FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS.
Feeding Litters Separately-—-Pip ani Feather
Eating---Unplowed Headland-=Mutton for
Farmers’ Tables-Elc, Etc.
FEEDING LITTERS SEPARATELY,
Pigs do not do well in large droves
because they are selfish and greedy,
and those that are weaklings will be
crowded from the feeding mace and
become poorer than ever, It is never
best to feed two litters together, for
there wil be inherent differences be-
tween pigs born at near the same time,
but of different dems. Thus the piks
from an old, vigorous sow wil always
outgrow those of a sow dropping her
first litter. If two such litters are fed
together the latter will be sure to sul-
fer.
PIP AND FEATHER BEATING.
In pip the tongue of the fowl is hard-
ened. Moisten it several times wi th |
sweet oil and give a dosz of epsom |
salts; let the hardened skin wear away
of its own accord. Feather eating usu-
ally occurs when fowls are losely con-
fined, with little chance for exercise]
and mo change in food. It is very un-
common among fowls that are kept]
seratching and fed with a variety of |
food. When the vice appears, stamp |
ou* the first offenders If the stock is
val's ble mix powdered aloes with lard
and apply freely to the spots alia k-
ed. —New England Homestead.
UNPLOWED HEADLANDS.
it is the practice of many farmers
in plowing grass land, espe ially Jor
hoed crops, to leave an unplowed
space, usually called a headland, on
which the horse can turn when used in
cultivating. But with a careful horse
this care is not necessary in growing
corn or potatoes, though the nursery
man's more valuable stock may jusii-
fy it. In growing corn, farmers
plant two or three rows of potatoss
next the fence. But these scattering
rows of potatoes are difficult to har-
vest, as the wagon has to be drawn all
around a fleld to gather a few p~ia-
some
toes. We used, in the later years of
our farming, to planl corn out to the
end of the row. If while sm all, a hill
of corn was stepped on, there is still
time to plant a hill of beans Yet we
always noticed that they were better
than those ripened earlier and had bat-
ter ears than the middle of the fle'd
Most corn is planted to closely to yield
the largest amount of grain —Boston
Cultivator.
MUTTON FOR FARMERS TABLES
good per cent. of potash preferred, Pu
it in with a wheat drill, passing ove
he ground twice, putting in GOO pound
it sath time, which distributes it mor
evenly. The fertilizer should be sow
as early as possible. Get good seed
Don't look at the price, as poor seed
is too high at any price. Be sure anc
test the seed before sowing. Four
pounds per acre of good seed is suf
ficlent and will give a good stand, Plant
your seed : bout a half inch deep and
about twelve grains to the foot. Put
the rows twelve inches apart, Cult!
vate them as Soon as you Can see
them peeping out of the soil. Then It
does not matter if one Is covered, ag
it will push out again. Mixing radish
seed with the onion is practiced by
some growers, the radish seed sprout
ing first.—Ira Graber, in the Epito-
mist.
DEHORNING CATTLE.
Dehorning cattle has been extensively
taree weeks old, in order to realize the
highest price for the carcase. Thay
fatten more readily, are more quiet in
disposition, and make a much more
rapid growth.
Know what your cows are doing by
weighing the milk of cach animal fre-
quently, An ordinary olal scale set
back so that the pall added the indica-
tor will stand at zero will give you the
weight of the milk only at each opera-
tion, The milk of any animal falling
much below that of others
in weight should be tested for quality
and if badly lacking the cow should be
sold nt once.
