TEST FOR WHOLESOME MILK. A good way to tell when to use new milk from the cow is to bring a samp to a boil and if it curdles then do not use it, but if it remains limpid it is all right. This test should be used always before sending milk to the factory, though perhaps it is not so important when the milk is peddled on a route, though this colostrum tends to save the | ; . | settled in their new homes. milk in warm weather, —American Dairy- mau. APPLE BUTTER FOR MARKET. Why do not farmers who have large amounts of apples that do not pay for drawing long distances to market try the plan of turning some of the surplus into apple buttar? It requires considerable | blossoms need all the | have, labor, as it is a brauch of manufacture; | but the farmer who has invested in this way is surer to get pay for than he is for most ¢ on the farm. As far as possible should put the product of his farm in the fora where it will bring him most money, and if he thereby turns his farm at some seasons into a factory he may be none the prosperous, —New York Herald, of his wor the less AN ELECTRIC A novelty in the hatching of eggs has - INCUBATOR. labor | it | farmer | garden "earth and leaf mold mixed into the oven, and bake it hall an hour, This will kill all insects, and when the earth is cool is is ready to use, Cut off all water-soaked roots, and then press the earth firmly around the plants, using always the common red earthen pots with separate saucers for each pot. Keep ropotted plants in a shady place for a week or so, until the roots are well Do not let these plants bloom for a month or two, but pinch off all buds, that the strength of the plant may be concentrated in the roots, in order to produce a new, vigor- ous growth of branches. In choosing the windows for plants | during the winter those wit! sunli and for them a south A southeast window desirable, then a } a north ugot may colored ight they can window is the best. next most window, while is worst of Ww all. There like are a few plants, pansies, primulas and cornelias, that like the shade { and thrive in northern light, and a north. lant in | i i | puwnis i ern window is useful to place blooming frum to thus longing the short life of the sprays of time time, | flowers. appeared in the shape of an electric in- | The ve is ti cubator, special feature of machi at the heat of the egg drawer is automatically re fiftieth part of a degree Fahrenhei consists of a tank i A radiation from the 0 tank, which is constructed on t! tubular system. When reaches the temperature of Fahrenheit an electric the nects a dry battery with an net which actuates a damper, the heat to esce ape through instead of vas through the the water tank. This entirely ic device is said to effect a saving thirty per cent. in the fuel used for heat- ing.— Boston Transeript, milate ’ the rulated {0 The 4 i heate f : Le multi- he egy , 104 rmo: tat electro-mag- al us Open lowing air ing flues of COWS IX WINTER. Feed to a considerable mines the quality and quantity milk and butter, It does not pay keep a cow on half rations and hardly get a good milking at any time durin the winter. In most cases both the mil and butter are of more value during winter than at any other time, generally enough more to make it w while to give the cows good treatment during the winter. They must fed enough to live, at least, and they ought to have enough to keep them thrifty, as there is no advantage letting them run down during the ter and then obliged to take the best part of epring to make up what bas been lc A little additional feea not only keep them thrifty, but in many cases in- sure a good flow of milk, and this im- plies a profit rather than a loss, as is so often the case when the cows are fed on the plau of barely keeping them aliv through the winter.—Nt. Louis Repub he, extent ¥ y - An the and wih be will THE CISTERN RESOURCE. “How much wil! your cisterna | I asked a friend, relates Hollister Sage. “Oh, hall a dozen hogsheads or It cost me $20.” Twenty dollars for an unfailing supply of water which 1s never contaminated by soil leachis enough if the cistern be lasts for twenty years, a rea frequently exceeded. How man are considered almost worthle becaus poorly watered, and if one or more cisterns were put io--the work can be done by any farmer—drouths would be tided over and no trouble made. now in mind a place where Cheap well y farms ‘84 the only i | { should also I have | source of supply is a well which fails on | the first provocation, It is offered low, Another place near it, and also poorly watered, has a spacious cistern under a | barn, kept full by its roof, and although the farmhouse has burned, the place is still held at over $100 per acre A lane leads from the pasture to the farmyard, where a trough 1a, kept full constantly by use of a pump. The thirsty herd comes up for food and shelter. In the West, even in cities, cistern water gives the sole sup- ply. been many | The cleguly house-owner pumps | it ' ’ The best success in indoor plant growth comes from a uniform temperature of fifty to sixty de at night and from sixty to seventy-five degrees during the A higher temperature is only needed trop grees cal flowers semi . ly need a cooler tempera. larkness, and f one ol house hat is ywih of plants with gas in t ke he room ia the aper will 'p both heat ie plants. Another cause of spindling growth is Plants shut up in the house get sensitive, and are lable to suffer if is a sudd den fall temperature, but if they are given pleaty of fresh air daily, unless the day is very clement, the plaats will thrive and be sturdy. Do not open a window directly on ylants in winter weather, but rather let he fresh air filter in more gradually door or window. Plants in windows should be turned or twice a week. A fine form, which is half the beauty of a plant, can- not be attained without this, Plaats ied from the dust weeping aod dusting ack of air, there in through a distant nee be shie which arises in s rooms. A newspaper is suitable to prevent the tlis dust over them, but this care i plant must be frequently to ged, for plants hrough them. They cannot means of inhaling carbon 1 exhaling oxygen is taken from them. ower og | i ver a tub or sink isa od to remove dust, but hold the plant 2, 80 both sides of the leaves will reached by the water, Large plants which cagnot be easily yved should have their washed tly with a on sides, — { their ants o way sldewis @ be leaves both m pO ige FARM AND GARDER NOTRs. He ns ths Hens will n t are crowded will not lay, t lay when shiveriag with old hens for old hens do not you of aged the sheep should be g past ires., Cornmeal and bran good feed for ducks. The manure from in proportion with milk is a the pig is valuable to the food consumed. 