FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
NOTES OF INTEREST ON ACR CUL.
TURAL TOPICS,
Finding the Live Weight of Cattle Feed -
Egg Supply, etc.
Finding the Live Weight of Cattle.
the live weight of cattle, but
lowing is probably the most
Measure the girth around the
just behind the shoulder blade and the
length of the back from the tall to the
fore part of the shoulder blade, Mul
tiply the girth by the length and if
the girtl
ply the product by eleven and the re
sult will be the number of pounds. If
between three and five feet, multiply
by sixteen; if between uve and seven
feet, multiply by twenty-three: if
tween set ™ and nine feet, multiply by
thirty-one; if between nine and eleven,
multiply by forty.
Feed Your Corn,
A lover of statistics has figured out
that of the 250.000.0000 bushels of corn
produced in Nebraska all but 70,000,
000 bushels was fed in the State, the
balance being all that found its way
into the general market. This an
evidence of the enormous improvement
in the feeding industry the
State during the past years, Of
the wheat crop, just one-half of the
whole was milled in the State, the bal-
going to «‘hicago ind other
This showing
COnsuin}
be-
is
stock of
few
ance
points
local
Clans agree » jarge
re from 1
al erop and not in it
to that standard, Nebra
vell off aha Trade Exhibit
good
Fhe
t profit
> feeding
sale,
makes a
for ytion.
that
in
cere
Tues
the
cording
pretty
he
shin
Om
Use Green Bonetoincresse Egg Supply.
in
man
supply
of e
among these
recent years h ractical poultry
has been 5
in the winter by a careful study
rer
£8
producing
must
at
bones, a food th
oreatest egy produces
hen finely
The bone, w
still green,
imal food
fowls, taki the place
and so 1
of the
Worms
upon the
r needed for
) pli
« 41
supplies the mineral
egg formation, the | wphate,
the magnesia, a ideal
egg food,
1
{'T'his leads us to advise poultryinen
amd farmer bone cutters
amd to uti
table
throwing
poultry food
wasted which
mto
ment of an inexpensive machi
little thoughtful Exl)
date Farming and Gardening.
% {Oo pure b
the
nse
lize bones Trem the din
and
them the
of great
ean be
and
instead of
Here is
faile
Cay
ner it DICKS,
Fe
to dogs
value
quickly turned
money profit the
by empoy
and a
i p-to
ne
saving
Cut Nails for Shingle Roof.
barn reshingled
note of a fact
others
in
by wi
of some benefit to
hav ing r i
took
the not
The
#0 badly
nail is
cut nay.
wis not
wire shingle 3
le as the roof
had to replace worn
out, but having been put on with
nails, they had all rusted off,
shingles just dropped out,
had to be
good the shin
t
the
wire
and th
and so
roof renewed No mat
how ]
not « on roof
them, fo
shingles,
ay
are not holding
will find the
less promptly
loose
+1
tie
repaired
soon let in sunshine and
nails are
hut
gles on for
The
much easier
ain
ali well enon ti
gh
it
securely
nail
eX pense
of put
and expect
ing, too,
Those are
and it is quite
cut
who gaing to the
an expelise Now
ting on a good shingle roof
fo have it = » shingles wear
will
of proper
heads, and
tay until ti
out, do well to
length,
the made
epough so it will not rust off
like the small wire nails that are
satisfactory for this purpose
nail near toe
rusts first, and fo make a
heavy nail at head
would be so large that it would split
shringles in driving, If wire nails are
used, they should much heavier
than those usually sold for putting on
shingles. — Farmers’ Guide,
nse cut nails
with good large
heavy
easily
#0 un
end where
nail as
is heaviest
wire
the
as the cut
be
To Keep Stock Healthy.
When scours begin In calves and
pigs it is of little use to attempt to
found ana removed, says The Farm
ers’ Tribune. Most frequently it is
from indigestion, cansed improper
food, or in an improper condition.
have Known a severe in a
that was sucking its mother's
rt we quickly found that she
been overfed with grain after having
been kept without it during the period |
the she had been dry. We have seen
it cansed by calves having their milk |
# 100 sour when fed to them, and by its
having been given too cold. A chill
from a cold draught or from lying In
a wet bed may result in causing a se
vere attack In the ealf, and sometimes
when it was the cow that had suffered.
