Marking Temporarily.
To mark sheep temporarily, as at
breediug or lambing time, it is desir
able to do it in such a way as not to
injure the fleece. A very good paint
is mado of common red ocher, or the
brown oxide of iron will raw linseed
oil. Marl: on the forehead vlth a small
paint brush. A ring, triangle, cross on
the forehead, ear, or even leg, will suf
fice.
How to Munuro the Soil.
The following is a summary of a bul
letin from the Oklahoma station on
manuring soil:
Without going into detail as to the
various considerations that may affect
the results of manuring, at the present
stage of our agricultural practice, the
' chief points to bo observed arej
First —To manure the soil. Use all
the manure produced, prevent losses
by washing away, \it burning straw,
haul the manure c .o the fields some
where, sometime, somehow.
Second —Manure the highest and
poorest spots, give a good application
at one time—from 15 to 20 two-horse
loads—and manure another place next
time.
Third —Manure with reference to the
time of rainfall, to the next crop which
is to be grown, and to me other work
which must be done. Late fall and
) winter, when other work is not press
' ing, is a good time. Light top-dress
ings may be applied to wheat in the
Fourth. —Growing crops lor green
manuring alone is not the most profit
able method. Pasture them and plow
under the remainder when about ma
ture. This applies chiefly to cowpeas.
If sorghum is to be plowed under, it
should he while the stalks are green,
and juicy, so that they will decay
quickly.
Substitutes tor Grilln.
Owing to the high prices of grain,
which make large inroads into the re
ceipts of poultry keepers who are
obliged to buy a large proportion of the
feed, we have been asked if something
could not be used in place of so much
grain. The hen has a small crop and
cannot make use of a great amount of
coarse, bulky foods as can cows and
other ruminants. The grain ration can
be advantageously cut down one-fourth
or more by the liberal use of clover
and vegetables, but where this is done
a large proportion of the wheat bran,
which is also bulky food, shorn- be
left out.
Very finely cut clover or alfalfa, or
clover meal can be steamed and mixed
with the mash, or the noon ration may
consist of steamed clover, to .which is
added some wheat middlings,bnd corn
meal. Vegetables can be fed either
green or boiled and mixed with the
mash. Corn silage makes an occa
sional relish, and is very cheap. Whole
grain should be fed at least once a day.
At present prices of grain, barley is
one of the most economical feeds to
buy and is very good fed cither ground
or whole. Meat scraps or green cut
bone are cheap, considering the matter
.vhich they contain. An old sheep,
°ow or horse can be turned to good
irofit in this way. It is also the most
profitable use to which many uogs
ould be put.—American Agriculturist.
The Culture of CHbbnc<*.
Cabbage, 1 have found, do the best
in a rich clay loam. Sew the seed in
lot beds by Feb. 15 or March 1, and
keep the bed at a temperature of 50 or
CO degrees; transplant into cold
rarnes; this will harden the plants and
nake them stocky. Make sure that the
oil is rich and plant out as soon as the
ground can be got ready, in rows 30
nches apart each way. Cultivate fre
luently, se> as to keep down all weeds
nd make the surface meliow. Such
s the way. generally speaking, to grow
arly cabnages. For iate ones, I would
ow the seed about the last of April
>r first of May. in drills eight or ten
nches apart, and cover them fully one
nch deep. When the plants have
ome up, they will naturally be
oubled more or less with the cabbage
ia, unless something is done to pre
>nt it: tnerefore, I would recommend
owing over the bed air-slacked lime.
.L will do no harm to the plants, and
wo applications will suffice. I prefer
o plant out the latter part of June or
irst of July, 30 by 30 inches; it is al
vays essential to keep the soil well
ultivated, that it may be loose and
ree from weeds. I think it the best
ime to plant out after a rain; if done
hen the weather is dry, the roots
ust be puddled and the plants
.atered at night. Even with late cab
age it is better to transplant before
itial setting out; they will then de
elop plenty of fibrous roots and be
ome stocky, requisities which are
uich required.—Fred O. Sibley, in the
nitomist.
rinciples Under! vin~ Crop flotation.
