A Frenchman linn written a volume
Of I wo httudrod pages to show Ilia
oysters rest Iho brain. , , , f
A social philosopher remark that
'a mini wild a quail oil tout appetite
mill n beef view purse wilt never get
tiuh."
Judge l iii.l f l.tneiister, rami.,
bus decided (Imt a telegraph company
can art it pole on a mini' farm with
out paying ihimuges, because the farm
llll'l damaged.
The New York Telegi mil oiclnlm:
When the people sec th ti usseil the
foremost of I licit' iittinriil rights the
right to life grade) railway crossings
will be no longer tolerated in the
I'.ilteil States.
Say the Chicago Tost : Chicago
which contain two-ltfih of tlx
population of Illinois, furnishes foitr
II f I It a nt the life of tlio Stiito otut doe
four.tif th of it business. In the
eye of llio ouloiilo world Illinois 1
Chicago. Tlio Stale is known chielly
by (ho cily whose rune is a wide tu
lie world.
The Kleclrica! World lini formula
tod mi argument for the use of tiro
inspector who limine every lire they
cannot account for to nn olectvic
wire. Il unit thus; "Klcelrlcilv It
something the exact limine of which
is unknown. The case of the nverage
liro it u ii k now n. Therefore, n
things equal to the mime tiling nro
equal to each other, the came of the
average lire in electricity."
This it the way the pneumatic gun
Of tlio dynamite cruiser Vesuvius
ntterl ii perton aboard ship: "Sudden
ly an luicuse vibration seemed to puss
from stem to stern, followed by a
kind of kick that moved tho vessel at
least three feet astern, and simultane
ously ciuno a sharp, cracking roport,
not so iutouso n that of a powder gun
and similar in sound to the explosion
of a million pop-guns. This was tho
firing of n oOQ-pouud dummy projec
tile from tho Vesuvius' starboard gun."
When loaded fur b'ur, adds tho New
Oi lonns Ticayunc, this projectile car
lies ilynnmito.
South America seems to bo seething
again. According to tlio San Fran
cisco Crouiclo ltiliviu is threatened
with a solium Indian uprising pro
vokud by the custom of the ltoliviun
of selling the ualivei into slavery. In
New (irenaiU Ihero lias boon an up
rising of a tcini-ieligiou character,
precipitated by the indiscreet utter
a ii ces of a professor in a college, who
said the laboring popuUliou of Hugo
In was very ignorant. The truth of
the charge aoem to have exasperated
the population to inch nil extent Ihnl
they broke out in open riot and nclu
ally look possession of the city. In
Argonl'mo tiling nro very unsettled,
owing to the tlunucial troubles, and
Chile is miiinlniniiig u sort of nrincd
pence, the lluluincedists manifesting a
disposition to niako trouble every
limu an opportunity pro-cuts itself.
Tnkliijf it all in ull,lhocouliiient socins
In be about as uneasy as it was ten or
11 f teen year ago, when revolution
was chronic an I discontent ulwuy
i-eiguod supremo.
Tho Now York Tost is of opinion
thai the road-re former might well
bold up the system of road-mending
existing in Onirics County, Md. , us a
liiodul. It is Unit outlined : There tiro
five road corps." Kadi corps lias a
uporvlsor, and an aunual salary of
ftfoo, and Is provided with one tent,
two horso-cnrls, ouu pair of good'
mules, ploughs, tcoop, shovels, picks,
boos, and till oilier implements necos.
miry for (ho work. The dillereiit
corps go upon tlio roads in May In
thoir roper live districts (the fifth
being uiidor command of tho County
Commissioners and working under
thoir direct oritur wherever emer
gency calls), ami remain at work upon
tho rouds until tho middlo of Kovcm
bor, when all the implements ure re
turned to I lie County Commissioners
and the tennis sent to winter quarters
pro v Mod for lliem. Knch supervisor
Is nllowod to hire, a spocilied number
of moil at $1 per day, und Is required
to iiiuke monthly reports of expenses,
flic, to the Comity Commissioners.
