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For Accurately Aduted
GLASSES
' Consult
Dn. A. C. WHITE,
Expert Optician
DR. WHITE is a graduate of the
best Optical College in the world
and has had a great deal of experi
ence in hospital work. He uses
Finest Instruments and Opthalmic
Apparatus, such as is used by the
leading opticians of New York, St.
Loois and Chicago. Eyes exam
ined tin.
Office over Morrit & Abbay'i Store,
East Side Square.
THE MESSAGE
THURSDAY. NOV. 30. 1899.
Thia is Thanksgiving Day. The
Lord has been good. Be thankful
Married, at the Christian church
in Mexico last Wednesday night
week, by Eld. S. D. Dutcher, Mr
James Carroll to Miss Verdie
O'Neal, both of Mexico.
Middletown Chips: John Deal's
Mexico Message made its appear
ance last week, and is a clever and
clean paper. Chips hopes it may
ancceed, and sees no reason why it
shouldn't.
While driving to his home near
Warrensburg, Mo., in n storm last
Wednesday night week, Josne Bil
liogsly, aged 62, became fright
Bed at the aspect of the clouds and
dropped dead from heart affection.
There was a fresh outbreuk of
smallpox among the colored folks
at Paris last week. The blacks
should be compelled to Bcrub their
hides, clean up their premises aud
made to stay at home for a season.
A little Elsberry girl has three
pets a pug puppy, a Maltese kit
ten and a six-month-old duck
which gets along famously with one
another and which sleep together
very night on the sumo pallet,
"as snug aa a bug in a rug."
Elijah Gallaway died at bis home
in Vandalia last Wednesday week
01 neart trouble. Deceased was
72 years of age and was the oldest
business man in tho city, having
been a resident of the place 30
years. He leaves wife and two
sons and two daughters.
William Dowdy, aged 12, son of
the Rev. N. D. Dowdy, of Sedolia,
was accidentally killed one day last
week by Allen Thurman, a play
mate about his own age. The boys
were at play and Thurman threw a
piece of wood, which struck Dow
dy's head at the base of the brain
uown at .New London, over in
Ralls county a woman who couldn't
afford a new five dollar hat went
to the millinery store, saw the lat
est styles, went home and pound
ed her old hat for half an hour
with the rolling pin, stuck a tur
key feather thru tho band, went
to church the next Sunday the
nvy of all the women in town
A Marion county farmer went in
debt to purchase a 125 acre form
He staid strictly at his business
ten years, and at the end he was
out of debt, and among other im
provements he made, built a I KMX)
barn. He also made a trip to Eu
rope. He cultivated all of the
land except a small portion that he
used as a pasture. He attributes
bis success to the fact that he util
ised all he possessed without trying
to over do the thing.
WE HANDLE
Watches
Honest Goods
AT
Honest Prices.
ajtau&kiro&tsiiiaktkkMtiiiiiifc
And to please you is our business. You
can judge our prices when you see our goods, t
uur motto is: "Your
Money Back,"
Next Door First
Corn if veiling at $1.60 per bar
rel in parts of Monroe county,
blackleg is among the cattle of
J. D. Power and Charlie Ueizer,
near Santa Fe.
J. II. Star, near Centralia, has
bought near 2,000 barrels of corn
at 1 1. SO per barrel.
W. L. Crawford, of Young's
Creek, will embark in the hard
ware bninesi at Paris.
The C. & A. railroad management
announces that it has cleared a di
vidend of 7 per cent during the past
year.
The old "fingin akewP meeting
in the country have about had their
day. The song book in the day
schools is the explanation.
Maj. John A. Logan, who we
killed recently in battle in the
Philippines, was related to Mrs.
C. II. Warnock who lives near
Tulip, this county.
The old fanhion debating society
in the entertainment one night in
the week in many localities over
the country. To those who take
part it is always a good school.
J. C. Wilkina, assignee for M.
Blum & Co., has brought suit in
the Audrain Circuit Court against
Hargadine, McKittrich Dry Goods
Co. and George Robertson for an
alleged over-payment.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska
is asked to oust the Standard Oil
Company from doing business in
that state on the ground that it is
a trust, and engaged in a conspir
acy against trade and business.
