E-A A A m AND GARDEN. \ Long Kowi Save Labor, An agricultural writer well Illus trates the Importance of long rows by telling of a western firmer who had plowed land 100 rods wide and a half mile long. He made three fields each 33 rods wide and 100 rods long. W hen planted In corn he found that his man could cultivate It the long ay of the row in three days, while if go ng the other way there was four days' work. Just one day extra was spent In turning around at the end three times as often. Bejolar floors for Milking Cows. The Oregon experiment station made n valuable test of the importance of regular hours for feeding and milking cows, a matter which we have many times urged upon our readers. They took six cows, and divided them into two lots as near alike in condition as to age and length of time in milk as they could- One lot was fed and milked regularly at 5.30 a. m.and 2.30 p. in., while the other lot was fed and milked at hours ranging from 5 to 7 a. m., and from 4 to 0 p. m., which last is a too common practice among far mers. This was kept up for three weeks, the amount of feed being the same for each lot. As a result those fed and milked regularly Increased their milk production 5.9 per cent, while the other lot shrank 4.4 per cent. The difference of about 10 per cent' in three weeks emphasizes what we have said so often. Feed and milk regular ly, Sundays as well as other days, and if you need an extra sleep on Sunday, take it later in the day, even if you have to take it In church. Care of the Foal. As soon as the young colt Is born the first tiling to do is to see that it gets up and sucks its dam. When it is a day or two old, catch it by putting one arm around its neck and the other about its hips and hold it until it stop< struggling. This teaches the colt that you are its master and that it has noth ;ng to fear from you. It will be much easier to handle in after years. The halter should be put on and it should be halter broken before it is a month old. The next thing is to see that the bow els are kept open and regular and that it gets started right. Teach the colt :o stay at home during the day while the dam is at work and keep it in a box stall where it cannot get out or be in jured. Be sure that there are no ninn pers or hay racks into which it can climb and not get out. or a dead colt may be the result. For the first few weeks it will be necessary to bring the .lam to the barn during the middle of the forenoon and afternoon. As soon ns the colt can eat. give it a separate box and feed crushed oats and bran with a little oil meal. Continue this grain food regularly every day for the first two years and you will have the foundation laid for a good horse. —New England Homestead. Planting Sorghum. Sorghum as a crop for pasturage and winter feeding is fast gaining popular ity. Its superior feeding value togeth er with its drouth resisting qualities make it an ideal forage plant for sum. tuer and fall pasturing. Even where left standing or merely cut and left upon the ground, it will make a fodder that cattle will seek after during the winter. It is of very slow growth when first planted and in weedy or trashy ground is apt to lie choked out by the weeds, but once given a start there are few things that can prevent a crop. The best time to sow the seed is the first of June. The ground is> then dry and there will not be much danger that the young plants will be drowned out. To guard against weeds one of neighbors last year planted with his sorghum millet seed at the rate of me-lialt bushel to the acre. This cam» up quickly and kept down the weeds until the cane got started. Another neighbor tried feeding the fodder to his hogs last winter and found it appreciated by the swine. He could see a marked improvement in them over the season before and will feed more extensively next winter, lie •■ut and bunched the fodderand hauled it to the pen as needed. One of the good points of this crop is the ease with which it can be cured and kept. Vll it requires is bunching up, when it will keep all winter. Cattle running to the piles will clean up the ground be fore going to other roughness. When the corn is laid by. sow the seed in the turning rows. You will harvest a little fodder and will have no weeds togo to seed.—J. L. Brown in Ameri can Agriculturist. Kuyingor (trending Dairy Cow*, Whether a man shall buy or breed the cows to be used by him in the pro duction of milk and butter will depend :in what he is doing and the circum stances in which he is placed. The man that Is making butter or selling milk to a creamery or cheese factory, should raise his own cows. The man that Is engaged In supplying milk to a city will be compelled to purchnse his milch cows for the reason that he will not have any milk or skim milk for Ills calves. This is a very impor tant consideration. The man that is supplying whole milk for consumption seldom lives near a creamery, where it would be possible for him to obtain cheaply enough skim milk for his Calves. The custom that has sprung up among this class can hardly be improved on for the circumstances, namel>, the purchase of cows al ready developed 1» a good flow of milk. .. .... The cows for the milk supply of cit ies must always come from the farms rather than be raised by the shippers of milk. But to every other man the writer would say "Raise your own cows." The advice should be further not to sell the best milkers at any price