One of the most important features iu
the system is tliut each supervisor, af
tor throwing up ami rounding the
roadbed und arranging proper drain,
age, Is requirod to put a sufficient
quantity of gravol on the roadbed to
iiiuke ' it permuiient. Just now the
County v Commissioners, who are
naturally proud of their fine roads,
are considering the mailer of pro
Jiiblling the hauling of heavy tiaibor
ovor (hem during the winter months,
much damage lo highway hiving
heuu caused by the uruolice.
The Children's I.ann.
I know a land a beautiful land,
Fairer than isles of the cast,
Where the farthest bills are rainbow
spsnned, .
Ami mirth liol.lt an endless feast ;
Where tears are dried like the morning
dew,
And Joys are many, and griefs are few s
Where the old each day (irons glad and
new,
nd life rlnjrs clear as a liell :
h llic land where the chimes speak sweet
and true
Is the land where the children dwell!
There sre beautiful lan.lt where the rivers
flow
Through valleys of ripened uruln;
There are lamia where armies of worshipers
know
No liixl but the lin t ( c.slu.
The chink of-jo'd itthe son? they slim.
An I nil tliclr life-time linru-tinR
Are the aMittet ina- joys that puld may brlii',
In measures they liny ami sell;
Hut the land where love it the coin and kln
It the land where the children dwell.
They romp in troops throuuh tills beautiful
land
Krom niomins till et ol tun.
And th Drowsy I'alries have sweet dreams
planned
When the little takt are done.
Here are no strlviims for power and place,
The a-t sre lirtt In the mimic nee.
All Leant are trutteil. all life Isirrace,
And Peace sin.'S "All iro 's well"
For tio.l walkt daily with unvrilel face
I ii the land w here the children dwell.
.Mm Jerome liooney.
FAIRY'S SECRET.
"A trip to the Yellowstone! You
are too good to me, papa."
I took her in my nrins, my own
child, from whoso cheek the roso had
faded, mid in whoto deep-brown eyes
and shadows had grown.
iSho was of a nature peculiar to
(hose whoso childhood days have been
spent willi elderly people. Hie felt
deeply. Kvenls dial merely nilllud
lighter natures left lasting effects upon
her. I had watched her tenderly since
her mother had put her in my urnis,
and left mo alone. When alio grew
listless and tlio sweet eyes drooped,
I laid atide all cares and took her
away.
Mie looked so like her mother tho
day we took the train nt Chicago. Her
brown dress, just matching her eyes,
lent a deeper shade lo her chestnut
hair. As we uearcd a city in Xorth
oi n Illinois l"uiry exclaimed: Oh,
pupa, Is this another Home? Surely
it is a cily built on seven hills."
(jiileua!'' shouled the brnkcmtin.
"What cliinlieis (he people must bo
here," klm continued, looking nt some
of the long rows of stairs usceiiding
the steep hil's.
Tho city seemed to be laid out in
tei races. Wo stood at tho foot of
Main Street and looked up nt two nf
them terraces, with trees of nu iin
menso height apparently on each.
1 settled myself comfortably nnd
prepared to go 10 sleep. Fairy read a
while, but soon drew n locket from
her diets. She touched Iho spring,
and (he sail look came again to her
swcot eyes. I bad tried to learn her
secret. Wns sho sighing for n moth
er's love ? Pui hnps I had better get
married, I thought. 1 resolved to
give tlio uiailer serious thought at
somo future lime. Unknown to
Fairy, 1 rckoivcd to stop over at
Cheyenne, whoro sho was born, and
Kiln, my wife, was called away
Capt. Siorry had often linked mo to
visit the old fort. Il would bo like
old limes to (eo Iho boys again.
Do you remember Capt. Slorrey,
Fairy?" 1 usked bur. "Ho is an old
fellow like tue, but tt nobler soul
never inhabited a human body."