Yes, the Democratic masses of
this State would not endure for a
day such a man as D. R. Francis
at the head of the State Committee.
We want a man in that place who is
sound on all the issues and thoroly
16 to 1."
Mr. Greenville Tomlinson and
Mi-B Lillian llagsdale, both of this
city, were married last Thursday
night, at 8 o'clock, iu Mexico,
R-v. A. A. Wallace officiating.
Mr. Tomlinson is the clever fore
man of the cigar manufactory of
C. D. Stioktey.
C. A. Shotwell against John
Bethel and George Houdurant,
appealed from Justice Jenkin's
court at Farbcr, will be tried in
Mexico at the January term oi
Circuit Conr!. Plaintiff gets a
verdict for $25 in Justice court,
and defendant appealed.
The Wellsville Optic-News
thinks that the Mexico officials
"went off half-cocked" in quaran
tining against Wellsville, Mont
gomery City or Martinsburg.
Don't know, Bro. Mansfield, sup
pose the tables turn with you as it
has at Parist What will you think
thenT
Dissolution and change continue
among the business firms at Lad
donia. Lately M. L. Eastham,
barber, bought the interest of Ole
Slavens, a barber in the town, and
just a few days ago Ed Ferris
bought the interest of his partner
Cort Ingram, in the restaurant
business in that city.
Robert T. Freeman, 8 miles
south of Mexico, aged 63 years,
died last Thursday morning. For
a number of years Mr. Freeman
had been afflicted with cancer of
the face, from which malady he
died. He leaves two children, W.
B. Freeman and Mrs. Mattie Lee
Crockett. The wife preceded the
husband to the grave only about
six months since. Mr. Freeman
had a wide acquaintance in Au
drain Co., and before his failing
health was an extensive breeder,
buyer and feeder of stock. His
death is a loss to the community
in which he lived.
Clocks
JewelrY
Fine China
Cut Glass.
Money's Worth or Your
National Bank. J
Pa' Day on the Farm.
GeorgHe, in Chicago Times-Herald.
Me and the pup and maw an paw
and little albert went out in the
Country a Saturday to visit uokle
Ilenrey's.
Uncle henry is maw's brnther
and wunst him and her was little
boys and gurls like me and albert
and Uukle Henry Sod maw yoost
to run around io Her Hair feet and
clime trees and fall out of 'the Hay
in the Barn and Bkin the Cat jist
ike a boy.
I'm offul sorry I Herd that about
maw Becos I Can't hardly keep on
thinkin' She's a nangel auy more.
I wisht She would a Bin a nice
itle gurl with dimpuls in her cheeks
and Curls Down her hack aud al
ways kept Her Dres Clean and
Didn't never make snoots at jieople.
Sumtimi s when I think about it I
aim ot Haft to weep.
Brtfor we went paw He was tell-
n us all about the great things he
tist to Do when He lived on a
Farm. It's a wonder people didn't
come from miles around to See paw.
So when we Got out paw He thot
he would Sho us how to milk a cow
and Uuklo Henry give him a pale
and a Stool with only one Laig
what paw hal to Hall.ino himself
on.
They was a nice Sal looken cow
what wus all Black with a White
Stripe around Whuir Wimmen
Ware their corsit and Unkle Hen
ry Told Paw she was as Gentle as
a lam, so paw took off his cote and
cuffs and let maw Hold them and
pulled up his Sleaves and Set Down
on the Stool with one laig and Held
the pale Between His nees and
Grabbed hold with Both Hands.
The fur.st stream shot out whare
paw wasent Looking for it aud
went all over Hi Best Pants and
maw she Began to jaw and Told
him He couldn't afford to Gn and
rooin his close jist to show off.
''Oh, Don't make a Fuss about
nothin,"paw says. "That won't
hurt. You can take it out with
gaaleau. You couldn't expect a
person who was all out oi practus
to Set rite Down aud do this as
Good as if he was Keepin at it Ev
ery Day. But I'll Be all rite in a
minute ar two."
