GROWING CABBAGE FROM SEED.
Mark out your ground the desired
distance each way. Plant from six
ten seeds in every check, scattering
the seeds. When all danger of bugs
is over, cut out away all but
one, the best plant. The expense
geed is much less than the expense of
transplanting. The much
stronger and much
club-footed.
to
or Eive
cabbage is
less likely
SHOW A
Since the days
we do not hear of
by the
highways
there
there
pecially in
and in such
on a dark
carry a ligh
others that a
than to show
have seen the
of a cigar was ¢
out of the way,
be a surer and
ing. The li
these days of
than
the
Cy les,
accidents
on
3 many
.
collision of vehicles
but
ms whers
hear of,
as we
are iil
are
itricts,
one has to drive
we to
show
whit
before,
ordinances require lights on Di
they should requi
carriages.—The Cultivator.
THE SILO AND ENSILAGHE.
of
that
™ Teta $e 3 ea ¥ Tinm
Professor Haecker, the Minne-
sota Station, nty
cent of the
is lost
and says:
“We od
a 160-acy
ment, esp
to keep
and sh
silage
when
ample
Two
pounds
furnis
seventy-fis
for pasture
ed rough
one cow
diana
HINTS ABOUT THE HORSL
Teach a horse what you want
to do, and
Plaster scatteres
keeps down
air.
Don’t
skilled
by bad shoeing
You can
colt's legs k
med in the proper
you can trim a
Have your horse
casionaily. A
he will aiways
by
hape
growing tw
proper foo
than
time 3
Tie your
down comfortably
practice with
horse
work
ing.
Don’t bring
a drive if
rub him
“0
you
can
thoroughly
SEPARATION
It has been known
for some years that
luted with from
water and the
top by the
injuring its
degree,
of
on
without
any marked
gathered
process
{o
it has also strated
dairymen and experiment
that in some cases the milk
1s unusually thick, such as that from
strippers, diluting with water would,
to a slight degree, aid in separating
the cream from (he milk. 't has also
been shown that on the averaze cream
will not separate as perfectly from
milk where dilution has been used.
by
stations
where
we may call
more than tin
them such, are nothing
cans
gravity process, and is claimed to be
greatly aided by dilution with water,
It has been clearly shown that these
cang do not separate aa thoroughly as
the old pan or shallow can system.
Many farmers and dairymen are mis
led by their claims as to thorough
separation of cream from the milk.
The companies promoting these dilu-
tion cans also claim the patent right
of diluting milk with water far the
purpose of creaming. This claim is
without foundation in law or in fact.
in a few words, when a farmer pur.
chases such a separator he is getting
nothing more than a tin can and the
privilege of mixing water with his
milk, which does more harm than
good. —T. IL. Haecker, in Nebraska
Dairyman.
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GREEN FOOD FOR HENS.
The regular farmer generally has
enough by products from his fields to
feed the hens without considering
special crops for them; but the person
who raises chickens for a living alone
must raise crops for them in summer
with chickens if all the food is to bs
bought. This is the mistake made
beginners, It should be
at the outset that
y
under.
farming of a
of chicken
be enough
to last the hens
and an acre of good clover
should be sufficient feed the hens
with dry hay all winter. In addition
this, should clip tne lawn
every week for the sake of the short
green which the hens will eat
fall,
should be
field to
green food
and fall
crops is
business
the
should
raising.
clover hay
through the
to
one
Srass
Green crops planted in
supply the hens
the
of
through
ne
lettuce
with spring,
the best
Plant the
deal can
vara of
radishes
spring
val
be raised
large jety, and a great
on a few
Then
tops of
syuure
follow up with
the hens will
and beats
soil. ’
the which
Cabbages, turnips
for
the
hose CARred
time tell
breeds
two dis another
and o« i time than th
he little things
Per
even 1 beca » of t
which « rage us
the next breed tried, meet
with the same discouragements, forget-
ting the fact that we have tried those
various breeds different of
the year and unde: circum
stances. One year may be a bad year
for poultry, and the food and
may not be as ge as at another ti
or our treatment of the fowls not
game laising poultry is very inter
esting, but it is no child's play, and
have very little time for pleasure
trips, as work accumulates in
case of delays and neglect, and unless
given prompt attention, may result
haps we
at aeasons
different
houses
¥yil
wa
me,
the
we
#SO0N
is concerned, I find that clean, com-
with plenty of exer
cise and a variety of food, are the
gafeguards against disease, The be-
to want to please them by making
things look big on paper, instead of
giving facts. If I were going to start
in the breeding of famcy poultry again,
I would put a good price into a trio of
the breed I liked the best, build a
comfortable house, study the business
and grow up with it. There are so
many things to be looked after to
make poultry breeding a success, that
it cannot all be learned at once. |
find that board floors should always
be used in coops. The floors should be
made separate and the coop should
fit down to the ground around the
floor. This allows the chicks to be
above the ground the thickness of the
board floor, preventing their getting
damp in rainy weather, and you will
find they will thrive better than where
no floor Is used. M. F. Norris, in In
land Poultry Journal
in order that a rainbow may be
pwduced the sun must not be more
than 42 degrees above the horizon
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By Jules Verne, Author of “Around the World in Eighty Days.”