but use them for the breeding of cows for the farm dairy. The tempta tion will be great to sell the best cow when the milk shipper comes along and offers something above the mar ket price for her. The custom of sell ing such cows has proved very disad vantageous to our dairy interests, for the cows thus purchased are never ugiiin used for rearing calves for the dairy, as the milk shipper either kills the calves at once or sells them to some other man that feeds them to the veal age. Possibly the obstacle could be overcome by the introduction of some means of recording these gooa milkers and having the calves of such cows sent back to the farms for rais ing. But here again comes in the problem of parentage, for the milk shippers, wanting not a calf for rearing, but for veal, use large ly bulls of the beef type. They want calves that will please the eye of the butcher and that will sell at the high est possible price.—Farm, Field and Fireside, When Poultry Pays. When we say a breeder raises poultry for profit, we mean only one of a large number of people. There being a great number of people who do not make it pay, their failure can be traced to lack ot' sufficient experience, or knowledge of poultry facts, or to carelessness. The poultry industry is a magnificent enterprise and even almost surpasses any other industry in value and prof its. Tliis industry is now increasing rapidly, and the present work is con ducive to future improvement; that is, both improvement in breeds and in improved methods of management. The location of the poultry house is an important part of the work, yet a good warm house would be of value in most any place. The breeder who wishes "to make It pay" should select his breed for the purpose that he desires to raise thein for. that is for eggs or for market fowls. One mistake is the failure to get pure breeds. A good many persons think that common fowls will do, but not so. A pure breed is much better for several reasons, and then after he has got the pure ones he can make crosses, etc., and still keep the pure breeds. When a person breeds poultry he should keep an account of everything bought, used anil sold. So at any mo ment he may know just how he is getting along. We say that a hen pays If her profits are one dollar each year, that is, a hen is supposed to lay two dollars' worth of eggs in a year and consume one dol lar's worth of food. The individual nest boxes are valua ble in deciding which hens do lay the re 11 til red number of eggs to amount to two dollars. And last of all, in the poultry busi ness. as in any other business, we must be careful and go slow in the be ginning. Those who make the profit are those who began at the bottom and worked their way up. Often those who don't make poultry pay are those who get discouraged when some trfling matter confronts them, when their best bird is lost or something of that kind; yet there are no victories without trouble. So be prepared for it and make the effort and succeed.—Percy W. Shepherd, in Poul try Standard. Short and Useful Pointers. Plant only the best seeds. Currants will appreciate a little shade. There is money in ducks. Raise at least a few. Never buy a cow without first test ing her milk. As a rule a fat cow is not a good milk producer. You cannot go amiss in whitewash ing the stable. All young growing animals shoula have exercise. It is a pretty hard matter to harrow a field too much. Good seed and cultivating is what brings the crops. In raising bull calves keep only the full blooded ones. Don't let the weeds get even one day ahead of you. Don't allow your milch cows—or in fact any of the animals—to be whipped, abused or excited. A dairy and a pig pen are excellent tilings on a farm, but they must not be too close to one another. The fruit-growing of today is not an experiment or a slip-slod arrangement, but an established industry. A surface mulch of leaves and de caying vegetable matter is nature's way of holding the moisture. It" every farmer would strive to do better than his neighbor every farming community would soon be a good many dollars better off. Every farmer ought to market his produce according to a standard. It wouldn't be long before buyers would be looking for his produce. Reports of results obtained from feeders indicate that alfalfa Is as val uable for producing beef, mutton and pork as It is for producing milk. The Chances of Life. One-quarter of the people on the earth die before the age of 0, one-half before the age of 16, and only one out of each 100 born lives to the age of 'iR INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL LIFE. Remarkable Facta About It* Effect on Phydcal Development. Some remarkable facts In regard to the Influence of school life on tiie physical development of children have been gathered by Dr. Sehinidt- Mounard of Leipzig, who has spent several years In making the observa tions which have enabled liim to arrive at certain definite conclusions. In the first place, he maintains tliut exact Information as to the manner in which attendance at school affects the growth and weight of children i» hardly attainable, but, on the other hand, he says positively that during the first year at school the growth ot children, both as regards height and weight, is less than it was during any preceding year. Thus, he says that during this first year at school the average child gains only 2*/j pounds in weight, instead of 4 pounds us