eT
ea
=. MY
RELIGION
by
Helen Keller
“ry
I Copyright by
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
e
I sew ean enjoy the sun and
| }| Bowers and music where there
is nothing except darkness and
sil:nce you have proved the
Mystic Sense—Helen Keller
- WNU Service
(Continued from last week.)
i
- ‘According to all Swedenborg’s
testimony, after death we are like
travelers going from place to place,
making the acquaintance of all kinds
of interesting objects, meeting all
sorts of people and receiving some-
thing from each individual on
the wa sepye, judge, criti:
cize, aid i, ue Td of wisdom
or folly. We drop an opinion, take
“Sp another, sift it and tést it in our
mental ‘crucible. From each new.
experience we extract finér kinds of
Adfiowledge a. d those truer intellec-
‘tual concepts which are the property
lof all. On earth man lives apart,
though not alone, and the most won-
derful thoughts that he has known,
through lack of listeners, have never
been said. But in the other life it is
(different. All live together and learn
‘together. All spirit beings, good and
bad, are minds, and they communi-
cate to each other instantly volumes
of ideas which would require long
periods to apprehend upon earth! So
we shall journey onward, choosing
the comrades best suited to us, and
grow increasingly interested, wiser,
saner, nobler, and happier through all
eternity. What a prospect this opens
up to those whose spirit wings are
fretted by the uninspired facts of
mortality! What an inexpressible
comfort to those who hunger for |
lofty friendship and living inter-
course! I believe that in heaven
- friendships may endure, as indeed
they do on earth, by changing as well
as by their steadfastness. For it is
their nature to vitalize and diversify
the ideas and emotions which enter
the field of consciousness. Here below
we are inclined to lay stress on like-
ness and ignore difference; but in
heaven, and sometimes here among
us, too, friends similar in spirit are
so different they offset or comple-
ment each other like varied and beau-
tiful colors in the sunrise. They dis-
cover each other, and give and re-
ceive the best that is in them. They
do for each other's souls what our |
acquaintances do when they feed and
clothe our bodies. A feeling of
amazement comes over me as I rea-
lize how fully I know this from ex-
perience. I am the happy object of
a rare friendship which makes my
teacher a seer of the capabilities
folded away in me that darkness and
silence would hide from most people.
There are moments in our lives 80
lovely, they transcend earth, and an-
ticipate heaven for us. This fore-
taste of eternity has made clear to
me the perpetual and all-embracing
gervice that friendship should ever
Ye.
"The Bible says that in heaven we
“pest from our labors”; but that
only means when we have worked out
our salvation through sorrow, failure,
and temptation, we reach the Sab-
bath of peace and innocence. The
“lgbors” we rest from are the ob-
stacles of the flesh, the struggle for
bread, clothing and shelter, war, and
sordid schemes to outdo each other
for gain or power. But immense
fields of glorious work and emulation
and endless interest await all of us
who are faithful over a few tasks
here. The employments in the
Kingdom of Uses, as heaven is called,
cannot here be enumerated or de-
scribed specifically; for they are in-
finitely varied. Those with unselfish
parental love adopt and take care of
little ones from earth. Some educate
boys and girls, others give instruc-
tion to the simple and earnest who
desire it. Again, all the gentile na-
tions are taught new truths to en-
large and refine their limited beliefs.
There are special societies to attend
everyone who rises through death
into Life, to defend such newcomers
into the arena of the middle world
. against the unfriendliness of evil
spirits, to keep guard over those who
inhabit the hell and prevent them
from tormenting each other beyond
endurance, and thus to lessen their
sense of misery as far as may be
possible. Since all human beings live
both in this natural world and in the
spiritual realm at the same time,
angels from every society are chosen
to guard men, take away little by
little their lusts and wrong habits of
thought, and tenderly turn their love
of dark deeds into the joy of deeds of
light, Only unwillingness in a man
ever restrain their loving ministries
and, even then, they keep returning
with steadfast faith and patience, for
they are, are they not, images and
messengers of the Divine Fidelity?
