NORTH STATE NEWS
Items of State Interest Gathered
and Told In Brief.
Claims Toxaway Site Will Carry
Case to Court.
Asheville, Special. George Wash
ington Fisher, a farmer of Polk
county, it is learned here, claims that
he is the rightful owner of the pro
perty that is now occupied by the
Toxaway Inn at Lake Toxaway.
"While I was in the asylum at Mor
gan ton for about one year." Fisher
is quoted as saying, "returning in
189(5, two of my brothers sold the
land, of which I have an interest,
to the Lake Toxaway people." In
making out the deed. it is alleged,
for the company tin? Fisher boys
signed the paper for their insane
brother as his guardian.
Some time after the deal was made
it was found that the title and deed
of this land was void for the reason
that George Washington Fisher nevur
had a guardian appointed by the
courts. So it became necessary to
sign an entirly new deed with Geoige
Washington's' signature to the papers.
On this ground Fisher expects to in
his suit and regain the lands or a
part thereof. :
Fisher was only temporarily in
sane, staying at the asylum one year,
lie is now a farmer of Polk county,
3 miles from Tryon. "where he owns
considerable lands. For the past
three months he has been working
hard in getting up records and having
survey made of the whole tract
in question. The lands were known
as the William Barton and Frank
Barton places, Johnnie Bagwell tract
of land and a part of the Tom Can
trell lands. An interesting part of
the deed covering this land and su)
posed to be signed by George Wash
ington Fisher and wife, Addie, is that
his wife also says that she knows
nothing about the paper which bears
a dear handwriting of the signatures
of the two parties. Fisher is a man
of no education and can barely write
his name so that people can read it.
Seven Prisoners Escape.
- Smithfiekl, Special. Tuesday night
there was a jail delivery here, seven
prisoners making their escape and so
far none have been apprehended.
One prisoner, a negro man, was
held on the charge of murder.
It is reported that a prisoner who
was a "trusty" was responsible for
the escape. He is said to have se
cured a file by which the prisoners
affected an exit by sawing the bars to
a window of the jail.
It is also said that the prisoners;
were on top oi the cells when the
jailer locked the doors the evening
before.
Lee H. Battle Not Guilty.
Greensboro, Special. The jury in
the case of the government against
Lee II. Battle, cashier of the City Na
tional Bank, on trial in the federal
court here for the past two weeks, re
turned a verdict of not guilty at 10
o'clock last Saturday.
District Attorney llolton announc
ed that he would nol pos two other
cases against Battle and he was dis
charged. Judge Boyd, in- thanking
(he jury, said it was evident that the
community believed Mr. Battle had
committed no intentional wrong.
Chair Factory Organized.
Murphy, Special. At a meeting of
the Murphy board of trade Monday
night it was decided to organize a
chair factory, to be capitalized at
$15,000. C.'E. Wood, J. M. Vaughn
and C. B. Hill we're appointed to
licit subscriptions. The stock was
taken up immediately. A meeting
of the stockholders will be called at
once, when officers will bp elected
and the business will be pushed right
along, it is thought the company will
rent power from the Murphy Power
& Light Co.
39,480,326 Pounds Plug.
Winston-Salem. Special. Local to
"bacco manufactories have shipped,
t he past eleven months of the present
jyear, I'J,480,32G pounds of plug to
bacco, an increase of 4,446.700
pounds over the same period of last
year. The manufacturers have paid
out to the United States government
for revenue stamps, the sum of $2.
368,810.93 this year, an increase in
favor of the present vear of $2GG,
802.47. Iincolnton Mill Burns.
Lincolnton, Special. The entire
plant of the Michal Gheen Manufac
turing Company, manufacturers of
sash, doors, blinds, etc., here was de
stroyed by fire at an early hour Fri
day morning. The machinery, build
ings and raw material are a total
toss. Insurance for $7,300 was car
ried but the loss will reach higher
tigures than this. Mr. Victor F. Motz
of this place was the principal owner
in the company. The fire had quite
a good headway when discovered
about 3 o'clock in the morning.
Plans to Check Boll Weevil.
Raleigh, Special. The North Car
olina board of agriculture has passed
a regulation having for its purpose
the keeping of the boll weevil out
of the State. The regulation forbids
the importation of cotton seed, cot
ton seed hulls, loose cotton in any
shape and baled cotton unless com
pressed from Arkansas, Louisiana,
Texas, Mississippi and Alabama.
