—
POULTRY HOUSE 1
In selecting a location the poultry-|
man ought to look around and get;
some place that will be found suitable |
for the business, He should select a |
place that will be healthy for his
flock, convenient to market, and where
the business can be carried on eco-|
nomically by being able to get feed |
cheaply.
With the farmer it is difficult.
the Journal of Agriculture says, he
has his farm and its equipment, and
instead of suiting himself to other
conditions he has to suit his con-
ditions to the breed he selects, He
may select a breed that will do best
in his hands and suitable to his needs
on his farm. He will also be called
upen to select the bast place suitable
for his flock rather than in “any old |
place,” which is very often the case. |
It i3 no uncomm®n thing to see the
house site, the place for the barn and
other outbuildings selected with the
utmost care, but the poultry house
can be placed anywhere where It
will be out of the way. The idea is
too much prevalent that chickens are
a nuisance any way and should be
only permitted to on the place
ty please the “women folks.” This is
+ .1 wrong. If the poultry business is
of sufficient importance to give a
place at all on the farm it certainly
is worthy of good quarters and falr
treatment
It is not always a good plan to have
the poultry house attached to the
barn or stable, and yet it may be well
to locate it sp that it will have the
protection of such bu Hai ngs. The
poultry house should some Ppro-
tection from the northwest winds and
should located with to
other buildings and fences, so it will
be to too much snow
drifting about it to be in the way of
the flock. Very often snow-drifts will
interfere a great deal with the best
management of a flock and with that
indifference shown toward poultry on
some farms there is likely to not be
much scooping of
Where there ig a choice of locations
the poultry house should have a south-
east frontage. A south front is all
right and an east front is very well,
but by having a southeast frontage
there can be a combination of these
good qualities and
well. In winter
the advantage of t
will
part of
part of
the
LOCATION.
As
stay
have
be reference
not subjected
Snow.
get the good
the day. It will have
the house set exactly
quarter fre
ufting win
ing (DUS
et
am
use the front
better advantage
breeding
Locate the building with reference
to getting much od from it in
summer Aas While it is
most nece to select a warm site
for winter it will be as ne
tee that It made cool in
A grove of small fuit might be
lected as such a place. Next to
may be employed sunflowers or
thing of that sort fer shade.
house is in an exposed place
be well to pile a lot of corn
tha north and west sides
We must learn to protect our houses
against cold in winter and heat in
summer and against dampness at any
season of the year. This can be done |
by giving the nmatter a little atten-
tion and perhaps a little artificial!
drainage to help out the natursd loca
ticn.—Commercial Poultry.
as
in
SSAry
winter
sary to
is summer
Hq
this
some
If
it might
atover on
in winter
the |
TURNIPS AS A CROP.
July is the month for planting tur
nips, though August
As the seed Is small, the ground must |
be plowed and then harrowed down to
28 fine condition as poasible. The
most important point in growing tur
nips iz in the fine soil.
in rows which will permit of using
hoes, and seed with a hand drill which
does considerable damage during
some years tc plants when they are
just appearing. If too thick in the
rows the
3 hpe. Cultivate as, soon as
growth of the plants will permit. If
this is not done weeds and grass may
get the start, especially that persiat-
ent pest known as crab grass. A light
skimming of the surface close to the
plants after every rain, using a hand
wheel hoe, will prevent weeds and
grass, After the turnip plants have
made considerable growth they shade
the aoll and can hold thelr own
ugainst weeds, hut the best crops are
secured when the ‘urnin plots are
kept clean The ground should he
manured and the manure worked in
with a harrow before planting the
There is no crop grown so eas
fly and with so little cost as late
sown turnips in a fleld of well-culti
vated corn, to be eaten off by sheep
The shade of the corn will keep the
corn is cut.
growth will
mand of
Possibly also their
be checked by the Je
the corn roots for plant food.
in the late summer that follows
the first frost the turnips will make
rapid growth, ad they will then have
all the land for their own use. The
turnip will endure a _ pretty heavy
frost, and grow again if warm
weather follows it. But in our climate
turnips, cannot be left in the ground
all winter, as can be done in England
— Philadelphia Record.
