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Question. — Please gives me some itleft
tuf the advantages of siiage over other
food for stock. Is it 6uiteli to horses
mnd mutes? I have never had any expe
rience in making or using it, but if what
I bear of it is tfue, I woutd like to try
some another year. Piease give mo
some directions as to the best way of
putting it. up, and the best crops to plant
for it. Do you think it pays for the
trouble and expense?
Answer.—Silage is eaten by all farm
.animals, but' is peculiarly for
milk cows. It pays, because it enables
us to put up a green summer crop and
keep it iu condition for feeding ull win
ter, and it producosMiearly equal resuits
as if feii gi'eeu. Animal' led dy si 1 ago
* not only relish it, but it will produce as
much milk and butter, or even more,
than the same kind of fodder in the dry
Stage, because the stock will have bet
ter appetites than if fed entire y on the
dry food, aud are consequently more
thrifty. One acre iu corn will produce
ms much nutritious food as several acres
in hay. Thus it is cheaper than hay
mud has besides the following advanfc-
ago: It is a practically certain crop,
■while hay is uncertain. As the proper
time to harvest auy greet! crop for en
silage is at maturity, before the leaves
turn brown, just when the water con
teuts of the plant begin to dimin
ish, it follows that there is very
little loss of quantity in preserving it as
silage, while the best part of our dried
fodder is often destroyed by unfavorable
weather before we can get it uuder
shelter. Any o' the following crops
may be used: Corn, red clover, rye, oats,
wheat, sorghum, the millets, soja beaus
and cow peas, indeed almost any green
Crop may be utilised, but all things con
sidered corn pays the best. It should
be planted very thick and cut when the
ears are we.l formed. The whole plant
is then out up into short lengths ami
packed in the silo, tramping dow:.
evenly and firmly. Unless this precau
tion is observed, that is, should the
leaves and bits of stalk be unevenly dis
tributed. the silage will become mouldy
and unfit for uso. If there should be
lack of moisture when packing the
whole mass will become dry and mouldy.
This should he remedied by pounug
water over the mass during the process
of packing. Of course tire silo must bo
absolutely water and air tight, and the
contents, after btiag cured, bear some
what the same relation to our dry hays
and fodders, as canned fruit does to
dried fruit.
The daily ration is about 1 cubic too •
of srlage. An experienced dairyman
Says he gives his cows all they will eat,
from 30 to &0 pounds to each cow, and has
never experienced any bad results from
if. A small, deep silo is to be pre
ferred. Small because a greater depth
of silage can bo removed each day,
which is an advantage in both warm
and cold weather. In warm weather
there is less loss from spoiliug, and in
cold weather less injury from freezing.
The silo should bo deep, because the
greater depth gives more weight, and it
is less lfcibie to uiouid. At least 3 inches
should be removed for the daily feeding
in order to keep the mass in good con
dition. On the whole we think the fol
lowing directions cover the ground for
building a well constructed silo, and
they are the only kind that pay. A
carelessly built silo is an extravagance;
a well made one is an economy.
1. The inside walls should be smooth
ami as nearly vertical as possible, there
should be no uneven edges to prevent
the uniform settling of the contents.
We have already mentioned that the
silo should be narrow and deep, rather
than wide and shallow.
2. As the moisture from the silage is
acid and tends to decay the wood, the
inside of the silo should be well pro
tected hr a coat of coal tor aunlJsd hot.
Ban ks C( > unt y Jc > urn al.
Corn
responds readily to proper fer
tilization.
Larger crops, fuller ears and
larger grain are sure to result
from a liberal use of fertilizers
containing at least 7 % actual
Potash
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The inside of the sifo should be two lay
ers of boards, the first horizontal and
placed against the studs. Over this
place a layer of the tarred paper, which
can be bought ready prepared, and last,
a layer of smooth dressed boards placed
vertically on elose edges.
3. The floor may be of stiff olay
tramped hard, and to make it smooth,
Close and rat proof a layer of cement is
highly recommended. For ventillatiou
there should be auger holes bored be
tween the studs and openings should be
left at the top of t.he wall. These should
be covered with screou wire to kaop out
rats and mice.