A rotation of crops on the same soil
irCvents the exhaustion of plant food
irimarily because different crops draw
n different proportions on the plant
xid elements of the soil. If, for in
tance, wheat were grown year after
ear, even though the stubble was
lowed under, it is probable that the
hosphorie acid of the soil would he
me exhausted, and the test of a soil's
jility to produce crops is the amount
id availability of all its principal ele
ents of fertility. In other words, ii
>tafch and nitrogen were abundant in
flicient quantity to produce a crop of
';cat. and phosphoric acid were lack
's. the wheat would suffer. The pro
ictivlty of the soil would in this case'
measured by the amo.'.nt and avail-
ability of tha phosphoric acid which it
contains.
When a rotation is followed, the pot
ash may 1)2 drawn heavily on one year,
the phosphoric acid another, and the
nitrogen another, and so a balance is
maintained, but this is not all, because
a rotation not only implies this, but
implies that in that rotation a plant ia
included which adds consideiably to
the humus content of the soil. To this
end clover or some other leguminous
plant is always, or should always be, a
part of the rotation, and the reason
that clover is used is that it returns to
lue soil more than it takes out. This
a(l litional substance is collected from
VV atmosphere through co-operation
ci bacteria which reside in the nodules
o.Sthe roots of the clover. —The Coun
try Gentleman.
Working Butter.
Butter, when properly made m tnt,
granular form, needs no working other
than that done in the churn. This saves
more than half the labor and makes
first-class butter. Salt should be even
ly distributed through the butter and
the butter freed from the buttermilk
and surplus moisture. Why churn the
butter into a mass and fasten the but
termilk : n? Stir the cream well to
gether wl. 'n more cream is added until
enough is gathered to churn. Churn
the cream at ti2 degrees in a revolving
churn w jiout inside machinery until
the butter comes in granules about
bird-shot size. If so done, the butter
will be strictly one thing and the but
termilk another, and the buttermilk
will run out if you give it an oppor
tunity.
Rinse tha butter twice? with pure
water, with salt added. The last rins
ing will come nearly clear of butter
milk. Drain the butter a few minutes,
add about two ounces of good dairy
salt to the pound of butter, the butter
still being in the churn, revolve the
churn a few times and the salt will in
termingle evenly with the butter. It
is well to allow a few minutes for the
salt to dissolve, and then give it a good
banging in the churn, which will give
the butter nearly all the needed work
ing. Nov/ pack the butter solidly in
tub or crock or work into rolls with
the butter ladle. About three-fourths
of the large amount cf salt in the but
ter will come out in tne brine in work
ing or banging the butter into a solid
body. I have practised this method
over 50 years, and can certify to its
value for farm dairy use, or, say, up to
30 pounds of butter at a churning.—F.
C. Curtis, in Farmer's Voice.
Milk Prod notion in Winter.
The successful dairyman knows
pretty accurately just the ratio of milk
production of his herd for each month
of the year, and he will furthermore
ascertain the relative amount of milk
and cream given by each individual
cow. It is absolutely necessary that
the record should be kept, and then
intelligent methods can be adopted for
diminishing the falling off of milk in
fall and winter. Unquestionably the
food problem is at the bottom of this
tailing off, but we have found out that
by artificial methods of feeding we can
to a large extent correct this. The
cow thfet has a good winter's supply of
ensilage, roots, hay and grain is not
apt to fall off much in the quality or
quantity of its milk. Cut the question
of feeding the winter cows with good
milk-producing food is also one of ex
pense. No dairyman could fail to pre
pare a winter diet that would keep the
supply almost up to the standard of
the summer it he chose liberally of all
the foods in the market. But the most
costly foods are generally those which
give the best results. Consequently we
are hampered in finding the best re
sults for the least cost.