I did not think I hul Fairy heard.
She turned tier head quickly and
caught her breath. "You wish to
stop nnd seo him, papa?" she asked
swcotly,
"How welt I remember tho morning
ho camo two your ago you wore
nineteen. Ho askod for you as if you
wero a two-year-old. We saw you
kneeling over a flower bed, your while
dress ami flowing hair making a pretty
piciurc. Do you remember 1 told you
to come and kiss papa's friend? How
Hul went to kiss you and you drew
back so proudly. He ratod mo sound
ly for nut tolling him you were a lady
grown. Why, Fairy, it seems but
yesterday that you played upon our
knees at the old fort. You were such
good friends aftor that. Why, Hu1
wus like u second father." And so J
rattled on, lost in old memories.
Hal had stayed at our house for six
mouths and hud left suddenly, 1
thought. Ho smiled strangely,
thought, when I, with a fatlior'a
adoration, was culargiug upon Fairy's
chnrms.
While I had been dreaming, we
had passed over the groat plains, with
ilielr hugo herds of cattle and pretty
Westoru allies. Cheyonno was reached
at last. How changed it seemed!
Somo of the dear faces were the same
They grasped my hands, those old
coturados, and I wai youug again.
1 was surprised when, turning suit
donly, I saw a tall, tender lady put
her arms nrond Fairy and kiss her
sadly. I knew her, F.llnor, my wife's
friend and (he widow of our beloved
commander. Sho, (on, was visiting
the foit At the hop the next evening
it dawned upon mo that I'airy was no
longer a child, and that she was as
lovely ns Klla (my wife) was when I
Ural saw her ami gave her my whole
heart.
Hut why did (he girl look so wist
ful ? 1 went (o where she stood.
"Fairy, dipt. Storrey left last
night for California, I am so sorry."
Ktinor Aloe's arm tightened about
Fairy's t waist. Although the dear
girl never flinched, jet her cheek
puled. F.iluor knew (hen, I think,
what Fairy's secret was.
"Are you blind Captain ?" sho
asked me one day. To save my soul 1
couldn't seo what sho mount.
She was a lovely woman of about
thiriy-tive, with a face sweet mid sym
pathetic, nnd a carriage llko n qucjii.
She suggested that we pay n visit to
her homo In Santa llarbura, and see
Yellowstone on our way back. Wc
readily contented.
I cannot (ell you of that trip over
the Itocl.los. 1 was inspired, uplifted,
awed. When deep emotion, pass
ovor us we are sometimes left ipecch"
lets.
'Jims with me, I felt my di-a lvan
Inge; bnt words failed to express the
grandeur of tluno snow-capped peaks,
as they raised their jutted side tj tlio
bine sky. The deep canyons where
thousand of feet below Mowed tho
Colorado ah, how e'early it showed
us that perseverance will wear nway
the hardest obstacle, ne, even ada
mant. The Mexican costumes still
cling about Santa Ilarbnra and seem
to intlill tho uir wlih a vague, sweet
novelty. In this quaint city of roses,
so like beloved Italy, I left my thirl
ing in Mrs. Aloe's tender care, while
1 look a trip up tho const. When I
met Hal at 'Frisco, I tell you, I felt
niy lorty-ihree yours lightly.
Hal went back !o Santa ltarbara
with me. 1 was telling him how in
the Inst year Fuiry had drooped. She
was so dear to me, and so was my
friend, and 1 could not keep tho tour
buck. Hal walked down lo the beach
mid back again.
"Iterlie," he said et last, "I am an
old fool, but I lost my heart (o Fair;
that summer 1 spent nt your home."
"Why, man, you are old enough (o
bo her faihor!" I exclaimed.
"I urn not yet forty, Ilerlie," he
said. "Of course, I know I can never
win her: sho is as f ar nbovo mo as the
start, ltut 1 do love her. Il camo to
mo Into, but it is real and earnest,
Ilerlie."
