RAISING While goat tant industry in European countries, espeeidlly in Switzerland, Italy, Ger many, Australia, France, Norway anl THE HARDY raising Is GOAT an impor or ten vears that goats have attractel the ion of breeders since ised in able numbers. The ent that a big fit In r them market, The i ability raising not particulax a Bross ealer. farming especially rec for The farmer’ learning that she can care for herd with important made try. attent who Have them any consider. husiasts say there w for ha i3 alsing pre goat to care re: goat le matt in its food, nor For this reaso: is ommended women wife little effort or FEY. is 1 the the source of income possible thr Pratically an) no matter how poor, will support a goat her provided is mashy. Goats will thrive ply on land which would sta or ness of age si sides and try. The vurincipal goat from a commercial stand] 13 ies Wel aione Ww 1 i not or and multi rve h The sadvant- cattle or even sheep, rough- tha nee value of in its wool, which is commonly known as mohair. but tro point in i i necnl Pe 1 yyy ms the hest A great 3 the have in recent years gora goat raist ing of rather mohair Writing of mil Masesachuse } their than two ment this country are Saanen, both S a few importa been made, ni than 100 “What are milk high quality and est strong or unple breeds which by con most the Togs mon seem the desirable are they produ are not so good he milk i , but the easily makes food The write gave thr for ont an millar animals and ag small capital here but for some time an opportunity in an extreme] undevelop ving i breeding in of milk, The few pure ber of go active which to order breed a floel ek nigh grades, in to meet the demand fre class of people who ca to pay 340 to $50 f a milk There 5 NO appar reason with patience 1 the not be produced a strain be large producers. 1 have a doe giving oleh quarts of milk twenty-four 1 quarts in ness doe why i in 1.000 Wit. and Over Weekly ACID SOILS. A recent Farmer has valuable upon this subject, as follows: - "We fear that a great many farm- ers in the older goeetions of cur terr tory, and especially in linois, Indiana and Ohio, will fail to Secure stands of clover this year not because’ of lack of preparation of the seed bed, nor because of seed of weak germinating power, nor because of a season too or too dry, but well established fact that the ordi nary clovers, especially the common red and maromoth, do not thrive In an acid soil; while for some reason alstke seems to thrive in soils that are generally supposed ito be acid, and where other clovers fail. In these sections especially, and wherever the land is somewhat worn, the farmer should ascertain at ghee whether his #ofl is acld or not. *He can do this for himsell quite ag well as anybody olde can do It for him, and with very elight expense. Hf he will go to the drug atore and got five cents’ worth’ of, Hide fitmns ‘pa per. Then when the frost Is out of the ground, put a glece ‘of lithe paper. in the ‘ground, take a apale, insert dt in the slit thus made and press the soll firmly against It. Then in & guarter or hall hour uneover the paper and allow it te dry. Or be cap take a sample of the soil he whihes to test, put it in a pot, take bis knife And make 811 Spening, and then sip in the piece of paper. If we Mat 4 ’ oe » ig number of gome wet the turns it soll is then must be it can paper { dries, What acid way pink red acld. he corrected or as the The done, and the bes corrected plication lime or ground the amount to dete degree of acidity as shown 1 of Htmus i slightly acid two or three is to be is by the lime | of one, be rmine by the Y Te 181 red it $ correct it, ou {the ghade the paper hund pounds per acre may acidity 1 required., acidity is considerable be corrected i furnished.” usually thousand will | After vou poun is you have can grow clover, other conditions are sleep is FARM NOTES, don’t like to Don't them to if Hens irink wator The chance force vou gis hog no reason hog is clean Because the wiki ta ying is otten n food. you let the cows Ik yield during ¢ § of short shorten the hot rh wv Hey on their mi months iL regain because wird will n« their maximum yield until after they come fresh again } breeder of pure br 1 } viorels eT: been severely pruneaq fir finds that new wood ani is on this One : +4 in wu new gr who claims 1 better dogs have no sheep from animals logs FOR GAPES is recom in than a These fear af : log. but f fear them. REMEDY The foll mended by Rural New “Take soak i tablesano owing treatment 1adian poultryman slice of bread, then add about a which bread turpentine, goaked and the se a fh oe ie € cond ace advize