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Gleaner H VOLT, XX; GRAHAM. N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1894. NO. 46. A.EAMANCE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JACOU A'.. LO JVC , , . ATTORNEY AT LAW, - -May 17. '88. ' " - J. 13. 'KBKNODIJ3. , A TTQ&NEY AT LAW Practice in tie State and Federal Courts will faithfully and promptly attend all ocs new entrusted to him . ' WJL P. BYNUM, Jr., 'f ' . ....... ' . Attornpy and Counselor at Law, .. V- GEKEN8B0E0, N. 0. Practices regularly In the courts If Ala mauce county.. ,. , Aug. 2, 84 1 v ...... S ErA JoJin R. Stockard,'Jr. DENTISTf . mTKLINGTON, N. C. eOnod gels of teeth at $10 per set Office op MaiD St. over I. N. Walker & Co.' Rore. .' . . ' CAW f OBTAIN A PATENT f For a Trrompt answer and an honest opinion, mite to MIJNN & CO., who have had nearly fifty years' experience in the patent business. Communica tions strictly oonfldential. A Handbook of In . formation concerning Patents and bow to ob - tain tbem sent free. Alsoa catalogs of mechan ical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Mann & Co. receive special notice in the Scientific American, and thus are brought widely before the public with out cost to the Inventor. This splendid paper, turned weekly, elegantly Illustrated, bas by far the . largest circulation of any scientific wore hi the world. 83 a year. Bample copies sent free. Rnlldlnff Edition, monthly. C2JV) a tau. UlnirlA ..-ooples, US cent. Every number eontalns beau . tlful plates. In colors, and photographs of new nouses, wtui piano, unauiuig uuuaezs to snow uie latest deslCTS and secure contracts. Address MDNN A 00a Saw Yoax, 361 UaoAr.-7.C-. CURB A Wgw TOid Complete Treatment, consisting of euppOSITOEIEa, Capsules of Ointment and two Soxes of Ointment. A never-failing Cure for Piles cff every nature and degree. It makes an operation with the knife or injections of carbolic acid, which re painful and seldom a permanent cure, and often resulting in death, unnecessary. Why endure this terrible disease? 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Coble, at Coble & Thompson's store, is my agent at Gra : ham, N. C. . Respectfully. B.T. I-ASHLEl, ' Deo. 14 tf. Haw River. N. JL . GLUBBNQ ANNOUNCEMENT. OF INTEREST TO FABXEB3 AND GAR - ' DENERS. Farmers and Gardeners, who are de. Mrous of joining in making the South 4tie most prosperous section of the Union, by developing the new agri cultural industries, such as garden seed growirg. flower-bulb . raising, growing sugar, Ac., to develop which, we shall offer in premiums, for the . beat sugar producing beets, grown,, must read the special articles on these and other new agricultural - pursuits which will c'omrneoee with' Ibe Jan uary number of the PrvgreMivt South, published a I BichmonJ, " Ya. The ' I rice ia only f 1.00 per year, which you , can semi direct fo the office at Rich mond, or we will club with it and send 'yea Tub Alaxahcr Gleaner and the Progrenir Sruih for $1 75, cash in ad- - vauce, for both papers one v ear. Address, The Glkahe, i Nov. SO, 93 ' Graham, N. C A Leading Magazine Free. Arrangements Perfected ' by Whleli We Giro Sub scription toWoman' Work witnont ' Cnarge. : t . . - i"'U't .- .-.. W ire nw prrparrd In Bake a wosxter tojlr liberal ofler K wtwi rJ ta advance for Til uatci Ouian. Wowaa s -Wobk ta a Uterary aa4 eeewwk a1maas;fe sWarvrdly om tw P"V ar p"hl" e4 It ia par. eatertetohMT ane helpful a very dVpernaeol. lt te arte llk-d with .iAal hkrli elaae reaBac Buuw d nine- ..,.. .iirasl ia aU acea : k poMUhed ta Maty thtemttere I"V home, litera ture, other periodteaj Steele It -o well, teed as1.60 tor omr arr ' Vt caa ewe jeai saan -n we "TBI aIAM-'KC OLK1NER. Ortbam, Jl. C. - A A Arm -OS . COPYFUGHTS. A Head of Hair THE EXPEBtMEHT STATI03. Erf dSyK ' ; AT BAI.EIGH, KORTH CAROI-IJfA. Peath Orchard Value of Manure tVeath er During; October Improve xoor " Stock and FecTt Rationally - ' l.ead Questions and Kepliea : Nnvember 1801. . ' The ISxpnrlment Station nnltctlna i " The standing offer is made to send the bulletins of the station to an in tha state who really desire to receive them. They are specially prepared to be ser viceable as far as possible -to the prac tical farmer. - Thousands of farmers have already taken advantage of this offer.' Unless you really want to be benefited by them, please do not apply for them as we have none to throw away. If, you desire to -read them, write on postal curd to Dr. H. Ii.- Battle, Director, Haleigh, N. C. Setting Out a fcach Orchard. " Use trees only one year from the bud, ' and don't buy them from a tree agent, but get them from a nurseryman who will not cheat you, In planting don't set them any deeper than they grow in the- nursery. Trim the bruised ends of broken roots smooth with a sharp knife. 