heretofore, and only increases 5 cen timetres in height, instead of 7. Further, he claims that children that do not get to school until they are seven years old become stronger, and are in all other respects better <le veloped than those who goto school a year sooner. According to Dr. Sclimidt-Mounard, the physical well being of children, and incidentally their growth, is in many instances injured by ill health which is very often caused by their long confinement in unhealthy school rooms. Imperfect sanitary conditions and an inadequate supply of fresh air and light are, in bis opinion, the main causes of such ill health. Chronic ail ments, on the other hand, such as headaches, sleeplessness and nervous troubles, are to be found far more frequently among pupils of the higher than among those of the elementary schools. They afflict severely during the period of youth, and frequently as many as i>o per cent, of the girl pupils suffer in some such way, while the number of boys who are similarly affected is never more than 35 per cent. Eight per cent, of the children of this age, sa.vs the doctor, suffer from insomnia, the prime cause of which is undue excitement. In the higher boys' schools, in which the pupils are obliged to practice gym nastic exercises, and in which on such occasions no lessons are taught in the class-rooms during the afternoon, the percentage of sufferers from some ail ment varies from liO to 35, whereas in those schools in which there are no compulsory gymnastic exercises and in which the pupils are obliged to study every afternoon the percentage is as higli as 70. In these latter schools IS per cent of the boys complained that they could not sleep at night. In conclusion, the doctor says that there are two main causes of these evils. One is because too much labor is imposed on children —he cites, for instance, the number of children who are obliged to re main indoors studying music—and the other is because in too many schools no steps are being taken to im prove the physical condition of the pupils. Quick Sight. Two Incidents in the railroad life of Payson Tucker are being told that well illustrate what a worker he was and his attention to the details of b-isiness. Several years ago he was up on the Mountain division of the Maine Cen tral road, and looked over the grounds of one of the stations. Nothing more than the usual conversation passed, and he returned to his car and went back to Portland. Nearly a yeai passed before he had occasion to call at the station again, and then he stepped off the car and asked pleasant ly: "Do you have all the help you want here?" "Yes. sir; all that we need." "Quite sure you have enoughV" "Yes, sir; there is not much to be done at so small a station." "Well. I feared you were rushed to death and could not find time to re move that pile of old bricks I saw the last time I was here." With that the general manager of the road stooped over the pile of bricks and. without removing his gloves, con tinued the work until the last one was neatly piled up. At another time a break had been committed at one of the stations on the back road, and the next day after the notice of the break had been wired to Portland, Mr. Tucker chanced to pass that way. After looking things over Mr. Tucker asked what had been lost, and the agent quickly ran over the amount of money and tickets stolen. "That all?" asked Mr. Tucker, when the agent had concluded. "Yes, sir! nothing else." "That so?" said Mr. Tucker taking in the untidy appearance of the room and station at a glance. "I feared someone had stolen your broom. Per haps you have not missed it; 1 will send you one."—Presque Isle (Me.) Star llerald. Wlieo Be Would l!uy a Ticket. A good story is told of an American military secretary who devised a system which compelled every one who went on business to General Banks to pro cure a ticket from a member of the staff, the presentation of which at the door gained his admission. One day a burly colonel of an Eastern regiment came to the door of the private office at headquarters and requested that his name be given to the general. "Have you a ticket?" he was asked. "A tick et!" echoed the colonel with scorn. "No sir. I haven't." "You can't enter here without one," was the reply. "Sir,'- said the colonel, "when General Banks becomes a puppet show and I have 25 cents to spare, I'll buy a ticket to see him—not before." He was admitted. RAIN. There la nothing that sounds better. When I lie in bed nt night, Than to heiir the rain a-pelting When 1 know the farm is right; Than to hear the lukewarm splashes That would fairly sprout u stout. And 1 get up in the morning Just to see how thiugs have grown. I don't go much for thunderstorms, They're apt to lodge the grain, My taste is for the steady, Pouring, downright, nil-day rain Tlint spoils the small potatoes, Because it makes theiu grow Till they nudge and say "Roll over" And bulge out of the row. I own I like to idle When I do it for a shower That earns more in a second Than I can iu an hour; For it's good to sit and listen To the seeds a-pusliiug through And besides, there's always choring For the hired man to do. —New York Sun. HUMOROUS. Borrowell—See bow it Is raining. I'm glad I took an umbrella this morn ing. Wigwag—Whose did you take? Smith—Every Englishman is willing to bear arms for his country. Brown —Yes and every Scotchman is willing to bare legs. Tommy (reading the foreign news) — Pop, what's