LANTERN IN THE BARN.
Dangrer from Fire In Minimised by
Suapeudinit It front a Stout
Overhead Wire.
In a recent issue Air. Knapp right
fully calls attention to the necessity
for the practice of some system in
lighting the barn winter evenings and
mornings, and guarding against lire
by having some safe, arrangement for
handling lanterns, rather than set
ting the lantern down here and there,
sometimes on uneven surfaces, and al
ways with the danger of having it
tipped or kicked over; or, worse yet,
WIRE FOB LANTERN,
allowing the striking of a match oc
casionally to find some particular ar
ticle in a hurry. The idea of hang
ing the bale of the lantern in the snap
of a buckle is good, for then, no mat
ter how much the lantern is swayed
it cannot fall. To avoid changingthe
location of the. lantern from hook tc
hook, an excellent device is to run
an overhead wire along the space de
sired to be lighted in one or two places
in the barn or stable. To this wire
can be attached a snap-buckle with a
ring, so as to allow of its being slid
along from one end to the other, and
thus the lantern can be moved along at
will to any point under the wire.
Another point about the. lantern in
the barn is to keep the chimney clean.
A lantern never gives too much light,
anyway, but a dirty, smoky chimney,
besmeared with greasy finger-marks,
will shed just about half as much light
as a clean glass.—(iuy E. Mitchell, in
Farm and Fireside.
THE VALUE OF WEEDS.
They Keep the fertility of Soil from
Leucliini; Out mid Are of Yuluc
In Other Wu>«.
Weeds have a value. The writer
once heard I'rol. Bailey say that the
weed is the friend of the farmer, and
no man should want to get rid of
a farm because it is weedy. He him
self had purchased a good farm at a
low price, because it had all run to
weeds and the former owner believed
that they were so numerous as 1u
greatly reduce the value of the land.
But these same weeds had been keep
ing the fertility of the soil from leacn
ing out, and had kept the ground in a
condition where it would not bake,
but would readily yield to the plow.
He simply turned all the weeds under
and got back the fertility they had
taken from the ground. Then lie
planted to other crops and had a re
gained farm.
Were it not for weeds, say after a
clover crop, the nitrogen in the soil in
readiness for plant use would disap
pear. As it is, the weeds take it up
and hold it for subsequent crops. The
cultivation that is necessary to keep
down weeds is not time and effort
lost. The benefit to the crop culti
vated is more than enough to pay
for the outlay. The additional effect
of conservation of moisture is not to
be forgotten.
Weeds are also valuable for the
work they do in keeping the land in
the hands of the many. Were there
no weeds the cultivation of the land
could be undertaken on an immense
scale by men of wealth and a mo
nopoly in land would be possible. If
such a monopoly were attempted at
t this time, the cost of Keeping the land
l ( clean would make it impossible tn
keep it under control.—Farmers' lie.
view.
Mixed Ration* for l.nmhM.
Prof. 1. I*. Roberts gives us a formula
for mixing grain ration for fattening
lambs, corn meal and wheat bran lu<J
pounds each, oil meal 20, pounds; peas,
30 pounds, oats, 50 pounds. Alix and
feed from one-half to one pound a day
per head. 11' clover hay is fed wholly
or in pari, there should be more corn
given, and less peas and outs, but tli«
above is about right when shredded
corn fodder or dry hay is used. lie
gives no directions for a ration of roots
togo with this, but we would add some
every day when not feeding clover hay
•r ensilage, if we could have thein.—
American Cultivator.
Dipping I» u Uooil Practice.
The practice of dipping sheep is a
rery commendable one. In fact, it is
tonsidered absolutely necessary for the
preservation of the flock. Alanyon the
western range think that sheep are
i-ee from all diseases, but the fact re
nains that, while sheep may run a year
»r two and show no signs of being af
<ected in any way, there may be a
ew sheep that are affected and eonse
|uentlv the whole Hock must be dipped
io reach the few, as well as to prevent
die growth of the disease until it
tffccts the whole llock.—Rural World,
SKIM MILK FOR HOGS.
It Mnbn (hp Ordinary (.ruin Kecdl
More IliKotlblr and In a liuuJ
t'le*h Producer.