ND MANURE.
From several _— ir ved It
is evident that the impress! pre
vails that when legumes, such *as
crimson clover, cow peas, soy beans
etc., are used, stable manures become
a luxury. his is a mistake, and @
particularly serious one on poor soils
Take a soll as poor as that on which
cow peas will bring the best results
as an example. Is it fair to assume
that because cow peas will do so much
to bring up such a soil that they sup
ply all the fertilizer needed to furnish
the growing crop and at the same
time leave in the amount
needed by it to keep up its fertility
The sensible way to the
legumes freely and alsc 15¢ stable
manure or fertilizers Ip
sufficient quantit give us the de
sired crop and slig
stored up quantity
This quantity In
brought into use
creased
will
the
LEGUMES
ies recel
m
the 3o0il
use
commercial
ies
pnerease the
the soil
the soil may be
by cultivation and in
that after a time our crops
larger from the application ol
same quantity of manure or fer
tilizer—Indianapolis News.
80
he
CLOVER AT ITS BEST.
“lover {3 at its as a fertilizer
when it has produced its second crop
This when it has grown full
seasons, [If kept beyond time
either weeds or grasses come in, ac
cording as the soll is best seeded with
these. Whoever keeps a fleld in clover
longer than sens the crop
that can after it On the
other hand, a « sod will rot
best
is two
this
two years le
be grown
lover down
the first season after it is ple
land may
»d the following
de up from any of
iitivated two
to reseed,
int of fertility
ywed, 8¢
that the
be sown with
An
the
wn clover
spring old sod
ETAs SOR
before
ahd
BOOUIC
years
it 13 ready
ramot
malls
more thoroughly
spinning its cocoon and
underg transformation similar
to that from a caterpillar butterfly,
merges a perfect insect, as a worker
bee, in 21 Or AS a in 24
the time being accelerated a lit
by heat, or retarded by
cool wather,
larvae, after
Ong a
fo
drone
Jays,
tie extreme
ORCHARDS IN BOD
A feasable method lands which
are very stesp and danger of wash
stony or stumpy te
cultivate readily, is to grow grasa
moving once, or better twice a year
and using the hay as a mulch about
the trees. [If this plan is adopted
special care should be exercised in
The holea should
for
in
in
and enriched before setting the trees
Mulching has much the same effect
is less, With
proper pruning, spraying and fertil
fzing this method would prove suc
cessful on many lands which are
ylelding the owners practically no re
turns.—Professor R. IL. Watts, ip
MAKES A CLEAN TURF.
Lowland pastures should always
contain red top in some of its varie
ties. It makes the cleanest, nicest
looking and sweetest turf of any
grass, The fine-leaved varieties.
should be selected for cultivation in
pastures. Meadow fescue Is a val
unable pasture grass where the 2oil is
good, and on sandy soils red fescue
is perhaps one of the best species
that can be cultivated, if accompanied
by blue grass,
POULTRY IN ORCHARDS,
That poultry will benefit orchards
and keep down many insects is true
only to a certain extent. The hens
will be found more useful when con.
fined in yards here and there in the
orchard, Movable yards, which can
easily be placed around any trees de
sired, should be used.
KEEPING BRICK WALLS DRY.
in keeping brick walls, especially
basement rooms, from
damp and ruining the plastering or
paper, or warping the wainscoting. To
remedy this is not always easy,
here {8 a recipe, given by an old
builder, and it is worth trying, The
remedy, according to this recipe, con-
sists In using two washes or solutions
for covering the walls, one composed
of castile soap and one of alum
water,
The proportions are
of a pound of soap to one gallon of
water, and half a pound of alum to
four gallons of water, both substances
to be perfectly dissolved in the water
ed. The walls
and dry, and
air not above
when the compo-
"he first, S0AaD
wash, should be applied when boiling
with a flat brush, taking care to
work. The
wash should remain twenty-four hours
0 as become and hard before
the second, or alum wash, is applied,
application should done in
ame manner as The
of this ap
should be 60 de-
Fahrenheit, also
reman be.
