aE RY
RAT
RAIS SING CALVES
It is an extremely unwise policy to
feed for veal or for beef the heifer
calves from valuable and good milk-
ing cows. There are far too many
unprofitable cows in the country, and
the heifer calves from good milkers
ought to be grown to take the place
of their mothers when their days of
usefulness shall cease and also to re-
place the poor cows. As milk is
an article of diet in increasing des |
mand, many farmers are desirous of |
getting the calves off their natural
food as early as possible, and the
problem to be solved is how to keep |
and grow the animals.
Several excellent calf meals and
milk substitutes are on the market,
and a man may now all his milk
and still raies the calves rom his
best 80 a3 to build up and
strengthen his own herd, and also
supply better material, if he has it, to
his neighbors for the same purpose.
Some persons, however, prefer their
own mixtures. The following form-
ula will make a very fair milk sub
stitute: F 16 2-3 pounds, linseed
mea! 33 1-3 pounds, finely crushed
linse:d cake fifty pounds. Two and
a half pounds of this mixture per
day will be required for each calf.
Scald it.in boiling water, then add
enough more water to make two zal-
lons. and add a little sugar and salt
before feeding.
As the result of a considerable
amount of experimental work, the
following mixture is said to give most
satisf results: Wheat flour,
thirty pounds; cocoanut meal, twen-
ty pounds; linseed meal, two pounds;
dried lood, two pounds. One
pound of this is added to six pounds
of hot water, stirred for a few mo
ments, allowed to cool to 100 degrees,
then fed to the calf from a pall or
calf-feeder, the latter preferably.
The calves are taken at s2ven to ten
days old. and at first are fed twice a
day on a ration of three pounds
whole milk and one-half pound of the
above mixture; in a few days—{our
to seven, depending on bow the calf
thrives—it is put on the full ration
of calf meal. Wheat flour tends to
keep the bowels from becoming too
loose. Cocoanut meal contains twen-
ty per cent. protein and nine per cent,
fat —Amerioan Cultivator.
young
gell
COW,
lour,
wtory
8S AD LIBITUM.
To those who, like our ramily, are |
extremely fond of peas, the question |
often presents itself, “How may we
have them early and in abundance?”
Of late vears the question has been
solved to our satisfaction; but there
was a time when two or three short,
strazgling rows were all we had, and
one or two “messes” all wa could
gath<r. Peas wera a great and an an-
nual disappointment After some
taking and experimeting, the knot-
yblem has been solved. . This is
vay we plant them now; We se
warm, rly spot in the garden
the frost leaves quickly, and
the soil may be prepared early
Two long rows are run |
“the garden with the cultiva- |
trench like that |
peas, about six or}
Plant the peas in |
as they can be |
PEA
wher
wheres
in Ap
Oe
tor making a
used for sweet
eight inches wida,
a double row ag thick
planted, pressing them into the mel. |
low earth as you go. Cover them
with the hoe and press the row down
by standing om the board markers.
Your peas will be covered three or |
four inches deep, and wili resist]
drouth. The thick planting enables
them to cover the ground well at the |
roots, and hold the moisture, athing
very essential to prase. We have dis
carded the tall growing varieties, not |
because they were not desirable, but |
because the men disliked the trouble
of sticking them During the dry
season the cultivation of the ground
grnerally insures sufficient moleture
for the production of the crop
Gather peas early in the morning
while the dew is on them. This gives
the housewife a breath of delicious
alr. While she shells them she can
rest in some ghady nook and think
over what she has lately read At
the proper hour put a large spoonful
of sweet butter into a kettle; when
warm put in the peas and cover them
tightly, letting them steam in the
butter ten minutes, and stirring them
occasionally. Then pour In a cup of
boiling water, cook ten miutes longer,
add a cup of rich milk, salt and pep
per, then try and report.—M. R. Wag-
goner, in the Epitomist.
POULTRY BREEDS,
The first duty of the farmer who
desres to succeed with poultry is to
know the breeds and the best pur
poe: for which earch rhonld bho ap
plied. As the breeds differ in their
characteristics, each Is better adapt
ed for some sp:cial purpose than any
other, yet each may be deficient in
some respect. There {8 no “perfect”
breed. The “best” breed is best for
some special use only. It may be the
largest and yet not the best in qual
ity of flesh. It may be the best for
laying and yet be lacking In hard!
ness, size or for the table. It may be
hardy and vigorous, more easily es
caping digease than some, yet fail to
equal another breed in laying. It
may excel as a non-sitter, while an-
other breed may be necessary to pro-
deep
vide the mothers for the next gener
ation. If a “best” breed-—a “general
purpose” one, that combines every
thing that could be desired in a
breed--should be introduced there
would consequently exist only one
breed, as it would soon crowd all
others out of existence for, whether
the breeds may be preferred for their
ure, utility will always be Jominant
as a desire and will regulate the
lection of breds.
