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Falling Leaning Tree.
To fall a leaning tree in the opposite
direction to which it leans, on the side
:o which you wish the tree to fall chop
'u two or three inches; then with a
'.-ross-cut saw—a narrow one is best —
saw at the other side; then Insert an
iron wedge In the sawed place, and as
Ihe sawing progresses, keep the wedge
(irmly driven in. By following these
Jlrections a bending or leaning tree
.■an be laid in almost any direction.
When to Put on Section*.
We put sections on the hives of all
strong colonies during apple bloom.
But as locations are different, all cau
•jot follow this' plan. But a good rule
*o go by is, when bees begin to whiten
the top bars with new wax, or when
they become too crowded and begin
to cluster out in front of the Vive,
then is about the right time to put on
section tioxes for surplus honey. Bet
ter a little too early than too late, for
if a colony once gets the swarming
fever, nothing will prevent them from
swarming.—F. G. Herman, in Ameri
can Agriculturist.
Poultry Feeding:.
Those who want fat chickens or
turkeys should remember that the only
way is to begin by feeding right from
:he beginning. Do not trust to their
being able to pick up a living in the
flelds for the summer, and then fatten
ill a few weeks before killing. If uiey
3nd enough to eat when running at
arge they will eat but little or not at
all when they come up at night, but
it should be placed where they can
?tt it if they want it. Never let them
?o to roost until they have had all they
:-are to eat of sound grain, and we pre
fer the whole grain to any mush as the
ast food of tiie day. Of course those
vlio keep their fowl in yards do not
iced this advice, but they need to feed
it regular hours and give as much as
liey will eat at night.
Improving the Farm.
The cause of tiie increasing numb -»r
)f run down farms is from a lack of
snowledge of the primary principles
ol' agriculture. The land deteriorates
ivithout attracting attention. This
lecline in the farm's fertility is going
an all the time, slowly but surely, and
[he amount produced each year be
comes less and the farmer finally
iwakes to the fact thai his farm is
(vearing out, and lie knows not how to
■stop the wear. He keeps up the pro
cess of taking off and hauling to the
narket the wheat, corn and oats, pas
:ures the stalks with the hogs and
nilch cows and these help in tue work
.if destroying the mechanical condi
ion of the soil. The straw is ITurned
li the wheat field or else is stacked in
lie open yard and the cows eat and
Jestroy it as they brave the rigors of
winter. Because of a lack of early
rraining in the correct principles of
jood farming he does not sec his er
rors and the work of reducing the
farm's productiveness continues until
.t gets a name that makes it practical
y unsalable.
The Fanner'* Doe.
A good dog is of most inestimable
mine to the fanner, but a useless cur
is worse than a nuisance. There are
but comparatively few dogs in the
■ountry that are worth their keep.
Nearly every farmer owns a dog, some
times three or four; but few are in any
,vay trained to be useful. Dogs are ln
relligent creatures and will often pick
ip enough of their legitimate work
about the farm to be useful, but tiie
average cur rarely does. In the dog,
as in all other animals, blood tells. The
popular idea seems to be that a dog is
a dog, and more or less of a nuisance.
To pay a good price for a pup would
•all down the scorn of tiie neighbor
nood. And if the dog grew to be a
big, fine-looking fellow, the chances
are that he would be poisoned by some
one who cannot realize that the dog
is the noblest of animals. A neighbor
hood is certainly better off for being
rid of a cur, but to wilfully murder a
fine, good-tempered animal simply be
cause he is large and strong is nothing
less than criminal. In our home town
in the past two years there have been
no less than a half dozen Newfound
land. St. Bernard and mastiff dogs
poisoned. Not one of tliem was vicious
or ill-natured, and all were very fond
of children. No one can keep a large
dog in the town, yet the streets are
full of mongrels and curs at all hours
of the day and night. It is but rarely
that these animals meet an untimely
end.—The Epltomlst.
Wliiteir««li ami Paint on the Farm.