Do not mate animals when either one
is deficient In some essential feature
with the idea that the strong points of
the male will overcome the deficiencies
of the female, or vee versa. Bear in
mind that both animals should be as
nearly perfect as possible to secure a
progeny of value. This rule is as applic-
able.to poultry as to other live stock.
practiced in many parts of the country. Poultrymen using incubators find
In the dairy sections, the need and ad- | "the proper degree of moisture” the
vantages of dehorning are not as well [Stumbling block to success. To avoid
| understood as cn the ranges where cat- | this trouble incubators should be
[tle run together in large herds. | placed in cellars which are always
The subject is attracting attention | moist, and the machines will rot then
just at present and the bulletin on de- | require the use of water pans uptil the
horning now being distributed by tha | 688 are a the last ssages of nculn-
Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta | dom, if at-all.
tion will be read with unusual intere. | Dalrymen, whether large or small,
The following conclusions regarding | Should not attempt the home process
dehorning are taken from the bulletin | of skimming milk by hand. It is im-
Dehorning is to be recommended be- | possible for the hand to do the thor
cause dehorned cattle are more easly | ough work of the separator, and more
cared for than those with horns, and than one dairyman has been feeding
| because dehorned cattie enjoy life bet. many per cent of butter Jy to pigs
ter. “A great deal of suffering is pre iy Jue sebava’or would have saved
| vented by the removal of horns.” To| =
dehorn mature animals, cl ppers should An illinois breeder recommends the
be used that will remove the horn per. | U5 of salt-water or weak brine applied
fectly at a single stroke and in a mo-| © the backs of cattle to kill the fes
ment of time tive warble. Says he has used this
When it is skilifully performed ani- Foe Io y ers without i
mals do not give evidence of great sul- MRL A any bag olects whaleve:
fering ag an effect of dehorning. The Sub-watering has been found profit
. able for both flowers and vegetables
tissues Injured in dehorning are not in the green-house, The first cost for
very well supplied with nerves, and, am > eon Yel .
arrangements is considerable but the
they are quickly cut through. Good greater profit soon makes up the
evidence that dehorning Is not very| yw. mance
puinin} is the fact that cattle will re
ime feeding immediately after being wi RAR CRS
erates on, and the yield of milk in QUEER RELIGIOUS SECT.
cows is not perceptibly affected.
Compared with castration of colts | Their Name Is “Evening Light," and They
and calves, dehorning may be consider Keep to Themselves.
ed painless, Those who are familia There 's a gect known as the "Even.
with the operation of dehorning and ing Light. "scattered throughout In-
the results of it are its most enthusias- | diana, Ohio and Michigan. The fami-
tic advocates. In the past, efforts have lles are not isolated, but form commun.
frequently been made to prevent the ities. No one is really leader, but in
practice of dehorning on the ground MM h community there always is a man
that it caused needless palin. It would who is lo d up to. Although nearly
seem to us that efforts can now bel. all are well-to-do, no attempt at dis
ter be expended by endeavoring to have is ever made The homes are in
the last relic of a horn removed from One-story houses, built about the house
our domestic cattle, who ceased to need Where the sect eets on S
them when they came under the pro. Where they have no meeting house
tection of IAL. they meet in the homes of the far ilies
Horns may sothetimes be ornamental, | To h in a. Hiney have Ro =
There is no meat quite 80 convenient
for farm use as mutton, as the car-
cass of an average sheep can be eas
kept in most families until it can be
eaten. It is very easy to kill and dress
a sheep Not even poultry can be pro-
pared for the table with so little trouble
What is better, the mutton killed cn
the farm is of superior quality It
lacks the “wooly taste” which so often
comes to mutton from sheep that have
bean long driven to market, or that
have had to endure long journéys by
railroad, often without food or drink
for z= to 36 hotirs. It is one of the
advantages of better prices for woo
that more farmers will be able to keep
sheep. If mutton could more generally
supersede fat, greasy pork on farmers’
tables, they and their families would
be much more healthful than they are
under present conditions.
VALUE OF | MIX XED GRAIN
For soiling purposes a mixture of
wheat, barley and oats gives profitable
results. Cut it just before the bios-
soms appear. If a succession is sown
the product may be had for use during
the latter part of summer and early
fall at a time when pasturage is pt
to be short.
