PIG RATIONS AND RESULTS.
The Storrs Agricultural Experiment
Station, of Connecticut gives in bulle-
tin 43 the following conclusions on pig
feeding rations:
The pig among farm animals is not
ed for his great capacity for assimila.
tion. But with the animal
my of gain is greatly affected by the
character of the ration.
One lot of three pigs
pounds of skim milk
digestible nutrients
gain. Eight lots, of 28 pigs required
1,086 pounds of skim milk and 253 of
shorts, containing 258 pounds of
gestible nutrients, f« 100
gain. And one
guired 445 pounds of s
the econo.
containing 250
1
ai
nr pounds of
lot of three pigs re
}
300 pounds of gain.
Milk is an easily
"hen fed alone In
100 pounds of gain
dhe least amount
&£estible nutrients.
substituted for a porti
nore (25
quired for
When shorts were
futrients (294
for same gain
The reader shoul
the financial preblem is
sidered. It {3s admitted that
milk is easily
in character.
to digest and
than its capacity
ery fluid. At ordinary
a pound of digestible
cost twice as much in skim
shorts Experience
a financial
nomical gains
milk and grain
®.on o-4
from a physiological stand]
fess nutrient
food
trials,
digested
the
were
anove
made
inds) of
from
(230 pm;
When
mn
as
shorts
of
nutrients mds
100 pounds gain
fed
pounds)
N DO
the
digested
The capacity
assimilate
0
standpoint
made
in
5
it the
are
are fed
of Bi
3 are req
gain when
digested foods.
warranted that
for maintenance and
(milk owth) depe:
uipon the composition
the ration con
The conch
the foo
or
©f a ratio
with whi
lated.
ABOUT C
The temp
pends upon the time of
ind from
thermometer
HURNING BUTTER.
Tatiure >
ete. is
A
getling
perature
he
granulates, an
of wheat
ated from the milk
termilk through a
er until the butter
perature being about the
of butter. Wash twice
the water runs off
butter from the churn
out to worked
the salt has
the butter is well
let stand for an
thoroughly dissolves
The proper amount
is one ounce to every u
of bh It
the salt. Work
work out
oughly mix
good body
will
the crean
A Bx
quits churning
floats,
same as
the
clear
be and
been addex
i
gathers
a
har
ttar. is be
th
© exces
the sal
Avoid overs:
it
wa ¥
make
The
greasy,
gran to
working Is when
with a clean break
threads. -
County
fron placed
this season
who
wu
about
man
rations
in In
eanort
soming
Aion.
Pouliry
of
ralzers
#Auses diseases,
Yhem, there will
medicines in the poultr
Kil! the hen that
sts three days duri: :
fueling reason Her room ia
hore than her product
it is important that th
she houses, including ti
g1d that plenty of fresh air
Mito the pens without drafts
A big “pigeon fly” is “eing
by John H. Good, of Louisville, Ky,
assisted by the Southern Poultry Mag.
szine, to take place on opening
fay of the Tennessee State fair, Sep-
Y.mber 23d, at Nashville
REGULAR HOURS FOR FEED,
Many farmers do not realize
smportance of feeding their stock at
yvegular hours, but it Is of great m-
Yoriance,
have to walt after thelr regular time
for feed and see how restless and
holsy they become. And what Is true
of them is true in a grea! measure of
ather animals, The man who is reg
alar in his habits, eating at a regular
hour, will, other things being equal,
thelve best and be healthiest and
\mtrongest; and what Is true of man
in this regard Is correspondingly true
«of the lower animals,
veadily get into the habit of feedifig
Tis stock regularly and they will learn
to expect it nt a regular time and res!
§
and
CER-D
worth
of
tater Or
toors, be dry
can get
*%
ae
}
Experimants in this di-
rection would soon satisfy the most
person the truth of the
value of regularity In feeding —Epito-
mist,
comes about,
of
VARIATION IN COW'S MILK,
The seasonal variation in cow's milk,
ascertained from a five years’ study
in a herd of about six hundred cows,
all registered or graded on
a New York estate, disclosed the
rather interesting fact that the rich-
est milk, that containing the greatest
proportion of fats and totals solids,
is obtained during December, Janu-
ary and February, in the order
named,
March
Jerseys,
and April are not very far
continuous until July, when it reaches
its low level, after which follows a
gradual monthly increase until De-
The average the
whole year period, in
thy Journal of the American Chemical
Society, fat, 5.2: not fat,
8.22: a total 14.64. protein
content is calculated at
at 4.81 and
percentages
composition for
as published
solids
The
3.66
is
of
1
milk
all
the
the ash 0
’
more
farmer t were
born
of the lu
mer,
aan
in the use
sum-
warm
should
SOME
calf
corn
will
el § able
protein {
than mature
TM PROVEME?
sald
‘nF
Or the
SA DATING
FARMING
THE
¥ $ \
has ey
OLDER THAN ROMULUS.
on the Site of
an Days.