Be
SWINE ON P ASTU RE.
While there is no doubt hut
the
hogs as between
pasture without
former will
We
consume t
coarse food
not fed some concentr
soon fall off in i
do not take
they should.
mads from hogs
months can al
break in their growth Tt
ary to feed heavily of
the hogs are in
to keep them
shape to
ret
is done after
pa
summer {8 desirable
house
some
produce the t
that
large
that
too forget
he quantities
can, hen
rated food
at
COWS
they
least
one
is not
O88 grain
when
pa: slur only enone!
and
and
the heavier fee
t hie t
growing
make the best
"na for
y are tak indoors
-Indianapolis News
COST OF MILK
Relative to the
Shorthorn cow
food than a moderate-size, more thrifty
and economical Ayrshire, and in esti
mating the cost of the milk of each
from the food consumed, 14 quarts
of Ayrshir milk could producal
for 20 cents a day with comparatively
high while 16 quarts of
Shorthorn milk may cost 34 ents
with the same kind of feed, but given
in larger rations Ayrshire
would cost less than 1 1-2
quart the food, while
milk costs 2 1-8 cents the quart
determine the question which is
best cow to keep for a milk dairy so
far as the case in point at least re
quires consideration of the tendency
of the breed to produce milk or
| Individuals differ in characteristics
and comparisons are made
cost of mil
iin,
requires m
alarge
uch more
be
feeding
mix
ants ner
’. .
for Shorthorn
Te
the
beef
LATE FODDER A NECES
Hungarian
SITY
is very good If cut be
it gets wiry Cutting at this
| stage is very important, whether it
fed green or made for hay. We
corn of some kind fal early,
then later on, and this
best crop; none of the
can take its place. We
corn enough to feed as
remain green,
ply secured
is
plant
riy
think
and
fs the
other
ikea to
long as it
and have a good sup
in some way for late fall
or winter. last of all comes barley
and we know of no crop that
hold green so late in the Beason
having a good supply of the
Crops, we can get along quite
through the season. It is
with us, as we are short
~The Cultivator
Crops
have
will
above
well
PLANTI NG | POTATOES
Discussing th
planting potaces,
tance and with under, so that
the stems may grow widely apart. a
foreign grower asserts that it not
only saves in but produces
better crops. Often in
dozen tubers are used
German
with
eyeq
method
ample dis
of
seeds,
England a
to make some new gar
deners rs it
» ——— ce ——————————
A Carlyle Shilling.
More than one point of can
be claimed for the following story,
told in the London V, C.:
“My grandmother,” says the writer,
“was very friendly with the ‘Sage of
Chelsea,’ and frequently went in with
messages, or to see him. during his
visitas there. On one occasion | waa
sent out on an errand for Thomas
Carlyle, and, being unable to get ex.
actly what was required, I brought
the nearest thing to it that I could
get. On my return, after telling him
1 had not got the actual thing | was
sent for, but that I had brought in.
stead something else as near to it as
possible, Carlyle produced a shillinz,
which he gave me, as he said: ‘Not
because 1 had done as | was told,
which was only what I ought to do,
but because 1 had used my intelll
gence! On returning home and tell
ing my father about it, I was very
much disgnated when he told me not
to spend the shilling, but to have a
hole mode in it and keep it, as he
sald that Carlyle did not give many
shillings away, and some day I should
no doubt prize it. Although rather
disgusted at the time, I kept the shil.
ling, and it is today among my most
treasured possessions.”
The double reason which the stern
father gave in advising the boy to
koep the shilling will be appreciated
by every Carlyle student.
- ——————"
It is estimated tha. half a million
Now Yorkers are awake and busy,
legitimately or otherwise, all nigha
®
intereat
|
|
FINGER NAILS.
