7 r 7 Government Whitewash. Slack half a bushel of lime la boil ing water, covering to Keep In the" steam. Strain the liquid, and add It peck of salt previously dissolved In warm water, three pounds ground rice boiled to a thin paste and stirred In while hot, one-half pound Spanish whiting, and one ponnd glue dis solved by soak Ins In cold water then hung over a slow Are In a slue pot. To this mixture add five gallons or hot water, stir well, and let Bland for several days covered from dust. It is better applied hot. For Creamery Patrons. Complaints are loud and long from several sections regarding the poor re ' turns from the creameries. Investi gation will show thnt many of them are poorly managed, that a few are dishonestly managed, but that the trou ble In most of them may be traced to the patrons themselves. Many men are careless In their milking and In the care of their cows, so that a great deal of tainted milk goes to the cream ery and, of necessity, reduces the value of the entire output and, very proper ly, makes the man who delivers a pure article much discouraged because ot his poor return. There should be some manner of overcoming this trou ble; how it can be done must be left to the pntrons of each creamery, but mirely a plan can be evolved whereby the milk can be properly examined and If dirty or tainted refused. Indian apolis News. Careful Milking. Every milker thinks he knows how to milk, but If the cows could express their opinions they woidd probably in timate that a few lessons in the gentle 'art were not unnecessary. It is not fair treatment to sit down to a cow and tiig and haul on her until she steps around in the stall and acts as If she were being badly hurt. Sometimes a cow will stop eating and wait until j the ordeal is over before she will re- snme her meal. The cow that does ,.' that is not comfortable, and an uncom fortable' cow will not. do her best for her owner. Some men have a way of milking that so pleases the cow that she clearly shows she enjoys Ilia process. These are the men whose method should be copied. Ob serving them, we see that they never shout at, strike, nor otherwise ill-treat their .cows. They sit down quietly, tnke hold of the cow's teats gently, no matter how much of a hurry they may be in, and begin to draw the milk with out pressing too hard, for they know they are touching her at a tender point; then they keep steadily at it un til the last drop Is out. It pays to mi lie carefully. American Cultivator. Use Experiment Stations. There is not a State experiment sta tion in the country whose staff of ex perts will not welcome knotty prob lems from the farmers of the state. This would be the case, especially this winter, when they are not rushed with work". Go over the operations of the last season and jot down, in consider able detail, each operation which gave yon trouble and unload these trou bles on the experiment station of your state. The staff may be "book farm ers," as yon think, but all of them are trained men and sincerely anxious to help you. If asking about any particu lar crop describe your soli in detail, your method of culture, and give any other information which will euuble the station people to give you an In telligent answer. ' It any particular crop was unusual ly short and you can ... not account for It on natural reasons, describe your method of culture, of fertilizing, the seed, etc., and see how your form of treatment differed from that given in any previous year when the same crop was satisfactory. Do not be bashful about asking for help from the stations, for you help support them, and they are in existence to as sist you, Which they will do If you will, give them any sort of an opportunity. Indianapolis News. In the Palace of the Cow. The cowbarn is of artificial stone, with floor of concrete. Like the pig gery, it is lighted by electricity at night. The partitions between the stalls are bketeton barriers of metal, extremely simple, but substantial. Arranged in a double row, facing the middle aisle, the animals take their food from concrete troughs which run along in front of the stalls, these re ceptacles being filled with drinking water when emptied of provender. AH refuse is carried out of the build ing by an overhead trolley, anil there dropped into carts, to be carried away. Here, as in the piggery, every thing is cleanliness itself, and there is not even a suggestion of a dis agreeable odor. When the cows are to be milked, the men go into the dairy building, take a shower hath, so that it may be certain that no impurity lingers about their persons, and put on clean suits vl whito duck. Then they go to the cow barn, each of them carrying a