me routed ™ it treaiment, of course Kil the preventive character the ground by carbolic acid f whatever be, never letting the chicks pntireated ground, keep them on a board floor, or on new and uninfected ground fresh lime, cid. kerosene or “ar Of or WHITEWASH The receipt for so-called ment whitewash govern is gne-half bushel of with boiling water, dissolved In and three pounds of ground rice Boll te. a thin paste. Also one-half pound of Spanish whit. Mix mix Apply whitewash hot It is good for outside application to farm build inga and houses, being very durable and showing a fine lustre. -- American Cultivator. water the especially poultry MARKET DUCKS. The Pekin ducks are without doubt the most desirable kind for market purposes. Hardly any other variety is kept In this part of the country, although a few growers keep Indian | Runners because of their prolific lay ing qualities. But the market for | duck eggs Is very limited, all the | profit being in the production of green ducks for the market American Cu! tivator, FOOD FOR HENS. The food that laying hens eat fla. vors the eggs. If you doubt this feed onion tops, and note the result If onions give eggs an unpleasant flavor, nice clean food in suitable variety will have an agreeable effec’ ~Farmers’ Home Journal SHTEP DAINTY FERDBRS. Sheep are dainty feeders. They will not est hay that has béen muenod over by other animals: Refuge from i the sheep racks may be thrown to | the cattle. but it will not work the | other way. Sheep do not lke grain from a ratty crib, They are dainty, and it 1g best to humor them. — Week: iy Witness, A ASSO A A Montreal grain merchant recent. ly seat an inquiry to London by the wireless systems and received ‘an ane | swor in loss thin two hours. | hs» fu # #0 Trade in Gold All American Ga Quidoor mes Pursued as Sports. heard is « can b for the amour Rint record one gent to the United drinking t« found, and during the the saloon prietors in this had been last yea: tha and gambliag 1 ’ Colon and Panama closed np and gone to pa The health of the « whole wns good, be said labor conditions at the pres satisfactory Ezcellent food at price is sent down by the C twics nn wes g and their families Just Lefora leaving said Collins, "I nu : 4 » t He was 5 mplo; cot Mr ion San “il s interior of al rT SL BUR travel vigating tort whers an exploring in was fever to means of Indians there black-water » Baron nto cf their : as his provis panied by hia student, 7 143 ————— and Pervlectly Tokio, The plion ne-j corded the American Atiantie flest by | the Government and people of Japan | is conceded by the American afloat | officers to be the beariiest and most perfectly carried out of the many re-| ceptions received by the flest since it | Rear- Admiral Sperry said that he was ut- terly unable to say how it had been | accomplished, Lut that the welcome | the fleet and its officers and | had been so carefully Tas pa JADAT re men here it. it is impossible to doubt the sin- cerity of the Japanese. The Ameri- can officers and sailors are already to show that such friendship, at least on the part of the Japanese, has ex- isted always, and that this visit of the Carried Out. fleet has merely €30 an opporiun sion Admiral Sperry ras received the imperial palaces. On the next da the admirals and captains of the flee were the guests of the Emperor the palace to the Emperor a measage from Pres. ident loosevelt. This message breathes a spirit of friendship and sympathy and expresses keen expres. sions of the traditional friendship be- tween the two nations and an earnest wigh for the strengthening and con- tinuance of the friendly relations of the past, Three thousand sailors from the American fleot were granted shore liberty daily, and It is remarkable that notwithstanding their long con: finement aboard ship not a single dif- ficulty has been reported, bearing out the staterngnt of Admiral Sperry made in one Bb? his speeches here, that the American sallor of to-day is the result of that development and edu- cation which Japan Is seeking in every department of her national iife. : 8 New York City.——Dr. Henry Fair- that a resgarch party from the mu- The fossil; which is forty feet long and twenty-two feet high, has a per. fect skull, an entire set of riba, back bone and hip girdle and practically in the same section in 1902. Ever since the first fossil of the “king of the reptiles,” ps the Tyran. Nebraska University Orders Girls to Go Barebeaded. Lincoln, Neb.