They scarcely see and still less dwell
upon anyone's faults, but instead they
study all his beauties of disposition
and mind, and interpret the opposites
into good. By following their genius
closely, men and women who are be-
coming angels rise continually to
nobler tasks, and each new state
brings them an influx of new powers,
which is meant by the Lord’s promise
of “full measure, shaken down,
ee eee.
pressed together, and running over.”
The golden harps and the singing of
endless praises, which have called
forth so much adverse comment, and
given such an unfavorable impression
of lazy saints, are only pictorial ap-
pearances—the heart playing softly
on its lyre of joy and singing as the
task grows ever more beautiful and
satisfying.
So, in the light of Swedenborg’s
teachings, heavenly life is a truly
human life, and there are all kinds of
service, domestice, civil, social, and
inspirational, to be performed and
enjoyed. :
We are also informed that there
are three kinds of angels — those
whose chief interest is knowledge
and the practical work that protects
the outposts of heaven against intru-
sions of hell, those who philosophize
and originate new ideas, and, finally,
those who do not need to reason
things out because they can feel with
another, put themselves in his place
by powers of perception and act di-
rectly and quickly, The character of |
these last might be compared with
the fig tree, which does not stop to
blossom, but brings forth its leaves
and fruit at the same time. No one
is quite like another, and thus there
"%¥2 Innumerable groupings or socie-
ties; but there is only one heaven—
or heaven is one, just as the human
od. is one, though composed of
oUhtless organs, members, blood-
vessels, nerves and fibres. All lesser
ends are subordinated to the common
good. In a word, every glory, every,
ideal, every high desire—all that the
dreams of noblest minds have evet
whispered, and infinitely more un:
thought-of possibilities, become sub-
stantial realities in the eternal sun
shine of immortality.
In heaven, too, we shall find the
oeauty of woman and the strength of
man, self-less love between the sexes,
the frolic of children, the joys of
companionship, and the vital power
of touch exquisitely soothing and elo-
quent.
If it is true that Swedenborg bring:
a clear, authoritative revelation of
heavenly life as it can be best un-
derstood—free from all material
limitations, we should have a definite
idea of the purpose of education there.
Now, that heavenly world is a vast
realm of souls clothed with spiritual
bodies, all interrelated and bound to-
gether in one magnificent system of
uses. There is not a single indivi-
dual in all that multitude who has not
capabilities, interests, and knowledge
of a special kind that make possible
his own higher development and
thereby the greater good of all.
While they depend one upon an-
other, each being grows more per-
fect in his own way, and becomes
more responsive to the happiness
which is increasingly bestowed upon
him.
If we examine the life of earth in
celligently, we shall find it also gov-
erned by the same Law of Use.
Science teaches us that the body exists
each part for the benefit of every
other part. God breathes a similar
purpose into Nature. The mineral
kingdom is united, and serves as a
support for the vegetable. The vege-
table gives life to man, and both min-
ister to humanity. This law of bene-
fit from each to all and all to each
is meant to rule in human life. Many
have perverted it, and live on the
labor and the brains of others; but
sooner or later retribution overtakes
them, and they must lay their offer-
ing of service on the altar of the
common good, or drop out of the
ranks of worthy humanity. This serv-
ice may be rendered in any of three
ways, with the hand, the intellect, and
our emotional and =sthetic capacities.
Of course, if we view man sub-
Jectively, the case may be different.
A person may mar his use by sel-
fishness; but the fact remains that,
objectively, our whole life and its en-
vironment teach the Law of Use,
and are the best possible means for
us to realize our proper ideals. It is
for us to learn how to use that Law
as our guide. We should seek ways
to render it possible for each one to
select the special activity that shall
bring him interest and satisfaction
and also harmonize with the good of
all the rest. Then each one would
find his place in the eternal Life of
Use; this is the only right method
of living in this or any other world.
