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THE RECCED 4-ND CHRONICLE.
TRANSVAAL [FARM AND GAEDEN.
Man's Inhumanity to Man Vividly Brought
to tlie Surface.
turned, Is singing the same love Bongs
she used to sing.
The Pope and the Princess.
The greatest number of photographs
sold in this country and in France are
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BRINGING WOUNDED BACK TO LADYSMITH.
portraits of singers and actresses. In
Europe the photographs of the pope
find the largest sale, 18,000 pictures of
him being sold every year. This does
not include chromos and paintings
which also have an enormous sale.
Second only to the pope in popularity
FUNNY OLD RAILROAD.
Cars Drawn by- Looomollre Which Could
Not Tarn Around.
According to Dr. W. W. Smith of
Willlston, S. C., the first railroad In
the United States was the South Caro-
lina railroad, afterward called tho
Charleston & Augusta railroad, run-
ning from Charleston to Augusta, a
distance of 140 miles. The road was
begun In 1826 and completed In 1833,
says the Augusta Herald. Some of the
queer things which distinguished It
from the roads of today were: The
first motive power used on this road
was wind, utilized In sails made of
cloth on the cars. The locomotives
had two smokestacks, one at each end.
In going to Charleston one of the
stacks was used, and in coming back
the other. There were no spark ar-
resters. and everybody along the routu
lind to watch his property to prevent
its being burned up. One hundred
miles a day was good traveling in
those days. When night came on all
hands struck camp and waited for day-
light, to come in order to proceed. Tho
track was composed of ties and thirty-
two-foot stringers, on which a band of
iron like a common tire was laid and
nailed down to tile wood. A track
walker went ahead of the engine every
day to knock down the "snake-heads"
or nail heads to prevent accidents.
The dread of the engineer was the
"snake-heads" or nails protruding
above the iron rail, for they were pro-
lific sources of accidents. The con-
ductors collected the fares from tho
outside, walking on boards about lika
the open street cars are now arranged.
There were no conveniences on tho
cars as in tills day and time. The cars
stopped at stated intervals for the con-
venience of the passengers. The mall
facilities were meager and very prim-
itive. A split stick served for a mail
bag. as letters were put In sticks and
MATTERS OK INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Reports from England tell us that
the gray hairs of the beloved queen
are Indeed "being brought down with
sorrow to the grave." Although other
beads have contrived and other heads
have executed in such a manner as to
carry England into
the South African
war, still the good
queen feels the ter-
rible responsibili-
ties upon her own
shoulders. '
This is perhaps
the most pathetic
Incident of the war.
A tearful old lady,
whose life has been
a plea for peace, is
grief-stricken with
the thought that
her boys arc dying
In battle.
It is pathetic in-
deed to turn from
this picture of the
Borrowing queen to
scenes of war.
Nineteen centuries
have passed since
the Prince of
I'cnce was heralded
to the world with
the song of "Peace
on earth, good will
toward men," and
yet to-day the demon of war is num-
bering his victims by thousands.
When a report Is sent by a com-
manding officer, giving the numbers of
dead, wounded and missing, it is a
solace to think that but few of the
missing are suffering pain—that tliey
are probably prisoners. While not
treated as honored guests, these pris-
oners are fed and protected until there
comes an exchange or the war is over.
One of the illustrations shows the
British loading the Boer prisoners
upon a vessel. They do not sail as
cabin passengers, and the quarters are
evidently crowded, but they live
through these hardships and fare much
better than many of their brother
Boers, who are In their own lines, but
are destined soon to be killed or
wounded in battle.
Another picture of striking reality
Is that showing the method of remov-
ing the wounded from the field of bat-
tle. Ladysmith has been thoroughly
invested by the Boers for weeks past.