tin pail which has been previously steril ised and with a harmless disinfecting fluid they wash the udder of the ani mals. Each nan has ten to attend to, and while the milking Is going on nn other person. Is permitted to go through, or even enter the barn. The milk of each cow is carried separ ately to the foreman of the barn, who stands besides a pair of scales and weighs the milk, writing down in book Its weight and the number of the cow. Richard Powys in "A Wonder Stock Farm" in the Outing Magazine. Butter Fat. That butter fat Is chiefly duo to the breeding und quality of the cow, not the character and quality of the feed' ing, is pretty well settled by numerous experiments. Natural law settles a great many things. Richer milk can not be made by richer feeding any more thun thick loin marbled beef can be put on scrub steers by the best possible feeding. Good blood and good breeding does both. If It were not so the probability U that good breeding would be neglected ami our cheaply grown precious food stuffs would be poured out by the tons In the feed lots und dairy barns. One of the latest and most conclusive experiments along the butter fat line was that re cently of Cornell University. To as certain whether the fat in milk could be increased by liberal feeding, mix tures of such foods as cottonseed meal, wheat bran, gluten feed, buck wheat middlings and linseed meal be ing given, or as much as the animals would consume readily In most rases 12 pounds per cow per day, which one cow exceeded. The summary of con clusions is that la a herd of formerly poorly fed cows an abundant ration easily digestible and rather nitrogen ous in character continued through two years resulted in an average in crease of one-fourth ot 1 percent of fat in the milk, which was about 6 per cent of increase on the quantity yield ed before the liberal ration was given. This was accompanied by an increase of about ;"Q percent in total amount of milk and fat produced. Indiana Far mer. The Exclusive Use of Fertilizers. A reader of Rural New Yorker In quired if exclusive use of commercial fertilizer would tend to impoverish land it uspd continuously, and was told that if a well-balanced fertilizer was used year after yea", so that plen ty of available nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid is added, the soil will not become impoverished, yet such soil may refuse to produce good crops. There may be plenty of plant food in the soil, yet crops cannot utilize it. Why? Because the physical condi tion of the soil is wrong. The most common fault with such soils Is that tlwy lack humus, or organic matter. This humus warms the soil, lets in air, aids drainage and also holds mois ture. When thtuv is too little humus present the soil becomes soggy and cold in a wet season, and either bakes ' hard or becomes too hot in dry sea sons. Any of these conditions make it harder for- plants to grow and take food from the soil. Take a piece of brick. No one would expect to put a seed on top of it and have the seed grow, even if well watered and fed. Grind the brick to a fine powder, put it In a flower pot, and again plant the 89ed. It would make a poor growth, because when the brickdust was wa tered and dried it would bake hard. Take the brickdust and mix thorough ly all through it from 10 to 13 percent of its weight in dried clover leaves or even ground straw, and the seeds would grow and make good plants. The clover or tho straw furnish the humus which improves the character of the brickdust and makes it "soil." The use of chemicals alone, without manure or green crops, would have n tendency to remove the humus and thus hurt the soil. While the Illus tration is not exact, we might com pare such farming to feeding a cow on- grain alone. We might give her all she needs of actual food In bran and cornmeal, yet she would not thrive, because nature has .provided her with .a digestive system which re quires bulky food like hay or other roughage to keep it extended and open. In some parts of the country, as In Lous Island, Florida and parts of New Jersey and Delaware, fertilizers ore used exclusively even hay being sold from the form. Under this system, instead of becoming impoverished, the soil grows steadily more productive. Such soIIb are usually light or sandy. The fertilizers used are soluble and do not as a rule contain much acid. The rotation usually contains a good crop of grass and clover the stubble and roots cf which provide considerable humus to be plowed under. Special "catch" crops of rye, clover", buck wheat or turnips are grown between two regular crops In the rotation, and plowed under to provide humus. For example, It would be possible to