ARTICHOKES FOR SWINE, Artichokes are excellent food for swine, and especially for pigs and shoats that are growing rapidly. If the pigs are to be allowed to gather the tubers for themselves, then the narti- chokes should be planted on rather | light soils, because in rooting over the soil to get at the tubers the ground will be made more compact by the con- stant tramping upon it, with the ad- dition of the manure of the hogs in the gathering of the crop, during the wet | weather late in the fall and early in | This working over of the soil will greatly improve light soils, but it has been found in practice that it will injure tenacions clay by making It more compact, York Sun, Spring. by swine heavy, GROWING PANSIES FOR PROFIT. The enlture of flowers is one of the most profitable of all this kind of in dustries, and at fifty cents a dozen for pansies, the very satis factory, I'o h early, the seed should be sown at once In WArm rool and the small moved to pots, but if the seed 18 in tha fall. the # i 1 be profit will we them DOX¢ ina plants 4, d rather 1 good cows 1s looks as if it had bes several generations, of the best cows it hae is, indeed, less an ident than = prodn With good terial from which to breed, the woud farmer mare of her carly heifer calf h Boston most breeds d cow ns in The ge An sur every ols Cultivator, LAWN OR Where the locality lawn is naturally modern su planting pate hes ne partienlar kind, which will run together months, partieniarly Nothing Can he lawn w hue Hy For small gardens, especially where the new plantation ean be hand-weeded during summer, it is the best of all methods. No lawn made of grass seeds will be confined strictly to one kind, and on sceount of the different shades of green in the grass will always haven more or less patchy appearance, Thos who supply mired lawn grass seeds for a is th it rairable free from wes rgestion « f making by in a fow desirable beautiful than » of 18 npre made nn One species usually keep this in mind, and endeav- | or to get their kinds so generally alike | in tint of green as to avoid this objec tion. One advantage of the mixed system in that one can rarely tell by the description of a enstomer what partic ular kind of grass will thrive to best advantage. A mixture is, therefore, likely to best serve the purpose, in this, that the one most suitable will | | cultivate every other kind was crowded out, and this particular species alone occupied the land. —Mechan's Monthly, GROWING SEED POTATOES, Before planting the seed have the goil in the best possible ecndition and liberally enriched with manure, Choose seed large or medium 12 size, smooth, and of best form. Cut in large pieces and plant in rows three anp one-half feet apart each way— four feet each will be better. Plant about four inches de ep. Three or four days after after planting, cultivate by turning the soil to the One or two days Intter nll 1s level d and as the plants way row, harrow until make 1, turning plants 80 as to cover all weedsthat may have started to When the bout inches above thelr appearance, naar LIrOw. plants four ground, thin Continue the week, going both wavs are a out to one stalk in a hill cultivation twice wh time, vines cover the gronnd. shallow to avoid breaking the roots. The best selection for seed from those hat produce the [he most the Cultivate will nning ININK prevent groomed rking » smson, been swe ating has a quarters vy DAVE n the mn A farmer whe of land sh tid set five or orchard trees They will get him of debt if he 1» in and he Ip him to kot p out if he An orchard « tion is not farm work, and time thus spe bring returns equal to any other duce, pro It has been prove ol. It is claimed by some horticulturists that winter praning while the sap is | down develops vigorous wood growth, and summer praning checks this and encourages fruit pr uetion, A word of caution is those who embark in any new enterprise There are many things to learn. Books have a value to the new beginner, but practice is necessary, No man should fail to learn the practical details by using his own hands Are sheep subject to indigestion? Of counrse they are, as much so as any other animal. Did you never smell » sheep's breath? Bome of the healthy sheep's breath is as sweet as an infant's but a diseased sheep's breath suggests indigestion and all the ills known to mortal flesh, Joseph Mochan gives 8 way to rid due to eventually crowd out those not so well | plum trees of the cureunlio: '‘Ax soon adapted to the soil and circumstances. | a flowering is over spread a sheet un- We have seen a lawn made of mized | der your troes and jar the trees, bring. grasses which had to be secured under the shade of large trees, eventually be- | which burn. come wholly occupied by the ing down the pest and the stung fruit, Do this daily until the fruit is one-fourth grown. If rightly fescue. Au the course of a few years | followed it insures & crop. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, TOMATO KETCHUP, Skin one gallon of ripe tomatoes add one pint of good vinegar, three tablespoonfuls of salt, ten red peppers, green or ripe, broken so as to got the strength from the Cook in a granite or porcelain kettle until quite thick, then skim out the peppers. Bottle | while hot. This is very good.