What I* tile Dairy Type?
The most profitable dairy cow fs
one tiiat has no tendency to put on
flesh has a good appetite and a large
stomach, indicating great consuming
and assimilating capacity. A cow
with this conformation is said to be of
the true dairy type.
Wheat Chaff as a Mulch.
Wheat chaff as a mulch may seed
the land with wheat, which will be
sure to grow in spring when the
mulch Is removed. Strawberries
should be mulched with straw or
loaves, using cornstalks to hold the
Btraw. Planing mill shavings are ex
cellent If they can be obtained.
Best Soils for Sheep.
Sheep will not thrive on all kinds
of soils. Some breeds are very active
and will thrive in large flocks, but the
large mutton breeds require good pas
turage, and will not give satisfactory
results if compelled to work over
large areas for all they get. All sheep
should have dry soils. Foot rot will
always occur in a flock that is kept
constantly on wet lands.
Kale as Food for Stock.
The thousand-headed kale is a va
riety that is highly esteemed in Eng
land as food for stock. It forces
lambs as rapidly as does rape, and It
Is claimed that it never causes gases
In the stomach of an animal. The
Seeds are planted early, or the plants
may be started in a hotbed for an
early supply, being transplanted as
Boon as the season opens. It is termed
ihousand-headed kale because the
stalk supports a large number of small
heads. In this country .the Essex rape
Is preferred, and it has been tested in
all sections, especially as food for
sheep.
Changing Seed.
There Is yet much to be learned
about the matter of increasing crops
by obtaining seed from other sections
than that where it is to be planted.
At the lowa Experiment station they
obtained potatoes from Canada and
planted them by the side of seed
grown upon their own soil, from the
6eventh crop of that variety grown
there. They obtained 754 bushels per
acre from the Canada seed, and 109
bushels from the home grown seed.
Yet the results are not always that
way even with potatoes. It may be
Said that generally home grown pota
toes do not produce as much as seed
Brown farther north, but it is not an
Invariable rule, and some successful
growers would not trust their crop to
seed which they had not grown and
saved themselves, and say that when
they have tried it home grown seed
has always produced the best crop.
The results of one experiment do not
prove a case, and we need more, with
a thorough knowledge of how the
crop was grown, and seed selected in
each case. We need to know if forc
ing a crop to grow and mature in a
shorter time, either by a richer soil or
coaler climate, or both, will make the
Seed more prolific.—The Cultivator.
I'ot* and Trellit*es for HOIIRC Plant*.
We often see a blooming house
plant with beauty marred if not ruined
by the old tin can in which it grew,
or the dirty rag or twine string which
ties it fast to a splinter or piece of
fctick which serves as a trellis. Many
plant enthusiasts declare that they
have better results with the tin cans
than with the regular clay pots. This
may be true, and the cans can be
transformed into ornamental vessels,
combining cheapness with beauty,
lardineres are too much of a luxury
for the average housewife to own
tnore than a pair. By getting a supply
Df crepe paper the cans can all be
transformed into dainty jardinores.
Cut the paper in strips with enough
to extend from the top of the can, and
around it. Then tie some bright col
prod cord about the can, one piece an
inch from the top. By running the
bottom of the paper between the
thumb and finger and stretching it,
It will flare out. By pulling out the
paper midway between the cords,
Stretching it, and creasing it, the full
bens in the middle will be made. The
top is finished like the bottom. This
Is not expensive and is certainly an
Improvement over the old rusty cans.
Where a plant is of such a nature that
It requires a support of some kind,
get someone to make a ladder of
smooth wood and paint it white,
brown or green. Fasten the plant to
It with some colored twine, in har
mony with the color of the plant, pot
or frame. This is much better than
picking iip a broken branch and tying
up the plant with a carpet rag. For
mo, the prettiest flower loses its
charm if treated in this way.—Maud
Steinway, in Agricultural Epitomist.
The Blood of Our Stock.
There is a common saying that we
live by our blood and on it, and if the
blood is impure our systems starve! If
too rich we break out In disease and
Buffer, but if just right at all times
we enjoy perfect health. This Is so
true that physicians try to get at the
root of all diseases by purifying and
feeding the blood. If this is kept In
good condition and in healthy circu
lation most diseases will be thrown
off and the system thereby will be
saved many sufferings.
A good deal if not all this practical
wii'dom is applicable to the live stock
which wo raise on our farms —tho
cows, pigs, sheep ana poultry. Tttt
blood is the all essential constituent
that makes good or bad animals. Let
that get out of order and then th«
door is thrown open for all sorts ol
physical disorders. There is hardlj
a disease that cannot be traced bach
directly or indirectly to the blood
Even the colds which the animals suf
fer with would never have been coix
tracted had the blood been all right
It the blood had been pure, rich and
in good circulation the animals would
have been able to throw the cold off,
or never to have taken it at all.
