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" THE FARMYARD IN SPRING.
How it usually looks after the long
winter of the north country! Bits of
board, scraps of bone, perhaps
brought there by the dog, what
is worse, thrown out there after din-
geraps of paper
or,
ner; wisps of straw
and all manner of
during the cold days of
come to light, now that the sn
vanished
What
cleared
webris sc
there
about it? It
up You }
und
worth
EO away,
back to
ny than
more aan
TO
10if
Farmer
it woul
West,
ural
of the
the world,
sheep may be attended
In fact, all
with success
who have trie
Ong
ep for mutton
Southdown This
English mutton bre
probably one of the oldest breod
ing known at the time William
the Conqueror entered England. Fr
them the Oxford downs
The size is medium
‘s much larger than it appears,
Ae fact that they are
legged. A thoroughbred
should have a dark brown face
black legs. The wool is
inches long, thick
fleeces average from eight
pounds per head. They
become very tractable with kinil man.
agemert. They will
in as large tds as the
are more easily herded
celient mothers, taking the
of their young, and very
They w attain a weight,
{ from hundred
two hundred
or more, ard may readily be fattened
at any age, for which reason they are
particularly valuable for market pur
goses, as the lambs mature early. —
Madelphia Record.
POULTRY FOR WINTER,
Those who raise poultry for eggs
have probably selected the young
‘ock for winter laying, and thoy
should be located where thoy are gat
ting all the green food they need, rot
not running over too much area, Af
ter spending all of the summer on a
ange of considerable size, it ia a
& et ayan a
ds be
well
m
sprung
have L
though the body
from
very short
Southdown
end
about
twely
are docile a:
to
y
her
best
pre
at
lifie
ill
1, one
to
: az thn
range;
exercise
room enough to get plenty of
but not enough so they will
run off the muscle and weight gained
during the summer They not
winter quarters fat, they
plump and with enough
stand
must
but
vi
the
confinement
parate from the
not
kil
daring
mind that one can not afford t«
dy
an
I
CARN AND COW.PE
and hasten the
monultin
Do not expect to get good,
ultry for zix cents per pound
Ke henhouse clean and
Hens should food and
at regular
Tres gently and
will be tame and look to you for kind
ness,
Save al
lige
pure-bred
pe
p the sweet
have drink
intervals
your fowls they
the droppings for future
Give your fowls
crowding.
Keep
plenty of room;
the roosts saturated with
Keep the henhouse free from lice
and the hens also
Feed salt very
amounts often prove
Save
it up
bran
Do not forget a supply of fresh wa
ter; an egg is nine-tenths water.
VALUE OF BUTTERMILK.
Buttermilk is a valuable food for
both man and beast It is that por
tion of the milk or cream left after
the fat has been removed. It containg
nitrogen, potash, phosphoric acid,
soda, and a certain proportion of milk
sugar. A ton of buttermilk possesses
a manurial value of two dollars. It is
a more valuable food than many sup
pose,
gparingly; large
fatal to them
crop clover; cul
with a mixture of
second
food it
your
and
The cocoanu' palm has leaves near.
‘v thirty feet lone.
THE CARE OF THE HAIR.
The combing of the hair must
done with a large comb with
separated teeth, and not with a fine |
cemb, Always use a shell comb, and
beware of bone and celluloid combs,
which burn and cut the hair,
In the morning and at night, after |
being combed the hair be
brushed with a rather hard brush, the
be |
widely |
must
bristles of which can penetrate the
without bending
from using
the
hair
Abstain
they irritate
mi
ar alp and
air
Brusl
separately, but fron
the
hair always eacl
becomes brilliant,
1 ] , divide
braid, and
YOur
your back
Neve
your hair, an
Avoid a to
ari § LOO
8 hot
ibbons
hineat
cedingly
‘ect. Trimming
ibbon eX As tls
telling is anothe;
ashion
VELVET APPLIQUES ON FIR
The gray uirrel retains it
m our affections,
iace A
vith an ermine
thenille fringe
8 hold
first
fur
iong heavy
gray to
not
this
Lain
deep pelerino of
centre
at the
Many of the squirrel
1p into pelerines
ion used the
he two
are made
white por.
trimming
with the
on gray for
mingling
3quirrel is
oats, with
pony sacque pi
withstand the dust and damp, for in
he most pelting rain you cannot hold
1p umbrellas while going through the
ir at twenty miles an hour
Beautiful and varied kinds
roldery are being introduced
vear's new coats, Appligues of con.
ventional flowers in velvet of. the
same shade as the musqush moleskin |
8 often carried down the front of the |
osse sacques, the velvet outlined |
with a fine upstanding cord. This!
shows up well on the large turn-down |
sollars and sleeves New York Com.
mercial Advertiser.
