A RAGING BLIZZARD Many States Worst Experience the Storm in Years. Great Destruction to Life ar Property Reported. 1 Minn. most for Wisconsin A dispatch from St. Paul, SAYS: the experienced in the Northwest years, Advices from Northern the Dakotas, Minnesota and Iowa show that it was far reaching and of the same The late storm was one of WOVera many degree Of severity in all localitios After raging with terrific fury for thirty hours the blizzard passed on to the North- west, leaving in its wake intense cold, the mercury early in the morning reaching ten below, and at nine o'clock being one below Damage to proparty from the severity the gale is reported at Fargo, Crookston and other places in South Dakota. Crook buildings suffered greatly from the breaking v ol ston's | FIF1'Y- SECOND CONGRESS. In the Senate, 471 DAY. ~The Paddock Pure Food bill was discussed Mr, Bawyer introduced a bill to autuorize the establishment of a pos tal telozraph servioe, gti DAY I'he calendar was taken up, and bills were acted on as follows: Joint resolution to provide for an international bi- metallic agreement Laid aside without action, To pay to the estate of John Ericsson $13,930, balance found due by the Court of Claims for Captain Kricsson § wor vices in planning the Princeton and her ma- chinery. Passed Apnropriating $275,000 for the construction of two United States revenue cutters for service on tha great lakes. Passed. Fixing at $19 a month the way of enlisted men acting ns army nurses. Passed. All the bills that were passed thirty NUM her-—wers bills The time occupied passing them was exactly BONE swe At 4:25, when a message from the House an nounciog the death of Mr. Kendall was pre- sented. Mr. Blackburn offered the usual resciutions of respect and condolence, which were agreed to, and the Vice President ap- pointed Messrs Pasco, Hansbrough, { hil ton. Warren and Gibson, of Maryiand, to represent the Senate at the funeral As n Nenate in one in of plate glass, as well as being nearly blown down by the force of the storm, and many small buildings wera demolished Many buildings at Fergus Falls were unr ofed and other damage doa Ellendale, North Dakot county buildings dama zed, fn that neighborhoo! have to postpone their sexding underway Similar r building are coming in nesota tai the Dakotas, So far as the railroads were concerned the gale and blizzard got in their deadly work when it blew and driftad badly. Snow plows were out on every division One of the more sarious results of the bliz- gard was a wreck on the Northern Pacific at Lake Park. A snow plow carrying two en- gines and running as the first section of the regular train had a head end collision at that point at half-past four A. M. with the first section of the passsnger train George Carr, eogineer of the passenger train, was thrown with terrible against the air brake valve in his caboose, one leg being frightfully torn and both badly soalded, while his head suffered severe contusions. Several other trainmen were badly soaken up. The storm in Duluth was the worst known in Minnesota for years. Duluth was the storm centre of the Northwest The wind blew sixty miles an hour. The thermometer was six degrees below zero, and nearly fif- teen inches of snow fell, Business was en- tirely prostrated, ths street car lines were abandoned, and the suburban trains made po effort to complete their trips after thres o'clock in the alternoon The damage done was great at West Du The sm mill was b a, reports the and the farmers been compelled wheat, which was worts of damage to from all over Min. ith stack of the Merrill & Ping saw. wn dow F. Cullen, an em- ploye, wa wd and the two other men were injured, all perior street buildings plate glass was broken and several roofs were their tin, the Metre block the cornices was blown into the An ele vator was blown off and the false work badly ds 4 An elderly gen ished in the storm from Manze, No William frozen from Devil's Lake, North Dakota. was returning from his farm and was caught | in the blizzard. When a mile from town he | abandone team and started to walk to the city was found dead near the wagon. 11 man leaves a wife and three small Other abandoned teams are ried A man and his team was frozen between Grafton, North Dakota, and the depot. They were found by the stationman. The man was lying in the wagon-box. A couple mar. ried there came near suffering the same fate, | They were overtaken by the storm two miles | south of the town [heir team [Hrtunatsly wandered a warm corner. 