'Then trim off clean all the branches made in the nursery and cut the stem square off at the height you want to form the head, leaving the tree about the size of an ordinary walking-stick. When growth begins in spring the buds will start all along this stem. Rub off all except three or four at the top which will make the future head. The next winter these shoots should be shortened one-half and the same prac- -tice followed annually.' Plant 10x'6' feet and cultivate in a hoed crop. : In . fall sow erimson clover and plow it un-? der in spring for manure. W. V. Mas sey, N.. C. Experiment Station." v . Value of One Day's Cow Kat.ioas ms a Fer . til Iter. . ; 1 The ration, costing about 32 cents per day, fed a certain cow at the State Faip of 1894, consisted of the following1 amounts : . .. V Nitro- Phos. Pot- .. gi n. Acid. axh. 82 lbs aweetpotato vine 1-.B9 80 lbs corn fodder(lleld cured)..K3" .04-T . 4 lbs cotton seed meal..,. S5;;H .1K0. ...e.TJ 8 lbs wheat bran. mi .tOij. . ..068 Total :. Used by the cow (estimated at 80 per cent)..- .7188 .8C9& .105 ..1438 . .0719 .039 Excreted for plant food......... 674 2..SH"o ' .!6B Taking the trade values of these s adopted by this station for 1894: 5 cents per pound for. potash and phosphoiio acid and nitrogen. 18.2 cents, gives the following value for the plant food resi- , due of the above ration : ! .675 pounds nitrogen & 18 2 cents. ; . . 10 435 cents .28 pounds pnos. add 5 cents. ,1.440 cents .Impounds poUuth 5 cents. . ...... .7Wt cents Total valuation............ 12.W5 cents - Here is a saving of 12Jtf cents rer day from the , original' ration, costing cents, to be nscd in increasing the farm, crops, provided none of it is lost. ; Losses of nitrogen occur very easily. Just at the point, where the excrement Is voided, K5 to CO per cent of it is re turned to the atmosphere unless es pecial care is taken to fix it by use of dry fresh soil or large amounts of gyp sum. No homoepathlo doses can pre vent the losses. - Dry soil is - best when freely used, because cheapest and more likely to be used in quantity to accotn- . plish the object. Suppose the loss to he 50 per cent, of nitrogen 6- cents per milch cow per d This saved or even half-saved will pay high wages to the man- In charge of a herd who saves it by keeping a quan tity of fresh soil or gypsum on hand for it. Gypsum has an effect of Us own on soil and crops by adding lime where de ficient, which can be a help toward re- t turning it cost where used. This station has long used acid phos phate and ka'.nit in equal parts by . weight behind the cows to help save the nitrogen. Half a pound to three- ' fourths of a pound, per day and cow is sprinkled down after the stable is cleaned, so as to begin action on any liquid tnat comes in contact wttn it. F. E. Emery, Agriculturist, N. C. Exper iment (station. Worth Carolina Weather During Oct '04. The North Carolina State Weather ' Service issues the following advanced summary of the weather for October 1894. as compared with the correspond ing month of previous years : Tkmperatcbb. The mean tempera- ture for the month was 69.8 degrees,: which is 0.1 deg. above the normal. Tha highest monthly mean was 65.9 degrees at Newbern; the lowest month ly mean was 61.2 at Highlands. Tha highest temperature was 90 degrees on the 1st at Southern Pines, the lowest was 24 on the 15th al liakersville and Highlands. The warmest October dur ing the past twenty years occurred in 1881, mean 06.4 degs.; the coldest In 1873, mean 65.8. ' Prkcipitatioh.- Average for the month 5.60 inches which U 1.84 inches above the normal. The greatest amount was 9.28 inches at Fair Muff; least 1.V8 at Bakersville. The wettest October oecurred. in 1887, average precipitation ft. 72: tha driest in 1S9J average .9i. YVixb. Prevailing direction north east, which is the normal direction. Average hourly velocity 8.3 miles. Uigheat velocity 00 miles per hour from aba southwest on the 10th at Uatteras. MiscciXASEors. Number of clear days, t9, partly cloudy 6, cloudy 7, num ber of rainy days 7. Dates of thunder storms Sd, 9th, l,25th- Kth, 27th. 2fth. 10th; hail 9th 27th: the first light frravt of the season occurred at Waynesville on the 5th; killing frosts oecurred from the 14th to 10th at most stations- except near the coast. The cyclone of Oct. 8th to 9th caused heavy rains, and flooding of low lands in central and eastern part of state. , rtowerlaa Ha lb to North tarotiaa. ' - The Experiment Station is iavrstignt ing the qoestion whether flowering hoi be for commercial purposes can be saeeeasfullT Brown in this stale- A bul letin (107) bas just been Issued