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MEAT FAMINE SURE This Agreed To Be The Only Means ^ of Settling Strike BOYCOTT IS MADE ALL-INCLUSIVE An Extreme Step Taken by the Strike Leaders at Chicago, Indicating Their Intention to Fight to a Finish?All Packing Establishments Whatsoever Brought Under the Ban. Chicago. Special.?"A meat famine will be forced at oil costs. It is the best weapon with which to fight the trust packers, although it may not be welcomed by the independents." In these words President Donnelly, of the butchers' national organization, declared a boycott against all meat and announced that union men will quit In all packing establishments this af tcrnoon regardless of where live stock is secured. Donnelly's announcement was made at the conclusion of a meeting of the allied trades conference board. The executive board of the Retail Meat Dealers' Association of Chicago had just been in conference with Mr. Donnelly and his associates, having come to ask certain concessions for the independent packers and to seek au. thoritv to attempt to bring about a ^ meeting between the packers and representatives of the strikers. By ignoring these latest attempts at peace and adopting such an aggressive step, the strike leaders demonstrated the intention to make it a fight to a finish. Indications are that the five independent packers within the stockyards enclosure will join the big packers in their fight, while those outside will endeavor to continue operation with union crews. Within the yards tne inaepenaenis are ooviuuai^ preparing for war, a wagon load of cots having been taken to one plant. The police record of the strike at the stockyards station to date reads: "Assaults. 46; murders. 4; accidents, 97; removed to hospitals, 43." Fairbanks in Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, formally opened the Republican campaign in Missouri Friday night. The day was devoted largely by Senator Fairbanks in a visit to Kansas City. Kansas, where he made a brief address. At a meeting in Kansas City, reference was again made to Senator Fairbanks' availability as a Presidential candidate. It came from State Senator Cubbison, who presided over the meeting. He said that all that had to be done now was to elect him to the vice presidency and then nominate and elect him President four years hence. Senator Fairbanks spoke in high terms of Roosevelt, saying that "among all the splendid men who had occupied the White House, none had manifested a higher purpose than President Roosevelt to secure the welfare of the entire people of the country." Two Killed in Elevator Car. Chicago, Special.?Two people were killed and six seriously injured by the ^ falling of an elevator in the store of Sears. Roebuck & Company Friday afternoon. The passenger elevator ordinarily used in the building was out of repair and the freight elevator was" usod during the day by the customers and employes. While a load of passengers was belne carried up. the cable parted, allowing the elevator, with Its load of ten people, to fall three stories. The conductor of the elevator Philip Caldwell, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Kate Hayes. 40 years old. was so badly hurt that she died this evening in the hospital. Six others of the people who were in the elevator at the time of the accident were injured, but not fatally. An Ultimatum. An ultimatum was issued by the mine operators to their men in conference at Knoxville Thursday afternoon. It was to accept a 7 per cent, reduction or quit. With that the operarorg left the conference and the miners went into a secret session to discuss the proposition. They did not reach an agreement, but met again Friday. An Evangelist a Forger. Roanoke. Special.?Rev. L. P. Martin, an evangelist, arrested here last Sunday, is badly wanted by the government for raising money orders. Postoffice Inspector M. W. Malone arrived here from Washington and swore out a warrant before United States Commissioner White against Martin. Malone says he has every reason to believe that Martin is guilty of having raised a large number of money orders in Virginia during the last few months. Recently, in Philadelphia. Martin, it is alleged, made more than $1,000 by this scheme. Malone has in his possession a number of the raised orders. Martin this evening admitted his guilt Negro Teamsters Strike. New Orleans, Special.?A strike of , the negro teamsters who haul cotton has gone into effect Friday. Not a bale of cotton was moved in the city yesterday and the efforts to bring about a compromise of the difference between the draymen and the teamsters have failed. The teamsters presented a new schedule for 1904-1905 in August, coupling it with conditions objectionable to the draymen. The teamsters declare they will not handle the team of any drayman who does not submit to the schedule. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Rrport on Conditions by the Department of Agriculture. The week ending 8 a. m., August 29th, had a mean temperature of 77 degrees, which is about 3 below normal, due to moderately hot weather the first J four days and abnormally cool weather I during the last three. The extremes were a minimum of about 50 in the j western counties on the 28th, and a maximum of 99 at three places on the 23rd and 24th. The sunshine was about normal, although a number of places it-ported too much cloudiness for crops, they having had general cloudiness the entire week. A wind storm doing some damage to trees and crops occurred in Oconee county, and a hail storm that did little damage in Marlboro county. Ivocal high winds did some damage in a few other places, but were confined to very small areas. The precipitation averaged above the normal for the week, and was excessive locally in the western, eastern and ? TVaso moo 1 oqat nrp KUUlQCru ruuium, JLU&IV nuo >V<~. i cipitttion in the central counties. A number of places reported the heaviest rainfall of the season on the 26th. The weekly amounts ranged from about half an inch to nearly four inches. In many places there has been too much rain for cotton, while in a few, the j week's rainfall was needed and was , beheflcial on all crops. { Farmwork made rapid progress early 1 in the week, but general rains during I the latter part brought it to a stand! still. 1 Favorable reports on corn continue 1 from all sections, especially on late corn which is an exceptionally fine crop and which is practically made, j Fodder pulling made rapid progress, : but considerable was damaged by the I frequent rains. There was no marked change in the I condition of cotton although what ' change? took place were generally to1 ward deterioration, owing to continued ] shedding, and to further spread of rust, both apparently due to excessive moisj ture. In a few localities boll worms have done considerable damage. In places ov^r the whole State, and almost generally over the western coun| ties and on clay and red lands, the ' plants continue to bloom and fruit ( freely. Early in the week, under the i stimulus of the high temperature then ! prevailing, early varieties of cotton j opened rapidly In the eastern, southl ern and central counties and conslder! able was picked in those sections, while i in the western counties there are as yet 1 few open bolls, and comparatively few full grown ones. Picking will be genral rext week in the eastern half of the ! State. Sea-island cotton maintained its very promising condition. Early rice is ripening fast, and cutting has begun; late rice is heading nicely. The rice crop Is very promising in the Georgetown district. There has ! teen too muct rain "or peas, but sweet potatoes and gardens, as well as truck generally are doing well. Haying is under way, but made slow progress ow; ing to the frequent rains. The hay crop | will be heavy with favorable weather i for saving it. Fine Wheat Crop. Spartanburg, Special.?Mr. a. L. Sellars, a farmer of the Pauline section, has raiesd 148 bushels of wheat on eight acres of land. He made an Interesting fertilizer experiment with this crop. On two acres he placed stable r>Tr.dimtc nnlv anri the remaining six | were fertilized by using 15 bushels of I cotton seed and 400 pounds of 4 per I cent, acid to the acre. The six acres I were also treated with 50 pounds of nitrate of soda in the spring. After having been planted in corn and peas prior to the wheat crop this land was turned by a two-horse plow. The results as to the six acres of commercial fertilizer and the two on which stable products were used were about equal in productiveness per acre, according to close observations made by Mr. Sellars. Russian General Killed. Liao Yang, By Cable.?The Russian army has effected its retirement, with transport and artillery, on Liao Yang and is now in position awaiting the advancing Japanese. The progress of the Japanese has been rapid and determined, sparing of no sacrifice. In the attack on the Siaolindzy position one Japanese battalion lost all its officers. Pistol Duel at Marion. 1 Marion, Speci.'.l.?As tho result of a duel with pistols, which occurred here Sunday afternoon, Mr. John Yancey, Jr., a prominent merchant of Marlon, was seriously wounded by Mr. C. M. Corpening, a brother-in-law. Three of Mr. Corpening's bullets took effect, one destroying the sight of Mr. Yancey's left eye and the other two entering the roof of his mouth. Accounts of the afTair are conflicting. The men met in the road near Mr. Corpening's home and there the shooting occurred. It is alleged that Mr. Yancey fired several times before Mr. Corpening drew his weapon. The I trouble is said t6 have grown out of a domestic affair. Brought Ninety-Five Dollars. Kingstree, Special.?The first bale of new cotton placed on the market here was bought Saturday by Mr. W. T. Wilkins, one of the largest wholesale and retail merchants in the county. Some time ago Mr. Wilkins made an offer of 15 cents a pound for the first bale produced on the market, and yesterday Mr. Hugh McCutchen claimed this prize offer with a 635pound bale, for which he received $115.25. PALMETTO MATTERS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Section*. Results of the Primary. Not since the primary system was instituted in this State have elections aroused so little interest as those of Tuesday. The railroad commissionersbip was the one State office contested. For this Mr. John G. Mobley. of Fairfield, leads; Mr. John H. Earle, of Greenville, is second and the Incumbent, Mr. C. W. Garris, of Bamberg, is third in a field of six. In the contested races for congress in the Third and Fifth districts Messrs. Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, and D. E. Finley of York, easily defeated their opponents .Messrs. J. H. McCalla, of Abbeville, and T. Y. Williams, of Lancaster. In the Second and Sixth districts, where all the candidates are new men and the incumbents are not asking reeloction, second primaries will be neeessary. The uncommon lack of interest in the election is ahown by the incompleteness of the returns received. The State's tables show 34,808 votes cast for railroad commissioner but the aggregate votes reported from county elections is much larger. Even in such thickly settled counties as Anderson and others of the Piedmont It was difficult to obtain the vote for railroad commissioner although the votes for county office^ were received with comparative promptness. The average manager at a rural box simply did not bother to telephone into town results In the State election box. It will be observed that for the uncontested places. Gov. Heyward, Lieut Gov. Sloan, Secretary of State Gantt, Adjt. and Inspector Gen. Frost, Stats Treasurer Jennings, Attorney General Gunter and Superintendent of Education Martin received practically the same number of votes, so that there was little or no "scratching," betokenj lug the good will which the adminlstrai tion enjoys. Mr. Mobley is 849 votes ahead of Mr. Earle and the latter leads Mr. Garrla ! by 1,493 votes. It is possible that Mr. G&rrls will overtake this lead but at this hour it does not appear probable. In a vote of 11,251 reported from the Fifth district Mr. Flnley received 7,171 I against 4,050 for Mr. Willitms. There j were no acute issues in this district and the contest was turned chiefly upon_the | popularity or me two gentlemen. Tne race In the Third on the contrary involves unusual issues. Mr. McCalla conducted against Congress Aiken a campaign of great energy. He made a special appeal to the mill operative vote and It is doubtful If in recent years any candidate for congress has made a more strenuous campaign. The overwhelming election of Mr. Aiken while an endorsement of his record is at the same time a sharp rebuke to the reactionary cry against Immigration, and it Is likely that this is one pattern of "the buzz saw" that candidates for congress will bo cautious In fooling with hereafter. Mr. Aiken received 7,903 votes and Mr. McCalla 4,505. A considerable proportion of the whole district has been heard from with the exception of Oconee county, and It is not likely that later returns will materially modify Mr. Aiken's majority. In the Sixth district Mr. Ragsdale leads with 3,191 votes, his plurality being due in large measure to almost unanimous support that he had in Florence county. Mr. Ellerbe follows with 2,691,m but as Mr. Norton has 2,333 and Mr. Dargan 1,828 it is anybody's race until the last ballot in the second primary is counted. In the Second district the race will be between Messrs. Mayfleld and Patterson. The former has 4,359 votes and the latter 4,349. This is too close to be comfortable for either. Two thousand and seventeen votes are reported for Mr. Williams. In the race for sollcitorshlps In the Second and Seventh circuits Messrs. Davis and 9e&se, the incumbents, win in a canter over their opponents. In the Fifth circuit the second race will be betwen Messrs. Timmerman and Rembert, Mr. Timmerman, however, having distanced all of his competitors. Mr. Timmerman received 2,348 votes against 1,906 for the next man. The Indications at 2:30 o'clock this morning were that Sheriff Martin had been re-elected in Charleston by a majority of 400 and these are likely to ba substantiated. Paraguayan Insurgents Gain a Success. Buenos Ayres. By Cable.?The Paraguayan revolutionists have captured Villa Concepcion and 400 men with arms and ammunition. The revolutionists now refuse all the terms offered them by the governmnet. An attack on the capital is believed to be imminent. Argentina has refused to recognize the insurgents as belligerents. Shot by Officer. Greenville. Special.?Frank Dial, a young negro, escaped from the chain gang and was shot this afternoon by Police Officer Goldsmith. Physicians say he is dangerously wounded. The officer ordered the negro to halt, whereupon Dial ran. The officer, after pursuing him a considerable distance and vainly ordering him to halt, fired on him at a distance of fifty feet. The negro fell and was taken to his home in the patrol wagon. Dr. Black says the bullet entered just left of the backbone, cutting a rib and lodging in the abdomen. The bullet hoc nnf Knon ovtroon/1 fVio nhvol. uwi uvvu t ji. av.tvu auu iw fu;or cian says there is little hope of his recovery. Negro Loses His Leg. Spartanburg, Special. ? Solomon Roberts, a negro whose home is at Easley, while attempting to board a moving freight train at Wellford Thursday morning, slipped and fell under the box car, the wheel severing his left leg. He was in the act of grabbing the ladder at the rear end of the car when his hold slipped and he fell. His leg was amputated below the knee. MANY ACRES BEING SETTLED Will Occupy The Tract In Lexington County And Will Start Truck Farms. Columbia