The type of education we need, and
che one which thoughtful people now
urge, is that which will help us to
appreciate this Law of Use, adapt it
to ourselves, and choose the work in
which we can best fulfill it. We need
a system of education which may
teach us about all the varieties of use
that surround us and show the dif-
ference between the practical, the
mental, and the spiritual services we
can render, and which may impel
each one to choose the task to which
his interest and fitness draw him most
strongly.
The reason why Swedenborg keeps
nolding up the heaven life as a pat-
tern is that it serves as an object-
lesson. The old thought tells us we
are given earth to prepare for heaven,
but there is truth in the other way
round. We are given a knowledge of
heaven to fit us better for earth.
The Vision of Beauty must come into
the workshop of Nazareth. So 1do
not hesitate to point to what Swe-
denborg says about the education of
children in heaven as a suggestion for
our earthly schools. There they are
taught largely by “representations”—
that is, by pictures, instructive plays,
and scenes which they visit, that is by
illustration and example. They are
led to choose the uses they like best
and are educated for them. This
seems ‘to be the goal toward which
modern pedagogy is advancing. Inci-
dentally, I remember happily how I
———
was led to the blessings of knowledge
and accomplishment by a similar
method, and 1 am confident that with
wise modifications it can be of great
use in our general educational sys
tem.
I can easily believe that, as Sweden-
borg often tries to show us, the visible
and tangible phenomena of the other
world are the direct embodiments of
the mental states of its inhabitants.
It is of little use to know about even
the most wonderful splendors of
heaven unless we understand some-
what of their origin and their essen-
tial meaning, and naturally this is
difficult for others who do not sense
the separateness between their
earthly bodies and their inner selves.
It is the combination of familiar ob-
jects in an immediate way with un-
familiar subjects that makes it all so
strange. It is like learning a new
language, and many of the fundamen-
tal facts which the language ex-
presses, | : “i
~ What is so sweet as to awake from
a troubled dieam and behold a be-
loved face smiling upon you? I love
to believe that such ehall be our
awakening fro earth to heaven. My
faith never wavers that each dear
friend I have “lost” is a new link be-
tween this world and the happier
land beyond the morn. My soul is for
the moment bowed down with grief
when I cease to feel the touch of their
hands or hear a tender word from
them; but the light of faith never
fades from my sky, and I take heart
again, glad that they are free. 1
cannot understand why anyone should
fear death. Life here is more cruel
than death — life divides and es-
tranges, while death, which at heart
is life eternal, reunites and reconciles.
i believe that when the eyes within
my physical eyes shall open upon the
world to come, I shall simply be con-
sciously living in the country of my
heart. My steadfast thought rises
above the treason of my eyes to fol-
low sight beyond all temporal seeing!
Suppose there are a million chances
against that one that my loved ones
who have gone are alive. What of it?
I will take that one chance and risk
mistake, rather than let my doubts
sadden their souls, and find out after-
ward. Since there is that one chance
of immortality, I will endeavor not
to cast a shadow upon the joy of the
departed. I sometimes wonder who
needs cheer most, the one that gropes
on here below or the one that is per-
haps just learning truly to see in
God’s light. How real is the dark-
ness to one who only guesses in the
shadows of earth at an unseen sun!
But how well worth the effort it is to
keep spiritually in touch with those
who have loved us to their last mo-
ment upon earth! Certainly, it is one
of our sweetest experiences that when
we are touched by some noble affection
or pure joy, we remember the dead
most tenderly, and feel powerfully
drawn to them. And always the con-
sciousness of such a faith has the
power to change the face of mortality.
make adversity a winning fight, and
set up a beacon of encouragement for
those whose last support of joy seems
taken from them. There is no such
thing as “other worldliness” when we
are convinced that heaven is not
beyond us, but within us. We are
only urged so much the more to act,
to love, to hope against hope and reso-
lutely to tinge the darkness about us
with the beautiful hues of our in-
dwelling heaven, Here and Now.