The silo has in recent years simpli
fied winter ■'airying, and no man can
well do without it who expects to make
his cows do well in winter. This is the
best substitute for the summer food yet
devised. It supplies the necessary
amount of moist, succulent food which
the cows demand to make good milk.
But the ensilage must be good, sweet
and nourishing. The failure to obtain
good susilage one year is no good rea
son to abandon it next.
With good ensilage, plenty of root
crops and fine hay and some grain, the
dairyman can make his profits double
in winter. Roots are too little raised.
They may not supp'y nourishment for
lat and muscle, but they are essential
tor a good milk supply. F-d with hay
and grain they almost take the place
of ensilage. But with roots, hay, grain
and ensilage- we havo ehnrst a com
plete substitute for the best June grass.
Properly planned and raised these four
component parts of the winter feeding
need not be so expensive that the mar
gin of profits is narrowed. Indeed,
they can be raised and fed in winter at
less actual cost than the ordinary feed
of hay and grain, which some dairymen
bold as their stock winter feed. By
having the ensilage and roots, the
grain food can be reduced more than
one-half without causing any failing
eft in the quantity or quality of the
winter milk.—C. T. Lawson. in Amer
ican Cultivator.
(iprniHii Football
In former days "der Englander ' was
considered mad by the average l Ger
man for standing out all day in the
burning sun at cricket, lawn tennis
and such like out-of door games.
Times have now changed, and in order
to out-rival the insular English the
Germans have gone one point highe',
for not only do they play tennis with
utmost zeal and skill, but they actual
!> play football in summer. Fancy
football with the thermometer at
twenty degrees Reaumur in the shade.
Recently the Bonn football club play
ed at Berlin against the "Preussen"
and "Britannia" clubs and was beaten
by both. —London Telegraj.li.
Effective Window Draperies.
Colored madras, or one of the effec
tive Japanese canvas weaves, are
among the most favored thin, colored
window draperies of artistic decora
tors, yet they, too, are only used un
der protest, as a white or cream is so
much preferable. Colored silk, velour
or tapestry hangings used over thin
white or cream window draperies ar<»
quite comme il i'aut, but used alone
next a window are not tirst choice by
any means.
Oiling the Sewing Machine.
WiieD a -sewing machine is heavy to
work talta out the cotton and thor
ouglily oil every part of the machine
with parafline. Work it briskly for a
few minutes that the oil may pene
trate thoroughly, and extract all dirt
and grit, and then wipe every part of
the machine carefully with a soft old
duster. Wben the parafline has
removed, oil the machine again with
the proper lubricating oil. Parafline
should never be allowed to remain on
the machine, for it heats the bearings
and causes thera to wear out.
A Perfumed Uancer.
For dresses the sachets are arranged
In the form of pads for the waist and
skirt hangers of steel wire. Silk of
any desired shade may be used, well
wadded with cotton in the layers of
which is placed the scented powders,
according to the Philadelphia Inquir
er. The hangers hold the waist and
skirt in good shape and the perfume
permeates the gown, giving off an
evanescent, impalpable fragrance
which is fascinating and individual.
The long, fiat sachets for the bureau
drawers are made of silk or linen, and
three or four may be used in each
drawer, being placed between layers
of underwear. Smaller ones of fancy
or plain 'silks, exquisitely embroid
ered, may be fashioned for the giove
and handkerchief ease, though in
many instances these boxes are wad
ded with cotton and sachet powder
and are lined with silk to match the
dresser scarf.
The Unsightly Storm Door.
Our climate with its extremes ot
heat and cold and varying degrees of
huu -lity, is a hard one on front doors,
write*,, an architect in Good House
keeping The veneered door stands
better (warps and twists, shrinks and
swells less) than the solid, except the
latter be of such a wood as white pine.
