1904 
485 
THE PRIZE CLIPPINGS. 
Prizes are awarded this week as follows: 
Farmers' Schools. 
The man behind the plow is the mainstay 
of the public school system. In a more or 
less indirect way he is also the cornerstone 
of the high school, colleges and universities. 
The tribute he pays, the support he gives is 
unstinted. When he complains of too high 
taxes he always excepts the school tax. Al¬ 
though too often unschooled himself, he 
recognizes its advantages and gives freely 
of, his toil to educate his or his neighbor’s 
children. Is the farmer entitled to any 
consideration from the school board and 
teachers? The answer to this question is too 
evident to need any elucidation. Is It just, 
is it right, does it show a spirit becoming 
superior beings, that a feeling of contempt 
for the farmer and daily toiler permeates 
our schools from the bottom up. Nothing 
is more dear to the man on the farm than 
his children. It is to them he looks some 
day to relieve him of his work. It is in 
them that he would realize his ideal. He 
would educate them and turn the farm over 
into stronger and abler hands. But alas! 
from the very first day almost at school 
his children are being weaned away from 
him. Those who cannot be'stirred with the 
ambition to become President of the United 
States are tried over another last until one 
is found which apparently fits. Nowhere in 
all our common school course are provisions 
made to teach our children anything of the 
science of agriculture, which could be made 
the most interesting and helpful study to 
pursue. Farmlet is no alarmist, but these 
conditions must change. God’s chosen voca¬ 
tion for his people cannot thus be treated 
without a penalty.—Farmlet, Effort, Pa. 
Father Liked the Old Way• 
The other day a man who was raised on 
a farm, but who is a well-known business 
man here, demonstrated the foolishness in 
trying to introduce a lot of new-fangled 
ideas when the old ones were just as effec¬ 
tive. At his house were several chickens 
that friends'from a farm had presented to 
him several weeks before, so that he would 
be exempt from having “to use the kind they 
have in the markets.” 
“You know that those brought right from 
a farm are a good deal better,” said the 
father to his several sons, who smiled sev¬ 
eral sickly smiles and slunk away. They fat¬ 
tened the birds and set Sunday as the day 
for the big dinner. The chickens were to 
end their earthly existence on Saturday, and 
the three boys were on hand to see their 
father kill them in the “proper manner,” 
and not butcher them “as they do in the 
shops.” On the day previous he had his 
pocket knife sharpened and felt proud that 
he had the opportunity to give the boys such 
a valuable lesson. Well, the first little hen 
was brought out and father nipped her jugu¬ 
lar vein as nicely as could be. “There, that 
is the only way to kill a fowl,” he said, and 
then he finished another little Dominique. 
But the third sacrifice was a big Shanghai 
rooster. lie seriously objected to the per¬ 
formance, but the cultured butcher got the 
hold on him that his father used to get on 
them when he was a hoy and triumphantly 
remarked : “There, I guess fhat’s all right.” 
But the words had barely passed his lips 
when the big Shanghai started for the back 
fence. It was 10 feet high and of tight 
board. But the old rooster made It. To 
see the thing turned into a farce just as 
he thought he was triumphant was terrible 
for ‘ Father.” He was enraged. Then he 
commanded the boys to go after the fowl. 
But they could not. They were nearly dead 
from laughter. “Father” then secured a 
pike pole that stood in the yard, but just 
as he swung for the bird he had so scien¬ 
tifically “killed” the bird flew into the back 
yard of one of “Father’s” most bitter ene¬ 
mies. He is still at large, and the two other 
ones were two tough to eat. But not a word 
must be said, for “Father” is very sensi¬ 
tive about it.—Corning, N. Y., Evening 
Leader. 
A Two-headed Calf. 
A few days ago there was born at 
Fred. Scharpp’s place in Tilford a calf 
monstrosity that Is a wonder in the freak 
line. There are two calves joined to¬ 
gether side by side; two perfect heads and 
the outer half of two bodies. Mr. S. Is 
going to stuff the hide, and use it as an 
addition to his collection of animals and 
birds. He may take his stuffed menagerie to 
St. Louis. (May 7.) 
The two-headed, double-bodied calf, men¬ 
tioned last week as the property of Fred. 
Scharpp, of Tilford, furnishes grounds for a 
trial to take place this afternoon before 
Justice Madison. The freak, to start with, 
was the property of J. W. Stephens, an Elk 
Creek ranchman. Scharpp claims that Ben 
Flathers, Jr., brought the calf to his place 
and that he purchased it. Flathers, In con¬ 
tradiction, says that Scharpp came to the 
ranch and represented that Stephens had 
given him authority to come and get the 
defunct curiosity. It will likely cost the 
value of several single-headed live calves to 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
determine the ownership of the dead double- 
header. (May 11.) 