describ ing the propagation of a gooi many va rieties of balbe. as well a the adapta bility of their growth to the soils of the central and eastern sections- The bulletin is Illustrated with 23 life size CwLs o( Iraibe grows at the Station. The growing of the bulb require ski! and experieoee, and it is not advisable for any one not poaaewiag these to at tempt it. if the fctattoa demonstrate that some of our-aoils are suitable a! largeJudc!:ry tcay be built p in cur mnirt, nnrl thousands of dollars anun ally will be brought -to the ntto that otherwise would go abroad to Europe for Import orders. i ... : . f Improve Your Ktoek. It hss been well si I J that the male Is practice on the side of improvement by mnkinti.;. .mnM. n,i !.. i aive hall the best that will increase the ! recovered from th manure if prop lvalue of our growing atock : The head ; eriy taken re.ot-. Ihtadoe. nc4 mean !oia small -flock of sheep. When ot a 4 r-fiUhsof the value of the food standard excellence, costs W a trifle j J .? ls. UJ!IZ? ls way hut refers more than a mere scrub, when the dif- the rtiliaing tngrcdients originally ference in the value of the progenv ia i .rfteXttmPle' WJ?$ t?it j considered. The difference arises from eontaina 15.00 worth of rtlaff I the prepotency of the thoroughbred f aent m It. then 813.00 worth of ' male derived from generations o? woll- i ho,,, i e T.J. ! fed and well-bred ancestors. The same iod 8tn.fl Ut W mlht valued M 1 to ...i, i I swine. It is often the case that the : first .cross from a thoroughbred sire . produces an animal which for appear ance and production of meat or milk is as profitable as though thoroughbred itself. The seeond and third cross from the pure red sire, or, better, an other of the same breed, becomes for all practical purposes as pood as the pure breed except for breeding. - In a line of such breeding as this fat- . ten the males for market as early as j possible; whether as lambs or yearling mutton, or veal and beef. Those who have not tried a thoroughbred sire on -common stock will be well pleased with the result, esnacinllv if thev nrnotlca a ' rational system of feeding their stock. Well-bred stock can be easilv reduced in production bv careless or poor feed- ing, sufficient to more than counters r balance the gain in breeding, j - - .- It would be preferable to feed natives well than to grade up and lose the ben efit of it by poor feeding. But let the -advance be in both breeding and feud ing, and good results will follow. Frank E. Emery, Agriculturist, N. 0. Experiment Station. ' ' .' Rational Stock Feedma. ' The -Experiment Station is sending out a very valuable bulletin, (No. 700) entitled "Rational trtock Feeding." From the preface it is stated that there are in North Carolina a total of 2,410, 676 head of tock of all kinds, valued at 520,850,059, according to the State Aud itor's last report.' A saving in cost of feeding, placed as low as . 15 cents per month, would amount to over $4,009,000 annually. This publication of the Sta-. tion seeks to show ho this saving can be effected. The contents embrace the subjects of the composition and diges tibility of food with definition of terms 1 used feeding standards and how stock rations can be calculated, - and some rations fed by practical feeders in the state and others recommended for trial, i Among these breeders are Captain 11. P. Williamson. W. L. Kennedy, Ilolt Home wood. Elius Carr. Jr.. Dr. W. R. Capehart, Hnckburn & Willetts, and Baron d'Alinire, of the Ulitmore estate, information, gives in -this publication can not be gotten elsewhere, and alt farmers nre advised to Feud for a cony. It is supplied free, as are all publica tions of t lie btu tion. . . Beer Calves Only I rani the Beat Cows. Where a number of cows are milked it -will always be noticed that some one is the best of the lot as to the amount of railk produce !, or the length of prof itable flow, or perhaps in production of butter. A farmer can probably point out the best cow in the nurd, but if he were asked to point out her decendants among the young stosk, they might bo, founoTfew and far below in appearance what might be expected from the dam, or grand-dam. Further inquiry might bring out the Information that no male was kept for service on the farm. Also that no good sire could be procured, or that it was too far, or the service fee was too high whore a desirable aire was kept. This is a short-sighted policy, and one which the progressive farmer , will avoid. . Don't use the nearest scrub when time is oressinir. but keep a male in your own barn, selected especially to supply the kind of animals you want to have and such as you can take pride in showing your frinnda. The best way is