—New York Sun. peed, TO COOK BPINACH, Put the washed spinach in a sance- pan with enough cold water to cover it, and add a little salt and a very small amount of sods ; bring the water quickly to boiling point, thep strain it from the spinach. The spinach must have ns much of the moisture as possible pressed from it, rub it through a fine wire sieve, then put it into s ssucepan, add a little flour, butter, pepper and and stir it over the fire until it boils: let it boil for a few minutes then serve it very hot with small tippets fried bread round it,—New York World, salt, of made very fine. As soon | the soil to the clatine in one Then cup sugar, CWO cup ¢ each | until | be | at ten acres of | out | an be snocessfally grown | without interfering with the rest of the | nt will | boil thre Whe I Cu gealing stu then pour out. ol and on ths nt of con- I-beaten stirring ur into Muke | nornang ys OL cup doil until Leather chairs rubbing with revived by the i AD eau Old brass may be cleaned to look like new by serubbin rinsing with cold clean w To avoid the peelin tr them, they sh g with iter, odor of onions while ld while the ¥ Are held under water To ke p your { irtoise-shell combs and pins always bright rub with soft | leather every time they been worn. When dim rab with rottenstone and oil One of the first requisites of good | carving is to have the meat dish of good mize It is almost impossible to handle a piece of meat acceptably upon a plat ter that is even a degree too small In hay o Meat can be kept very nicely for a | week or two by covering it with sour milk or buttermilk and placing it in a The bone or fat need not Rinse well before using. cool collar be removed, A sheet of finely perforated zine subs stituted for one of the upper panes of glass in a bedroom window is an exeel- lent form of ventilator, moderating the draughts which enter when the window is raised or lowered. If your sewing machine has become gnmmed and consequently runs hard, oil every place with the best kerosene oil and run rapidly a few momenta Wipe the bearings carefully, ofl with the best machine oil, and you will be surprised at the result. Persons who use kerosene lamps will be glad to know that if the wicks are ponked in strong vinegar twenty-four hours and thoroughly dried before be- ing inserted, all smoke will be avol the wicks will last twice as long, increased brilliant light will be ob tained. an hour add one | oiling water snd | hunt ammo Lin, and | peel i | SORES u¥ ANEnifie, Among the incidents of jokes played | by animals upon one another cited by a writer on “The Animal Sense of Na- ture,” in the London Spectator, 1s that of a jnckdaw which, whenever it fonnd its setterdog COMPANIONS naleep, wot { i stenl up to them and pull at the little finfly tassels of hair between their toe where the animal wag more sensitive tnan in other hairy parts of its body ip. At a certnin house, magpie war kept in the stable yard with two kestrels The kestrels were in the habit of sitting on the the pail that stood outside of the At one time the magpie approached a kes trel from behind, seized its le its beak, jerked it violently, and pushed over into the mt the kestre nite magpie and pun- ished A cat expressed it hike of jumping thre its spread-ont tail when the bird ing 1s beauty and expiiutMe vanity, to the discomi I'he dog, * med to 1 ting nnpleasantly waking them ’ tame 1 pides of water | stable doors ne tal in pas, | rward canght the t well. nope acock by spiny great he fowl! writer's ne 1 8 tf LISD ot a bullfineh by CANTY Chinese Experts in Irrigation, | ~A _~Absolutely® | CAREER, I ———— ——— w——— ———— The Canary Industry, breed. Yor more than a century {ne ing of canaries has been a thriving in- dustry in parts of Germany. In 1850 the German dealers began to ship the birds to New York, and then to SBouth America and Australis. The sre small, but the industry is a go to the poor, who make the small wi profits aen LO) CANRrY birds are raised every Yeut in Germany, The most important market the United States, which takes about 100,000 birds per annum, When the birds are shipped to thi country thev are slways accompanied |b send It is estimated that sbout 250, - - R owt csmem—— an attendant, On the return voy attendants take American asuimals to Europe, —New age thew { birds and York Bun snails A Magnificent Opal, A New York jeweler has an opal thet | in probably the most magnificent ever in this oountry, The stone is | from the mines in southern Anstralis and has been carved to represent, in flying The ots off in rays from the figure, making we if tt were flying throngh a blaze sunset, The stone is as large as the palm of » woman's hand New Yea Sun TR 4] female {relief, a color sh figure, clouds and nt ween Why not, When the Royal B finer indeed 2 aking Powder makes and more wholesome food at a less cost, which every housekeeper familiar with it will affirm, why not discard altogether the old- fashioned methods of s oda and sour milk, or home-made mixture of cream of tartar and sod: la, or the cheaper and inferior baking POW = -~ ders, and use it exclusively? “Say Aye ‘No’ and Ye'll Ne'er be Married.” Don't Re- fuse AN Our Advice fo Use SAPOLIO RR. 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