DAVID C. COOK.
The Pioneer Pablliher of Sunday-School
Literature.
David C. Cook, of Chicago, whose nam *
has become a household word through his
Sunday-school publications, is but 42 years
old. He was born in East Worcester,
N. in IS.V), a son of Rev. E. 8. Cook,
a Methodist minister,
A and from a child an
earnest and deroted
member of the church
nnd Sunday-school.
Jjmfcy He began teaching
Ward's Rolling
Mills Sunday-school, in
at the age of
17» helping also in one
DAVID C.COOK, and sometimes two
mission schools of the West Side, meet
ing at different hours, until the
great fire of 1871 changed his plana,
and marked the beginning of his work
on the North Hide. Seeing the dis
tress nnd pressing need for help, he left his
homo and rented rooms in one of the poor
est and roughest neighborhoods of the burnt
district, where, with three other younj
men whom he persuaded to join him, he
cave himself to relief and mission work.
Here on North avenue, in a German theatre
and beer hall, was started his "Everybody's
Mission," afterward removed to a building
of its own near by. This mission, with at
t tendance of 850 to 450, he started, built up
and sustained without aid from any church
or society for five years, until others were
able to occupy the Held. He also organized
and superintended on the North Side, North
Avenue Mission, Lake View Mission and
Lake View Union schools, and, in Elgin, the
tirace Church Hchool, besides several smaller
enterprises elsewhere.
His lirst publications were prepared only
for his own schools, then, to divide the cost
of type-setting, he nsked orders from others.
No one could be more surprised than he at
the demand thus created. Afterwards his
schools afforded a place for first testing new
helps ami new ideas. It is to this love for
Ibe work, and close application to it, that
fchools are indebted for what he has done
tor the cause of Sunday-school literature.
Mow Exports I.ook at Gems.
Diamond experts have a curious way
of looking at gems. IT. N Collier,
who went to Brazil and mined diamonds
there in the early days of the diamond
excitement, picks up a stone, focuses
his eyes oa it ami if there are any flaws
or specks he generally sees them. His
description of the mad hunt for dia
monds in Brazil when the fields were
first discovered would make interesting
reading. The careful way diamond
diggers and workers are watched and
the excitement produced when a big
"find" is made have a dramatic interest
to those who havotmce felt the fever of
the diamond searcher.—New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Jllrs. A. A. Williams
Lynn, Mass.
FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS
Itev. Mr. Will lams Heartily En
dorses flood's Sarsaparilla.
We arc pleased to present this from
Rev. A. A. Williams, of the Sillsbee
Street Christian Church, Lvun, Mass.:
"I see no reason why a clergyman, more than
a layman, who knows whereof he speaks,
should hesitate to approve an
Article of Merit
and worth, from which he or his family have
been signally benefited, and whose commenda
tion may serve to extend those lxineflts to oth
ers by increasing their contidence. My wife
has for many years been a sufferer from sever©
Nervous Headache
for which she found little help. She has tried
many things that promised well but performed
Last fall a friend gave her a bottle of
Hood's Sarsaparilla. It seems surprising what
simply one bottle could and did do for her. The
attacks of headache decreased in number and
were less violent in their intensity, while her
geaeral health is improved. Her appetite has
also been better. From our experience with
Hood's Sarsaparilla
I have no hesitation in endorsing its mor*
its." A. A. WA MS.
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MAST FED FORK.
There is a good nut crop in many parte
of the country this year. In early times
when woods were more plentiful than
now, many farmers let their pigs pick up
much of their living in the woods. They
became quite fat when frost loosened the
burs of nuts. Pigs fed thus made the
sweetest and best pork. It needed some
corn feeding to give required firmness to
the fat. This made the pork go farther
for two reasons. It did not fry away so
much in the pan and it was not so good
to eat as the sweeter nut-fed pork.—
Bostou Cultivator.
SHOULD UOCIS HAVE SALT?