From a beautifying standpoint noth
ing excels a fresli coat of paint on
dwellings, buggies, wagons and all
other farm implements; along with a
liberal use of whitewash on all the
outbuildings, fences, gates and shade
trees. A beautiful home is a potent
factor in begetting cheerfulness and a
love for farm life. The many compli
mentary remarks from visitors and
passersby concerning the neatness and
conveniences of tiie home surround
ings will add contentment to remain
on the farm and not be wanting to re
move to town where we would be
cramped for want of room and often
for things to eat that could and would
be had on the farm.
From a hygieulc point of view for
man. beast and fowl, a liberal use of
paint and whitewash doubly pays for
all cost. Remember, that paint is a
great preserver of dwellings and farm
implements that arc exposed to weath
er. Who doubts the use of lime or
whitewash as a disinfectant around
dwellings, on stock burns and poultry
bouses?
Another reason why paint and white
wash should l>e liberally used on all
farm buildings and surroundings:
Value many times the cost is added to
the farm, so if one should conclude to
be forced to sell, he would be rewarded
for his outlay.
To have that pride and energy that
will keep all buildings and farm uten
sils with a fresh coat of paint and
whitewash will insure a credit at the
bank, store or elsewhere that ofttimes
would be equivalent to money In the
pocket, or saving of time and annoy
ance.— R. H. Webb, in Farmer's Oulcie.
Profitable l'*e* of Skim Milk.
When the city milk dealers are pay
ing such starvation rates for milk, and
selling it to customers at prices two
or three times as much as they have
to pay the producers for it.the farmers
can put the products of their dairy to
some better uses than enriching the
city milkman. It is all right for those
owning dairy farms near the markets
to talk of working up private custom
ers and of establishing milk routes
for themselves. The farmer and dairy
man who lives far away from the city
must forever be at the mercy of the
distributing agents in the city unless
he can control the use of his products
so that the sellers and retailers of it
must solicit his patronage.
There are many ways to use milk
with more profit than selling nt two
and three cents a quart. There is a
nutritive value in skim milk for feed
ing that should at once appeal to every
dairyman. We first have the chance
to skim off the cream and convert it
into butter. That is worth something,
and it will bring fair prices in any
market. Let that, however, be ihe
by product, not the main object of the
work. Feeding the skim milk to con
vert it into money is what we are aim
ing at. Suppose now we raise a drove
o<* h«gs sufficient to cmsumc all the
skim milk produced in the dairy, and
then add a few colonies of ch'ckeus.
Here we have two distinct sources of
consumption. The pigs will thrive and
fatten on skim milk when fed properly
with other food in a way that will pay
for all the trouble and expei:s» of
breeding them. This sort of breeding
does not contemplate swill, and sour
at that. No hogs will do their best on
sour swill, and no one should expect it
of them in these enlightened days. But
if you want to make good sweet pork,
pork that is not all fat. but solid and
firm, with lines of lean streaked in
it. raise your drove of hogs on clover,
and feed them sweet skim milk and
some corn meal. Let the milk be led
as a liquid and also mixed up with the
corn. The clover will supply tneiu
with one class of food material, and
tiie milk and corn will add fat and
weight so fast that the pigs will pay
well on tiie investment. Skim milk
fed to pigs in connection with other
foods can be made to return a profit of
30 to 4ii cents per 1(H) pounds. This is
far better than shipping the whole
milk to a glutted market. In connec
tion with the butter profits, the dairy
should thus be made more profitable
than when run largely for the benefit
of tiie city milk dealer. —C. P. Kaynor,
in American Cultivator.
Short Mini lieful Pointer*.
Apple trees should hare thorough
culture.
Winter apples are generally the prof
itable ones.
lion't cultivate corn so deep that you
cut the roots.
Select a cool place when setting
hens late in tiie season.
Charcoal made from corn cobs will
bs appreciated by the hogs.
You can't make any mistake by add
ing soy beans to tiie pig ration.
