rangement. It will naturally lead to a much more frequent and thorough cul- tivation of our garden crops, The important advantage of a fre- among WHEN THE ORCHARD GIVES Al PROFIT, is required before an orchard nay begin to give a profit. One cannot | sxpect returns from an orchard mn sear, as with arimals, hence the sooner the trees begin to bear the less the loss of time, land and capital. It is import- ant, therefore, that the best of care be given young trees from the start, Tim od TIP KERNELS FOR SEED. Peofessor Shamel, instructor in farm :r ps at the Illinois College of Agricul- | ays that it is a good plan to shell and discard both the tips and butts >f the corn ears selected for seed. That what we were taught to do when young, and we thought the proper way until we saw the results of a trial made by the late Dr. E. Lewis Sturte- vant, while Director of the New York Experiment Station at Geneva. He planted several rows of corn, placing the kernels in the drills just as they grew in order on the cob, also strips in ~hich one had seed from eight butt ker- 1els in each row, another from eight tip kernels in the rows, and the third eight cernels from each row as near the mid- dle of the ear as possible. We think in svery test the kernels from the tip gave s:arliest ripening corn, and in more than 3alf also produced a larger yield than those nearer the middle of the ear. In avery case the yield rate of several bushels less from those cernels pear the middle of the ear. BXTT AND ie per acre CUT HAY EARLY. Practical feeders all noted that farm animals are make Aatisfactory gain spring i Sometime ry | even have 1 f1:3 : iCS8 iy to 1aee 105¢C of care saving an Ket and supply With rage makes good flow 1 Pas - o- » i turned to until the cows are animals do better | retained for nths but the animals seem to better condition for making satis ains when turned onto pasture reasonable, for this kind of for- ge similar in composition to grass, ‘onsequently when the change from win. er to spring feed c¢ there is but racter of the lich Li prams ® Sees sight difference in the aracter only do the +0 MNCs, bet 1 me and ! make use >f the more mature fodder crops. This the appetite being and more large of weather, a po ourse, difficult but when in ever to harvest stage. —L. r Homestead, BUYING A COW Dairying is something new 5 the Few farmer if ~ 1 it country. Ww is generally from $33 to $30. and if she 13 a common scrub, she 1s clear property at that price, if milk 1s worth $1 per 100 and a ¢ st $40 per year to feed, and the manure pays for the {but it does not}, cow gives | 10,000 pounds of milk per year, and re-| turns a profit of $60. A cow giving 5,000 pounds returns a profit of $10, and one giving 4.000 pounds or less returns noth- ing: labor and stable room about the | same, besides the offspring from the 10,-| coo-pounds cow is worth at least $10 per | year. and from the 3so000-pounds cow probably $2, and from the scrub nothing. | Counting the lifetime of a cow 12 years the 10000-pound cow gives a profit of | $700, the 5000-pound cow, $120. and the | 4000-pound cow only the value of her calf at birth, and the service fees taken | off that amount, When buying a cow, we should use the same judgment as we do when buying a | horse. A small scrub horse will sell for | $30 to $60; an ordinary farm or driving | forse vill sell for $100 to $110: but if we want a good draft horse, or a good | rhadster, we pay $150 or $200, and a! good horse will readily sell f this waren} oly : feal vaiue of : ¥ - “ % Tt considered that a cow is a oo IW Cf thin 1 labor tor amount, because they are bred to per- | form the work they are bought for. If! this is true of a horse, it is also true of a | cow, In my experience a small horse can- | not perform the same work as a larger! Ohe. Neither can a small cow, She] might do it for a few years, but her ution will not allow her to do so or any length of time, because she has fot the strength in her body to sustain Mer in her work as the larger cow has. The large cow will consume more coarse fodder, but the small cow will need More grain to do the same work, and en she can't do it; at least, she never Has done it for me.