewiston (Me.) man found a gold ring in the street the other day. When he got home his wife bewailed to him the loss of her ring, which had somehow slipped J^rom her finger in the course of the morning. The ring the husband found proved to be the one his wife had lost., Last Christmas aJ£n Francisco newspaper gave a silver cbp to every child . born on the Pacific coast on that day. The offer was made until some three weeks before Christmas. The Ledger, of Mexico, Mo., now announces that it will give a silver cup toevery child born in the country next Chrismas week.

N1ULTUM IN PARVQ. Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed, —Bovee. They that staml "high have many blasts to shake tlfm.—Shakespeare. Let not anyone say that he cannot govern his passions.—Locke. The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune,—Bias. The mind grows narrow’ in proportion as the soul grows corrupt,—Rous seau. A poet must need be before his own age to be even with posterity.— Lowell. The coward reckons himself cautious; the miser thinks himself frugal. —Hume. Never read a book through -merely because you have begun it.—Witherspoon. , Opinions grounded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.—Jeffrey. Nurture your mind, with great thoughts, to believe in the 'heroic makes heroes.—Disraeli. Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.—Joubert. ABOUT EYES. Dreaming of an adversary signifies that you are to overcome obstacles which are in your way. Many specimens of worms and the larvae of insects are not provided with eyes. Their habitation being in the earth, eyes to them would be useless. * It seldom' happens that both eyes are | exactly .alike. An examination with a magnifying glass usually discovers many differences between the two. When the under arch of the upper eyelid is a- perfect semicircle it is indicative of goodness, but also of timidi-: ty. sometimes approaching cowardice. Scientists wh6 have made jj study of the eye say that a flash of light lasting 40-1,000,000,OOOths of a second is quite sufficient for distinct vision. The eye which when open presents a long acute angle to the nose invariably indicates comprehensive understanding and great intelligence in its possessor. THt. MArtK.fc.lo. Sew Y*->kk. February 24. CATTLE—Native* steers.. ...iSM -if COTTON-.Middlin*: .....j'. 9 Fly *1"U—Winter. VVaCat., 3 '•> WHEAT-No.,2 Rid A. -v CORK -No. £.I.. OATS-No. 2... .1. FORK-New Mess .: A ST. LOUIS. 'COTTON—Middling. BEEVES—Fancy >leers. Medtuim. HOGS Fair U> deiect.. 3 Tj SHEEP—Fair to Choice.. 2 FLOUR—Patent* ...w .'.... 840 Fancy W> Extra do... 8 so WHEAT—No. 2 ISed Winter.’ CORK-No. 2 M.xjed.. 25 OATS—No 2 ,, J RYE— No. 2.J.. 3* rOUACCO-LthfC.,.. ... 300 Leu Hurley. 4 ±> HAY—Clear Tim.iiby . 9 Ou Ui rriiH—Cfau.ce . 12 EGGS—Fresh,-...! . . . FORK—Standard Mess (Newt, 10 12 BACON-Clear Ki«. .. LaKD—Prime Stfeain... CrfiCAGGi CATTL.E~Sbfppi.i2-. 3 f> UUG.">— Fair toCj»»ce ... .... 3 SUEEF—Fair to Choice.' 3 00 FLOUR—W.ater Patents....... 3.0 ■ spr.ag Patents.. 3 10 WHEAT-.N« 2 prime.. «f No. r Iu3.... 0(6s-i CORN—No. 2..t.. .A. ij. OATS— So. 2..A... i* PoitK—Ne» toe*)...... 9 STHj, Kansas city. CATTLE—Sh ppiiigSteer*.... • 3 25 & HOGS—AH Grades.. 13 4 WHEAT—No 2 Red. .... A OATS—N* t. -.».,.i .... % CORK—No. 3. 22»A NEW ORLEANS FLOUR—Hick Grade.,,.. 3 TO CORN-No. 2... OATS — Wc*torn ......f.,. Ha Y—Choice.V..,. 17 00 PORK-New Me*..i. BACON—Sides .......... .... COTTuN—Middlinsr....... i LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red. .. 73* CORN—No- 2 Mixed. 30 OATS-VScC2 Mixed.. E PORK—New Me*. ..i.10 40 BACON-Clear Rite. • u/rro.x-Middun*. r. 1SSA. 44 1* on lo 0i i’