Gen. White anil Ills gallant little army
are defending, not only the town, but
British honor as well. The neighbor-
ing hills are alive with Boer artillery-
men, whose guns speak through night
and day in bitter tones of hate. Now
the gun reports are few and far be-
tween; now they come in quick suc-
cession. telling with their angry voices
tho Boers' determination that Lady-
smith I all this time the
-doe^ffit come. Now ft the relief that j
'loers becomes more effective. The I
■nemy has taken some new position.
■ All is lost if ihe enemy is not driven |
further back, and for that reason the
commanding officer orders a sortie. It
Is taking a great hazard, but the sortie
must be made, and the bravest regi-
ments are selected for the attempt. As
they proceed, men are constantly fall-
ing, dead or wounded. j MAKING PRISONERS ABOARD CAPTIVE BOERS ARE LOADED UPON
The mule carts, for picking up the I PENELOPE AT CAPE TOWN TO BE CARRIED OUT OF
wounded, follow, and as soon as one is i RANGE OF HOSTILITIES.
j is the beautiful Alexandra of Wales.
whose photographs sell at the rate of
16,000 per annum. The German em-
j peror comes next with a record of 15,-
000 a year, and the czar, who hates to
be "snapshot," nevertheless is pletori-
Somo Uj-to-Date Hint. About Cul
tlratlon of the Soil and Yield.
Thereof—Horticulture. Viticulture uud
'floriculture.
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loaded it turns back and moves
heavily over the rough road to the city.
Two natives walk beside the wagon,
carrying the Red Cross flag.
The fares of the wounded tell the
story. Study the features of the sol-
dier in the left of
the picture. How
his heart throbbed
with hope in the
earl y morning.
when he knew that
he would be one of
the attacking par-
ty. Today would be
an opportunity for
glory, promotion,
perhaps even for
the Victoria cross
of honor. But a
chance bullet had
changed all this.
He can bear the
physical pain that
comes from his
right arm but it 13
hard to think he
has so soon become
incapacitated for
deeds of glory.
Before him are
long weeks of suf-
fering and hard-
ship. ending per-
haps In death. And
then his thoughts
and sea, away to
land," where the "folks" he knows ari
anxiously waiting for news from then
soldier boy. and where the little girl,
who promised to wait until he re-
lianded up to the conductor, and were
thrown out the same way. The coup-
ling links were made of wood, so that
when a car ran off it would break and
save the others from running off.
fifth
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Leather Belting.
The average life of first-class leather
belting* running indoors and under or-
dinary conditions, is ten years. Belts
subjected to acid fumes would last a
much shorter time than that; and on
the other hand, in especially favoring
circumstances, a belt might last much
longer. There was taken down in New
York not long ago a leather belt that
has been running twenty-four years;
this, however, was something unusual.
As is the case with pretty much every-
thing that is made and sold, leather
belting may lie bought second-hand,
the second-hand belts coming into the
market naturally enough through the
Insectivorous riant*.
Carnivorous plants are those plants
which, not satisfied with the nourish-
ment which the humidity of the soil
and the atmosphere afford, seek to ob-
tain a kind of food which nature has,
strictly speaking, denied them, says
Farmer and Stockbreeder. They are
the insect-eating plants. There are
now known over 300 plants that feed
on insects. They belong to various
families, and are found in all part3 of
the globe. The best known of the
insect-eating plants found here, as well
as in Lapland and Scandinavia, is the
sundew (Drosera); another plant, the
so-called fly-trap of Venus (Dionaea),
of America, has received the name of
Venus for the reason that., like the
Goddess of Beauty, it attracts and cap-
tivates everything that he-adle&sly ap-
proaches it. At the bottom of th«*
plant the leaves cluster like a rosette;
from the center of this arises th3
flower stalk. The edge of the leaf,
which is nearly circular, is overgrown
with strong bristles, while its surface
is covered with small glands, at either
side of which are three long hairs. A
fly approaches; carelessly it settles on
the leaf, and perchance touches one of
the six long hairs; suddenly the leaf
folds, the bristles interlace and the in-
sert is caught. Oftentimes the whole
tragedy takes only ten seconds. The
sensitive hairs have performed their
duty; now begins the work of the
glands. These discharge a large quan-
tity of a colorless acid slime—the di-
gestive fluid, pepsin. After a lapse of
eight or nine days the leaf reopens,
the insect has disappear?!. If the
object caught by the leaf is perhaps a
piece of wood, the mistake is soon dis-
covered. it then does not discharge
the digestive juice, and after twenty-
four hours it again unfolds, leady for
another capture. This goes to prove
that the Dionaea distinguishes, even
better than man, by taste and feeling
that which is digestible from that
which is not.