1a the city considerable damage was doae \ During the blizzard in Chicago, a three. story building in course of erection on North avenue and Mead street was blown down, two w N. Nobes and Willis r injured , accompanied by a { tremendous velocity, rtly altar noon, WK # nstantly kill In nearly the Su- stripped of while tan street, the rool laman named Nugent per- that night three miles Dakota farmer, was found th nis {acanse | hildren. rend rkmen, were fata A sev rainsto cold wind that atta assed over Washing any people wers taken {1 their feet by the | wind and some of them sustained injuries, The wife of Senator Palmer of lllinols was ap- proaching the Capitol on foot when the | storm broke we was taken off her feet and thrown agaiost steps deep cut in ber head, tom she Hy some suffering a PROMINENT PEOPLE. Srxatonr Vest, of Missouri, suffers from insontnia Tax King of the Belgians always sleeps on a camp bed It is the alleged intention of the Khedive of reconquer the Soudan L. Nonrtit the Nitrate King worked factory when a boy. Tax King of Greece is a veritable royal Messofanti, for he speaks twelve languages ArTER the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh is the richest member of the British royal family died in St Mo t the site Joux the in AX, who ther day. laid ou { RW ue mental powers of n structor of the Suez Cana of ia L} Ing! of Austria's anpual income from his private estates, independent of his Civil List. is about $10, 006, 000 Gran : v yw takes his regular wx or jay with as much en thasiasm, if not aite as much vigor.as De Losseps, Show many signs AD POror in yout Bow and 1. Hanona ves, whose discovery of gold in Australis started the rush of gold diggers to that country, has just died at Bydney, at the age of seventy-five Senator Sraxvorp, of Califor, has contributed $10,000 toward the expenses of an ethnological expedition to Colombia In the interest of the Columbian Exposition Joaquin MILLER has written to a friend that the story about a bad son of his “hold ng up” A stage coach is a pure fabrication The man is not related to him In any man ner whatever ux oldest follower of Garibaldi, Com- mander Guiseppe Martucel, died in Naples, a short time since, at the age of 108. He bad taken part in svery Italian revolt of the oan tury. and had received twenty-six medals ConserLivs VANDERBILT Is havi the plans prepared (or a magnificent once $0 be erected on the Fifth Aveous, New York City. The new house will ccoupy almost the entire block between Fitty-seventh and Fiftysighth stamets, Ex Presipgst CLEVELAND is Aft Ave, Henator Gorman fifty-three, Senator ison sixty three, Senator Cuallom sixty-two and Senator Carlisle fifty «ix, while Gray and Bherman are past middle life, Grant, who was Inaugurated at forty seven, Was the youngest President, Tum C goed some ety of them al Craig-Stawart con rate of 280 words a minute, man in the Houses who oan & utterance a Catobings, of usual rate ls 380 words 8 g ci —— Tue citissns of McLean County, 111, made up and dispatche | Lo the sal a train of sent wight cars, containing 12,000 bushels led corn, for the famine stricken ree gion in Russa. minute, - —_ further mark of respect, the Senate at 4:3) ad journed 491i DAY.—The Paddock Pare Fool bill passed without a division being called for ——Senate bill appropriating $187,039 wo compensate the Inaians of the Crow CUroek leservation was passed- Mr. Hale re ported back without amendment the Agri cultural Deficiency bill The Senate joint resolution to pay West Virginia her share of the direct tax refund was taken up and discussed 30r DAY.—The Agricultural Deficiency bill was passed —— Mr Washburne intro- duced a bill to regulate immigration, pro: viding for a Commissioner in Hurope aod twelve inspectors, one to be stationed at each of twelve European ports Tae bill to provide for the erection of public build- ings for postoffices in towns an i cities where the postoffice receipts for three years pre- ceding have exceeded $3000 annually was | taken up and discussed | 51st DaY.—~The Senate Stanford's Sub-Trsasury bill made it the subject of a tariff speech vent Deficiency bill was passed wee My, m reportad the Military Academy Ap- propri n bill, The amount of the Lill as it passed the House was $308,065, and the in r recommends 3 making the $4 The further discussed. took up Mr: and Mr. Dolph The ase In the House ~Mr. Eulos lotro The t ommitis t the pro w, and $10 520 DAY Mr. Catchings the reading of the Journa from the Commities of | be taken up, which held to be order Tracey obj He the decison of the appeal was aid on the tabie and nay vote of 20 to sevenly. silver men consumed most of the bustering against report of the cot did not occur until 5 o'clock, lution was passed 10 Invalid Pension priation Hil passed, and the House adjourned 530 DAY ~After a shart sitting, journment was taken ¢ ut of respex late Representative Kendall, of ¥ KY. The Speaker KP intel the following HR mittee to take order respecting the funeral vO he Mowsrs Payvoter, Mansur, Amerman, Bailey, Uwens, Wilson (Ky.), and Belknap. 