grow potatoes year after year, using fertil izers alone, if as soon as the potatoes were dug rye could be seeded and the winter's growth plowed under before the potatoes were planted in the fol lowing spring. It is possible, there fore, to supply humus even with "the exclusive use of fertilizers." In Lapland when the door of ; a warm room is opened during the winter it is immediately followed by a min iature snowstorm In the room, the condensed moisture falling In flake. FarmToDicsg BKAXS AND IKAS. Ingenious (icrman chemists have brought out a new food process which is said to greatly Improve the qualities of such materials as beans and peas. Chemical treatment removes the ob jectionable qualities of these foods, yields n fine yellow powder with f slightly sweetish taste nud very rich In albumen. Its nutritious elements' are of the form which makes them eas ily digestible. The substance is a concentrated food suitable for Infants mid Invalids and is likely to become a standard article ot commerce. THROWING CATTLE. Throwing a bull, or n cow not carry ing a calf, is not a difficult task, and can be done In such a manner that the anlinal will not be Injured in the least, and In so simple thnt any one need not be afraid to attempt It. The throwing device is merely a rope tied about the horns or neck, or to a tin Iter, given a half-hitch about the neck, a second linlf-hltch. but direction of rope re versed, about the heart girth, nud a third half-hitch just in front of the hook points or hip bones. One man stands near the animal's head to hold the hatter, and a second grasps the rope and pulls backward, either to one side or the other, according to whether the rope is right or left hitch. The nnimal stands still, acts ns though he were surprised, but soon easily rolls over to his side. To hold him securely, attach ropes to front and renr feet, stretch and fasten. American Culti va tor. THE FARM FLOCK. T have 430 "biddies" at the present time, but they are not all profitable; ir.0 are laying, the rest are pullets of later hatch which will soon come to laying. At present the layers are paying the food bill of the whole, and I am hoping to make a dollar when 1 get under way. I think there is money in the busi ness if you go at it right. You can't throw dough at them, however. You must treat them well, not scare them, but use them carefully. I can go in nnioug my large firfrk and pick one up any time. Last year I had 12." and (hey paid pretty big, considerably more than thciv bills, and I went in this season for quite a flock. I throw in a forkful of hay. nud in no time it is all gone. I give them fifty pounds a day and put their morning feed of wheat in it. At noon I give cracked corn and shorts, with a mash of meal and shorls at night. Three times a week I put meat scraps in the mash. They nre doing lirst-class. They have coal ashes for dusting, shells always before them, and water twice a day. I believe that with good care they will pay as well as anything on the farm. Mr. . B. Gilbert, in American Culti- valor. MAXIRE AND WHEAT GROWING. The Oklahoma Experiment Station hats shown the great value of barn yard manure in several recent' tests In wheat growing. The recent bulle tin says: "A half-acre plat that received 7.u tons of barnyard manure the first year of the test and 8.5 tons the second year of the test, yielded from six con secutive wheat crops S2.9 bushels of wheat. "A like half-acre, receiving no ma nure, but the same treatment other wise, from six consecutive wheat crops 5P..1 bushels of wheat. "A difference of 2$.$ bushels In favor of the manured plat, which gives nn average for the six years of !V. bush els per acre. "The first year the manure p:at yielded IS.t! bushels more per new than the unmanurcd plat, the second year 1S.7 bushels and the last year S.l bushels more per acre. Not quite two and one-third bushels of wheat were obtained for each ton of manure applied per acre. "The above results are from consecu tive work on' the same land. The fol lowing are from Isolated cases: "In 1SP4 the average yield per acre from manured land was 32.4 bushels; from uumanured land, 14.4 bushels. , "In 1S!8 four manured plats aver aged 27.3 bushels; the unmanurcd, 14.5 bushels per acre." Indiana Farmer I SOUNDNESS IN MARKET nORSES. Perhaps the first and most important essential In a market horse is sound ness. It is absolutely useless to exppet to sell a horse that is' unsound for a good price on any critical market. Un soundnesses that are most common are those of the limbs and the respiratory organs. A marketable horse sliotilil not. have a splint so high up on the leg that It interferes with the artiiu lntion of the knee