ze) a 0 . R i ANID) NN is S EAS At PARTIAL SOILING. Farmers generally and dairymen in particular do not seem to realize the importance of supplying proper food during midsummer when the pastures are almost invariably short. This shortage comes at a critical time for dairymen, as it is when the weather is hot and the flies excessively trouble- some. The result is a shrinkage in flow of milk, and it is practically im- possible to restore the original flow during that period of lactation. This is the season of the year when the question of pariia: soiling should be considered in connection with plans for the summer's work. A pasture will the dry weather of midsummer. By alone. ways, either by growing some Crop that can be pastured off by turning on the cows a short time each day or by cutting the crop and hauling to COWS. he former method is the more a small fleld or some ing. Alfalfa makes an excellent crop for partial soiling, especially for dairy It can be cut when needed dur- ing the summer and by the time the piece is cut over once the portion cut first will have grown up so that it can be cut again. In this way continuous feed can be supplied at all times from the same land with the same kind of crop and without different seeding or cultivation. Another advantage alfalfa has is that whatever is not needed for soiling may be made into excellent hay and utilized in this way. [I would strongly advise dairy farmers to try an acre or two of alfalfa, as the resulls gotten by Dr. Hopkins and published in bulletin 76 of this station, indicate OWS, bils. If pastures are short and no al lowance has been made for green feed corn should be cut from the regular crop if it will bear the roasting ear stage, as it will bring the best returns Never under any consideration allow the stock to go hungry and suffer the losses incident to shortened feed at the time which is for every reason the most trying to ilve stock.—W. J. Fras. €r, University of Illinois, in Farmers’ Review, HUMUS AND MOISTURE Decayed vegetable matter is humus. To have a good soll we must have a supply of vegetabie matter in it. The chief advantage in this is in enabling the nold water to a greater degree than would he not contain water. The eastern gar- deners have en surprised sometimes to find that i would re. spond to fertilizers and that the la becoming appar- ently very to drouth. trouble was exhausted to S011 not subje that by vear afte ENE} 7 by year fter year mercial a pa Ie i of turning under barnyard green crops. At the Minnesota experiment station tests were made on soils with a good sup- ply of humus and those with little, as to water content On one soil the humus was found to be 3.35 per cent. all. Tae water content was 16.48 per Pe Cen. manure cent. of humus, and the water content 12.14 per cent. of the total. This difference has been figured out as about a quart of water per cubic foot of soil, which gallons to the acre. In a dry season this difference would be a very great factor in the maturing of the crop Plants do not eat; they drink. All food is taken In a liquid condition. If the water is absent the starves, The humus supply is there was oping of our farm crops other great advantage goll rich in humus and that is that is wanting. The roois go after the the surface of the ground. a term be allowable. pumps of the sun and wind from tak- fog moisture out of the soil, but helps to man, At the station mentioned the soils were saturated with the end of that time the soil with the largest amount of humus contained 6.12 per cent. of its water, while the other soll contained only 8.94 per cent. ~Farmers’' Review. ORCHARD GRASS, I have grown orchard grass for about 15 years, both for graziag and mowing, and find it has proved very accommodating in old flelds, for it holds out well and when the other grasses have died out, will stool sud endeavor to fill the gap. Then, whem of fertilizars, the other (GARDEN ale ALN chard grass has retired to quarters, and with {ts abundant leaf that piles up hay behind the mower. In fact this habit is what makes it advance. If not sown thicker than seeding, the heading salk will small value compared with the atable till late fall. Two years since I seeded which was intended to lie for two sea sons, with red clover and grass alone, The dry off most of the young plants when 1 to 2 inches high, leaving only orchard grass. The following season, belng short of hay for my horses in June, I cut the piece of orchard grass when in as cured. Unlike most green hay, shrinking my began to put on flesh with their usual feed of grain, old timothy and red top hay and regular work. In fact they gained so rapidly that ally took away their grain altogether, and on that new orchard grass hay without grain, they kept in better con dition and showed more life at usual farm work than with the other hay and grain combined This pleased me that when my orchard grass was ready to cut last season, I begaa at once to feed it to horses with the same satisfactory results as before. For pastures which 1 am re instead of 80 land in seeding | always make it a prominent in American Agriculturist, FEEDING HORSES. In caring for work horses I like to give them a drink of water the first