54TH DAY. —On motion of Mr the House went into Committee Whole upon revenue bills, Mi: being designated as the presi ling officer Mr. McMillin addressed the House the tariff question, favoring U wool claus, He was followed by Mr. Dingley, Who spoke in opposition to it sori Day. —Mr in cted. yoa anti § day in Aik ihe the 1 and the when ehtw. fot ighty-fou was then it low pr ad- the an $ 's orem MeMillin of the Slount Ga.) on Herbert reported the Naval Appropriation bill— Mr. Pearson of fered and the House passed a resolution pro viding an annual clerk for the Committes on Accounts—~The following reports were made: Mr. Outhwaite to estab ish a military t at or near Helena, Montana; Mr. Cros yy to classify and prescribe salaries of rail way postal clerks; Mr. Tillman to protect foreign exhibitors at the Worlds Fair against prosecution under United States postal laws The debate on the Free Wool till was continued. sti DAY. —On motion of Mr. Curtis, a bill was passa increasing to $25 a month the pension of George R. Allen, f New York Allen is ninety-nine years old and served in the War of 1812 ~The debate on the Free W 90ol bill was continued by M osurs, Stevens, Montgomery, Ray and Coombs An even. ing session for pens ya bills lacked a quoram. ———— THOUSANDS TO CHARITY. Munificent eral George W, Callum’s will The will of the late Major-General George Ww. Cullum, United States Army, was filed for probate in the Burrogate's Office, New York City are as follows Woman's Hospital $6000; Hospital, $10,000; Bt, Thomas New York Can cet Church, 1 $0 » | Condition Od Ladies Mond of the Poor, $5000 Home, San Francisco, #5000; ville, Penn., Historical Roctety, Redwood Library, Newport, bea $5000; Metropolitan Museum Art £20,000; to the United States Government $200,000 to erect a memorial hall at West Point: $20,000 to professors at West Point in trust to have paintings ma fo of the mill tary academy's distinguished graduates to be hung in the memorial hail; Association of Graduation of the Military Academy, $10, 000; aiso all manuserios, letters, notes, pamphlets and publications on military sub of deceased; the sword presented by the ladies of Hs, Louis, Mo, to Major Gen eral Henry W, Halleck to Memorial Hall; the American Geographical Hociety, $5000 R of A HANGMAN RESIGNS, Berry, the Notorious British Jack Ketch, Hesonts Interference, Berry, the British hangman of world wide reputation, has resigned because he was ordered by a prison dootor to change the length of the drop Berry maintaine | that his } experience was worth more than ony theory, and would not oboy informed that he mus or resign ho will trav is 3 ‘ Public Bequests in Gen The bequests of a public nature | $000; | WORLD'S FAIR NOTES, AvsTRIA will make a fino exhibit of glam porcelain, bronze, leather, artistic iron and cabinet work. Tur grand entrance to the mammoth Manufactures Building will be decorated at un expense of about ¥12,000, A neroio statute of Columbus, by Louis St. Gaudens, will stand before the main en- trance of the Administration Building. Tue exhibit which Illinois women will model hospital, women, conducted entirely by HAYT! has appropriated $25,000 for its representation at the B xposition, Fred Douglas has been appointed commissioner to represent that country. Mis, Froxa Warr, one of the lady mana- gers of California, has offered to finish in redwood one of the large reception rooms in the Woman's Building. . Tux “Independént New York Schuetzen,” considered the elite corps of German-Amerl- can sharpshooters, have decided to attend the Exposition in a body Tie total amount reported appropriated by foreign nations and colonies for their representation at the Exposition, so far as heard from, is $3,051,058, Quite a pumber of those which have decided to participate have not yet made appropriations, E. SpypErukIN, horticulturist to the Em- seror of Austria, has written from Buda- Pestt that ho will contribute to the Exposi- tion's floral display a collection of the rarest roses, embracing 200 standard, 200 standard tree roses and 400 rose bushes, A CABLEGRAM states that Switzerland will not be officially represented at the Exposi- tion, but that the Government will examine the representations of citizens desirous of exhibiting and will consider the question of granting a subsidy to enable them to do sO. Tux llinois State Board of Agriculture has offered a number of prizes, ranging from $5) to $250, for the best exhibits shown at the State Fair, to be held