OF INTEREST ON ACR CUL-
TURAL TOPICS,
NOTES
Cows and Pigs Pull Together—Irrigation
Reservoirs Carrots Stunted by Crowd.
ing, elc,. etc.
Cows and Pigs Pull Together,
A common mistake is in believing
that the pig crop must be curtailed if
more cows are supported on the farm. |
Under good manageient the cow is
step-mother to swine breeding.
Irrigation Reservoirs. |
Irrigation Reservoirs are used to |
store water that may fall between ir- |
elgating seasons. After the reservoir |
is full any excess of water shouid be |
allowed to flow down to the irrigated
district and be applied to the land so
that the ground will be thoroughly sat.
arated before moisture is actually re
quired. During an average year a res
ervoir can be tilled several times each
season from freshets, i
' J }
Ensilage for Horses. |
As many people have an idea that en- |
silage not ao food for horses,
we will call attention to the fact that
the Virginia Experiment Station has
been testing it, and they report that
the trouble from its use has arisen from
too much having been fed at the be |
ginning, and as the horse likes it he
is tempted to eat too much of it, as |
he might of green grass or clover. This
more apt be the case when It
contains a large amount of corn. When
they began by feeding small quantities
and increased very gradually in the
amount given no injury resulted, and
after they were well accustomed to its |
use they would not eat too heartily of
it, even when given opportunity.
Is good
is to
Carrots Stunted by Crowding.
All kinds of roots are much better if !
given plenty of room in which to grow.
Probably no root suffers more from
crowding than the carrot, for the rea-
son that when it germinates, the leaves
are so small that It is hard to tell
whether a cluster of leaves represents
one, two or three plats. [It is a great |
i038 every way to allow the roots to
crowd each other in growing. The
bulk of twe or three roots growing to-
getaer is not nearly so great as one
gogd-sized carrot. The short-horn car. |
rots, which grow partly ont of ground,
can be seen much better than those
whose roots are entirely below the sur-
face. And perhaps because the short-
horn carrot grows partly above ground
it Is not Injured so much by growing |
in a clump. It Is also more nutritious |
than the deep-rooted carrots, but it!
need to be gathered before the soll |
freezes very deeply, else the root will |
not keep well. Parsnips can be al
lowed to stand in the ground all win-
ter,
Feeding Young Pigs.
For pigs just after weaning we find
nothing better than wheat middlings
and skim milk. Sometimes we cannot
get all the skim milk we want. and
bave to divide the limited supply
among those most needing it. We have
used ground oll cake and ground flax-
seed in very small quantities, steeped
with the middlings;: bot though they
are better than nothing, they do not
equal milk. Of the two, probably the
ground flax seed Is the better, but |
it'shiould not constitute more than
about five per cent of the total food.
By the time the pigs are about three
months old a little ground grain is
usually added. We like barley for this
purpose, and often add a few
ground as finely as possible.
Soon after this, a few roots are add-
ed to the ration. We have fed roots |
cooked and raw, and have very little |
preference, except that sometimes
cooked roots are eaten a little more |
readily, We prefer sugar beets, but
turnips and mangels are also good.
When potatoes are fed, they are al |
ways cooked. When fed raw, the roots |
are pulped and mixed with the meal
ration, after which the whole mass is |
moistened. As to quantity of roots, |
we have fed to growing pigs as high |
as fifty per cent. of the total ration:
that is to say, equal quantities by
weight of roots and meal mixture.
This, however, is an excessive quanti
ty, and probably the roots should
not exceed 25 per cent. of the
total weight of the ration (25 pounds
roots to 75 pounds meal mixture), In
these matters, however, the feeder
must be guided by the condition and
the whims of appetite of the pigs. —
Farm, Field and Fireside,
oats |
i
¥
Quack Crass Hard to Cet Rid Of.
Whether the season Is wet or dry,
this persistent grass seems to thrive,
Even on the most highly cultivated
farms, It often gets the upper hand
and the fleld must be rotated frequent.
ly In order to be at all profitable. In
eastern New York It seems to have
been as bad, If not worse, than usual
this year In spite of the fact that part
of the season was very dry. It is
especially annoying in strawberry
tlelds, as it comes up In the rows and
cannot be killed out no matter how
frequent the cultivation or how care.
ful the hoeing.