~The Southern Farmer, THE FAMILY GARDEN. The family garden usually pays a reater profit on the labor bestowed apon than any other portion of the farm, even managed by the old fashioned Hiethad of small plats and beds and and cultivation. This being the case, ft can surely be made to pay a much greater ratio of profit by planning to plant everything possible in long rows far enough apart so as to work them with a horse and cultivator, thus great- ly relieving your muscles. And the sav- ing if cost of cultivation is only a small It is said that it pays to hoe cabbage every season, and, although this may be car rying it to an extreme, we are con- vinced that a more frequent cultiva- tion than is ordinarily given might prove profitable. The frequent breaking of the crusts admits of a freer circulation of the air to the roots, and aids them to make the most of all the dews and rains which fall. Next to actual irri gation, frequent and continued surface cultivation aids in securing and retain ing moisture and supplying it to the growing plants.—New England Farmer. GREEN MANURIAL anurial essential CROPS. Green crops now con to good farming for several reasons, the principle being that certain kinds draw nitrogen from the at mosphere and thus add to the fertility of the land. The fall of the year is usually the time when crimson clover is seeded and as it 1s lable to fall if seeded too late farmers have selected August not later than the middle of September) 2s the best period for seeding the crop As crimson clover fall unex pectedly, and at other times gives good results, it is difficult to induce some farmers to use it, but as a rule many failures t are attributed to the crop are due to mistakes on the part of the farmer. They have been informed that crimson are sidered {Of seems to it ¥ it L hat sown ground, before corn was cut clover could be on down, and secured without but, at a good crop of cl any preparation crimson cle of cupying t ol Ww 1 aii IWCr re sf . } IC year wien land, and der even before warm ther in the spring, yet it servant appears 0 good as to i CITY CUHImns his green 3 $y $e substance that is Assist 2 a ' aiso a plant is substan ed the pl 3 ot well and th rowing again, mewhat alkaline, minute ortant LING sphere Oa re part nitrogen the min mit ie acre more of lime in order &« a3s1st In neutralizing the vegetable acid: that may be generated in the +} “gn 4 ‘ - the process of deg TIP soil during ion of the clo While an application of commercia rer will of of clover, rs vai tii course mcrease the crog yet the objects of many farm y attempt to avoid such expense renovate is © their soils | clover only Green Crops give sults Whether tertile or impoverished the farmer Crimson manurial i soils on aij can ment, except los of time in some cases If he me he should rely izers. Fortunately is desirous of saving on commercial ferti at a period when no crop can be grow: (trom fall spring}, hence it 1s no in the way of any other crop, and as i to the farmer can re snforce his clover ni trogen in the spring with a potash anc phosphoric acid fertilizer. Fertilize crimson clover to farmers and they con sequently prepare brands which contait the mineral elements only. The farmer however, will lose nothing by having some kind of clover crop on his land The growing crop will prevent loss fron leaching of the soil, and by shading the soil the conditions are made more fa vorable for the work of the micro-or ganisms which are 30 essential (0 succes with certain crops. The large amount o green material that may be turned unde renders the land better enabled to hole moisture, and humus is formed whil the covering crop is on the land. Outsid, of the cost of the seed but little expens is connected with the growing of crim son clover, and farmers should not omi it from their rotation of crops.—Phila delphia Record. It is said that 1,000 pounds of poultr: will cost less to raise than 1,000 pound of beef, and will sell for almost twic as much, New Zealand is picking up in manu factures, At last accounts she had 6, part of the benefit of the long row ar- 418 factories, with 48,038 employes, | FAVORITES FOR COOL DAYS. Black taffeta frocks are great favorites for cool days. Often the only touch of color is given by the ecru or coffee col-| ored lace collars and cuffs, and num- berless tucks in every variety of design make up the trimming. The much used in tailor suits, are extremely neat. These may have revers of white silk, which are tiny appliqued flowers. taffeta 1s also which the on el STYLISH DUST COATS. It is a wi a dust coat this year. There are 1.1 stylish ones imaginable i cannot have the most i e had Poor woman io 01 Feasong at the most the smartest have three jaunty lit these long coats, across the front tened on either side by linen-covered