The same mixture can be sown to ad-
vantage for the grain, which is partic
larly useful for fattening animals. The
propostion of the mixture sown should
depend somewhat on what grain grows
best on the land you have, but usual-
ly of the three bushels roqared for
an acre, two parts each of wheat and
barley and one of oais would be about
the proper proportion in making the
mixture. Sow early in the spring, tak-
ing care that the soil is we'l pulverized
and that the seed is covered well, Har- |
vest when the grain is well ripened,
thresh and grind the grain together.
Young stock particularly fare well on
this ration, which is a well balanced |
one.~— Atlanta Journal, i
GROWING ONIONS ON MUCK LAND.
The land should be plowed in the fall
of the year, as'soon as possible after
the crop has been. harvested, Befors |
plowing the land it should be thorough- |
ly cleaned from weeds and other rub-|
bish, which should be hauled off. Plow
it about four inches deep tnd then drag
it once before winter sets in, Give it a
coating of wood ashes, unleached,
about one caricad for ten acres. in
many places ashes can be had very
cheap. Ashes are one of the best fer-
tilizers for muck land, keeping the soil
joose and also cleaner from weeds,
Work your land as early as practicable
in the spring. As soon as the soi] is
thawed several inches deep run a har-
row over it several times, as the one
great advantage of successful onion
cultivating is getting them planted ear-
Some growers plant them before
of the frost is out of the ground,
but it is evident that th are usually
ey
useless, expensive and dangerous juxu-
ries
ROUP AND KINDRED AILMENTS. |
In roup there is an offensive smell,
which makes the digsase «
out that bad odor it is not roup, but
rather some ailment, which, if neglect
ed. will lead on to the dreadful dis
ease
A fowl may sneeze, and have a thin
watery discharge from the
and even be feverish, and yet not have
nosiris,
roup
Or. the discharge may be thick and
of a yellow, white or greenish color,
much like It would be in case of ca-
tarrh, and yet not be roup
Or, the head and eyes may swell, and
the bird may be feverish, and still no
roup
Or, the eyes may become ulcerated,
the fowl rapidly falling away, and still
#
no roup
Or, the face may
and assume a scarlet
bird fall into a dropsy
yet roup may not be
Or, there may be a
throat when breathing,
cough and expec
eyes, and still the
from roup
What, then, is roup?
The bird, to lave
must have all of these symptoms A
discharge from the nose and eyes,
which becomes thick and very offen-
sive: the nostrils clogged up by this]
discharge; the eyelids swollen and
stuck together, and in severe cases the
whole face swollen.
80 it will be seen that roup, practl
cally, is a combination of all the symp- |
toms that we have enumerated. Take
| those symptoms separately, and they |
can be cured-—but take them collective |
become puffed up,
color, and the
condition, and
reached,
rattling in
accompaniad
n, inflamed
free
the
toratis
f may
by
wi be
genuine roup,
health again. If the symptoms cannot |
be successfully handled, no time shou! al
be lost, but the patient should at once |
be killed and buried deep. A neglect |
to do that may endanger the entire]
flock.— Wisconsin Farmer,
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Fresh alr and exercise increase the
egg yield,
Darkened nests are a sure cure for
eating hena, ’
April hatched chicks are the most
profitable to raise, They lay eggs in
the fall and winter.
Cut clover hay is a valuable egg food
and will go a long way toward keeping
the biddies in healthy laying condition
Yellow legs and skin are preferred
in American poultry markets, and
command the best prices when proper.
ly prepared.