While we never had on case among
pigs or lambs while we bred them, we
can understand of belleve that the
ane causes might bring on the dis
enae in them, Hemove the cnuse and
then try to give a remedy. If caused
hy a cold, give some warm and stimu.
lating food or drink; a little spirits,
ginger tea, or something of that kind
in the milk will help. Then give char.
conl to correct any acidity in the stom.
ach, the fine or pulverized charcoal
being the best form, with warm mash.
“en, warm and dry beds, snd even a
calf
milk,
axe
warm blanket if they are sick
to keep still
It is desirable, when possible, to re-
| move any animals having this trouble
to a clean place, and to not only
cleanse, but disinfect any place they
| have been in before putting them
| buck again, or using it for others,
Sponging or washing with a strong
{ lution of carbolie acid, or of corrosive
| sublimate, not only desirable gs a
{ deodorizer, but as a destroyer of germs,
| Spraying is the better way, as
can be made penetrate into
and to reach corners where
i washing would not touch, For lambs
with similar treatment to
| that given calves,
enough
RO
is
spray to
| cracks
seours give
Why Poultry Should Pay,
enthusiastic writer, who he
lieves that there is more profit in poul
trly than any, other pursuit on the
farm, gives his reasons therefor in the
following paragraphs:
. Because you ought by their means
great deal of the
into money, in the shape
of eggs and chickens for market
2. Be with intelligent manage
{ ment the y ought to be all-y
excepting, perhaps,
two months, during moulting set
3. Because poultry will yield a
quicker return for the capital invested
than any of the other departments of
agriculture,
{. Because the manure from the poul
try will make a valuable com
post for use in either vegetable garden
The birde chemselves, if
orchard, will de-
Some
in
to waste
of
a a
hte
farm
)Wituse
ear-reveliae
producers, about
1800,
You
house
orchard,
allowed to run in the
gtroy many injurious insects,
5. Because while and fruits
can only be successfully grown in cer-
tain sections, poultry can be raised for
to lay eg H pars of
or
cereals
table use or gs in a
an em-
farmer's wife
and leave
depart
poultry
which
i nn
attend
raising is
the
cnEage
to other
it will hing the best
of
sisson wh 4]
laid eggs
fhe
shape new
winter
time on his hands
start poultry raisin
apital nd
with
or no «
SEA NCes,
mltry
valuable
boarded
entrance
vn ott when
and
convert
0 ever g
fastenes
made moist
bucket
contents of the
nd
fae
int
of wa
shed nn
axtananl
INFODNL
Hd a
3
fesiigits
vegetable
wit wry
compost heap,
of
tds, a pit
deep by
WAY corner ther
box two
] feet
with a partition
At house cleaning time
ull ardedl clothing
old sacks, and the like
spread on the bottom of of
aslo
daily
stant
with boar
half feet
and broad
« middle
spring,
or
y
twelve
and
iis
irthless rags,
the
ore
and during the whole year
fe paper, small rags,
epings from the house
iy added. For tl an old coal
oil can, provided with a handle,
ti door, and
weekly
astonishing
and the
are ¢
his purpose
is Kept
e¢ Kitchen emptied
times
It is
this will aceumulate
of a year. A solid mass of
six by twelve feet and
two feet high contains over five wagon
of n plant
for which one would have to pay
| a snug little sam. BE. C. W. Macdonald
in New England Homestead,
or on the
to
three
[On
t heap
what amount in
fhe Colirse
material
this
loads very cone entrated
food,
Why does the farmer who wants to
| raise raspberries or blackberries just
enough for his own use always set
them out in a bunch? Of course he
puts them in rows and all thas, but
they are soon in a mat and the grass
and weeds are having it their own wa¥
| with them, says a writer in the Amer!