to patronize the best sires within reach, and go with cash in hand All calves from the poorest cows should be killed at once and may be fed out to fowls. Unless you have a surplus of milk and cannot make a good Use of It in some other way do not grow up veal calves. Where milk will sell for a fair price the.calf will soon eat its head off. Better sell it to the hens for eggs and chicks. F. E. Emery, Agricul turist, N. C. Experiment Station. . Qnestloms sad Kapllee. The Station will be glad to extend Its' usefulness by answering as far as pos sible question on agriculturist topics sent by any one in North Carolina who may desire to ask for information. Ad dress all questions to the N. C. Agri cultural Experiment Station, Haleigh, N. C. - Replies will he written as 'early as possible by tbe member of the Sta tion staff most competent to do so. and, when of general interest, they will also appear in these columns. Tbe Ht-ttion desires in this wsy to enlarge its sphere of usefulness and render immediate as sistance to practical farmers. Tokay Grape. Will the Tokay grape vine- thrive la this steief If It has not been a snocess. usoa what Tine would yon advuw grafting Hf W. P. b., Southern Pinoa. N. C. (Aa.wered by W. P.- Hasaey, Hortlculturiat, N. C Experiment Station.) The ToUay grapes (white and Ha me colored) belong to Vitis Vinifera. none of which have been perfectly auoccsful in the United States east of the hierra Nevada, except to some extent in Ari zona and New Mexico. The phylloxera insect destroys their root, and they are very subject to at tacks of mildew. Our native grapes being a "survival of the fitteat." resist the phylloxera. There ia some hope that now we anden-Und the cause of the failure of tbe Vinifera section of grapea, we can overcome tbe d:Ciculty by grafting them on roots of -our strongest growing natives, and by tbe -nae of spraying mixtures keep down the mildew and succeed In rlpenieg the fruit It is well worth trying and oar Station will do something in tola line another year. Valee ef H.aara. "Ia aa srriroltura! s&p-r eoaie titne ago I aw aa ariirle wh'-k tr-m.-lr r1roru4 ike feodlBgof bras toatork. The wnwr of ue pa per atated Uau the vaioe of tbe naanrr alone of the eaimal fed oa braarwae worth almost a Bach money as Ice Valt-e of the braa t4 to tlwon. I wriM to ash yoa if this is rorrert aad ahaU take U aa a favor If yoa wUlgire me some lnforouUGB of the so.bje.-t. Hma at ibis solat la worth a rent a por-id. Stable naaure (fair aual.tr) fl per load. Do yea think that If I wrre to teed miik euwe aa aserh hraa aa they will eat that Uw-tr ma nure wlU be arariy wjr-h wtl taeir feed ams. I eanooi aaderataad how lateral be. for tnMasre if 1 have a cow wfaira m fairly wril f d aad which vea. ear a eouyfce of raiiea of anilkadaj. i loerraae her feci snviaa; her aa cisri htaa aa aUe will eat. Iter manure of er.ane wld hvcrrsM la b k and will a!aa ba richer in ImnltiM metenala lhaa before, hut fe (tower sank will mlro be larger. I'-rl of tSe hraa has) rane u form m la. and part of M I.. I aim 4 ao a taMr. l-n w ffc'-ak tba the larger quantity and better quality of the manure will nearly repay the extra cost of the increased feed, not counting the value of the extra milk obtained by footling liberally?" ii. V. O. Cukwooua. N. 0. (Anxweroi by H. B. Battle, Director, N. C Ex ocrlnent Station.) . From the results of many experiments the general Rtatemmt is correct tnat f Bbou - (,,Per, r tov.r:&th the ' tnanuriul value in tha ongin:.l food can lor leedlng. pnrposes. Uf courso. cows and other animals need portions ot the food, but they need lest of the fertili sing ingredients than they do of the organic portions of the, food for ia s'anco carbohydrates, nitrogen -free ; extract, protein, fat, etc, and these v materials are more needed in the pro- duction of Tnllk than the fertilising in gredients. - ' . . . Ulue Joint (iraaa. 'Where can I get seed of Bluo-lolnt graa which grows In the West and la referred tola the Patent Office report fur 1888" S. U. H, BehlsviUe. N. C. (Answered by Gerald McCarthy, Botanist, K. C. KKnerlment Station.) f ; Blue-ioiat or Blue-stem crrass, .Aero- pyrum glancnm, grows wild on tho dry plains of the far west, but the seed is not on the market. It would not do : wen in tnts state, it is inferior to many grasses we now have. ll.:rmiua grass is for our climate far more valuable than Blue-joint. For hay Johnson grass, Tall oat. Tall fescue, 'and Orch ard grasses are all excellent and do well in our state. . Destroying: tVUd Onions ' -' "Con you give mo some remedy for destroy ing wildonionxr Tacy are about to take some of my lanU."