Securing; Large Yield* of Wheat. If 20 bushels of wheat give satisfac tion to the grower it is no reason why he should not aim for larger yields. It requires just as much seed for 20 bushels as for 40, and also as much plowing, drilling, harvesting and care. Preventing Attacks from Insects. A strong odor will sometimes pre vent attacks from insects. A gill of turpentine intimately mixed with a bushel of dry plaster and the plaster dusted over vines and bushes will cost but little and will keep for months. It a tablespoonful of kerosene and the same of carbolic acid is added it will be all the better, as the odor only is required. Best Foods for Producing Kggs. The best foods for producing eggs depend upon the condition in which the fowls are kept. In summer the hens get a variety of food, but In win ter they have no choice of selection. If the food is largely of grain the best mode of inducing the hens to lay is to withhold grain and give lean meat, about an ounce a day to each hen. Liver or other cheap forms of animal food will also answer. Dried ground blood, animal meat and bone meal are liKewise excellent additions. When the hens lay double-yolk eggs or eggs with soft shells the cause is not due to lack of lime, as many suppose, but *.o too much fat on the body of the hen. the remedy being a nitrogenous diet (meat) instead of grain. The extra egg laid will pay for the more expensive foods and give a profit as well. Value of Sliredd.d Fodder. There are many ways of saving the fodder crop, and probably all of them will be resorted to in different com munities by farmers who find them selves short of feed. When fodder is cut at the right time and cured like hay, it has 5 to 10 times the value of a field that is left to stand as "winter pasture," hence the prudent farmer must devise some plan to save the crop this year. Hay will command a good price, while shredded fodder is a perfect substitute for it in feeding, even for horses. The farmer who is supplied with hay can make money by selling it and feeding his fodder, and those who have fodder to spare may find a market for it among their neighbors. The cash market for shred ded fodder is growing every year, and fl will not be many years until its cash value everywhere is recognized as nearly equal to hay.—Farm, Field And Fireside. C Old Hen*. Old hens as a rule are not profitable —but by old hens we do not mean those that are one or two years old — for such may often be the very best layers during the winter. The usefulness of a hen to a great extent, depends on the care she gets. Wa cannot expect half-fed, neglected hens to moult early and be in condi tion to lay during November, and such must be the case if we expect profita ble hens. A great many people seem to think that the season's work is ended with the beginning of summer, when, as a matter of fact, the hardest task has just begun. Special food and especial care are re quired in oruer that the hens may be kept healthy. Of course less food will be required, but we must see that they get what they neeu regularly. Pure, fresh water must be given, and if there is no shade a temporary shelter must be erected. Watch the hens carefully now and they should moult early and begin to lay before winter sets in.—Home and Farm. nißli-l'o«te(l Hiirm, Every farmer knows that nearly the largest part of the cost of his farm buildings is i." the roof. If the ground floor plan is of the same size it costs but little more to put the roof on a building 22 or 24 feet high in the post than on one 12 to 14 feet high, and the capacity is about doubled. We say about but not quite even if the height of the posts is quite doubled, for with the greater height comes a tendency to increase the distance between the ground floor and that above, and usu ally in modern buildings to widen them out, especially in stables and in the barn floor. Thus the barns of our grandfathers' day, some of which are standing yet, that were usually 24x30 feet on the ground, with 12-foot posts, have given away to those 28x42 with 18 to 24-foot posts even where the farm is no larger than before. It may be more productive, and if not the ani mals have more room, and so do those who have to care for them and work about them. The forage for them is all put under the roof, instead of being Btacked up outside. There is more sunlight and more pure air where the modern abominable barn cellars have been put in.to fill the space above with the fumes of decomposing manure, and the health of animals and the owners ifl better assured. This alone repays the cost of building higher, and the modern hay fork and carrier make it easier to put fodder over a beam 24 feet from the floor than it used to be when we were young to throw it with a fork to 12 feet high. The cost of this labor saving machinery is small com pared to the value of the space gained by the Increased height of building, or of forage saved by having it all noused.