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T'-leph ME 1436. I New Cotton Picker 1 4 i t" a MACIUMJ: WI:ICH WORKS I FAST AM) V I.Kit XOT TEAR I Till: M.AXT. 112 An improved < Li.ton picker has been invented by WL.iuin J. Dyer of Shreve port. La., which is arranged to insure a clean and thorough removal of the holls from high or low eottou bushes or plants without tearing the fibers of the lint or the growing plant. The ma chilli', says The Scientific American, comprises a horse drawn, well supported box. at the sides of the open front end of which vertical shafts are journaled. carrying picking disks. Each picking disk is formed with a solid core, whose top and bottom di verge from the edge to the center. Be tween these picker shafts two other vertical shafts are journaled. provided with brushes beveled at top and bot tom to conform with tlie toothed pick ing disks. On the lower ends of these four vertical shafts beveled pinions are carried which mesh with beveled gears on a forward transverse shaft geared with the traction axle. The beveled gears are so proportioned with respect MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER, to the pinions that the picker shafts will rotate at a lower rate of speed than the brush shafts. As the machine is drawn forward the outer sides of the picking disks pass between adjacent branches of the bushes, ami the teeth remove the lint from the bolls. The cotton lint thus picked is carried inward as the picker shafts rotate and swept off the disks by the brushes into the box. In order to prevent the lint from fly ing siilewise and outward from the brushes and pickers and to prevent clogging of the brushes and pickers by the lint angularly disposed canvas flanges are arranged on the forward ends of the sides of the box, which flanges are provided with cut out por tions for the passage of the picking disks. Bofr Tolmeeo Sow, One outcome of the Transvaal war may be the popularity of Boer tobacco In England. This product of South Africa is pure, cheap, clean aud health ful. In South Africa the newly ar rived inveterate smoker speedily drops his accustomed brands and changes to the local product. There are many va rieties of Boer tobacco, all of which are palatable. The best Transvaal tobacco is grown in the neighborhood of Itustenburg, al>out 40 miles northwest of Pretoria, near President lvruger's private farms. Here many hundred thousands of pounds weight are grown yearly, home cured and sent to the markets in huge tight rolls. Other well known varieties of the Boer leaf are the Ponilo, Fingo, Basu to and Xesibe tobaccos. These are grown in the native territories after which they are christened. The most fragrant of them is the Pondo tobacco, which is grown on the seacoast. It is packed up in a tall sug ar loaf shape, the leaves being damp ened ami pressed into a tight mass. The cone is packed into a covering made of reeds gathered from the river banks and is tied firmly with thongs. Klnplixcniii' Vletva of I'lnnt Growth, In his studies of slow motions Pro fessor Charles S. Slicliter, by means of kiuetoscope pictures, has so magni fied the motions that the growth of seedling peas anil beans during three weeks is shown in a few seconds. The plants were photographed on the kiuet oscope film by artificial light at inter vals of a l'ew minutes to a few hours during the three weeks. On projecting the pictures upon the screen at the usual rate, the motion of growth was magnified about noo.ooo times, aud the different rates of development of the various parts were brought out very clearly. Among the striking results was the curious behavior of a pea struggling to enter impenetrable soil, the root curving and writhing much like nu angleworm, while the pen was rolled about very grotesquely.—Popu lar Sconce. Tor F-nnln Complaints and diseases a.i-ong from an impure st .i'" off ile bl >. I Liriit v's Celery Nerve ('.iniM' i'id is .in invaluable specific, bold by Rossiuun & Son's Pharmacy. LEARNING THE BICYCLE. riprrli'iit'e of a Man Wlto Kwmijcd Knonledxe of the Wheel. El wood Kathboue told of an experience hi' had in trying to learn how to ride the bicycle. "1 first tried to learn with some friends, but I made such a poor fist of it and they laughed so much that I gave it up in disgust. However, I was nettled by my failure. I saw stout women and men skating about on bicycles, and it hurt me that I could not do the same. Then I re membered learning to swim when a lad; how I first got so I could propel myself through the water, but could never get my head up and consequently could only swim for so long as my A'eath held out. Then one day I found I could keep my head above water, and since then I have been able to swim as far as my strength I would endure. I"This determined me to make another trial, and I sought a school in a neigh borhood where I was unknown. Entering and finding no