DAY'S RATION FOR A SHEEP.
A day's ration for a sheep is estimated
at two pounds of hay, half a pound of
ground oats and half a pound of bran in
the winter season, but as large sheep
consume more than smaller ones the
estimated ration may not be strictly cor-
rect. Sheep should also be supplied with
succulent food, sliced carrots being high-
ly relished. They should not be over-
fed, but should kept in moderate
vondition,
be
BREEDING STOCK FOR SPECIAL |
PURPOSES.
Che tendency among breeders to build |
up breeds of live stock for special pur- |
poses has done much to separate the
breeds in form and markings and to fix |
their characteristics. With the desire!
have cach breed perform a certain
has come more science in feeding. |
Progressive farmers no longer throw
down feed promiscuously, feed for
product. Among the changes is that of
feeding pigs for a better quality of flesh,
in preference to a superabundance of
Large rations of corn are no longer
the rule, as green food, a run in the
pasture and clean and dry quarters are
allowed, a varied ration being preferred
0
1 +
GUL
but
WHEN WHEAT SHOULD.BE CUT. !
There have been different opinions as
to the best time of cutting wheat, judg-
ing from the common practice of farm-
It is generally cut when dead rips
or at least whén the grain has become |
hard. This, no doubt, is an error and
is of more imports than many sup-|
pose. It should remembered that |
wheat is composed of gluten, starch and |
bran. Gluten is the nourishing quality |
of the grain. It makes the flour stick
together in the hands of the baker, and
gives weight to the grain, and there is
the greatest quantity of gluten in the
grain just when the straw is yellow two
or *hree joints from the ground the head
turned downward and you can mash a
grain between your thumb and finger
without producing any milk. It may,
therefore, be set down as an indisputable
that every day the wheat
after this stage of
decreases in quality and
creases in thickness.—E.
Fhe Epitomist.
CTs.
ance
be
tert}
tTulh
stands
ripeness tl
the
L.
CURING MILK
In a recent
kley, of the
m, states
of seven
He
as the
FEVER.
Dr, S.
Experiment
cured
Cases or
says the following
known Schmidt treatment,
a Danish scientist, used: 1.
solve 120 grains iodide of potash in
quart of water, which has been boiled,
and allowed to cool to the tem-
perature of the body. 2. Introduce the
funnel and pipette into the ends of the
rubber tube and place in a bucket of
antiseptic lid. 3 Milk th
then place under the cow a piece of oil-
cloth about a yard
storm-apron may be to
so that the udder will be about the mid.
dle of the cloth. Wash the udder and
teats thoroughly soap and
warm water, rin carefully with anti.
septic fluid. pipette into
the end of a 1 the funnel with
sodide of potash solu By passing
successively from one to another
distribute the solution equally among the
quarters of the udder. 5. Rub the udder |
from the teat toward the body and mas- |
sage thoroughly in order to distribute
the solution throughout. 6. Eight or ten
hours after the injection or when re-|
overy is assured, the udder should be |
carefully milked out and bathed
with warm water, about 160 degrees. A |
econd injection is rarely necessary
if so it should be done at the end
six or eight hours. —American Agricul-
turigt,
Samuel
Six
calving
method
after
Di Cn
onc
oul
fever.
Was
about
square (a carriage
made answer)
castiie
with
Insert the
and fil
tion.
fants
Leal
4
feat
then
but |
of |
——— :
POULTRY FOR SHOWS, |
It is always valuable to the poultry-
raiser to take an in the autumn |
poultry exhibitions, and even to raise |
show birds for them. There is nothing |
in the whole business which stimula
one more in good work than this. We
go to the exhibition to see what others |
have been doing in our line of work and
find out how much they have distanced
ws. In this way we get valuable les-
sons which we can take home to put
into practice. Then the effort to secure
a prize at a show is always a guarantee
that one is making the best of his knowl-
edge and surroundings to raise the best
Until one gets interested in these prize
shows it is almost impossible to get
hum to do his level best, It is the stim-
ulus of competition that makes him study
everything connected with the poultry
line for the purpose Of improving his
flocks,
I have in mind a friend who raised
poultry for a living and made a rather
indifferent sort of success, She had eggs
when everybody else had eggs, and her
birds were a mongrel mixture and laid
moderately well. She took no interest in
fancy breeding, nor attempted to cull
ont her flocks, or to study their needs
m particular, Then she visited a poul-
try exhibition and saw some of the
birds which took first prizes. She be
came interested, and when told that she
could raise as good birds if she only
studied the question carefully she imme.
diately secured a few well-bred birds
and proceeded to lay her plans to cap-
ture a prize in the future, She did not
do this in the next year, nor the follow:
mg, but in the third she took second
prize. But the chief part of her story,
which is of value, is that she had be-
come 80 interested in her well-bred poul-
try that she had gradually sold off Ker
old stock and replaced it with new.