Traces of a Great City
Rome Before Rom
Braing of Famous Germans.
von Hanseman the noted
of the Berlin University, has
the brains of the late Theo
Her
glologist
ter He
according the re
igation, while genius
madness these
“water
Prof
fentist
examined
Mommesen, the hist
mann von Helmholtz, the phy
and Adolf Menzel, the
1 +
lares that
dore rian:
pain
le to
suits of his invest
is not exactly akin to
men possessed slight
head.” (hydrocephalus), and that this
sional fainting fits, and the chronic
condition, for example, explains Men.
extreme irritability ‘and occa
from which Helmholtz sul
Prof. von Hanseman also dis
how men were able to
work at extreme old age with thelr
faculties apparently unimpaired-—all
lived and worked for over seventy
He explains that with mathe
zel's
fered.
cusses these
2A second nature, a
part of the individual. Ia other words,
is nothing more than an in.
inclination expressed
siirough intense application.
mini es A HR TI SA
Open-Air 8lseping,
It is not too much to say that to
the delicate, highly strung, easily
knocked out individual the advantages
of sleeping in the open air are enorm-
ous. Pallid cheeks take on a ruddy
Sue, colds are unknown, nerves are
forzotten and irritabllity becomes a
phase of tho past. A little hut and
a little perseverance are the only
recessaries, and the result Is as
sured.— Country Life.
s
‘How To Be Very,
Very Popular
will
By O. S. Marden.
EVER hesitate to talk about yourself
interest everybody,
Do not fail to throw cold water on other people's plans and
their Nobody is this.
Be sure to dwell upon the defects and failings of others, and
call everybody's attention to them Everybody likes gossip.
Never try to stop gossip, no matter if it does drive an inno
cent person Insane or to suicide. There I8 no reascn why you should be de-
prived of a little Innocent pastime just because of others i Pass
the gossip along. Add to its spiciness
Always be on the watch for slights and in
your social superiors and are trying to cut
There is nothing which will endear
body admires it
and your affairs, This
to discourage ambition. sensitive about
BenBILIVYEHNEess,
Remember, most people
are
one to others like selfishness, Every:
Always take the best seat wherever you and, after y
offer your seat to others without the slightest intention of get
Just look out your own Let other people do the
Never do anything that you do not feel like doi
Do not vou feel it Just get in
down and take a nap Never mind who is present
tain the guests
Do not
hide yourself behind
servants
To
opportunity
where else
0,
for comforts, same,
read or Te
3 |
one eise
ii
WRC corner and
Lat
talk unless
some enter
breakfast
food
agreeable at the
fault with
bother about ving to he
the
your paper, find
be with
fault
are
to be thin-skinned
Nerve r he
jealously whe
y n
If things d«
Agroea
Woman as an Egotist.
By Winifred Blaclk.
OUR y¢ q
|
By Marianna
nf ihe
inew if
want me
poment gO Was
w lauzhed and
not
Yarper's Bazar
&F
Society in London.
By Mrs George Cornwallis West,
Formerly l.ady Randolph Churchill
HE craze of the day is to be, or to appear to be,
rich and beautiful is not sufficient; the real social leaders of the |
day not with these accidents birth and fortunc
They aspire to political influence or to be thought Hterary and
artistic, and society follows the lead. It is the fashion to attend |
lectures and court Bernard Shaw, to indulge in oratorios and
eighteenth-coentury concerts, to breathe Bach and Beethoven
The standard of education and cultu’e is higher nowadays for the majority
than it ased to be in the old days. Formerly women stayed at home, and had
more time to perfect their education, but much time was taken up with the
writing of mawkish diaries and in the execution of feeble sketches, Then
you had a few shining lights who stcod out above the crowd, now hundreds |
are to the fore, it takes a remarkably clever woman now to become very
prominent by her own merit,
The hurry of the age Is one of its chief characteristics. To crowd into
twenty-four hours the occupations and amusements of a week seems to be the
aim and object of most people, : |
The extraordinary restlessness, the craving for something new before thers
has been time to understand or enjoy what is in hand, Is of a necessity eaus
ing manners to deteriorate, and ia certainly curtailing the amenities of social
life on which past generations set such store. A nod takes the place of the
ceremontous bow, a familiar handshake of the elaborate curtsey, The carefully
worded, invitation of fifty years age is dropped In favor of the generally garbled
telephone message such as, “Will Mrs. 8. dine with Lady T and bring a man?