one present whom I knew, I engaged a helper and thought 1 was making excellent progress, when my at tendant slipped on something and let go of me. My wheel immediately turned round and with fiendish intent made for the path the rest of the bicyclists were following. Realizing the awful design of the monster beneath me, but powerless to control it, I screamed to a blond haired young maiden with soulful blue eyes, wlio led the van, to get out of the way. But my bicycle would not be denied. With a crash we came together, and I lit on one ear, with the young maiden —who was a heavyweight, by the way—on top. Eight een or 20 others who were following promptly piled themselves on top of us. "As soon as 1 was extricated and had got the dirt out of my eyes and throat, I essayed an apology to the soulful eyed girl. She received it in scornful silence, and then remarking, 'You lobster, what you need is a nurse,' started off on her career again. I paid the attendant and quit, but I staid long enough to see a dozen similar accidents happen to others. The last one was brought about by the golden haired maiden's wheel executing the identical maneuver that mine did. She brought to the earth an exceedingly rotund man, but us she happened to be between him and that earth he lit on her with a squash. I dragged her from the wreck and stood her on her feet. 'You don't mind my helping you, do youV I said tenderly. 'l'm the lobster man, you know.' 1 was going to say a lot more, but there was a look in her eye that caused me to hold my tongue, but nevertheless to goon my way rejoicing. I've let the whse'. alone since. '—New York Tribune. Don'ta For linn turn Ilayers. Don't be hasty in passing Judgment on a trio or pair just received. They rarely look well after a long journey and will generally please you much better after a day or two. Don't because the chicks when hatch ed were nearly white or mottled write a stinging and sarcastic letter to the man from whom you bought a sitting of Black Cochin or Black Japanese bantam eggs. That's the right color for chicks. Feed and treat them right, and they will become "sheeny green black beauties." Don't discard a Cochin bantam be cause of a little oversize. Some of the finest shaped birds in the world are larger than our standard calls for. Don't lose sight of color for shape and shape for color, but if one of the two must go let color slide and cling to shape. Don't fail to keep on hand a goodly number of your badly marked or other wise imperfect hens and pullets to use for hatching the eggs of your fine stock. Our experience has always been that they beat incubators and brooders two to one. Don't expect the newer varieties, such as Light and Dark Brahmas and Partridge Cochins, to be as perfect in marking as the corresponding large breeds they are bred down from. If you do, you will be woefully disappoint ed. Nearly all are yet too large in size and Imperfect in coloring.—John J. Quinlus in American Fancier. Curnl Iteeta. In a lecture on "Coral Reefs" Pro fessor Watts of Mason University col lege said that Darwin's theory was that the reefs had grown round islands which had subsided, while Murray's theory supposed the ocean bed to re main stationary, while the reef grew outward like fairy rings on their own debris. The Royal society, with the co-operation of the admiralty and the government of New South Wales, has adopted Darwin's suggestion that a millionaire might enable the problem to be solved by arranging for a boring through a coral island. A boring to a deptli of about 1,1(J0 feet had been car ried out on the island of Funafuti, in the south Pacific, while the admiralty had surveyed the island and sounded the ocean round Its shores. The resulf had been to give a clearer picture than had ever been obtained before, but suf ficient details had not yet been made known to Justify an absolute conclu sion. Small Points of Social Form. The unwritten laws of society are continually changing. For instance, invitations were always sent by hand. Now they are almost always given to the postman. This is an obvious ad vantage unless the messenger or foot man is perfectly reliable. Besides, it gives much less trouble and expense. At a dinner small differences are more observable than at large and less "smart" functions, and there are many little things that It behooves an aspi rant or a debutante to remember. Wo men should not rise when a man is In troduced to them, and they should also remain seated when an acquaintance greets them, putting out their hands to be shaken. Of course in the case of a hostess or an old or particularly distin guished person this is different. A hostess will receive all her guests standing and do all she can to show polite hospitality.