~~ HE field of the romance writer of the future?
This question has been asked me and I am inclined to think
that my answer will be astonishing in some respects. Where do |
think the novelist of the future will seek the plots and ¢nviron
ments for his novels?
I do not think there will be any
form, in fifty or a hundred years from now.
’
novels or romances, at all events in yslume
They will be superseded ent rely
by the dally newgpaner. Evidences of this may alr ady be seen in the Sarday
newspaper, which has even now taken a firm grip on the lives of the most ==
gressive people.
Yes,
logical will all disappear.
be
fast declining. A.
Their merit interest are fas
kave
the novel, the descriptive story, the s » story psy
; ! Xs
historic record world will file it ew per N Tilers
learned to color
a truer picture
novel psycholog
generation will
In
greatest
like all
his stori
Each one
psychology
ill do so in
abigT
the everyday
be
of
obtained
fiction
Do I thin}
iil always
» sword
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# House Flies . . .
I a i od
Ee EE LE rh SRE hE
Vie Se wi
intsresting Notes
on This Insect
Ae tl
Soda 7 i
in Porto Rico.
~~
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By Major George G. Groff, M. D.
yr IRKS on natural istory state that the house fy O08 :
/ ‘orto wo, ¥ in ountry all the onaitions
\ \ prese: or its axisten It is al immer: there is every.
whe TR the vt 1a 4 " ss which flies are
popularly
supposed to breed three of thes
insects in a room
as this pest of
During the
American camps
swarmed with
The writer on
fre m Porto Riro with
The flis
of Egypt.
mules,
They were
until we neared ti
It ia now Kknowi
and that they
The
the States
planation known
lisappear
in horse
horses,
fed in
present ex-
Yet
hich annoy horses
there hat in
abounding
commonly
American army horses
The Porto Rican horse gets no grain. This is the
of the failm
are
ony
that island there
may be other reasons, For there are there w
and cattle by sucking thelr blood ox can stand tected all
the
unpre
in
ir heads yoked
flies to
kind annoys m. Oxen have an
be very cru if
and no fiy of any
day,
immovable manner, which would there were devour
them, but there are none
There is a singular absence of all wiid life, inclu
Only two grasshoppers were
in this island.
seen in A two years’ resid no caterpillars at
kept down by the
zards, which are very
abundant, and are bred
The only
an insect living in the
ground, and which destroyed young plants to a great extent.
all were seen
very large number
abundant and are
{in the house cisterns, one or more of which b
Ants are very
of
insect
rare. Probably insects are
chameleons and other small li
Mozquitoes are not
long to each
beetle
caters
house
insect of which complaint was made was a mole
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“MENTAL DETECTIVES."
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By Dr. Martin W. Barr, Chief Physician of the Pennsylvania School for Feeble
Minded Children,
Not only from the tragedies and monstrosities of degeneration does so
elety need protection, but from its certain and appalling increase. Statistics
though imperfect yet, prove that nothing clings so persistentiy--is so certain of
transmission, as mental defect, A literal realization of the sowing of dragons’
teeth is the record of the so-called Tribe of Ishmael, where within half a cen-
tury was produced some 5,000 degenerates, the offspring of one neurotic man.