Salt has often been called nature's
vermifuge, and it is no doubt a fact, be
cause long experience with domestic an
imals has shown that all herbivora, when
deprived of salt, will sooner or later suf
fer from the presence of intestinal
worms. Swine are not an exception to
the general rule, and salt is just as nec
essary for them as it is for cattle, as it
not only destroys intestinal parasites, but
aids digestion, nnd prevents intense
acidity of the stomach. When hogs are
fed slops from the kitchen they get con
siderable salt, but when fed exclusively
upon grain, especially at the time of fat
tening, each animal should be given
about one ounce of salt daily,mixed with
its food or the water given it to drink. If
farmeia would pay more attention to the
chemistry of the food given to their
hogs, they might escape severe losses
from such common diseases as cholera,
catarrh aud erysipelas.—New York Sun.
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CI.EANIN3 A TOL' BUGGY.
A leather top of a buggy requires care
ful and regular attention to keep it in
good condition. It is much injured by
the nmmonia vapors of a stable, and
therefore should be kept in a separate
house or shed where it is not exposed to
the weather. It should always be cleaned
when brought ic from use, especially if
it line been splashed with mud. This
acts like a blister anil takes the color from
both cover and body. The cover is first
washed with a rose nozzle and force
puinp, but not with a hard stream that
will force the dust or sand in the leather.
This will quickly spoil it. When the
dirt is washed off in this way it is once j
more rinsed with clean water and then
left to dry, or is softly wiped with a linen
cloth or a chamois skin. It is then wiped
softly with a soft sponge and castor oil.
This is done while the leather is damp.
It will not crack, and will keep its color
and gloss under this treatment.—New
York Times.
BULBOUS FLOWKHS.
Here are instructions for growing
bulbs indoors given by an English au
thority in such matters:
Bulbs grown in the sitting or dining
room require only that a damp atmos
phere should be kept about them, and
light is not wanted until they are pro
gressing freoly. The bulbs, when potted,
will do well in the bottom of a cupboard
if set in damp moss or anything of that
kind, aud a small portion of the samo
sprinkled over them. .In glasses the
water should not be allowed to touch the
bulb, though very close to it, and rain or
soft water should be used. When lodged
in the glasses, the bulbs should bo put
in some cool place where light ia ex
cluded—say a cupboard—there to re
main five or six weeks, and when the
roots are well developed and the swelling
bud and spike, starting freely they may
bo gradua.ly inured to the full light.
The water should not be changed, but
filled up occasionally, and a small lump
of charcoal kept at the bottom. From
the time the flower begins to show, the
mdre light aud air given the bitter.
INFLUENCE OF OATS AND BRAN ON MILK.
It is quito well understood that the
quantity of food consumed influences the
yield of milk and that certain foods and
grasses influence the color of butter.
Numerous experiments exhibit results to
prove that an increase of the same ration
will increase a cow s milk yield, but not
the quality of that yield. By a few it
is believed that the quality of the milk
cau be changed very perceptibly by
changing rations. Others maintain that
the quality of milk depends solely, or al
most so, on the individual animal, some
giving rich milk, others a poorer article.
At the Colorado Station experiments
were made with four cows, for the pur
pose of testing the comparative effects
of wheat bran and oat chop (that is,
ground oats) on the fat of milk. For
the first period the ration morning, noon
and evening was two pounds of oat chop
and all the alfalfa hay they would eat
and all the water desired, but with no
other food. For the second period clear
wheat bran (containing no shorts) was
substituted for the oat chop.
From a study of the tabulation it ap
pears that the quality of the milk was
quite perceptibly influenced by the
change of food given these cows. In
each case the wheat bran produced the
best result in the production of fat in the
milk; there is also evidence extant that
bran causes a better flow of milk than
oats. While the cows gainod in weight
on tho oat chop, each lost a few pounds
oh the bran ration. The difference in
either case could have been caused by
the difference in water drank at a single
time.—New York World.
THEAT TIIE COWS KINDLT.
Cows are naturally of the kindest dis
position of any four legged animal upou
the farm, aftfl they should bo treated
kindly and not' abused by the milkers
nnd drivers; The practiqj) of sending a
dog after them and allowing him to rush
them into the milk yard, exhausted and
excited, is a practice that will cost each
year from ten to twenty-five pounds of
butter for every cow milked. Drive the
cows leisurely to and from the pasture.
If you are iu a hurry let the driver make
double quick time when he is going to
and from the field not a ccompanied by
the cows. The throwing of stones,sticks
or other missiles should be forbidden,and
the operation of milking should be doue
rapidly and with but little or no talking.