—New York Tribune. Keed More Animal Food. Observations among the breeding pens and chicken yards indicate that poultry breeders are not feeding suffi cient animal food to the fowls. So far as possible this animal food should be given fresh In preference to beef scraps, animal meal, etc. Boil and grind or cut up the feet, necks and heads of the poultry killed for the table and add this to the mash of cornmeal. I>o the same with the eggs which are tested out from the Incubators and sit ting hens and with nil scraps of meat from the table. (Jet fresh fish heads and tails or buy cheap fresh fish and mix this occasionally In the mash for growing chicks or laying hens. It will pay you better than patent "egg pro ducing foods." Send to Director Brig ham of the agricultural experiment station, Kingston, IC. 1., for bulletin .No. 61, which every poultry growei ought to read and study.—Professor A A. Brigham. The Jamaica correspondent of the London Times reports an Interesting discovery in the Island. Dr. Grabham, a local investigator, has discovered a specimen of the malarial mosquito in the neighborhood of Kingston corre sponding to that determined by Major Ross. The Importance of this discovery to Jamaica may bo judged from the admissions to the Kingston hospital last year, one-third of whom were suf fering from malaria. Fifty jears ago so malarious were the Caymanas marshes, between Kingston and Span Ish Town, that It was considered sui cide for a white man to venture ne"* them after dark or before sunrise. i WOMAN AND FASHION. Child's Popular ( outnine—The L,'At- Hlon Coat—A Charming Bine Silk Bolero. There is nothing more serviceable and suitable for young girls' wear than the popular coat and skirt costumes. One thing certain, they are not likely togo out of fashion for some consider able time, as they are popularly favor- COAT AND BJUBT COSTUME. Ed by one and all. Indeed, the latest and smartest aspects of the coat and | skirt costume bid fair to give that use- I ful style of dress a fresh lease of life. The illustration portrays a charming I model of this serviceable costume. It I is suitable for a girl of 10 or 12 years of age and Is built of autumn frieze In a shade of pink somewhat after the color old rose. The little coat Is made dou ble breasted and finished off in reefer style, fastening with big pearl buttons, while the skirt Is quite plain save for a double box plait at the back and rows of stitching at the hem. The coat is also stitched, and a note of smart ness is added to the whole by a half collar of deep rose pink velvet.—Phila delphia Ledger. I/AlKlon Coat. "L'Alglon" Is the name of the new coat which is to be the very swell gar ment for fall wear. It is modeled after a coat worn by Sarah Bernhardt In her popular play, "L'Alglon." It Is severe ly tailor made and as long as a man's frock coat. It Is very loose and has no darts and will be very trying to many figures. There will be a strong effort made by ladies' tailors to have this coat universally adopted, but so many women like more dressy and natty little jackets that It is not known yet whether it will be worn by those outside the circle of actresses and pro fessional people. The sleeves are ex tremely tight fitting and so long that only the tips of the fingers show. There are a double capelike arrangement about the shoulders and an inlaid vel vet collar.—Cincinnati Enquirer. A Charmlnic Bolero. Altogether charming Is the bolero of dark blue silk, slightly frilled at the waist and set Into a broad piece of em- DAINTY. brohlered linen, which develops into a square turnover collar. The front worn with this Is of fine linen, tucked both lengthwise and crosswise In a very dainty manner.—New York Mall and Express. Trees Protect River Banks. The planting of trees along the banks of streams to prevent erosion has been undertaken in a number of instances. Thus, in Arkansas one man has plant ed red birch, native willows and soft maple for two miles along a stream to prevent the washing of the banks. The plants were seedlings about two years old and were taken from the woods. Similar work has been done near Mah wah, N. J., on the estate of Theodore Ilavemeyer.—Washington Star. An OmlHslon, Chloe, a young negro houseservant it an Atlanta family, had asked permissior to attend the wedding of one of hei friends. This permission having beet granted, Chloe set forth arrayed like un to a combination of Solomon and glorj and the lilies of the field. The next day her mistress said to her: "Well, Chloe, how did the wedding gc off?" "Oh. la. missus, it was i!e grandest weddin I ever saw! It was jess lubbly Oh, yo' jess ought to ob seen de Huwalif an de splendid weddin suppah an d< bride —oh, de bride! She had on de lon gest trail an a white veil all ovah her ar a wreath ob flowahs. an, oh, it was jess demos' elegant weddin!" "How did the bridegroom look?" An expression of infinite disgust cam# into the face of Chloe as she said scorn fully: "La, missy, dat good for nothin, no 'count niggnh nebbah come a-nigh!"