State. Tuesday, i The work of bringing colonists to South Carolina has been launched. ! Monday night papers were signed and delivered to an agent who will proceed at once to populate and to build up 10,000 acres of land in Lexington county which have never been cultivated. The amount involved in the transaction is something like $125,000. The agent of this colonization company prefers for very good reasons that his name should not be used, but it is enough to say that he has been one of the greatest promoters of the | , upbuilding of the great northwest, that be is carried away in his enthusiasm over the prospects here and that before the end of the week he may purchase 50,000 acres additional for the purpose J of bringing to South Carolina sturdy C.anJInanlon ooHloro will f?T"l ! In agricultural pursuits. This transaction, which it is hoped is but the first of the closing of half a dozen large options, was brought about through the commissioner of commerce and immigration, Mr. E. J. Watson, who will leave the city to perfect the arrangements for locating colonies in other parts of the State. The body of land which was sold Is said to be the very kind for truck farms, is well timbered and is cut up by several water courses. The Southern's trunk line from New York to Florida passes through this tract and it will be an easy matter to ship the produce on the farms. The owner of the tract in Lexington county visited the northwest to see how this matter of colonization is conducted and he was so well pleased that he closed the trade when the agent of the company met him at. the office of Mr. Watson. It seems to be a very satisfactory arrangement all around, for the representative from the west is satisfied that the colonists will be contented and will prosper here. The manner in which homesteads will be located is very interesting. The tract will be divided into sections of j | 320 acres each with a roadway running alongside the several sections. Each section will be divided into eight triangular parts of equal size. This will be done by drawing a line from each corner to the corner diagonally opposite and by dropping a perpendicular line from the middle of each side to the middle point of the opposite side. This will give eight divisions In the shape of right angle trangles, and at the point of intersection in the centre of the tract the homes will be built. In this way the colonists on each of the sections of 320 acres will be near neighbors and will form a little community of eight families. By dividing the section into squares and by locating the homes in the centre of these 40 acre squares the colonists would not be near each other, and for convenience for school purposes and for other reasons the triangular division is regarded as the very best way to locate the homes. The tract will not be built up by the colonization company and rented out, but the immigrants, principally Scandinavians, many of whom can speak English and want to move from the northwest to escape the rigors of winters on the prairies, will buy their homesteads on easy terms and will begin to improve the property at once. The aeent whom Mr. \*L-.s?on has in terested in these improvements is on? whom he met on his trip to New York shortly after the bureau was established. Mr. Wateon at that time gave the State such a favorable advertisement at the metropolis that the eyes of the colonization companies wera turned this way, and this is the fruition of plans that have been maturing for weeks. | Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner, recently received notice that some Scotch immigrants had sailed for South Carolina and would arrive via New York and Charleston. Chasing 18-Year-Old Boy. Atlanta, Special.?A Constitution special from Athens, Ga., says: "For assaulting the 9-year-old daughter of Aleck Chastain, a wellknown citizen of Oconee county, scores of white men are now searching the country for Ola Manus, a white boy 18 years old, and if he is caught it may result that he wjll never be brought to the county Jail. A Mysterious Shooting. Memphis Special.?Milton J. Sternberger, a traveling salesman, was the victim of a mysterious shooting affair here, and he Is in a dying condition at a local hospital. His wife is being held by the police pending an investigation. The Sternbergers live on Dunlap street. At an early hour Tuesday night Sternberger, who travels for a local soap manufactory, was packing a grip, and it is alleged, to be a fatal wound in the back of the had given her. The woman claims thnt in a scuffle for nossession of the weapon it was accidentally discharged, inflicting what is supposed to be a fatal wound in the bac of the man's head. Officer Hall May Recover. Danville, Va., Special.?Officer John D. Hall, who was shot by a negro desperado Monday night, is still alive and will in all probability recover. Ropes have been stretched across the street by the house and everything possible is being done for the patient. Dr. Julian Robinson, who attended the injured man, stated that Mr. Hall was not suffering any internal bleeding, and that the trouble that is most feared is an attack of pneumonia. SOUTHERN ' / TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THEPLANTL ' K GrtM For tho