--.W K. W. Lewisvilie. N. C. (Antiiored bv W. P. Ma'isev. Horticulturist. N. C Experiment Station.) i . The only practicable way to get rid ' ot wild onions is by moans of a system- -atic and short rotation, and the use of smothering crops. I'low the land be fore any top sets are found, and sow field p. as, ttvo bushels per acre. Cut the peas for hay.and chop the land over with a cutaway harrow, and sow in - August crimson clover at rate of 15 lbs. '' per acre, with a thin scattering of win ter oats. Cut oats and clover together ; for hay. and put the land in corn, and follow with winter oats and red clover. By the time this Oat crop comes oil, the onions will be about gone. - Mixing Fertilizers at. Home. I have been mixing my fertilizers for several -venra, and -have been doing It blindly, nut knowing what proportion to use. 1st. I want to know what is the best article I can get to produce phosphoric acid 1 ' w.t snd. Tiie best article rur poiann r Tue best article for ammonia, price con- "t',u,reL... '..... ... . best resultn f - 6th. .How high a per cent, of aeld phosphate can be raadu f 6th. How hlfc-h can gunno be made of phos phoric acid, ammonia und potash? 7th. Whnt per veht. of phesphuric sold, am monia and potash la beat for beat result, for eaeral erop. 8th. I have been mixing 8011 pounds Acid phosphate, . - ' 100 pounds Cotton seed meal, . -1 -60 pounds Kaiuit. What per rent, of phosphoric add. ammonia and potash have 1 1 C. S. Vf. Fruiiklinton. (Answered Tly H. B. Battle, Director N. 0. Experiment Station.) I will answer your queries in the order as given. (1) Acid phosphate is the best ma terial to produce phosphoric acid, con sidering; cost. (-.:) The best article to furnish potash for ordinary usages is kainit. (:!) For ammonia, in our locality, cot ton seed meal, . considering alao the cost. (4) The best proportions found prac ticable as a general rule arc: - ' 1,200 lbs. Acid Phosphate, ' 000 " Cotton sued meal, 200 " Kainit (5) Acid phosphate seldom runs more - than 13 or 14 percent, available phov phoric acid. It should always be bought upon a uenuibe guarantee, ae auy per centage ean be made less -than that - amount according to the grade of the rock from which it la produced. . (0) It will depend entirely upon what ingredients are used as to the percent ages of the three ingredients, phos prioric acid, potosh.and ammonia in the mixture. If a high ammoniating ma- . terial is used, of course a high percent age can be procured; likewise the same . of potash. The trucking fertilizers often run from 6 to 7 per cent, availa ble phosphoric acid, 0 to 7 per cent, of ammonia. and 8 to to percent, of poiash. These can be changed according to the quantity of tho different ingredient-i ; used. . . ! (7) For average purposes for cotton : and corn, the percentages given by the i above mixture are about rfcht, namely j 8.5 percent, available phosphoric acid, S.65 per cent, ammonia,- 1.64 per cent. , potash. () The proportions used by you, namelv: Mju lbs. Acid Phosphate. 13 percent loa-i oiton seea meal, 60 " Kainit re useful. The percentages given by the mixture wouid be 8.14 per -cent, available, 2.43 amm ;nla, and 1.90 pot ash.. The proportions are so close to the above amounts th it if yon have found the mixture useful I see no reason to advise a change. I send Bulletin No. 95. in which yon will And man references to the composition of fertil izing ingredients and their use in mixed fertilizers. Aatatle Peer. There la a snmery Arm at Tbomasvllle. Ga., who claim to raise peara from what they call Anialie slock or from a kind of pear of Aaiauo or Chlneae origin : that the LeCoatesnd kief- fer pears err of this claw and that titer will not bueni l.aa inoae of fcuropeaa origin. U there anything la thetr ciaiwaN-W. H. W., An 11a. 1. 1 . (AmcN by W. P. Uvmey, Horticulturist, K. '- fcUperrmeat htatloo.) The Kieffer and le Conte pears can' probably be claimed to be of Asiatic origin. Not that they eame from Asia, but they are seedlings from the Chinese sand pear, crossed with one of our old aorta. It is generally thought that the IUeffer.i a cross of the Chinese Sana pear and tha Kartlett. But so far ss wt can ascertain, nothing is certainly known of their origin, save that thev were grown from seed of the, Chinese' sand p- ar. which was evidently acci dentally eraased with something better. The KiefTer resembles tbe ilartlett in shape. The Le Crmte is now quite com monly nardasa stuck for grafting other pears opooand from itsviiroruuahabits. and tbe rnne with which tbe storks can be raised in the aoutn will probably be a popular stock for pears in the future. But th tt working a near on the be Conte s'ock makes it blight proof is all mmnua. Tha le Coate does seem its.-if to be less liable to blight, but no p.