the
CARE
Nothing
OF
betrays
ing shows refinement better than
possessions. Hands with
and the eye
Those who desire good, firm,
bright nails, gleaming and polished,
at their finger tips should see to it
that the food contains abundance of
the nail making substances Onat-
meal is one of the best these foods
good for npall-making
ing alike
The nalls be
chalky, liable to
clency
of
and
ome [mpover
break, through
excess of
inte
whole
latine and lime
deposits, Anything
with the health of the
interfere with the
of the nalls at
are really a kind
are skin form
an kind
alf moons show at
the nalls the skins
horny
of g
rferes
body
that
will shinin
Once,
of
ations
pearance
Nails
They
merely altered
the
Small h
wher
leaves off and
begins From the
growth pushes
finger end is duly
The dainty nail is laid on a
sitive skin which also
additions growth
the t
nail
the
ted
gen
gives jt
arly
elge of the
until
proted
very
onward
whole
bed,
Tha
rapid
winter in all
A pleca of
twice a week is n
nails are to be kept aright
acts on the nall
wonderful effect
softens the skin marvel
apt to drag itself forward
shining nail surface Any dirtabou
nail, stain ink
amon will di
and dec
ng marks as nothing else
A little
after the
the polishing process,
nail and skin, eraldica the iat
lingering atom of suspicious marks
A little wad of soft flannel is used
when applying the ofl. After the ofl
the hands are laved In soft water,
wiped and the nail shing ofl
tinued with a tiny bit of chamois
leather. Violet powder of fine chalk
on the chamois Is an aid to great
fag Brushing rather rough
and should be avoided
ieiphin Telegraph
PRETTY NE( KWEAR
There is nothing that is
inating to a woman's h
retty neckwear,
Beruffled and
snd wjuettish
twice as i summer
people
lemon used once
arly a necessity
The
with
and
that is
or
substance
over the
the of
th
he It spose
FOIVIDE composing
’ " $ wes 31
over eaca nail
rubbed
treatment
oil
lemon continues
she a“
tes
poli
Bl
ens the
Phia-
fas
th
more
eart
tucked, lace-trimmed
the plain stock, the
beard” (as the F
with th: bish
tocks “with a
stock
the fet
retich
all the tab).
ascading
all are
op
lear to feminine
Many
ing
before
made
Ts
i Ue
of the 1
and
ch e CINE stocks
now be
it semis as if never
been
shown,
have
bish Pp stock
hanged
One
foo ope dd %
Sraniiued
stock the newest
{ to have the tab or tabs to
Hghtly on a tiny jabot;
night prophesied that
next favorite
top
i be
be the
ckwear,
The turnover linen collars and
uffs to match are now wrought out
in exceedingly dainty design and fin.
sh. The material and embroidery
)f the finest des Some
faint
One
stylish
ie cans
iR
of
black trimmings on
prettly design scen
the wall
rption
the white.
these
filled in with
lines,
corner
still
with a dot
it
fainter
of white at
ach was very pretly, in.
ather than black, the lines were of
The round lace collars are
fective laces Where rufls
they are flat and with the stole finish.
The long shoulder effect {a still
orrect one, and all neckwear
forms to this idea.
Con-
variety and beauty of the various col
lars and stocks. For those with lots of
are few, each and every one can find
something to taste and pocketbook
NOT AFRAID OF. SPIDERS.
“Daughter, will you pleass remove
old-fashioned mother in
‘ones at the breakfast table the other
morning of the big,
lear-eyed college girl who was sit
ting opposite her.
“That creature” was a big silver
spider with jeweled eyes, a clever
specimen of the jeweler's art--a
brooch, but a realistic insect.
“You poor little mother,” sald the
girl a moment later, when she re
turned without the objectionable or
oament and stopped to kiss the elder
woman before she took her seat. “I
wouldn't wear’ it for the world if 1
thought it troubled you, but you don't
know how Interesting spiders are un-
til you have studied them."
The up-to-date girl is a peripatetic
“200,” Bhe weara animals and
sects of all kinds In her jewelry and
trinkets, and there is nothing about
her which better {illustrates the dif
ference between the young women of
this generation and their predeces
sors. The mother of this college gir!