— Lippincott. Stepped Into Live Goals. "When a child I burned my foot frightfully," writes W. H. Eads, of .Tonesville, Va., "which caused horrible leg sores for 30 years, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured me after everything else failed. '' Infallible for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Soros, Bruises and Piles Sold by Paules & Co. 25c. A KNOWING FROG. The Novel Manner In Wlileh He Se c»urt,» >l< uln of Files. "One of the most knowing little ani mal pets I ever had is a frog about half grown," said a well known artist the other day to a reporter. "I made the jumper's first acquaintance one morning two weeks ago, when he hop ped front the garden through an open French window into my studio, where his frequent daily visits afford me much amusement during idle moments. He is so tauie that he will take worms from my fingers and perch upon my hand like a bird and sing and croak as long as 1 choose to hold him. "As an illustration of the little fel low's cunning, I was one morning feed ing my favorite cat with a saucer of bread and milk, all of which pussy did not eat. The food that the cat left soon attracted quite a number of flies. The observant frog noticed this, and, hopping into the saucer, he rolled over and over until he was fairly covered with a batter of bread anil milk, hav ing done which he lay perfectly mo tionless anil awaited developments. The flies, enticed by the prospect of a good meal, soon began to circle around the scheming batraehian, and when one passed within two inches or so of his nose his tongue darted out and the fly disappeared. The plan worked so well that the frog makes a regular business of rolling himself in the cat's left over dinner. "One day I wanted to paint him in a picture and tried to take a profile view. But he evidently had a dislike to being sketched, for whenever I placed him in the right position he would hop around so as to face me and then goon my drawing paper. Then I would put him 011 a plate with some water so that lie might be more comfortable. This plan answered very well as far as keeping him off the pa per went, but when I turned the plate so as to get a side view he hobbled around and would face inc. Then I tried edging around the table, but with the same result, so that I was obliged to hold him sideways while I drew him. But whenever I raised my head to look at him he raised his, too. and lowered it again when I began to paint, and so we went on nodding at each other like two Chinese mandarins." Electricity and Crops. Some Russian scientists have been trying interesting experiments in elec tro culture. One of them ascertained that electrified seeds germinated more rapidly and gave better and quicker results than seeds which had not been submitted to preliminary electrifica tion. He also repeated the experiments of Ross—that is. burying in the soil one copper and one zinc plate placed ver tically and connected by a wire. He found that potatoes and roots grown in the electrified space gave crops three times heavier than those which were grown close by on a test plot. The car rots attained an unusual size of from 10 to 12 inches in diameter, says The Scientific American. The other Rus sian scientist tried a series of experi ments that were more original. On his experimental plot he planted wood en posts about ten yards apart, which were provided at their tops with me tallic aigrets connected by wires, so that the plants were cultivated under a sort of network of wire. By this he obtained some remarkable results, and ripening barley was accel erated by 12 days. A series of labora tory experiments upon boxes of soil was also made. The temperature of the soil was raised by these currents. Its moisture decreased at first, but be gan to Increase after a course of three weeks, and at last the amount of vege table matter in the soil was increased by the electric currents. Further re searches seem promising. Simon Newcomb. America's "great as tronomer, has had an honorary degree conferred on him by the University of Cracow, Austria, something extraor dinary for an American to receive. He lives in Washington and is 65 years old. General Marcus P. Miller drove into a barn near Great Barrington, Mass., during a thunderstorm a few days ago. While he was there lightning struck the barn, killing two cows and stun ning a farmhand with whom he was talking, but passing over the veteran soldier. Among those honored by mention in the dispatches of Generals Methuen and Buller is an American lad of 17, Midshipman W. W. Sillern of San Francisco, whose mother is now wife of the English vice admiral. It. G. Kin nban, and who is a nephew of Mrs. Ben All Haggln. He is mentioned for conspicuous bravery. The Gaunt family of Australia is versatile. The father Is a Melbourne judge; a daughter, Mary, is a colonial novelist who has made a considerable reputation In England; a