fore a second
Is put on
plied siternately
three-fourths
should
the
50
be perfectly clean
temperatura of the
Fahrenheit
or
dry
to
he
first
when
or 70
this
twenty-four hours
coat of the soap wash
These coats are to be
until the walls are
The alum
an in-
pores of
venting
the walls
and out
the
wash,
degrees
the
grees and
ap-
and soap combined thus
soluble compound, filling
the masonry and entirely
sna water from
It Taay need both inside
—-The Commoner
f
orm
the
Dre
entering
be
FASINON NOTES
soft mate-
during
Full, clinging skirts in
rials will be much In
Wide bands of lacs
ruchings are to
as garniture for evening
As a of the
sking last winter a very
tion of the fur has bes
in plush It i8 cal
and is quite expensi
The fashion
ETrOws apace
pear shaped
favor the coming
The newest gle
related to
{ad ’
eq 0 A
1
result
ve
for wearing earrings
and it is predicted
irons
arog
thao
the pago
moderniz
shaped volants
houlder and elbo
oming just
Arm
Modish
embro
and
and
at a first glance
cipher amid thei
ornate
chus are fa
iin, crepe de chine or chiffc
frilled at t
tulle, ch
d
heir outer edges
iffon, and th
fine They
ends, which
cross in fr
the back or else
negligoe
Skirts of painted
with flounces or skirts
flounces of lace coming up to the
walst, are smart worn coats
drawn in at the back, the helt pass
ing through leaving
the fronts loose, opening over a white
blouse,
of face
long
either
are
int
again
flow
and
are left to
faghion in front
muslin made
with haped
free,
with silk
the side seam
VERANDA FLOWER POTS. »
Flower pots for the veranda are al
ways difficult to find. Artisti
ohject to the colored glazed
that are for sale for flowering
but find it hard to replace them
Here is a
however, by which one woman golvad
Wishing
women
howla
plants,
gat
she visited a potter, who
“Must you
sa;ae shape?” she asked
“No, madam,” answered the Ger
man potter, as he threw a shovelful
sf wet clay on the revolving
hands into the
sticky mass, moulded a smooth,
flower pot as if by magic,
“Then can you make me
like this?" she queried again,
ing a drawing.
“Oh, yes”
bowls
to
whom patrons turn over their valu
ables before taking a dip
According to these authorities, the
and bits
quaint
of metals stamped with
markings, little strips of
sheepskin or leather bearing a coup
let or the symbol of a heavenly body
are deposited along with money and
keys and other valuables, to say noth
ing of rabbits’ feet, four leafed clover,
wishbones and other witcheries ip
one gulge another
And the wearing of averters
of evil is not confined to any one clase
or nationality. The to do wo
man and the well instructed is as apt
have the quaint goods upon her
as the untutored
More mascots
ments, gems, and
being mounted
time, and
meaning are
or
these
well
to
the of orna
metals are
al! the
occult
in form
precious
by the jewelers
symbols of
ordered by customers to
be in such shape and fashion that
they can worn handily. The sum:
mer girl has her prized piece of jade
or magic moonstone locked on a
bracelet that cannot slip over her
hand and be washed off by the waves,
as a ring might be.
his sort of bangle charm is worn
openly, even boastfully, as betoken
ing a careful and cautious young per
son, but dozens of charms are worn
secretly safe within the waist front
unsuspected until injury or accident
betrays their presence Philadelphia
Telegraph.
more
sot
be
RAFFIA EMBROIDERY.