joint. A splint may be small and low down and not seriously affect the selling price of the trhimal. Understand, however, that where you have to consider the high est type of equine beauty you want to avoid blemishes, just as much as possible. A splint nt best Is a blemish, and naturally will result in a discrimi nation being made against a horse pos sessing one when he Is sold. With light horses, everything that is an offense to the eye must be avoided. The more beautiful a horse is, other things considered, the higher he Is going to sell. There must be no ring bone, no side-bone or other unsound ness of the feet, and in the hind legs no curb; no spavin,' no thoroughpln or bog spavin; of course, he must not be a roarer or wind-broken. Now most of these things are unsoundness that can be readily detected by any one whfl is at nil competent in Judging horses. Dr. George M. Itotnmellr In. the American Cultivator. New York City. The waist made wiiu a iiiiuii.v cueiuiseite is a rnvorite and a well deserved one, for Repossesses certain inherent charm which Is pe- culiarlly its own. Here is one of n quite novel sort thnt is finished with a broad box pleat at the centre front and a turn-over collar thnt allows of Tucked Blouse, treatment of various sorts. In the illustration peach pink taffeta Is com bided with chemisette of' luce, collar and cuffs of velvet and frills of ribbon ot the same color ns the silk, but the design is suited to all waistings and to all dress materials, while possible com binations nre almost without number. Lace is always handsome, but if a simpler effect is desired, pretty lucked or Inserted muslins can be used with perfect success; or, again, a silk 6f lighter color tliau the waist Is durable and satisfactory. Velvet on silk and on wool is much used this season, but the material embroidered by hand is always chic for collar and cuffs, while the frills could be of the material or of lace or of any suitable material that may be liked. The blouse is made with .1 fitted lin ing, which is closed nt the front, mid a chemisette which can either be faced onto this lining or made entirely sep arate, when it Is adjusted under the waist closing at the back, and itself consists of the fronts and the back. These last are tucked after an entirely novel fashion and closed beneath the box pleat and the little collar is joined to the neck edge. The sleeves are the favorite ones thnt are full above plain fitted portions and are finished with A Dinner Gowa. Vry distinguished was a dinner gown of maize-hued chiffon velvet, combined with deep cream luce. The waist was slightly low, and round iu the neck, and was composed entirely of the lace. It was scalloped at the top. and white tulle was laid under, making a very soft finish. Large puffs of the Ince formed the sleeves, tied at the elbows with bands and bows ot the velvet. Deep ruffles ot luce fin ished the sleeves, cuffs nt the elbows, so that they can be cut off nt that point if liked. Tho quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and one-elghlh yards tweuty-one, three and three-fourth-yards twenty-seven or two and one-fourth yards forty-four Inches wide, with one yard of all-over lace, (Ire-eighth yard of bins velvet and eight and one-halt yards ot ribbon to make as Illustrated. Three l'lere Skirt. The circular skirt in nil its variations mukos n pronounced favorite of the season and is being shown in some ex ceptionally graceful and attractive models. Illustrated is one of the best that combines a narrow front gore with the circular portions and which can be treated in various ways. The original Is made long and Is trimmed with ap plied bias folds between which nre rows of soutache brnid.- but the folds are optional and the skirt can be left plain and trimmed in any manner tliut may be preferred. Again, the folds can be used ifml the braid between applied in any pattern or design that may be liked or omitted altogether. The ful ness at the upper edges is collected In narrow tucks thut o.xteud well over the hips, doing a way with all fulness at that point, and what Is a still further advantage, the skirt can be cut In walking length If desired. Iu this case plum colored broadcloth is stitched Design By May Maatott. Three-piece Skirt, with lidding silk nnd trimmed with Mack braid, but all the materials of the -season nre uimroitrinte. The skirt Is made iu three pieces and Is laid in Inverted pleats at the centre back. The folds are bias, made double, and arranged over It ou indicated lines. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is twelve yards twenty-one or five yards forty-four or lifty two inches wide, with forty-five yards of soutache braid to trim as illustrated. Colored Waists. It has been so long since colored shirtwaists were worn that we have almost forgotten what they arc like. The faintly tinted linen waists showr are refreshing In their novelty. A Plctureiqoa Hat, A really beautiful nud picturesque hat was of pale blue soft iclt, with a fairly high crown and a slieperdesi brim drooping slightly back nud trout, aud turned up gracefully on oue side. Iks '111 .FoRTfe- Salmon Scramble. Melt one-half cupful of butter and add to it two-thirds of a cup ot chip ped smoked salmon; cook for six min utes. Heat five eggs Into one-third of a cupful of thick cream and add to it, then serve on triangular pieces of toast, garnished with sprigs of pars ley. Tomato Nut Sauce. Cook one small chopped or ground onion in two tablespopnfuls of butter or olive oil. add ono tablespoonful flour, nnd stir until brown. Stir In grailunlly ouo cupful water and one half cupful tomato juice. Cook until It thickens, then flavor with two tea spoonfuls peanut butter or other nut butter creamed with water. Baltimore Samp. To have samp at Its best soak all night in tepid water, drain in the morning, cover with boiling water and simmer all day, replacing the water that cooks away. When nearly cooked at a teaspoonful of salt to each quart To serve as a vegetable Teheat such portions as Is required In a rich cream sauce, adding a tablespoonful of chop ped parsley. Curry Sauce. Dissolve a tablespoonful of butter In a saucepan, add a tablespoonful ol flour, a teaspoonful ot curry powder and a large onion sliced finely. Stir all together, and then by degrees pour In a teacupful of good stock, some salt and a little pepper. Stir all to gether thoroughly, simmer for 10 min utes, theu strain and serve. The sauce must be stirred as it cooks slowly. Scalloped Cauliflower. Select a good, fresh cauliflower, and removo any wilted leaves; soak for a couple of hours iu salted water; then cook in boiling water until It is quite tender, but not until It falls apart. In the meantime have prepared a rich, white sauce, by stirring together a teaspoonful each of butter and flour In a saucepan, mix smooth with a lit tle warm milk, add popper, salt and a half cupful of cream. When the cauliflower is dime stand It in a scal lop dish, cover with sauce, and oven that sprinkle a cupful each of grated cheese and bread crumbs. Hake a rich brown and serve very hot. Useful Hints. Keep accounts. Plan your work ahead. Allow au ample margin for the un expected. Make lists Instead of trusting to your memory. To retain the color of vegetables plunge them Into cold water an Instant after boiling. A small portion of orris root put Into the ordinary washing water will Impart a delicate perfume to the clothes. Open canned fruit an hour or two before it is needed for use. It Is far richer wheu the oxygen is thus re stored to It. To keep tho color of parsley, dip it for a minute or two in boiling water, then shake off the water and chop for soup or sauce. When food is accidentally made too salt It may ofteu be counteracted by adding a tablespoonful each of vine gar and sugar. A little thin cold starch rubbed over windows and mirrors and then wiped off with a soft cloth is an easy way of producing most shining results. Two potatoes grated in a basin of warm water will give better results than soap in washing dellrate flan net or woolen goods, ribbons, etc. Piano keys can be cleaned, as can any old ivory, by being rubbed with muslin .dipped in alcohol. If very yellow, use a piece of flannel moist ened with cologne water. The possessor of very brittle nails should rub them at night with cold cream or vaseline, or if they go to the other extreme and are soft and tender, wax aud alum will harden them. A sauce for wild duck Is made by adding a little port wine or lemon Juice to the bird's gravy. A dash of cayenne pepper should be thrown in, nnd the whole served piping hot. Artistic covers are now being used for the telephone book. They are made to suit the color tone of the room or hall in which they hang. Sim ple cretonne is one of the prettiest cov erings. Moist hands are ruinous to light colored gloves. A good remedy for the trouble is to bathe them frequently with a mixture composed of two ounces of cologne and one-quarter ounce ot tincture of baladonna. After this Is rubbed well into the hands they may be sprinkled with talcum powder. A new Idea In celery and apple salad Is to grate the apples, which should be tart and firm, into the mayonnaise dressing. The celery, shredded and crisp, should be served on chilled let tuce leaves, with the apple mayon naise poured over. THE POINT OF VIEW. "hey lit before the kttrhen rnnfre. The