I read with emotion the words ot
Sir Humphry Davy, in whom science
and faith and unselfishness were
combined to a remarkable degree: “I
envy no quality of mind or intellect
in others—not genius, power, wit, or
fancy; but if I could choose what
would be most delightful, and I be-
lieve most useful to me, I should
prefer a firm religious belief to any
other blessing; for it makes life a
discipline of goodness, creates new
hopes when all earthly hopes vanish;
and throws over the decay, the de-
struction of existence, the most gor-
geous of all lights; awakens life even
in death, and from corruption and de-
cay calls up beauty and divinity:
makes an instrument of torture and
shame the ladder of ascent to Para-
dise; and far above all combinations
of earthly hopes, calls up the most
delightful visions of palms and amar-
anths. the gardens of the blest, the
security of everlasting joys, where the
sensualist and the skeptic view only
gloom, decay, annihilation, and de-
gpair.” It is like a Pentecostal ex-
perience thus to feel in my hand the
strong hand of a calm scientific man
and a lover of mankind, who had no
veconciler to second his thought, who
saw the countless contradictions of
the old faiths, who toiled in poverty
at the first and then gave his inven-
‘ion of the safety-lamp to the world
ce, who knew the tortures of natural
existence, but who kept unshaken his
communion with his God.
Truly I have looked into the very
heart of darkness, and refused to
yield to its paralyzing influence, but
in spirit I amone of those who walk
in the morning. What if all dark,
discouraging moods of the human
mind come across my way as thick as
the dry leaves of autumn? Other
feet have traveled that road before
me, and I know the desert leads to
God as surely as the green, refresh-
ing fields and fruitful orchards. I,
too, have been profoundly humiliated,
and brought to realize my littleness
amid the immensity of greation. The
more I learn, the less I think I know,
and the more I understand of my
sense-experiénce, the more I perceive
its shortcomings and its inadequacy
as a basis of life. Sometimes the
points of view of the optimist and
the pessimist are placed before me sO
skilfully balanced that only by sheer
force of spirit can I keep my hold
upon a practical, liveable philosophy
‘
of life. But
life and reject its opposite, nothing-
ness. Edwin Markham - has ex-
quisitely wrought into his poem “Take
Your Choice,” the opposing moods and
different beliefs which contend for :
supremacy today:
On the bough of the rose-tree is the
. prickling briar:
The delicate lily must live in the mire;
The hues of the butterfly go at a
breath;
At the end of the road is the house
of death.
Nay, nay! On the brair is the deli-
cate rose;
In the mire of the river the lily blows;
The moth is as fair as the flower of
the sod;
At the end of the road is a door to
God!
(Continued next week.)
WILL COUNT ALL WHO QUIT
FARMS IN 1930 CENSUS. |
The first comprehensive survey
of migration from American farms
to the industrial and business life of
cities will be made in the taking of
the 1930 census, if thé census bureau
adopts a recommendation of its ad-
visory committee of experts.
The proposed examination would
be confined to the simple question as
to whether each person enumerated |
in the population count of the coun-
a -— —
I use my will, choose
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
Daily Thought.
One hundred years from now our lives
' will be measured by the good we do
‘ others today.
J C. White.
—All evening frocks are not of
the dipped variety. A new style
| dance frock has just been introduced
which is very, very different, for it
dares to have a short, even hemline.
It all began when some gentle-
man complained to a style expert
| that Louffant evening gowns were
! awkward for dancing and they
| swished around his legs. The stylist
set to work immediately and
{launched a white satin dance frock.
| It looks somewhat like a tennis
frock, because of its low decolletage
jin back. However, it is a charming
| creation and although the very new-
est of the new things on the style |
calendar, this model may set the
i pace for a return to short-skirted
evening gowns, next season.
—As a daytime piece de resist-
ance comes the linen town suit in
"black. This is to be worn with
white or eggshell blouse of sheerest
batiste. On second thought, a thin
sweater is just as attractive. These
linen suits sell for an inexpensive
sum in the Fifth avenue stores,
| Where they are priced at $19.50 and
‘going strong,” according to retail-
ers.
Afternoon frocks of black chiffon
with uneven hemlines and the pop-
try has left the farm within the past | War V-neckline, are being shown as
year.