at Peoria, in Sep- tember. From these exhibits the Board will make many selections for the World's Fair. A Copan Hani, 100x260 feet, will be erected near the Horticultural Building. [here Professor Tomling with 23000 trained voices, will furnish rare choral music during the Exposition. The Welsh International Eisteddfod will occupy the building for a weak, M. Senaxxo, Mexico's special World's Fair Commissioner, who visited Chicago a rt time ago and made a thorou gh inspec jon of Exposition progress and affairs, has rnment A report ex- to the Exposition. fe part N mate made to his Gov y favorab ending pation by 1 Artillery, which oe niversary several months tt) wo United States, will It visited the and attracted one of its ilding which mrters at the be modelad ancisut garden tam pees, will cost will be suare {owt Hussian Government has adoptel a licy toward the Exposition been received at head Finanos with he Emperor, has decided to pAY 8 {ght charges on Russian ex- hibits for the Fair, to insure the exhitdts and to rate the Hussian section. The imperial porcelain factory is making ware of special designs to be shown at the Falr Tue Bethieham I fnister the appr dew ron Company, of South Bethlehem, Penn. will make an extsusive exhibit, including steel rails, a battleship shafting 125 fest in length, guns, projectiles, an armor-plate ingot weighing 100 tons, and various maval appliances The company will also erect a Inilaize model of ita fae mons 125 ton steam hammer, mid to be the argest in the world. It will span the main avenus of Machinery Hall, and will rise a height of ninety fest Sr NEWSY GLEANINGS, O10 natu Masses id Braz New % CHICAG " has KN) acres mx Crry's populats was fifty-five years GRERCE is 0 jot gue a state ux Philadelphia Mint pennies last Tore Italian nearly $4, 000 000 year Treasury has a FORTY SEVEN Fel will tw Po litioa Mexican Inry 5 Gene diel sinew THERE Nationa arate mve NEBRASKA'S ox ix the neady orn ntrbuts YF bashels « | | IE THE we AR ID M Hon week units ah } bagreis a Gay i] have bought two mie huahus, Mex) i #100, Afrios. adented or Pacific ( Acres ne British tow Parl the survey of a rails has ¥ md in vent ’ we of ’ mnt TE a the are near Lar ALITA ¢ recently EIA are a Mate has empowered Poland in that ab of slege Society for the Improvement of the | ING Lhe past threas nthe O63 kn in m proon Austria persons Vienna, have re ceivod relief Dunixa the pas $0.00 In gold country from t four months has been Australia more thar brought to this Exrness Mussexoen Molsgney, who was shot by Irain Bobber Perry, near Hoches ter, N. Y.. has become insane In some Austrian villages the misery has been #0 extreme that the parents have Leen impelled to kill children they could not teed Tue Massachusetts Lagislature has passed a bill making It a crimiral offense to manu facture, sell or expose for sale cigarettes in under con that Ntate un, Ras) Arsenal, is Ink pew Woodbridge struction at Watertown expected to throw a MX pound projectile twelve mp! La] Mons than a million Englishmen have pe tittoned the House of Commons in favor of arbitration in settling all disputes with 1a» United Bates Warsaw (Poland) dispatches state that soldiers nave beeli billeted in private res dences to prevent the further propagation of Free Poland ideas Tux population of New South Wales I 1.10, 204, including 14,1566 Chinese and RISO aborigines, Tae population of tie city of Nyduory is 383 0, Tur Unite! States Navy Department has select sd the following Indian names for the three new steel tugs just built: Wahneta, Iwana and Narketa, THE past year has been one of the worst Bess years ever known in Saxony, Over 40,000 distress warrants were lsued in Dress den nlone-an increase of nearly twenty cont, and the num er of oailiffs has be considerably increased 0 . Ls ——— - fron jompanits organized to wat va \ Yewoen #70,000,008 and EP O00 Capital make in the Woman's Building will bea | half- | | killed by Lieutenant J. H | known to Annapolis Naval Academy "SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL, MARCH LESSON FOR 20, Review of the Past Quarter—Golden Text: Psalm ci, 1, REWIEW EXERCISE, Buperintendent—~How is Christ's coming foretold? Behool—Thera shall coms forth a rod out p' the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots, Bupt, What shall be the condition of His kingdom? School They shall not hurt nor distroy in nll My holy mountains: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea Supt, —~What will trusting people? Nehool—Thou wilt keep him in perfect 9 ace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because we trusteth in Thee, - What does the prophet pro nounca upon Ephraim? Sohool— Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim. The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under foot Nupt Judah? School=They also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way, ~What did Hezekiah do when he received a threatening letter from the King of Assyria School the Lord do for His Supt, WO ~W hat charge does he bring against Hezekial went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord Bupt.