If a door i's to show a natural finish
of hardwood, the veneered may be
made lighter than the solid, and there
fore easier to swing and less likely to
sag on its hinges. Elaborately pan
eled doors are less likely to stand well
than simply paneled, but very wife
panels are more likely to warp or split
llian narrow ones. The more exposed
the front door, the greater the weight
that should be given to these consid
eiations in its design. We must have
a good door before we can hope for a
beautiful. And here let me enter a
protest agr.inst that ugly, obtrusive,
makeshift box, hardly lit for a hen
house, if nothing meaner, commonly
called the storm door, planted at so
many front entrances and left there
for five months out of the 12. If a
proper vestibule is impossible and
an exposed situation demands the
protection, put your storm door for
the winter where the screen door
hangs during the summer, but don't in
sult your neighbors and demean your
self by putting up the ordinary storm
door contrivance.
RSCfPZS
Cracker Gruel —Roll some crackers
until very fine and measure two table
sponfuls and add one saltspoonful of
salt and one teaspoonful of sugar.
Four over one cupful of boiling water
and simmer for a few minutes. Then
add one cupful of milk and serve with
out straining.
Cranberry Shortcake —Make a crust
of one quart of flour, one-fourth cup
of butter and two tablespoonfuls of
baking powder; bake in cakes. Split
open with a hot knife and butter as
soon as they are taken from the oven.
Kill with well-sweetened cooked cran
berries, and serve with cream and
sugar or sauce.
Potatoes and Chicken —Take three
cupfuls of seasonel mashed potatoes,
one tablcspoonl'ul of butter, one-haif
cupful of bread crumbs, one teaspoon
ful of finely minced onion and the
well-beaten yolks of two eggs. Mix
thoroughly together, roll into small
cakes, cover rather thickly with
minced cooked chicken to cover with
another layer of the potato mixture.
Fry a light brown in boiling lard.
Cauliflower. Parisian Style—Boil a
good-sized cauliflower until tender,
chop it coarsely and press it hard in
a mould or bowl, so that it will keep
its form when turned out; put the
. hape thus made upon a dish that will
stand the heat and pour over it a to
mato sauce. Make this by cooking to
gether a tablespoonful of butter and
Hour in a saucepan and pouring upon
them a pint of strained tomato juice,
in which half an onion has been
stewed; stir until smooth and thicken
still more by the addition of three or
lour tablespoonfuls of cracker dust;
salt to taste, turn the sauce over the
moulded cauliflower; set in the oven
"or about 10 minutes, and serve In the
llsh in which it is cooked
Beat For tlia Bowels.
No matter whut alls you, headache to a can
cer, you will never get well until your bowels
ore put right. CAHCABETB help nature, cure
you without a gripe or pain, produce eusy
natural movements, cost you just 10cents to
start getting your health back. CAHCAUKTS
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal
boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped ou
it. lie ware of imitations.
A farmer near Lenox, S. D., shot a peli
can that measured eight feet and lour
inches from tip to tip of its wings.
Brooklyn, N.Y.,Feb.2O. —The aotl vity at the
laboratory of the Garfield Tea Co. is further
evidence of the popularity of their prepara
tions: over Three Million Families used Gar
lleld ltemedtes last year! This vast public
approval speaks well for the remedies. They
are: Oarlield Tea, Uarileld Headache l'ow
ders.Garileld-Tea Syrup,Garfield Relief Pias
ters, Garfield Belladonna Blasters, Garileld
Digestive Tablets and Garfield Cold Cure.
British America is about 300.000 square
miles greater than the United States.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nervoßestorer.4'2 trial bottle and treatisefree
Dr. It. H. KI.I.NE, Ltd., 'J3I Arch St., Phila., Ba.
A new fad in London is to decorate the
staircase with flowers in bloom arranged
on the ledges outside the banisters.
Mrs. Wlnsiow's Soothing Hyrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain.cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
One way for a girl to dampen a young
man's ardor is to throw him overboard.