About that time the cow wanted
to nock a fly off her Side, so she
switched around and got her tale
mixed up with paw's must ash and
paw be had to spit as hard as he
Could for quite a while and he for.
got to milk.
Then He Begun again and His
hand Slipt and the Stream Hit maw
just below the Ear aud run Down
inside her collar. Maw she yelled
and Dropt paw's cuu, and the pupp
thot it was thu Cow's foot so he
made a Grab at her heels and the
Cow stept on paw's foot and thi
stool with one laig went over Back'
wards and the milk whxt paw hap
pened to Git iu the pale run under
his Vest when He was laying thare
with his feet in the air and a look
on his fais what made me think ot
the Dying glad.lyater iu the pick
tnre.
"Oh, paw,'' maw hollered, "why
was you sich a fool as to try it?"
"Git away from me,'' paw sed
when maw wanted to help Him to
Git np. "If it hadentof been for
you this wouldn't of Happened. If
you wonldof stayed in the House
Whare wemmen Belong they
wouldn't of Been no Trubble."
By that time ha was on His feet
So the pup was looking up in his
fa:s and wagin his tale kind of
pleasant and paw Hauled off and
give a Kick at him. Hut the pup
wasent there when paw's foot reach
cd the place and the straw he was
standing on wus purtv slippery.
I dou t no whether the Damidge
to paw's pants or His Shoalder
Blaids was the most turrible.
Ennyway he was a uoffal lookin
site when we got Him to the house
and maw had to almost weep every
time she looked at his pants. He
only wore them Wunst Before. So
he had to go to bed while maw was
trying to git the milk off, aud sow
them so the laigs would stay to
gether. I poked my Hod in the
room where he was luyin reedin
the Bible to pass away the Time
and says:
"Paw.''
"What?" he ast.
'I Bet I no how you could get
richer than if you Discovered
Gold mine."
"How," sed he.
By buildin a fence around Your.
self and Chargin folks to Git in
Every time you try to do enny-
thing."
I could tell by what He sed that
it was lucky that paw couldn t
come Outside.
Bow to Pack Applaa.
Country shippers and packers of ap
ples should make It a point to pack
their fruit honestly; that Is, have the
fruit run alike all through the barrel,
says the Chicago Trade Bulletin. Do
not endeavor to cause deception by
placing good, sound, large fruit on the
top and bottom of the barrel, and fill
In the middle with a lot of gnarly,
wormy and decayed fruit. It does not
pay. The deception la easily detected
upon Investigation, and merchants do
not care to have fraud practiced upon
them, neither do they care to practice
It upon their customers. Full regula
tion alted barrels should be used. Take
the barrel, one head out, nail the hoops
and break off the ends ot the nails at
the inside; place a layer or tier of
apples, good aud uniform size, smooth,
bright, healthy, as closely as possible,
terns downward, on the lower end.
then fill up a basket full ut a time,
throwing out small, wormy, gnarly and
windfall apples, and shaking the barrel
well after each deposit until It Is full
two Inches above the rim; place the
head squarely on the apples; and with
a screw or lever press, force It Into
place and nail securely. Turn over the
barrel and mark name of apple with
red or black lead, or stencil. Bur In
mind that, to be shipped safely, fruit
must be packed tight, to prevent rat
tling or bruising. In shipping apples
the first of the season early varieties
shippers should see that openings are
cut on the side of the barrels and also
In both ends, to admit of free circula
tion of air, which will greatly help to
bring apples through in good condition
during warm weather.
rwd for nu.
Horse breeders cannot make a
worse mistake with their foals than
to shut them away from the dams be
fore they can eat crushed oats and
bran. Size must be obtained in these
days, and If a youngster is allowed
to lose time during the first winter
of its existence, no amount of forcing
will make up for it afterwards. It
is not necessary or even desirable to
confine them in a small yard, and
stuff them with cooked foods of va
rious sorts in order to cover their ribs
with a lot ot flabby fat. Plenty of
room, with sound, natural food. Is the
best way to produce horses with good
constitutions."
The above paragraph, taken from
the London (Eng.) Live Stock Journal,
teaches the soundest kind ot doctrine.