Should tbo cow make a misstep or twitch
you unpleasantly during fly-time don't
sp«ak 10 sharply u to startle bar. la
many herds there are ottipona for mor»
cows which only a ceanmeober of the
family can 'milk. Thia indicates very
plainly that some one is mild tempered,
and understands the cow's disposition.
▲ box located at some accessible point
should contain at all times a supply of
salt. If salt is fed in heroic doses once
or twice each week, the coirs will then
gorge themselves, causing derangement
of the digestive ofgans. Milk should
not be applied to the teats to reduce the
powef required in milking, for it does
not, but most certainly adds filth to the
milk obtained, and in cold weather the
wet teat will become cracked and sore.
All cows with a domineering nature and
sharp horns should be dehorned. Brass
ferrules at the tips of the horns lessen the
danger but do not prevent the pushing
and bruising of other cows.—American
Agriculturist.
FEEDING VALUE OF CORNSTALKS.
The feeding value of cornstalks is a
subject which receives an endless amount
of discussion and upon which a great
variety of opiuioas have been expressed.
The subject is well worthy of considera
tion both on account of the immense
quantity of cornstalks produced every
year and also by reason of the great val
ue which they may have to their owners.
The principal reason for the grtat differ
ence in opinion which farmers express in
rogard to the usefulness of the stalks for
feeding is found in the fact that the real
value of different lots of stalks varies
fully as much a? do the opinions of their
owners. Some lots are clean and bright,
and contain a large amount of nourish
ment in a palatable and easily digesti
ble form. Other lots are so bleached
and damaged by exposure to the SHn and
storms as to be unpalatable and innutri
tious. There is as much difference in
the valuo of these two grades of stalks
as there is between hay that has been
properly cured and stored and that
which nas been so long exposed to the
weather as to have lost its natural color
and been deprived of nearly all of its
nutritious qualities. The trouble with
the cornstalks that cattle do not like,
and from eating which they receive little
or no benefit, is due to bad curing or
100 long exposure in the field. The
! smaller varieties usually have a larger
I proportion of valuable feeding material
than the giant sorts, but the latter, if
properly cared for, will furnish a good
deal of food which cattle will like and
upon which they will thrive. The man
who husks his corn early and puts the
stalks under cover, or in stacks which
will turn the rain, will have some valua
ble material with which to supplement
his crops of hay aud gralu.—American
Dairyman.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Transplanting two or three times helps
in the formation of fibrous roots.
In growing berries for market the best
results arc secured with a rich soil.
Generally in transplanting it is best to
set the plants down to the first leaf.
By keeping different kinds of stock
the pastures will not become patchy.
To keep a flock making a profit re
quires careful selection and close culling.
Mulching nowly set trees during hot,
dry weather ofton saves them from dying.
Allowing them to grow too thick is
one cause of failuro in growing root crops.
Are your stables so arranged that the
norses could be rescued easily in case of
fire?
Clear the barnyard well of stones and
sticks before you turn the horses out for
a romp.
The real friend of the farmer is he that
teaches him to be contentod, industrious
and frugal.
A man does not tako good care of a
horse should not have the pleasure of
owning one.
If you can sell direct to the consumer
you can put the middleman's profit in
your own pocket.
Many farmers wear out fifty dollars'
worth of horse flesh trying to save buy
ing a ten dollar plow.
Breed the best to the best and you can
couut on somethiug for your trouble.
Otherwise you take great risks.
Sweet whey is worth seven cents per
100 pounds as pig and calf food. This
is seven cents more thau sour whey is
worth.
Corn fodder, putin shocks and left in
the field during a good part of the fall
and winter, loses from one-third to one
half of its feeding value.
Powdered chalk given in soft food is,
in many cases, n good remedy for scours
in hens. Give plenty of green food with
oats on wheat and but little grain.
Geese and turkeys require plenty of
room, and it will rarely pay to keep them
unless they em be given a free range.
Where there is plenty of pasture they
thrive well.
If you let those weeds in the garden
30 to seed now, they will give you
trouble again next yeear. Cut them
down, and if the seeds have begua to
ripen, leave them.
Geese liva long, and for all practical
purposes, the old one are as good, if not
better than tlio young ouos. 80 it is
better to sell the younger ones, as they
fetch better prices.