Timothy with Winter Wheat.
We have never strongly urged sow-
ing timothy J,eed with rail wheat, says
Wallace's Farmer. For many reasons
we would prefer not doing it. While
there are locations where it does re-
markably well even If sown as late
as the last week in September, speak-
ing generally, we believe the better
way is to sow the wheat without tim-
othy as near as possible at the right
time and on well-prepared soil. When:
is the main object. Let everything
bend t:i that. Then next spring, if tli •
ground has frozen up wet in the fall,
or if there have been abundant snows
sow about the time tin snow goes off
the ground on the frozen soil. The
thawing and .freezing will imbed it
before there temnera-
Ttrre To : . t it. veneris pr wa'.t-
ing until to*:-., '■(>, last of March
after the grounu been thawed out
and then frozen, and having the seed
ready to sow early in the morning
before the wind rises, allowing the
seed to fail into the cracks with which
the sod will be filled at that prticular
time.
If the ground is frozen dry and haa
been bare of snow during the winter,
and therefore dry in the spring, we
wuld wait until it is in good working
order, say, in the latitude of central
lowa, from the Bth to the 10th of
April; then sow both clover and tim-
othy and harrow with a light, Blant-
ing-tooth harrow. This will cover it
deep enough and will benefit the wheat
by giving it this surface cultivation.
It will also conserve the moisture in
the soil, and we believe, under most
conditions, is after all the best way of
securing a stand of timothy and clover
with winter wheat. Of course condi-
tions and circumstances differ. We are
simply aiming now to give our readers
an idea of the end to be accomplished,
which is to get the grass seeds deep
enough to secure sufficient moisture
and heat for germination in the early
spring. They will know best how to
apply the principles we have stated.
good fertilizer may contain 20 per cent
by weight of available plant food. The
remaining 80 per cent is mere bulk
for holding the plant food together.
Its about like a lemon. Vou squeeze
out the Juice, and leave a big, useless
bulk of peel. The gray streak in the
potato drill is about like the lemon
peel, for the crop has sucked out most
of the plant food. What there !■ left
of It is safe, for it will feed following
crops. But where does the "bulk" of
the manure go to? What Is it? Water
and vegetable matter. During the hot
season, the water evaporates, and th«
vegetable matter slowly burns up. The
"bulk" In the fertilizer is mostly In-
destructible, and it stays In the boII.
Dig Into the soil where we plowed un-
der a thick mat of Crimson clover,
and you can hardly find a trace of It
by August.
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DAIIiV AW) POCLTRY.
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INTEREST, WO CHAPTERS FOR
OUR IJI/RAL READERS.
fl»w fiaccMfiJI larmsri Operate Tilts
O'part bieut ot the -*lf'.Yrxr
ItlnU as to lh« Care of Li
and Poultry.
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Ankee Millet.
This variety comes under what is
called "barnyard" millet. In the
southwestern part of the United States
there is a large, thrifty form of barn-
yard millet, which makes a very fine
growth in lowlands and swampy places
during the wet season. It is known
ti the Mohave Indians as "Ankee," and
its seed is said to be extensively used
by them as food. On the experiment
grounds of the department of agricul-
ture at Washington, I). C., Ankee
makes a magnificent growth, reaching
a height of seven feet or more and
maintaining a very characteristic up-
right habit of growth. It ha3 also
made luxuriant growth on the grounds
Of the station at Knoxville, Tenn., and
at the Cornell, New York, Massachu-
setts (Hatch) and Michigan stations.