4. The studs should be very strong
to resist the great pressure to which
they are subjected, the foundation
should extend below the first hue and
should be 18 inches thick, the evils
should be well tarred and should.rest on
a good foundation, bedded in cement or
mortar. The roof should be olose and
should have a dormer window through
which to fill the silo.
5. The silo should be so constructed
an.! situated as that no water will fail
or drain into it at auy time. These art)
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the main points, but wo would advise
that if you are not acquainted with the
principles or practical workings of a
silo, you examine one which is prop
erly constructed before attempting to
build for your own use.— Sta.e Agricul
tural Department.
CniiMfl of In Clilol<n*.
Question. —For several years I have
raised comparatively few chickens,
though I once prided myself on my suc
cess in this line. I urn careful as to
food and water, and my coops are kept
clean, hut from the several hundred
chickens annually hatched out very
lew come to maturity, most of them
dying iii the first few weeks. My neigh
bors are disposed to think that some
disease germ has gained a foothold here,
aud that it is useless for me to gttempt
to raise poultry. Do you think such
can be the case, aud if so, is there any
remedy which I can use to eradicate it?
Answer. —Without a full knowledge
of your surroundings and methods it
Is difficult to answer your question ex
cept ou general principles. It is true
that disease germs may lurk in poultry
houses from year to year aud that thou
sands of chickens are oarrie.i off an
nually by those unsuspected agents. Iu
such cases the best plan is to tear dowu
the fowlhousa and build in ail entirely
differeut location, as far removed from
the first as possible—then give the
house a thorough whitewashing with
lime, Inside aud out, in which a con
siderable quantity of crude carbolic acid
has been mixed—say a teacup of the
acid to each gallon of liuiawash. Put
in new roosts and nests, and arrange
them so that they can be taken out and
cleaned every few weeks. Iu cleaning
them a good plan is to carry them a
safe aistauce from the house, brush
i them over with kerosene and then apply
a lighted match. Tire fire will run over
without injuring them, and will
| destroy any lice or mites _ which
may be in hiding. From au expo
i rieuce of several years we have coma
! to the conclusion that these destructive
1 pests carry off a greater number of
chickens than actual disease. By hav
ing movable uests and roosts which can
t bo taken out in a fe ,v moments it is
much easier to give the house a thor
i ough cleaning and cue cannot be too
careful to go into every crack and cor
ner. A few of these vermin safely
lodged iu an unnoticed craok/will lay
the foundation for millions of others in
a very short time. We have found
kerosene a splendid agent for checking
them, and a common watering pot fpr
sprinkling Into the otherwise inaccessi
ble crevices answers every purpose.
The droppings should not be allowed to
accumulate aud beoouie a harbor for
these myriads of insects, which, being
almost invisible to tho naked eye, will
accumulate alarmingly before their
presence is even suspected. Tho drop
pings should be removed each day aud
the houses kept scrupulously clean, not
Only to prevent vermin, but as a sani
tary measure. Where the droppings
are allowed to accumulate from week
to week, they give off unwholesome
gases aud odors, which, being inhaled,
causes many of the diseases from which
our chickens suffer. It a layer of plas
ter or dry earth is spread on the floor of
the coop all the fertilizing properties of
the manure ate at-s irbed and fixed, aud
if care is taken to remove and store it
under shelter, v,-e have a fertilizer ap
proaching in composition to guano,
though not so rich. Such manure com
posted with eight or ten times its buik of
rich earth, will make a fertilizer of great
value for either field or garden crops.
