FIFTY YEARS ON.
When you linva turned a hundred and I
m liflv live "
Bo apoke without a warning the plumpest
(tirl alive
I wonder, oh, I wonder how both of no
will he,
With Helen fifty-seven and baby fifty
three." The nm waa done precisely; each item
waa correct;
The arixly ahade of Corker had uothiim to
olijeet j
'And jet I could not pi-nine her, or annction
a iliapliiy
Which trowed' about the lift in in tliii col
lected way.
But alill the mniden preaaed me, and ao 1
made reply:
"I'll tell you what I think, dear, nliont
your by and by:
t$ How Linus Got the Place
W 'trZi
0 R01SDINS.
Llntts was looking over the Hick
ford News, while Ills mother fried
the griddle-rnke for supper. Ho had
to hold It up high, because his two-year-old
sister Rtithlo was leaning
against his knee and kept clutching
at it.
"Oh, mother!" Minis suddenly ex
claimed, "listen to this: 'Wanted,' n
boy of fifteen or shteen to work In
n:y store Saturdays, and before and
arter school on other days. Appli
cants will be seen on Saturdny next,
between 8 and 9 a. m., at th store.
J. B. Gregg.' "
"That Is Just wfiat you have bepti
wishing for, iHn't it?" sad his moth
er. "If ! can only get 11!" Minis an
swered, ".lust think! he'll surely
pay as much as a dollar a week, and
a. ..... I. .1.-11 I 1 I a . , .
imivut- a iiuiiur null n nail. wny, i
could do an awful lot wilh that."
"It would be A great help, certain
ly," his mother Bald.
"Let me see day afler to-morrow.
I must be on baud at eight, sharp.
Guess I'll aim for a quarter of. 1
wonder who else will be there."
- no iuuiiu out ai scnnoi, me next
morning, who intended to go. There
were Jimmlo -Bruce, and Fred Gilles
pie, and Eben Sterne, and Casper
Jordan, who were quite anxious for
the situation, and nearly a dozen oth
ers who were not as eager, hut still
were going to apply for it. They
were oil talking together in a group
about how they would spend the
money if they should get the chance
to earn it.
"Hullo, I.lnus!" cried Jlmmle.
"Are you going to get that place at
Gregg's grocery store?"
"Ho!" said Casper. "It, isn't likely
he's even heard of it, 'way out there
at the Jumping off place."
"Yob, I have. Lahore you heard of
It here in town, maybe." Mnus re
torted. "Going to try for it?"
; "Shouldn't wonder if I did."
Ho! there's no danger of your
Btuing u, gam (jasper, looking him
over. "They don't want fellowB that
wear patches on their cloths. In stores
nowadays."
"They want a fellow to live in the
same county, too, I guess," laughed
Eben. .
"Really, now, Liuus, you don't
stand any chance at all," said Fred
seriously. "It's no ubc your trying.
Why, It's between two and three
miles to where you live; you wouldn't
get here till 'twas time for school to
begin."
"I think I'll try Just the same, if
you don't mind," said Linus dryly.
"1 lot of good 'twill do," said
CaCper; and all the boys laughed.
"Hollo!" exclaimed Fred, looking
t his Jacket sleeve and then up Into
the sky. "It's beginning to snow.
There'll be coasting before you know
It. Tou won't come out to-morrow
momfng, Linus; you'll be " snowed
i."
Linus really felt a good deal dls
rouraged, for it did seem as if his
vhances were pretty slender, com-
a..aa.4 ailia .L - M .a . ... .
M witu uiwo oi me village ooys.
But he wasn't going to give up; no!
nd bis lips were set In a straight line
of determination, as he went into
school.
The snow came down faster and
faster, and at noon the teacher de
luded to have but one session and let
iachool out at half-past one. Even as
karly as that, the snow was so deep
Jhat it took Linus much longer than
visual to reach home.
"If the storm continues, how will
von get to Mr. Gregg's In the morn
ing?" his mother asked.
"That's what I've been trying to
think," said Linus. "There won't be
any track this side of the village; 1 11
have to start by 6 o'clock sure." .