Increasing Kgg Production.
The yarding system had in view the
idea that egg-producing food would
actually produce more eggs if not en-
tirely used up in forming bone, flesh
and muscle. What the results have
been can be ascertained by those who
have adhered to It, and are still using
it today. Personally, J am a great be-
liever in it, claiming at least a «0
per cent better egg yield, says E. O.
Hoessle in Country Gentleman.
It is, of course, necessary to yard
only fully mature fowls or pullets.
Young, growing pullets and cockerels
must be given all the range possible.
They need growth before they can be
come producers. They need plenty of
bone and flesh-forming food to make
frame 011 which to put flesh, and thus
develop into strong, large, well form-
ed specimens. When pullets begin to
lay, tiiey should be sorted out and plac-
ed a certain number in ^ach coop, and
thus left during ihe fall and early
winter, or perhaps all winter, if they
are not used for breeding purposes.
When once placed they should not be
moved, as it Interferes materially with
egg production, and sometimes checks
laying for two weeks or more. Pul-
lets are our best layers—that is, tlr-y
for It. It ma/ oe tnac we wfll bf
forced to bvvl&K batter on the scor-
ing, It tb' time ever comes when we
can havfe a reliable scoring and under
government supervision.
It Is one of the most promising of the
inland forms of the species, and should i lay the most eggs—hence the profit
be given an extended trial, partlcu- ! 'r0® them is greater than that from
larly in sections where high tempera- J fow's of any other age. Many pi'omi-
tures prevail. Prof. Brooks of the | n,>n'- ffiB farmers keep only pullets,
Massachusetts station considers "An- j selling them off as soon as they be-
keo" Inferior to Japanese barnyard | cou>e yearlings. This Is certainly a
millet for a fodder crop "for that local- j smart Idea where the greatest returns
ity on account of Its lateness and the | are looked for, but it is net wholly
coarseness of the forage. Ankee grass j P°Pular because of the superior breed-
is considerably later than the common | 'nK qualities of yearlings over pul-
forms of the species. Prof. Brooks re- I Im-
ported that plants from seed sown on
ml
Yarded fowls are actually fowls in
confinement. The yards, therefore,
should bo large—as large as possible.
I should not think of giving 15 fowls
less space that 1,300 square feet and
1,500 would be better. This makes a
130 or 150 by 10-foot yard, and will
be sufficient room in which to keep
the above number in perfect health
and to obtain best results. All foods
can be given easily except green food
and this is of as great, if not great-
er, importance than all others. Ear-
ly in the spring young rye (same in
the fall) may be depended on, but this
soon disappears, and is consumed by
the hungry flocks. Its place must be
taken by a constant daily supply. Hall
the yard can be shut off and sown
with oats, which will soon appear
above the ground and prove a delicious
morsel, to be eagerly devoured. After
this we must depend on all kinds of
vegetables and vegetable tops—in fact,
anything that is green and acceptable
to the fowls.
Illinois Swine Breeders in Convention.
The Illinois State Swine Breeders'
and Experts' Association met at Taf-
lorville, Illinois, on the evening of
January 9, 1900. About fifty persons
answered to their names at rdU eaJ).
The mayor in a very cordial m^nsr
vrelcomed the swine breeders to ths
ciy of Taylorville in a speech w|bich
wafc responded to by J. W. Warft of
Mt. Vrr/von, Illinois, vlce-presiden
President Alexander wad no^
The program was eiv j
interest was manifeF ^
and discussions, some of
hope to publish in coming issues. Hid
Klever of Hloomingburg, Ohio, was
not present owing to sickness in his
family, but sent a paper which was
read by the secretary. At the conclu-
sion of the program the meeting ad-
journed till nine o'clock a.m., January
10, to meet at Armory Hall for the
purpose of attending the scoring
school. At the appointed hour a large
number of breeders assembled at
Armory Hall where several hogs of the
different breeds were stored. Much in-
terest was 111:121 i f' st ed on ihe part of
the persons taking part. At the hour
of 7 o'clock p. m. the meeting was
again called to order by Vice-President
Ward. The election of officers resulted
111 the selection of A. G. Woodbury of
Danville, 111., for president; J. W.