COMMISSIONER'S REPORT
Major Graham Commissioner of Agri
culture Reviews the Agricultural
Status in North Carolina Re
ceipts of Department $132,258.75.
Raleigh, Special. For the annual
meeting of the State Board of Agri
culture hich convened here Wednes
day for probably three days' session,
the feature for the day was the an
nual report of Commissioner W. A.
Graham treating farm conditions in
North Carolina and the work of the
various divisions of the department.
The report declares the results of
farming operations this year were in
different section of the State and
that while" the yields were very good
in some sections they were quite in
ferior in others. So that the North
Carolina crop census in connection
with the general census by the United
States government will not show an
a v wage yield for the State. Farm
ers, he says, have given far better
attention to their work this year than
in the past, especially as to improved
culture of corn, due in a large mea
sure to institute work and corn clubs
in Aumeetion with demonstration
work. He says the great interest in
agricultural work is phenomenal and
urges the board to devise some met
hod of assuring its permanency.
Soil Improvement and Divesity of
Crops.
The report urges the necssity of
striving more effectively for per
manent improvement of soils and ,
diversity of crops through raising all
farm supplies. Attention is directed
to the fact, as he stated it, that
North Carolina pays to dealers in
other States for supplies that could
be produced on the North Carolina
farms more money than is gotten for
the entire cotton crop of the State.
As long as this is the case the only
cotton money left in the State is that
realized by profits by the dealers
selling the supplies.
The yield of cotton in this State
will, he says, be the smallest per acre
on record. This will also be the
ease as 'to coii. At the same time
some "yields of both crops will be
abnormally large.
Receipts For the Year $132,258.75.
Commissioner Graham reports re
ceipts of the department for the fiscal
year ending Dec. 1, 1909, $132,258.75.
The amount remaining in the treas
ury at the end of this fiscal year was
not given m the report. He report
ed ,15.000 paid on the debt for the
A. & M. Agricultural building and a
balance due of $15,000. This he re
commended to be speedily liquidated
by special appropriation from the re
ceipts of the department.
The commissioner reported the
finest agricultural exhibits at the
State and the district fairs this fall
ever nir-de in the State, due largely
to the attractive supplemental pre
miums provided by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture He recommend
ed that the amounts especially the de
partment of women's work, be in
creased. lie recommends definite effort and
provision by the State Department
for raising improved breeds of stock
and cattle. And stated that the
mountain test farms will undertake
to demonstrate the Possibilities of
sheep raising.
Progress in Horticulture Shown.'
Progress in horticulture as demon
strated by the very creditable high
premiums carried off by North Caro
lina at the National Horticultural
Congress at Council Bluff in the con
test with all the other apple-growing
States, Avas presented with special
compliment for State Horticultura
list W. M. Ilutt.
Treating soil 'survey work the re
port mentioned the resignation of Mr.
Drane to take an appointment in the
United States assay ollice at Char
lotte and the substitution of Mr.
Brinkley to take up his work in
co-operating with the national gov
ernment the last work being in Pitt,
Gaston and Scotland counties, thera
being 22 counties and special sec
tions already mapped.
Treating animal industry, the cora
misioner recommended the appro
priation of $500 for the preparation
and distribution of hog cholera serum
to check the spread of this disease,
especially in Eastern Carolina.
lie recommends legislation that will
.check hydrophobia among cattle,
declaring that sevral thousand head
of cattle were lost the past year from
this disease. Cattle tick eradication
was declared to be progressing well.
Fine progress in dairy demonstrat
ing department, the department of
entomology and in the department of
agronomy were reported, special at
tention being asked to action to pre
vent the introduction of the boll
weevil into this State which, he said
is expected to recall this State
through natural progress in 1923.
There was special mention of the
farmers institute work under T. B.
Parker, held each year in every part
of the State.
In conclusion the commission re
ported that the new oil division tarr
ed into the treasury Nov. 30 the sum
of $10,500.
COMMISSIONER M. L. SHIP
MAN'S ANNUAL REPORT.
Raleigh, Special. The forthcoming
annual report of Commissioner of
Labor and Trinting, M. . Shipman
will show decided improvement in
the chapter of farms and farm labor,
especially in application of better
methods of farming, in the efficiency
of labor and an advance toward in
tensive farming. The report declares
that a gratifying increase in breadth
of vision is noticeable among the
farmers generally, says the report,
due largely to the effective effort
through t he state department of agri
culture and- the special bulletins is
sued by the various divisions. In
creased diversification of crops. Mar
ket value of 87 counties. Decrease
in fertilization is reported in four
teen counties. The great majority
of the counties. The great majority
ward smaller farms. Reports from
95 counties claim that negro labor is
unreliable. General increase in the
cost of living is reported.
