Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1899 — Page 7

FARMS AND FARMERS

A Square Hilo. The most economical and useful silo la the round one, as it is the most easy to make, and there are no corners in it to weaken the structure or interfere with the even settlement of the silage. The cost of a stave for a round silo should not be anything like one dollar; a simple piece of two by four timber without any beveling is quite sufficient, and this may almost anywhere be procured for ten dollars a thousand feet, board measure, where timber is abundant, and twice as much.'at the most, elsewhere. The drawing here given shows how the corners of a square silo are made to be air-tight, and to bold the building securely. The corner of a square silo •a always the weak spot, for it is very

THE CORNERS OF A SILO.

rarely made air-tight or strong enough to resist the bearing of . the timber apart. In this plan the corner posts are six by six timber. The pieces B B are one inch thick by four wide. The side boards are nailed on, as to the main posts. Then the 2x4 pieces are nailed on and the other side boards are nailed to these, as shown by the dotted lines. It Is easily seen that this gives a very strong corner, and one absolutely air-tight, the corners of a silo so built cannot be pulled apart i>y any pressure of the contents of it. To enable the silage to settle more evenly, the corners of the silo are or may be filled in by cross boards securely nailed. In feeding out the silage in the winter it IS not necessary to have any covering on it, as the silage will keep good as long as from one day’s feeding to another. -Indeed there is no necessity for any covering at all on the silage. It is only necessary to trample it down as firmly as possible as it is put into the silo. The top will soon be covered by an air-tight layer of mouldy fctuff, which will be as good and as cheap covering as can be had in any other way. In building a square silo the scantllngs outside for support—as shown at E —are nailed to the side boards, and well fastened at the foot and top of the silo. This part of a square silo is the weakest; and one advantage of the round silo is that there is no weak spot about it anywhere. Self-Re*l»terlnif Hen’s Neat. The cut shows a nest for confining each hen as she goes on to lay. Several times a day the nests can be examined and those hens which have laid can be liberated, after taking the hen’s number and marking her egg. Thus one can find the best layers, and breed for better layers each year. The nest tilts enough when the hen steps on the edge of the opening to tip dowjf the thin door that will shut her in.

AUTOMATIC NEST.

The weage behind Slips down and holds the nest firm, so it will not rock back and forth.—American Agriculturist. | Onr Apples la Korop*. Shipment* of apple* to Europe hare began a month earlier than usual this year. - The Laba the other day took a load of New York fruit for Germany, which will consume 100,000 barrels this year. In this State farmers are now getting from, 75 cents to $1.25 a barrel for apples under the trees. The standard apple for the European market Is the BaM win. The ISnropcaa demand ! abSteak* a# f , , « * * irrtn-

barrels. Of tttfe 12,437 bar&hs of this year's crop shipped since Aug. 1, the lowest price netted to the American exporter is $3 per barrel, and the price has kept nearer $4. To Hftetk t ield l eu. Field peas; may be successfully threshed in a small grain thresher. The thresher men change the pulleys so the byHnder will run slowly and . the rest of the separator run fast to carry off the straw and hulls. With this arrangement the peas are not cracked and the crop con be run through the same as any other grain crop. The yield of cleaned peas as grown In this country has been from twenty-five to thirty bushels an acre. •. The straw or haulm makes excellent stock feed. When not Injured by rain it is equal to alfalfa hay, with as large a yield and grown in one cutting. As is well known, peas haveA beneficial effect oh the soil, and when rightly used will prove a boon to run-down land.—-Field and Farm.

The Home of the Potato. 1 Peru is the birthplace of the potato, which was used m an article of food by the Incas and exported to Europe by the Spaniards when they took over quinine bark and named in the honor of the Countess of Ohincon, whose husband at that time was Viceroy. The Indians had used the bark for mediciual purposes as long as any one could remember, but this noble lady was the first European to test its efficacy, and it proved so excellent a cure for the malaria which saturates the atmosphere of Lima that she Induced the Jesuit fathers to recommend it to the medicos of the Old World. These wise old chaps sent it to Spain and Italy, and it is said that one of the first doses of quinine that were ever administered in Europe was swallowed by the Pope. The uuregenerate potato, which Is still found In a wild state among the mountains of Peru, Is a delicate vine which bears a fruit about the size of a plum and as yellow as an orange. Cultivation has increased its size and Improved Its flavor.—Correspondence Chicago Record. .**■. Chlckeu LiceGrease as a means of fighting Hoe on ilittle chicks needs to be used with caution. Too nluch grease will prove very destructive to the chicks, as well as to the lice, as it seems to blister the skin. A little should be put on the top of the head and a little under each wing. Even a small amount will be found to be very destructive to the parasites, and even If all the lice are not killed at once it Is better to make a second application than to blister the skin of the little things you are trying to protect. The use of kerosene is ndt to be considered, as it is entirely unnecessary.— Southwest Farmer. Sussex Cow Elsa.