Ward of Mt. Vernon, vice-president;
C. C. Brown of Hey worth secretary
and treasurer. Quite a lively tilt oc-
< urrwi over the question of where
the r*xt meeting should be held. Some
thr e /ears before the place had been
pern. uenJy fixed at Taylorville, a
thing which was declared unconstitu-
tional. Taylorville had paid all hall
rents at the two previous meetings
but at this one seem* d disposed to let
the association pay its own hall rent.
As a re ult tiement cam ■ forward and
proposed to furnish hail rent free of
cost to the association. Taylorville
seeing that the meeting was about to
be removed came to the rescue by pro-
posing that she would pay the rent a*
before, a lively discussion followed
the motion to locate the meeting at
Taylorville for another year, which
finally resulted in a victory for Tay-
lorville. \ banquet was tendered the
association in the evening and thus
closed one of the mo^t sute ssful meet-
ings in the history of the organization.
Fattening l ov/l* by < ramming.
Cornell is one of the first places in
the United States to experiment in
cramming poultry, as is practiced so
extensively in England and France,
writes S. F. Hafton. On a recent trip
to England Prof. Wir j purchased in
Sussex a poultry cramming machine
such as is used in the large fattening
plants there, where a cottager with
an acre of land and the necessary
buildings will have fattening at all
times from two hundred to four hun-
dred dozen fowls. This machine cost
there £4, 10s. It consists of a re-
ceptacle to hold the f :l
Flo 85.—"Aaltoe " MHlet: a and two views of til.
•Ei&elot; etna d. two rlewa ot tho • iocd."
May 4 fniled to reach maturity, and at
the Michigan station the same was
found to be true of plants sown on
May 20. This variety requires four
months or more to mature seed.
Strawberry Culture.
The main points involved in the suc-
cessful culture of strawberries given by
William Saunders, superintendent of
the horticultural grounds at the de-
fly over
"Merrle
Rlly popular to the extent of 14,000
pictures a year.—New York Commer-
cial Advertiser.
Premature consolation
remembrance of sorrow.
Is but the
AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
tiling industry that we are indebted
The American Pavilion a Beautiful an<l [ ' ♦ ^' JIIlounl °* space which the district court.
Attractive struct.,™. C"" aln ,hp
Our cocher has been oruered to turn i
tempted to break into a triumphant
smile at this new proof of American
skill and energy.
iuto the Avenue de la Tour Marbourg,
and suddenly I And that we have come
out upon the Qua! d'Orsay, aud are at
the entrance of the Pont des Invalides,
says the New Lippincott. Here cabby
is ordered to halt, and looks on iu sur-
prise at: we descend into the ankle-
deep dust and proceed by means of
our open sesame, to the place where
four American flags at the corners of a
larg#* square indicate the inclosure
chosen by our commissioner-general
for the American pavilion. Here, on
Court Decides Charity Cute.
The Supreme court held that a
church subscription made 011 Sunday is
collectible. E. M. Donald of Fort Mad-
ison, defendant in a suit brought by
the First Methodist Episcopal church,
I appealed from a similar decision by
His defense was
that the obligation, having been en-
tered into 011 Sunday, was illegal, and
that there was no consideration. Both
claims were overruled. In discussing
3. Prepare the ground by deep plow-
ing and subsoiling; apply a dressing
refitting of factories, through the sub-
stitution of belts of one width for those |
of another, and so on. Second-hand j pai'tment at Washington, are the fol-
belts tiiat have not been much used j lowing:
I sell for not very much less than new
belts: their price decreases, of course,
according to the wear to which they
; have been subjected. When a leather
j belt ceases to be useful as a leather
I belt it is likely to be sold to be cut
up iuto boot heels, what there is left
of it after that going to the scrap heap.