South. There never was a time when the Southern farmer has taken a greater interest in the development of his grazing lands. There is also a growing desire to secure more permanent meadows for the production of hay from tame grasses. Many persons have concluded that the South can not grow grass because they do not see evidences of Us cultivation on every hand. This is an unfortunate error, but one which the conditions of the country seem to warrant at the present time. That it is an error will be better understood by our people when they recall that they hepn indnstriouslv fighting the production of grass for over 100 years. In the palmy days of cotton culture the one thought of the farmer was to get rid of the grass at any price in order that he might have more lard for the cultivation of that crop. The rotation of corn and cotton practiced for so many years meant an eternal fight on grass in any shape or form. This tendency to a two-orop rotation tended to' narrow the view and horizon of the farmer and to destroy all efforts at diversified farming. In time he became accustomed to getting along without the grass, and as long as his soils remained fertile, and there were good market prices for his crops he was indifferent to the grass problem. In the present day and generation with an exhausted soli problem to solve, with a less profitable market for his crops and the necessity of engaging j in diversified forms of agriculture in order that the more varied demands of an increased population may be satisfactorily supplied, the farmer finds it necessary to again turn bis attention to the cultivation of grass. Having neglected the subject so long It seems to be beset with many difficulties which in reality are conditions and which he must study out and adapt to his peculiar needs before he can succeed with grass as well as be could wish. It takes time and experience for the far mer to acquaint himself with the production of any new crop. It might be cotton, for example, which gave the farmers of another age as much trouble and concern as attempts to cultivate grass are giving the farmers of the present time. It appears from this resume that in order to establish grass on Southern farms it will be necessary, first, to study the subject as a new problem in Southern agriculture; second, it will require time to successfully establish meadows and pastures; third, a careful selection must be made of grasses adapted to our conditions; fourth, the seeding and soil preparation will require the adoption of new methods of culture; fifth, a good quality of seed must be used and seeding must be done at opportune times and under favorable conditions. ^ The Farmer's Hone. An inquirer in your July number asks what kind of horse is the best for a farmer to raise, stating his mares weigh 850 pounds. If he is not able to buy both larger mares and a horse of the same type, let him buy a pure bred Percheron stallion and breed his small mares to him, and he will find a great improvement in size and farm usefulness. Keep his mare colts and continue breeding to the large horse, increasinc the size each cross. Once he be ' gins using large horses he will have no other, and should he be fortunate enough to raise one he thinks too large, he will have no difficulty in disposing of it at a remunerative price. No country is better adapted to raising horses than this. Color has but little to do with the selling qualities of a flrst! class heavy horse, and these are the I only horses that can be bred with any certainty of getting what you breed for. Some farmers in the West prefer some of the other draft breeds, but the Percheron, as a draft horse, stands higher in America than any other. They are kind, gentle and easily broken to work anywhere, and consume as little feed as any horse doing the same amount and kind of work. If, as he says, he wants to buy some mares, he will find the best ones in the hands of farmers, who believe in keeping that kind, and to be induced to dispose of them a fancy price must be offered. If he is at all doubtful as to the utility of heavy horses on the farm, let him buy a pair and plow them along with a pair of small ones, and he will need no further argument. By all means, let him keep away from grade stallions. Cheap grade stallions have cost cur c^intry untold wealth, and all such ihould be prohobited by statute. The Valley of Virginia and the Southwest know the worth of these horses, and will have nothing but the best.? "Roanoke County," in the Southern Planter. Alfalfa. J It. H. N., Nashville, Tenn.. writes: I am thinking of sowing some alfalfa, and would bo glad to have any infor: News of the Day. The new army regulations, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, will prohibit the mutilation of manes, tails and forelocks of horses. It is stipulated that there shall be no alteration in the length of these appendages by docking, banging or clipping. Those in charge of the animals shall do only such trimming | and clipping as may be necessary to prevent a shaggy apperance. V ARM * JI/OTE jl F/?, STOCK MAR ARD TRUCK GROWER. mation you can give me on the sub? 