Skim milk is next in value to fresh
meat as an egg producer. It may be
fed alone or mixed with ground grain
in the morning mash.
he considers best for the comma
When they meet at one ot ihe
the host alw bas ready a
1 ‘al
This wears peculiar
The women make all the met
When the baby boy's dresses are
from him he is clothed in the
is to wear for life. They wear
reaching to their ankles and t
their knees A walsteoat and a hat
complete the outfit, except in cold
weather, when an overcoal is added,
Ohiy heavy brown or black material
is used in making the clothes of the
men
The young women dregs in either
black or bright blue and use no trimm-
ings iheir aprons are always brown
Cashmere is the cloth used for dresses
The bonnet is after the sunbonnet style
and has a skirt in the rear. Hrown
and black satin is used to make them,
To keen out the cold winter the
women wear hlack cashmere shawls
There are no barbers in the commun.
ity The hair allowed ETOW
These people never take part in poii-
tics,
photographs taken
their property, and
his the others starts him
parents match the child
they are born and they
in each others company,
to understand that they
of
is to
They
if one ghouid
anew
en AS S00 as
are brought up
and are made
are marry
after they
Children stay with
their parents until they marry. The
marriage ceremony consists of the
bridegroom putting a ring on the
bride's finger and thef both drinking
holy water. A big dinner {s served and
joe
The
to
leave their homes
which
they find already. Where this sect
oricinated is not known. The men are
very fond of horses. —New York Press
Small-Bore Rifle.
In the course of a letter to the
“Temps.” M. Buffet, a French artist
iwho has just returned from Abys-
ginia, wheres he has painted portrails
of the Emperor and Ras Makonnen,
coming Salon, says: “It was in a great
degree to the small-bore guns with
which the Italian troops were armed
that the Abyssinians owed their vic
tories. Ras Makonnen and several of
a bullet had gone right through them
their men had lost none of their dash.
if the bullet did not kill at once—and
nine out of ten times that was not the
case—they did not even know they
were wounded, and fought as furiously
as their comrades, Their wounds
healed in a very short time unless ¢
vital organ had been touched. The re-
sult is that the Abyssinians dedpise
such modern arms.” In view of pos-
sible debates as to the Dam-dum bullet
this testimony Js not without itz im.
NEWS FOR THE nl Sh
— |
ITEMS OF INTEREST ON NUMEROUS FEY |
NINE TOPICS.
Girls’ Jacket+Pretty Neckwear=Are You
Just Married ¢---Gorgeous Hatpins-=Do
Not Like to Be Servants---Etc, El
PRETTY NECKWEAR.
A plain, black gown that {8 worn
with the prim linen collars and cuffs
for morning can be made to look like |
festive attire for evening by adding
a becoming chiffon stock, finished with
a jabet of lace. The long lace scarfs
of white or black are very popular. |
They are put about the peck twice and
tied almost at the side. A patural
flower pinned in the lace is an added |
charm.
rere
BOY'S BLOUSE.
The blouse is a thoroughly comfort-
able and satisfactory garment for a
els or wash
for Hs
flann
fitted
being equally
nt.
The fitting is very simple, being
accomplished by shoulder and under
arm seams only the closing 18
effected by buttons and button holes
made through a boxplalt on the left
side. The sleeves are [ooss, one seal
gathered at the arm's eye and wrist
which Iz finighed with a stright cuff
The neck i2 finished with a mpie
satior collar, which with the box plait
and stitched on pocket may or may t
be made of a contrasting color Ti
lower edge of the waist is fini i
with a cazing through which an elas
ic ribbon may rur
ARE YOU JUST ARRIED?
Try to be satisfied to mmence of
a small scale
Try to avo
take of mg
“where the pa
Try not to | d
covet their cos
Try going 1 t
the homes of t
dissalisfaction
Try buying )
work with ski!