This information is Spend by
statistical experts not only to give
an exact answer to the question of
migration, but to pave the way for
supplemental examination to deter-
mine accurately the causes. And
this information, it is declared, will
provide opportunity for an answer
to the tuestion “how are you going
to keep ’em down on the farm?”
Although census experts know
that there has been a strong drift
from the farm in the last decade, as
revealed by the difference between
rival and city population, estimates
of the marked change in the life of
the nation have varied greatly.
{
The census bureau also is consider- |
ing many other questions designed
to give an intimate picture of the
changes in the social life of the na-
tion. Some proposals have already
been rejected.
Among the suggestions advanced
are questions concerning religious
tongue of foreign-born. The latter
family, rent paid, classification of
affiliation, the number of rooms per
or salary workers and the mother
question, has been urged because
the nationality of many people is not
indicted by reporting of country
birth.
Information concerning the living
conditions of the people as a whole
is eagerly sought by large life in-°
surance companies and students of
social conditions.
Practical difficulties are confront-
ing the census officials in their ef-
forts along this line. An expert for
a life insurance company, which had
attempted to make a surevy of liv-
ing conditions, reported that they
had gotten 40 different definitions for
a room. A proposal to limit this in-
vestigation to the congested areas of
gems large cities is being consider-
ed.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
George Gallo, of Philipsburg, and
Margaret Roland Marcincin, of
Houtzdale.
Clinton T. Brion, of Williamsport,
and Mary E. Hoy, of State College.
Charles Mills Alexander, of Julian,
and Marie Artz, of Port Matilda.
George Cadwallader, and Amanda
Jane Immel, both of Bellefonte.
Steve Bartko, of Philipsburg, and
Agnes B. Verost, of Hawk Run.
Ralph E. Faust and Grace E. Kis-
er, both of Altoona.
William R. Pattison and Barbara
Harkleroad, both of Indiana, Pa.
Earl D. Bierly, of State College,
and Ruth Lonebarger, of Bellefonte.
Geovge W. Jodon, of Belleofnte,
and Beatrice May Blair, of Port
Matlida.
Herbert E. Allshouse, of Brook-
ville, and Dorothy M. McFadden, of
Richardsville.
Donald K. Passell, of State Col-
lege, and Ethel M. Schade, of La-
mar.
Norman E. Bastian, of Mifflinburg,
and Minnie Viola Walker, of Belle-
fonte.
C. Melvin Barto,
Furnace,
Boalsburg.
John Henry Raymond Bower, and
Elizabeth Marcorn, both of Lock
Haven. ,
Joseph E. Shuey, and Mary A.
Arendash, both of Pittsburgh.
Robert E. Spong, of Avis,
Florence Agatha Miller, of
Haven.
Clayton F. Neidigh, of State Col-
lege, and Carrie M. Smith, of Belle-
fonte.
of Pennsylvania
and Ella M. Graham, of
and
Lock
ANCIENT VILLAGES
UNCOVERED BY WIND.
The wind from the sea, which is
now gradually shifting a dune on
the Baltic coast in East Prussia
and uncovering an ancient village, is
also doing the same thing on the
North Sea island of Sylt.
On the northern top of the island
it has laid bare part of a settlement
dating from the ninth or tenth cen-
tury. The finds already disclosed in-
cude pottery of a kind manufac-
tured by Rhenish potters in the peri-
od between 800 and 1000, and also
articles dating from the 14th cen-
tury, showing that the settlement
must have existed at least 500 years
before being covered by the shifting
sands of the dunes.
It is probable that the settlement
was the medieval Lystum or List.
part of the early Fall
‘A stunning dinner gown of black
chiffon is made Princess effect and
has two long, drooping tiers at each
side. The model who wore this
gown wore a black satin turban,
although the dressis sleeveless. This
is the most recent of style fads—the
wearing of a beret or caphat with
evening gowns.