I looked tit Hal. He did not look
old. Tho brown curls wero untouched
by time's silver pencil. Tlio unliiied
face, merry bine eyes and stalwart
figure showed a man in the fulness of
his prime. After lit! hail spent a
few days in Sunln ltarbara, ho said lo
to mo:
'Why don't you marry Mrs. Aloe?
She Is nlono; so arc you and Fairy.
Shn needs a woman's care; and Mrs
Aloe is such a porfect lady,"
1 pondoroit over his words. At
Fairy seemed belter, wo tin l ied in
Simla lbirbaru until nearly live mouths
had passed. I was walking on (lie
bench ono day wliou I saw Mrs. Aloo
coming townrds mo.
Kllnor," I said, "I am a blunt old
soldior, and I btiriod my heart in Ki
ln's grave. Hut I have n deep, loyal
regard for you and you are alone.
Fairy mid I need you. Will you Le
my wlfo?"'
Mlinor placed her hand in mlue, and
wo wo went to the old mission church
nnd wero married there and (lieu.
We saw Fairy as wo camo In, silting
on the veranda, gazing out on the vnsl
Tactile.
"I'airy," I said, "this is my wlfo.''
My mothor!" And I loft ; tlio
two dearest to mo on earth to
gether. We passed the summer in tho Y'o
scmlle, whoro nature shows herself In
majestic bounty. Capt. Slorrey wns a
frequent visitor to our homo. Never
by look or act ion did ho betray ids
secret. Willi pain 1 observod that
Fairy avoided lit in . I was on (ho
verge of telling F.llnor more thiiu
once, but could not bolruy my dear
friend's secret. Fairy soemed so
happy, ami yet at times thoro
cuuio' that, wistful look that o puz
zled ma.
"Tell me,' I said ono day, drawing
her to my knee. She laid her head
ou my shoulder, ami lobs such as on
ly well forth when long suppressed
shook hoc form. Sho hud never kept
a secret from me beforo, and 1 was
pained. , When sho fell hotter sho (old
me that there was one prosence she
longed for, and who, (hough porhaps
alio loved not more thau she did we.
yet ono wno, wtieli away, seoiueU to
lake somo of the sunshine with him.
This front my Fairy, whom t had
guarded so carefully and so well.
Who could ho be? Ah, poor Storrcy I
Ills chances were gone, Indeed, if
Fairy loved like this, she would never
love again. "I It unremitted, dear?''
I asked her.
"Y'es, father, he I far above me.
He thinks me child."
How my heart ached. My Fairy
was a woman with a woman' doom
upon her. 1 told her thou of her
inolhoi how she had left tne and how
dark tho world all looked. "Hul.
dear," 1 iniil, "yon are n soldier'
ilaughtor." Then she kissed mo und
understood.
Sho was no longer tlslless. She
grew more thoughtful, mote miscltlsli
and more beautiful. Sho told us otto
day shn wanted lo go (u Italy. 1
never could deny her anything; so she
went. Ah, my Fuiry, that sorrow ha
moulded your character mado you
(he woman you are today.
After Fairy had gone n Hltlo boy
came lo lit. It once seemed (lint my
heart contained no room for another
than Fairy, but (he little fellow with
Id eyes soon won his place in my
heart. When l'obblo was two the
longing for Fairy was so great that I
could live without her no lougor. So
one day F.iluor, Hobble and 1 set sail
for lialy.
We did not (ell her we were coming
we dropped In upon her. Shall I ever
forget (hut day? Wo entered unan
nounced. A full lady, her bronze
liulr in a clu-sie knot, tier brown eyes
sparkling, her swected lip parted,
turned to us. It was our Fairy.
When the greeting were over sue led
ns to a room, and (hero we saw whn
bad detained her in Duly.