the house at
will render it minrtable
Try being perfectly in m
the first, and shun debt in 2
GEORGEOUS HATPINS
Hatpina are so gorgeous that they
out do the gorgeous hata, The newest
are set with very large jadestones,
which, by the way, are having a great
run, being considered as having the
! properties of a talisman. It's all very
| well for young women away over in
{ China to think that an evil fate will
| overtake them if they leave off their
| Jadestones once, but it seems odd tha:
1 American women should feel the same
| way about China's sacred stone. This
doesn’t appear quite fair to that left
hind foot of our Southern graveyard
rabbit. But to get back to hatpina
The size of the beautiful bite of glass
+bat do duty as opals, amethysts, rm
bies, emeralds, and so on, declares that
they are impostures. So it is just as
sasy for the maid to skewer her hat
sn with four or five of these brilliant
satbles as it is for the mistress. The
prettiest of these pins and the moat
dainty looking is one set with a large
American pearl, iocrusted with bril-
liants,
DON'T LIKE TO BE SERVANTS
In Manchester, England, recently
Mrs. Esdalle read for the Manchester
Ladies’ Literary Club a most interes’.
ing paper on “The Domestic Problem.”
She sald that It was as difficult to got
girls of the wage earning class
recognize that domestic work is beat
for them as it is to get the working.
man to return to the soil. Eventually
she expects the national character of
well appointed homes for s2parate fam. |
ilies will be altered because of the
scarcity of good servants
She thinks a servants’ bureau would
be better than the usual registry of-
flees, and would have it in charge of |
an officer appointed by some guild, |
Lack of personal freedom seems to be |
the great grievance of the servant.
NEW FAD IN BELTS,
There is something distinctly new |
in the belt line for the college girl,’
or rather the girl who has a fondnoss
for college students, It is a belt made
women who are interested in college
boys only in a sisterly or motherly way
is made of amber or tortoise shell,
{and Las a huge cameo for a bu kis,
{ The shell or amber 18 cut in very small
| heart-shaped pteces znd set close to-
gether,
of having scales. The car
of it,
encircled
however,
sOme cages it is by tur-
lest of pink coral
all the women who own the very large
80 fond-
their
are utilizing them
Bome of old
magnificent
of
cherished by
their mothers,
belt buckles
are surrounded
and others by
diamonds,
ly
and
for
pins
these
by
the whitest
white
ON
the
THE VOICE
American
known 1
them
MARY
It
ANDERSON
that
musical
Yoice
o civiliza-
notice it
a three
where
said
least
America
returni
is
tion elves
on
months’
ns
home after
in
ice 8 alm
ng
sojourn Europe,
harsh
refinad
Moulton, w
every year in Sngland
fully mouth
0
sl uni
Mrs
spends
sald
OArse, vi
among
Chandler
people
“= ho
i, ones
io
harsh America
home
Bong
takes a become accens
the nasal,
when | There
Young
ose coming |
voice come
won my
d greet with rap-
wh
for ther Jow musical
of
Ewes
voices, full ulation and varied
intonation:
a8 every one
knows,
vated In
--*
veloped
yet, and | hey made Lhe
more
ment
acket of the
simple as to be easily made by
home dressmake The material
TS Tee
ANOS
surface
povelty in blue cloth with raised
of a darker shade on its rot
he joose graceful fronts laps well ov
other, and buttons to the
the standin }
deep sailor collar may be
upon the
shoulder
the side, Lhe
sewed on with the coliar or made sepa-
rate. “The back is seamed in the center
and joined to the fronts by means of
under arin pieces, the seams being left
~ellars that are very much in fashion
1o=e collars are of silk and lace com.
ined, or of silk, or all of lace
They are square at the back, and in
form revers, and are fastened
gilt buttons. Blue, brown, and
are the favorite colors, and they
always becoming, because the col.
relieves any sombre Appearance
give,
The sailor and the Alpine hat are to
be the smart styles for every-day wear,
¥
all
with
tan
iar
For smart occasions the fancy straws
trimmed with flower gardens of flow.