The only way to hold it in cheek at
all is to plow the land as soon as the
summer crop Is off, then go over with
# AA 2030
first time, but will check the growth
that may be started. Continue this
until the ground Is planted to some
fall erop or until the weather is cold
enough to prevent growth, In the
spring put the land in some cultivated
crop, cultivating early enough to pre-
vent any leaf growth. In this way,
the roots that were left in the ground
of food secured through thelr leaves.
A farmer in Dutchess County, New
states that from five acres he
hauled off four wagon loads of roots
during the summer. This shows
necessity of preventing the develop
ment of quack grass.—American Agri-
culturist.
Planting and Sowing Asparagus.
The best time to plant asparagus Is
or more in length, and those who raise
their own plants have, therefore, the
advantage. When they have to he
bought they ought to be sent for be-
fore this growth has been made,
otherwise the chances are the young
shoots will be hroken and the new root
fibres dried up. They need not be
planted directly they arrive, but may
be spread out on the surface of a
warm border and covered with two
inches or rather less of fine light soll,
transplanting to the beds after top and
If
not already done, the beds ought to be
prepared for either planting or sowing
at once, sowing seeds where the plants
Where forcing is resorted to an old
feet wide,
every case, If seeds are sown Dow
There ls no particular art in grow.
ing asparagus. Where the site is nat
a gravelly nature, all that is needed Is
a good depth, or say from twelve
inches to eighteen inches of geod soll
on this. When beds are formed mark
out the site, which should be well
drained, allowing alleys two feet wide
between. Throw out all the good sur-
face soll and break up the subsoil. If
the latter is very clayey remove a
good portion of this, substituting any
free working soll, coarse mortar rub-
bish, and strawy manure for this.
not very clayey be content to add mor-
tar rubbish, half-decayed manure, and
decaying garden refuse. The top soil
to be returned to its original pesition,
of the mortar rubbish, leaf soll, well
decayed manure and such life,
Hints for the Beginner.
When one attempts ralsing ducks
mind that ducks are essentially differ.
themselves, success or failure depends.
The nest for hatching should be upon
the ground, if possible, as duck eggs
pose. In this way the eggs draw more
unnecessary to sprinkle them, The
eggs should not be washed
badly soiled, as the surface is oily une
natural conditions should be interfered
with as little as possible.
will
REN
skin which may become too dry. But
such assistance should not be given un-
less actually necessary. They require
nothing to eat for twenty-four hours,
when bread crumbs soaked In milk
A drinking fountain Is
necessary, or something similar, as
from the first they will attempt to get
into the water. They must be Kept
dry until nearly feathered out. They
require soft feed, a mash of corn meal,
but it should net be sloppy and should
be cooked or scalded, Johnny cake
crumbled up may also be given them,
They are very fond of milk, and either
milk or water should be always ac
censible to them, this is especially nec.
essary while eating, as they want a
drink with every mouthful of food.
The water soon becomes filthy, as they
drop food and dirt into it while drink.
ing, and they should be kept separate
from chickens so that the latter will
not be compelled to drink the water
and become lable to disease,
Feed every two or three hours the
firat few days, after that feed five
times a day. Unless they have free
range on a gravelly soll they must be
supplied with coarse sand or gravel
from the first or they will have ind}
gestion. It may be mixed In their
food-—about one teaspoonful to a pint
of food. When they begin to feather
out it Is really a matter of economy
to feed them linseed meal, This great.
ly assists them in feathering out and
satisfies their craving for something
of that nature, the lack of which will
cause them to pull feathers. Rome.
times there is one more backward In
development than the others, and this
one will annoy and seriously injure
others In the flock by pulling feathers,
and should be kept by Itself,
Green stuff is a very lmportant item
and should be fed every day. If the
ducks have access to grass, of course,
If comparative tests as to age are a
part of your scheme, give the pullets a
full year,
True economy consists in well direct
ed effort, for that Is economy of time,
energy and strength,
Chopped clover cut short, scalded
and mixed with bran and oats, makes
a frst rate morning feed.