can Agriculturist. When 1 took up
this branch of gardening the first thing
{1 set about to reform was the berry
pateh, which was not only in the last
| atages of weediness and grass, but was
a terror from Canada thistles,
mention the berry bushes themselves,
Now,
he would notice a few long rows of
the full length of the garden. If |
care to I ean hoe them out neatly once
in a while and never a scratch, though
it js probable that some straw mulch
will do the work for me. The rows
run north and south and will shade
other garden crops very little, Here
for passing through the rows,
Straw herr had a hard time of it
this fall, where they had to be trans.
planted. My experience lx that it does
not pay to transplant them in very
dry weatner unless they are to have es.
pecinl care, both in setting and water:
ing afterward, My new bed, which
waited for rain tilt Labor Day and
then was set carefully, was not thor-
the rain that vasase about two
inter, As It most of the
but have made small
Apparently nearly all the
and they were rooted anne
They will
ering of straw this winter,
left in the when growth
in again, 1 am In favor the matted
row system, as it is understood by me,
Runners will be allowed to grow, and
when a new row is established It will
turned. under, oy changing the
place of the row slightly from to
year, new plants will be secured with
out transplanting the farmer can
of strawberry bed
is,
growth.
roots died,
got good cov
will
sis
n
und it
ows
of
ber
year
and
his
Olt rol
THE CHEAP WATCH.
Arguments for and Against ItNo Effcct on
the Repair Business.
effect on
fact, |
gid of a
watch has
irade
said
io
The cheap no
in
thie h
have the
the wate
believe it
firm
wit
Thi
downtown
h-repairing
helps us
id
trad
which Inrgest
i Ki
in the world
heart of
business section is
1.0600
Ai-repair
ing
which Is in the
x house,
never to wanted
in and no wateh
its rey
ired for Sections
4 mos
i Vary
from § day, and
turned |
of the g ips in
iture of the
stufl
propotrion
and the wi
lat of w
This
mid, is kept const
altl
wugh the pr
A Woman's Daring Ride
Boston sch
diers and
par
until
was ordered
hange horses
and
the condition of
Bie
ad hon
roids hail to
tg hile
A Guerilla's Pecullarity,
Colonel John 8B. Moshy
a Richmond pape
of Gueerral Grant,
has writh
an elaborate
n
de
and
me
fo
his friend,
therein remind
or guerillas, ney
in the whale
man carried
fenwe
certain statements
that Mosby '« rangers,
er sabre charge
course of the war E
four pistols, one in each boot leg, and
in Pre, fuEEregating twenty
ahyots There was not a carbine
in the command. Carbines
and sabres had a dis
rattle in their scabbards,
Besides, close quarters were not te the
guerilla liking. With Mosby's men it
wis ever a case of seatter ax soi as
the enemy approached. if ever one
troopers lived in mortal
of another, the honor belongs to
Mosby's men and the Eighth Illinois
Cavalry. The latter was the best eave
Ariny of the Po
tomac, and Sheridan oraered it to go to
Branch to “exterminate as
many of Mosby's men as they can”
The glitter of cold steel Set a Mosby
man off at a gallop. New York Press,
ato nn
ich
two holkt
iw sabre
position to
of
Money Orders That Fall to Reach.
In the course of the year nearly 50,
000 money orders failed to reach the
payees. The number of such cases in
creases from year to Year, correspond.
ing with the aggregate business, In
many ¢ ews remitters hold the orders
deliver is due to defective address; but
employ of the payees or remitters.
Whenever loss is reported, whether ac.
tual or alleged, a duplicate is drawn
promptly, the fssue of which makes
the original void, In the yoar the
number Bo duplicates Issued was
Ap.208, ng an increase over the pres
‘ceding year of 1,008,
|
NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX, |
!
NEWS OF INTEREST ON NUMER/
OUS FEMININE TOPICS. {
Two Novel Wraps ~The Craze for Spangles
flies on Millinery, ele.
Two Novel Wraps.
