ADVANTAGES OF
It is usually estimated
0 cents to $1 per ton
into but Know
SILAGE.
that
pt
that
mn
it costs
to corn
Lae ny
810,
cents
that
of corn yie
tong
on my
one acre
fourteen
for 37,
The
150
me
ang
or
same
his hol
susael
$8 for
a good
More
raised
It is
Erow
The
ing may
strap around the just
of the udder, drawing it
tight,
The most profitable use for our’
skim milk Is to feed it back to cows |
which are giving milk Uaed
grain it Increases the milk flow great.
ly, and Is worth at least half a cent |
per quart for this use |
When potting plows and bay tools |
away for thes.sésson coat them with
a mixture two parts bBenzine and one
part parafiine olild. The benzine dries
off and leaves enough parafiine
make the metal rust proof.
and |
on
n't
good
it is to
persists
he gio
milk.
placing a
in front
moderately
bo iy
with |
to |
}
SHEEP BENEFIT ORCHARDS.
The greatest value of sheep In an
orchard Is found, probably, in their
being used as a means of fertilizing
orehards,
I put In somewhat early In the
gpring and fed a suitable supplement.
ary food with the grass which the
orchard may furnish, it will be found
that the sheep will thus convey fer.
tility to the land, and they will do
80 In a marked degree if fed on rich
kinds of food.
Suoh foods may consist very large
ly of wheat bran, which is In itself
a valuable fertilizer,
It may be wike to emooursge the
sheep to eat freely, to add a little
grain in the
A little oll-cake will
the food. .
The droppi
chard will tend
hment,
+f
i
oats,
also
form
improve
thus left in
much
ngs
very
enrie
outcome will
portion 1
thus he
ation
t. of course
thant
sat
provided
of fertii
©
sition thers
FEEDING
ALFALFA TO HORSES
yf the Breeder's
clean seed
aband
infed
| Satan and Flowers
Diabolical Action of
Certain Plants
in Mythology
PEG BYON PW OW INOW INI PRIN
The traditional
personified Power of
ien is,
he
of the
a
ail,
association
lvil
of course, familiar
kindred or evolved
of tl most fuscl
comparative
i tan scarcely
in any lue
that we find hig
uring so frequent
clature
such
mon:
and Bil
to and
pie
of
ie nating siudies
i Bat it
that it
be contended
way As80¢C
fig-
hia folk nomen-
But
com
Majesty
iy
of flowers and shrubs
Cnses
by far
diabolic
are Hs
the greater num!
refer to
ations
apples”
of t
devil's
deadly
par
easy
vil ‘s
I
the
{ the
ries exon
to underatan:
the
daisy his
it to
ber Gevi
flower. nor the ox-ayed
fay: still mos puzzling
the gariic
is
ing
oy
vo dts
ming
for Ye him |
when
account
“pos y."” wae cll to
hy
} made i
sublimate
«oak
ng
gtility
Poyven
orn.
«=
a
COW
should
PAYING
man
HERD
No dairy be satisfied
stop Improving his of cows until
has
herd
he vitght them up to producing
yr
annually
nearly 200
to
} pounds of butter
iI requires a product
| pounds of butter a year
to a cow. There
of -
keep and
is no
at least
nue
no
herd
one should stop improving his
of cows till they are brought
to a profitable basis Careful
bred bull of a
butter ztrain at the head
nd good management otherwise, are
the factors underiying the making of
will average 240 to
260 poundg of Lutter a year~-Indiana
Farmer.
EFFECT OF COLD ON COWS.
The Department of Agriculture has
received a report of experiments made
in Germany with mileh cows. Dur
ing a period of ten days In Novem
ber In which they were turned out
of doors for three hours each day
a herd of 80 cows produced on the
average per day 1.461 pounds of milk |
and B88 pounds of butier, whereas
during the preceding 10 days, In which
they were kept the entire day In the
stall, the same cows produced on the
average but 1.249% pounds of milk por
dav and 50.6 pounds of butter. The
general health and appetite of the
of doors each day.