Passing of the Barbed Wire.
We are glad to know that ths use of
barbed wire is decreasing, at least in
the parts of the country most thickly
settled. Probably it is still extensively
used on the great tracts in the west
that are being fenced in, especially
where the land is not owned by the
men that are using it. Barbed wire is
a cruel thing to use, where it is pos-
sible to employ some other kind ot
wire. One scene will remain for a
long time In the mental vision of the
writer. It is of a colt hung up on top
of a wire fence that he had tried to
leap on the approach of a railroad
train. The scene was on one of the
great ranches of North Dakota and at
a long distance from any house. As
the train 011 which the writer was
sped by the young animal could be
seen struggling on the barbs, with no
help In sight. In these days of cheap
woven-wire fences they should be used
in every case possible.
Agricultural Experiments in Alaska.
—Professor Georgeson is experiment-
ing in the growing of different varie-
ties of cereals, forage plants, flax, and
vegetables in gardens placed at his
disposal by citizens of Sitka. In spite
of late planting, oats, barley, potatoes,
flax, and a number of different kinds
of rotted manure equal to twenty cords j of vegetables of good quality were rna-
pcr acre, spread it over the surface, and tured this year. Clover and grasses
mix it with the soil by repeated dis- ma',p an excellent growth Useful data
integration with a harrow. The best 1 were also obtained from these experi-
crops are produced on strong, loamy { ments regarding the effect of different
soils. If somewhat clayey, it will be soi' conditions on the germination of
all the better, provided it is drained. 6eed,i and the growth of plants. Ex-
2. Allow the plants plenty ot space, ' Perlments similar to those being con-
the rows thirty inches apart and the ' ducted at Sitka were made at Skag-
Dairy Notes*
lzea condition, and tins ir as true ot
the dairy interests as of any other.
We have a few weak dairy associa-
tions that make a show of doing some-
thing once a year, but for steady all-
the-year-round work 110 associations
exist. Yet in each of our states, if
the dairy Interests were organized, an
association could be sustained that
would keep its officers at work
throughout the year. An immense
amount of work could be done that
would result in great good to the
owners of dairy cows. The problem
is to perfect such an organization. It
seems to the writer that the state ap-
propriation to tho dairymen's asso-
ciation, where such an appropriation
exists, could be used to better advan-
tage In sustaining an executive officer
than even in publishing tho reports of
the annual meeting.
The question of cheese flavor is an
important one, perhaps one of the
most important ones that the cheese
makers have to face. The fact that
foreigners generally like a sharp
cheese and Americans like a mild
cheese has made it difficult to make a
cheese that would please all markets.
The Canadians have continued to
make a cheese sharp in flavor and
hard in texture and it has in the past
proved satisfactory to the English and
Canadian markets. But now it is re-
ported that the English taste is chang-
ing and is demanding a cheese soft 1
in texture and mild in flavor, and one-
speaker at a recent dairy convention ;
asserted that if the Canadians continue
to make the sharp hard cheese they
are now making it will lose them the
English market. We doubt this: for
we believe the Canadians are wise I
enough to adapt themselves to the re-
quirements of the market, and that
they will be sensible of those require-
ments just as fast as they meterialize.
No doubt the Americans would soon
become great cheese eaters if they
could get a mild-flavored, soft but well-
ripened cheese. It will, however, take stock. But it is a fact that it is a v
the operator pushes a treadle, a quan-
tity of food is forced through a rub-
ber tube attached to this receptacle.
The feeder holds the fowl under his
arm, and opening the mouth of the
bird to be fed, runs this tube into the
crop, when he presses the lever un-
til he has sufficiently filled the crop.