The property of Mr. P. Salllard. First at Bath and West, Royal Counties, and other English shows. Wheit for Seed. Wheat is easily cleaned, but when it Is desired for seed too much care can not be given it in examining for the seeds of weeds. All imperfect grains should also be removed. An agreeable experiment can be made by any farmer who will select 100 plump seeds and plant them in a row, placing the seeds a foot apart each, then cultivating the row. If the product is measured neat year and compared with the ordinary yield from seed that is drilled in as for field culture, the comparison will cause a surprise, as the yield from the cultivated row will be four times that from the same area selected in the regular crop. The experiment will take but little time and will cost but a trifle. 1 Bee*. Bees swarm because they lack room in the hive. The old queen and the workers leave and give up the hive to the younger bees. To prevent swarming, add more Bpace at the top, so that the workers can be provided with storage room. It is hotter to have one strong colony than two weak ones, as the bees can then more easily protect themselves against enemies when they are numerous. At this season the bees can find plenty of honey plants, but later on they are compelled to travel greater distances; and many are thus destroyed, for which reason the colony should be strong. , Training- Berry Bushes. The German fashion of growing gooseberries on standard bushes—that is to say, snipping off all but one stem and allowing the plant to bush ont at a convenient height (or packing, Mke standard roads—gives a great effect of neatness. ‘The same effect is to be seen in the Scotch way of growing raspberry bashes, by training two adjacent bushes Into an. intermingling arch. ee-din K Down the Orchard. The habit of seeding down the orchard to same kind of sod grass is one that is not conducive to the thrift of the trees. Clover Is suitable, as It does not remain on the land #f ter the second

Worse Yet.

“That-man cheated me out of a cool million.” “Ah! Wouldn’t let you marry his daughter, I suppose?” “No; he let me marry her, and doesn't give us a cent.”—Detroit Free Press.

Hewer Celebration.

Americans are quick to appreciate merit. The Dewey celebrations prove that, and it is again forcibly demonstrated in the praise and confidence which is accorded HosteUer’s Stomach Bitters, one of the most meritorious remedies ever compounded for indigestion, constipation, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver or kidney disease or any tronble arising from a weak stomach.

Not a [?] Dreamer,

Weeks—Did you ever think what you would do if you had Vanderbilt’s income? I never smoke. Drying preparations simply develop'dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions which adhere to the membrane and decompose, causing a far more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all drying inhalants, fames, smokes ’ and Snuffs and use that Which cleanses, soothes and heals. Ely’s Oresm Balm is such a remedy and will cure oatarrh or cold in the head easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be mailed tar 10 cents. All druggists sell the 500. size. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., N.Y. The Balm cures without pain, does not irritate or oause sneezing. It spreads itself over an irritated&ndangry surface, relieving immediately the painful inflammation. With Ely’s Dream Balm yon are armed against Nasal Oatarrh and Hay Fever. X ‘ 1 — England Buying American Hors ■«. Great BrittCfti buys more than 20,000 horses tofefche tJnited States every year. \ ' Piso’s Cure for Consumption is the beet of all cough curek—George W. Lots, Fabacher, La., Aug. 26, 1880.

GENERAL JOE WHEELER » * PRAISES PERUNA, ><****■ \:’. i % I . —— / • • ' ' V ■ , 4 , .... . . V' ■' The Q reat Catarrh Cu re JOE WHEELER’S CHARGE AT SAN JUAN HILL.

Major General Joaeph Wheeler, commanding the cavalry forcea in front, of Santiago and the anthor of "The Santiago Campaign," In speaking of the great catarrh remedy, Pe-rn-na, says: "I join with Senators Sullivan Roach and McEnery In their good opinion of Pe-rn-na. It la recommended to me by those who have used It as an excellent tonic and particularly effective as a cure for catarrh." United States Senator McEnery. Hon. S. D. McEnery, United States Sen ator from Louisiana, says the following in regard to Pe-ru-na: “Pe-ru-na la,an excellent tonic. I have naed It sufficiently to say that I believe It to be all that you claim for It.”—S. D. McEnery, New Orleans Louisiana. ' ; United States Senator Snllivan. “I desire to aay that I have been taking Pe-rn-na for some time for catarrh, and have found It an excellent medicine, giving me

Constipation Caused by over-work! Over-eating! Over-drinking! No part of the human body receives more ill treatment than the bowels. Load after load is imposed until the intestines Tbecome clogged, refuse to act, worn out. Then you must assist nature. Do it, and see how easily you will be cured by CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Not a \ mass Of violent mercurial and mineral poison, but a pure vegetable compound that" acts directly upon the diseased and worn out intestinal canal, making it strong, and gently stimulating the liver *nd kidneys; a candy tablet pleasant to eat, easy and delightful in action. Don’t accept a substitute for CASCARETS -. .. - ' -to Fw bring a •nrgeon.—veweler’i Weekly.” hir* * ' nd “1 fcav# sona 14teya at a tins without TOT # -on «f tkc Iwwela Chronic eonatlpasfor MTA year* placed me in this terrible ; a> * 1 'in* condition; Idid ever/thing 1 heard of but nerer char found any relief until I began nftnz CASCARETS. ■ ' ea »ow have from ono to thro* pa,mage, a day. and car non. If I waa rich I would rlro fIOO.OO for each dot, rp, ~ n moot; It 1> »och a relief.’’ AtlkekL. Hdnt, ; ny MIS Ena—llSt.. Detroit. Mich. M Mar* Information. f**~ ■ ' V * Tommy—P -hat do ou» —nte- ; n clr ■ I Ah| W I ' HH - ' W V K Jn mm WBm I mSm mm Jr mmm. m IB M .JBk JH/Bmk S mms/L JBr m Hk Jr HMf ARftAf MMBby BHKHhF nIHHH AggggEiHiasr vH^h^^bhht *■ :9B B