"Do you s'pose I could sponge my
Jacket, and press some of the wrin
kles out of my trousers?" he asked
after a little pause. "I'l like to wear
my best ones, but I'd have to wear
these If I worked in the store, and 1
don't want Mr. Gregg to think that I
m going to dress better than I am."
"I'll see what I can do with them,
by and by," said his mother.
"No, you're -too tired; I'll do It
myself," Linus said. And after sup
per he set about it energetically.
When he had finished, and blacked
his shoes, he went out to take aa
observation of the weather.
"It's going to be Hie hardest walk
I ever took," he said soberly, whea
he came In. "Gueea I'll have to start
by 4 or S."
"If only that old pair of snowshoes
were In good condition!" said his
mother.
"Why, I hadn't thought of those,"
Linus said. "Perhaps I could lx
them sonifJiow," And he went tad
Your figure will be ampler, and, like a
hiumnii hive,
Your boya and girla will tenae you when
yuu are lifty live.
"Y'our hair will not be brown, dear) you'll
wear a decent cap;
Maybe you'll havo a unindchilil a crowing
on your lap;
And throimh the winter eveninga the
canieHt of ehaira
Will aive you greater comfort than romp
ing on the ataira.
"And aonieliniea, too, I biiiry, when all
the woi lil ia ano'.v,
You'll mule aa you remember the daya of
long no;
And every now ami then, dear, you'll spare
a IIioukIiI fur me,
When Helen 'a fifty-seven and Imby'a fifty
three." - I!. C. Lehman, in l'unch.
C 3
brought the snowshoes from the gar
ret. They both decided that something
might be done, and they spent an
hour working over them. Then Linus
went out into the storm and experi
mented, and after a little practice he
found that he could get over the snow
quite easily on the mended snow
shoes. "Now I'm all right," bo said,
and went to bed with a light heart.
At 3 o'clock in the morning Linus
was awakened by bis mother call
ing him. Her teeth chattered and
her voice was faint, nnd Linus knew
at once that she was having a chill,
lie sprang out of bed and slipped In
to his clothes, then fetched comfort
ers, and built a fire to heat water
for the hot-water bottle and for hot
drinks, and after a while his mnthne
began to feel belter, though she was
very weak.
"I'm afraid you will have to give
UP going to the village." alia nnl.t
sorrowfully. "I could get along nice
ly tr I were alone, but I am not able
to take care of Ituthle."
Linus thought hard for a minute.
It wouldn't hurt Ituthle to he out in
the storm a little while, would It?"
he asked.
"I don't know as it would." hi
mother answered. "She Is used to
being out In all weathers, and is per
fectly healthy."
"Then I've got a plan. I'll Just
carry her on my back as far as Mrs.
Fuller's, and leave her therp. lt'a
only about a quarter of a mile, and
tne ! tillers Have often offered to lake
her."
"I must get the place at Mr.
Gregg's If It's a possible thlug," he
thought. "If mother Is going to have
these sick spells every little while,
we shall need the money we shall
need It awfully."
So Linus brought in several big
armfuls of wood, and made his moth
er some toast, and put the things she
was likely to want where she could
-get them easily. Then he awoke
Ruthle, dressed and fed her, and
wrapped her up well.
At the last moment lie could not
find his mittens. "I left them on the
stand; 1 know 1 did," he said. "Rulh
le, have you had "em?"
Ruthle nodded.
- "What did you do with them?"
"Don't know what Ruthle did with
'em," she answered soberly.
"Try to think."
"Ruthle can't think." And that
was all he could get out of her.
"I'll have to go without mittens
then," he said. "Guess my hands
will be frozen before 1 get there."
He swept oil the doorstep and stood
Ruthle on It, and when be had out
on the snowshoes he stooped (.own
and she clasped him around the neck.
Theu he straightened up and clasped
his hands behind him to keep her
from slipping ofT.
He had to go very carefully, for it
he should fall there was no knowing
how long It would take him to get on
his feet again. . "
He reached Mrs. Fuller's without
accidents, explained hastily, left
Ruthin, and then went on. The tem
perature had, fallen, and an icy wind
was blowing the snow about. Liuus
pulled his cap down as far as It
would go over his ears, and thrust
bis hands as deeply as possible 'into
his Jacket pockots. "It won't last
forever," he thought grimly, as he
pushed on agalust the wind.