Step by step she had adopted modern
methods of poultry culture. She studied
the needs of the birds as never before,
mterest
tes
In the second year she found that her
revenues were actually increasing, and
by the third year she saw that fine
breeding of poultry was not only great
sport for the show business, but very
profitable work for every day in the
year. She secured more eggs, and her
birds always brought more in the mar
ket. To-day, naturally, she pins her
faith to well-bred poultry and intensive
methods of raising.-—Annie C. Webster,
in American Cultivator,
COW STABL IN WINTER.
Economy in various ways is only pos-
sible with the best arrangements in the
stabling of cows. They must necessar-
ily occupy their stalls the greater part
of the time in winter, and unless their
ease and comfort are well studied and
or a loss of food; for the good effect
with by every discomfort to
which it is subjected. There should cer-
tainly be room enough to avoid cramp-
ing the cows, with a floor so constructed
that it is always dry and clean; and this
in turn, should be with com.
fortable litter on which the animals may
recline without chafing the skin over the
prominent bones, and thus make resting
easy and pleasant. Good drainage, to
keep the floor dry and the cows clean
is of course necessary, and all interfer-
ence between neighboring cows should
The feed troughs should be
and built and
may no waste
cow may readily get I
should be provided, and tha
may have the full
mn
COVE red
80
be
er
benefit
ence
t should come in sunny side of
iis of the
Cold
se of food is to
The wa and floor
should be wind-proof.
food, for the first u
tain the warmth of an animal, and ex-
fo will call for 1
much
more food in proportion to the
const
posure cold TI
amount
ndeed
ant part of 3 cow's food
are first te wasted in
ds, food 1s fuel,
and exposure to cold wastes
the winds, howling with force
be
neutralized
2
it, ) IM
In other
+}
this way.
first of all,
it. Even
cutt
wie
ing like a knife, must ex-
ded from the
all
owner
stable, if t COWS
ares
the benefit from their food
the profit possibl
Truth to
double
her
them
crve
1
all
1
the
Ler
iro feeding
the @
ld
3
she have
between
¢
ion to } ad of wher oc
Ion to De made use Of when neces
sary; for pure air m
Alf
this being a most
nent in
an
of
tt ary
gysiem
sustenance of
mal. Why?
the air is used
oxygen
imal
as goes to 1
ths oxid
the oxidi
On the other hand, impure air, for
iis the anima
of this oxygen, rez
and
1 v
ventiuatio
and not
good
that
$114
yeniuator
5 3
will draw up th ou
183 3 ry w ty ery} f «ft 1 «f
uincient numoer Oo! sMail Sii¢
and, by a
ng near
enough air to keep tl 1
pure and comforta Fred O. Sibley
in Agricultural Epitomist
ventilators
fresh
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES
If you have any sour milk give it to
Blood
the hens
and meat what will make
lay.
are
The clover should be the farmerd
Let poultry of all kinds
twelve hours before killing.
fast about
Turkey hens are generally profitable
until
It
they are five years old.
yasible to
ut
have dairy
good food.
good
~ondition,
tf she
i TiN
it
The ou take from the soi
more you have got to put back on
Mutton or
You have
gether,
NOre §
4
5
alone will
work
wool
got to
not
{Wo mn
pay
the fo
be scientific
your farm
If you want a
you must cond
principles,
It will pay any farmer to oftentimes
visit big market in order to
just what kind of stock brings the pro.
fitable prices.
The most successful Dusiness
this includes farmers—are
study the markets,
Keep the lambs growing. Or, better
yet, keep all the young stock growing.
It is the easiest way to get the biggest
profit out of them.
The biggest horses are not always
the most useful on the farm, The
“happy medium” horse is the one that
it pays the farmer to keep.