Skim milk should always be used
when it is available. It is not only
a good flesh producer in itself, but i*
also makes the ordinary grain feeds
more digestible and so adds greatly to
their value. While skim milk alone is
rarely profitable, from 20 to 40 pounds
being required to make a pound of
meat, when mixed with grain in tlia
proportion of 3 pounds or less of milk
to eaeli pound of grain its value is
greatly increased. In a test reported
by C. P. Goodrich 1 bushel of corn
produced 10 pounds of pork, and 100
pounds of skim milk produced 5
pounds of pork, when fed separately.
When fed together, however, the mix
ture produced 18 pounds of meat, an
increase of 3 pounds due to the mix
ing. In this case 100 pounds of skim
milk took the place of 44.8 pounds of
corn. If the corn was worth 25 cents
per bushel, the milk was worth 10.fi
cents per 100 pounds; if the corn was
worth 40 cents, the milk was worth
31.4 cents. Extended tests in the feed
ing of skim milk have been made at
the Utah station, and among the
facts brought out by the work are
these: "The hogs fed on the milk-and
grain ration made much more rap'd
gains than either those fed on milk
alone or on grain alone. The time re
quired to make 100 pounds of gain
was 7!) days for the hogs fed on milk
and grain, 116 days for those fed on
grain alone, and 147 days when tiie
feed was milk alone. The milk-and
grain-fed lots required 2.58 pounds of
digestible matter, the milk-fed lots
2.85 pounds, and the grain-fed lots
3.19 pounds to make 1 pound of gain
in live weight." In this case 100
pounds of skim milk took the place
of 23.2 pounds of grain in the mix
ture. Work at other stations has
given very similar results and has
demonstrated that when not more
than 4 pounds of skim milk is used
with each pound of grain the milk
is worth from 15 to 30 cents per 100
pounds. The younger and smaller
the hogs the higher is the value of
the milk. For fullgrown and aged an
imals it is of less value. It may l;o
taken as a safe rule that it is profit
able to pay at least 15 cents per 100
pounds for all the skim milk needed
to make four times the weight of the
grain fed, and where it is hnpossiblo
to secure enough for all the hogs the
available supply should be given to
those pigs nearest the weaning age
and to sows suckling pigs.—Farmers'
Review.
GOOD CHEAP HALTER.
How to Mnke One of n slntlc Piece of
Hope, at an Kzpenjie of About
Fifteen Cents.
Take a piece of one-half-inch rope
12 feet long. Untwist 18 inches of
one end, and secure it from untwist
ing any further by tying a strong
string around it at that point. At
a point 10 inches from this tie open
the strands of the rope and pass the
untwisted strands through, drawing
\
GOOD ROPE HALTER.
up tight, thus forming a loop of rope
five inches long. Now braid the three
loose strands tightly to within three
or four inches of the ends. The braid
ed piece goes over the animal's nose.
Next measure off about three feet
from the loop, open the strands at
that point, and work in the loose
ends of the braid well so as to give
strength at that point. The three
foot piece goes over the top of the
animal's head. Now puss the end of
the rope through the loop, and a
strong halter of one piece of rope,
costing possibly 15 cents and 20 min
utes' work, .s complete. By using cat
tle tie-iroiw it would be an improve
ment. —C. E. Shell, in Farm and Fire
side.
AMONG THE POULTRY.
As soon as the brood is taken from
the nest remove all the old straw and
burn it.
After a hen is three years old she be
comes unprofitable as an egg-pro
ducer, and is rather tough for table
use.
In marketing, the eggs should be
clean and attractive and the fowls well
fattened and well dressed. There ia
considerable in appearance.
Do not, put over ten or eleven eggs
under the sitf ing hen at this season, as
she will hatch more chicks from that
number than she will from fifteen.
Warm, dry shelter should be provid
ed for the young chicks, so that they
may not be forced to remain out during
cold and disagreeable weather. —Farm-
ers? lteview.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900.
SHOCKING A LANDLORD.
The Client" Wanted Cheap Game lu
ll tin 11 of lIlKh-I'rleed
Store Aleut.
We had been at a Rocky Mountain hotel
for a week, and beefsteak and mutton chops
had been on the bill of fare at every meal
to the exclusion of all other meats. It , w s
finally decided to send the colonel to toe
landlord to protest, and having gained the
ear of mine host, he said: ,
"1 want to speak to you in a good
natured way about your meats."
"My meats?" echoed the landlord. \\ hy.
is there anything wrong about my meats?
I'm get ting the very best."
"It's beefsteak and mutton, you know.