Before cramming the fowls are con-
fined in pens about two feet long and
eighteen inches in height and width,
containing five fowls ea^n. These pena
are raised three feet from the floor,
and have bottoms of slats an inch
square and an inch apart, for con-
venience in feeding and cleaning. The
fowls are fed from troughs with the
fattening mixture until they refuse to
eat, which usually happens in ten
days. Then they are crammed twice
a day with the food, which is com-
posed of equal parts of bolted corn-
meal, oat flour and barley flour, mixed
with skimmed miik, which in cold
weather is heated. The English lay
great stress on the fattening value of
skimmed milk, having it shipped to
Sussex, where most of the fattening is
done, and paying a high price for it.
Usually fowls thus fed are ready for
market ten days after cramming was
begun, or twenty days from confine-
ment. During this time they gener-
ally nearly double their weight, and
the breeds do not differ much in this
respect. An experienced operator can
cram one hundred and eighty fowls per
hour, though in England they have
become so expert that they can feed
twice that number. An artificially fat-
tened fowl always finds a ready sale
at the highest market price.
Water for Cattle in Winter
One item of Importance in caring for
the farm catt'e in the wint r season is
to see that they have an abundant sup-
p'y of water, of easy access, says an
exchange. It is passing strange that
we should ever feel obliged to call at-
tention to this item in the care of live
plants about half that distance be- j w_ay.
tween each other in the rows.
3. Remove all runner3 as they ap-
pear and keep the surface pulverized
and clean. If young plants are wanted,
keep a portion of the plantation for
that purpose.
4. Cover the plants in winter in all
localities where the thermometer may
run down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit,
this to be done after the first frost
n goo<t deal of knowledge in cheese
i tk. n«.. ; making to produce such cheese in large
! J1 ' ".rmg quantities and of uniform quality. Here
i summer season the best mode of pro-
viding a dust bath is to dig out a space
in the poultry-yard, three fest square
the case the court said the object of using straw, leaves or other similar
the subscription was not worldly gain, material as a partial protection.
5. Do not disturb the roots, by any
A Story of I,orcl Metlioen
A characteristic story is told of Lord ! but ,he advance of Christianity and the !
and about six or eight inches deep.
When the dirt is dry, sift it back in
to the place from which it was taken,
and when so doing, sprinkle a little
carbolic acid over It, to give it the
characteristic odor. After each rain,
stir the dirt and make it fine, but it
need not again be sifted. The hens
ticular Process of cultivation, from tlie month : re®°|'t to "• and rlJ themselves of
before he was sent up to Lord Methuen
the rive gauche, in company with oth- j for some gross breach of discipline.
Methuen. It aeems that a "new chum" I betterment of morals in a pain.mar i — — <= . .. , ,
had joined Ihe irregular horse. A ! locality. The sole purpose of the plain- "f September until after the crop has i 1106 11'"P P°mtry house is kept clean
younger son of a noble family, this t'if's statutory existence as a corporate | gathered the following summer.
young fellow had been sent to the col- '""'V was to (1° good. If so. contribo- U- Destroy the plantation after it has
onies to get rid of his wlldness, or to tlo"s f<"- 'ts support must be classed as Seing'niln ed "8.T
increase It. as the case might be. He parity. "Charity. ' said Judge Cooley. I abamlineS d th°5' ,hat
had not long joined the regular horse j 's active goodness; it is doing good |
to our fellow-men."—Des Moines
(Iowa i Correspondent New York Jour-
WtiBted Fertilizer*.
ers of the Pavilion des Etrangeres. will
stand the American pavilion, a beau-
tiful and attractive structure, whose
broad steps lead down to the water.
Here Americans may land, and at once
receive that welcome and attention
which the visitor soon discovers is sec-
ond nature to the commissioner-gen-
eral and his stafT: and here, more than
anywhere else in Paris, will he find ,
himself thoroughly at home. It Is to
our i otjcmissiooer-gendial and his un-
Xot knowing before whom he had been
taken, the youngster resented, and said
to Lord Methuen: "Do you know who
I am? I am Lord Thero was
silence for quite a minute, and then
came the answer: "Let m<> Introduce
myself. Paul Sanford Methuen sen-
tences you to twenty-one days' confine-
ment to the barracks for breach of
discipline." The younger son of a
nnbl? family wore a crestfallen look
for once In his life as he went back.
nal.