Report as to wages show highest
average for men $24.11, an increase
over last year. The lowest average
is $14.70 au advance of $1.39 over
last year. Reports show financial con
dition of working people good in 20
counties, fair in 42, poor 30; bad 3.
Improvement is reported from 71
counties.
As to cost of production G8 coun
ties show cotton produces at aver
age cost of $33.39 per bale; wheat
in 77 counties at 77 cents per bushel;
corn in all counties at 53 cents; oats
38 cents; 51 counties tobacco aver
age 47.71 per hundred pound:?.
In the general introductory to the
report covering the whole scope of
to work of the department Com
missioner Shipman says the disinclin
ation, especially on the part of
some manufacturers to furnish the
required reports has largely disap
peared, but there are still many that
give trouble by neglecting to prompt
ly fill out and return the blanks.
The effort to give statistics of organi
zed and unorganized labor fuiled this
year but it is the purpose to have
such a report for the next year.
Commissioner Shipman or Assistant
Commissioner George B. Justice have
gone into even' section of the state
wherever necessary to make sure of
getting the fullest and most accu
rate reports oossible. In spite of
great effort, the commissioner says
it has been impossible to secure ab
solutely complete reports of micel
laneous factories. Hoever the re
ports of cotton, woolen and silk
mills aro complete.
Verdict For $7,500.
Oxford, Special. A remarkably
interesting case was argued in court
here, that of Sidney H. Usry against
Southern Railway. The jury render
ed verdict of seven thousand live hun
dred dollars in favor of the plain
tiff, who was sriously and permanent
ly injured, by having his hip frac
tured. The accident occurred in Sep
tember, 1908, near Oxford, while the
train was at a water-tank. Mr. Usry
was suddenly thrown down by unex
pected motion of the car.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
Secretary Wilson Presents the Situa
tion of the Farmers in Pleasing
Terms Touches on Price of Beef.
Washington, Special. In glowing
terms Secretary Wilson of the De
partment of Agriculture in his annual
report pictures the results of the
farmers' work for the year ended
June 3d last
"Most pro;perous of all years is
the place to which 1909 is entitled in
agriculture," is the; way the Secre
tary puts it. The value of f arm pro
ducts was $3,700,000,000, a gain of
$8(i9,COO,000 over the preceding year.
Of great popular in t erst are the
results of a unique inevstigation con
ducted .by the department -which
shows that in fifty cities the total re
tail cost charged to consumers for
beef above the wholesale cost paid by
the retailers averaged 38 per cent.
The lower the grade of beef, the
greater was the percentage of gross
profit.
In the upward movement of beef
prices the farmer, the report says,
has not shared equally Avith the pack
er, retail and wholesaler, but as to
hogs, the case-is different, the farmer
receiving nearly his fair share of the
higher prices of pork in the increased
price of his unfed hogs.
Secretary Wilson notes a great for
ward movement in enforcing the food
and drug acts, the willingness of
manufacturers to comply with the
laws and to co-operate with the de
partment, making the work largely
educational.
Keep Navy Yards Till Later.
Washington, Special. Despite, the
agitation to close s?ome of the navy
yards along the Southern coast, Sec
retary of the Navy Meyer will oppose
any such step for the present. This
much was made plain to President
Taft Friday. He says that he is not
entirely convinced thai: the govern
ment can advantageously, ive up
sites in which large expenditures
have been made, until after the open
ing of the Panama canal.
Strike About Over.
St. Paul, Minn., Special. With 1,
500 men imported to take the place
of the striking switchmen who are
members of the Switchmen's Union
of North America and those strikers
who are members of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, returning to
work, managers of the Croat North
ern Railway Friday night asserted
that the strike was about over. The
strike leaders, however, despite the
desertion, asserted that the strike had
only begun. Freight congestion is
not. apprecnbly reliever!
W. J. Colhoun Likely to Accept the
Chinese Ministership.
Chicago, Special William J. Cal
houn, a Chicago attorney and diplo
mat, Sunday night, admitted that Sec
retary of State Knox had offered him
the'post of minister to China. The ad
mission came in denial of a report
that he had declined to accept the of
fer. Mr. Calhoun explained that he
had been induced by Secretary of
State Knox to reconsider a determi
nation not to accept the appointment
which was offered two weeks ago.
