Gi a gsi ITEMS OF INTEREST ON ACRICUL. TURAL TOPICS, ercise Perfect Corn—Faith in the Soil a Woodpile, Etc, Etc. STALKS AND SILAGE. ime relative be DRY There is nearly difference in the feeding value dry stalks and silage as be tween hay and grass. Cows fed on dry stalks and changed to silage nearly always gain, the tween then show a EXERCISE. for the sheep warm, with no blow through, on the south front in vind and LET THE SHEEP The sheds or should be for the wind to tables reasonal bly cracks and with side, with boards to break an opening placed in the from such yet in and out a vi a way not hinder the sheep going not have for It they do sure to nave exercise vou are some weak lambs, "ECT CORN. perfection PER The standard of for corn, which has been adopted by not but is the wh Corn Growers’ Associations, is arbitrary suit of makes a requirement, practical experience : fo good ear tively few ha foot long. seven cumference, of grain, should and should « length except I tap corn and one should be cylin ited ant nied ou how evn! and I HOW WOODPILE It costs OL far from 21 for ich working ” a gang of 1 his woodpile well in hand to m the the that men and machine advantage may work and the work hurried as rapia ¥ as possible Much may be done in {his respect hy arrangement of the logs and pile, Most mac} gtraight log and «<n to best fi proper the log ines are designed to 12 feet in long and sawed, it is at a ¥ » Eo If the logs are more than 12 feet long, from one to five wasted in after 12 sawing saw length, Crooked loss of time, ont although logs ogs be imintes the must be hack off. In this will amount to minutes, and at the rate of 1 2-3¢. per minute, the loss will amount to quite an item. If the logs are crooked more time ls wasted in “jigging” them along to the saw, and besides the saw must be run at a low rate of speed or there may be danger of breaking it. Generally very moving feet have 100 logs. from 100 to 500 trucks been sawed crosscut saw than with a machine. Nor Ig it profitable to have many small logs in the pile, Logs with a diameter of less than eight inches can be cut much cheaper by other methods than by a drag-saw machine, In.all cases have the limbs trimmed off closely. If for any reason It Is necessary to leave a large knot on a log, be sure that the large end of that log (8 mearest to the saw. Throw out all splintered logs and work them up by hand. If you do not do so, be sure that the splintered end Is nearest the saw. A machine does its best work with logs that range between 18 inches and 2 feet in diameter. New England Homestead, ASTURAGE SYSTEMS systemn of will not country THE AND SO'LING The pasturage keeping one wi this will ns jong soon be The general, “attle is ich soil ing system some day be large to devote a par The is seldom considered and not as f.irmers have and are willing their land the land farms to pasturage, vilue of in the expenses of willing pasturin to atlir nr re the cows Is much che than any pasture it is four ac pastu per other manner, Of ore ry about ing the when hut depends upon the cont ture, the rainfall and fle. If | acres for din abundant, period this proportion of land lition of ind is chen the One Cow may pay, espe cow harvests the crop herself and no labor is necessary in feeding omes up to the land = Ut food and hen she « When cut the cattle at pasture: aware of were made, tered acre be f= pays fo use nn 20 plot if 1.000 bus! s of corn or 100 bushels of wheat os be grown theroon On the other side, it ig main field is used certain How, tained that ure it is, a extent, in a condition of fa the rains bringing ammonia and nitric acid, soil, and the min the subsoll are ren soluble by the roots of the grass, tnuat be riooked that, tittle are occupying the land daily remove : of the fertility of the soil cattle are well Foods past down being formed in the eral elements of tered int it not Ove fier { portions concentrated always have return to the soll, He cannot afford to nse much land pasture if he is located where land is valuable, but he can grow green food to supplement the allowance on the pasture, and in that respect partially combine the soiling and pasturage sys- much depending, however, on the farm and its surroundings. Phila- fed on farmer will something to Tired of a Bad Reputation. Billingsgate wishes to rid itself of the tmputation which rests upon it of being the ward in which the worst characters, judged by the language used, assemble, There ig no doubt at all that In Biliingsgate a very marked improvement as regards the use of bad language has taken place, a fact un- doubtedly due In & great measure to the good influence exercised by the Christian Mission — London City Press. CONGRESSIONAL TYPES. MEN WHO HAVE WON IN SPITE OF EVERY OBSTACLE. The Leaders in the House Have Had to Fight Their Way Richest Representa- tive was a Mine Boy at Seventy-five Cents a Day. man in the Representatives at Washington Connell, of Pennsylvania, who hs cumulated S10.000,.0600, ant "The richest over has an single * f Income of S500 0 day. : Jl Is a conl op one of the larg in the the mines n dny Closely New y who in} appro York 1 are Levy, of owner of Monticello, and Sprague, of Massae red by marriage House, iillionaire ¢l in: Stewart, of Wis IHinois ' and Ad: MeClellan wenth, hix some of whe ass, are Nib sylvan consin: Hitt, of Hines: fyivant Villinm for Chandler, of Yilam of Wisconsin Massa ims, of 'ea and York Lovering, of New Him | New uisworth Of of Maine husetts ountry tied law Roy mtinued The men records their Alnxlee's made fight in Congress way."—1. A Interest Laws of China, The which intimately connected, year 1250 of our of interest is interest the laws of Chit operations of banking are from the snormonas tded they hn loan, in industry, In date he curionaly era defo snits in order Writers 1: several ay, in securing economy, borrower may the repay gre persons frog producing terring ducing the Her de re fund, land Rp 1 borrow of renters of thus increasing the number of owners, and in indacing ciren tion In regard to new enterprises it is further =tated by men of business that this 30 per cent. is also a1 max. imum founded on the probability that the oscillations in the price of silver will never exceed that sum. It must be understood also that the ordinary rate of interest rarely exceeds 20 or 22 per cent. and that money may be had as low as 12 per cent, though the rate sometimes exceeds even 30 per cent. ~The Forum. Ey A Swedish turnip weighing 26 pounds and a yellow weighing 23 pounds, both grown by a Forfarshire farmer, have been on exhibition in Dundee, ing, in fitiinihwet i { The North American Indians | of ‘hut to have had two different k Hard Coughs] Y INO of flutes Don't deink too much wat-r when ng. Adams’ Pepsin Tati Froud | « xeelient substitute matter how hard your |, cough 1s or how long you have ra Florida dis papers report that the ster ix appearing. had it, you want to get rid of It you it, of course. 15 too risky There Is No Denth . feom Croup, Pooumon c¢on- { 4, 8 Croup Lure fs used promptly BO cts. A. 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