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No one can afford to buy manure un. dry his supply reservoir and bas it til he has first made use of every pound | cleaned thoroughly before the autumn or | produced at home, April rains begin, done the cistern is allowed to fill, closed tightly aod kept so for the year. Frosh, copious water of spring lasts until the | earth is sprinkled, the fall dust laxd and sll the leaves blown away, when, if the supply be the heavens is again allowed to pour in a sufficiency, ~ New York Tribune, FLANTS FOR WINTER. The fall is tho time for preparing those plants that are chosen to brighten the home with leafage and bloom during the winter, The first naint to be con. sidered is the choice of the plants, Young breathing ts are always to be ferred —e those that are ex. usted with blossoming during the summer, It seems almost heartless to leave tall, thrifty plants to the mercy of the frosts, but not only hate projomged As soon as this is | short, the great distillery of | A small herd of cattle well fed will pay better than a large one that just { “pulls through.” Young hens and the early pullets will bring more money now than mas ‘‘old roosters” next spring, During the winter it is quite an item to arrange so that the fowis can have as much sunlight as possible. What is a good sheep! It all depends on what the sheep la wanted for and the man who takes care of it, Stick to the breed that you have done well with. Improve and bulld it up rather than let i fall back. Wheo a sheepman finds oceasion for grumbling it would be well to quit the business and try something else. Give the young PAE. plasty oR of eeu, lent food. A slop potatoes makes an a No mercy should he shown to the dog Military Ballooning. Most people will lucky fate of M. well-known Frend ; invented mei | sive. {| was sentenced by a military « | years’ imprisonment, | the trials for treason | Ministry of War | Turpin accepted his fate uacomplain ingly and it appears that he work, so far as the regulations | would allow, since cmviction, He is at present in a house of detention at | Etampes, where he is allowed pretty large liberty for studying military science and aeronautios, He is even allowed to write to the papers, and a recent journal expresses a regret that valuable discov. eries such as Turpin claims to have made should be dated from between prison walls, Among other things, he professes to have at last solved the difficult prob. lem of aerial navigation by the sonstruc. tion of a balloon which can be guided ac. cording to the will of the occupant, He hopes to attain a speed of forty kilome- tres an hour, In arother field of acrostatios—oamely, military bullooniag—the imprisoned en- neer been studying an appamtus of making pure hydrogen gas, which will require only ove ninth part of the machinery now in use—an important consideration when on the march, A new fuse for shells when used at a which oh Jorvents the projectiles from rom ricochets on the water, Ey) the inveations to which mp4 win | i the Tarpin, man terrible remember Eugene h scientific that and who about twelve un- the who explo months ago wirt to five in connection with instituted by the 111 — has been at pr son his much time, «New Meyer 4 YOUTH’ a SONPANTY: Bory Boston, Mas Order al own Cats Are Independent Animals The cat's spirit of independence, in deed, is the most distinct characteristic | of her nature, As Mme. de Custine rightly said, the cat's great difference from, and, according to her sentiments, | superiority to, the dog lies in her calm | insistence on selection which invariably accompanies Ler apparent doeility., To the dog proprietorship is mastership; he knows his home, and he recognizes with out question the man who hae paid for, feeds and, on oceasions, kick» him with all the easy familiarity of ownership. He follows that man undoubting and un. noticed, grateful for a word, even thank ful for an oath. But the cat is a crea. | ture of a very different stamp. She will | not even stoop to couquer, nor be tempted out of her nature by offers of reward, She absolutely declines in. | struction; vay, even persuasion is lost | upon her for any permanent effect it may | be designed to have. You may be the legal possessor of a oat, but you cannot govern her affections. — Henriette Ron. ner, I — Gooseherry Rails, G. Reade, inthe Zoologist, says that the ripe gooseberries in his garded were disappearing very rapidly this year, and he supposed that the mischie! was being done by blackbirds. However, b's ate tention was called to a large rat taking the berries off with his mouth and drop plug than to other rats below. Pres. another | consumes SUD barrels o Me., | { cottonseed oil in in the { turning small herring into imported French sar. | d noes, Tbe sardine factories at Eastport, A MOAMOnD proc Oss O The first cast iron plow was made 1797. 8 | and eB oR A ut, ot Yous Durabie and the consumer pays fof Do tin oF glam package with every purchase, NYNU.a8 WORN NIGHT AND DAY! tare with ease un ons" KIDNEY LIVER == ®ARkE" ER Biliousness, Readache, foul breath, sour stomach, heart. burn or dyspepsia, constipation, Poor Digestion, Distress after eating, pain and bloating in the stomach, shortness of breath, pains ia the heart, Loss of Appetite,
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