Alr is cheap, but not when it slides
through an unfilled erack at a tem-
perature far below zevo,
Sifted coal ashes are good material
{to fill up the low places in the poultry
run, The fowls will eat many of the
| cinders,
Light Brahmas make good broilers if
taken early enough before they get
long-legged and rangy. At two Ibs
welght they are plump and soft meat
ed and make a dainty morsel,
A barrel of lime is worth much more
than its cost to a man who admires
neatness around the place. When the
old weatherbeaten shed Is whitewash
ed, if there is any left over that has
| become alrslaked sprinkle a little
around the stables each morning and
| notice the difference it makes.
Linseed and cottonseed (cake or
meal) Is excellent, but all olly foods
are lable to cause moulting, Use lin.
seed meal In preference. Begin with
a spoonful per day to each fowl, and
gradually increase to a gill. It
cathartie, and may cause looseness of
meal is rather constipating, bye is o
good food,
TWENTIETH CENTURY'S DAWN,
i The Friendly Islanders will be the First
People to Hall its Advent.
tieth century will be the Friendly Is
landers, for the date-line, as it may
be called, lies In the Pacific Ocean just
to the east of their group,” writes John
Ritchie, Jr, In the Ladies’ Home Jour
the rest of the world will be enjosring
some phase of Monday, the last day of
the nineteenth century (December 31,
o'clock; at Manila it will be two hours
earlier in the evening: at Calcutta the
English residents will be sitting at
their Monday afternoon dinner, for it
will be about six o'clock; and in Lon
don, “Big Ben' in the tower of the
House of Commons, will be striking
the hour of noon. In Boston, New
| York and Washington half the people
will be eating breakfast on Monday
ily conscious of the dawn. At the same
{moment San Francisco will be in the
deepest sleep of what is popularly call
ed Sunday night, though really the ear.
ly, dark hours of Monday morning, and
half the Pacific will be wrapped in the
darkness of the same morning hours,
which become earlier to the west. until
at Midway or Brooks Island it will be
but a few minutes past midnight of
Sunday night”
The White House Fighting Fish.
A gamy, omnivorous fish with a can.
| which sports In the White House agua
Washington. In size it is no
{longer than one’s little finger. The
male is the fighter, though its mate
“will not hesitate to take a fin against
{ anything that comes its way.
i
i
House from Siam ten years ago, and
:
| tween six hundred and a thousand of
kept in separate tanks,
prey is the gold fish, and a tiny Para.
i will tackle a goldfish treble its sine and
i kill it with one blow from its fins,
{| "The Paradise fish displays instinct
that comes close to intelligence,
knows its keeper and when he goes
near the tank, which he never
tie fellow comes to the surface and
makes a peculiar noise which resem.
bles a low whistle, This is continued
until the keeper tosses in the food,
When a number of these fish come
to the surface at the keeper's approach
the sound recnlls that of a flock of
quail drumming.
The Best Horseradish.
Some Tple care for nothing but
lemon on raw oysters, but there are
others who desire horseradish. Usual
ly such folk regard the strongest horse.
radish as the best, but an experienced
vendor of the condiment, Peter O'Neill,
of Castle Valley, pooh-poohs this point
of view. “Why should the strong
horseradish be considered good 7 says
he. “It brings tears to your eyes and
lifts the top of your head off, and
makes you want to sneeze. It has no
taste whatever. The mild horseradish,
that which has stood a while, Is the
best and pleasantest always, There is
nothing so foolish as 0 think that the
strong, biting kind Is the fresh-—-that
Is the reason why It Is preferred to the
mild sort--for the very stalest, weak:
est horseradish can be made in twenty
minutes strong enough to blow your
head off. All you need to do Is to add
sn... to it. Try this some time, Just
take any old horseradish, dump in a
spoonfull of salt and then notice the
difference. I don’t know why salt
should have such a powerful effect on
the stuff, but vo doubt a chemist could
tell you that.”
NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX.
NEWS OF INTEREST ON NUMER-
OUS FEMININE TOPICS.
min
A Public Spirited Woman A Child's Sleep
ing
Women, etc., etc.
A Public Spirited Woman,
Mrs. Enriquita A, Rylands, of Man-
chester, England, has just given a mag-
nificent library building to that city.