It has often been pointed out In these
columns that "calf flesh" If once lost
can never be regained, and this ap
plies with equal force In the growing
ot colts. The "hothouse" system ot
forcing Is rightly denounced, for It be
gets a host of evils tor the days of
maturity however much It may tend
to beautify young stock. Natural
methods and natural food are the se
cret of success. The former provides
abundance of outdoor exerclBe, with
Its fresh air and sunlight adjuncts,
which go so far in the production of
healthy constitutions; the latter
means good, heavy oats, bran," car
rots and sweet, well-made fodders,
rather than condlmental foods and
forcing stuffs. Commence feeding
the sucking foals on crushed oats,
bran, etc., and they will stand wean
ing without loss of flesh and progress
upon good rations until they mature
Into large, sound, profitable horses.
Remedy for Gapes. I have seen and
tried a great many remedies for gapes
in chickens, and all to no effect. I will
give one I tried this year (my own).
It has proved successful with me, and
that Is saying a good deal, for I have
raised, or tried to raise, a great many
chickens for a great many years and
have always lost many with the gapes.
I mix up some corn meal and best mill
bran, sift a little oyster-shell In it;
then cut up one or two green onions,
tops and all, and mix them with the
other feed. I wet this up with hot
water every morning. I have not been
troubled with the gapes this year, and
the chickens are running over the
same ground as before, and have had
the same care, with the exception of
the onions. John Marriott, in Country
Gentleman.
Cheese Industry in the West of Eng
land. The dairy farmers ot Cornwall
are pushing on with their cheese-making
in the far west. It was only lost
year that a few cheeses were made as
a trial at the Technical Dairy School
near Penzance, and this summer for
the first time the industry has been
commenced on business lines. The
first cheeses ever exhibited In Corn
wall was made In the county were
shown the other day at the Royal
Cornwall show, the price at which
they were offered being at the rather
fancy figure of lOd. per lb. Dairy
World.
Reclaiming Muck I.and. The rec
lamatlon of muck .land has been the
subject of study among agriculturists,
aa they recognize the productiveness of
such soils where it Is poslble to bring
them into a state of cultivation. As
muck soil settles greatly in drying out,
underdralnags by means of tiles should
not be attempted, as the tiles have a
tendency to rise to the surface, and
consequently fall to operate. The pre'
llmlnary work of drainage should be
done with open ditches at frequent dls
tanoes. Then when the soil has be
come moderately well drained the tiles
should be placed.
Ualqu Engagement Ring.
A unique ring made of emerald, with
the center hollowed out for a finger to
go through, was the token ot betrothal
given recently by the maharajah of
Ooooh Behar, India, to the mahran,
New York Tribune.
l-at Vvar'a Big Copper Output.
The copper production of the United
fit t tea in the year 1898 wag the larg.
ai ever recorded in a single year.
Poultry Not.
Those unreasonable hensl Her
some philanthropist has been advising
to allow at least one foot per hen on
the perch, and the hens wont even use
the space when It is given them. There
seems to be an unaccountable desire
on the part of hens to crowd together
in a bunch and to roost closely. A hen
seldom takes more than eight Inches
of space and no amount of carpenter
work can make her take more. It
would be far more reasonable if" the
hen would only decide to occupy
the middle of her allotted foot on the
roost. She would no: catch lice from
the other fowls at least But our ex
perience Is that we cannot get the
hens over to our say of thinking. We
do not say give each hen at least a
foot of room on the roost, but give
them all they will occupy. More is
useless.
A poultry writer asserts that It has
not been proved that lime, ground
bone and oyster shells help at all In
the formation of egg shells, public
opinion to the contrary notwith
standing. He may be right, but there
are some things that seem to indicate
that the material thus obtained is
utilized In some way to make egg
shells. Hens will run eagerly after an
egg shell unless they have all the
bone meal or ground bone they want
They will even attack whole eggs to
ttsfy their cravings In that direc
tion. If none of the material goes into
their system It is hard to see why they
should have such cravings for the ma
terial mentioned. The cravings of
fowls for some form of lime is paral
lelled In the animal world by the crav
ings of even wild animals tor salt. As
is well known salt licks In various
parts of the country were so called
from the custom of wild animals com
ing long distances to lick the salt that
oozed out with the water. We know
that salt Is needed in the animal
economy and It Is to be presumed that
forms of lime are used In the special
functions ot the fowl that of laying
an egg with a shell composed ot lime.