—American Cultivator. Cultivating v«. Plowing. The weather conditions of the pres ent season have been such as to tele scope many of our pet plans and hob bles and cause us, on the whole, I be lieve, to profit somewhat by such un expected experience. When in the ear lier part •of the season continuous showers were being poured upon us with a large acreage of spring grair and hoed crops around us, togethei with orchards weeping to be cultivated and sprayed, it seemed to drive homf the fact that the farmer, above all others, needs to be the most resource ful man in the world, and such he has always proved himself. The one point I wish to bring ou*. is that we seeded 2G acres of spring grain with neither fall nor spring plowing, and we are harvesting, al) told, the best grain we have raised in years, entirely free from rust, and oi exceptionally good weight. Our plan was to broadcast direct upon stubble, corn, cabbage and potato land, but all perfectly clean last season, and well Uuched in fall; then we followed with a large V-shaped cultivator draw by three large horses, then brushed both ways with a light smoothing harrow, and the seeding was done. The objection will undoubtedly be advanced by many that this might work well in a season like this, but not in a dry one. Let us see. A neighbor of mine, who is a large potato grower, adopted this plan some time ago, on black loam land, and he has produced the best spring grain in this section; but understand, these lands were kept as clean as an old fashioned summer fallow while in potatoes. He was ena bled to put his land in splendid tilth by the use of spring tooth harrows alone; but ours is a heavier, stony soil, so we were compelled to resort to the use of the tool above mentioned. As for manner of seeding. I would not suggest it as an iron clad rule to sow broadcast, but let seasonable con ditions vary the method somewhat. 1 think where ample time is in sight, and a dry period quite likely to follow 1 should prefer to seed by the use of a drill to follow cultivator, as the seed will be deposited at' a greater depth, and thus not be liable to suffer from extreme drouth. This method we are expecting to make use of in getting our land seeded after oats ne.xt spring, as the wheat question is about settled in these parts by the Hessian fly. In this way we are enabled to get our grain in fully one week earlier, as it is these few days of moisture that determine the weal or woe of seeding; for the evaporation of the soil's moisture is going on at a fearful rate in early spring, and about the time the land is in friable condition. We also expect to sow somewhat less than is the usual custom, about seven pecks of oats; this spring, with exist ing conditions, we used only one and one-half bushels. If possible, I would finish the grain and follow immediate ly with grass seeder and then roll. But in order not to make this ex perience appear somewhat misleading I would say drain your lands as well, or better, than as if you were seeding to wheat, that no depressions shall carry surface water for a single day after snows have passed off. It is a principle in agriculture that the bet ter the lands are drained the more friable will be their condition, and to Just that extent will their productivity he increased. —C. H. Whitcomo of Ni agara county, N. Y., in The Country Gentleman. Note* froin Mnny Source *. Turkeys shrink about one-third in dressing. Cruelty to an animal is always an expensive business. Ducks and geese should be kept sep arate from the other poultry. Many diseases of the horses' feet are due to wearing shoes too long. The profits from raising poultry de pend on attention to the small things. Apply lime whitewash to your sta bles. It will keep them clean and sweet. Don't be afraid to plant apple trees. Ihe foreign demand for this fruit is increasing year by year. When training your colt teach him to have a quick walk. Fast walking horses always bring extra money in a sale. Brood sows require food, rich in the elements of bone and muscle; corn is not suitable, as it contains an excess ol fat. So many of the diseases of the pigs are contagious that it is a safe plan to separate a sick pig out the first time it is noticed. Hogs are nearer self sustaining, and Will do more foraging than any animal and there is less labor in preparing food for them. A permanent pasture, if fed close and late, ought to have some other fertiliz er than the droppings of the animals that feed on it. The land is exactly like a bank. You annot draw without depositing. Don't c-xpeet to draw crops from the land without depositing fertilizer. Winter dairying is claimed by some to be more profitable than summer dairying, as the farmer has more time at his disposal to care for his cows. Your potato crop should be harvest ed as soon as ripe. Those that are not wanted immediately should be stored in a dry, cool and comparatively dark place. If you desire to know what to feed your flock of hens when they are shut up just watch them when they are gathering food for themselves and hc-nieforth you will not deprive them of green food, gravel, etc. They cau pick up many bits of coal, broken oarthen ware, and in fact, a varietv of everything: lvinsr around loose iIF Something New in Table Silk and linen are woven together to make the handsomest table damask. Sometimes the goods is brought out in mauve, gold and white, and an espe cially pretty pattern was all in doft rosy pinks. Ironing a Tablecloth. All housekeepers like to have table cloths ironed with only one