Accompanying the black chiffon
frock aforementioned its wearer had
pinned white carnations at the
front V-decolletage which ended
slantwise. on the left side of the
gown. She also had donned black
suede slip-on gloves, very, very new
. for evening.
| —Usually a married woman uses
for her monogram the initial of her
first name, the initial of the last
{ name of her maiden name and the
initial of her husband's surname. For
linstance, if Mary Smith marries
i Frank Gould. she uses as her mono-
{gram M. S. G.
| This is the correct form for the
. monogram that she uses on the sil-
| ver that she has engraved after her
! marriage, and the one that she uses
! when she embroiders the linens that
| she buys after she is married and
| for her personal monogram for her
| letter paper.
| __It is customary to take a pres
lent when we go to a party that
celebrates a wedding anniversary
But except for the especially signif-
icant milestones—such as the tenth.
twenty-fifth, thirtieth, and fiftieth—
the gifts are usually not pretentious,
and indeed, for the first few anni-
versaries, are usuallyinthe form of
a jocular gift, unassuming and
merry.
The symbol of the first anniver-
sary is usually considered to be pa-
per. although some authorities insist
. that it is cotton. Tin is the symbol
for the tenth anniversary.
You might take a box of writing
| paper for the wife and one for the
{ husband. Or you might take some
‘rolls of lovely shelf paper, a group
| of magazines, or the card register-
ling a subscription for the year to a
' good magazine. Or a group of love-
ly paper napkins, which are appear-
ing in such a wealth of charming
designs and colors lately, would be
! a pleasant thought.
__To recondition a waxed floor, it
should occasionally be given a very
thin coat of wax, put on with a
woolen cloth, and polished, if pos-
sible, with a weighted brush. This
is a good job for which to call in one
of the boys in the family or the
neighborhood. Pushing one of these
weighted polishers around is fairly
heavy work, but it requires just
the sort of muscular effort a boy
likes to use. Needless to say, the
room should be prepared for a wax-
ing of this kind by having the furni-
ture moved out, and the walls,
woodwork, and floor completely
cleaned and dusted.
Waxed floors, says the United
States Department of Agriculture,
should be swept with a soft brush
or mop entirely free from oil.” Oil
softens wax and should never be
used on it in any way. About once a
week a waxed floor should be given
a more thorough cleaning with a
a cloth wrung out of warm, soapy
water, or moistened with turpentine
or gasoline. Applying too much
wax is a common mistake. Rub
white spots with a woolen cloth or
weighted brush, applying a little
wax if necessary. Keep a slip-on
cover on the weighted brush when
it is not in use. Never allow it to
come into contact with oil.
Varnished floors may be swept
with a soft brush, a mop, or a
broom covered with a cotton-flannel
bag, and then rubbed with a cloth
or mop slightly moistened with floor
oil or kerosene. The oil gradually
dries out of varnish acter it has
stored by an occasional rubbing with
an oiled cloth the varnish becomes
exceedingly hard and brittle. Use
only enough oil to moisten slightly
the cloth or mop.
The stewed chicken baked in
bread case is different from chicken
in any other form. Cut the top
from a small stale loaf of bread. Re-
move the soft crumbs and save them
for other uses. Brush the inside
of the bread case and the top with
melted butter. Place in a warm
oven to become crisp and hot. Now
put the case on a large, deep plat-
ter and fill with hot stewed chicken
thickened as for chicken pie, put
on the cover and garnish with other
vegetables, hard-boiled eggs or pars-
ley.
wardrobe. '
been applied to wood, and unless re-
LSC A RA EERE,
FARM NOTES.
—Spade up the yard frequently.
'
y
1
i
—Fowls
dampness.
stand cold better than
—Provide a nest for each four or
five hens.
—Market eggs at least twice a
week in summer.
—Build the self-feeder so that it
protects feed from rain.
—Select the best growing and most
vigorous cockerels for breeders.
—Old hens are the most common
spreaders of poultry tuberculosis.
—Make the house dry and free
from drafts, but ailow for ventila-
on.
—Send your big fluffy boarder hens
to market. This is one way to relieve
i your farm of loss.
| _Get the hens out in the sunshine
and feed plenty of oyster shell to get
good strong eggshells.