There would be no abandoned farms
if their owners had combined science
with practice, and there will be more of
them eventually u \less our farmers begin
to do this more generally.
You may make one definite step for
ward in your dairy practice this winter,
by firmly resolving to keep no cow that
does not pay her board promptly. Take
no promises to pay in the spring.
The Pekin is a large breed of ducks,
and cau be raised on the farm with only
water enough to quench their thirst.
They grow quickly to a large size, are
hardy, and can readily be made profit
able.
There are some advatages in growing
cash crops, such a timothy and wheat,
which may be turned into money with
out the intervention of the feeding pio
coss. But it takes a good farmer to
grow thsin ateadily without ruining hi*
land.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLUAH rVOBT.
To clean and preserve the color of
ivory ornaments, brooches, card cases,
bracelets, chains, etc., place the articles
to be cleansed in a basin of cold water
and allow them to remain in it for twenty
four hours. Take them ont of the water
and lay them on a clean, soft towel, but
do not wipe them; they must be
dried by the air, and water that remains
in the carving of the ivory should be
blown out. If allowed to settle on the
ivory it will destroy the color.—St. Louis
Republic.
PURE HOME-MADE BAKING POWDER.
Baking powder is a mixture of cream
of tartar, bicarbonate of soda and arrow
root. The latter is putin to keep the
chemicals dry, and thus prevent the slow
union which would otherwise take place.
Sometimes tartaric acid is used instead
of cream of tartar.
The iollowing rule may be relied upon
Tartaric acid, two ounces by weight;
bicarbonate of soda, three ounces by
weight; arrowroot, three ounces by
weight. Mix and shift thoroughly.
Keep in a dry place in a wide-mouthed
bottle.—New York World.
USES OP SWEET OIL.
Clean bronzes with sweet oil, care
fully rubbed on, then polish with
chamois.
If troubled with creaking shoes, rub
the sides of the soles with a little swe3t
oil.
Sweet oil will clean Britannia metal;
rub it well with a flannel cloth and then
wash off in warm suds.
For sunburn, sweet oil and lime water
—two parts of oil to one of lime water
will be found very efficacious.
To remove warts, apply sweet oil and
cinnamon, which will in time causo them
to disappear.
For inflammatory rheumatism, dissolve
into a pint of sweet oil one ounce of pul
verized saltpetre and thoroughly rub the
parts affected.—Good Housekeeping.
baking sheets.
"It is strange," said an expert chef,
not long ago, "that baking sheets aro
not more used in private families. They
are much more convenient than the little
cramped pans that are generally used for
biscuit and cake. A baking sheet is
properly made of sheet-iron. It should
be made to fit into the oven, so that no
space is lost, and consists simply of a
sheet of the metal without either wired
border or welded corners. The edges of
the sheet aro turned up about half an
inch to assist in removing it from the
oven. Cookies, ginger-snaps, round
cakes of every sort, biscuits and loaves
of bread are more easily and effectually
cooked in this way than in auy pan.
Bakers always use these sheets for any
dough which is not so soft as to run.
They take the place of several pans anil
are much more easily washed and taicen
care of than any regular pan with its
sharp corners. Such a sheet fitte Ito an
ordinary oven will cost but seventy-five
cents when made to order of tho very
best quality of Russian sheet-iron."—
New York Tribune.
KKCIFE3.
Baked Fish—Clean, rinse and wipe
dry a fish weighing three or four pounds;
rub the fish inside and out with salt and
pepper; fill with a stuffing made like
that for poultry, ouly drier. Sew it up
and putin a hot pan, with some drip
pings and lumps of butter, and bake for
one hour and a half, basting occasion
ally.
Calf's Liver Saute—Slice the liver.
Throw boiling water over it for a
minute. Have some butter very hot iu
a frying-pan, and lay the slices in,
turning until cooked firm; place on a
hot dish. Squeeze lemon-juice and
sprinkle parsley over the top. Add the
butter in which the liver was cooked and
serve.
Curry of Cold Meat—Put three table
spoonfuls of butter into a frying-pan,
and when hot add one onion cut into
dice. As it browns, adl three table
spoonfuls of flour and one teaspoonfulof
curry powder. Stir two minutes: add a
pint of stock or water; let it simmer five
minutes and then strain it on the meat,
which has been prepared by cutting into
thin nlices.