Who, In the face of all this, shall fail to see that mercy, pity and the
ery of humanity and sell-defense alike call for legislation which shall forbid the
perpetuation of evil and the contamination of pure stock,
Much has been done to redeem and raise to higher planes by training, but
much remains to ba done. The establishment of separate asylums for the
helpless idiots idio-imbeciles and epileptics, now burdening the training schools:
legislative enactments providing for the separation of abnormal from normal
children, and requiring their assignment to schools for special training; the
permanent sequestration, under conditions dictated by science forbidding in.
crease of those adjudged unfit for the duties of parenthood and citizenship; the
opening of reservations and colonies to which may be transferred those trained
in the various institutions, thus relieving ocercrowded conditions, while giving
a stimulus to training, and also providing permanent homes where trained fm.
beclles may pursu: thél: various avocat.ons under new and more satisfactory
conditions,
There are some corsiderations for thoughtful legislators, for it is to the
ja¥makers in all lands that we must now look, lest the work having at.
tained a certain success in one century should in another, through lack of pro.
(action and encouragement, fall to go forward.
Past the 200,000 Mile Mark.
For many years this country has
led all others in number of its
railways and the of their mile
age,
The last six
the
total
months have put the
United States still further ahead n
this respect. Tae raliroad construc-
tion during this pericd carried ug be
yond the 200,000 mark of rallway raile-
age.
The 2.314 miles added then increased
our total railway mileage to 201,839.
The record of the first half of this
year is 500 miles ahead of that of tLe
first half of Jast
The next six months will
the rallroad mileage of this country
even more greatly than it has grown
year,
increase
since the beginning of the year. It
is estimated conservatively that the
total the Uni-
ted States for exceed 6,000
miles, whereas
for 1901
of this
gtill lead wi
of
rallway construction in
1802
the
¥
will
total
For
gouth and
th 1.993
construction
first half
southwest
of
Was the
year the
miles out the
months,
New
total
tiahoma
81%
miles
This exten
‘
i progre
rapidiy than any
eat
LAs
How Camphor Monopoly Wor
"he camphid monopoly of F
nese governn
itivators
about 341
sells again for
nety-five to
ii by contract
yen at Hong
This is
ling at too
} OUraging
to cultivate camphor.
device which the finan-
putting up a man of
from whom he
figure and sells
io
£31
defeats by
contractor
regulation
y own price.~Journal des Debats,
Sheep Eat Bottle Trees.
During the prolonged drought that
has areas of Queens
land a few squatters have been able
save a remnant of their flocks and
herds by feeding them on bottie trees,
The scientific name of this tree
gterculia, but its popular name gives
an idea its sham It is like a
water bottle, magnified to a
of four or five feet. The bul.
bous part contains a mucilaginous
substance, which is wholesome and nu-
tritious to those who have acquired
its taste. It was pathetic to see the
thirety sheep gather around a bottle
tree, pick up the chips, chew them
and extract all possible moisture.
His Wig Saved Him,
A good story comes from New South
Wales concerning a certain back-coun-
try M. P. noted for hig baldness and
his wig, says the London Express,
Coming across a large body of abo
rigines evidently bent upon mischief
some years ago, he got behind a tree,
put his head out to the right and
showed his well-wigged skull; then as
quickly withdrew it, pulled off the
wig, and placed his bald head out
to the left. This performance he ex-
ecuted rapidly for a few minutes.
The dark warriors stared, then with
a wild yell of “Debbil, debbil,” rushed
off through the scrub.
A Come Down,
“This is quite a comedown for
me,” remarked the inventor of the
airship as his machine collapsed.
Philadelphia Record.
devastated large
0
is
\
of
goa
height
A Woman's Temper.
“A woman's love may grow cold”
says the cynical bachelor, “but her
temper will remain as hot as ever.
Philadelphia Recerd. i:
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sugar cured California bams, 1iMe;
hams eanvased or uncanvased, 12 ibs.
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Products. Balk
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second-hand tubs, 11%e; refined lard,
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Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10a15e lower,
good tn prime steers £8 00a 00; medium
84 57 HO; stockers and feeders £250
ad ub: cows, $1 Had 0; heifers $2 H0a
6 3; lexas-fed steers £3 20ab 50. Hogs,
Mixed and butchers 88 75a7 65; good to
choice, heavy $7 §0u7 70; Sheep, sheep
and lambs slow 10 lower; good to choice
whethers 83 50ad 10; Western sheep
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LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Toledo (Ohio) telephone girls may
organize.
Flevator conductors at Omaha, Neb,
contemplate forming a unica,
Chicago janitors to the number of
300 have formed a union.
The Santa Fe Railroad has granted
fn injunctions in wages of tive car mien,
Decreases in miners wages in Eng
fish federated districts aflected 321,000
en,
Telegraphers throughoht the cou
are organizing and will demand
wages.