buttons and a very good style, too. tle strapped with fas They are styl: ROYAL FISHERWOMEN The Dutchess of Fif facile princeps amongst ot women. She enjoys most Dee, Aberdeen Sa und in are ever of her guests fhe Queen om of new i larger pa: winter, and \ are then at ally enl natur 11 we 23 ! large the vy Car 1 feet New 1ieNy ng well and forming sof As to the fashion of youd ie £ Is more stout figure than a Another dress for , made in redingcte form. with lon and wide plaits at the sides is open from the collar down, a plaited underfront of ivory rossed with a lattice work of black vel- rib fn i be cor Sage 14 sharply pointed in front and rounded 1 he tan sleeves enlarge t rd wrists wer triple putfs of mousseline sote Wer ivory satin, i vet behind WH Wa the 4 uf RIVAL FOR ROSA BONHEUR England has a woman animal painter who, many Britishers insist, is the only worthy successor of the late Rosa Bon. heur., She is a rather pretty young woman, Miss Lucy Kemp-Welch by wame, who says she cannot remember the ume when she first began to draw. Her fame came early, for ¢he already has had | iwo of her paintings purchased hy the | trustees of the Chantrey Bequest, one mtitled “Colt Hunting in New Forest,” ind the other called “Lord Dundonald's | Dash Upen Ladysmith” : Only two other women painters have | seen similarly honored by the Chantrey irustees. Borne at Bournemouth, Miss Kemp-Welch and her sister, Edith, also | an artist, who has exhibited at the wcademy, were educated entirely at home, ander the superintendence of their par- nts. They had a free. happy. open-air life, and a small menagerie of pet ani- mals served as models for the budding artists, Neither wealth nor influence same their way ; the elder sister achieved her almost phenomenal succes entirely unaided by either. At her capacious studio at Bushey, in the midst of Pro. fessor Herkomer's colony of artists, she ncessantly plies her brush—asually on squestrian studies, in which she patently excely. Chicago Tribune. HAIR DECORATIONS. Now comes the decorations of the hair. Notlling could be more fashionable than put in place. It consists of a broad pin, which is to hold the rear locks up. It may be very fancy and should resemble a buckle, more or less, to be truly chic. These back hair fasteners come gs broad as three or four inches wide, and, again, they are, some of them, narrow and some so wide as to look like a shield of metal te protect the back of the head, but used in any way they are pretty, The tiny jewelled flower is also seen, but it is not so useful, being small, There is a style of hair dressing that is neither high nor low, yet very much in vogue style. It calls for an fifty years ago, was every woman's dressing table, but which to- indeed. This fer tiny thing, which, sus a chain, hangs over the which is be It 15 the ornament, on Classic scarce is the r that iI from forehead he of enamel if e. pende ferronniere ness, or it may diamond in a setting historic thing, like a i of of be carving of It ornaments, Ivory mas wd is a ferronniere narro of black vel can be bung is rehead instead of by its gold. —Detroit Free Press, west ribbons place chain upon the f« of pir ENOUGH WOMEN IN THE WORLD. IAN there Liteece nd in s iaamun jeweled he exaguerated long ¢ exaggerated long good weticr no longer fis green pani girdle give an exceeding color to the prevailing Beautiful French Arabian Renaissa very recent offerings in Artist 9 stock and ¢ chic touch of nen costume passementeries in we designs are dress trimmings, bows, with very narrow, short flowing erds in grenadine, foulard a. ¢ a new notion in and neckwear. Those in the know predict a very strong tendency to velvet effects form ing part of the weave in the fashionable fall textiles, The desire to “restle,” such a craze a few seasons ago. bas all died ont. All the most attractive silk underskirts are made of soft-finished #iiks. Shirt-waists buttoning in the back are novelties but are not pretty enough to counteract their inconvenience, so are not apt to be generally poplar. Striped light-weight French wash flannels in dainty light colorings are the smart thing for ‘cool momings at the shore or in the mountains, Fine lace effects in silk or lide still continue the style in hosiery, but neat and tasteful as a pattern. Glaring fig- tires or striking ideas are abjured. Yoke effects, following closely the lines of a man's overcoat in very man- nish style, are among the most desirable of the advance showings of girls’ fall top coats, Even glove buttons for fall are to show the art nouveau craze. Heads and pther ideas in relief are to be seen upon even these trifling parts of the femining cos- tume. , Persian patterns, for all the wofld like a part of the wartime Persian shawls of our grandmothers, are the nefest ef fects in fancy hose, Lied by hme but dubbed in the height of uglifess by others. ONIQUE HOME FOR WOMEN. VYODEL RETREAT FOR THOSE WHO | DESIRE REST, Successful Sisterhood Money Put ina | Common Fund Religion or Politics Not | Discussed. | Out Pleasant, of the | of Washington, there 1s house which shelters ing ort government Mount suburb 1 in one 4 mmunity Consis Wenty- under the McWhirter, writes five women Mrs, Marth Chicago snd | Ang worthles band $ wilere ¢a she pleases, provided the general § ng to i hey d riot ors 1 " W aly 1d they snd and the kickers.” Every woman has cheerfully performed the has been assigned being distributed among so many, of the community is to promote peace comfort and happiness of its inmates, the | reduced to a minmum The women have no politics and do | not pretend to be reformers. Nor do they interfere in any manner with the | They enter the commun. ity to obtain relief from care and anxiety thing that will interfere with their tran- | £ If they become tired of their | ever they have contributed to the com- Two or three nervous crea- tures who sought the shelter of the com. munity found that they could not endure their husbands, One of them soon re- Each No is made to influence the con- No religious or political dis- Mrs. McWhir- She declares that theologists are to blame for much of the is destructive of happiness, but the teach ings of Christ bring peace. — The Squirrel Hunter's Weapon, The cream of squirrel hunting is en- joyed by the man wip uses a light rifle of small calibre and medium power. The “22 long” as now turned out by our leading makers, is an excellent wea- poni-—in fact, the best in the world for the purpose. Though not of sufficient range to be dangerous to people or stock at a distance, it throws lead with sure prising accuracy to the tops of the tall est trees. Good rifle shots always aim for the squirrel’s head, both to add to the difficulty of the sport and to avoid spoiling meat. And be it known that a squirrels head at a range of forty or fifty yards is no easy mark. If a reader doubt this, keep all empty shells, and at V. W. Sands, in Outing. CEORCIA'S PEACH BELT. Now Set Out With Trees. sach-growing dis. around Fort Ga. A Them sus Albany, For something like ro 11 y aiicy 1.000.000 peacii 790,000 11ee hese £400,000 Car ! yCa Hamiet by Signs. elu Work 1s @ € where a followed deaf dra- in them those who can hear tea party perform: by o imagine that atished with signs and especially when they are and complicated The a great suo- “actors” gave the rapid 1 movements of the finger language however, Last year the same “Romeo and Juliet,” so Suc. cess aitogether due to novelty The dressing of the play was effective, was good, and there was ing and the audience. attention, felt a real that the wis not scenery he ac their spirit in t judged by The Chief Justice Apolopized, Even chief justices are betrayed into slang occasionally. Sir John Madden, the chief justice and licutenant gover- nor of Victoria, angry at the absence of all the barristers in 3 libel case that was down for hearing, characterized the pro. ceeding as a “fake.” This 1s a piece of pugilistic slang and is understood to mean a make-believd fight, both boxers having previously agreed as to the final issue, London and New York have wit. nessed many such “fakes.” Next morn- ing the three leading barristers concers ed appeared in court, explained their ab- sence and indignantly repudiated any idea of a “fake.” The chief justice then apologized, expressing his regret that he had permitted himself to use such a word, and adding that the bar would un. derstand how such expressions some times slipped out without due regard to the surrounding circumstances. bland assurance of his belief that the parties in the case were amimated by the “fullest litigant animosity” raised a laugh and agreeably closed the incident welondon Chremle. King Edward wants faster trains. Having been a long whille getting ta the throne he objects to wasting travel. ing time now that he has arrived. A wedical man gives it out that the high collars now worn by men and wo. men produce cancer of the throat,
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