We are not satisfied that the fowl does
not utilize this mineral matter. There
are powerful acids at wc. in the
bodies ot the fowls that are doubtless
able to make even mineral matter ser
viceable. At least we advise to keep
right on feeding lime In some form.
Some of our agricultural colleges
and experiment stations make the mis
take of putting Inexperienced men at
the head of departments, believing
that they are smart fellows and will
soon learn enough f om others to
make up for lack of e - yerlence. When
this is done the college or experi
ment station authorities should cau
tion the young men not to talk too
much, and especially not to run Into
print. . It Is almost aa bad when boards
of trade take up subjects they want
elucidated and hire inexperienced men
to do the work. A report on the Poul
try Industry of Colorado, issued by the
Denver Chamber of Commerce la an
example of this. The man that did
the work on it certainly knows noth
ing practically about the raising of
poultry and production of eggs. He
devotes a good deal of space to show
ing what a fortune may be made from
a 300-hen outfit It is easy. He fig
urea It out that the hens will lay
easily 144 eggs each, or 48,200 eggs.
He says that half are sure to hatch
and this makas 21,600 chicks, 70 per
cent of which are sure to grow to ma
turity even when cared for only by the
old hen. He thus gets 10,800 chicks
to the age of 14 weeks and sells them
all at 40 cents apiece, and has an In
come of 1 1,320. All expenses he puts
at $1,500, and leaves a net profit ot
$2,820, or $9.40 cents for each of the
300 hens. But this Is not all. He Bug
gests that by planting fruit trees In
the hen yards the entire cost ot care
and feed could be made, from the
fruit, leaving the entire receipts for
the poultry, clear profit, or $14.40 per
hen. The writer, B. L. Wlnchel, then
asserts that this 19 not a "fancy
sketch."
Profitable Chickens. James Rankin
ot South Easton, Mass., reports
an unusually good season for
spring chickens. He says, in Reliable
Poultry Journal, "We hatched about
12,000 birds and got them out some six
weeks earlier than any of the other
growers, and we had, as it were, the
control ot the market during that time.
We commenced shipping March 1 and
marketed nearly 1,000 birds at 36c per
lb., and as these birds dressed 11 lbs.
per pair and represented a feed value
of but 25c each, there was some profit
connected with It." (That Is pretty
good. Each bird sold for $1.92 Vs and
represented a feed cost of but 25 cents.
That left an apparent profit ot $1.62
or $1,626 for the first 1,000 birds. Ot
course, there were other expenses, but
probably none that would greatly re
duce the profits. Ed. F. R.)
Dally Inspect the poultry house for
red mites. It Is better to get the start
ot them than to have them get the
start of you.
Have the rooet fixtures movable,
the droppings will not always fall
the same place. The air can then dry
them out
Mites suck the blood of the fowls
and are frequently the cause of the
non-production ot eggs.
By proper feeding some egg may be
Iu the year round.
II reading Worm for Lai riaharaaaa.
A Bangor, Me., man has gone into
the business of breeding angleworms
for fishermen who have no time or ar
too lazy to dig their own bait
Aakalaarst. Bmi,
An English chemist recently exam
Ined 8,15 samples of beer, of which
411 ware found to have been adulter
ated, and the faot was also discovered
that the adulteration of beer u almost
exclusively confined to London. Of
167 samples of tobacco analysed, twen
ty-six wer found to be adulterated.
Dairy Not.
We hear some complaints about tto
scarcity of white ash wood for the
making of butter tubs. It is very pos
sible that the exhaustion of the ash
forests will compel something of a
revolution In the butter tubs and even
In the ways of packing butter. Al
though spruce tubs ar used, car must
be taken to have the wood In the best
of condition. It is always best to pro
tect the butter from the wood even
when the best kind of a tub la to be
had.