a lady-in-waiting? Tom my's Pop—l suppose it's another way of saying old maid. "I wrote tbat girl three letters asking her to return my diamond ring." "Did you get it?" "Finally she sent me a don't worry button." Jones—l don't want to haveanything to do with Sklnnum. He's a bad egg. Smith—Gracious! And he has just told me he was broke. Gladys—Dorothy scarcely ever goes out now. Blanche—Disappointed in love? Gladys—No; she's making a fad of devotion to her family. Smith—What a happy woman your wife is. Jones—Yes; I've noticed that It makes a woman cheerful when she's got the upper hand of a man perma nently. Young Harduppe won the love of one Of Milyuns' pretty daughters. And since she is his better half He's moved to better quarters. Blobbs— Bighedde Is something of a genius. Isn't he? Slobbs—He's a veri table terrestrial incendiary. Blobbs— Eh? Slobbs—l mean he's destined to set the world on tire. "And what does the story of the prodigal son teach us?" asked the teacher. "It teaches us how to get the tutted calf," was the prompt reply of the bad boy at the foot of the class. Hoax—l fell from a trolley car today and I tell you 1 don't think anything more embarrassing could have hap pened to me. Joax—Well, if you had fallen under the car I think you would have felt more cut up about it. "He used to be a traveling salesman, I understand, but is in business for him self now." "No: he was, but he failed last week." "You don't say?" "Yes; you see, he couldn't get out of the habit of padding his expense bill, and he simply robbed himself." "Mr. Fitz." said the great man, "how is it you never sent your collector for that little bill of mine?" "Really," re plied the Chestertieldian tailor, "I never dun a gentleman." "But suppose he dosen't pay?" "If he dosen't after a reasonable time 1 conclude he's no gentleman, and then I sue him." HARDTACK COT HIM A WIFE. What Came of n Soldier's Knrnest Appeal for a Change of Diet, An interesting romance which was brought about through the Spanish- American war has just come to light at Franklin. When war was de clared. William Barber, who lived with his parents on a farm a few miles from the city, went to Franklin and joined Company F, Sixteenth regiment The army ration of hard tack soon became very tiresome to young Burlier, and while on his way to the camp at Cbickamauga he con ceived a plan to receive better foot?. He wrote his name and company ad dress on a piece of hardtack, to gether with a short but vehement ap peal to some good Southerner to send them at least one square meal to camp. Hanging out of the car win dow, he threw the hardtack at the first house the train passed. Great wast lie surprise of young Barber the following Sunday, when he was called from his tent and in troduced to Colonel Ray and his daughter Mary, a handsome brunette, who Informed him that his hardtack appeal had been found and that tney were there to answer it. t£n eituer arm of the colonel was a big basket of food that made the hungry young man's eyes stie); out and caused tne army ration to become a thing of con tempt for several days. Colonel ltay and his daughter had driven miles that morning to see young Barber, and they extended to him a cordial Invitation to visit them. Thereafter Barber was at the house of the Hays whenever it was possible to secure leave of absence. The colo nel was wealthy and lived on a large plantation. His family was composed of his wife and himself, his daughter Mary and her younger sister. When the order came for the departure ol the Sixteenth for Charleston, where they were to take the transit for Porto Itlco, Barber was engaged to be mar ried to Miss Mary Hay. After the war Barber returned to his home, and his wedding followed Indue time. He and his wife have been living on his father's farm, but recently Mrs. Ray died, and the young couple left to Join the colonel in Ten nessee. —Philadelphia Record. Twelve and a Fraction. The ruler of a small German srwte. has discovered one way of warding off the dire calamity which may result from having thirteen sit at a table. His serene highness is in the habit of giving little dinners and parties to which only the social elect are called. At one of these exclusive affairs held lately the prince ordered a cover to be laid for Herr L , one of his Cabinet council. A superstitious baroness exclaimed, as he entered, "Good gracious! There are thirteen of us!" "Calm yourself, my dear baroness," said his serene highness. "Herr L is not one of us; he belongs to a burgh er family."—Youth's Companion. Shirt WallW In Africa. Helen Caddick, one of the few white women who have ventured Into the heart of Africa, has recently written about her trip from Zambesi to the great lakes—a trip for pleasure. The cotton blouses or waists which she wore were washed and "ironed" by her native "boy," and the process was extraordinary. The laundryman first spread a mat on the ground. Next the clothes to be "ironed" were placed on it and smoothed out as well as possible. Then placing a towel or some large cloth over the garment he rubbed his feet back and forth over it until he thought it was smooth enough. The Student of Spencer and the Wiir. H. C. Thomson tells In the Cornhill of having traveled some distance in the Transvaal when there eighteen months ago with a young Free State Boer who had spent some time in England at one of the universities. 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