It Is of fourteenth century Gothle
architecture and constructed of Pen
rith stone, with cloistered corridors,
groined roof and stained glass win.
dows, that make it seem like a med.
laeval monastery,
The bullding was erected to serve as
a home for the superb and almost
priceless collection of books made by
the late Mr. Rylands, and his widow
has given the name “John Rylands Li.
brary” to make it serve also gs a wonu-
ment to her husband,
A Child's Sleeping Hours.
The baby should be taught to sleep
regular hours. At first he will sleep
ing. At the age of six the child should
sleep ten or twelve hours at pight and
two hours during the day. Between
these ages the amount of sleep should
diminish. The method of
os
as to
leave
are comfortable
well,
that they
and are then
may
to such a rage as to have convulsions
but
infant may be trusted to
“ery it in safety, and after the
first disappointment is over will
be happler and more contented to take
the ups and downs of life uncomplain.
ingly.—-Dr. A. 1. Benedict in the Wom.
an’s Howe Companion,
the young
out”
be
An Odd Occupation for Women,
London has a volunteer police force,
like of which is not to be found
outside the King of Dahomeys's ama
zonfan guard. Friday is market day
at Covent Garden, and in the early
morning there is such a crush and con-
fusion of traffic there, with its accom
paniment of wrangling and unreason
ing drivers, that the regular police
force is powerless to preserve order
But Covent Garden has a contingent of
dart in and out among the carts catch
ing at horses’ heads, ordering some of
the drivers to stop, others to back orf
to move until lines of traffic
are cle The old women are paid
small salaries by the proprietors of the
markets, and they many tips
besides from drivers,
on, the
Ted
receive
Courting Oom Paul's Neices
The Boer g
South
to
and
irl of the country districts
Africa Republic
fown
“is able
to once fi
to the
communion, which is
the chief festival of these deeply re
ligious people,” writes Howard C. Hil
in Ladies’ Home Journal.
The journey U town is made in
IX-lenns, and may reqaire a week's or
a month's thwe, but It is always an
only or twice
go
then it is attend
or
legas the
» the
is about sixteen, when is
supposed to have attained the
age Then some tall, robust
Boer youth, whom she has met at for.
she
ask ber whether he may
ting," which is a sort of ultimatum be.
fore an ultimatum,
young Beor will shortly afterward ride
many miles across the
For two
Boers to arrive at this period of court
ship is equivalent to announcing the
bride begins preparation for the wed
ding.”
Tulle Toques for Evening
About the prettiest evening hats this
winter are the shirred tune toques,
trimmed with butterflies or flowers.
One of maize tulle Is covered with gui.
pure, and has on the left side a glant
butterfly painted on gauge,
For theater wear satin and velvet
bows, feathery algrettes, velvel-petaled
flowers—sometimes whole tiaras of
flowers—and sprays of fern have large.
ly taken the place of hats apd even
of the tiny theater bonnet.
A favorite ornament is a velvet bon.
net, tipped with dinmond dewdrope and
harmonizing in color with the bright
waist or theater bodice, Violets frost
ed with rhinestones, a rose with toll
flowers like violets, pansies or forget.
me-nots is eminently fashionable,
The hair is dressed altogether to sult
the hat; or, when no hat Is worn, It is
drawn as far forward as possible, so
as to give a long line from the back of
the neck up, and is slightly waved all
wound, Young girls are wearing quaint
cibbon snoods, the fashion having been
set by the twin daughters of Mrs. Og-
den Mills,
The fashion of perfuming the halr Is
spreading, but the scents used are apt
to be disagreeably heavy, A lady who
leaves in your room for days after she
has left it an odorous reminder of her
eT
!
{thirty-five is still considered In some
{quarters as the age after which wom.
jen are regarded as unfit (6 take up serd
ous respousibility, This absurd pre.