Overfeeding, especially with some
foods, will result in ruined udders.
Make it a point to introduce fresh
blood into your stock every season.
Farmers do not pay sufficient atten
tion to the different methods of culture.
Variety of production seems to be
the best plan to secure good prices for
farm produce.
The farm where sheep-growing is
made a success always shows an im
provement year by year.
The hens roosting on wagon axles
over night show that the head of the
farm uses but little judgment.
Every farm should have at least suf
ficient trees to furnish a good supply
of fruit for the farmer's family.
The farmer needs plenty of muscle,
but he also needs a lot of brains to
show him what his muscles should do.
Some claim that filth is not ilie cause
of hog cholera, but. in spite of this, we
all know that it furnishes a prolific
field for its growth. \
The principal requirements of a
human being are something to eat and
something to wear. By this you can
readily see the value of sheep.
The man who keeps his cow on pas
ture alone from May until October,
thinks that his cow is paying too big a
profit, and wants her to cut it down.
Care should be taken in bringing
young steers up to their full feed. It
should be done gradually. Each day
give them just about what they will
eat.
A farmyard without at least three or
four shades trees is very unsatisfac
tory, and if the shade is secured from
some sort of fruit tree, why so much
the better.
If you have any dead animals don't
leave them out for tiie crows. If you
do, you will find that your farm is
stocked better with crows than any
thing else.
The state of New York has 120,000
more bachelors than spinsters.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
A railway is to be constructed from
Damascus to Mecca iu order that pil
grims may be saved from a sea voy
age It is proposed that the line shall
be built by soldiers.
Wasps eat honey, honey dew and
the juice of fruits, but they also are
carnivorous and live largely upon other
insects. Pollen of flowers they are
not supposed to use
At one place in England, at least,
slates are washed twice a day with
a disinfecting fluid. The slates of
children should be carefully inspected
and great attention should be paid to
the sponges with which they clean
them.
Irrigation is of the utmost lmpor»
tance iu Persia, as cultivation depends
upon it, and water is extremely dear.
It has been suggested that artesian
well manufacturers might find an ex
cellent opening onCe that the success
of these wells was assured.
The application of scientific Irriga.
tion methods has recently given a new
development to lice culture in south
western Louisiana, as explained in a
bulletin of the department of agri
culture. It ice requires wet lanus, but
on such lands harvesting machinery
cannot be used. The difficulty has
been met by Hooding the dry praTiie
lands during the growth of the rice,
and then draining them by a system of
pumps, canals and levees, when the
crop Is nearly ripe. On the drained
sands it is possible to use reapers to
harvest the rice; thus the cheap labor
employed in foreign rice-growing can
be met iiy American machinery.
The application of the turbine prin.
ciple to tiie motor machinery of ships
has achieved .mother triumph* in uie
case of the British torpedo-boat de
stroyer, \ .per. At a recent meeting
.if the engineers at the Itoyal Insti
tution in London some interesting
facts concerning the surprising spreCl
jf the Viper were discussed. 011 ner
second preliminary trial she attained
a speed of 35.5 knots, equal to nearly
41 statute miles per hour. This is as
great a speed -is that of many express
trains, and if it could be developed in
a great passenger ship and maintained
continuously would cut down the time
needed to cross the .Atlnn""
three days. When running either
slowly or at top speed tlie Viper ex
periences little vibration, and i* an
ticipated that she will e veil tint lly sur
pass her own record.
The balloons used by the English
nrmy are different from those of other
nations, gold-beater's skin being em
ployed in their construction instfaii of
oiled silk, it b:»ing much lighter, and
inucli more impermeable. The enve
lope of 10,000 cubic feet capacity
weighs but 100 pounds, and ihe com
plete weight of balloon and appliances
ready to lift two observers is less than
200 pounds. The cable which con
nects the bnlloon with the ground
weighs 87 pounds for a length of 550
yards. To inflate the balloons hydro
gen is employed, and it is carried com
pressed in steel cylinders for use when
desired, this method having been
adopted in preference to generating
the gas 011 the spot with chemicals.