Flannel Cakes—Rub two ounces o(
butter into a quart of sifted flour with
the hands until well mixed ; add one tea
spoonful of salt. Mix together the
beaten jrolks of three eggs and one pint
and a half of milk; add this to the flour;
beat hard until smooth. Next add the
whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth
and two tablespoonfuls of baking pow
der. Bake quickly on a hot griddle,
greased with fat.
Hashed Potatoes—Hashed potatoes
are never more delicious than when
potatoes are new. Take six cold boiled
potatoes, mince them and season them
with salt and pepper, adding a little
milk or stock. Melt a tablespoonful of
butter in an omelet pan, and when it is
very hot, pour in the potatoes. Spread
evenly and set back where they wMI
brown, then fold over like an omelet and
serve. A little minced parsloy or onion
improves the dish.
Hominy—Soak one quart of hominy
over night, put over the fire in a tin
pail, set in boiling water with water to
cover. Boil quietly for five hours, as it
cannot be hurried. After the grains be
gin to soften on no account stir it. The
water putin it at first ought to be enough
to finish it, but if it proves too little add
more carefully, as too much makes it
sloppy. Salt just before taking from
the stove, as too early salting makes it
dark. If properly done the grains will
stand out snowy and well done, but
round and separate.
Arterlnl Blood Flow.
One of the most interesting of the new
psycho-physiological instruments is tho
plethysmograph, which indicates the
least flow of blood in the arteries of the
arm. By meaiis of it, observers have
found that when the sentence of the
judge is read before a criminal there is
a decrease in the flow of biood in the
arm, but that the sight of a glass of wine
increases the flow. Again, when it is
required to perform an arithmetical cal
culation, to multiply, for example, nine
times seventy-three, an increase in blood
flow is the result.
The flow is little affected in a brutal
murderer or born criminal when a pi&tol
is shown to him, whereas iu the normal
man the plethysmograph indicate? a de
cided effect. Thus involuntary testi
mony is supplied as to the nervous and
physical nature of the born instead of
tha acoidantal criminal. —London Chroa
tete.
Toque bonnets are to be the correct
thing in head wear.
Unpunctuated letters are growing to
be a fashionable fad.
The blouse is being supplanted by a
smarter kind of bodice.
Two enterprising ladiea of Spain have
published a biography of the baby king.
At least a dozen tiny jewelled Porte
Bonheur bracelets should be worn on
each arm.
Enormous ruches of blaok satin will
vie in favor with the feather boa and
the mink collarette.
Frenchwomen are much affecting red
in gowns, bonnets, and even hosiery,
shoes and gloves.
Are not women becoming rather too
mannish t The tailored side pockets are
the latest innovations.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox is writing a so
ciety novel, the scene of which will be lo
cated in Chicago during the World's
Fair.
The most prominent shades in mill
inery are the greens, the new purples,
and dahlia shades, and the light neutral
tints.
Margaret F. Herrick, of the Harvard
Annex, wins the Sargent prize of SIOO
offered each year for the best metrical
translation of a Horatiaa ode.
Madame Patti is credited with con
sidering the Princess of Wales the most
beautiful woman of Europe. The great
singer should be a competent judge.
Mme. Bertha do Colonne is the young
and beautiful wife of aa architect in
Europe. She is both blind and deaf,
but is quite famous as it poet and author.
Heavy laces like black guipure and
white Genoa lace are largely usod in
millinery and for garniture for the few
French dresses that have so far been dis
played.
One of the youngest grandparents
alive is the Duchess of Montpensier, sis
ter of Queen Isabella. She was a grand
mother at thirty-three auu a greatgrand
mother at fifty-five.
The fleur-de-lis fancy has attacked
vases. A beautiful jardiniere stinding
two feet high was a massive fleur-de-lis
in the plain yellow glaze that is so much
use i for pots and flower holders.
Women arc indeed coming to the
front; no longer will they bs satisfio)
with the domestic circles, but are estab
lishing clubs in active rivalry with thosj
hitherto monopolized by the sterner sox.
Queen Victoria rarely sends any tele
grams to any member of the royal family
or to Her Majesty's intimate friends,
otherwise than in cipher, a system of
figure ciphers having been carefully ar
ranged for her and their use.