The interest in
extrava } a
that a
rather
raffia work reached
stage last winter
inevitahle. The
could be cov
plates, . and
less articles made
fihre WAS, nat
MS
80
reaction was
limited field
th the
other useful
the
urally,
The spell of the
was Loo ded
with at
is A new
in
that
baskets,
and use
Madagaac«
soon exhausted
with ar
raflia
ap to he entirel
however,
y done away
and this season there
expression of its adaptability
ve art The
material the best raffia
embroidery ia a burlap made up with.
dressing. The crossbar weave of
as Aa gulde when
makes a
once
decorative in embroidery
suited to the
out
gub-
for the coarse
favorite color
although
combine
buf!
raja,
red
Hh is
with its
raffia must be
apply them
being
it is made
through a
ob-
od
lar pattern that oc
or
ns.
pplied
the buriap
need only
useful
cusaion,
yar sides
b ye
bia
this both
and ornamental
PSYCHOLOGY
The
oraw 2
AND WALL PAPER
craze for white dining and
rooms, Lady Violet
in the London Graphic, is ap
going of. Women have dis
pure white is not at all
and that invoiun
in a country wouse
the pretty white room
painted or papered in
tint. This does not apply
paper only, but to the
the whole wall is
white For instance, a very old
house with oak flooring. oak doors
and beams across the celling lends it
self perfectly to a wuue or very pale
paper, and yet keeps a homely and
comfortabla aspect. Sensitive wo
men often dislike or feel uncomfort
able in a room, and cannot explain to
themselves the reason. It is a psy
chological one, for certain colors
have a dislinct effect on the nerves.
TUS OF 1
OF WOMEN.
The Old Maid was a woman
writes
Greville
paranily
restful to the eyes,
tarily visi
drift
into the
some other
to a whi
room in
tors
out of
one
te
which
who
mud heap, and in a few minutes she
had what she wanted, a big wat el =~
bowl, whicY he cut clear of the
shelf before her.
ples,” she exclaimed,
bending the soft edge
delightedty,
into
The Bachelor Girl is one who won't
The Old Maid was a creature of
toast and tabby cats, and
on the
else's family. ©
The Bachelor Girl is up on fashions
end sport, football and polo, and the
backbone of the community in which
pots, and she left them with the man
for the baking. He sent them to her
when finished, the cost of each being
about the same as for a large sized
flower pot.—~New York Tribune.
AMULETS WOMEN WEAR.
The Old Maid was an object of pity.
The independent, joyous lot of the
Girl makes her an object
of envy.
All of which goss to show the
change In the attitude of the public
toward the status of woman.—Phila
delphia Telegraph.
Rome has a water supply of 200,000,
000 gallons a day, London only 160,
000,000 and Paris 90,000,000,
There are in use in the United
to bring good luck is well
228 locomotives.
HOUSEHOLD.
TO CLEAN A SPONGE
it, then rinse in several lots of warm
water and dry thoroughly again be
fore using.
SWEEPING THE CARPET
fore The dust will cling
to it,
beginning.
and the carpet
look extra bright and
falls on the carpet, sprinkle
with salt before
leas this is
to soil the carpet
If
the
gweeping it up. Un
it is almost
clean
done
A PRETTY FANCY
A pretty fancy is that
lamp shades for the
silver gilt fringe
appears only the shad
cks of medium heigh
is made strands
gilt beads closely and
the effect is not tawdry o1
garish Silver ge ls used wit}
the delicate }
while pale
touch
or
on
anc
of ilver
together
wu 1
hea lend an
seliow
Eagle
go
to candle acreens.—
Brooklyn
WASHING
The best way to
which ha
cloth
in luke
amount of
Potash
WOODWORK
wash
heer
Or a Coar
warm
or
ructis
sand soap is excelle:
with, but
pense of
athing
more less
paint
ed as to
brush and
does get
remedy is to s«
paint New York
leans
should
a Blrong
iw wi
into thi
scrupulously
cine bottles
do not banish
It can easily
screens
to slay
even though
dressing them:
Flowers
eve,
Are
but do
BLroug sceni:
and
ers at nigh
and
New
be caref
leave
York
VALUE
There
thro wi
pass throug
appetitizer
tercreaa
Suc One
pint
cotazgh.-
one
tal
to
jespoonful
taste
them with ling
one teaspoonful of salt, and boil
ty minutes; add one small nip of bak
ing soda, and drain. Scald the
and press it from the
one pint, add it to the
cream, butter, salt and
continually over the fire for five min
utes and serve
Plum Marmalade. — To make thor
oughly good marmalade use the yel
ow or green-gage plums.