It is a great deal easier matter to
drive away the birds than it is to kill
the insects, Farmers should encourage
their “feathered help” to remain with
them the year around.
Of late years the most profitable
branch of the sheep industry has been
the raising of early lambs for market
This 1s the reason why sheep raisers
should choose rams of a breed that are
carly maturers.
It is fair to credit the sheep with a
few extras now and then. They will
keep the clover cropped closely, and il
this is done through the early part of
the summer the seed crop will be heavy.
on scientific
some
men
those who
other manner of handling it.
It isn't any use to build castles is
and did everything possible for her pets,
the air unless you own a balloon.
JEWELS AND LOVELOCKS.
| paste buttons and buckles in your hair?
| A broad buckle, with a twist of
gauze threaded through, or row of
buttons studding a velvet band, to meet
{ a half wre can look charm
ing.
a
sl i he
R181 Of Cave
A FAIR AERONAUT.
Miss Polzsky is a Russian in-
ventor ) forte al navigation
says the Lady's Field. The Crarina re
| cently honored Miss Polzsky
| presence
high-flying 1
| designed,
| She uses no gas,
WHOS 18 acn
I with }
hearsal of
Polzsky ha
y onginal lines
1s her egg-shaped
airship just opened at the top, and fitted
at base lectric motor
| paratus., Accompanied by a |
the lady ascended to
| sixty yards at her demonstration
| ing, a sail spreading gracefully as she
| arose in air, and after remaining
| there poised for a while she descended
in her ship, proving that it was perfex
ly amenable to control and a very prom
| Ising am
nN
fh
at {
il ii
on
the with an ¢ ap
girl
»
a height of about
ittle
meet-
the
ble
ention,
FAMOUS YACHTSWOMEN
Of American society
| ber of yachting experts is fairly
The two most prominent, so far
ords go, are Mrs. }. W. Martinez Car
deza
women the num-
leg
o
100
rec-
and Susan de Forest Day-Parker.
The former owns the steam yacht Elea
fam to 1
s the world over. It is
nor. whose lines are har Yori
ot
wardens and pil
an ideal Yacni of
232
fifteen draught.
i Cruise from Philadel;
York to Newfoundland,
a hunting
wilderness,
the largest size,
feet over all,
is
a
ioe
OGRE i
The record
thian, which w;
by Susan d
miliar
cruises was
number of places
covered inside of thr
an's Home Compan
~
to all
vigil
Visi
needed over the
of the club hos
addies in
play there
of another
a new jack
you will prob
but i
to be rather bette:
1 3 ‘
the lad es
#445
¥
Me OF
The new golf
has no gilt bu
sional air. It
order.” It has a
by a strap, and
| triple form Ths
{ed edges t
| just beneath:
{ and
slips of
| machine
line of
in
1"
still
stitchi
ng.
machmte-stitched
line. A
of serge, carcfully
ed, is the opening to a
| tiny hip pocket sct at each side.
| The jacket opens in front and below
| the tailored collar we
| arrangement of
{ with machine
hold
reas.
| down toward th
| shaped strap
| machine-stitcl
waist
white
see a trefoil-like
serge,
A small
together
3 1s
the Ais
girap
i of cloth wer
the 1
TO LEARN A LADY'S AGE
II Mondo Che Ride, an lialian jour
§
“How can one, without giving any of.
i
fence, induce a lady to teil her age?
by hundreds
Answers by
were awarded
finally the
“Go to a lady.” says the winner of the
{ hirst prize, “and cay to her ‘Madame,
i [ dreamt last n'ght that you and I could
| win a large prize at the lottery by play
ing a number corresponding to our ages
t and therefore. if you will just tell mq
i your age I will go at once and buy
i ticket. ” The assumption is that a desire
to win the money
to comply at once with the request.
poured in
pri Jes
E
thie
second prize, “how long she has been
married, and, after she has replied. ex-
press great astonishment and exclaim ;—
“Mon Dien! You must have been a mere
child at that time. How old were you
then, at any rate?’ From her two an.
swers the lady's age can be ascertained
without arousing any suspicion on her
part.