There in white maiiilo was a per
fect fjriu in loose drapery. The
ilgiiio was giacefully posed on ono
fool, one in in wn upraised, the beau,
tiful heiul thrown slightly buck. The
expression on the cold, niarblo face
wus one of (ho sweotest patience. It
was my Fairy's work. I took her in
my arms and silently looked ul her,
while Flinor softly whispered:
Fear not in a world like I Ins, for
you will know ere long, how subllmo
a thing it Is to sufl'er nnd be strong."
Wc went lo Venice, the cily In the
sea. I'nexpecledly 1 met Siorry. I
took him home with me. A wc en
tered our iipiirtmenls we heard voices.
".Nay, K.I ," Fairy said. "I am
a soldier's daughter and must go on lo
tho cud with this locked in my heart.
Forget it, Klinor. Harry Storroy
caros for mo only ns Ids friend's
daughter, lain wcak,iuvtnotlier. Leave
tne to light it out nlone. Forget the
weak words. Let no other hear them.
Would that tliev wero not beyond ic.
call!"
F.lliior uroso and left her. What nn
iiCot I had been. Fairy hud loved him
all the time. 1 went out, leaving Stor
rey stiuuling I here.
Fairy lay upon (lie couch motion
less. Slorrey wont to hor and slood
looking ut her.
Sho rnlkcd hor head and Ihen slood
up. "Capt. S orrey." Sho was t lie
self-possossed woman ngaiii.
Hut licforo sho could speak ho took
her in Ids ai int.
"Nay, Fairy, your confession is be
yond recall." Chicago News.
Hawaii's Immense Sugiii riimtntlon,
Fifty miles from Tula, in the north
ern purl of Maul Island, is (ho planta
tion of the Hawaiian Commercial
Company ono of Iho Inrgost nilgai
estates In tho world, lr. J. Moll
Smith says. Ou the sandy isthmus
connecting Kust and West Maui, null
on a plain which was formerly uu arid
desert, where not a tree or scarcoly a
bludo of grass (en years ago could be
found, can now bo soon green pastures,
beautiful flower gardens, avenues ol
treos and 12.000 acres of growing
sugarcane. On this cxlctisivo planta
tion a sugar mill ciipablo of maim
fuel tiring 120 tons of sugar a day.
This groat change was brought
about by storing tho rain gift of the
clouds, which for ages had fallen on
barren rocks forty miles distant and
run to waste into tho sea. Tlio work
of transferring the rainfall from the
mountains to iho sugar plantation is
ono of tho greatest pieces of ouginocr
pig iu (he T.icillc. Twouty-cight tun
nels, 5x8 foet, cut. through solid rock,
somo of thorn 000 foot through, had lo
bo dug before good result were ob
tained. Tho wutor is brought through
pipes, and they deliver 8,000,000 cubic
feet of wutor a day. The Commercial
Company owns 25,000 acroi of land
iu tills vulloy, and 12,000 acre of the
I met nro constantly under cultivation.
Now York Tribune
A recent novel says of one of Iho
characters : "Ho was us gaudy u a
red mail with tho bluos."
IOR FARM AM) ilARULX.
jltKKM K((H.
The amount of green food that can
bo grown on an acre, should (ho soil
ing system bo practised, I given by
Trof. Wilson, who experimented In
hut direction, ns follows: Tens, cut
green, 13.fi tons; pens and outs,
rown together, cut greon, 24 tons;
recti corn, 0:1. 0 Ions, and Die second
cut of green clover, !t.l Ions. It is
not necessary ( cut green food of lener
thou (wlco a week If it I spread out,
iu order to avoid its healing. West
ern ilmal and American Stockman.
Mis-Mi flll.l.s. IS fOTATnl.s.
Sinco die potato beetle began lit
work, the number nf missed hills
among potatoes lias greatly increased.
