STRAINING THE MILK.
The ordinary fine wire strainer does
not remove all the impurities from milk.
In additien to straming through wire,
milk should be also strained through
four thicknesses of butter cloth,
may be fastened to the wire strainer with
a tin ring to slip over it.
soluble impurities will
with the milk.
pass
A SMALL SILO.
|
cattle a
sufficient
of food. For fifteen head ‘of
silo ten by ten fect will hold
ensilage to supply
ter. The silo should be strong, as there
is considerable lateral pressure. June is
an excellent time for growing ensilage,
and it is the cheapest food that
produced on a farm for live stock.
can be |
S FOR SEED.
crops that may be
A will pro-
wng them being
GROWING CROP
‘There are
grown ior
vide food for pot
sO
severa
millet,
fl ower, If
they are of
as fodder,
through a feed cutter and
ding, or thrown
nothing will be lo
be valuable for the
rghum,
these
but |
but if
used fo
manure heaj
while the seed will
wile the seed will
MITT i
poses de sired.
KILLING CUT WORMS,
The poisoned bait for cut
made by mixing at the rate of one poun
of Paris green po nds. of |
the latter first
but dry enough to crumble.
3 little sugar or
to it mor
mix cut green cl
t, that birds may no
it up, but the
parts. Put spoonfuls
or along the rows where
very plenty,
worms wil
be found dead there
not it where + poult
Larger anit
to up en
but it is better
to bury
We do not ky
would d estroy the
Boston Cultiv
worms
to hity
noistened
a Ls
make
above are
fit
Of IL
just bet
prefer
use
me
Hass
ok
pic
evote te h
1s no small 4
are negiect 3
semble a wilder
a grox er tO
with shade
gates and
shrubl
dead
but little
evade to ‘plant
edge of the yar
by m
the best of shade
ung
ed
ness
re
trees
walks
bery should be pruned,
trees ren
shade,
|
v : thav
ny as the :
uriantly
bushes
around
are 1
and Epes lly as
as th bs are
and erfectly
unsightl
should
grow
If
the view i ai r pass
freely, + h 8 scessary f proper
;
janmtary c 115t
: '
1c low
ilo p
1€ young tre
ing no
of the gr
‘ 1
sep} $
HINOS
und
thus
WOOD AL WAYS
HAND.
While wood ste are not as
rion on the farm as in former years
they will always be used by many house-
wives, particularly in timbered sections
Where woad stoves
summer or winter, th 3 sity of
constant and supply is apparer
to anyone who has for years used ood |
for heating purposes. Many farmers |
neglect wood cutting until too late for |
working up the summer supply. As a
resalt the wood pile often low and
in many cases housewives have difficulty |
in getting enough.
This difficulty can be easily overcome
by using power saws and preparing the
stove wood the latter part of winter or
in early spring, when work in the field
is impossible. Most farmers now have
8 windmill, a threshing engine or a tread |
power for other purposes. By expend-
ing a little more money and securing a |
good saw, the matter of preparing the. |
summer wood supply will be a small |
item. The saw formerly was an expen- |
sive part of the outfit, but manufactur- |
ers have put cheap and effective ones on |
STOVE ON
Yes Com -
:
ther +
CILET In
a
liberal
is
the market, and there is now little excuse |
for not having a ldrge amount of stowe
wood always on hand
It may not pay a farmer to purchase
an outfit simply for his own use, but as |
in the case of a man who buys a thresh-
ing Machine, a corn sheller, a corn shred.
der’ and the like, one farmer can do the |
worl for many families. The outfit can
be ‘placed in a low wheel truck wagon
and easily moved from place to place. If
the threshing engine is not available, a
two-horse tread power is the most satis-
factory for sawing stove wood,
kind can be operated by three men.
Where a steam engine is used, as high as
forty cords a day can be sawed. Sticks!
of cord wood are sawed into three pieces |
to fit the common cook stove,
In addition to the many power saws
on the market, there are quite a number
of improved hand saws, which greatly |
lighten the work for the men who oper-
ate them. There are many forms of
these advertised extensively, All of
them have their good points. They are
vastly suverior to the old buck saws
i
i
i
being not only more rapid, but les |
England Home- |
stead
GROUND BONE AS FERTILIZER
As a fertilizer for certain purposes
ground raw bone deserves a high place
if it is the genuine article, and is very!