Judice is an old-fashioved remnant of
tthe ideas of the elghtecuth century,
{ When, as a writer in the Contemporary
points out, men and women of forty
and fifty were always spoken of ;
{ “aged.” and unmarried ladie
yv-five were
{old maids,
fH
of twen
looked upon za
A hundred years
idren of six were supposed 19 have ds
“
ago ¢hil
{veloped moral sense, as all the grown
up books for litle boys and girls pub
lished in those days prove 10 us. Stories
of horrible little prige of school girls
{were common, and at elghteen a girl
i was supposed to relleve her exhausted
mother of house work, and to brighten
her father's declining years uutil
shonld worthy to
wife of some worthy your
she
thie
with
be thought baer
1g man,
whom she was to sink into premature
old age. Nowadays all that is chang
ed, nnd the period of youthfulness has
been At girl
{is still a child, and at twenty she is still
a girl, Even at
{the shelf
sO far
daughters
largely extended ton
i 0
thirty she is mot upon
while the modern mother,
her
generally
looks upon that as a reason for renew
ing her own youth
tivity given
of nd
life, n
taught to use their brain
from being decrepit when
are grown up,
Greater mental ae
has freshness nnd
Ox since girls
foned econo ption of the nece
ure of power after thirty tive
come absurd London Globe
—
Ornaments for th
What to
function
wear in the
= = A Serious
every wolnan A blonde
white or black, while
reap lide
or feather
is not improved Ly steel,
benefit from black
Blo
a
combioation
hair is much
very bene tie
contrast
There are dozens and dozens of tile
satin and and gold
and tinsel bows shown,
they are somewhat different
y )
velvet and silver
and, though
the
from
Louis XV. bowknot, which was so long
the rage, cannot called
There is great demand for these bows,
but much th
last
The
in jet on
the Psyche
bined with
tulle
ob
ie
they De Lew
in less an at this time
year
newst hair ornament is ao snake
+1
of
knot The spake
aigreties and choux
The body of the snake encircles
to the
if t sirike,
ott
5
aigrette and
wl which is coiled around
i= com
of
the bead is
uplifted
ure the
Knot,
front and
On the
tulle choux
There are some pretty concelits
brought
i% as 0
side the
in hol
I¥. Not wuch of the green of the leaves
th
ii
in Uned, the rich, warm red of the ber
ries being combined with bows of the
same effect
dainty white tulle dresses
Twists of
is used wih excellent on
vulle entwined with strings
HELE
of pearls ba
a 4
head
of pearls and ropes and pendants
fore
tulle
a brupetie,
A twist of the most delicate
entwined with pearl and coral
nnd little leaves
satin ribbon,
Among feather effects
most popular seems to be the
wnging down over the
are also seen Une of these
arrangements, intended for
is made of
coral
beads
white
e
Lt
pointed
the
Prince
of Wales. These three upright feathers
may blue, pink. cream, mauve,
green, black or any corresponding col
or to the gown, and are certainly very
| becoming,
shown
he
Novelties in Stockings.
The unobtrusive stocking is no long
ier the fashion. The pewest hosiery is
not only of the finest slik, but it gli.
(ters with steel or spangles, is richly
with costly lace. Black sik stockings
all others, but they are plain no long
or.
A distinctly new stocking in black
silk or spider web texture has scatter.
‘ed over the instep diamond-shaped
or
~
{steel beads, This stocking looks ex.
tremely well with a black patent-leath-
er slipper ornamented with a cut steel
buckle,
i Black silk stockings elaborately em.
i broidered In colzred flowers are much
| the fashion. And the newest fad is
{to have the floral design worked in
| tiny ribbons,
{the flowers will be made of the nar
irow ribbons and the leaves and stems
embroidered in silks,
| The embroidery decorates the stock.
ing In various ways. The lostep may
(be a mass of embroldery—tiny flowers
| like forget-me-nots or bits of rosebuds
carelessly scattered over it. Or the
instep is crossed with bands of lace
open-work with just enough =pace of
the plain stocking left between to act
as a background for an embroidered
vine, Then there are other black
istockings decorated with vertical
stripes, reaching from the toe to the
knee, formed of the embroidered flow.
ers.
Other black silk stockings which are
new and extremely effective are made
conspicious by appliques of white lace,
and oceasionallly the design of the lace
Is picked out with fine gold or silver
threads. The lace appliques are In
the form of butterflies true lovers’
knots or flowers,
vs
FASHION NOTES.