corn was bobbing In the pan. She was a invent a ml loving lass. He was a brave but bashful man. For full a year on her he'd called, " And looked the love ho boro the maUJ, ! But still L deemed he never would Declare himself without her aid. Bo, weary of the Iiaig delay. A hint resolved to give him. -She said, "Look at the f rlskv rora ! I do ddure It's pomdn', Jim ! "'tl'.Pnpnln'. Pwln', Jim! Dear met : ".h't Is It teliln', don't vou know?" He blushed and rose. "( guess." said at, "Its teliln- me lf time to go!" Woman's home Companion. JUST FOR FUN Rasttts How do you like yo' melon? Ephralm On de cob. Puck. "How will you estimate the carrying capacity of your flying machine?" "By the amount of stock it will float," answered the practical inventor. Washington Star. "Why are you going abroad to live?" "Because," answered the grafter, "I am convinced that profits are some times without honor in their own country." Washington Star. "I make a chum of my father." "I could never do that with mine." "Wouldn't he like it?" "He might, but ma wouldn't. I'm usually out till after midnight" Houston Post. Ethel (from the motor) What is the trouble, Harry. Harry (from be neath It) I'm afraid the boiler's burnt out. Ethel Well, never mind. It doesn't show, doe 't New Yorker. "I love my work because I starved for it," said the artist, dramatically. "Well, I love mine because I starved before I got It," was her companion's Inartistic reply. Detroit Free Press. ' '"Genius and insnnity frequently go together, you know." "Yes," replied the historical novelist, "we can easily prove tatt. My wife is insanely Jealous of me." Chicago Record- Herald. "It's remarkable how easily these idle rumors gain currency." "Yes; and it's still more remarkable how some idle stock-market rumors enable others to gain currency." Philadel phia Ledger. Mrs. Shopps I see Cutt & Slashem are advertising some lovely house gowns at a bargain. Shopps Well, our house doesn't need a gown, but It ought to have a coat of paint. Chicago News. "I haven't seen your cashier for several days." 'No, he's gone out of town." "Gone for a rest, , I suppose." "We haven't found out yet -whether he's gone for a rest or to escape it." Philadelphia Record. "What we want," remarked the man wna comments on things, "is re form." "Yes," said Senator Badger, "and after you get it you're always clamoring for the good old days." Milwaukee Sentinel. i "Hello:" the facetious xw"".-.-tongue called to the wheel, "you look tired." "Yes," retorted the wheel, "many a wheel has become tired be cause a waggln' tongue spoke too much." Philadelphia Ledger. "You cay you think your girl is go iug back on you? What leads you to such a supposition did she snub you?" "No, but she called her little sister into the parlor last night and had her recite to me." Houston Post. "You wouldn't sell your vote, would you?" "No, suh,". answered Mr. Eras tus Pinkley. "But If a gemmen what's runnin' foil office was to give me two dollahs, common gratitude would make me vote for him." Washington Star. Ethel's mother was very ill and, call ing the little miss to her bedside, she said: "Ethel, what would you do If I should die?" "Oh," answered Ethel. who did not realize the gravity of the situation, "I a'pose I'd hare to spank myself." Chicago News. . Lady Flt.noodle (a bride, reading account of her wedding) I wish they'd Invent a new expression. It's always the "blushing bride." Miss Candor Well, when you consider what sort ot husbands some American girls marry you can't wonder at them blushing. Life. With one look of Goodman Gon rong's tattered garments the woman of the house slammed the door In his ' face, "Clothes may not make the man," he soliloquized, as he turned away and started for the next house, "but they sort o' seem to classify him." Chicago TribuD. Pennsylvania Black Walnut. Lumbering in Delaware county, after many years has started In afresh. The lumber dealers have taken advantage of the large quantity of black walnut, which is more plenti ful throughout the State, especially lin Delaware county, than many per sons know. An onslaught In the woods in Dela ware county already has netted the lumbermen about 73,000 feet, while the number of feet ot this particular wood expected soon to be cut down In Pennsylvania, roughly estimating, will aggregate about 750,000 feet. From on local depot in the last month a shipment of 20,000 feet was made, Its destination being Hamburg, Germany, where it Is used for the making of gun stocks. The Delaware county black walnut trees average In size from 30 to 60 inches In diam eter. Morton correspondence Phila delphia, Rsoord.
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