These reservoirs form the heaviest
part of the equipment, as cylinders
for one charge weigh 2 3-4 tons.
An Inventor's Remarkable Luck.
Speaking of Bell's telephone, it is
not generally known that he came
near losing all his English patent rights
and would have done so, but for a most
remarkable piece of luck. At the time
of the telephone's invention Lord Kei
win was in this country and he took
back with him to Scotland one of the
crude instruments which Bell had
made, intending to exhibit it to his
college classes as an American curi
osity. At that time the transmitter
had a spiral spring 011 the upper side,
and while the model was knocking
about among the scientist's baggage in
its journey across the ocean this spring
among the scientist's baggae in its
journey across the ocean this spring
somehow got bent upward. When
Lord Kelwin came to give the prom
ised exhibition the thing would not
work, because the spring was bent up
too much. It is almost Impossible to
believe, but it is nevertheless a fact,
that it never occurred to the giant in
tellect of this great scientist to press
that spring down again and he had to
apologize to his audience for the fail
ure of the much advertised experi
ment. A publication previous to ap
plication for a patent Is a bar in Eng
land, and when the great trial to settle
the validity of the Bell patents came
up over there it was sought to prove
that there had been no publication in
this lecture because the model would
not work. Ilad Lord Kelwin pressed
down that little spring and shown
those Scotch laddies how the telephone
worked it would have cost the Bell
company many millions of dollars and
made telephones very cheap in Eng
land.—New York Sun.
A Mother's Faith.
During a recent visit to Chicago D».
Robert Collyer told how his mother
had heard him preach for the first
time in her life at
and walked proudly away from the
church on his arm. Looking fondly at
him. she said: "I'm not «ure, lad, that
1 understood thy sermon this morning,
and I'm not sure I would have believed
it if 1 had, but make sure, lad, I believe
in thee."—Argonaut.
According to V German newspaper,
there are at present in Europe 71 mar
riageable princesses and only 47 mar
riageable princes.
DUclpllne Tow Chlldrca.
A Judicial decision which has Just
been rendered at the Court lt9Munlah
shows that corporal punishment is still
regarded in Germany as an indispen
sable factor of education. "A school
teacher," says the Judge, "has the right
to inflict corporal punishment as well
on the pupils of bis own class as on
those of other classes. As pupils are
amenable to scholastic jurisdiction
feven after the school hours are over,
they may be punished by the teacher
even outside of the school. A clergy
man who Is giving religious instruc
tion has the same right in this respect
as other teachers. Furthermore, the
infliction of such punishment cannot
be made the basis of legal action un
less It can be shown that the pupil has
been really and seriously Injured. Such
a serious injury would be a wound en
dangering health or life. Bruises and
ordinary abrasions, however, are not
to be considered as serious wounds,
since marks of the kind are apt to
appear whenever punishment is ad
ministered."
Neither Bright Nor Shining.
Heine's wit was caustic. When
forced into the arena to fight a silly
duel, be said:
"The field of honor is dirty!"
This is so true that it is hard to
understand why this popular bubble
thus deftly picked did not collapse for
good and all.—Youth's Companion.
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A DEAD LIVER
- He thinks he lives, but he's a dead
one * No person is really alive whose
p°st people spend nearly all their time
in warm, houses or offices or
but means a lot of flabby fat
and useless, rotting matter staying in
COH^ Withe body when it ought to have been
driven ou\. But the liver was over-
' X Oll arc ' a dead liver, and spring is the
time for resurrection. Wake up the deadl
Get all the filth out of your system, and get
ready for the summer's trials with clean, clear blood, body, brain free from bile. Force
is dangerous and destructive unless used in a gentle persuasive way, and the right plan
is to give new strength to the muscular walls of the bowels, and stir up the liver to new
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