Taffeta coats are seen, particular]
in black and
sometimes dark blue,
tuttons should be carefiMy selected,
as they are sn most effective addition,
and much may be achieved by the wise
(cholce of a braid “set” lald over good
isllk facings,
For evening bodices gulpure and lace
sure to be worn over satin and
chiffon and mousseline de sole, em.
broidered In open work with silk and
chenille and many puaillettes, especially
black and white,
Whoever possesses unlined lace, mus
Hn or chiffon blouses of a dressy char
should keep them carefully, as
will be very nseful WEeAr as
wening dress duriug the winter
vmall bome-gather
fare
to
theaters or at
Ings,
in
on
boleros are much evidence
which oe
rt themselves admire.
alily, when ootlined in che
uille, Fringed scarfs are frequently
need as ties and cravats to wear with
mart Etons or bholeros indeed, It would
be difficult what the sald
Lace
for slight evening
easion they com
wear,
especially
to say ting
scarf ix not turned to
Much
Be,
and braiding are to
where collars and
tunity for such deco
but one thing, it is imperative
that the Eton is of the same
nterial no different col
y Or Facings
curse, are in
upon ol ith, differ
feature in all
of f(oday-—Cos-
the bolere plays no an-
stitching
Tue especially
fevers gave oppor
ration;
bolero or
as the siirt
fabric
nater:a
and cloth
only, is a
is permissible,
other in, of «
rodueed,
ing in color
tallor-bullt costume
%
fn which
tes :
Important part
low the Yarious Cuts of Meat snd Kinds of
Fowl Should be Carved.
is a real pleasure in follow.
liful carving of a fine, well
wruyvs Klla Morris Krets
tiug “The Art of
Woman's Home Com
place the
the neck
, then separite the
from the body. Next
ngs at the shoulder-joint
breast down to the long
wedge shape P the ‘Emperor's
Next the bone should be re
moved whole, and then remove the oys-
from th divide the jegs
and thighs, and begin the serving. Re.
84 RBPOOn.
less young and tender,
bem, and even when
tion is a deceiving meat
the matter of quantity. The
id of ducks, wild and
tame, There 1s almost no meat on the
backs of these birds; thewings and legs
are far froin choice, having little meat,
and that not often tender; so there re
mains only the breast for satisfactory
Cut the breast-meat straight
A roast
be thinly sliced
a rid roast in
the ribs, never
parallel with the backbone, and make
thin as possible, A fillet
through in uniform
thicker than from a
A sirloin must have the thn.
derloin removed ed separately.
least or boiled legs of mutton, venison
or veal are carved by cutting at right
angles down 10 the bone, the thick side
first, then turning to get at the thin
side. In mutton and lamb the
lowest bit of meat on the leg, the hock
is the choice piece, being very tender
and juicy 3 should be cut in
| slanting slices, as thin as wafers. Ham,
likewise, should be shaved rather than
sliced toward the bone. When one un.
derstands the exact location of joluts
and the grains of meats the rest of
carving is easily acquired.”
GOR
turkey,
hmar when wri of
Carving” in the
panion. “The «
fork firmly in the
ead ing to the left
arver should
breast,
two thigh-jolnts
remove the w
then slice the
HM
ters ¢ back,
' * tiling }
move the ling with
“A
in a carving pre
ZOORe, un
in prime cond
same may be sa
servings,
down paraliel with the bone.
rou
its face
11
he nd m
from
ACTORS Carve
slices parallel with
the slices as
can only be
somewhat
out
slices,
rib roast.
and sli
veal
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An Up-to-Date Infant.
Harold, aged five, is supposed to
have no conception of the value of
| money, to the great anpoyance of =
provident mother, and fhe amusement
of an indulgent grandfather, who keeps
| the little chap well supplied with
| change.
He was making a considerable nuls-
‘ance of his small self one day when
guests were being entertained, and af-
| tor suggesting numberless ways of
amusing himself, in desperation his
| mother said:
“Harold, don’t you want to do some.
{ thing for mamma, something that will
{ belp her very suuch?”
The child eyed ber with great ear.
| nestness for several seconds, before
aodding a wary assent,
“Then put on your things” said the
delighted parent, “and take your dear
lite spade, and shovel away all the
snow from the back porch, and if yon
do it very nicely mamma will give yon
5 cents-just think! she added, im-
pressively, “five--whole cents”
“Humph!” said the young American,
with infinite scorn, “do it yourself an’
I'll give you ten!" Harper's Bazar.
Necktie Canght in Mer Boanet.
fhe was large and majestic, and
just purchased a flaming red
for her husband, whom the