of spiders all her
and she cannot overcome her
dislike of even the clever imitation
She dislikes Insects of all kinds, anJ
a snake fills with ~Indd
her terror
CLEANING
3y a very simple
renovate yards of ve
+
ast
VELVET
means
vet, without
If
h, you only
filled
water
one can
the
strain on he temper. you
have
blazer and
pan filied
the tea ket
¢ spy pid 2111
a con su}
A
8 a chafing di
from
nuous
If one has
vy gas and ol
purchased for a few
d ten cent
ters. One has light one
them and place a shallow pan of
ing water upon it to obtain the
yread a new on a table,
lamp or stove and Jay out
pleces of to be
commencing
An ordinary w
broom {8 1 arsh and will
a delicate material. All spots
be entirely « with
BLOVes ard
centa at
five
only
coun
of
sil
S01
an
to
steam
Epaper set the
the
are reno
work,
hisk
scratch
should
gagoiine,
the wveivet thor
be h
marks
of the
vated
brush the
leaned and
when this is dry and
oughly shaken it should
the steam
pear and the
all the
velvet is held
the
suriace
The wrong
toward t} 10
enough
game gide
steam,
not
loge to moisten ot
the Rox wis
A PRETTY CHOCOLATE POT
A beautiful set tea and chocol
pots for luncheon or breakfast fe
made in ware brilliant
moss green. Around th kK of
teapot is a sil This sup
the lid, hinged, and
slender sil
inches long
con
to support 8
‘Test Or
of ate
the
ports
also serves to the
ver chains, about
which on
verging at distance
+
thiree
descend
that
the one side,
ich bears the
owner
purchased
stands the science of heraldry
like to assume borrowed mea
quite as dangerous as assuming oth
Kinds of borrowed plumage
The chocols bot Is a tall jar
more up than the tea pot
cisely the same
the
iant
wt
shape
It is de
way with hinge
he twin cl na he pen
orated
CULTIVATE
men would
THIS
only
the
bear in mind
odd world's good
day they
in what
ne
¢
careful they
say, and how
of thought as
they say it. Charity is
wall as deed. [It is not
ted to the feeding of the hun
gry, and lothing of It
is as much needed among the as
Among any The woman
who would be a pattern of her sex will
cultivate a, still tongue; if she would
a blessing humanity will
tamper justice with mercy, and, above
all, she will keep her verdicts to her
self when she sits in judgment on her
friends
restri
the the poor
rok
i080
other class
ba to she
MOURNING MILLINERY
It seoms as If we are going back te
the exceedingly heavy mourning of
years ago. The new mourning bon
the immensely
crepe vell. In fact, the heavy crepe
is once more liberally used on mourn
ing gowns, too, and It ia to be de
- * *
Notwithstanding this use of heavy
the touch of white seen last
year on mourning bats is still being
is rather an astonishing
that it is the proper thing
Some shoulders are go long that the
sleeve top reaches little more than
half way above the elbow,
A black velour coat Is the very
smart garnish noted on a coat of scar
let cloth.
Never was there a greater variety
in sleeves. Coat sleeves distinguish
some mannish suits, while some elab
orate creations have enough material
in the sleeves to make an ordinary
coat,
From seven to eleven gores distin
guish the modish skirts,
Coat sults have elther walking
skirts or trailing skirts, according to
one's taste and the wear for which
they are intended. -
HOUSEHOLD,
THE BREAD BOX.
A new bread box is of tin lined
with porcelain. Bread cannot mould
in this, it is claimed. Bread need not
mould in any kind of a bread bin.
should not be put in hot, and thes
cloth in which it is wrapped should
be perfectly fresh and dry.
A PRETTY WORK BASKET
A pretty little work basket
of stiff cardboard cut out in
tion, each one about six
and five broad at the top, slanting tc
a width of three and a half inches af
the base. Ribbons at the top and bot
tom of each section fasten them to
gether in form somewhat like a tal
strawberry box. These sections are
covered with ecru crash, and on the
outside of attached a needle
pad covered flap of canvas
Another of this little basket car
ries a tomato pincushion
silk A third is decorated
little the form of
section
four sec
one 18
with a
side
two
emeries in traw
berries, and the has
pocket fastened
keep butions
This the
for small
ticle
on it in
spool cotton
inside of the box
of
mending
leaves
any
requiring
piece BEWINg
GERMAN
who has cats
will
Ameroi
FRITTER
gen
be qu
THE
No one
man fritters
tent with our
preparation Even our
for “fluffy fritters” will not
the delicate yet rich
uine Ger
avery ite con
an met
best recipes
produce
the
morsels that
Germans produce unless we under
stand the
The
very
t of mixing
jure and
Germany,
excell
prepare
BECT
fritter imp
¥
is both
dessert
frit
wales
and one-half cup of butter together
The moment th rater bolls stir ir
a heaped il flour
Continue bottom
the to preven!
the paste the
cleaves
ie
beating
spoonful
hot fat
Th
le. is
popular in and
economical and an ent
vy $e
10 puffed
esl
yield
way
Eif Led
holdin £ the
of dish the stove
When pants
fron 3
As
Add
each
of the
done
one
pan 'n
fritters may be
taste
its
ing to American
tion of various fru
prepared fritter paste, and when
pecret of the mixing is once
stood they will equally delicious
whether served in the form clay
fritters for the meat dish or a sweet
fruit fritter served with seus
for dessert
or meats h
the
under
be
of
ened
TABLE LINEN
Prophet $
PICK-UPS
they are
hing that
Duchesse
the
and pposed
going tt
and point
fashionable
‘Ah, i»
me
means
lo know in
happen
fe Venise
laces
sighs mild! of
* * .