son in the navy. Lieutenant Gaunt, distinguished himself during the fighting in Samoa, and Captain Cecil Gaunt, another son, was among the defenders of Lady smith. CONSUMPTION CM BE CURED. T. A. Slocum, M. C., the Great Chem ist ami Scientist, Will Send Free, to the Alflicted, Three Mottles of his ISewlv Discovered Reme dies to Cure Consumption and All Lung Troubles. Nothing could be lairer, more philan thropic or carry mote joy to the afflict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocum, M. C., of New York City. Confident that he has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will send, free, three bottles to any reader of the AMKKICAN who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course of medicine" has permanently cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty—a duty which he owes to human ity—to donate his infallible cure. He lias proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has 011 file in bis American and European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't until it is too late. Con sumption, unintermped, means speedy and certain death. Address T. A Slocum, M. (J., Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postofiice address, and please mention reading this article in the AMERICAN* March 4 THE GROWING STOCK. TfachliiK: C'hieK* to lloOMt— I'olntn on Sciiti rating Hie Sf .vi'M. Teaching the chicks to roost is often a puzzle, particularly to beginners. Try this method: Take a low box or a wide board resting on a block or brick anil put it where the chicks are accustomed to sleep. Have it large enough sn that all tiie chicks can get on it. After they are accustomed to it gradually raise it until it is a foot from the floor. Most of the chicks will goon it. Any that do not you should place 011 it night aft er night until they will goof their own accord. W hen all have learned to get up on the board, take it away and put at the same height roosts four or live inches wide. Here is another that sometimes works well: I*ut one or two peaceable old fowls of either sex or a few chickens that have learned to roost In with the lot you wish to teach, wide roosts being furnished, not too high from the ground. Leghorns generally need no Instruction, and mixed lots of chicks containing I.eghorns generally follow their example very rapidly. Don't think, though, that you can teach all chickens to roost. Some breed ers of Asiatics never allow their fowls to roost, and when you have stock from such fowls you are apt to find that some of the chicks will never goto roost of their own accord. A great deal is said of the necessity for separating the sexes, some insisting that it should be done as soon as sex can be determined. In Asiatics it is not often necessary until the chicks are pretty well grown. In fowls of the Mediterranean varieties separation must be made quite early. In Ameri can varieties it depends on the stock and the stage of development of the individual cockerels. Frequently the removal of a few of the cockerels dis posed to annoy the pullets makes it possible to keep males and females peaceably together until well along in the season. In many cases the separa tion can be made early as well as later, the chicks being divided into small lots anyway and it being just as easy to separate by sex. but where it is not convenient to separate the sexes they may often be kept together by remov ing those cockerels disposed to make trouble. What is of much greater importance than separation according to sex is as sortment according to size. Except in very rare cases, when chicks of differ ent sizes are kept together the smaller ones have to take a lot of roughing from the others. Whenever any of tHo chicks in a flock are seen to be suffer ing from this sort of treatment, they should be removed from it. For this same cause the best development of all the good cockerels one has is hard to secure. As the birds mature it is seen that one or two (those which rule the flock) stand out superior to the others in general condition. Remove these, and one or two others will quickly sur prise you by the rapidity with which they shape up. The best way is to keep every male bird by himself or with a few hens or pullets after he be gins to assert his individuality. Not many breeders have facilities for do ing this. The next best thing is to keep them in as small flocks as possible and have them so nearly matched in size and strength that none will be much imposed on. Most breeders keep entirely too many cockerels over to sell for stock purposes. The birds that sell for only $2 or $3 each in the spring it does not pay to winter, yet thousands of them are carried through every sea son, and thousands goto the pot in March and April every year which ought to have gone to the frying pan seven or eight mouths earlier.