Boone County Recorder . ch-houses of the Ir-rigation belt is a constant source ofwonder to the tourists. Bight hundredmid fifty tons have been put into onestack. There are some Immense alfalfa farmsIn Kern ootnity. The McClurg and theRosednlo ranches have about threethousand five hundred acres each, theJackson ranch has over seven thousand,and the Poso ranch above ten thousandacres. The process of handling alfalfa on alarge scale is interesting. The derrickand derrick-fork are used. The stacksrange from one hundred to four hun-dred, feet long, and are usually thirtyfoet wide and from twenty-fi
Boone County Recorder . ch-houses of the Ir-rigation belt is a constant source ofwonder to the tourists. Bight hundredmid fifty tons have been put into onestack. There are some Immense alfalfa farmsIn Kern ootnity. The McClurg and theRosednlo ranches have about threethousand five hundred acres each, theJackson ranch has over seven thousand,and the Poso ranch above ten thousandacres. The process of handling alfalfa on alarge scale is interesting. The derrickand derrick-fork are used. The stacksrange from one hundred to four hun-dred, feet long, and are usually thirtyfoet wide and from twenty-five to thir-ty feet high, and on the extensiveranches one can often see from fiftyto a hundred stacks of alfalfa in sightat one time. From six to ten teams are kept busysupplying .he derricks, and from sixtyto one hundred-tons can be stacked in aday. Eight, thousand tons have beenstacked in a single ranch and fed out tolivo stock. Cattle, sheep, horses -and hogs alllive, to a great extent, on alfalfa.—Youths Companion,. A Model Burlington Route, O, B. 7,000 miles of road, with termini inChicago, St. Louis, Kt. Paul, Omaha, KansasCity and Denver. For speed, safety, com-fort, equipment, track, and efficient serviceit has no equal. Th« Hnrllngt/in galna n»w Boeiy ont *ernfrom Catarrh in the Head. Tnoenwho dont have it suffer from thosewho do. Its a disease you cantkeep to yourself. Here are some of the symptoms:Headache, obstruction of noes, dis-charges falling into throat, some-times profuse, watery, and acrid,at others, thick, tenacious, mucous,purulent, bloody, putrid, and offen-sive; eyes weak, ringing in ears,deafness; offensive breath; smelland taste impaired, and general de-bility Hut only a few at theselikely to be present at once. The cure for it—for Catarrh it-self, and all the troubles that comefrom it—a perfect and permanentcure, is Dr. Sages Catarrh worst oases yield to its mild,soothing, cleansing and healing Eroperties. A
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