--The Sinte Univer. young women students to wear hats in classrooms, . The order was made pecossary by femiv 'noheadgenr which had grown eo large that it not only tested tho capacity of the classrooms but interfered with recitations. An- other rule adopted prohibits students indulging in shirt-tall parades or kid- naping class officers to break up ego- cinl gatherings, on penalty of Imme- diate expulsion, Rex Now For American nosaurus rex Is called, was found, re. search parties from the American Museum have deen searching through the Bad Lands for a specimen that would complete the midsing parts. The first fossil had good hind limbe but Incomplete back bones. Dr. Os- born said that he believed the two specimens are about the same size and that the museum will now be enabled to’ mount the animal com. plete, During the five years of search fragments of Tyrannosaurus rex have been found from tinie.to time. Dr. Osborn eald zoologists would be highly elated over this second dis. covery, Shirt Sleeves For Church, Says Bishop Hamilton to Ministers. Boston, Mass. — Bishop John W. Hamilton, formerly of California, speaking to Methodist ministers of the fmmigrant and how he should Be assimilated, sald: “I return to New England and I find a new Now Eng land. 1 toll you to gather them into the ¢ghurches. Break down your prej. udices, social barriers. They will coma in if you want them. Get down to shirt sleeves and make a palr of them the Methodist church's cont of arm, FOR A Americ as a husband, she HUSBAND. an TURK | | | | Wihen {of a Turk an woman has | press n we have of I ten,” the remarked Miss Bessie teacher, i a Bt lLouls school been visit Turkey "We ng heen to ing have | Bluebeard i ie look at the Turk as a sort is difficult to real Cant yus, kindly g leman, who suffers i pd vantages, 1akes | rent n Ben a Mrs. Simpson dreds of women £5 into the hor as domes workers is sald, on perfect equality. In fact, the aut? ties say that only gentlewomen wanted. The girl of th does not seem to At at all She not equal to the unexpecte a pioneer home A colonial training started for would-be there they are put govere ooursoe of learn housework in all its hey are taught how to of ples and bees and poultry. wood and they bottle cure tacon and they learn drive It is hard work. but no lack of volunts for land offers golden prospects supcrfiucus of old country. As a rile the unfortun. ate eenployer does not keep “lady help” long. There are (co many sup erfluous men in the new country, and it is not unusual for the fair grant to receive several offers of mar riage before she even reaches her dustination.—~New York Tribune, the settlers re received, it terms gervant cl fovar Fave through training branches take care Th fruit to chop They ride and there is the new to these ere women the her emi- SATIETY. “1 often think of what Herbert Spencer sald adout amusement’ re marked the tired looking woman in the beautiful gown “He said: “Though at first you may find amuso. ment dreary and uninteresting, tolerable.’ “1 beiteve 1 sm getting reconciled to a life spent in the pursuit of amusement, and after a few more bored. The process of getting used to it Is tiring, though. 1 go to teas and meet chattering women whom 1 don't care about, and smile becansn tieg about things In which I am not interested, 1 go to dinners and sit have no digestion, on ono side of me a heavy man who but stocks and who gobbles, on the other side a dandy whese mind is ab 000 I'd much nd some i but class in many admirers when were igpers wh T'eia she Gen r engagement she surprised by ing | would enter the Massachuseits eral {1 as A nurse The explanation she offered wag wag tired of living only for amusement, Her family that a few months the would bring her to the round of social gaveties, but the work held her interest and jed to her determina i tion gO India. She will go to { the native women as a volunteer of i the American Board of Foreign Mis gions, and ashe has expressed cond dence that the glitter of society nev er will tempt her again —New York i Press, { OF i : lives and friends annNoun: Hospital expected hospit al in ia back 0 to FASHION NOTES. Fancy scarfs with fringed ends an propriately trim hats for general wear Fringes and embroideries seem have supplanted lace as a decoration for handsome fFowna. Rich ottowan slik is one | host of all the hat this scaron Sleeves will {cept for a wl ty of thy regarded facings be practically nil, ex ight draping of lace, sat in gr tlle, or chaing of mock gem, and the walatline will depend entirely Lon the choice of (he wearer, Flue fleah colored tulle or net, plain ior light hand wembroldered, is need for the guimpe and sleave of many a low cnt gown and gives almost tg | effect of an extremo decolletage.
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