What is as bud as a missed hill I one
that has a weak, spindling growth,
and next lo (hat the o urinous num
ber of stalks lltal come from plaining
whole small potatoes freely set with
eyes. All Iho success Hint can ho got
from potiiU.es depends moio on the
early stand Hint is secured, and this
necessity depend on the seed. It is
not easy to select the be.t seed from n
bin or pit. Thoe that have vigorous
eyes, but not (on far advanced, mo to
be preferred. So that the eye Is vig
orous, the uioro It. is kept fro n sprout
ing the belier. Ho-loii Cultivator.
Snil.lSil (lines Knit Mll.fi! tow.
Tho value of the various green foil,
iters for milk nnd buiier production
ha been studied by (bo Couiiecllciil
station ut Slorrs. ('. S. Thelps re
ports that the best results Its both
quantity and quality of tlio products
wero obtained where rations wlih
relatively largo amount of protein,
such as clover mid pons, were fed.
The experiments seem to indicate that
rations with a larger proportion of di
gestible protein than that called for
by llio usuilly accepted simulants are
to lie preferred. Large iillrogenous
rullons arc especially Important early
in the period of milk giving, when tho
productive capacity of (he cow Is most
lieuvlly taxed. The quuntity and
quality of tlio product may be im
proved bv (lie uso of foods rich in
protein, nnd the iniinuro Is more valu
able limn that from sturch foods. Iu
(ho station tests, when green clover
was fed, tho qimntitiu of milk nnd
butter wero cons'ilcrably Increased,
and the percentage of fat wore grenlor
than when green Hungarian grin
was fed, both being soiling crops.
American Agriculturist.
M 111111 lis Hni.
Wo are oj ton inked to slate what Is
the best fojd for this or that purpose.
Il is diflicft'.t lo give int'xfactory re
plies to such questions.
Fowls require healing food in win
ter. Corn is pei hup (he best and
cheapest carbonaceous or f.it-mnkiiig
food. Hut wheat und buckwheat con
lain carbonaceous mailer, although iu
smaller proportions. Fat meat, lard
scmps and cottonseed uieul and clover
hay also contain it.
Nitrogoiiou mutter (albumen) I
required along with cnrboiiiiceous,
and is especially necessary for laying
hen. Lean incut, raw or cooked, in
sects, bran, eoltoiittood incut, linseed
meal, milk, clover bay, all contain
(Id valuable food element. Corn ha
comparatively little ut it, who it a
larger proportion.
Succulent and bulky iniiHer, such
as grass and vegetables, is also quite
essential to poultry, not only for tho
nutriiuoiit it contain, but to dilute
nnd separnto the more concentrated
grain and meat die).
If poultry keepers will study the
general question of tho classes of food
element llicy can frequently subs' 1
tute ono for Iho other according as
they have this or tliut article at
hand, and nccording to the prico of
tho various articles in their nearest
market. Farm Journal.
I-A I US Altt: liltK v r i.nn units.
The bottor class of fair and shows
are great object lessons at which wo
loaru facts that it would luko us years
(o learn iu Any other way. Truly they
nro great educators. Many of us do
not fully apprcciuto them. Tho be.
cinner is very timid about taking Id
poultry lo the fairs; lie looks thorn
over ngniu mill again. F.ucli time ho
imagines iio sees his neighbor tho re
with lunch larger nnd liner fowls, and
he is scared completely out. But
when ho goo there ouco arid gives the
uiattor careful consideration he Is de
termined to exhibit (he next leaion,
and so he doot. Ho select what he
thinks are the finest he has, and per
haps he takes awar several prizes.
llut I he re are two or throe thai ho is
nusluken in; he ha brought some that
wo disqualified, souaeiLlug he knew
I nothing about before whits in the)
ing, black to t lie bock, red or while
in (he ear lobe, i ' :i. . ' ' '
These thing liavo opened hi eye
very materially, and he begin lo In
quire why tlit Is so, and the mure
questions he asks the more he loams,
ni,4 before the fair Is ovor he has
learned many vatuabie faetst no thai
by the time the next fair comes oil' ho
I pretty well prepared to select bis
slock, which he think Is about per
fect, and beforo any judging I dona
be heard pricing n niulo as high a
t'.'o, but when the Judge commence
on hi pet and cut hint throo on
comb, three on neck, two on (ait,
three on breast, ,te., until lie leaves
hint nt about eighty-four, we seo his
fondest hopes quickly vanish and hi
price suddenly drop from lo
about Hint many cents, Icavlnj- lilui
with scarcely wind enough to talk.