Some experiments have recently
been conducted to test the effect of
enormous pressure on the keeping
quality of milk. It was found that
very heavy pressure did retard the ac
tion of the bacteria, to some extent at
least But we fall to see any great
advantage to be derived from the dis
covery If it may be called such. The
application of enormous pressure Is
not attained without expense and the
same expense applied to pasteurizing
and cooling the milk or cream should
accomplish more than when used to
pay for pressure. Its only possible
use would seem to be In hot climates
where Ice or Ice making machines are
not to be had.
Do not spoil the calf. Remember
that the dairy cow begins with the
calf and Is easiest spoiled while young.
To feed a calf on all kinds of fat-form
ing foods Is to create in her a tendency
to make beet and she will hold to that
tendency. Better give her food that
will develop bone and muscle rather
than food that will make her blocky.
We frequently see dairy papers urging
dairymen to feed their calve on skim
milk, first removing the fat and put
ting It back in the form of oil meal.
But the fat should not be put back at
alL The calf does not need It As the
skim milk will not continue to satisfy
the calf, oats may be added with ad
vantage, and are superior to corn for
developing the frame of the calf.
a
The oleomargarine business In the
United States is in a very thriving con
dition. In spite of repressive laws the
output of the oleomargarine factories
yearly Increases, and thit by leaps and
Jumps. This butterlne Is always sold
at a profit by the retailers, for It is
purchased as butterine and sold as
butter. It is purchased as a cheap
product and sold as a high-priced
product. In millions of pounds the
following have been the amounts man-
factured each year since 1888 (Inclu
sive): 1888, 21; 1889, 34; 1890, 35;
1891. 44; 1892, 48; 1893, 67; 1894, 69;
1895, 66; 1896, 60; 1897. 46; 1898, 67;
1899, 87. The figures are for the years
ending June 30. We may expect to
see the amount this year (for the year
ending June 30, 1900) reach well up
toward a hundred million pounds.
A contemporary tells of the patron
Of a creamery who salted his milk to
make It keep over Sunday. He was
determined to have It keep and so pu
In a very large amount of salt. The
result was that the next batch of but
ter from that creamery proved to be
very poor, as the cream would not
ripen. The butter was complained of
In the market, and it took a good deal
of investigating on the part of the
creamery man to find out the cause of
his failure. This Illustrates one of
the evil results of putting any kind ot
preservatives In the milk or cream to
be used for butter making. It should
be remembered that the delicate flav
ors are caused by minute plants that
develop In the milk. This developing
la only another name for ripening.
The preservatives prevent the very
thing that is most necessary in mak
ing good butter.
a
Oregon butter is being sent to Ma
nila, where It Is competing sharply
with butter sent from Denmark. It
is packed In glasses hermetically seal
ed, and the glasses are themselves
packed in salt If tho butter can be
sent In proper condition there is no
reason wby It should not have an ad
vantage over the Danish butter. The
trouble will be, however, that it will
not be of aa good quality as the Dan
ish butter. There seems to be a good
deal of difference In the grade of but
ter exported from the United States
and from Denmark, due to the Influ
ence ot the domestic butter market in
each country. It is presumed that the
best Danish butter goes abroad. In
fact It has been said that a large pro
portion of the Danes ship out their
first-class butter and eat oleomargarine
In IU place. At least the supply of
first-class butter Is so large there that
there Is enough to satisfy the home
demand without cutting down the
amount that should be shipped to Eng
land. In the United States the home
market demands a large amount of
first-class butter and the price that
such butter will always command here
Is aa great and sometimes greater than
It will bring abroad. The result Is
that the best butter is kept at horn
except when there is a sudden drop
her In the price of good butter. Aa
this I seldom the case, the first-class
butter that Is sent abroad Is varying
constantly In amount, and Is so uncer
tain In quality that It cannot be count
ed on. The poorer grades can be ax
ported with a profit, but such grades
ar unable to drive Danish butter from
the place it has obtained. A to ship
ments to Manila, the greater distance
that Danish butter has to b brought
may operate in favor of the American
article.