A man breathes about 20 times a
minute, or 1,200 times an hour.
of
Chase i
some. is
which of
il did
and divine medicine.” This a
tion of vervain with
tion reminds us that there
oug plants with which
not written down” in. thelr names, |
the devil Is connected The devil |
fs sald to exercive the stilotent gnar- |
dianship over the magical fernseed |
(which gives the power of being In-
vigibie), and the only time it can hw
obtained from his cuxtoly iz on Bt
John's Eve. Another jegend has for
{tg subject the favorite sweetbriar, or
eglanfine, always associated with the
well known references to tof Shakes
peare and Milton and Tennyson. The
thorns point downward, and the rea
go given lg that after his fall the
devil essayed to clamber up to Heav.
en by means of it, the eglantine then
being a stately tree, But when it
proportions wore reduced to a mash,
“out of spite he placed its thorns
in their present eccentrie position.”
Still stranger fs the countryside
legend that associates “our gentleman
in black” with the blackberry, After
Michaelmas Day-—and the folklore
records Include both Old and New
Stylen—it 1s wrong, or at least im-
prudent, to pick blackberries, for on
that day the devil--according to lo
eality—apita on them, treads on
them, casts his cloak over them or
throws hig club at theme—the last in.
jury being one of the very few occa:
sions on which the foul fiend is as.
signed a weapon other, perhaps, than
the “pitchfork” of some old plotures.
but
dey
venefie,
wef Hou
1s reve :
gsocia
the diabolic ar
numer
“though it
are
be |
i
5 ewen hinhiaddadedd
INEGRU O*'NNERS OF LARGE
| FARMS.
| Bame of the Most
Great Tracts of Cotton Lands.
The
| Caroll
"used
| has
| cut
| the
DIgRest negro farm
na in Marion
to Tracy Alford,
invested
his far:
helt,
| of Sumter
and even of
field, who
Land will
| bales, and
FOS
sf C
i
is County
be but Tracy
in
n do
regard!
and
Wi
hins is
make
Mu
liam
even o
Hill, wh
A year,
Butler
| ing
five
fa
Wro, who
Marion
General, quiet, unas
looking ns
Foy
lives ab
miles Mn court hous
iis truly the
! South a
In
i without a
ACres
acres
(41
toa stag
1
Har
ious
of
wn
smooth
clothes for a wardrobe o
and thick
aHoris: a
gO a
for the seashore
wardrobes for 4d
fen
i
gE
ha _—
NO RUSSIAN
“Tell you
repeated the Countess
chine, the Russian
Cone over 'o this
CLUBS
Rus
about fan
Lydie
woman
Couniry
1
to «¢
i lectures
316 h 4
waved
su iject very
her LAandas
nany times, 10 expre
topic,
“You want
women have clubs
of the higher class
8 only
iffled
No,
' to piay
countess
of cards
corresponding
#*
en haye Our
would
141
koe
tion
dm
oountionss
pressive)
FEVER
view all ds IY ne
Well. b use You ean't)
things.’
was tl .
Peraonally
necessity
one n
goe the
told him that t
holiday
oonsisted
of oon
gald
se
fe ¥ Wigs
in Crushing
you!
the majorl
companion at 4
“And
iy
my
7 inner
them is a disease
its
which
victim be
the
on OYMes
in
unab]
forts In 8
to
un
tha 3 :
the wom
loss
and elegant
A very
Margie
grave
Trympand nent
wtnt
Duke
vas
the
iE
Suddenly
me shouted
Maranuis:
"There goes a hare!
it!* Put the Marquis
“1 can't, Duke he
pheasant ~ costume.’