Wn saw just such nu occurrence as
this lust winter ut one of the promi
nent snows. It wa (he case of a
breeder of some six or eight years'
experience, but he lacked (be educa
ting influence to show room. 1 tell
you tliL-io Is not'ntig like il. The
sooner we commence exli billng the
sooner will wo become educated on
(bete point (hat nre so ililllcult lo uc
complith in any other wnv.
I o not be ilisroitraged If you tnent
with some ditlicultlcs that are embar
rassing i be lirsl or second time, but
keep everlastingly nt it ami you will
be astonished at your mere eventu
ally. Do not bo n f mid of the big
show; (hat Is the very place for you
to go. You will ihen know what
your sloclj is worth and wliero tiles'
ure ilclii ient, u compared with tlio
very best in (lie country. 1 would
insist, Ihen, that you exhibit if you
would become one of the succesiful
breeders. In that way only can you
succeed. Tho Poultry Monthly.
MUM AMI (lAIMil.N NOU S.
ffiowing ducks arc enormous eaters,
but they grow very fast.
The iiverngo farmer cun hardly be
anid lo keep cows; lie merely tolerates
them.
Whilo Itinhinn like the open air,
they care but very littlo for a huge
range.
When gooso egg are set under
hen (hey should bo turned ovory
other day.
If eggs for hutching nre kept tovornl
day I hey should bo turned half over
every day.
In Kuropo, grapevine nro allowed
less spuco than wo givo thuiii iu this
country.
AVIien tho fowls nppe-y !o bo droop
ing or lo-e their tippulilc. feed them
linseed meal.
In Kugland Iho sheep U re-.irded as
tin important factor iu u system of In
tensive furmiug.
Ilriilimiis require moro room In (he
house, but the Leghorns rcquiro moro
yard room or range.
If large size and weight are desired
select largo hens, but the rootle
should bo active mid vigorous.
Tho quarter for the turkey should
bo dry; this is in iro necessary with
turkeys than with other fowls.
In arranging the quarters it is quite
an item lo provido a place where the
sitting lions can can liavo u place to
themselves.
Il Is tho saincnos of Iho food that
cuusos tho lions sometimes to refuse ta
lay, although they nro apparently well
fod nnd cared for.
When a few hens are kept, inoiees.
peclully to lay eggs, tho Leghorn is
one of tho very best breeds, ns they
are good layers and uou-sitters.
Well fed and well cured for Ilvo
stock will pay on any farm, but "no
farmer can make money by sheltering
mid curing for a list of scrubs."
Iiy using two tablespoon fuls of
crude carbolic ucid iu tlio whitewash
and applying it hot. bettor work in
killing out tho poultry lice will ho
done.
Guineas do not scratch in tlio gar.
don, uro good foragers and good
Insect (lestroyors,aud 1 it tho spring
and summer will lay a largo uumber
of eggs.'
Ou tho avorugo farm where a va
riety of crops is grown, especially
where there is plenty of pasturage, it
will bo prolltuble to keep nearly or
quite ull kinds of poultry.
It it ii necessary to uso young fowls
for breeding arrange tho mating so
that the young cockerel will be with
(ho oldor hens, while tho pulloti should
be mated with tho older roosiori.
The time of hatch more than the
breed regulates laying. Early hatched
pulled make Iho winter iayor whllu
the latter hatchod make tho summer
layers. Winter layer are tho more
profitable.
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