Another prolific cause of the fatality
among young chickens is tho wide
spread custom of feeding them on raw
cormneal tiough. It shorn-' always be
cooked. Where miik is plentiful we
have found it a good plan to scald the
piilk and stir into it sufficient meal to
make a soft dough, letting it stand on
the fire long enough for the meal to be
come cooked, but not scorched. If wheat
bran is convenient it adds very much to
the nutriment of the mixture, and this
makes a splendid warm feed for the
cool spring mornings, when the iittle
chicks often become chilled. Besides
this they should be given any table
scraps, meat, fruit or vegetable trim
mings, and if sweet milk and clubber
can be spared for them they are of iu*
i calculable worth in giving them a vig
orous and early growth. A flock of weii
kept poultry can be made the source of
a steady income, and should only enough
be raised for home use the investment
pays better than anything e se which
requires the same outlay of time aud
money. Stato Agricultural Depart
ment.
Treatment of I'enoli Orchard, Whore Last
V<tiir’ Kail Mil*
Question. —I gave my peach orchard
a moderate fertilizing last year, but the
crop was almost a complete failure. I
have almost determined to leave it
alone, that is without anything further
than keeping down the wt-eds, until I
get some return from the fertilizer put
on last year. Do you think this would
be a good plan?
Asswer. —The care of a peacli orchard
lequires the exercise of a good deal of
common sense, as well as the judgment
gained from experience aud observa
tion, and in answering a question like
I the foregoing much depends on the con
dition of the laud on which the trees
stand, as well as on the age and condi
tion of tlie trees themselves. If the
trees are thrifty aud the soil in good
condition perhaps you may another
year reap some return from vour invest
ment of fertilizer, but the general mis
take in fertilizing an orchard is to make
Vie allowance too sm all lather than too
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COPYRIGHT. 1597 BY. R
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The Crime
of the Boulevard
SITUATION I
■ k cM*.
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A •J.
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"You arc an white as your handkerchief,
Monlche,” he said.
This is the first dramatic
situation in our
New Detective Story
It is only a hint of what
follows.. There will be
' * more men'turning white
before We get to the end.
Watch our columns for
The First Instalinsent
The Author is Jules ClaretF
You ought by all means, to start at
the beginning of litis very interesting,
long continued Detective Story.
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to apnenr ; n The Journal on Jan 20,
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This story consists of Eighteen very
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about Sixty coitims, and will be given
to our readers in medium length in
stallments. We will now give a
Synopsis of the Crime of the Bottle
vad. CHAPTER I.—M. Rovere
is discovered dead, with bis throat cut
11, 111 and IV.—Bernardet, a detec
tive, is introduced. M. Rovere has
been visited li a woman i. G'-ek aid
a man who is designated the “individ
ual,” V.—if is suggested that the
murderer's image, the last object seen,
is imprinted en the retina of the mur
dered matt's eye. VI. and Nil- —
Bernardet experiments on the retina
and is seized with acm ition. VIII
At the funeral of M. Revere a man
with a pointed beard. Jaques Dantin,
appears and is recognized as the “in
dividual” who has visited M. Rovere,
and M. Barnardet recog izcs him as
corresponding with a uhotograph ta
ken from 31 R v ore’s eye. IX ami
X.—Daptin is cited ppear be tor
e j-jdge, is evatni.i- an<l arrested.-
x , and XII Bcrnnrdet finds a por
trait of Uanlin in a op wimlo ,
which he purchases, and Dantin, being
confronted with it, declares that at la.
longid to 31. Rovere. XIII. Ber
nards discovers the seller of ihe por
rait, Charles Rrades, and picks a quar.
rel with hiiv, making a pretext for
his at rest. XIV. XV, XVI, X\ II
and XVlll.—Dantin tells the story ol
his connection with M. Rovere.
Frades is the murderer. M. R->v<->
looked upon Hie p>n • -f D m n .
before lie died.
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The Crime
of the Boulevard
“Ye#,” added Monlche. “A/. Bernardei
needs a magistrate.”
Magistrates and detect
ives too were needed to
Unravel the My sic* y
of this murder. You
may solve it yourself
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Don’t miss the first
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The author is Jules
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S The Crime
of the Boulevard
SITUATION 111 ’
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He touched the dead man's hand.
is the third situation
but not the last. There are
many others just as thrilling
Do You Believe
j that a murdered man's im
| age can be imprinted on
i the retina of the
Murderer's Eye I
You may test the value of
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