—A flock of 50 ducks can be kept
on many farms without materially
increasing the labor needed in caring
for the poultry.
| —Ducks do not require a large in-
vestment for houses or equipment. A
tight shelter that will protect them.
from the weather is satisfactory.
Opinion among hog breeders is pret-
ty evenly divided between the A-type:
and the gable roof type of individual
hoghouse, while still others favor the:
small shed-roof type.
—Paner shavings give very satis-
factory results when used for litter
in poultry houses. Cut alfalfa, cut
clover, or cut straw also give good
results when used as litter.
—Most of the freezing
comes from the top rather than
through the wall. If more care is
taken to keep windows, doors and
ventilators closed, on all types of si-
los, there will be less trouble from
freezing.
in silos
—Government reports indicate
that there is a decided shortage in
the number of cattle on farms, and
with the steadily decreasing number
of horses to eat surplus feeds, dis-
posal of large crops of grain to the
best advantage becomes a problem.
Selling the grain off the farm has
been condemned as poor economy by
leading farm thinkers for many years
and farmers who have been able tc
market most of their feed througk
live stock have prospered most.
—The sure way to make mone}
raising pigs is to save them. Ever;
little pig that is Jost increases th
cost of those saved. Very common
ly one-third to one-half the pigs far
rowed die before weaning time. /
pig at farrowing time is worth o
has cost approximately three dollars
and it pays well to keep as many o
them alive as possible. Aim to be o
hand when the sow farrows to se
that everything goes well and tha
the little pigs get their first meal a
soon as possible. Then be sure the
have a place to keep warm. Have
guard rail around the pen or a prc
tected corner with most of the bec
ding in this protected place.
—TIt is surprising: how importar
some poultry keepers are when er
deavoring to secure eggs from tk
! pullet flocks. Unless the yield goe
| up by leaps and bounds, they imagit
that there must be something wron
| with the feeding, and forthwith be
! gin to change the rations.
| This happens at irregular interva
(and in consequence the birds newt
; have an opportunity of getting a:
| customed to any particular ration
: There is nothing more detrimental *
egg production than these frequei
changes. Of course, it would be uw
| wise to persist im feeding a ratic
i which had proved to be unsuitabl
| but until such unsuitability has bet
definitely established changes shou
be avoided.
—Hogs thrive on alfalfa pastu
and cause less injury to the sta
than heavier livestock. The carryii
capacity of an acre of alfalfa depen
on the stand and the locality, but ¢
dinarily an acre of good alfalfa in a:
part of the country will carry frc
eight to ten hogs weighing 100 poun
each with little danger of injury
the stand. In the East, where
stand is more easily injured by ove
grazing, it is not advisable to car
as many hogs to the acre as in t
irrigated parts of the West. To §
hogs into condition for market, it
necessary to feed a small quantity
grain with alfalfa pasture. Wi
this combination, hogs can be ms
ready for market cheaper than
any other feed. A grain ration of
pounds for every 100 pounds of I
weight has been found the mu.
economical, although with a larg
grain ration the gains are more ra
and the returns per acre somew!l
higher. :
—To get the most and the best st
from the sweet clover crop, harve
ing should be done when about h
of the pods are black, as the seed r
tures unevenly. The self-rake rea
is a good machine for cutting.
mower will cause heavy loss of se
Self-binders and even corn bind
are sometimes used. Self-binders «
be equipped with pans for sav
shattered seed. On some farms 1
chines have been devised that b
the seed off and leave the sts
standing. These machines are m
hy installing a heavy reel with f
to six bars on an old binder. The:
chines are so geared that each pl
is struck several times as the 1
chines move forward and the see
thrown back into a box. On sc
machines a coarse wire screer
placed back of the reel so as tok
leaves and coarse sticks from gc
into the seed box. The seed nt
be removed from the box and Spr
out ‘to dry, and if the weathe
damp or the pile of seed deep,
seed must be stirred frequently.