Star
lot h
shook his head
sald. ‘T'm
"weWash
im have
in
ing
fon
“The Smiths”
John Smith—plain John Smith—is
not very higheounding:; it does not
suggest aristocrat; it is not the same
of any hero in dleaway novels: and
yet It 1a good, strong. and honest
Transferred to other languages {*
soomse to climb the ladder of respect
ability. Thus, in Latin it is Johannes
Smithue: the Italian smooths it off
ints Giovanni Smithi] the Spaniards
render it Juan Smithue; the Dutchman
adopts it as Hans Schmidt: the
French flatten {it out into Jean Bmeet:
and the Russian sneezes and barks
Jonloff Smittowskl When John
Smith gots Into the tea trade in Can
torr he becomes Jovan Shimmit; ff
he elambers “abont Mount Heela, the
feolanders say he is Jahne Smithson:
{f he trades among the Tuscaroras |
he becomes Ton Qa SBmittis: in Po
fand he Is known as Ivan Schmitt!
wolakl: should he wander among the
Walsh mountains, they talk of Jihon
Schmidd; when he goes to Mexico he |
fs booked as Jontl F'S8mitti; if, of,
classic turn, he lingers among Greek |!
rine, he turns to Ton Smikton; and
in Turkey he fg utterly disguised as
Yoe Beef -~Modern Society. y
¥n the darkest night fishes pursue
thelr usual movements the Same ne
I by darlizht.
of all her rivals ly
neant noth ing
of 80 much
are Tow
as if
an hour hore
anything
of the supreme
to the
that there least
things waiting
then not dol
York Tribune.
knowledge are at a
them to do
them.” New
for
ng
OF COTTON
NATE,
Mre. Lionel Walrond iz the daush.
ter of the English cotton magnate,
and, according to The Sketch, she has
inherited her mother's genius for en
tertaining, as well as her love for
and understanding of music. Few of
the younger matrong in English so-
clety, even among future pecresses
have a more splendid jewel
than Mrs. Walrond,
DAUGHTER MAG
a diamond tiara, containTng unique
specimen stones, and she i often
seen wearing the huge diamond heart
which was one of her husband's many
presents on the occasion of her mar.
riage.
OCTAVE THANET ON AMERICANS
Americans are human; they are not
always saints: but it is not often
that an American gentleman will
clutter up his conscience with the
mess of memories of women who are
the worse for having known him, in
which a Frenchman shows such open
| and artless pride. However, one must
admit that this prevalent Interest in
noteing of the memories, do give the
Tatin wooer an advantage. He has
picked up a good deal of assorted in.
formation about the sex, although
not so Huth % as ho imagines. He has
woman's uttlo prejudices, her little
ATED WOMEN
caucated
Poor
Jehrated
emotional Irish
fine fre nzy
af
writes Dir
Woman's Home
Hq has
mother's
| of
got
oYveg
your
| lemper--now, ar
i io op
{ and olvie and
: for others If you will
time—and set him a good
Meanwhile preaching to him
should possess these qual
expedite matters
preci
devel your
devotion
only
example,
that
ities
ns little,
he
will
and
not at
growth
fige 10
onses oan
is afforded
exarple,
all. Remember that life
of all sorts are but a
environment, and new res]
{ only oocur as opportunity
for them.
ays A
resp
AT HOME SEWING.
George Eliot tells us that a woman
is never so much at home with herself
az when ghe is sewing, and a famous
nerve specialist declares that the act
of sewing has two distinct effects,
one advantageous, the other detriment.
al To sit down quietly with the
body well relaxed, and ply the needle
fs a recreation, but to sew under
strain-~there is nothing that go quick.
ly fraszies the nerves. $erhaps it is
a good thing to have left behind the
time when every spare moment was
spent In erocheting lace that one
conld purchase at a shop for ten
cents a yard, and tidies and other
fripperios nselesg except as dust col
tectors, but it appears we have gone
to the other extreme. If you keep
on hand a bit of ruffling to be hem.
med or some mending, It is surprise
ing how much may be accomplished
without losing anything of the inter
est of a friend's visit, There is satis
faction in the completion of any arth
cle done In such odd moments.—Neow
York Evening Post.