Much of that which is
sold for that purpose is not fine enough |
only requires too long to be
come available, but in some cases nevet
becomes $0, as it seems to become coated
or glazed over so that the acids of the
| soil cannot act upon it. The bone is
adapted for a fertiliz for field
and not
not lizer
-rops, or for general uge upon light soils,
table matter it is good for seeding down |
to grass, as its decay in the soil may re- |
quire years during all of which time it is |
feeding the Yet we think
we have found better results from using |
it around grape vines and the bush fruits |
in any other way. There is nitro- |
1 enough so that when used in the |
early spring it will promote a good
rowth of fruit and a juicler and better |
red fruit than would grow without |
certainly lacks potash, and unles
soil its effects would be
using half
of muriate potas
make wood
The
must depend t
grass crop.
1
than
gC
|
im- |
about the
of
the
hy
ise
to
number
hardy.
and |
1s generally
RTANCE OF GOOD CULTI
VATION
most
+d
Ga
Ww her n the
y Su GC. 0%
WORN BY
WOMEN.
The women of Greenland are limited
COLORS
which are typical of their position
life. A single girl may wear
a married woman, whose husband is liv-
ing, blue; a widow, black, and a convict
green, There are no prisons, a dis-
tinguishing ribbon is necessary to mark
those who are outcasts among their fel-
lows.
£0
A GLIMPSE OF “THE
DUCHESS.”
AMERICAN
To my
attractive
Paris tea-rooms,
them, may be seen m
sentative fashionable
of the day, and from to time En
glishwomen whose names on many
tongues. I saw the Duchess of Marl-
borough there the other afternoon. She
was in her royal rning, all black,
and is an exceedingly tall and slender
young woman, with an incredibly long
neck and a lelicate, pretty face
I was surprised, had heard
she was pretty Bonner's
Paris Letter.
of all the
Here, if knew
any of the repre-
Frenchwomen
and characteristic
one
time
arc
"e
mou
stall,
for
Ge
ne
inc
ralc
A SINGER'S CHARMING HOME.
Mme. Melba's re
Cumberland
charming homes in Lor
saloon, which aroun
King Edward, wus
of famous artists
Palace of Versailles. The divas
apartments are very beautiful
quaint diamond mirrored and ac
partition that divides her dressing-room
and bathroom was designed by herself
The bed, which is placed upon a stan
and fitted with a draped
priceless lace, is the One
Dauphin of France
of royal state T he
room is of amt
piece bears a
Ewers of
of
the general decor
room and through
are countless
place 1s
Se
from
own
The
ijustable
Canopy
on whic
his
pent
amber tort
large
rarest Sevres
gilt,
1
tlvpe
SLVET
solid
greatly m
head-gear
able Little
points and
the entire
pincappie
black cher
are
im
visibl i
or The
he same
®
it
¢
i
ed cr p
great
i
3
i
y pigs those that
root ire
turned tt
as s0O0n as
Roots
generally
digest
Study the
animals.
his respect—gener
It is said that soft butter can
died by feeding the cow some potatoes.
It 1s at least worth a trial
dai
are in
1¢ pastu
ugh
$
clover
effect
®
sposition
men
they are old enc
3
and vegetables or
have a ial
wrgans of the he
hay |
benefic upon
the ve «
and di
are
of i
in |
nature
They ike
ally differ.
Jur
¥e
th
be reme-
should look out for
“milk factory”
as any other manufacturer does
Every dairyman
just
A dairyman who does not use a sep-
arator gests only about seventy-five per
cent. of the butter-fat that his cows have
given him
Lawn clippings make
green food for poultry.
an excellent
Never mix fresh warm milk with that
which has been cooled.
In hot weather cover the milk cans,
when moved in a wagon, with a clean
If you have not an abundant supply
Immediately after furrowing, feed the
nothing but slops, not swill, to
A milk-tester will test the cows and
test the dairyman as well. He can find
out just how much butter-fat he is get-
ting and can figure out if his butter ac-
count agrees with it,
If milk is stored, it should be held
in tanks of fresh, cold water (renewed
| enough to prevent forming a thick cream
{ layer.