Consequently, we need to pay a lit
tie attention in the winter time to
feeding for blood, and for seeing thai
it is all right. Richness of blood
sometimes means impurity, and thai
is not to be desired any more than
impoverished blood. Animals that are
shut up in close winter quarters and
fed heavily on rich foods will inva
riably have thick, sluggish blood
which may cause fevers and other
troubles. Swine cholera owes its ori
gin to feverish, thick and sluggish
blood. When turned out in the clovei
lot, they keep their blood cooled off,
and they rarely suffer from cholera
We cannot afford to feed our stock
with too highly concentrated food in
winter unless we can give them daily
exercise sufficient to counteract the
effect of this and feed them also with
roots, vegetables and other green
things. If we do. trouble will follow
sooner or later, and then the mischief
is done. It is much easier to upset
the system of an animal than to cor
rect it and bring it back to a state of
good health. The danger confront
ing us now at this season is that of
heavy feeding with not sufficient va
riety either of food or exercise.
Neither can be neglected, and a good
stock of roots is an excellent thing
to begin the winter with for daily
feeding.—William Conway, in Ameri
can Cultivator.
Taking Composite Milk Snmplei*
The modern creamery and cheese
factory uses the Babcock test for de
termining the richness of the milk de
livered by each patron. The most
common and satisfactory method of
paying for the milk according to its
test is to take a small sample of each
lot of milk every day, pour this into
a covered glass jar containing a small
amount of some preservative and at
the end of a week or ten days test this
composite sample. The essential fea
tures of the process are given in the
following directions:
Provide a pint or quart jar or bot
tle for each patron. Label each bottle
with a number, giving the same num
ber to a patron on the milk recording
sheet. Composite test sample bottle 3
made for this purpose with a tin cover
and numbered brass tag wired to the
neck of each bottle can be obtained of
creamery supply firms. These sam
ple bottles should be placed on shelves
within easy reach of the weigh
can, and protected from the light.
A preservative is put into each
clean bottle to keep the' milk from
souring, until testing day. Pulverized
potassium bichromate, corrosive sub
limate, borax or preservaline can be
used for this purpose. Some of these
preservatives are putin tablet form,
each tablet containing the necessary
amount to use in one sample. After
each lot of milk is poured into the
factory weigh can, a small amount of
it is dipped from the can and poured
into the proper sample bottle. These
samples are usually taken with a
small one ounce tin dipper, a samp
ling tube, or from a drip in the con
ductor spout.
Each lot of milk sampled must be
sweet, containing no clots, lumps or
curdled milk, or small butter gran
ules. The sample should be taken
just as soon as the milk is weighed,
and while it is evenly mixed. Con
tinue adding a sample of each patron's
milk to his particular jar every time
he delivers milk for a week of ten
days, then test this composite sample.
The composite sample jars should be
kept covered to prevent loss by evap
oration, and in a cool dark place.
Every time a new portion of milk ia
added to the jar it should be given a
horizontal rotary motion to mix the
cream already formed in the jar with
the milk, and to rinse off the cream
sticking to its side. Unless this is
done every time fresh portions of
milk are added to the jar the cream
on the milk becomes lumpy and sticks
in patches to the side of the jar, thus
making it nearly impossible to even
ly distribute this cream through tho
entire sample.
Composite samples having patches
of dried cream on the inside of the
jar are the result of carelessnes or
ignorance on the part of the operator.
The test of the composite sample
takes the place of a separate daily
test and gives accurate information
regarding the average quality of the
milk delivered by each patron during
the period of sampling. The weight
of butter fat which each patron
brought to the factory in his milk dur
ing this time is obtained by multiply
ing the total weight of milk delivered
during the sampling period by the
test of the composite sample, divided
by 100.—Report of Wisconsin Experi
ment Station.
A Gr.at C'liitngn tn Bonton'n Btr«t».
One of the greatest changes that
have occurred in Boston is the trans
formation of the overcrowded thor
oughfares around what was known as
"Scollay's buildings" into the spacious
pleasant area we now call Scollay
square. All of the original Is
gone except the distinctive appellation,
anil what has existed in some form for
two centuries has vanished "like the
baseless fabric of a vision." —Ameri-
can Cultivator.
P'FeR
I'nlque Set of Window Curtain*.
A beautiful and unique set of win
dow .curtains for a red room suggests
many possibilities in this line. They are
of deep cream net. almost ecru, with
embroidered edge and border in crim
son. Of course any shade of embroid
ery may be used, and a pretty effect
gained by employing the dominant
note of color '.n the room. These cur
tains look well either hanging straight
of draped back with a colored silk
cpujj to match the embroidery.
The Mustard Hath.
When baby comes in from his winter
playtime, sneezing and coughing and
showing various Indications or having
caught cold, try a mustard bath foi
warding off future trouble. Tie two ta
blespoonfuls of ground mustard in a
email piece of cheesecloth, and put it
in a tubful of water, as hot as one can
comfortably bear. Rub thoroughly af
terward, and get the patient to bed as
soon as possible, to gaard against
more cold.
This plan of taking a mustard bath
when the usual indications of a severe
cold present themselves, Is equally
good for adults, but it is especially rec
ommended for the little tots, who eo
often expose themselves thoughtlessly
during playtime.
The Care of House Plants.