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

If there is one thing on which the housewife prides herself it is that of having her laundering done nicely, so that the wearing apparel may be the admiration of all. The washing Is a small matter, any one almost can do that, but to have the linens present that flexible and glossy appearance after being ironed requires a fine quality of starch. Ask your grocer for a coupon book which will enable you to get the first two, packages of this new starch—“ Red Cross” trade niark brand, also two of the children’s Sbakspeare pictures painted in twelve beautiful colors *as natural as life, or the Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, all absolutely free. This is one of the grandest offers ever made to introduce “Red Cross” laundry starch, J. C. Hubiuger’s latest invention.

Trade with Argentina.

Argentina buys most of her goods from Britain. Italy Is second, Germany third and the United States a close fourth, with the prospect of soon being second.

Hall’s Catarrh Cure.

Is taken Internally. Price 76 emits. Half of life is hope, but Jarfif of Ibope Isn’t life—hope is good as an incentive, but not as a reality. FITS P»rman*»Uj cured. No flu or nepouinw* after flret day’s me of Ur. Kuna’* Great Nerve Boil orer. send for FKEK BS .OO trial bottle anu treatise. Da. H. JL kLOi*. Ltd.. U3l Arch b*., Philadelphia. Pa Don’t Imagine that the hotel-runner runs 'the hotel. * Mrs. Wtaatow’a Booth n» a Bvatrr tor Children teethins; softens the aroma, reduce* Inflammation allays pain, cores winacolic. V cents a bottle.

more relief than anything I have ever takem--W. V. Sullivan, Oxford, Mlaa.” United States Senator Roach. “Persuaded by a friend, I have used Pe-rn-na aa a tonic, and am glad to testify that It has greatly helped me la strength, vigor and appetite. I have been advised by friends that It la remarkably efficacious as a cure for the almost nnlveraal complaint of catarrh.—W. N. Roach, Larlmore, North Dakota.” A free book on catarrh sent to any address by The Pe-rn-na Drug M’fg Co., Columbus, Ohio. The microbes' that cause chilis and fever and malaria enter the system through mucous membranes, made porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mucous membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs, thus preventing and curing these, affections.

Yon Tomoi In Denver. ▲ clever piece of advertising appeared in the Denver papers last week: It was the story of how “Yon Yonson” went to Denver, as follows: Ay coom en on das Burlington Das vas snap-lightnin’ tren! Ay tenk de yourney ynst began Ven "Too-00-oot!” and har Ay bake! Das pooty quick yo bat mae life, But not a yolt or yar— Yen Ay got back Ay tol’ mae vise Das mos’ so fast lak her. Ay coom dar saven yar ago Mat em-gran'tren: das bum! Ay teuk das rdilronds yust so slow,’ Lak judgment <i* y vas coom. »fEn ven das ligbtin* tren to-day Yoom oop into da air En fly yust lak a baard avay. Ay tenk Ay shed mae hair. Ay got sax dollar money en -> Mae pocket; das all right; En yon ynst bat mae life dar bane A hot tarn har to-night. - >

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OQa for a pair of eleoDCi GANT LACE CURTAINS. 1 • ■ - ■ ..y-, aft... • ' V > 8 Constantly haunting , ’ the markets of Europe i ; nd America with < > ready cash to buy with I brings us bargains ; only possible with . houses of the largest , ! capacity. To our pat- ; rone this often means < ► two dollars’ value for ! one dollar In money. mkSSSSS i [ adorn the window or any Household. i i Thenar. American netfc. teuton j wr —Mil mows i | ! est wholesale prices everything to eat, wear and use y ! . ; Is furnished on receipt of only 10c. to partlypaypoet- < age or expressage, and as evidence of good faith- ! I the fOc. is allowed on first purchase amounting to ► ; $1.90 or above. Our monthly grocery pride fist wee. ' iMSaSSSeSMSSSMSMSWf—S>—«SMSe«miMM» ► Mir MCTfI ii.V.T*! e. jr. d. r " ' No. as# Wl nttll s-curlttea. AddraSnffiS Ramp, |t[mT|nn vw lEtWmtH —--

! p hii<s, j Is your breath bad? Then your I best mends tarn their heads aside. I A bad breath means s bad liver. I Ayer’s Pills are liver pills. They cure I constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, I sick headache. 25c. All aruggists. .1 Waat your ipoqiueh- or beursTaliiaaHwKil Brown or rich black t Thun ut BUCKINGHAM’S DYEiftittw., , »lg*- <S g!!lH!3J!i.aa.»- *> -»<»**« »■ *<- 1