Tlie l!nr«e Still In it.
The largest riding academy iu the!
world is to be built near Central park, j
and a dust bath is provided, the hens
can keep their bodies free from lice
w ih its use.—Poultry Keeper.
New Plants and Seeds. -Under Sec-
retary Wilson's foreign seed introduc-
tion. the Department of Agriculture
When fertilizers are used heavily on has received during the year over 2,000
potatoes, you will usually find, at dig- different species and varieties of
ging time, a thin gray streak in the
drill where the fertilizer was dropped.
Farmers look at this, and conclude that
York. It will have 4o0 stalls, a ! the cr°P *as not able to utilize the
New
ring 200x100 feet, and seats for an
audience of 2.500. Instead of a horse-
less era. there will be one of more and
l»etter horses.
Two heads may be better thfc* oJe,
but not in the same family.
fertilizer, says H. W. C. in Rural New
Yorker. Some of them argue from this
that fertilizers are not available, and
do not pay. You will notice that, on
light soils, most of the stable manure
gets out of sight in one season I do
sot think this gray streak shows that
ifce fertilisei *ts wa»t«t* A Ion of
economic plants and seeds. In many
cases, however, the quantities secured
were sufficient only for tests to be
made by the various state experiment,
stations and by a few private special-
Isis. If the secretary could be author-
ized to utilize his entire seed appro-
priation for this class of seed intro-
duction. the present free seed fare#
would be transformed into one of the
most splendid duties of the govern,
meat.
and there are factories that are able
to turn out the kind of cheese men-
tioned, but most of the factories con-
tinue to turn out a chetee that does
not appeal to the Amoilean palate,
most of the good-flavored cheese is
green, and most of the old cheese is
too sharp.
The band separator Is growing in
popularity, with the increase of dairy
knowledge. Reports from many sec-
I tions of country indicate that the num-
ber in use greatly increased during
the past year. They have proved a
stimulus to milk production. The farm-
er has the fresh warm milk for his
calves and pigs, and it is fed out iu
its best state. Many of the speakers
sent out by the agricultural colleges
have done a great deal to encourage
the use of these machines, as most of
the speakers on dairy subjects use
them, and recommend them highly.
It is interesting to note the way in
which the names of butter lose their
i significance. There was a tin e
"good" butter meant the best
had. Tfcat gave way to best."
too kr.d to yield to "extra."
ts" are no longer firsts iu r
Tho unsophisticated buyers arc
nlaecd at a disadvantage in tb*
kct. They may get a medium foods,
at a high price, and be noci the wise;
wnea
to bo
That.
• - v rn
»ality.
thus
mar-
»ery
common thing to see stock ranging
aimlessly about the fields, bawling and
showing other evidence Of discontent*
—the sure indication that they are not
supplied with sufficient water. To say
tbat it is an easier task to write about
supplying the cattle with water than
to supply it to them when the winds
will not blow aud the windmill per-
form its expected duty, does not meet
the case. There is a moral responsi-
bility on those who own live stock,
to provide them with those things
which are neces.-aries of life and com-
fort; and water is the first of the*e
things. To supply the cattle liberally
with good water is not merely an eco-
nomy necessity, it is a mora*, neces-
sity which is even more binding on
man than the economic necessity of
making the most out of his stock Be
sur« that the animals have plenty of
water, and that the water is as warm,
at least, as that freshly pumped from
a well. Drinking holes cut into an icy
stream are not to be thought of as aa
adequate water resource tor stock of
any kind
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friend to thv hedge. 1 have several
reasons for this. I notice that some
very fine hedges are being taken out
as I i along the roads. The fencs
q»;.-sticn is getting pretty well set-
tled an<« ther. is not so much de-
mand for hedge* as there was on^e.
Put .• fence where it I- wanted and It
ian be (hanged, a Mn cant b%
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