tbs rmsBi is ox. s There is axt is tense rivalry be tween the watermelon and tomato g oivers as to who can produce the etrliet L Salieris Earliest Watermelon ripe iei in 1895 in 52 days. That record ii to be beaten, and Salzer pays $100 to tl i e winner! Then on tomatoes the recard on “50 days the Earliest Tomato” an 1895 was 68 days. That’s to be beat* n,, and $50 paid. Salcer challenges the world to produce earlier melons, tons toes, cabbages, radishes, peas *or sweat com than he offers. Get his mammo th catalogue. There is money in it. If you will clt Tins oct and send it with 12c. stamps to the John A Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis.. you will get free their great catalogue and u' package of .the yellow rind watermel on sencation. (k) Let dogs delight to baric and bite; To do so is jtheir fate. They can't be turned; they never le;irned, You see, to arbitrate. —W ashington Star.

State of Ohio, Crrr of Toledo, ) Lccas Coijntt. s Frank J. Che vet makes oath that he is the senior f>artner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Go., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and Abate aforesaid, and that said firm will i>ay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure, Frank J. Chenet. . Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this t’ th day of December, A. D. lStsG. r-..., A. W. Gleason, 'SEALJ .Votary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly oh the blood and mucous surfaces of thesvstem. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cuenei <£ Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, 15c. Hall's FamilFills are the best. “Maid of Athens, ere we part. Give me back my silver heart." *•1 can't,'’the clever damsel cried. “My new beau s picture is iuside.” —Chicago Record. Man Was Made to Mourn, Perhaps, but rheumatism need not add to the calamities to which we are more or less subject, when there is such an efficient means of counteracting the dire eomplaiut as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. When the liver, bowels or stomach are out of order, or the kidneys or nerves troublesome, the Bitters is also an efficient remedy. It prevents and remeuies^ll malarial disorders. Snobberlt—-What do you think I fj»und last year when I was at Long Brauchi" Knickerbocker—“I've 110 idea. Was it a pocketbook?" . Snohberly— -No,3 I found that everything was very dear.’’—Texas Siftings. The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway * Will on March 3rd sell one way homeseekers' tickets to all points in the Southeast, including Florida, at the lowest rate ever known. On March ldth round trip tickets to many points4 in the South, including Georgia, can be purchased at one fare plus $2.00: good for 3o days. For maps, folders and all information write to or see Briard F. Hill. N. F. A., 32$ Marquette Bld’g. Chicago; R. C. Cowanlin, W. P. A., 41*5 Ry Exe. Bld’g, St. Louis, or W. L. Danley, G. P. & T. A., Mashviiie, Tenn. The child taught to believe any occurrence a good or evil omen, or any day of the week lucky, hath a wide inroad made upon the soundness of hiscunderslauding.— Watts. Explosions of Coughing are stopped by Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pine's Toothache Drdps Cure in one minute. Of all vain things excuses are the vainest. —Buxton. Bkecham's pills for const ipation 10c and 25c. Get the book (free* at your druggist s and go by it. Annual sales 6,00U,tMi boxes. By nature's laws, immutable and just, enjovment stops when indolence begins.— Polibk. I can recommend Piso's Cure for Consumution to sufferers from Asthma.—E. D. Townsend, Ft. Ho wal'd, \Yis._, May 4, 'b4.