One of the
Ix a
trakhan,
in
most novel wraps
entirely «
«1 applique
ined the
front There
short cont made
with an embroider
velvet
thie
clasp
0
an
ul
rubs
down
design Hron
Inr and
orname
is
ntal paoeross thé bust
two jewelled buttons
Anothm 3 il ing
of French gray « oth
long black
iN Ove
from
the
coil
long
fim ad
wrap is ¢
ir with
fringe i hie
wrk of
yoke
nile,
§ 4
CHET
che
knoe
The Craze for Spangles.
which fit ti
but
spangles
For
LHeY are now
forming
example, a binck
Scciety Women in Chili.
You seld find a
Santhad¥ Valparaiso who does
in
not
of SOClely woman
speak at least two languages, and most
They are excx
girangers, and ars
of etiquette
the
shop wi
of them thires wRjve iy
formal with fastid
fous al matiers and
You «
their
sot
dress an tell tastes of a
people from dows,
are and allur
in Paris. They are full of the
fashions and novelties from os
in fact, boast of
they anything
that in
which
ip Santiago ax lovely ing
as those
latest
ory country
the people th
ir. Santiago
Paris,
There are several department stores
and arcades and portales filled with lit.
tie shops for the sale of jewelry, mil
linery and fancy goods, which indi
cates the extravagance and the Inxa
rious tastes of the population. No city
of the size of Santiago, 256,000 inhab-
itants, eiber in the United States
Europe, has so many fine
can show a more elaborate
of the gilded side of life,
The shoppers are as fascinating as
the shops, The fashionable hour for
trading is in the morning after mass,
and the ladies order the bills sent to
papa. But the resentment of the stran.
it is the
nt can buy
can be bought
or
stores or
display
thelr mornings hanging around the en
trance of the retail stores, staring at
the ladies who come and go, and mak.
ing rude comments upon their appear.
ance. Valparaiso Correspondence Chi
cago Record,
Tales of Guesn Wilheln ina.
One of the prettiest features of the
Installation of Wilhelmina as Queen of
the Netherlands was the releasing of
6,000 carrier pigeons to bear to every
part of the Low Countries the message
of joy to the Dutch people that their
beloved young Queen had really come
into her own-—had taken her oath of
fealty to them and received through
thelr representtive their own pledge of
ioyalty and devotion. In quaint little
towns, where wind mills turned and
where lazy looking sail boats drifted
up and down canals, Dutch peasants
watched for the white winged messen.
ger, whose coming would announce the
enthronement of the young girl Hol
land loves.
in her childbood she was allowed a
Alay with other children in the streets,
decorations Is a corpination « of moire
and satin in cross tise bloc ks about
three Inches wide,
A
sible
vith
nce,
line
| Once, when she about 10 years
{ old, she enjoying a sleigh ride
with her mother, the Queen Hegent,
and came upon a large grup of ehil
| dren, playing snowball, Wilhelmina |
{ asked permission to join the sport and
still for half an
future of
hit
knows
charged
reat her they Fy on
any school The of
§ purpose was inke Willie novelty in fur] is
| play with other helldren in the streets
Wiis i
Wits i
novelty in fors
migdde to fit th
long ends of
which fasten
with two sable
Er:
ty if tr
nd n
i 0 high collar of
peck and finished
ent chiffon and
ywn at the waist
the royal sledgh stood
wads,
‘while the
therlands
and being
Her
mother
hour, overeign p
“ay
with
nite toques
immed
waving
really very dain
ack tulle rosettes
blag aigrette. A note
Aully chosen guite
fiin especial hat,
wig bolsterously
hit by
teachinrs
the Ne
ting
who,”
{by her
would
nobody
were
CGIOTr eve
titig the style
io 8
Other
a high collar of
und finished
chiffon and
the waist
mother
ming
tr
HER
i see trical § 4
what she Is #1, Whole i 1 ' i
y, well edu
Just
res
Lin
3
health ated Dutol With ng Hin ¢
The
RO,
wWornan dow ut
iin,
in again,
silver
now jin
enamel
any other
a fan
fre ooming
1
i
or
dollars
pl Ye,
they
i
§
vi
dogs
.
ack, and
that one hms
+ fringe
srinds used
amd blue
A preity
not
body
ad cross
of
ihe
the "
former
and finish
SORCERY PROFITABLE IN FRANCE.