The two-headed calf case on trial In Jus¬ 
tice Madison’s court last Wednesday result¬ 
ed in the jury deciding Fred. Scharpp not 
guilty of petty larceny. (May 18.) 
For and in consideration of a settlement 
of all differences between Fred Scharpp and 
myself about a two-headed calf, and of 
damage he may have suffered because of 
his arrest for having been charged with 
stealing the same, and of which charge he 
was acquitted after a trial before a jury in 
the justice court of Bally Madison, and 
which charge I made against him through 
mistake, and on which I aiterward discovered 
there was no just ground at all, I hereby 
sell and deliver to him, the said Fred 
Scharpp, all my right, title and Interest In 
said two-headed calf. It being fully under¬ 
stood and agreed that it Is full compensa¬ 
tion for any damage or injury he may have 
suffered because of said arrest.—John. M. 
Stevens. (May 25.)—Sturgis, N. D., Black 
Hills Press. 
MILK NOTES. 
Cows went back to pasture In fairly good 
shape. They have mostly been fed grain 
through Winter, also at least two weeks later 
than usual; most farmers being out of hay 
had to buy both hay and grain. The supply 
is fully up to the average; outlook for pas¬ 
ture good at present. Prices for milk about 
one-fourth cent per quart lower than last 
year. All markets seem unable to use the 
same.quantity as last year. The present ten¬ 
dency among farmers is to cut down number 
of cows rather than increase. Outlook for 
hay crop is good at present. w. H. t. 
Hales Eddy, N. Y. 
The price of milk at the station is about 
the same as a year ago, with slight increase 
in quantity received. Trumansburg is to 
have a skimming station now soon. Cream 
is de.»vered to a creamery uiree miles south. 
This will probably lessen amount received at 
shipping station. Cows were probably not 
fed as much grain during Winter as usual. 
The outlook for pasture Is good. We are to 
have a pickle factory at this place; also a 
mile of macadam road, the first of the kind 
built in the town. These things come to us 
through the work of the Business Men’s As¬ 
sociation. a. p. 
Trumansburg, N. Y. 
Thinning Fruit. —We have had only lim- 
iled experience in thinning fruit on apple 
trees. The method we employ, however, 
when we attempt to thin the fruit is by shak¬ 
ing the larger limbs separately, thus caus¬ 
ing any inferior fruit to drop, leaving only 
the soundest fruit on the tree. Whether this 
method will be practical on a large scale I 
am unable to say until further experience. 
We have 80 acres in apple orchard, part of 
it not in bearing yet, and we expect to test 
different methods of thinning the fruit and 
will be glad to give you our experience in 
the future along that line. 
Illinois. E. M. MILLER. 
Bantam Breeding. —Bantams need but lit¬ 
tle room, and little feed. They are very at¬ 
tractive and useful, not merely pets, as they 
are good layers of good-sized and rich eggs. 
I have used an incubator for hatching, but 
prefer hens. If I have Bantams that I can 
spare I use them, but usually common hens. 
If large hens are used their nests should be 
in a low box six inches deep, the nest made 
but little dishing, as the eggs will move more 
readily as the hen steps among them. For 
this reason the fewer eggs under a hen the 
better. The eggs are quite as likely to be fer¬ 
tile and hatch as any larger breeds. A box 
should be placed over the hen after she has 
been fed and watered each day. This not only 
secures her from being disturbed, but pre¬ 
vents her from coming off many times a day, 
as some will, each time endangering the eggs. 
I do not find the chicks quite as hardy or as 
easy to raise as larger breeds until feathered. 
They feather so young and fast that they 
need good food and care at this time. For 
a few days, when first hatched, hard-boiled 
eggs and bread crumbs chopped fine are best 
for them. Later cracked wheat, millet and 
ground beef scraps, and some whole grain. 
For head and throat lice and the little cluster 
of feathers in front of the vent use a little 
grease. Fresh butter is good; sweet cream 
is still better, and will not injure if used lib¬ 
erally on turkeys or chickens. This will do 
little good, however, if the hen has lice. This 
season I have taken a feather, and with a 
liquid llce-kiHer touched the hen under and 
above in many places. If this is done In the 
morning when the chicks are a few days old. 
and the hen in an open coop, so the chicks 
can get plenty of air, it will not hurt them, 
but will rid both hen and chicks of lice for 
a long time, if not for the season. 
Marshall, Mich. mark hurd. 
“My little dog bit Dr. Scraggy last 
Summer, and hasn’t bitten him since. 
How do you account for that, Professor?” 
“Well, it seems to me that the doctor may 
be regarded as an acquired taste.”—Cleve¬ 
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