Many people have poor success with
house plants because their houses are
too good. They are kept at a uniform
£ieat by hot air furnaces, which fur
nish a heat, and the rooms are so
carefully closed against cold in the
winter that not a breath of fresh air
gets in. Plants need pure air, and they
need moisture for their leaves as well
as for their roots. The woman who
has a few plants in the kitchen where
they get the steam from the Laundry
work, and where the outer door is
swinging open often, or windows are
opened to let out the heat or odors,
will have thrifty plants though she de
votes but little time to them, whilo
they may fall to grow well in the ba£
window of a modern comfortable sit
ting room.—American Cultivator.
Tlie Skilled Marketer.
No woman is a thoroughly skilled
marketer, until she has learned to
discriminate between the various cuts
of meat and to pick out a tender
chicken. Even in buying squabs, one
cannot be sure she is getting what she
as!s# for unless she knows the marks
that distinguish the squabs from the
old birds. lii tfirst place, the color
of the flesh and of Uie legs should be
noticed. Young pigeon Jp.ave stout,
fresh colored legs that are cmooth,
while the flesh of the breast is ot C
light red shade. In the old pigeons
this red has changed to a dark tone
and the legs are dark and thin. There
is a difference also in the skin, which
is thicker in the old birds. The feet of
the squabs are limber and the eyes full
and bright. What is known as prime
mutton signifies mutton cut from an
animal that has been allowed to run
and feed out of doors. In selecting
mutton, notice whether or not the fat
Is white. It shoula be abundant, white
and hard, while the flesh should bo
juicy and firm and of a clear red color.
—New York Sun.
Pot Roast of Venison —Cook, in an
Iron kettle if possible, a rib roast of
venison of three or four pounds and
two slices of fat salt pork in as little
water as will cover it. When the meat
Is done and the water all boiled away
set the kettle on top of the stove and
brown on both sides nicely. Turn of
ten to keep from burning.
Red Cabbage Pickle —For each quart
of vinegar allow one-half ounce of
bruised ginger, one ounce of whole
black pepper and a very little cayenne.
Take off the outside leaves from the
cabbages, shave them fine, sprinkle
with salt, cover and let stand 24 hours;
then turn into a colander, drain well
and put into a jar. Boil the vinegar
with the spices and when cold pour it
over the cabbages. Keep airtight and
put In a dry place.
Creamed Eggs—Boil four eggs 20
minutes; make a cream sauce with a
cup and a half of milk, a tablespoonful
of butter blended with a tablespoonful
of flour, a half teaspoonful of salt and
a shake or two of white pepper; press
the whites of the eggs through a pota
to ricor into the sauce. Have ready
half a dozen nicely toasted slices of
bread, cover with the sauce, then cover
with the yolks of the eggs and put
through a ricer. Garnish with a few
sprigs of parsley.
Apple Orange Marmalade —Core and
slice 20 large, tart apples. Allow for
every quart one pint of water. Add
the thin peel of one orange, cover and
boil until tender. Place a sieve over
• bowl, pour in the apples and let drain
without disturbing. Allow for each
pint one pound of sugar. Peel four
large oranges, remove white part and
seeds and set aside. Boil apple Juice
till very thick, add oranges cut Into
small pieces and cook until a drop re
tains Its shape on a plate. Putin glass
)ars and cover like jelly. The applo
pulp may be used in pies.
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and financially able to carry out any obliga
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No man is so obstinate as to refuse €o
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THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
What suffering frequently results
from a mother's ignorance; or more
frequently from a mother's neglect to
properly instruct her daughter I
Tradition says "woman must suf
fer," and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
•woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina
tion ; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
Mrs. August Pfalsgraf, of South
Byron, Wis., mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
Mrs. I'inkliam in January, 1800, saying
her daughter had suffered for two
years with irregular menstruation
had headache all the time, and pain in
her side, feet swell, and was generally
miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly
replied with advice, and under date of
March, IKOO, the mother writes again,
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cured her daughter of all
pains and irregularity.
Nothing in the world equals Mrs.
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No. 3 VAN NESS PLAC K, NEW YORK.
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wonders. For the last tlnee years I have had
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and a: times to both lower limbs.
During the time I have been afflicted I have tried
almost nil the remedies recommended by wise men
and fools, hoping to find relief, but all proved to
be failures.
I have tried various kinds of baths, manipula
tions, outward application of liniments too numer
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September, at the urgent request of a friend
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The liiiin m;!io knew rnnny tilings was
instructing the new and verdant sten
ographer as to the use of the vnriou3
office appliances, oiul finally introduced
her to the speaking tube.
"Now, see," said the other man;
"you put one tube to your ear and the
other tube to your moutli, then whis
tle."
"Into which one do I whistle?" asked
the guileless stenographer.
"Heavens!" cried the man, "which
one do you suppose you whistle in, the
one at your ear or the one at your
mouth?"
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said the stenographer, "for I whistle
as I sing, entirely by ear."—Memphis
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Cold Storage For Cut Flowers.
One of the leaders of fashionable
society in Philadelphia has among
other table decorations a silver epergne
for flowers to fill which costs ss(l. The
owner has discovered that by setting
the rare orchids and roses in cold stor
age they will remain fresh for a month.
She is quite elated over the fact that
these flowers have served to adorn
three dinner parties
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