J; Delicately formed and g-ently reared, women will 112
r find, in all the seasons of their lives, as nmids or wives /
or mothers, that the one simple, wholesome remedy / ,
V*- - '/) w hieh acts gently and pleasantly and naturally, and Ia
« v i w Wch may be used with truly beneficial effects, under Wm
':if . '* ' any conditions,when the system needs a laxative—is—
*•' Syrup of Figs. It is well known to be a simple com- \.Jos£dfr
V'vV'T'; biuation of the laxative and carminative principles of f WSIk &v'-
112 - plants with pleasant, aromatic liquids, which arc VV^'S
■\ Jjjl agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable ?^Ov©.,-,
to tho system when its gentle cleansing is desired.
Many of the ills from which women suffer are of M S&S&V
AuKf** 1 ' a transient nature and do not come from any organic |fc
\wKEg' trouble and it is pleasant to know that they yield so l|\ NT "A
promptly to the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs, 111. S Wm jf
iVi 4 but when anything more than a laxative is needed it \ \N M
is best to consult the family physician and to avoid
the old-time cathartics and loudly advertised nos- Imvw r&''
;4?pfe trums of the present day. When one needs only to ' jfwrvwi
remove the strain, the torpor, the congestion, or
similar ills, which attend upon a constipated condi- J'
|*s| 1/ tiou of the system, use the true and gentle remedy—
[^Or~N Syrup of Figs—and enjoy freedom from the depres
j:'ta>-5N sion, the aches and pains, colds and headaches, which Wa&SSKS&BI.
are due to inactivity of the bowels.
Only those who buy the genuine Syrup of Figs IBWmBMBA-.
? can liope to get its beneficial effects and as a guar
jii M anteeof the excellence of the remedy the full name «
iiyftf of tae company—California Fig Syrup Co.—is
wJ&T', printed on the front of every package and without M&V
it any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs is fraud- '\SjKjji3|
ulent and should lie declined. To those who know the
m-\ quality of this excellent laxative, the offer of any WmlMflKfr
jj' m substitute, when Syrup of Figs is called for, is
always resented by a transfer of patronage to some
fjr-i.. first-class drug establishment, where they do not
recommend, nor sell false brands, nor imitation
If remedies. The genuine article may be bought of all - ,
reliable druggists everywhere at 50 cents per bottle.
A LUXURY WITHIN THE REACH OP ALL.
"LION HEADS."
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the reason of its popularity.
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The most certain feature of a sure thing
is its uncertainty.
My Hair
" I had a very severe sickness
that took off -all my hair. I pur
chased a bottle or Ayer's Hair
Vigor and it brought all my hair
back again."
W. D. Quinn, Marseilles, 111.
One thing is certain, —
Ayer's Hair Vigor makes
the hair grow. This is
because it is a hair food.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of the hair, too, and al
ways restores color to
gray hair.
Sl-Ot t battle. All druggists.
If your drnpjqist cannot supply you,
send us one dollar and we will express
you a bottle. Be sure and give the nam*
of your nearest express ofuce. Address,
J. C. AYEH CO., Lowell, Muss.
It is a fact that Salzer's vegetable and flower
aeeda are foun<l in more gardens
and on more farms than any other
ln America. There is reason for
■■(J4S We own and operate over 60U) acres for
>\ the production of our choice seeds 1 n
sw> order to Induce you to try them
we the following uuprec- BLmm
■ r~ edented offer:
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WU \I I 80 kladi tf r»r«it l»<l«ai radlikM, Ufl
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H bushels of charming flowers and /jfm
■ ■) lots and lots of diolce vegetables,/J®
1 Mf together with our great catalogue/# HI
■V telling all about Teosinte and l>a Wm9
■ Oat and Hromus and Speltz, onion
Eft n i seed at «uc. a pound, etc., all only
for 16c. in stamps. Write to-day.
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memo i w.itioMßis.
IjClldll/ll Waataliigtou, U.cl
gj'Successfully Prosecutes Claims.
VH LatePrTncFpal SxtmfDsr U 3. Pension Bureau.
BJ.V'iinelvll war. ISadjudicatiugclaiUH.atty sinca
jSold Medal at Buffalo Exposition.
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