—Farm Poultry. A nil? Gooae KKtolillshment. The American Agriculturist says: At Adanisville. IJ. 1., there is a large goose fattening establishment. The proprie tors pick up the geese in carts when about half grown that is. about the age that the quills begin to start. Many farmers prefer to dispose of the geese in this way rather than have the trou ble of fattening them themselves. The professional fatteners finish off the geese in four to six weeks. There is nothing secret about the method of fattening. They are given mostly cornmeal, bran and meat and fed all they will eat. At killing time five or six pickers are employed, and these be come very expert, dressing off from 20 to 25 a day. The product is shipped to New York and Boston. Sometimes the demand is better in one city and some times in the other. The poultry are dry picked and the feathers sold, being kept until wiuter and shipped all to gether. Goose feathers are usually worth about 35 cents per pound. Mr. Cornell, owner of this establishment, said that last year he fattened about 10,000 geese and 4,000 ducks, not so many as usual, as it was a poor season. He feeds 100 bushels of meal per day and two tons of meat scraps per week. He does not coop them in houses to fat ten. but lets them out in yards about 30 to -lo feet square. He employs eight pickers and three or four men to take care of the geese. He pays 10 cents for picking. Money Makine ONtriclica. Mr. Bently, who now owns the great est number of ostriches in southern California or in the country, received over SIOO a month net as gate money. He charges visitors 25 cents to see his birds, and it is Well worth more. Mr. Bently, together with nine other gen tlemen, exhibited 30 of these mon strous birds of plume at the Chicago World's fair. Their gate receipts there were a trifle over JJNS.OOO. From the fair this gentleman went to Europe with his stock, exhibiting in the lar gest cities anil wintering one season in Hamburg, Germany. He tells me that the trip hardly paid him a good salary and that American cities are better for this business than European ones.— Poultry Monthly. Fiiesx lier Heart! "Mamma," said the little !>-year-old at the matinee, "I want to take off my hnt." "What for. dear?" "So tlie big man in the seat behind me can see over my head."—Chicago Trib une. Strom? flnonnrnKenipiit. "Bixby has given up his job to devote himself entirely to literary work." "He must have had some strong en couracement lately." "Yes, he married a wealthy girl."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tin? ICtTeet of Mnrrlatre. McJigger— He should have had sense enough not to marry Miss Strougmind. lb- was very stupid. Thiuguiiibob- Yes, but he's slirewed now.— Philadelphia Press. Quinine for Colds. Many people who use quinine for the cure of colds say that the effect of this drug is more disagreeable than the dis ease. Kranse's Cold Cure is prepared in a convenient capsule form, and will cure the most deeply seated cold in '34 hours without any interruption to busi ness. They are pleasant to take and give you a clear, fresh sensation while operating. Price 25c. Sold by ltossuiau «V Son's Pharmacy. BONE AND ANIMAL MEAL. floyer, After K* pertinent In I? on Mont Feed, Telia Ibe IteHiilt. Time and again we have referred to the value of meat in some form or oth er to poultry, especially when they are confined to runs. Fowls in free range, especially in an orchard range, gather a vast amount of bugs, worms and in sects generally that furnishes them with all the animal food they need. But not more than five flocks out of a hundred arc able to enjoy the luxury of a large orchard. Hence, being depriv ed of a natural supply of this much needed food, it is necessary for every poultry keeper to look well into the question and secure the very best that can be had. The green bone cutter has had much to do in solving this important question, but this valuable invention has also had its battles to light. Injudicious feeding of green bone has developed worms in the fowls that have caus ed considerable loss. It likewise has caused irritableness of stock, causing much lighting, and in young stock it has caused a too rapid growth of comb and wattles. Understand the fault lies not in the bone cutter nor In the green bone so much as in the wholesale man ner in which it is fed. A fresh meat diet should be fed cautiously, not more than an ounce for each hen and not oftener than every other day. The difficulty in securing the green bone in small towns and the labor at tached to running some of the bone cutters have also been cause for oppo sition. These facts, so fully ventilated in the press, gave vent to so considerable ad vertising to venders of meat scraps that it was not long before the woods were full of the "best article." During the past four years we have been doing considerable experimenting on A Few Hens' experimental farm with prepared meats of all kinds as well as with