nd! Mexican, Teneriffe,
Paraguayan and all manner of
drawnwork laces are just as modish
And nous, they soem more
appropriate to mix up with food than
duchesse and su And it
is not sour
everyt
«ay that
are to
table linen
be
for
Timmited
Never mi
entre do
h fine
IRs
grapes, either
- a »
Delft blue linen
embroidery
worked
and
express two
in white
white linen
fads in
lace of
worked in blue
table needlework
& - ®
New and stylish for n
uses are the French cre
s » -
lace popular for table lin
is the Russian, while
a favorite with some
* * *
redleworkers
pon laces
Another
sn adornment
cluny is aleo
It considered not good form
to have any but pure white lace on
the and even the colored silk
embroidery which made gay the
luncheon of the past is now not so
popular as formerly. — Philadeliph’
is now
‘able
RECIPES
Glazed Sweet Potato Scrub sweet
potatoes, cook In bolling water until
tender, pour off the water, scrape off
the skin, cut in pieces lengthwise
ping pan, sprinkle thickly with gran
ulated sugar, and pour over half »
cup of melted butter, basting often
When a glaze fio
formed remove from the oven and
put in a vegetable dish,
German Cabbage. — Slice a small
red cabbage, soak it in cold water one
hour; put one quart of cabbage in a
stew pan with two tablespoonfuls of
butter, half a teaspoonful of salt one
tablespoonful of minced onion, »
grating of nutmeg and a little cay
enne pepper; cover and cook until
cabbage is tender, add two table
spoonfuls of vinegar and half a tea
spoonful of sugar; cook five minutes |
jonger.
Hot Slaw.-—S8lice a cabbage for
cold slaw, make a dressing with yolks
of two eggs beaten a little, four table
spoonfuls of water, one tablespoonful
of butter, four tablespoonfuls of hot
vinegar and half a teaspoonful of
salt; stir over hot fire uftil thick
ened, add the sliced cabbage to this
while hot, mix thoroughly and serve
Crab Toast. — Put in the chafing
dish one tableapoonful of butter;
when melted add one tablespoonfu
of chopped celery, one teaspoonful o
flour and half a cup of milk o
cream, stir until thickened, add om
can of crab meat, stir until heated
add one teaspoonful of sherry, salt
pepper and paprika to taste; spread
on toast,
ROMANTIC
Bhe is engaged, oh, lovely maid!
What ratpures thrill us through!
What happiness hangs word!
What hopes are fed on you!
We pledge our lives
wish
"Twill surely make
This pearl of girl
To cook
on your
to serve your
engaged
firs
at nit I
q
New York Herald
pe
THE COMPLAL
ion
weren't
we look
EXPLA]
uth,
anawered the
ve find
that
things
much ti
ing out how thir happen they
forget and make
happen for themselves.”
FAREWELL
be a far
the
swell tour?
prima donna
cease singing in pub
it answere
“You
He?
“Not
to hs
farewell
mean to
Merely
opport
money.”
people are
te sa)
at all
that
another uz
ve 3 nity
to their
or
IT
to brace
HIS IDEA
you try up and
Meandering
the way us men
ustrious people
I couldn't
anawered
op
+ fate.”
* YOUTH
v fully hard-heart
seem to
slek.> .
as skating on
Fourth of
the
N WORRIER
great deal
left to him."
to me
wearing
A BOR
i to worry a
rine was
he has confided
in the habit of
and that he was worried
without any troubles
sh to a frightful ex
WHOLLY IMPO SSIBLE
“Didn't you tell me yesterday that
you had a wife and three small chil
»* asked the benevolent looking
dren?
| man.
“Mister,” responded Meandering
Mike, “if 1 had a wife an’ three chil
dren. don't you spose I'd put ‘em tc
| work instead o' goin’ out dis way my
| self?”
i ———
i HIS EXCLUSIVENESS
| “you don’t seem to mingle muck
| with the friends of your early youth”
said the visitor, in a reproachful tone
| “Are you ashamed of them?”
| “No, sir,” answered Mr. Cumrox,
| stoutly. “But they woulda’t under
| stand th.s cake walk and vegetable
| party business that we're cultivatin®,
| and 1 don't want ‘em to be ashamed
HIS PERSUASION.
“Have you ever made any effort te
distinguish yourself in public de
bate?”
“No, sir,” answered Senator Sorg
hum, “when money talks its argn-
ment is usually most effective whem
it comes in the nature of a strictly
personal communication.” Washing.
ton Star,
IMPROVEMENTS.
“fave you made any improvesnents
yp have,”
has just discovered a new way to put
stock on the market” . . ;