-ar is exempt from it in this country, though tome bl ght worie than others. Tiir gr-at v'gor of the 1 Conte stock may make tbe trees grow, or better able torcrer from an 'ack, but it will nt give them uxuaun-vy. FArUMRD01. 3jjJJis41 (t SINK AND SLOP DRAIN. Ho Country llouse Should Be Without This Simple Arrangement. How to dispose of the sink and slop water in a safe and expeditious man ner is whnt greatly perplexes many residents in . the country. In ' cities-' where ' there is the benefit of water works and Tsewers. this 1 alLea5jL matter. A simple plan whereby this may be accomplished is shown in the Illustration herewith. The dotted lines indicate the location of the sink. The common-outlet pipe passes downward in the usual manner; bat immediately underneath the sink or under the floor, as most convenient, a foul air trap is made by simply bend ing the lead pipe in the form shown at save uethod of dibposiko of slops. a; it should extend upward at the bend a little more than the diameter of tha pipe, so that the pipe at the lowest point of the bend will always . remain full of water. . This, of course, prevents the sewer gas from escaping ' Into the room. Every time the sink is used the water remaining in the pipe is forced out by the weight of the new addition. This is one of the most sim ple lessons in hydraulics, and. of great value when ri'htly put in practice. It Is well also to flush the sink pipe oc casionally with strong washing soda, letting it 'stand in the trap all night. The refuse water from the weekly wash, mopping or scrubbing, may bo emptied into the funnel at m, and be carried off by the drain. : This-funnel is of wood one foot square at the top, tapertnr to tho diameter of pipe. The drain pipe should be, at least four inches in diameter and placed below frost, and discharged five or six rods from the dwelling, so that the water will spread over a large area and quick ly evaporate. The sink outlet ptpa should be one Inch in diameter, either of lead or iron. The funnel also acts as a ventilator for tho drain, and sbonld not be located nearer t'an fif teen feet from the bnildln?. Cast Iron pipe is best for tho drain, as sewer pipe or wood, unless the joints ore ce mented, la liable to leak, which will prove dangerous to the well and cellar. American Agriculturist. DEVI3E FOR HAY ROPING. .a A Tenon Handy w.lU Tools Can Hake Oa In an Hour. Tho accompanying figure shows an inexpensive yet very efficient tool to to be used in haying. The beam Is of iron wood, 8 feet long and 4!rf inches in diameter. . The teeth and handles arq of white ash, 8 feet long. The holes are IK Inches in diameter and bored clear through. Holes for the ropes, 0 inghc from the end and tho hole for the end tooth 15 inches from end of beam. Tho remaining holes for the tooth, 22 incle from ccrttvr to center. Each handle is foct from the end of beam and set aomewhnt icauin'f back war.i. The ropes are each about 14 feet long and arc passed through tho hole and a knot tied in tho end. It in best to give them a turn around the end of the beam so that they will draw up from the back side. This keeps the point of the teeth on the ground. A person that can handle tools can ma!: one in an hour. Of course it Is not necessary that everything be as men- tioned here, but this we known to work well. , . - Where h ay or straw is to be moved on the ground this device has many ad. vantages over the old way of roping. Only 80 feet of rope is required. It will rore cleaner, it is easier to man age, will carry load much farther ovcij a rough surface, wilt dump without nn hitching, and will carry about one fourth of a wagon load. Last ' fall we wished to move straw from a stack across one barn floor onto another sev eral rods away. We found It. would carry up onto the barn floor and off from It wltbont any difficulty. E. E. llogue. In Ohio Farmer. FAC1S FOR FARMERS. To PBOXora early maturity with any class of stock, good feeding mnst be practiced from tbe start to the finish. Vmvkm present conditions, when prices are low. it Is only a good animal that will pay the cost of production and give a fair profit. If yoa have a yonng horse teach him to rork on the none now ana cuiu- , With a well- ! rater without reins. trained iorse more ard better work can be done. VrorraTiox ceases when the winter appears, but Live stock Increases in weight during all seasons. For that reason live btoock should be a special ty on all farms. Do sot overlook ensilage. One acre of ensilage will enable the daiiyman to winter more cows tban two acres of any other food on the farm in propor tion to cost of production. Do hot reflect- tbe chorea, even U other work eecms to demand yonr ; whole attention. Study to save both j step aad