thing in the morning, then some aay, and finally their grain the last thing before going to breakfast. By letting them eat hay awhile feeding before gry, and will not eat so fast. If there Is something in the stomach the grain seems to digest better. The horse will do mere and remain In worked steadily with stops, than he will if hurried allowed to stand still long at a The last half hour before quit- short and often, then when he gets to the stable he can have some water At noon give hay walle the driver gets his din- ner, then water and feed the grain Give a little water when they go out to work if they want it At the night the horses should have some water waen they come in. Then give hay and afterward more water before they have thelr grain, If one does not feed the same at each feed. ing the horses should have the largest amount at night when they are going to have a long rest. I may seem over caustious about giving water horse wants plenty of it, only no! too much at a time. If you will watch horses in the yard you will see them go and drink often and take a little at a time. In feeding horses one should watch each animal, as the same rule will not apply to all-—W. W. Morri- son in Orange Judd Farmer. but the TRAIN THE CHICKENS. The nautral instincts of fowls prompts them to roost high above the ground, not for sanitary reasons, but to be out of harm's way, where they cannot be molested by marauders which prowl about at night, ready to pounce on them for their suppers. For this reason the young caicks soon make their way to the fenece top when once they have acquired the hab it it is very hard to break taem. They soon develop crooked breast bones and bumble foot, or, worse still croup, and all our work is wasted. They should be compelled {o roost on the ground, in or near their coops, until they are four months old, after should be built. all by themselves. deseribed elsewhere will accommodate a hundred or more chickens until the improving the Breed of Cats. world is the breeding of short-haired cats, just the common or garden vari ety of cats. It is marvelous what a few short generations of care and breeding will do for poor pussy, who takes her outing om the alley wall or moans about the door of some de sorted house. After scant joys and many hardships she Is at last to see high lite. She is to be bred for the same points as the Perwlan. The threads of silk made from wool in Germany have 18 strands, a single one of which is hardly visible to the naked eve. Real silk is two-thirds atronger. . CALLED A “SCARF.” You heir murmurs of chit-chat now and then concerning the disappearance mer: plazzas and of cool evealngs at the shore. It is true that taere are a great many smart jackets of naval or military type, and that the girl who blue,” with handsome navy buttons ob- tained from her “friend” on a flagship, will naturally be inclined to wear this of an all-enveloping saawl, Thresquarter coats coats in black taffeta silk or pale col- fortunate possessors. But all this does not mean shaw! has been driven out of fashion Far from it. Many a shawl is worn name of a scarf The “scarf” is a fine shawl, no longer made in the square true, but woven double length and so always worn in a double fold colors of the crepe de chine scarf are very tiful. Rose lilac, lain vivid ivory white, tan, Quaker gray and scarf, strange to say, success as the true colors work scarf of heavy contrasting color called prefers to call them These are a wraps worn in a ” adziphia Record that under the crepe de chine shape, it ls he mauve, violet, porce- dark blue, poppy blue, SOMaoe ever, are never few NUTRITION AND EXPENSE A common m in pure heaper ones as well, if not pression seems aks people hasing expensive would serve The § that better 10 De foods are better in some pe On economize is oft ige Many housekeepers are reall) of economizing, but necessary to use steak pound, nourishment coul cheaper cut Tae whole difficulty is of the simple principles of mi mn. The saying that the best is the cheap est does not apply to foods. The price paid for expensive food is not for the food itself, for ita its rarity The plain, foods —mea:, meal, beans and digeatibie and as nutritious of the other aa with a knowl they at when seeded irl but ADDeArance or standard oat are just a8 Are any : cornmeal, ne the more expensive articles of die High-priced foods fastidious appetite of skillful and ing of the simpler ones at home. The evil can be remedied by a bet tin leratanding of the ele laws un lerlying nutrition weonomy, unlike some less w practice, should be than erely cater to i nia place gery and take the cooking tasteful ter mentary yrihy i i honore more ir th Lie obeervance American Queen ¥ wna iae Dreach.