in halvea and remove stones
Then weigh and allow half %Ytheh
weight in sugar. Put the fruit in the
preserving kettle with just enougt
water to cover the botiom
slowly until it reaches the boiling
point. Stir and mash the fruit with
a wooden spoon until reduced to 8
pulp. Then add the sugar and bol!
continuously for a quarter of an hour
stirring all the time Remove the
kettle to the side of the range and let
the plums stew slowly for twenty
minutes longer, stirring only often
enough to prevent burning. Pack
in stone jars or in smal glasses
Cover tightly.
Canada Gingerbread. — One cup of
butter, two of augar, one of molasses
three eggs, one teacup of cream, or
rich milk, one nutmeg, one tablespoon
of cinnamon, one pound of currants
five cups of flour. Beat butter to »
cream: add sugar, molasses and
spices; next the eggs well beaten;
then the milk or cream in which the
poda haa been dissolved; next the
flour; lastly the currants. This wil
make three ordinary sheets or two
very thick ones. Bake in a moderate
ly quick oven; if in three sheets,
twenty-five minutes;.if in twe sheets,
thirty-five minutes.
Soak
rover boi
Core
coh
beans
pepper
measny
ald
the
WORDS AND DEEDS.
Great schemes by conversation
Alas, are often balked;
We stop to talk things over
Until they're overtalked,
-— Washington Star.
WHEN HELEN MEETS HELEN
That Mrs, Talkmuch
in last word.
Except she's taking 0
woman.—Brooklyn Life.
A TYPE.
expressive
Gladys al-
ways get
Fisle
another
the
when
“Has an
hasn't he?”
“Too express
body what an
has of himself
ecountienancs,
tell
ive It
rerated
every
opinion he
Brooklyn Life
CXAZ
E QU iv OC Al.
"LLASSED
erpont Morgan
Record-Herald
inronsist
boy
young
s other
and
brand-new five
I'll lend you
can't you
goes! 1
again
fits
Here
“ROW jouble it
“is he
of cir
forth and
DUrposes
answered
“There's no use
market. Get
it 20 your way
yr not."—Wash-
st me.”
the
nake
EXACTLY
your Sun
HIS IDEA
Unele~How
school
Tommy
She's smarter than Mom is
UneloIndeed?
ae; eh *
Tommy
alike. She
do me
you like
n .
day teacher?
Oh. she's got good sense
So you believe in
me thinke
gays Sunday Jon"
1 —Philadelphia Press
NOT LIKF HERSELF
~-Did you see me in the grand
march?
He—Yes,
handsome
{pleased )~Oh
Her an’
school
—lure!
no goo
She
Say, you looked real
Sane now, really
He—No, honest, yon did. 1 didn
know you at first. —Philadelphia Led
NOT A PROPHET.
The nprimeveal man had just discov
ered that by rubbing two sticks to
“1 foresee,” he sald with the airy
ronfidence inseparable from the true
inventor, “that thiz will be the death
Which shows that our remole an
cestorz, while wise in their day and
generation, could not make an accur
ate forecazt of the fauture~—~Chicago
Tribune
(N THE INTERESTS OF HARMONY
In the downtown ward club the con
teat betweea the two factions was 8
sitter one. and blows were about te
fall thick and fast when one of the
members arose.
“1 want to speak In the interests of
sarmony,” he sald. “We don't want
*o got Into a fight here. We want
peaco and quiet and we must have
‘t. Now, if you fellows don't behave
ourselves 1 want to tell you that we
wre ready to kick the stuming out of
you, and we don't care when we bes
gin"
It is needless to say that harmony
was Immediately Yestored.=piliadel
! thia Press.