— How did the Lord answer Heze- kiah's prayer? School The angel of the Lord went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand, Supt. — For whom did Christ suffer? Behool-—Hs was wounded for our trans gressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisoment of our peace Was upon Him: and with His stripes we are healed, Bupt What is Christ's gracious call? 8 i--Hao, every that thirsteth, ne yo to the waters, and he that hath no y, come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, y wine and milk without money and with- L pricx WC hon one In what m is the diyrst ip.~- again given? ame oall the bride heareth athirst « him take Lhe Spirit and him that m that is say, mY, wale charged deans with treason was : aken {roo he taken irom and took swolly, Is there any Zodekiah the king sent and asked | ym the Lor What was Jer 3 xing inezzar take Jeru School=1n the eleventh year of Zedekiab. Supt. What was his som? School —The king of Babylon siew Lhe sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his and t out Zedekiah's eves and bound him with chains. to carry him to Babylon Supt. — What the prope ’ Sohool—<The city was people were carried Babylon Supt. — What pr mise of cleansing did the Lord make to the captives in Babylon? of the reign fone with Zedekiah and “yon became of ty and and the into destroved, away oaplive PEAS VOR YODDER. | Peas are always sown with oats when { they are intended tor fodder. The Ca nadian pens are preferred, as the seed is not injured by the weevil, and there 1s no loss by this damage. Weevil-eaten peas will not germinate when the germ generally the case, and if not, substance of the being pertly $1roy the streng of the young plant is lessened for the nutriment that peed, { | { { { | i red, as is the de 18 10 ed. want of is furnished half bushels of bushel of thie ki up peas weaker kind, It is to cover the One and one and “ pens two are ywin. The strongest nd n hosen, as they hold the thie advisable seed with a cultivator £ { Oi New York Times. ¢ inches yVering is A BOILING EXPERIMENT. » indications from this experiment The average cow will e fee at about eventy-five pounds of green i stable with grain a. That cows feed on oats and I clover and corn, fed green in the stable | nilk tl n midsummer, wiil g 3 ne 1 Sehool=Then will I sprinkle clean water | ou, and ye shall be ciean from all ithiness, and from all your idol will cleanse you. Westminster Question Sook. ec ——————— _- JEALOUSY THE CAUSE. A United States Naval Officer Kills an English Banker upon i our 3 George Gower Robinson, a wel resident of Yokohama, vapan, was shot Hetherington, the United States steamer Marion. The latter, it is alleged, was jealous of I s ation tims to re. Hotheringt : surrendered himself and the Marion, Robinson, the young erington, was a banker Yokobama and educated was best tenant was confined aboard an killed by Heth. He was born in He " in England, handsome, and moved in 1 society, i man about-town popuiar tin paving attent) to Mrs wat 80 that their the gossip of the t Robinson that he must Mrs. Hetheringt leave town, R ani went away, and became more dev Hetheringts Hobinson wit out anving, called out for him 1 up his team, When were fired Irom a AT being "“ wie was fxhreme Nome ng } Het devoted “-n eke | an ever t e returned Mrs n a ly when Ww » Whim ims pst ne | missed, but the second ook effect in Robin. son's groin and he fell t of the WMmrgmy buggy with ou fend. Public is Hetherington, Lieutenant Hetherington was appointed from lows in 1574, and was promoted to a lieutenancy in sympathy | October, 1580, BREAD ENOUGH FOR ALL. Largest Reserve of Wheat in Farm ery Hands Ever Reported, The March report of the distribution of wheat and corn by the statistician of the United States Department of Agriculture makes the stock of wheat in growers’ hands 171,000,000 bushale, twenty-eight per cent of the erop—60000,000 of spring wheat, and LOR, 000, 000 of winter wheat, ter in Htates which have practically no com. mercial ¢ stribution, but entering into local consumption for bread and seed. This is the largest reserve aver reportad, } be exports from July 1 to March 1 were 164,000,000 bushels, the fall seed 80 000,000, the consumption apparently 200, 000, 000 bash sla. but a