- in SHOPPING IN ITALY An Italian once ame se to be frank and admit ware three bia as rices in Italy for the an. He did the highest humble scribe; p Continental, vy fs one for one the Ameri not wiilch price was tha h nor nes the superfluous is only for space writing To an American, 4 i prices embodies ho'h the haggling bitter and the over sweet; the mere act of bargaining is a 1 or 3 & biow to his seif-reapect, but to be rgain his ping in italy charm of novelty, and besides that induvement, {t is an agree Abie sensation to the American woman to feel that the highest Italian price is loss than the lowest one of her country. By this is meant good laces and embroideries—indeed, hand-work of all kinds; a dire inatinet - 1 appeal to She I ; has the i even known as Roman: the products of the goldsmith and silversmith: coral shell, glass, wood-carving, and many is ungainly or expensive, cloth, road to tears and regret In ments reached a satisfactory result in fit and price.—Louisa C. Hale, in Har. DAINTY CHATELAINE BAG. The chatelaine bag, without the topped with a strong gilt or silvered chain, is much like the “reticule” of Dickens’ period and mentioned in his books. The old- fashioned reticue was usually longer than it was high. Both these shapes are seen In the beautiful bags made of beaded embroidery in the old-fashioned cross” or samplet stitches. A beauty has a ground of white al ternating In clear glass and opaque milk-white beads. This Ia powdered with single violets worked in shaded mauve and purpis beads, and with a tiny addition of foflage and green stem with each. Tals bag Is mounted with iit, and has a long gilt chain, Small pink rosebuds conventional: faed are sprinkled en a bag which has a ground-work of solid beading in dove gray. This shows silver mounts, Rose gold mounts and rosecopper mounts and chains are used with white and parti-colored beaded bags. The yellow bags look best with gilded mounts. The blue and green beaded bags are fre quently mounted with silver. Bome beads are made of china, some of glass, others of metallic glit, star" or silvered substance. ATHLETICS FOR THE EYES. That there should be special exer cises—athletics, If you will—for the eyes, remarks the New York Sun, is perhaps & novel idea to many. But # is said that one way to strengthen the eyes is to turn them alternately up in suct turn twenty times slowly Next from right Turn them to the and taen to the corner, Then alternate the motion from the upper ight corner the lower left corner, and repeat 114 & rouing Do this on the £88.00, the eyes to left, repeating ae upper left lower right before corner, Con- clude these exercises by the eyes around, first in the muscular extensions careful when performing th not te ue strain the muscles w to the extreme Be BXOTrCisEes the left, very bathed every ove any om the r should ater To preserve the round shape of the occagionaaly rub them gently, always toward eyeballs and grows older dency to be or massage helps . » famed “by cold or for ted, weak inf water Is If the lids are study a little rose bathing them Cold galt water and warm milk good for occasional should be diluted wit . * » good woak lee Are a milk 1560 The walter Bathing with of witeh | and water is hazel eyes Another equal very parts restful to tae plan to bathe the ia borax and two or three drops of spirits of came solved a pinch of powdered phor is em- far n "EN HE PERE i hatte for no other purp ig Dotier when bathing the eyes than 8 The eyes should they are nor shoul light DELICIOUS DESSERTS The small! boy probably can sym . one else with her apple eating and yathize better than a he “first lady” and He the joy consequences of knows also the such an yf Ancestiress is saw ii diverse Al any rate, ou knew a good thi } and chose a remarkably delicious frv wherewith to fall * - » they . The food value of It contains SURAT, the apple is very hydrogen valuable great carbon, and a laxative acid The ratio of acid varies greatly in the different varieties. They are rich in vegetable jelly and are adapted to endless uses of the cuisine, besides affording a de liclous dessert fruit ——-—, and oxygen, The stock that now reigns supreme in washable stuffs will also be first pieces, Taffeta is to be muca used for au tumn stocks in a great variety ol styles, ornamented with lace, self stitching, bebe velvet ribbon, odd touchis of gilt and other metallic braids and gilt buttons, The extended fringe vogue that is heralded for the coming season is noted on a number or smart stocks, with their long front tab, embellished with fringe or knotted tassels, Floral fang in paper are a dainty novelty and are not as clumsy and overdone as those of yesteryear, Only the plainest hats require vells by way of trimming. Shirred ribbon frills laid flat on hat are very smart, Little chiffon turnover collars are on view, but are not apt to become more popular in the autumn than they have been since their introduction sev. eral months ago. They do not launder, Gathered stocks of chiffon or maline with a large bow In the back, are new and alantiva, a a — HOUSEHOLD, FOR THE LITTLE ONE, Give the baby and each child a bed to himself. oool, clean and tare as possible, nn loosen the child's - FITR permanently cared, No fitsnr nervoise ness after fret day's use of Dr, Line's Gapat end Keep his head uncovered the bad air during the night, overfeeding and from anything else overdressing often soothe and refresh him.