green cut bone. We have not lost one bit of our faith in green bone when it can be had fresh and there Is suffi cient time at hand to properly cut It, but as our experiments are Intended for the benefit of our readers scattered all over the country we made a series of tests to ascertain just what article would be the safest substitute and which could be generally recommend ed. We wish here to state that after we stopped using green cut bone in order to secure a substitute we noticed that our egg yield for the same number and variety of fowls for the same season of the year and under like conditions oth erwise was not so good as when we fed the green bone. But after giving the animal meal a test we noticed that gradually the egg yield increased, so much so that there is a neck to neck race between the green bone fed hens and the animal meal fed hens. So after a year's almost exclusive trial of animal meal we feel safe In saying that the very best substitute for green cut bone is animal meal. We would advise where it is possible to feed both, say green bone twice a week as a separate noon feed and animal meal in the mash every morning ex cepting 011 the days when the green bone is fed. In this way there Is a va riety and a possible case of double benefit.—A Few Hens. Fcrdlnß Poultry. As far as feeding poultry is concern ed the m(,st common trouble is a lack of variety In diet. It should always be remembered that fowls are omnivorous in their habits. Their natural food comprises the whole three kingdoms into which matter Is divided—viz, the animal, vegetable and mineral. If any one or two of these are supplied and the third is lacking, the ration is unbal anced and consequently not calculated to develop a perfectly healthy organ ism. When fowls are confined In houses or yards, the various grains, such as corn, wheat and oats, form too large a proportion of the bill of fare In many cases. Green vegetables and meat should be supplied in much larger quantities than they are ordinarily given. Have a cabbage or a beet In the poultry house at all times that the fowls may help themselves as they wish. Ground beef scraps, fresh raw meat and finely ground butchers' bones contain much nutriment and are excel lent to stimulate egg production. Then oyster shells must be given to furnish lime and gravel, pounded glass and crockery to aid In reducing the food. Furthermore, in feeding poultry It must be borne in mind that the feed Is ac cording to the object to be gained. Is it eggs or flesh V Are they young or old birds? Different cases require the fol lowing of totally different methods. For eggs we want such foods as bran, shorts, cottonseed, gluten and linseed meals, peas anil clover; for the produc tion of flesh feed corn, rye, buckwheat and oily foods. There is 110 definite Ironclad rule laid down upon this sub ject. It is necessary to determine what is desired always and then act accord ingly.—Myron S. Perkins. Bill Fletcher, a telegraph lineman, doesn't like to wear a hat on hot days. A kind hearted woman saw Bill one hot day digging away bareheaded at a post hole. So she went into the house aud got one of her husband's old hats. "It is too bad you haven't got a hat. Take this one," said she. Not wishing to offend her, Bill accepted the offer. When the work was completed, he went to the door and, thanking her, said that he could not keep the hat. "But you must keep it," she said. "You will bake your brains out if you don't wear something over your head this hot weather." "Oh, no, I won't," said Bill. "I haven't got any brains. If I had 1 wouldn't be digging post holes." —London Tit-kits. A Mark T"*vnln Story. One day, so the story goes, Mark Twain, while at his residence in Hart ford, was called up on the telephone. He responded and said "Ilello, hello!" for several minutes without getting an an swer. and then he used some language not generally seen in print, but which was certainly picturesque. While thus mgaged. he heard an answer in astonish td tones and recognized voice of hn eminent divine whom he knew very well. "Is that you, doctor?" questioned Mark. "I didn't hear what you said. My butler has been at the telephone and said he couldn't understand you." Suppose you look up what the chances are for yoi. to secure a telephone line in your neighborhood. And then there is that rural .mail route which, like enough, you can get established if only you and two or three other progressive men take hold of the matter. It is worth a good ileal to be in daily and constant touch with the busy world by means of a telephone and a good daily paper. What's Your Face Worth? Sometimes a fortune, but never, if yon have a sallow complexion, a jaun diced look, moth patches and blotches >ll the skin, all signs of Liver Trouble. But Dr. King's New Life Pills give (Tear Skin, Rosy Cheeks, Rich Complex ion. Only 25 cents at Panics & Co s Drag