“Ask the lady,” saye the winner of the
third prize, “how many years younger she
is than her husband. This is an every-
day question, and the chances are a
thousand to one that she will answer it
osromptly and correctly. Then find out
the husband's age, which can very easily
be done, and by working out a little
stm in arithmetic you can easily solve
the problem.”
ONE WOMAN'S LIFE INSURANCE.
One of the largest life insurance com-
panies in New York has on its books
ago insured their lives in the company.
The dividend results on their policies
ate precisely the same as on men's polis
cies. Where the premiums are paid
*
cach year in cash and in full, the divi-
dends accumulate very fast, producing
x111t
the iy
ped in (B48 1
Watervliet, N
that was 1
ruair,
interesting.
Truair
Of
of
Miss
Age W
Anna
ch yeu
wis ) F YEeATS
wil sued, and paid
This premium she paid
il 1803, when divi.
sed for that purpose. Th
thus u amounted to
hen the policy
lly $0.90.
fe on
cash
$41.00
ihe
pany
after
the
wel
0
total Fi
on this
ns paid to the com
mounted to $314.80;
deducting the ab $41.00
total premiums if the
| premiums paid by the in ured at $473.71.
| The balance of unused dividends re-
. ; \
maining to the credit of the policy at
pr
poli y 4
from
leaves
i *
death was $846, which is nearly twice as
{ 43 the net cost | he pa
ou
i
sum {
aim
of the insured a
The Statement,
a t
S FOR GIRLS.
emot Life is
on
ive feeling distur
the heart and age
» s dan!
, but don
Don't judge
DRESSING AT WOMI
Ns
being
Yard
$40 Ad
sCTRE
hue
modeled after
»
far’s g
wn,
master's gown
white
longer than
Joctor's 4
‘
velvet,
i
4 and {
GU¢ nage b
: 3
down the front and
with three bars o
: 4d FCIOTY %
lege wear Bachelor's
§ CEC WOAT adil 5
of ©»
iW
blue, fellows of Bryn Mawr Col
wns and yellow
being the college
These various gowns arc worn
and white hoods, thes
colors,
on all state occasions,
The alone at Welle ley
the cherished cap and gown. this
| tom having been introduced of
At Mount Holyoke, !
black robe and sugg:
adorn the senior only
unmensely, and
her %
{ regard them with wit!
$CNIOrs
fas
ale
years
wo, the flowing
dive mortarboard
She prizes them
unger colleagues
mingled longing
and respect.
At Barnard College he
{ are adorned, and the
3
even on Class
A
daCayuom
iors wear them
Lad the
wn
are
uch
Ng
AREY
not Cust diversity of
opinion exists concer
ini in al
educational circles
them i
1 ribune
FASHION 'OTES.
One hat. velvet trimmed, has the un-
side of the velvet faced with
Lengthwise trimming effects
folds, insertings, etc, applied up
down will be in high favor.
Renaissance will be quite passee as a
fall trimming lace. Guiptire, clgny and
point 4" arabe will be much res
Parisian clippers arc made of flowered
muslin, with lace-edp d ruchings, for
wear with lowered boudoir negligees,
The new flounced skirts gnd the many
variations of flounce) treble and double
skirt effects are satisi.ctory if not pop.
ular.
The very narrow iiagerie tucks now
used on waists, negl ree jackets and
skirt tops have changed their name from
“welt” to pinch tucks,
A fanciful belt ju now making its
appearance has the buckle at one side
of the waist instead ~f directly in front,
Leather or corded satin is the material
most frequently chosen,
One begins to think uf corduroy skirts
again, and there are tretty ones to he
seen, A wide ribbed ¢ rduroy is stylish,
The material makes th + most durable of
skirts, This is alm one of thee
faults,
| der fur.
bia .
and
THE WORDS A MAN UTTERS.
The Average Per Day iz About Two
Newspaper Columns.