A Trtp to the Gore en Spots of the Sooth. Oa February 11 and March 10. tickets will be sold from principal cities, towns and villages of the north, to all points on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and a portion of Kentucky, at one single fare for the round trip. Tickets will be good to return wit via thirty days, on payment of •-* to agent at destination, and will allow stop-over qt any points on the south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent about it, and if he can not sell you excursion tickets write tc C. P. Atinore. General Passenger Agent-, Louisville,. Ky., «r Geo. B. Horner D P. A., St. Louis, Mo. A northern exchange asks: “Why do most authors wear :heir hair long!” “Be-1 cause barbers cut for cash.”—Atlanta Con- j stitution. 1 ' - Best of All To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly beneficial manner, when the Spring time comes, use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for j all the family and costs only 50 cents; the large size $L Buy the genuine. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only, and for sale by all druggists. Heaven, the treasury of everlasting joy. —Shakespeare. For Cocghs, Asth*a and Throat Disorders “Bn»irn*» Dnntct i.il Tmelnei' are an effectual remedy. Sold only in boxes.

FLORIDA. SS A J* PLANT •>* SYSTEM J* are now open. FINEST HUNTING and FISHING in the world. "GUN and ROI> oa the VEST COAST of FLORIDA*" a Handsome Sportsman's Manual. FREE oa application. v'rite B. w. WRENN. Pisseanr • .Traffic Hanager, SAVANNAH. Oa. FARMS

The largest piece, of ^ood tobacco ever sola for 10 cents and The 5 cent piece is nearly as large as you get of other high grades for 10 cents ---<---—-T-■.—-- ‘ ' .

I A Simile in Smoke. > 1 | There’s all sorts of grades of tobacco plant. The best | comes from Havana. There’s all sorts of grades of sarsa- ) parilla plant. The best comes from Honduras. If you i want cheap tobacco, all right—provided you get value for ) your money. Cheap tobacco *s not as good to smoke-*— but < , it don’t cost as much. I ’ If you want cheap sarsaparilla .. . But you don’t want J , it. Of course you don’t. You are paying for the best. , To pay for the best and get anything but Honduras sar- ' ) saparilla is like paying for Havana cigars and getting j Pittsburg “ Stogie i.** There’s only One sarsaparilla made exclusively from the imported Honduras plant That’s Ayer’s. Just keep it in mind that you are paying for Honduras sarsaparill^pfchen you are paying for the best; but you don’t get wha£/you pay for unless you get Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Any dec it about it? Send for the “ Care book.” }.: kills doubts bat cures doubters. Add ess: J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.

COCOA CAUTION If “ La Belle ChocolatiereM isn’t on the can, it isn’t Walter Baker & Co.’s Breakfast Cocoa. WALTER BAKER & CO.. Liwm. v - DORCHESTER, MASS.

The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S „ MEDICAL DISCOVERY. WILD KENNEDY, oi ROXBUKY, MISS» Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred, cases, and never failed except in two cases (boththunder humor.) He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the • first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted, when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes.shooting pains, like needles passing" through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and alwavs disappears in a week after faking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it wilt cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonfui in water at bed* time. Sold by all Druggists. THE AERJIOTOIt CO. i<m half the wortT* martsrili basitiws, fet-ansa it bas reduced llte coat aC mad power to l U wb»t it was. It has man? brand! houses, aadsappttea its goods and repair* •SJfw at rear door. It can and does furnish r - better article for less mono; thaa otberst n makes Pumping and '’"o : Gear-d. Steel, G* !»actied-after-completion Windmills. TUUsw mtomY and fixed Steel Towers, steel Boss Saw Frames. Steol Feed Cutters and Feed NBER Grinders. On application it will nan* j ear ill at these articles that it mil furnish until Xamnr; 1st at 1/3 the usual price. It also matt Tasks and Pumps of alt kinds, send for camlofoe. WE HAVE MgASEHIfr

>*or- , but sen direct to the cons [ at wboiesaia prices. Ship .where for examination Before sale. Everythin* warranted. IOO styles of Carriages, \0O styles of Harness, 4s tyles Riding Saddles. , ? rite for rat*ic*ne. ELICHART CaRRIAOB SHiowuminm

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