There are 247,000 more men than
women in Australia.
SNAPPY AND BRIEF
Items Gathered and Tofd While
You Hold Your Breath.
SOME EVERY DAY HAPPENINGS
Lively and Crisp as They Are Gar
nered Prom the Fields of Actio o
at Hone and Abroad.
The prohibition wave has decreas
ed the internal revenue. The whiskey
tax fell off for the last fiscal year
$5,509,S31 and the ale and beer tax
$'J,444,183 compared with 1908.
The use of eigaretts seems to be
on the increase in spite of the war
upon them by many of the states.
The manufacturers paid tax on 703,
087,278 more this year than in 1908.
James E. McOrcgar of Newport,
N. II., has applied for membership
in the Sons of the American Revo
lution. He claims to be 108 years
old. His father served in the war
and died at nearly 101 years.
Capt. John Downing died at Dover,
Del., Tuesday at the age of 103 years.
He was a veterans of three wars, the
last being the great civil war.
Little Norwood Herbert, of Wash
ington city, fell from a tree some,
days ago and his back was broken.
The vertebra were replaced and he,
was put in plaster of paris case with
reasonable expectation of complete
recovery.
" The Switchmen's strike that has
its centre about Chicago is doing
great damage to commerce as the
railroads cannot move freight.
The great Frisco and Rock Island
railroad merger was ditolved Wed
nesday by the purchase and changing
ownership of the San Francisco road.
The steamer Adelheld Mehzell of
Havre cleared from the port of Pen
sacola, Fla., last Saturday with 12,000
bales of cotton valued at $900,000.
A mine explosion occurred at
Marion, 111., last Monday in which
one man was killed, but the 100
others in the mine escaped unin
jured though there was something of
a panic.
The America Consul at Managua.
the capital of Nicaragua, has applied
for and has gotten permission to
move his place of busines from the
consulate to the legation as a place
i i . i
:ore sale ana congenial.
North Carolina has the distinction
of manufacturing more plug anu
smoking tobaoec than any other state
in tint llnii-n.
France has been drawn into the
Nicaraguan trouble by. Zelaya's bru
tal treatment of French citizens.
Three persons were seriously in
jured and five less seriously hurt in
a derailment of a train on the Penn
sylvania railroad near Fairhaven
Tuesday.
The police of Cleveland, Ohio, dis
covered a plot to assassinate John D.
Rockefeller Tuesday. The aged mul
timillionaire seined little disturbed
ever it and declined a guard.
The German steamer Brewster was
stranded at Diamond Shoals off eas
tern Carolina Sunday night and is
a total loss together with its cargo
of bananas and eoaeoa.'iuts The vfew
was .saved.
South Carolina farmers generally
report very satisfactory results from
cultivating crops under government
directions.
Secretary Meyer, of the Navy has
made some sweeping changes in th
working machinery of his depart
ments. It seems something like the
commission form of city government
in that the department is to be di
vided and will be under four heads
who will bear the responsibility of
affairs in his line.
vfhe trial of four of the indicted
sugar weighers began in New York
last Monday.
Miss Lula E. Mackay, a member
of the Trumbull county. Ohio, bar
has purchased the dilapidated house
in which President McKinley was
horn and will put it in order to be
used as an historic museum.
Near Devon, W. Va., last week a
sheriff's posse was approaching the
home to arest Jim and Charles
Daniels. The mother and IG-year-old
daughter took up guns- and held tht
posse at bay while the men escaped.
A fusilade. was kent up and the
mother was shot dead with ride in
hand. The girl kept up the battle
until she wass killed also. The men
wanted escaped but one is severely
wounded.
There is, a whiskey selling crim
inal in the Wilmington, N. C, jail
that has pellagra and consumption
and probably surface "microbes"
besides. He had skipped a $500
bond but his bondsmen brought him
back to keep from paying the for
feit. Now his pellagra gives him
sore feet and he can 't work on the
roads and it is a puzzle what to do
with him and the authorities wish
they had cancelled the bond and let
the man be where he was.
Leo. S. Capes, of Atlanta, fta.,
aged 23, was wounded by the acci
dental discharge of a shot gun a
week ago and took tetanus (lock
jaw) from which he died Monday.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
has adopted the telephone by which
to dispatch trains instead of the
telegraph.