And if she can’t find one, she mustn't come, as it would make them thirteen:”
or a message to a club, "Will Mr. G. d'ne with Lady T. tonight? If not will he
Jook in the cardroom and see If any of her lot are there and suggest somebody?
«Harper's Bazar
earnest, To be
are content of
"LAYING
pe
certain
WITH CHILDREN.
amount of work, or
children in
A
er play, with BOme
de rearten was
high school age by
ng of the New
he Vassar Students
Hotel
speak
meet]
at Lhe Astor
speakers
other
were
cities who
International
They
mportant for young girls
vention.
more closely
in order to
world whom
fears,
{eos
*
£8
and
withous
Hh
he can confide gins
his hopes and ambitions
g tke a fo0
A wom
a nice smile,
flowers puts on her
yf her has heart or brains which
appeal to her, because he needs her,
he magnifies her virtues and
overlooks faults, because he is
the only man knows who can
enter tha very garden of her soul
without trampling flowers, :
But w r'WELVE SUB.
STANTIAL REASONS?
Love bears burdens without feel.
ing them, but love does not reason,
What has a tangle of curly hair to |
do with reason? Yet it may have all |
to do with love,
What has the power of a pair of |
square shoulders to do with reason? |
Yet those shoulders may have all to
do with love
A breath, a song, a word, a smile,
a tear, all these are without reason, |
but what have they not to do with
love?
Men and women who are happiest
fn their marriage LOVE BECAUSE
THEY DO and MARRY BECAUSE
THEY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT:
la that marriage there needs be no
reason except-love~Ry Cynthia
Grey, in the Pittsburg Press
WHAT NOT TO WEAR,
A poorly fitting corset under a well
made dress.
becanse HE has
gende her
overshoes, takes
an marries
because he
care
because
her
ghe
Wore are the
White muslin petticoats for street
WOAr,
Bordered veils unless they
are worn below the chin, and dotted
™ih weak ¢
lace
veils yous
Trailing
Ripped or
time,
Large buttons for fastening a waist
over a stout. figure,
Rose pink accessories under or over
wrinkled face or neck
Gray or navy blue vells over a sal
low complexion,
Round hats with
peaked crown with
tures
Liven col
nen «
alert a
BRITE
day.
any
stormy
at
on a
torn kid gloves
f
a
af and a
sharp-faced fea
111
uli f
ace
neck,
tin or
homely
with a
with dark,
lars
ffs
inkled hands
we
5 ager § # P
igl dr with
awn hair
i a high coiffure
Haven Register,
a
with 2
i 10 M £ ad Ng WwW
GOOD LOOKING WOMEN
! ! modern woman
vanity
wauty of the
- 4 ew
A ®Wialy
0oked upon as
1
) who have
fogles
from
ed
Yi :
and
has
&1 rh
speech
han she
jot the
10
of envy enter
*
t
ber bitter and
her own house
inclination to
{ and her graces
-New York Press
FASHION NOTES.
bandeau 12
of the new
The passing of the high
a great point in favor
milliners
The raglan sleeve is not only volu
minous, but it is long and the puff
falls far the hand
Soutache braid is generously em
below
suits,
Both checks and stripes figure
among the fancy voiles, and the color.
ings aro of the unaggressive sort,
one color of a soft tone with white
Never has there been a style more
ungainly or unbecoming than this tilt.
ing of the hat to an alarming degree
at the side, back of the head and
down over the brow.
The taffeta capeline, made with the
“beeleater” crown, has sung its song
and vanished—even from the outer
boulevard,
There is no particular smartness
about hats, but they are losing the
bravads, “Rough Rider” air borne
At the beginning of the season.
The new bandeau is a low, round,
modest affair, which barely lifts the
hs ig the coiffure and tilts it not
at all,