larger proportion is taken for con sumption in the fall ani winter, and the actual consumption proportionally greater than in the spring and sammer Fhe assumed consumption from March 1, 1504, to March 1, 1882, is $00,000,000 bushels tor a popuation of 64,500,610; the exports 200, 000,00 bushels; the seed 0.000 000 bush. - gantity of corn in farmery’ or 41.8 per cent, he seven princips B48, 00) buss els, or 41.5 pro ner, against 007,000, evop of 188, Wich ve a surplas a ar irom the great much of the iat | virth, crupper and two side straps, bt bit, and, check, fastened high ( The back pa 1 if the taken o Wt can r thr Put the back piece or girth on, and buckle it tight: fasten the check to it, and bring the colt's head up mmon straig ide 106% prefer ably, on the up n old harness 18 FO terrels R-ring are it, 80 the « il over if hu ws himself, where he carries it naturally on each side of the girth, and the ends buckled into the bit rings. loose Then are to prevent the colt from turning his head to either side, and should be light enough for this, but not to pull his nose Put this on him every day for an hour, and turn him in a paddoc kK, or box. Gradually take up the check. rein. until his head is brought where it wanted, It may take two or three months, {the training is pushed too fast, or the check is taken up 100 mu h at one time, or the machioe is left on too long, it may do irreparable harm, When done thoroughly this strengthens the muscles of the neck so the colt will al ways carry his bead up. It will slo help to improve his knee action, ~ Ameri can Agriculturist, 10 ma h. HOMO is CULTIVATION OF HORARRADIRN, It is estimated that between five six hundred acres are devoted to cultivation of horseradish by what are called the market gardeners in the im mediate viomity of New York, sad per haps as much more near other large situs, The author of “Gardening for Profit,” gives explicit directions for the cultivation of this crop, or at least how it is cultivated by our market gar loa, and the for with then it is always grown ws » 08 | to it by the the | The side | straps are fastened about half way down | | . | second crop, as “In preparing | the roots for market during the winter all the small rootlets a broken off and reserved for planting, leaving but the main root, which is usua and ing about a pound. The rootlets or sets are ( it into pleces of | from four to mix length, and wre from one-quarter Lo one half inch in 3 1 diameter hese are Lied nothing y from twelve to fifteen inches long welche f three-quarters ol incnes an in bundles from and fat in piant- { fifty to sixty, the top end cut square the bottom en 1 sinr { ing there Will settling | them upside ¥ parca are s CAre t ets when pre- LOW | WAY In yxes of sand, 10 VaRe 4 put up between each prevent their heat be kept in boxes the open gro ind generally The sets Deas, | island rop of earls whatev bages, cauliiowers be , the horseradi LUV tax most ne or ten poun is, a three e very when te] a and few woen farm- re a thing of beauty, y keeping for p they Are 8a NDUISAROE, +) can take the a ‘‘quick ng and is well 0 raers produce r to be used season? th Li amount of and used in i they make! on the IAD is the best poultry fed in several different ways. [It is excellent for laying hens. jucks, geese and guineas can the incubator AS ig FLL fina brooder. Turkeys, be hatched in as well chicks and can Ix The orous pet game ne, best cross for sitting heos is a vig- with good partridge makes a good OCs Cochin heas, fis RE table-lowli. You bad fright, CRUM your fowls a as it injures thom, and it will a falling off in the number of eggs shoul 1 never give for a few days | The early chicken is the largest and | strongest, and will never be overtaken by | the ones that are hatched out late; push the carly hatching. Cracked wheat or corn makes a better feed after the chickens get old enough to | eat it than esther fed grouad fine aad made into a mush. When it is especially desirable to se. | eure the largest size with geese crossing the Toulouse gander with Embden goes will secure this the most readily. Gather your eggs as soon after laying as may be. They are liable to become broken in the nests and esten by the boos, thus laying the foundation of & very bad habit, When you receive a basket of eggs for hatching let them rest from twenty-four to forty-eight hours before being set, and they will recover from the jarring received while traveling. | it costs mo more to raise the best | breeds of poultry than the common | barayard fowl, while the returns are double. Get a setting of eggs from ome reliable bre eder and convince of the fact, :
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