A Clever Gang'@ffNsy of Swindling the Cred
nlous Quit of Thouszads,
of Police
a
arrested
likely
of be
rinoe’'s
in
r the po
§
wher
widow
suf-
Mrs 1 decorats
General
his
at she loves best
tship
“Really, he tells
tie and the k
were for my
Well, I knew him
was engaged to
were married,
unsion
Ohitly
triumph
Rigen IY
Heaven
of ii * Au 1 Laey
How J
weeks
she
fe Fier ft ' 8s nal in All
vanished
patient opl
to a somnol
as 1
with
oe
lookil
mgest siege
her
and | 1ha 1 her
a BOON,
F Wax
igendous clanging
Higetonad :
Mao the
me go fin who was
know her a
afiections
five
him two daysbhefore
and two days after
Fred had to leave for Ma
well 1 remember tho
yw 1 begged and implored
General Merriam to Jet
ig with my husband. 1}
how rigidly unwavering
It was only
good fortune that perm
iy gi me to sail
Maj. General Merriam
my re
just
however
Wie awakened
the wedding
la. How
and he
i of
#0 IWo One, am
day =,
Major
nlor
of
her
part appai
was eliciently played by M. Jean
*ad in a gorgeous suit of shi
“® armor surmounted by a ma
nty plumed “Young
ukfal person,” he ue
{be healed. But some your
reatures who are poor suffer
flo. It is written that thon shalt
nifibute to relieve their woes, Give
1,004 francs to the lovely Hebe and
Of Sava thod shalt be healed.” Madame de
The de Ms gnen used to pay. and she was
consists of a looke fitting bodice A ven a third opium pill, which
. her to sleep. When she awoke
skirt with a little round train, tha foolish woman believed she had
as Mre. Funston remark os " :
i : : . { bedh in Heaven, and was thus led to
of a giant dock's tall” | .
"ws fas. 4 pat with £2000,
I'he skirt is ungored, and the train ix | here are w Aen .
only a narrow width, slightly longer e wer victims, Whose
and somewhat rounded off.™ The mate Salle . the Withheld owing to thelr so.
sheerest, silkiest gauze te position, who should have known
woven nist of delicate color, yet | Fer than to be duped by such a vul-
This cloth | ™ fraud. Meanwhile, the Brass
and | 480, Hebe, Rosa and Paule are all in
pineapple plants, and is the only article il, and the police are unearthing fur
of pure native skill. The American ler accomplices. The soccerers, it has
despair were wen discoverad, bad branches in Par
is, where similar swindles were perpe.
fash frnted, and 11 is stated that the vie
jon now decrees, of this material, for 1s are not only choice in quality, but
y
ou The of tix
#3
the ¢ )
by the 17
selon was
ulations are.
Ten two wee ! helmet
wanted to know
for going then and 1 told
him 1 wanted get quainted with
my husband, that was all, He thought
would say,
ason
ARONN of
in
ary
70.”
Mra. Funston has a number
made at Manila, and while
exhibited one to het
friends oe
nd a
and a |
which,
jestingly
like a
she
teen inches in width. With such filmy | i t—— -
material, fhe voderdress is always i Blind '¢ ons and D ame
very elaborate with the gayest colored " "
embroideries, and the entire costume is Sve Aybods on hwy - rind hat
made of the same material, in differs hat peo te who pi a ad fo .
ent qualities. Denver Times, baly hearing” A AIAN? in -—
ee ‘words, thelr wental eye sees nothing;
Fashion Notes. [they only hear sounds.
Four-button glace kid or castor, This interesting point came up before
gloves are the thing for street wear, pa scientific society the other day, and.
Word comes from Paris that si x was found that of 200 blind persons
combs are no longer worn by upg woe had Neth questioned ou tit au.
date women. . re. hose : been 1 blind
An artistic toilet is of Bordeaux o% a. Age and Oi io had never
vit, combined In taffetas in strip beth or Mees in A Wo
of white and barmonizing shades § nll those whose eyesight was destroyed
purple. after the seventh year had as vivid
§ dream visions as
Panne velvet painted a Janey
rate walsts,
still In great
Pe | i