Ex-Governor Glenn of North Car
olina, predicts that Judso i Harmon,
governor of Ohio, will be the next
Democratic nominee for the presi
dency. It is not all sweet and lovely in
Cuba. Some would have Gomez to
step down and out and the Negro
element is damoring for more recog
nition. 7r clouds arc hovering.
Itipenin of Cream.
The ripening of cream for churning
!s caused by a certain class of bacteria
which usually Ret into the milk from
the air. Thay are alsa transmitted
from the churn and milk vessels.
Also the proper ripening of cream
depends upon the temperature upon
which it i3 held. If the cream la held
at too low a temperature the bacteria
are hsld in chec.lt and hence cannot
work normally. Often, interfering
species of bacteria set into the milk
and cream and destroy the effect of
thos9 that cause proper cream ripEn
lr.. Farmers Home JoarnaL
IlucfcTvIieaf.
Pleas? tell roe hove to ba-rvvst -and
thresh buckwheat. I have about six
acres and want to save the seed. Can
it be threshed with theeoramon wheat
separator, and can you cat it with the
usual wheat binder?
A. Y., Sullivan Comity.
Ar.swer Buckwheat may be cut
with a machine, but ought not to be
put in larg'3 bundles or tied tightly.
It should be cut in the morning when
damp to prevent shattering the seed.
It is better to let it lia a few days fa
the swath, then set it up without
binding, merely twisting the heads to
gether, so as to make it stand till you
are ready to thresh. Thresh with
machine and be careful that il tlois
uot mold. Indiana. 2'r.rnier.
Squnb-IToiTse aTjl I"lmg S7rcl.
This is a plgecn-honsa and flying
pen far squab-raising. The house is
twelve fset wide and thirty-si::: feet
long, divided into three rooms twelve
by twelve fsc-t, end n.:i ulleyway tour
feet wldi
The nests 4QLaewl:at rcserable a
grocery shelving. Tht partitions are
about ten inches on. the centre and
the shelve?, ten inches between all,
r.nd movable to facilifcat1' cleaning.
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The Hying pen is covered with a
mediura-mesa chichen-wire. Each
pen and corresponding part of the
house has room enongi for sixty cr
sicty-Sve pairs of piseoas.
The house should be set irp on posts
to keep out rat3 and mice, and the
walls should be shingle-sided. The
windows shown between the flying
pen aad the nesting rooms have only
one glas3 la each place, and need he
only one sash wife.
A house of this size enn "be built
for about ?200. J. C Shawver,
Elaine, Wash.
Pasture For Klivt-p.
A sheep grower says thct Iron
May to Eer-tsmbSr sheep shonld have
blue grass or el aver pasture cr some
other geed grass. Ctcliile- r.slCs. corn
fields and aftermaths shnald furnish
the pasture for the balanced the sea
son. Kiue or tea ewes averaging 100
poupds can feed oj ose acre .of good
grass pasiure.
From September I iratal the Soc
goes to winter quarters rape sown
two or three pounds per acre :n grain
at seeding or con: a; Izit cultivation
will furc: esctileai feed for the
Eheep. f
Lambs ;-r.y be tnrnrfl into the corn
fields by Angjst 10 to 2d. Tiey will
eat the lower leaves aatl weeds that
nay ha prestat. not ta-.icJ-.ins the ears.
This Is -cheap pasture aiid ualtss uiaJ
in this way is wasted.
By thus using the waste r.nfl catch
crops, and raisin;" plenty of pasture
the cost of pasture for sheep is ridicu
lously larr. Indiana. Farmer.
MiMdngOTnchln- FrpfricTicr.
The Wisconsin station ha3 mafie
extended tests with, a milking ma
chine on its cairy herJ. and.eays that
a careful sinCy anl rtvalts of using
the machine, as well as rep&rtK froru
many dairymen using it. I tbat Stat?.,
are favorable. Here atre if.s conclu
sions nfter all this experience. The
bulletin says:
Experience vylth Tnacbine-n;ir.iing
will lead to the conclusion that the
adoption of machiae-milfefDg wiib the
present developxnert ot the machine,
can enly be recomenricd under con
ditions where the ffirraer is able to
give personal attention in the opera
tion of the machine. -- has reliable,
intelligent help, who can ana wilt foil
luv7 the dirscticsE ol the zaaauJaciiir-
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ers as to care of the machine, manf
ulation of the udder, stripping the
cows, etc. Where such is the case we
can recommend the milking-machine
for the general dairy farmer who has
a Terse herd, or for farmers owning
smaller herds. ,e. g.. thirty head or
perhaps less, who will he able to at
tend to the milking of the herd alone
or with the help of a boy bv means of
the machine, and thus 'avoid keeping
extra help for this' purpose. We do
not feel perfectly safe in ree".mraen;I.
ing the milking-machine far pure,
bred herds, where the maintenance or
the development of a maximum dairy
production in the cows is of vital im
portance, although we belicvo that
under favorable conditions it. may
al?n rrove o! value in such herd,?.