store. THE BELGIAN HARE. | A Kind of "Side Line" to the Poultry Bualneas That la browing. The raising of Belgian hares for mar ket is a rapidly increasing industry in this country. Many poultrymen have within the past few years added a hare department to their plants, and most of them have found profit In the depar ture. There is a constantly growing demand for dressed hares In the mar ket, as the meat is fine and of de cidedly agreeable flavor. Southern California has led the way in this country as an extensive pro ducer of Belgian hares. There are sev eral large plants in the vicinity of Los Angeles. But Chicago is also coming CHAMPION GOLDEN SOVEREIGN, to the front in this connection. The following, taken from an article in The American Poultry Journal, gives an idea of the extent of the business in that city: The new United States government census will show Belgian hare breed ing to be one of the great Industries of Chicago, one that will mean a revenue of hundreds of thousands of dollars, with capacity and possibility almost unlimited. The pioneer in this comparatively new Industry In Chicago Is the Ameri can Belgian Hare company, located at 269 South Sacramento avenue. This company Is Incorporated, with S. J. Chapman president and E. E. Gillen vice president. Mr. Chapman has been a publisher in Chicago for 15 years. Mr. Gillen is a thorough business man and has been extensively connected with the Belgian hare business In Cali fornia. Mr. Chapman has also been in California and has had practical expe rience with Belgian hares in that sec tion of the country that seems to have been captured by this absorbing and profitable business. In August, 1899, Mr. Gillen went to England and personally selected 23 head of stock. Then In November, 1899, he went over and brought back between 250 and 300. He is a Judge of stock and, with unlimited means, se cured the cream of England's prize winners, among their valuable bucks being the Great Lord Lipton, Gold Dust, Champion Golden Sovereign and many others. This last lot is the lar gest single Importation of thorough bred Belgian hares ever made. These i men have accomplished in the forma tion of the American Belgian Hare ' company and the giving of their time, j attention and money what has perhaps never been done before. They have I started on a broad foundation of am- I pie capital, knowledge of the business, , •with only Imported stock, imported from England, with the idea of relia- | billty and permanency of the business, j We passed a very pleasant forenoon recently in a visit to the plant of tlie American Belgian Hare company. The . building, which is used entirely for | this purpose, is 130 feet long, with a capacity of 500 to 700 head filled to its utmost limit The offices of the com pany are in front. The balance is giv en up entirely to the hutches, which are double decked In four rows, giving ample aisles running the whole length, with the exception of the feed and CHICAGO BELLE. shipping rooms in the rear. The plant Is splendidly arranged for the business, and reliable judges who are acquainted with all the Belgian hare plants In the country agree that it is not surpassed by any. It has exceptional conven iences for care of animals sent in for breeding purposes. The illustrations herewith, reproduc ed from The American Poultry Jour nal, are of Champion Golden Sover eign, who has won 16 first and special prizes in England, and Chicago Belle, imported, sire Crystal Palace Buck, dam Bother Queen. Scaly Let, Do not give the chicks to a hen with scaly legs. It Is a disease, often result ing from filthy houses. Elephantiasis the disease is called, and the legs be come unsightly with a rank growth of knotty scale or hard scurf caused by an Insect When it Is first seen, it re sembles grayish dirt Lard strongly Impregnated with coal oil will at this stage efTect a speedy cure. It is class ed as contagious, but perhaps with fowls the contagion simply means ex posing the flock to the conditions that cause it It is said a hen running with Jmotherlng) a brood will give it to the thicks. Honaea find Treea. If possible, locate poultry houses on high, dry ground. Select an elevated site protected by trees on the north and west if possible. If the yards and front are exposed too much to the sun, plant trees. If you are afraid the fowls will destroy them by scratching about their roots, place stones around the tree or make a board frame, which can be cheaply and easily made from any old lumber. This will also act as a mulch and keep the ground cool and moist. Trees and fowls are good friends and should never be separated. I*l ne Le«ve«, or "Needier." The California Fruit Grower tells us that pine needles are being utilized In south Oregon. The needles are boiled and then run through horizontal wood en rollers, which extract the Juice. 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