fold through the centre. To keep them af ter this laundering they are best rolled on a stick. Each tal has its own stick, as long as the cloth is wide when folded lengthwise through the centre, the sticks being neatly cov ered with, first, several folds of flan nel muslin. When the cloth is Ironed in one fold, one end is evenly pinned to the stick and the cloth loosely rolled on it, so that it will not crease. Afterwards the whole is slipped Into a long, narrow bag and laid in the linen closet, or in the long drawer of the sideboard, if that Is kept for the pur pose. A Fresli Air Closet. A shaded, airy hall or porch is a good situation for a fresh-air closet in which to store cooked food trom one meal to the next, says the Rural New Yorker. It is only a frame box with door and sides of wire gauze and shelves across the Inside. It is best made fast to the wall at such a height as to be safe from prowling cats, and should have further a trusty lock. Put away food in it in clean earthern dish es, never in any sort of metal, not even silver. Slip each dish into a separate cheesecloth bag. and twist the bag end tight. If ants, black or red, discover the closet, paint the wood box all outside with camphor once a fortnight. Twice a year take down the whole contrivance and scald it outside and in with boiling soda water. All manner of food keeps beau tifully in it from one meal to the next. Things may be putin it while still warm. If they have togo into a tight, unventilated place, as a refrigerator, they must needs be stone cold or they will get soggy and smelly. Care of Gilt IMctnre Frames. When dull, dark effects came to re present the artistic idea so far as pic ture frames go, there was one advan tage that arrived at the same time in the fact that they were not gilded. A gilded frame seems to represent lux ury to flies and to dust and sometimes it can be cleaned, often it" needs to be retouched and again it needs re gilding. If there is nothing really the matter with a gilded frame except that its bright hue has appealed too strongly to files, then all that is need ed is alcohol applied lightly by means of a soft brush. The alcohol softens the spots which can then be rubbed off with a bit of cloth. It is said that if one takes the proper precautions early in the season, there will be none of these fly specks to wash off and it. is also said that the proper precau tion means washing the frames with water in which many strong onions have been boiled. This is a radical measure. Altogether nicer is the idea of gently brushing over the gilt with the well-beaten white of an egg, using a piece of soft cloth in the process. The dust which the summer has left, as well as the fly specks, will respond quickly and the frame will be much refreshed.—New YorK Sun. R£€/P£S Peach Mango—Put them in weak salt water one day and pight, then carefully remove the stone and fill with mustard seed, brown and white, and celery seed; pour boiling vinegar ever. To sweeten add one and a half pounds of sugar to a gallon of vine gar. Baked Pears —Cut out the blossom end of the pear with a sharp pen knife. Putin a large pudding dish and pour a cupful of hot water over them, covering closely. Place in a hot oven and steam until tender. After taking from oven pour the juice over them several times while cooling, then place on ice until ready for use. Place carefully in glass dish and serve with powdered sugar and whipped cream. Chocolate Cream Cake —Make a bat ter as for cup cake, using any good recipe. Put two-thirds on two layer cake tins, and to the remaining third add enough melted or grated choco late to give it a rich golden-brown color. It takes about an ounce —one of the little blocks marked off on the cake of chocolate. Bake, put together with the cream filling given below, placing the chocolate layer between the other two; ice the top and sides with chocolate caramel frosting, the recipe for which is also given below. A delicious cake. Cinnamon Buns —Cream one table spoonful of butter, one of lard, and one-hall' a teaspoonful of salt, add this tc two cups of flour sifted with two teaspoons of baking powder and one of sugar. When thoroughly mixed add one clip of sweet milk, roll out one lialf inch thick, spread with melted butter, sprinkle over this two table spoonfuls of sugar and one teaspoon of cinnamon, mixed. Spread over this one-half cup of dried currants, roll up, cut in slices one Inch thick and bake in a buttered tin about 25 minutes. Wash over when done with white of egg and sugar. Montana Now Said to Be Sliding. Is Mox? tana creeping into Idaho and Wyoming? There Is some evldente on the affirmative side of the question, but not enough to cause alarm in any of the three States. Still, for soveral years it has been known that there te some trouble with Montana's founda tions, which are slipping, and leaving evidence of the fact on the Surface of the ground. Railway companies have found quite plain and strange twists in the align ment of their roads, and civil engin eers have found "bench marks" chang ing their elevations in a confusing manner. Quite recently these reason ably suspected movements have be come apparent, and left large crocks In the earth at several points in the city of