‘ ail
togetl
admirably
being made
skunk collars A
oly
up into auto
black
is better able to
i
of em-
ht
on the |
A PRETTY GIRDLE.
A smartdooking dress accessory
songlets of a very wide bluish-pink gir |
dle made of stitched satin banda, |
Sewed to the girdle in front 13 a deep
fawn
pink rose
When this
waist is finished
hed satin
narrower
with little
leaves
color scattered
and green
the
with a stock of stit
the girdle
front with a
red buckle
only
tiny pompa
lands
buckle
: a sleevetrimming
f ¥ +h
cuff of @
id the
Cove
in held with a
sleeve
sorts are
COATrse
cloth
bon ne
cloth
Companion
street-gown.—Woman’
59
Voile
wear
Crepe de
be confined to house
chine {as ideal for indoor
dregeps :
Whole dregaes are in some instances
but a series of puffings.
Shirred shoulders, in many
continue down the sleeves,
Little plaitings are used
many ways.
Heavy lace will be almost as popu.
lar as during the summer,
Buttons are among the exceedingly
smart trimmings.
Cord effects are noticed on both
dreses and hats,
Rich, silky, fibre braid trims many
hats, matching that on the dress,
It {af absurd for the woman who
from cholce or necessity moves ener
geticaily to choose a princesse dress.
{
J
cases,
in very
HOUSEHOLD.
DRINK
of oat
A GOOD NOURISHING
Put into a pan four ounces
meal, six ounces of sugar and a lemor
cut Into mix with ¢
little warm then
lon of boiling stir
and drink when quite cold,
together
add gal
thoroughly
slices;
ane
water,
water,
SILK COVERED CLOTHES HANG
ERS.
something
presen
or
Here is
also ar
qu 163
eptablie as
to men. The wooden
has
against and
wal
he vantage
is
winding
and
sists in
in sucl
face
can Queen
PREVENTS COLORS
NING
Orange Pu
water in a
ing teaspoonfuls
melted stir in
flour and cook
paste; take from
slightly
four eggs, the
OTALES, table 8p anfula
juice and the whites of the
beaten stiff, fll well
cups two-thirds full and bake in mod
srately quick oven half an hour, serve
with liquid sauce,
Squash Biscuit,
when
of
and
d stir in yolks
of on¢
OTAngs
cool
two of
eZER
greased custard
Boll summer
ry thor
sughly and press through a strainer;
add to it two eggs, well beaten, one
fourth cup of sugar and four table
spoonfuls of milk; flavor with lemor
pour in the cus
tard and bake thirty minutes.
Tomato Pickles One peck of greer
cupful of salt and pour over water to
cover, let them stand over night; ip
the morning drain thoroughly; put
four quarts of vinegar, two pounds of
brown sugar, half a pound of white
mustard seed, two tablespoonfuls of
allspice, the same of cinnamon, cloves,
ginger and pund mustard over the
fire, add thalintoes and boll until
tender; fill jars and seal.
Scotland not only leads in pure
bred cattle, but by daily quotations
on the London market leads on prime
Hao! Hkawian
SEA
5S AND
A loudon paper gives the se
cret that Irishwomen's native
are wholly made in Scotland.
away
shawls
There in a preacher in Emp
Kan., who {8 probably listening
ly for a call He
an iu his congregation
Bunday
their
LOW asKeaq
on
“
io
called
new mat
open
Thon
man,
has indi
able, seagoing
fest would well
would be whe vajuable
ing the most beautiful sailing
in the world—the American schooner
vessel
on the “Education of
Foature Wives and
Mrs. Theodore W, Birney descri
practical and very suggestive plar
which was adopted by one mother iv
the instruction of her own children
and some little friends of theirs. She
has organized a club to which she wil
give a portion of every Saturday, for
the instruction of the youthful mem
bers in cookery and other house wife
ly duties. To lay the foundation for
a thorough training in matters that
pertain to wifehood and motherhood,
each little girl will be given a doll, pre
sunsebly a few days old, which she will
be taught to bathe and dress, and te
de the hundred and one other little
things necessary in the care of in
fants, The members of the club wil)
follow the babies through the various
sicknesses to which young children
sometimes succumb, and as the imag
inary baby grows older an interesting
feature will be the introduction of
questions of obedience and punish.
meant. ate
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