'The success of machine-milking
will fler.end largely upon the man on
erating the machine and on his atti
tude toward machine-milking. If the
machine is given a fair trial and the
directions of the raanuf arrers are
carefully followed, matfl .e-milking
will, as a general rule, be a success,
at leapt to the extent of approximat
ing the results obtained by good
hand-milkers and perhaps even iro
nrovins: on those secured by general
far-" help.
The experiences of practical farm-e-
nnti the results cf careful, exhaus
tive tr'als agree in showing that so
far as tb" machine itself is concerned
th problem of mechanical milking
nav now be considered solved, al
thnugh minor improvements in the
present r-a?hine are nee:led and will
Co"btieF? i-e made before long.
Properly cared for and handled ths
r':lk':T!!r-"iachine will prove a valu
aMe aid jn the solution of the hired-lx?I-
problem on many dairy farms,
rnrl will bpcome an important factor
in th" further development ot our
dairy industry.
Watcr (Taps.
'The 'f:i"'n5 of branch?' and creeks
than run through farms has always
her. ar.il I suppo always will be, a
vexing "nestion for the farmer to
meet. He wants a gate or gap. that is
inexpensive, strong and lasting. When
we think of the damage done nearly
every year to bridges and water gaps
by 'high vatr we see the necessity of
studying this question very closely.
Three points must be taken into con
sideration in the construction of wat
er gap?, namely, that after the water
gets to -a certain height it will either
go over, around or under the obstruc
tion in its way. We must so arrange
them that there will be as little as
possible in the-way of the water to
check it: also taking into considera
tion the fact that during times of high
water a great amount of driftwood
and other trash will be carried down
by the water to dam up and overflow
your field above,
T will give .a way that has been
tried successfully in this locality to
meet 'the water gap question. For the
smaller streams a. pest is set on each
side of the stream in line with the
fence. "These posts should be placed
deep in the ground, when the water
i3 low. They need be no more than
ten cr twelve inches in diameter. Dig
the hole some three feet in diameter
and fill in around the post with con
crete. 'Ta"ke the bark off the post so
the concrete will adhere to it. Bora
two hoies through each post, one near
top and the other near the bottom.
Take an eye made of iron, with one
end 'batrt to make an eye that will
take an inch rod and the other end
cut a screw for tan; place ens of these
in each hole and rerevr up tightly.
Then get, an inch rod with a loop to
the upper end; .lust supposing your
two post? aro twenty-four feet apart
take fourteen -foot rails or poles and
bore an inch h"l in the upper eye,
then through t'r. holes in the rails,
us-ir.g washer made of short blocks
o'f wood ne;t to each rail to hold
them th's proper distance apart. Now
slip your red Into the lower eye. It
is necessary for the two eyes to be
tar enough from the post that the
errl3 of the -.ails v. ill not strike the
post end keep thera from swinging,
the other sida being fixed in a similar
manner. The loose ends are laid to
gether like a rail fence, bein? placed
Sown, stream. During a time of high
water the rails will be pushed down
stream and around against each bank,
allowlrg the water to pass through;
after the water goes down sufficiently
iay up the rails and your gap is as
good as ever.
For larger streams another form of
gap is sometimes used. Take two
logs, the first one piace in a ditch or
trench that has been dug across the
bottom of the stream; the end3 of thi3
log should extend into tho bank on
each side. Place the other log six or
eight feet below the first and twelve
or fifteen inches higher than it. This
log should extend well into the banks,
since it does cot touch the ground
except at the end3. A post set ,on
each side of the stream just below
this log will help to hold it in posi
tion. Spike poles on these logs about
three, inches apart, the upper enda
-:rtending into the bottom of the
creek far enough so that no drift can
catch on them. Be careful not to get
the lower end too high or it will
catch the drift wcod. -The Indiana
I-'a rmer.