Please
vrELX, will try
vv Low Prices
necessary
YOURS FOR TRADE.
La Crosse
Capr Spnrg.
bulletin 86, U. S. Department
Agriculture says: This plant is call
ilao garden spurge, myrtle spun
mole plant, mole weed, mole tr
gopher plant, anttgopher plant, wl
caper, caper bush, wolf's milk, aw
sprtngwort
Description and Where Found. Tt
Is a smooth, herbaceous, mllky-Julc
perennial, two to three feet high, wl
Caper tpurga (ffunAsrofa lathyHm
. ppr half or plnDt, odo. third salute
tlx i 6, seed oaptule, natural tit.
a stiff erect stem, and opposite foui
ranked leaves, the lower of which ar
thick and oblong, the upper, thlr
broad and heart-shaped. The flower
are greenish yellow and rather smal
The three-seeded fruit is cousplcuout
It Is a common garden plant, sparing
ly Introduced Into wet ground in Cal
lfornla and Texas, and In the Atlantt
states from New Jersey and West Vlr
glnla and North Carolina. 7
Poisonous Properties. The fres
milky Juice Is exceedingly acrid an
the fruit Is highly purgative and pol
sonous. When used as a househol
remedy It often provokes serlou
trouble. Women and children are no
Infrequently poisoned by handling tb
plant and getting the Juice on the face
Cattle are quite resistant to Its lnflu
ence, but they are sometimes overcome
Goats will eat the plant extensively
nothing better presents Itself, and
la said that their milk then posses se:
all of the venomous properties of th
plant When applied to the skin th
Juice causes redness. Itching, pimple
and sometimes gangrene, the effec
often lasting more than a week. Th
seed taken internally In overdose will
Inflame the mouth and stomach, and
cause Intense diarrhoea and vomiting
If the dose Is sufficient there will bt
nervous disorders, unconsciousness
general collaDse and death. .K
Q Buckwheat aa Maoore tor Turulpa.
From Farmers' Review: It Is t
common opinion that turnips should I
never be preceded in a crop rotation
by buckwheat Some farmers go th
length of saying that the latter bat
a poisonous effect upon the land as tai
as turnips are concerned, and alsc
when some other crops are grown. This
opinion was so general and seemed tc
have so little foundation that a series
of tests were conducted to prove the
case for or against A piece of land
that had yielded a crop of rutabagas
was sown to buckwheat and. another
similar plot was allowed to Me fallow.
When the buckwheat was slightly past
the flowering stage It was cut, run
through a fodder cutter and then
turned under. Shortly after this, a
volunteer crop of buckwheat appeared
and after growing a few Inches was
turned under, the fallow plot being
prepared for seeding to turnips at the
same time. . The two plots were, ex
cept in these respects, treated exactly
alike. The crop of salable turnips upon
the buckwheat plot was more than four
times aa heavy as upon the fallow plot
and they weighed more Individually.
The marketable roots from the fallow j
plot were more numerous but smaller
and consequently lighter. This experi
ment seems to Indicate that the Idea
that buckwheat is not a good green
manure for turnips is not correct
at. O. KAIN8.
Loss of Nitrogaa.
Sir J. B. Lawes of England has
measured the amount of nitrogen that
is washed out of soils by the fall rains,
says Hoard's Dairyman. In one rainy
season there were 130 pounds loot fiym
one acre in this way, during the month :
of September alone. During the hot
weather of July and August nitrifica
tion goes on rapidly In tb soil. Thi
means that nitrogen is changed from
organic forms so that It Is solubl la
water. Most summer crops stop grow
ing before froat There being no living
plants to utilise this solubl nitrogen,
the rains easily wash moat of It out
of th soli. September and October ar
two ot th worst months for leaving
the ground bar. When covered with
Crimson clover or winter grain, th
loss Is muoh less, for these growing
plants will utilise most of th nitrogen.
Never let th ground remain bar dur
ing the fall and early winter.
Bl-seiual plants ar those In wala
both saxes ar present aa a part ot th
flower, as In apple and cabbages,
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to do so, If Good Gra
and Prompt Delivery
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