The Street Railway Journal is author.
ity for the statement that there is not a
that is not adding week by week to its
gross earnings, which is accepted as con-
clusive evidence of the general prosper.
ity of the country.
DESIGNS CHURC
DOWS
SHE
A woman in Milwaukee
mal reputat
winning wealth by designing and
church windows. She not
signs the windows a
design in colors upon
ths
the
some assistance hers elf
young
wi and 13
m
only
na
reproduces the
glass, but with
manages the
the colors are burn-
Marie Herndl is the artists name,
she 1s now making
her fortune. Before coming to this
country she a reputation
in Germany and from the fir
she received important commis-
At the World
ed a window geventeen by six feet,
which she received a medal and diploma
5 1 =
maae as
windows depicting scenes in the life of
Christ for a church in San Francisco.
She has been at work on this for a year
take two years altogether to complete
it.
FOUNDING A COLLEGE OF MAT-
RIMONY.
The most important
freamed of is about to be established in
Chelsea, England. It is to Le called the
College of Matrimony, and the woman
who has pursued the requisite two years’
course of study will be graduated as
college yet
long to a full-fledged wife.
had found frequent opportunity to know
in his experience as a teacher that the
hi
on a un
country.
The special course which is being
planned for the College of Matrimony is
designed with a view to making home
life a business. The school for wives
is gauged for the homes of the comfort-
able middle class in England, though the
range of studies is so complete that its
graduates will be liable to catch many
us wealthy man, for the curriculum of
studies embraces not only cooking,
dressmaking, millinery, needlework,
laundry and general housewifery, but
deals with physiology, medicine, physical
culture and all that relates to health and
the treatment of ordinary diseases in the
family ~Boston Globe.
3
ad march through an unknown
| GIRLS PACK TRUNKS FOR A LIV.
ING,
“Packing trunks for a living is not an
original with me,’ said
| Blanche Minton, looking up from
seat on the floor beside
{ which she was busy filling.
“Of course the incentive was
| necessity of making some money,
idea
|
article
begin, when I read a newspaper
about a girl who earned good
a ‘bride's assistant.’ One
duties was
i od was such a good one that I thought
{ what a fine thing it world | we if every:
body would pack did
remembered how the
{ disliked to pack, and in
| thoughts traveled to the
| palatial hotel just down the
{ where 1 was boarding,
half an hour after reading
about the ‘bride's assist:
: cided as to a profession,
“Having made up my mind I at
et out to offer my services to the man
ager of the hotel. 1 told him my plans
about packing trunks for guests
hotel and asked him to recommend me
He advised to have
engraved, stating my te
he would see that they
office and
o would mu
of
“us
as she
some way
ped ple
and in less
the
I had de
ant,’
mc
me some cards
rms, and said
were
1 1" i
distributed
wh st pr
them and schedule
owner) the
riments
ers wh
y the hotel mar
ny celerity. Ane
ink tis
impress; in
ey ery one
his belongin gi
are about all 1 have adde
of trunk packing described
paper article to which 1 referred
“1 see no reason why cvery large h
uld not need the services of :
acker {
in the news
have
ymparatively few
women travel with their
meet the
th to pack }
rd-Herald
Broad
many thin gowns,
shaped collars are worn with
Dotted Swiss is again to enjoy a vo.
There has never been found a
satisfactory subititute for this delightful
material
Quite a feature of the season's modes
in floral garniture, is the use of mul
titudes of the tiniest form of “pompon”
or Banksia rosss
Silk gowns are always useful and at
to be rather a fad of the miomens t
Red parascls sing such a gay note
mer resorts that they are chosen by many
because of their decorative possibilities
Pleated skirts are everywhere in evi
and many of the satin, taffeta
and peau de sole boleros are pleated to
correspond, the stitching added, giving
Linings are growing very important
Colored foundations are almost univer.
sal, and an idea that is growing in favor
is to line the ruffles on a skirt with some
Few rufdes are put on straight around
the skirt. The line is broken by points
or curves or a graceful gradation
Whk: the high line of trimming is used
still in the back the trimming in front
is not as low as it was last year.