One of the snowshoes began to
troub'e him, and Just before be
reached the village it gave out en
tirely. Ho took off the other one,
and slung the pair around his neck,
after tjiug them together. He sank
into the snow, now, and it was so
deep that every step was difficult.
lie had gone but a few rods this
way. with his head bent down, when
he heard some one hallo. It was the
village expressman, and he knew Lin
us. He had a bob and two horses.
"I'm going within a half mile of
your place, if I can get there and I
guess I can," he shouted. "You'd
better ride back with me. You'll
have a hard time going home, if you
try to walk."
"No going back for me till my er
rand is done," Linus shouted In an
swer. "Your traok will help a lot."
"Yeu'U be sorry," warned the ex
pressman, as he started his horses.
Linos plowed his slow way through
the almost unbroken snow of the vil
lage streets, and the town clock was
striking eight as he stepped inside
the store.
Mr. Greeg, who was there alone,
looked up In surprise.
"Whee did you snow dorn frem?"
he asked. Then, "Why, you're Mrs.
AJwell's boy, tram over on the old
turnpike! You don't means to say
you came all the way from there this
morning?"
"Yes. air."
"And ham-Iiandad! Don't yout
hnmls ai lio?"
Minis' hands did ache so that It
sneuicd as It he should cry It he tried
lo speak, and he nnoded.
Mr. Grew Inirriud into tho back
room and returned almost Instantly
with a baslu of cold wator,
"There! p'lt your hands In that,"
ho said. "Your enr look a little
frosted, loo!" and lie clashed out of
the door for a handful (if snow, which
he rubbed on Linus' ears With great
enorgy. Then bd went and opemud
tho draught in the stove, and put on
more coal.
Minis bad always hild the Idea that
Mr. Gregg was a cold, unsympathiitic
man who cared for nuthlug but
money; now he sttddunly changed bis
mind.
After awhile the pain began to go
away, and Mnus felt as It he could
talk again. Mr, Gregg asked him a
good many questions, and Dually got
nut of him all the story of his coining-
"But you can't take a trip like
this every day," said Mr. Gregg.
"There won't be likely to be any
more dnys us bad as this," Linus
answered.
"Well, perhaps not. But it's a long
way to come, In the bust of weatlier.
Then he asked how uiuq.Ii rent
Linus' mother had to pay.
Linus told hlni, addlug that It was
low because very few people were
willing to live In such a lonely place.
Mr. Gregg looked thoughtful for
several minutes.
"Now look here!" ha said at last.
"I, too, have a house that In bard to
let, and those I do lot It to gener
ally tnanngo to cheat me out of a
good part of the rent. It's in the ell
of this store, so you oan know It's a
healthy location. I'll lot your moth
er have it for the bhiuo that she's pay
ing now. And I'll allow you two
dollars and a halt a week, though I
wasn't Intending to pay quite so
much. How Is that?"
"Bui do you moan I'm going to
hnve the situation?" stammered Lin
us. "Going to have it? Why, of course
you are. Haven't you worked bard
enough for It?"
"But there were a lot ot the boys
going to apply for It. You haven't
seen them yet?"
Mr. Gregg gave a poouliar smile,
"I'm not likely to see them to-day,
I reckon. The storm will keep theu
at home. And you stilt me; 1 should
have hired you anyway."
"I'll come," said Linus, and be
started toward the dour. "You said
Monday."
"Hold on!" commanded Mr.
Gregg. "I think I've got a pair of
snowshoes somewhere. I make., It a
point to keep a little of 'most every
thing In my store."
After a short search be found
them, and then ha brought a pair ot
mittens. "You can use the shoes till
the track Is broken out; It won't hurt
'em," he said.
At school It proved a great won
der how "that boy on the turnpike
got In at Gregg's." But Mr. Gregg
knows. "A boy with pluck like
that," he told his wife that night,
"is the kind that will be handy in a
pinch. I don't seem to have much
room at the store tor some boys, but
1 reckon there'll be room enough for
Linus." Boys' World.