For JBS years the membership of the
Philadelphia Baptist Association has
been formed of meu only. The other
day the Membership Committee, after a
spirited debate, voted to admit women
a3 delegates to the auuual meetings here
after.
The first woman admitted to the Bar
in America was Arabella Mausfield, of
lowa, in 18(59. Now there are seven
women lawyers practicing before the
United States Supreme Court, and a
large number have bcea admitted to gen
eral practice.
A fancy waistcoat gives stylish, dis
tinctive touch to dark coat bodices, and
as the front of a corsage always wears
before the other parts, the insertion of a
waistcoat of a brocade maces It as good
as new, a cravat of lace adds a pretty,
feminine touch.
The only Turkish poetess living is be
lieved to be Osmau Pasha's daughter.
She is a young matron of twenty-eigut
and lives in a white marble palace over
looking the Blue Bosphorous, where she
dines from a service of gold in a wonder
ful conservatory.
The richest material used in the im
ported dresses is the uew miroir velvet,
throwing out brilliant iridescent huos
fiom its rich, dark surface. This mate
rial is made iuto stately reception gowns,
in combination with Venetian guipure
or with Genoa lace.
A London woman, being tired of ser.
vant maids, hired a boy of sixteen to do
the housework. She was Immediately
summoned for unlawfully keeping a man
servant without a license. She paid a
fine, with testimony to the superiority of
boy servants over girls.
The Watteau slipper is charming to
wear with a tea gown. It is of glace
kid to match the costume, and is trimmed
with a rosette of bright ribbon. The
"Albany" is the title bestowed on a
party slipper of open work kid,
through which glints a bright satin
lining.
The girl who regularly entertains her
friends at "dve o'clock tea" will admire
the dainty aprons of silk, trimmed with
puffings of pale chiffon, and high cuffs
to correspond. Aprons for similar occa
sions, of India mull, and others of ribbon
cording are made to delight the youthful
hostess.
Woman tea merchants are a novelty,
even in London, where there is a firm
which has purchased an estate iu Ceylon
and employs women blenders, casters,
packers and agents. A daintily arranged
tea room is fitted up for the pleasure of
guests and profit of the firm. A New
York importer of tine teas employs a
genuine Japanese woman to make and
dispense tho fragrant beverage from egg
shell china.
Bridesmaids at the now weddings will
wear demi-train dresses in Empire style
of silk, chiffon, or other elaborate ma
terial, and large Gainsborough or Em
pire hats. The little maids of honor,
who go before the bride, are among tho
most picturesque features of the bridal
procession, and are dressed ir. simple,
straight Empire gowns of white, often
made with huge sleeves and trimmed
with old lace.
A petition signed by 7003 women of
Prussia has been presented to the Prus
sian Legislature recently, and another
one signed by 40,000 German women has
been sect to the Reichstag, both asking
for tho medical education of women in
the universities. Professor Herman
Grimm, the philologist, has published an
article in a German magazine advocating
the admission of women to equal rights
with men la the derman universities.
Tue Color or Indians.
The color of the lodian race varies
much individually, as does that of our
own Caueassian race, audit also varies
much with the different tribes. It is safe
to describe them in general terms as
brown. Borne tribes are of a decidedly
light shade of brown, while others are
so dark—the California coast tribes, for
instance—as to almost suggest the negro.
Numerous individuals have been noticed
by travelers in jnme Indian tribes, as
the Mandau, Zuni and others, who are
so light that the idea ol their descent
from European peoples (,'ainei currency.
It was chiefly this fact that lent weight
to the theory propounded less than 100
years ago that colonics of Welch hid
been planted in the wilds of America.
As we know now, however, these h<rht
colored Indians are simply of a natural
light brown, or are albinos. Of the I it
ter class perhaps those at Zuni are the
best known.—San Francisco Chronicle.
The number of miles of fencing in I
New South Wales is 1,690,000, an 1
average cost of $209 per mile. There
are 32,000 dams used for stock purposos,
at an average cost of $415; 33,000
water tanks, each costing $965; and
3744 wells, averaging $1145. This total
expenditure exceeds $400,000,000 for
improvements in stock raising.
Eight million eight hundred and
three thousand bales of cotton were used
by the world last year.
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