"Yes, I know, and they cost me a heap
of money to get 'em here, ves. sir. almost
worth their weight in silver, but I must have
the best. What is it you complain ofr
"We don't complain. What 1 wanted to
ask you was about game. There must be
game around here."
"Of course. Do you mean to say that
vour crowd wants venison, bear meat, ante
lope, prairie chicken, turkey and so on.
"Kxactly. Yes, that's what we want.
"li[ place of beef and mutton?"
"Well, I'll be hanged. Here, .Tim. tell
the bovs togo out after a cartload of game
and to keep it up for three or four days!
Here's a crowd kicking about steaks at .15
cents per pound and chops at RO and ready
to fill up on game at two dollars a ton. \\ ell,
you eastern folks beat the band in y°'ir
queer tastes about eating! Next thing you 11
be telling me you jirefer wild goose to a Chi
cago sugar cured ham!"— Boston. Globe.
BELIEVES IN HORSE SENSE.
Veterinarian Converted by » SieU
Steed That Soujcht a
Doctor.
"Experience has convinced me that there
is such a thing as horse sense," said a veter
inary surgeon who has a shop on the South
side. "A friend of mine had a beautiful
chestnut driving mure that was subject to
severe spells of colic. About a year ago she
got very sick and Jones, the owner, brought
her over here for treatment. I cared for
her, and she seemed as grateful as a human
being might, rubbing her nose against my
coat sleeve, and showing her affection in her
dumb way.
"One day about six months ago up she
came to the door of the shop, moaning and
evidently suffering acutely. 1 treated her
again and she got better. I found out aft
erward that there was no one at her home
stable that day and that she had worked
the halter off and had set out to find the
doctor."
"Curious circumstance," said the man
who had heard the story.
"liut that's not all of it," said the doctor.
"Three days ago I came down to my office
in the morning about nine o'clock. There
lay the chestnut mare in front of the door —
dead. She had been taken sick, had made
her way as before to the shop in the night,
and found nobody there to give her medi
cines, and she had died. Now, if this story
isn't proof that a horse can reason I would
like to hear something to beat it."—Chicago
Inter Occam ■
A Filipino Tartar.
Lieut. Col, If. H. Sargcant, U. S. A.,
tell.-! many en joyalble a r stories.
Once when instructing 1 sonic new men
lie asked: "Wlhen you are 011 the
f-kinmi.-h line, and suddenly encounter
the eneitny, what would you do?"
"Foil flat." "And what next?" "Stay
there."
On another occasion lie was ques
tioning a man respecting' his absence
for six hours.
"I wis chasing a Filipino for an
hour, sir."
"How about rthe other five hmtrs?"
" The Filipino and his 'friends were
chasing me, siir."—Philadelphia Satur
day Evening Post.
A K esrn In r Riril.
The burglar sometimes becomes a jail
bird, because he's a robin.—Philadelphia
Record.
Try Gruin-O! Try Grain-O!
Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as'well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. 1-4 the price of coffee. 15 cts. and
25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
Artillery.
Artillery is becoming all the time a more
important branch of the military service. In
a sense war is already almost as much of a
shell game as is diplomacy.—Detroit Jour
nal.
CouKliing; Lead* to Conniimptlon.
Kemp's Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Goto your druggist to-day and get a
sample hottle free. Large bottles 25 and 50
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The advice of some people should be ac
companied with printed directions for tak
ing.—Chicago Daily News.
Carter'* Ink.
Good ink is a necessity for good writing.
Carter's is the best. Costs no more than
poor ink.
Fortune sometimes favors the brave and
sometimes she leads thc-m into a trap.—
Puck.
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FAIR WOMEN SPEAK.
Pe=ru=na Works Wonders for the Gentler Sex in
Catarrhal Ailments.
1 MRS. COLONEL HAMILTON, j_
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to me. I feel healthy and
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am in the change of life and it does
me good."
Have you catarrh of the head,
throat, lungs, stomach or any other
organ of the body? If so, write to
Dr. Hartman at once. He w r ill send
you directions for treatment without
charge. Address Dr. Hartman, Colum
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A congestion, inflammation or ul
ceration of the mucous membrane,
whether of the head, stomach, kid
neys, or other organ, is known to the
medical profession as catarrh. It is
known by different names, such as
dyspepsia. Pright's disease, female
complaint, diarrhoea, bronchitis, con
sumption and a host of other names.
Wherever there is a congested mucous
membrane there is catarrh, acute or
chronic.
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