—Ameri can Queen, IN PLACE OF BOAP, Almond meal 8 used by many to make the complexion soft, smoolh and fine. Here is a formula for mak ing it: Three ounces powdered sweat ounce powdered ounces of powdered orris, two oun of wheat flour, one-half ounce of borax, five i almonds, one dram of oll of bergamot one-half dram of tinctare of musk, Sift throwing away of drops of ofl of bi well, all ticles. STEAMED SOUFFLE. A yy Bring a pint of milk cream, mixed, to | ounces of butter, with two passed through. a wooden spoon over ! and two oun ounces 0: k and tame is the san yolks of thi epan berry pure paper in fair sized sheets bel Lee, in Good Hou it to circle a trifle larger than the cover over jelly nd pressing it en ¥ paper When the glass useful to put fish butter or cheese air and preventing ing or crogquetiles an the prevent candy n pensable to gswastments entering the are t rolls excellent plan t paper oser ne a hard crus aking, parafl around For a rves to wrap paper s« and en $ BETO to prever paper. The bee used by confection and well coated w kind, of butter, is th able to household us often used to wrap ar RECIPE: sh Macaroni —Chop cold boiled codfish very ft the same amount roni; add salt and and half a cupfu’ put into a buttered bits of butter and sprinkis over grated Sour Cream Dressing —Mix one tea vinegar and stir until smooth; beat one egg add the vinegar, stirring constanily: then add one tablespoon of butter; stand the bowl in a pan of boiling water; stir and cook until creamy; re move and stand in a cool place; Dr. BH, Kuo, Lad, ¥81 Arch st., Palla, Pa There are 175 parts to a wateh, and the first things a boy does when hie fits ome 19 to satisiy himeulf £7 =" they are &M there, Mra. Winslow's $oothingSyrap lor ov Ags veething soften the gums, redaces (nine a- tion alisyspals onres wind solic, 8c, asittls The man who is ashamed of his sand father's trade doesn’t deserve to have had a grandfather Piso's Cure lor Consumption is an inf ibis medicine for coughs and eolds—5, W, Some paoble who are weighed in the bal ance and found wanting will argue that the machine is out of order, Pursau Favevess Dyes are fast to light and washing. It's a good thing $0 know when to grasp an opportunity; a.so when to el 20 In England the annual consumption of southern fruit amounts to fifteen pounds a head. In Germany it aver- ages not quite three pounds a head The Rivera memorial Queen Victoria is take & cottage hospital at Nice, to the cream is very rich omit the butter Salmon Cakes One can of salmon crumbs to thicken; form into and fry In butter. corn add two eggs slightly eaten, one teaspoon of salt, a little pepper, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and one pint of hot milk; turn into a but tered pudding dish and bake in a slow oven until firm, Cheese Custards. Grate three ounces of cheese; beat three Jevel tablespoonfuls of butter to a cream; beat two eggs; mix the cheese and but. ter together, then add the bea'en egge and one tablespoonful of milk; beat all thoroughly; turn Into a buttered dish and bake until firm In a quick oven; serve as soon as baked, Paris has one acre of park for every fifteen persons; Liverpool, Eng. Wed, ene for every thousand, Contain Mercury, 8 mercury will surely destroy smell and compliotely tem when entering it surfaces, exes Auge t throu Sacharticiesshont pt on preseriy tio: sicians, as the damage they will to the good you can possivly them, Hall's Catafrh Cure y F. J. Cheney & Co,, Toledo, nercury, and is taken internally the ‘ In buying i get the genuls ternally, and mad: J. Cheney & Co, Testim ¥ Drugeists; price Hall's Family Piils are the } #1 Hundreds of Ind ing recruited for groond fontein dismond 38 froin rev iB LTGIR repuL ood thesyste be sure vo laborers are be “1 first used Ayer’s Sarseparilla in the fail of 1848, Since then | have taken it every spring as a blood-purifying and nerve. strengthening medicine.” S.T. Jones, Wichita, Kans. If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then begin to take the good old stand- ard family medicine, Avyer’s Sarsaparilla. It’s a regular nerve lifter, a perfect bloed builder. Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayers Barsapariiia. He knows ail about this grand old family medicine Follow bis sdvice and we will be satisfied # J.C. ATER CO. Sour Stomach used Cascarets and feel like anew mar | have ua tuTerer from dyspepeis avd sour «Toriach the inst two yenrs. | Bave been taking med er other drugs, Lat cond elief » ure time, Fill rer nds as the only thin stomach and to Kea the 5. They are very nice 10 og Harry Stuckley. Mauch Ch $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. Lowell, Mass. - pe 2 oN " in good sek. Pa ne . Plaosant, Palatabie. Potent Tastes Good Do Good Never Sioken, Weaken or Gripe, loc, Je Sie, ¥eover ssid in bulk. The gentime tablet stamped CCC Guarenteed to cure oF your money back Sverling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. $39 ANNUAL SALE, TEN MILLION BOXES ilious * Not a poisonous, drastic cathartic” but an agreeable, ¢fervesoent stomach cleanser. It acts pently on the liver and kidneys and keeps the bowels in healthy action, thus promoting goed ocomplerions, clear brains and Araithy bodws. Used by American Physicians for 58 years, 80e. and $1.00 At Duuggists of by mail from THE TARRANT CO., New York 3634 Lis FAPLE Baus ADVERTISE ITPAYS W. L. DOUCLAS *3.24*3 SHOES if PRImLY wekcing W. I. Domghue $0.40
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