time In doing the chores and de them ia ths tame order every day. ABOUT PARM WUflK. - tha Stoat Dlarnlfled Pursuit n Which , Toons Alan Can Engage. ' It Is a queer commentary on the state of affairs that whilo hundreds of thou sands of men aro idle and half starv ing in our cities, the farmers of tha country are crying for help to do the necessary work on their farms. . In many localities it is impossible to get farm help at prices that would have been, considered large five years ago.: It Is possible that we are nearing a time when farming will bo looked up on as a menial pursuit which sclf-re-specting men will not engage in? ' We hope not, for when that time comes we will see the beginning of tho end. In old times tbe farmer -was looked down upon, and was, in fact, a slave. In many countries he eould not leave the manor upon which he was born, and was subjocted to any privations or indignities that the owner of tha land felt like afflicting Iiun with. Then, with civilisation, the tiller of the soil came to be recognised as an Important factor in the prosperity of his country, and bs?an to receive more consideration until within the last century be has some to the front, chiefly because of the high place he has won for himself In our country. The American farmer won his place as one who must bs recognized as the cornerstone of prosperity,' and from his success the farmers of all the civil ized world have profited.-- It is a no blocalllng, and it is to be hoped that the workers of our country will never be so blind to their own interests as to begin to despise farm work. There are places on thousands of farm for men to work at a calling that is no harder than many that are found in the forges and factories of the large eities, and if every farmer who needs a hired hand eould find one among the idle masses of the cities, we should hear much less about suffering there. American Farmer. , FRONT WHEEL BRAKE. One That Can Be Easily Biggest TJO la the . , Farm Worksluip. f The brake illustrated below - may easily be rigged up in tbe workshop and put on the front wheels of the farm wagon, to be operated by tbe horses. The tongue is straight at the back, end 7 and, aides between, the bounds, 'with a slot of 6 inches for the drew bolt. The two brake rods, A A are fastened to the plate N above the tongue, passing between tho a.-cle and sand board to tho lever B. This Is bolted to the under side of the bounds aud connects with the rods C C. These ore attached to the brake stick, D D. As the rods A A slide back tbey poll the brako blocks, E E, against the wheels with -a leverage of 8 to 1. It gives pressure enough to hold any load. When backing the wagon the tongue will strike tbe end of tbe slot and the blocks roll away or turn back and take the pressure from the wheel. The brake setting the wheel, E, has a hole in the upper portion and it Is through this that the brake is fastened to tbe brake stick. Justus Jones, in Farm and Home. WHEN TO CUT CORN. Interesting- experiments Contacted at the " .. Iowa Stat loo. . . At the Iowa experiment station in 18W3, plats of corn were cut September 17 and 24 and October 1, 8 and 15 re ipectively and shocked In the field. An adjoining plat of equal size was left standing until December 17, when it was harvested. The corn from all plats was busked December 17 and brought in, at which time samples were taken of the com and fodder from each cutting and analyzed. The yields of tbe different plats ranged from tzyi to 64 bushels per acre, in creasing gradually to the fourth date of cutting. - . - The largest amount of dry matter in the stover was secured st tbe time of cutting the second plst, September 24. Tbe greatest ..amount of dry matter secured In the kernel wss reached at tbe time of cutting the third plat Oo- tober V. The highest aggregate of dry matter from an acre of both stover and kernels was 0,783 pounds, and was secured from the second cutting Sep tember 24, and the next highest 0,615 pounds from third cutting. - The above results indicate that the best time for cutting corn according to these exper iments is between September 24 and October L Tbe loss resulting from leaving corn in the field until Decem ber amounted to nearly half the total yield In weight beside In deterioration la feeding matter. - Farmer ghoeJd Steer reentry. ' If farmers would study forestry enough to understand a 'few of the principles of forest conservation there would be comparatively l.ttle waste of trrowirjar timber. He-vent v reara aura fc snore conservative policy was arged. vet the hllla are artnarentlv am haawilw clothed as ever now. There bas been some reduction, but it is small in most localities except where the great lanv ber