Butte, extending for a number of feet, and being in extreme cases twelve inches wide. The effect of this Is not only to throw railways out of line, but to cause much more serious damage to gas pipes and water mains. Geologists say that nothing serious is threatened, and that parts of Mon tana are only doing in a more marked manner what is going on all over our restless world. How to Catch the Volar Bear. I listened attentively the other night to a gentleman who gave me a great deal of valuable Information concern ing these interesting regions. He knew I was a tenderfoot and a news paper reporter, and felt at liberty therefore to talk freely, so I got a lot of yarns about polar bears ami Wal ruses and other creatures, large and small, which are not related in natural histories. I believe It was one of the advisers of Alice in Wonderland who suggested that the best way to catch a rabbit is to get behind a stump and make a noise like a carrot, and I learned with great satisfaction that the easiest way to catch a polar bear is to hide behind an iceberg and make a noise like the aurora borealis. Polar bears are very tame, and. like news paper reporters and some other peo ple, are gifted with inquiring minds. When a stranger comes out on the ice they greet him cordially and show n Justifiable curiosity as to his business and Intentions, which causes them to fall an easy prey to the parlor rug trust. —Chicago Record-Herald. Printing Done Here For England. According to a correspondent, a rep resentative of a provincial printing firm called on a London firm which distributed circulars by the million. He was asked to quote for a circular from which the printer's name had been removed. An estimate was pre pared on the basis of a small turnover profit, which, considering that the works were situated In a rural district forty miles from London, on a rental which, in the city, would not pay the ground rent, was much below what would he possible for a London house. Indeed, the representative was confi dent of obtaining an order, but was thoroughly nonplussed when told the price quoted was considerably above that now paid. The firm's printing was done in the United States, th_> or ders being given in such quantities as to Insure the lowest freight charges, and after adding the latter, including delivery to the door, the cost turned out to be considerably below that of the lowest estimate yet received from any British firm. —London News. Experimenting on Animal Minds. One of the easiest "obstacle" prob lems is that of drawing some object which the animal wishes for through a set of bars or wires. This is a com mon difficulty in ihe daily life of cap tive animals, aud one m which it would be quite easy to note their re spective shifts and devices. The clev erest mode of coping with a difficulty somewhat of this nature now exhibit ed by any animal in London is the way in which the large African ele plnint at the Zoo restores to his would be entertainers all the biscuits, whole or broken, which strike the bars and fall alike out of his reach and theirs in the space between the barrier and his cage. He points his trunk straight at the biscuits and blows them hard along the lioor to the feet of the jier sons who have thrown them. He clear ly knows what he is doing, because if the biscuit does not travel well he gives it a harder blow.—The Spectator. New Yorkers consume one ton of frog legs a day. U'ti'iiclietl Foot and Ankle CurcA by St. Jacobs Oil. GENTLEMEN —A short time ago I severely wrenched my foot ami ankle. The injury was very painful, and the consequent incon venience (being obliged to keep to business) tvas very trying. A friend recommended St. Jacobs Oil, and 1 take great pleasure in in forming you that one application was suffi cient to effect a complete cure. To a busy man 60 simple and effective a remedy is in valuable, and I shall lose no opportunity of BUggesiing the use of St. Jacobs Oil. Yours truly, Henry J. Doirs, Manager, The Cycles Co., London, England. St. Jacobs Oil i*-'safo" nfHU sura- and never failing. Conquers poi». If you can reach a man's heart through his stomach it is equally true that you can reach his pocketbook through flattery. Best For the ltowcl*. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. CASCABKTS help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. 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Insist upon having: W. L. Douglas shoes with name and price stamped on bottom. Don to Order by Mall.—lf w. L. Douglas shoe* are not told in yoor town, tend order direct to factory. Shoes sent anywhere on receipt of price and ***\ 25 eta. additional for carriage. My t custom department will make you a pair that will equal f6 and $6 cus ■lSr' torn made shoes, in style, fit and Bregft: ii(\ wear. Take measurements of EftS* < O. JPS. foot as shown on model; state r 'jfey-. strle desired; size andwidt h tIV usually worn; plain or °*P toe; heary, med- Fkil Color KyiUla ai«4. Catalog CNI. W. I*. Douilaa, Brockton, Mail* nDHDQY X* w DISCOVBRY; sires XJp H% I WP ■ quick relief and oaros wont cases. Boon of testimonials and |0 days' treatment Frse. Dr. K. M. gREIMB 10»». »o« ». AtUala. 9a. ADVERTISING-
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