ers are in fashion. The coloring on
{the hats is particularly charming: the
lack hats are the finest, softest stray,
are almost flat in shape, and the crown
is completely covered with the flowers,
Wile flowers, poppies, and corn-flow-
ers are all greatly in use; while for the
leghorns and white straws the roses
and the daisies are preferred. All the
hats are a good gize, and there is not
so much cccentricity displayed in the
shapes as was the case last year. In-
des d, it would seem as though a great
effor made to have the giris look
as nd gi in their dross
as Fry Bazar,
FASHION NOTES
Th geason’s hat are veritable gard-
eng, viol eg of the valley, morn-
ng glories cacia and roses being
used in profusion
affleta walsts, covered with beavy
cream and ne ither put on us
api ie Or cordion pleats, ars
much worn ti ¥
he mo be hats have for
trimming of tulle, flowers
i £pa ‘ popular flowers
bein the old English garden
kind
The pointed she
ale ne «
wear the materials used most
are black ly lace, with burat
nEe i
Stik waists tl season are keeping
the designers y, and the result of
thelr bor is seen on al des. Among
the pretiy eits are those with
many tucks an ished with a short
skirt. which shows a little below the
belt
A pretty effect’ in hats is of black
fancy braid, with double brim and soft
rown, overla with sequins. At the
side are white plumes held with shirr-
ed rosettes of three tones of watermel-
rn pink, and fastened with a jewelled
buckle
One neat design in lawn is a gray
ground, with three diagonal white
stripes, about a quarter of an inch
wide, spaced 80 a8 10 give a checker-
board effect These unite to form dia-
mond checl and on the surface are
sprinkled carelessly tiny designs of
fiower springs of conventional figures
he visiting and reception EOWHS
th ason are gent reminders of
sone by. the demure quaker colors
and lave ors h worn in the old
ny wing or more in vogue, A pred.
gown i2 of lavender colored crepe de
f e, with a t ng of poini ap-
p © % £
It len fancy silk skirts in-
SABCS. al ) the counters they
are displays varied styles and col-
sR One that § WOT 3 of notice is
of white taffeta, trimmed with many
roweg of insertion and edged with
fie es, the bot-
sunces of par.
Antics of Electricity.
“he mention of electricity of a frisky
whavior will suggest to most peapis
OI f its actions on the trolley, or
al t the street cars, or in connection
vith electric light wires, when if
breaks go-—which are all of too dan-
gerou ter to be amusing. not-
ir s pranks on their own
dons 1 no “live” wire be within
a mile
os not iways occur to our
minds that electricity is playing a Mt-
po trick when we take a sheet of writ-
{ a pile and find it does
se, but drags along an
mor “sticking closer
ion of the immense sheets
of hook paper on a printing press in
| certain states of the aimosphere—when
| one is slid on to the form of type and
| has one or more others partially ad-
|
i
then taking
| Right away from the press 10 some
dingy resting place—{requently keeps
the pressmen in an uncomfortable
open for little distance. The sleeves
ar: two named and gathered at the
saonlder, the pockets are inserted at
lid over them.
rows of narrow braid on the pocket
| lids, sailor collar and at the wrists, the
standing collar being covered with the
| same braid with narrow interceses be- |
| tween. This jaunty style is popularly |
with braid.
i
GIRLS’ COATS AND JACKETS.
Such action results from the attrac.
tion and repulsion of frictional elec-
tricity—the same kind that is produced
by the chafing of the silk flaps against
the rotating glass disk in the so-called
“slectrical machine.”
An experiment with the same kind
of electricity, which can easily be tried,
is to apply gentle friction to a this
|
i
and oflleges in this part of the world,
These flage are linked together by
silver chains, gilded, and the effect is
88 gay as a happy college boy's heart.
The blue emblem of Yale waves side
by side with the crimson of Harvard
it
double ruffle of white ribbon.
: revers which
3
ing it near the wall of the apartment,
it will be attracted thereby, and adhere
to the surface—be it wood, plaster or
paper—for a brief time. —Lippincott's.
The Deadly Lamp.
Of tha 3.500 fires to which the Lone
| don Fire Brigade was cailed last year, |
no fewer than 335 were caused rv
| petroleum lamps. This is an Ineroase
Retribution, that inevitable