“I hay
nany words the
very twenty-four
nan yesterday,
seculiar things, '
¢ been trying to figure out how
man utters in
aid a gentle.
penchant for
VETAK
conclusion
different rat
0 reach any sat siactor
iccount of
st which persons
tourse, I have no reference
ferent kinds
found in the dai
erage man, but
the
talk. Of
y the dif
different
of words which may b
ly
I
repetitions and all, during every twenty
four hours. There 15
choly gentleman
erage five |
the quiet,
will not speak on an av
indres a day
! 4 .
another would not utter
this number, On
is the !
always a
conversation
woman
at a fearful rate of
dizzy he
normal talker,
decer rage,
bore you with his
tire yi
you
2
>
the
indifieren
meaningless
with h verbosity
1t suppose we figure that the avera
utter
every
2,400
£7,600
person will an average of
words
to
words
hours.
this much, as
women would probabil
fore they
seven in
newspaper, 11 ni
how much time each
ing
women are
not talk during the day except at meal
t of the character of work
had talked as
du
iu
ring each day.
situated so
time, on ace
are other
they have to do
There
as traveling men, f
‘
or instance, who
far thei livin
the potato
4 sand
unpreceaenieg
ravy and a superior as
. * $
be converted into most palatable
desserts, Cornbread
com ]
hog and
maintains his great mu
thrives in i
cooking,
be paid to these matters.
northern people know
potatoes for the table and soutl
ple do not. The northern «
the potatoes mealy and delectable;
ordinary southern cook converts
a hard, soggy, indigestible mass.
northern cook turns rice into glue
imperils its palatability; southern
cook brings it to a dry, and succulent
condition.
to cook potatoes properly aod t
ern folk should learn how to manipulate
rice. The ladies who go about
ing cooking at schools might become
patriotic as well as gastronomic mis
ciomaries if they at once began
paign of education east and
Augusta (Ga) Chronicle,
upon
how prepare
ern peo
ok makes
the
it into
1 he
the
lie north
teach
West, ow
A Tramp in Trouble.
|
had an old barn
camping place for tramps. One night
this last summer there was a big thun-
bolt hit the old barn,
in a fence corner. He was looking dazed
and done up, and when I asked him
what had happened he slowly explained :
“Why, this thing is going to make
me lots of trouble.”
“What thing?” 1 asked.
“This old barn. There was nine of
us in there when the lightning struck,
and as 1 was the only one who got out
1 suppose I'll have to hang around here
and attend the ‘unerals of the other
eight.” «-Brook'yn Citizen,
Truing Railway Whee's.
A simple device, it is reported, has
been put in operation on some of the
railroads by which the wheels can be
trued up without inte fering with their
use. It consists of a brake shoe that
contains po sets, filled with a grinding
material, so that when a wheel becomes
flattened it i» only necessary to remove
the old shoes and put it in its place, do-
ing the braking as usual, the wheel be-
roaning turned down in the course of a
listle while,
NOTES 2m
i
The assessed valuation of the State of
ased £4.649.5%0 in a single
tal now is $52,105,486.
5 been awarded a medal for
telegraph. As a
of anything is award-
wireles
nor
lly preferred
have
Nidows,
iiO
be placed on the
attempt
swim
Falls
a8
Pro-
framed
ordinary
e OPIN in
the Christian Register that no adequate
sparing
The safety of
f government, and
ations would be ad-
of public assault
the criminal,
there wer
Whatever
against tal pumshment in
it 1s the n of a writer
cases,
reason has ever been given for
fat 4 1
$03R ail :
rulers, stabi
welfare of all n
in cases
is no d
HE im
or
=
caught mm th
speedy cxecutio
interested
six dozen
twelve dozen work-boxes, eleven
twenty-four dozen knife handles,
twenty-four dozen cigar-cases, 100 dozen
umbrella handles and over 100,000 pen-
collectors will be
n that 100 large tables,
desks,
surrender tree of San-
tiago, and the tree is nearly all there
still. The apple tree at Appomattox did
less than this for the faddists of a great
country.
A large minded corporation in Lon-
don is venturing upon the gigantic mask
of providing two miiiions of twopenny
meals daily for the masses of the hungry
who need substantial food at low fig-
ures. This is a brave undertaking, m
which the margin of profit seems to
waver close to the edge of the invisibie.
If it achieves a lasting success its pro-
jectors onght to have medals. If it fails
the promoters may find a touch of
consolation in the thought of well meant
endeavor, .
There are some things which seem
household necessities in the United Sta-
tes for which there is no market what.
ever in France or Southern Europe. One
of these is the range with a hot water
back, another is the refrigerator and a
third is the rocking chair. Americans
living abroad often want these articles
so badly that they even send home for
them, but among the French there is no
demand for them whatever, and Ameri
can manufacturers only waste time in
trving to create a market for them.