'jB We believe emphntioniiy that alfalfa can be grown to advantage on Tenue*see upland soils and on river and WjB creek bottoms that are uot subject to /wj prolonged overflow. Of course, the *1 land must be carefully cultivated and . f j fertilized and inoculated. We bare a " ; j piece of alfalfa that has made over Jj five tons of bay per acre growing on clay uplands that is as pretty a sight 9 to-day as you would ever wish to see. Farmers will have to exer> cise more care in - the preparation *V J and fertilization of the soil to se- j cure alfalfa than they have been ac? ? | customed to do with red clover and ernns. Where thev are not will- 3 * j ing to do this they had better let aK ^ j falfa alone. Use twenty to twenty-fire* *?B pounds of seed per acre. If I were !a | ] your place I would prepare the land / j very carefully this summer by growing in cow peas, cutting one crop for hay a J and plowing down the aftermath to e?- iB rich the soil. After the first of Sep- J tember I wonld break this land deeply, subsoil it thoroughly, and work np $9 a very fine seed bed, and if na farm- - Ja yard manure were available, apply some commercial fertilizer at the rate | <3 of 300 pounds per acre; 200 pounds of *9 acid phosphate and 100 pounds of nl- |H trate of soda. Do not apply the nl-B/l trate of soda until the crop is up. and a a do not mix It with the acid phosphate, ; j Apply fifty pounds when the crop is 3 j up and fifty pounds two weeks later. Seed the alfalfa with a harrow seed-; rjj er and cover with a weeder the. latest type. It is better to scatter jfl the Sfeed on the surface of the ground 'M and cover with an implement of. the i 1 type suggested than to drill the seed?'':jj|| We regard the weeder as an inral- 1 uable Implement for the covering of "dB grass and clover seed in this country. 4 1 It is a mistake to seed on top of the fl| ground and not cover the seed.?Prof. Labor SiTtn. ?l ? '?Vioo a ennaiflprdhTft A intiiJCl TT iiv UUO u quantity of level land, without stump* ? and stones, says he can use three a#?. ricultural implements to great advah-^wH tage?the disc plow, the weeder and disc cultivator. Of course, he used V.?9 smoothing or cutaway barrow. He I* a corn farmer and has a com planter; These Implements, when new, will 'aH cost $106 to $126. He saves one or two 39 hands in breaking bis land. One man "j| with three horses will do much betted . j work than three men, each using a ^8 single plow. Then,, when his land I? Jfl ready for planting, one band, wlt|^^9 planter, will distribute fertilizer and 19 drop corn at the distance desired *?* m go over eight acres a day. Then, jost JW as the corn begins to come o#, and ? W when about ten days old, the weeder -la is run over it, killing all grass and weeds and cultivating it as no hoe can* . Then the disc cultivator drawn hy two % horses is started when the corn in ' about two inches high. With fendern : the inner disc may be run very close to y the corn. This will go over eight or ? ten acres a day. The second time the cultivator is used the disc are changed, so a little dirt is thrown to the corn. That has to be laid aside when the* 1 corn is high enough to be broken by; i the axle of the cultivator. After tb|t, # if the corn is cultivated at all, it baf&Vi to be done with one-horse implements. We advise all farmers, with level land,, ' to provide themselves with these or similar labor saving implements. After the land is prepared one hand and two horses can cultivate sixty acres of land in corn.?Cotton Plant Only Fat Sows Eat Their Pics. It Is the condition of the stomach or digestive organs that causes a sow to jj eat her own pigs. The subjoined state- v8 mont from W. G. Owens, of Vlrginif, \w may be useful in saving youog pigs: ^ "There was a concensus of opinion '"J that only fat sows cat their pigs, and 'M that if fed very sparingly for a couple 'M of weeks before farrowing time, there , would be no .trouble. I bred the sow, / and two weeks before she was due to farrow I put her in a pen by herself *|| and fed only one small feed of swill fi daily, and the day she was to farrow: =*j gave the swill hot. She farrowed nine *5 pigs in January and proved to be one J* of the best mothers I ever owned, ralsing the entire litter in spite of the ter- <9 rible weather conditions, and not & J 'runt' in the bunch." Profit in Dehorning Cattle. All classes of cattle should have their 1 herns taken off before they are ono year old. The dehorning is less pain- N | ful than to have the animals goring each other. The hornless cattle will ] not lose as much when being shipped as the long horned ones. The purchas- J ers prefer the dehorned beeves. Horn- j less beeves command, at Nashville, jjm ten cents per 100 pounds more than those with horns. As feeders there. will be greater gain in the hornles? ^ | herd. Take off the horns in early life J and they will not be so vicious. ' 1 Odds and Ends. Of the 2,714,000 inhabitants of Pari? ? " ?? mrnid navinr snv One II till mauage iu mum 1?J?0 _ medical fees at aH, 1,000,000 pay only a i nominal price, and there remain hardly 200,000 families constituting the real practice of the 3,342 local physicians, each of whom has to attend at 3 least twenty well-to-do persons gratuitously on account of their being rel- t atives or friends, so that the total ^ figuna is thereby reduced by about \ [ 60,000. '