companies slaughter Indiscrimi nately. It Isn't tanners who are de nuding the hills and mountain of their natural covering. It is the great city corporations who know Uttleasd rare less about scientific lumbering. Farmers should atudy forestry as much as is needed to keep their woodlands healthy snd constantly growing. After a tree baa passed a certain point it rapidly become valueless. To under stand just when that point is reached ; Is what is needed to save all the fan. eats now siaccing co, J&rma, . j I Anniial "Statement" In accordance with Ibe rvqnlremenU.of' sea. Uen71S of the Code, I, J. H. Watson, clerk of the board of commissioner for Abminnoe eounty, Co hereby oeitiry tuattbeIIoa-rng Is a true statement for the year ending KoV: . 1894, of tbe amount. Items and nature, of all compensation audited hy the board, te the members thereof, severally, the. number of days tbe board was In session and the dis tance traveled by each member; ' V r - To E. LOKO,' For 18 days as Co. rom'r, ' . ' miles 3 Sea mile, - . - v i.xtra service asch'm'n board for1 year ending Nov. 0 ikhh, Extra services as rh'm'n board for : year endimr. Nov. n. imx . - 3 dava cum. on tax road gaud I day : . uviu. on jail, Total, , ToWM. STAFFORD, For 17 days as Oo. Com r, UOinlJes&eoantfle,. Total, - - . To 0. C. T0WN8END,.; StOOO For 19 days as Co. Com'r , J $800 1 day laylngofTmad to Burlington, - 200 1 day on tax road, ...,., 200 64 miles do a mile, ' -:"-'. tW al, ToS EBB, ': . ,. .: For 20 days a Co. Coin r, t : i - ; . 4000 oiu iiiiieaijs oca mile, ,2500 1 day com. on c. a. e.'s re porta, 'v. '., 1 00 1 day com. a -tiling with treasurer, 209 tuujoom. on uix roaos and Ida y on building commlllee, ' 4 00 Total, To C. h. bonet: . 173 60 I tnsoo 1190 200 09 156(0 For 18 days as Co.Com'r. - - 1C1H mile &e a mile. -lday asoom. settling with treas urer, .- , day com. on tax roads and 1 day ooui. oajnii, Tota, n J ' The Board was In session 30 days foe (he year ending Nov. 80th, 1891.' v 4 ; : , . J. it. WATBON, . Clerk of Board. S PRESENT 1 OijIiSEWIoDTTHi'soro: In order that we may thor oughly Intro duce ournew SWM'ERETTE ava 55 bWEEPEHETTE'lI Wbich u M4jiltiic .eveUUim in Coi-pet DWCUL.VJ - It yu wi'i send os till Cotipon with a Postal Mon ey Order for 00 we will Send von YOU THE FOLLOWING 1 a cu ely picked by ax, s new sad rle K ni eweeperetie. H srraoted every wat or VlOjVar REFUNDED. Ak tbe publisher of. this paper about our reliability, We ill Lirtit Kmf:ri ax. in lb Well l AU llt- Plesisf write your uame and. addrc.s plnlul so as to avoid mistakes. DE V L.F.K i : 81 i.d for nur printed matter. We will make It an oub-rt for yoa to handle this ek-gant line of 8"e-)eretlr. The Sweeperette Co., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.. NU. Inil,.... ..... - DR. SHADE'S DISCOVERY . FOR - . . ., i CONSUMPTION. Just Given to the Public , Wilt at one for particulars of th newspr- -per Investigation going on at thl lime la Washington. Doctors and nil er C tlxens Cured- What physician and m.uiral Jour nals say about "The Gnaleat Discovery ot ibe Century." Pymptnm blank, etc Addnsw Dr. SHADE. 1232 14th Street, Washing ton, D.C. Oct. H 3u. SUFFOLK""" Collegiate and Military V INSTITUTE, STT R3roiK:. ,'VA English, rVientiflc, Mathems'ftsl '.rid Classical course, with special B Ur ine! department. If von bare a son you deeire to rdnoate drop a ostal for Catalogue. Addrrmi r. J.KERN ODLE. A.M., Joy 13 tf. riinii.sl. Are You Going to Build ? If yon are gulug to bo'ld s boare, von vl do well 10 rail me for prices. I hare a force of kile4 workmen who have here w ate from t to 8 year, who know how to good work and a heap ot h. 1 will wild t contract or by the day furt-Lih niatetial or fna eaa do It. Come and see a.e. Will be (lad to gfre roe Difiim. Thanks for past ralronare. Yoar etc, - It. W. HUfoON. 1 . . Giauaia, H. 0.' Aag.M. - Mortgagees' Sale ! By virtue of the p owers contained In r tain morlgnt-e deeds exfented hy lliu.1. Fn.: vllle. one on 2trd of Do- , L-ee. aad regiatered la boak l ps-ea.4 7. 4 Hh'id 4S. one on Drr. S. IM'I. and nciateie la bra 17. paaeaSOS. V7 and SM. and one 00 Anc.sn. 1SS. end rrariFter- d In h-h 17. parna 4XL at jmd . ami all r e,","d4otiieofrieroftbeKesrisrrof Deed ol Alam ineeeoonty, the andefwgned motre.--'-reea wilt aril tnr eeh at the eoert-bouse dotr in arahani.atlzM.osi - . - MOXDAT, JAXTT.UPS, (he tntet of land deamhed It, said IMrtrare. The tract of land contains 124V acre, and la sIumj In Kaorc-ll a. tnwnhfp. A Is ma new county, edioiniiic ihe lunds ol BHce r-novlile andoihera. It Is aw ewlln tohaco anff grata term aad verv (twmhi. T-rn- eaah. (iFfRni?PiKNnr'l F, IKVIH Md-AI'IrV , JSU.C. E.OX,"l others, iwc t, 1894 Ms.. Aioiv-i-a. 1 Ban '