King Edward Has Many Cuests,
A very noticeable circumstance is the
number of distinguished peopte-—politi-
cal, official, diplomatic and sccial-who
have dined with his Majesty during his
visit to Windsor Castie, says the London
Free Lance, This is especially remark
able because during the last reign the
late Queen more often dined with her
family alone in the sm~ll dining room
called the Oak Room. The King, how-
ever, has introduced the practice St hav-
ing 8 good-sized dintuer pasty every day.
! 4 bos 9 £0 5
ODD ROMANCES IN HONEY, |
——————
CASES SETTLED BY THE TRE
URY'S REDEEMING DEPARTMENT,
Work of Feminine Experts—A Memory
PEAT CHANGED INTO ELECTRICITY.
Cermans Will Utilize Ensrmos Deposits
of Turf Fuel.
r the
for
tran
tion is Accomplished~ Continental Bills
Offered For Redemption,
There was received a
division of the Treasury
the Washington Post, an
famning a mas
hard, but
nce been water
4 { roeriiah
3 Of greens:
1 wir
STOWInNg
ror
ompanying explained
stance had once been
had be found :
the storm at Cralves
fered fi r reden
i
np
i
5 res nw
» there was receive
MPress
"
on 1 he
won
«dempt
ACNE
and the rety
turn
nils were
the South
1 mney,
Ignorant
elsewhere,
people in and
particularly fre
in large quantities of Con
believing the Government
will redeem them
The Government
negroes,
send
1
balls,
sl
quently
federate
formerly held that
was not entitied «
it redeemed, and when turned into
the Treasury it was kept there for the
owner. This rule has now been changed
profits,
colored man took to the Treasury twe
£30 notes, which he said he had found
on an ash heap. Although badly soiled
negro got the $100.
Another Washington negro not long
ago took to the Treasury a large pack
of bills,
the ground and were badly water-soaked
the pieces and patching them together
the resurrected roil was more than $3.
500. The negro explained that he had
buried the money to get it away from ap
went to the place of burial to get out 3
emall amount he found that the entire
store had beea ruined.
The work of identifying mutilated
money is not always pleasant. One day
jagt week an instalment was received
from Florida, with the explanation that
it had been damaged in the fumigation
of a house where a man had died from
«smallpox. Money found on people who
have been drowned is frequently re.
ceived, and its condition is usually such
that it has to be picked to pieces and
the fragments pasted on a backing of
paper. The odor from money received
is often offensive, and while working ot
a particularly bad job Mrs, Brown am
Miss Smith frequently burn incense or
their desks.
The history of the redemption divisior
of the Treasury is calculated to explode
the theory that paper money is a grea!
spreader of disease germs. An average
of $1,000000 of paper money in its very
worst forms of dirtiness is handled and
counted three times every working day
in the year, without serious results.
UNI AFF
iid be
{er
i #y
Proposes
it
bread
A wom
her
phere of
village
to bet
£10
her
ildren,
and on the
The mind ETOWS when occu ~
perpetually with trivialities A
reading is a good tonic.
of ignorance we do
we beiray ourselves —
ray by
compass
servant
on the
west
by
her allments,
Ci lothes 1
ia
by
ch south
by her
PT
shallow
course of solid
Uy
ua
not know when
An Ancient Custom Preserved.
From time immemorial 2 most extra
ordinary custom has been observed on
Mondays at Hollaton, in Lei-
cestershire, and to-day is to be no excep-
tion to the general rule. In order to re-
to indulge in the doubtful pleasure of
But before
loaves have to be scrambled for. A
huge wooden bottle, bound round with
iron rims and containing ale, is thrown
on the ground and the men of the neigh-
boring village of Medbourne have to
wrest it from the Hallatowan grasp. It
is hardly necessary to add that the strog-
gle is invariably provocation of a good
many casualities of one form or another.
When the battle has been won the victors
drink the contents of the bottle. The
bottle to be nsed to-day has done duty
for just one-half a century,
Mere Opinion
Love laughs at locksmiths, but is gen
erally willing to seriously consider the
combination of the safe,
1: is a wise doctor who knows when
to quit calling around.
1f the eyes are the windows of the soul
a good many people keep their shades
drawn. hicage Record-Herald,