Comforting.
A lady who bad recently moved to
the suburbs waa very fond of her first
brood ot chickens. Going out one
afternoon, she left the household la
charge ot her eight-year-old boy, The
youngster forgot the ohloks during
the storm, and was dismayed, after it
passed, to find that half of them had
been drowned. Though tearing the
wrath to come, he thought best to
make a clean breath oX the oalamity,
rather than leave It to be discover ad,
"Mamma," ho said, contritely,
when his mother bad returned
"Mamma, she of the ohlokeas are
dead."
"Dead!" cried his tt.eU.sr. "Six!
How did they die!"
The boy saw his chanoe.
"I think I think the died hap
py," he said. Harper's Weekly.
False Beliefs Cans Misoltief.
It a color-blind engine driver mis
takes a red signal for a white one at
an open drawbridge, the resulting ca
lamity Is as terrible to the trainload
ot passengers as If he had deliberate
ly defied a token of danger which he
read correctly. If one violates tho
civil law unconsciously, he is not ex
empt from legal penalities because ot
bis false sense of security. If there is
a flaw in the title of a man's home
stead, the home dweller can be driven
from the house mercilessly. No mat
ter what he paid for it; no matter
how much he Is attached to it; no
matter bow necessary It is to the com
fort or to the safety of himself or his
family. Ills oolor-blindness in read
ing the title does not make the fake
title a true one. Trumbull.
PunUhiuo.it to Fit the Crime.
When Congressman Small, of
North Carolina, was a youii lawyer,
he was argukag a oase before a ooun
try magistrate. "Why," said Mr,
Small, "the man at the bar, Jones,
would Just as soon kill me right here
before your face as not."
The old man slowly took out his
spectacles, put them en, and peered
over tb get a good look at the des
perate Jones. Then he pointed his
finger at him and said: "You, Bill
Jones, U you kill John If. Small here
Before me I'll fine you one dollar and
fifty cents for contempt ot court,
blame my zoul, it I don't!" Worn-tu-s
Home Companion.
For the
Vounger
Children.,.
MY BED SHOES.
.When 1 put on my black alioea
I'm nut a common girl,
And like to pluy with Jiiumle,
With my hair ull out of cm I.
Hut, when 1 wear my red alioea,
1 feel ao very grand
Aa if I were a luilv
With a knight to kias my hand.
I feel like aaving "pardon"
tllileiid of pint "rxeiiMe,
Ami curtM'itig 'atciwl of liou-inif.
When 1 wear my new red alioea.
1 think "f triilna ami pages,
Ami "many a gullniit hand"-
Of eouiae it'a very fniillli,
Hut perhaps you umleraliindt
-Louise McL'loy Horn, in Little Kolka
HOW BIRDS OF rni'JY HUNT.
The eye of the bird of prey Is prob
ably the moat perfect organ of sight
that exlsls, says a writer in the World
To-day.
Most marvelous of nil l the sight
which en a I) lei the owl to strike the
mouse in the darkness or to pursue
and rapture the bat which we can
scarcely see even In the early twi
light. Th4 talons of some ot the larger
birds of prey are extremely strong.
The feet ot the osprey make a splen
did flan trap, one from which no flsh
eau escape when once caught.
The great, curved talons of the
eagle are moBt effective, and are cer
tainly stronger than those of all oth
er birds. When they once close on
an object, the clutch Is so tight that
It can scarcely be loosened unless the
bird's leg be severed. The strong
claws are not only used In catching
food, but are used also In carrying
nesting material.
If, Instead of killing Its prey, a
species of bird Is accustomed to feed
on carrion, this change Is clearly re
flected In the wenker muscles of the
feet, and in the shorter and duller
claws.
Many people have thought that
buszards have an unusual sense of
smell that guides them over miles of
territory In search ot tood, but many
years ago It waa proved that sight' is
the principal factor in guiding the
bird of pley,
Audubon made careful experiments
with a black vulture. The dry, stuffed
skin of a deer which he placed out In
the Held soon attracted a vulture. Al
though there was no smell of fleBh,
and nothing eatable about It, the
bird lit and began tugging at the dry
skin. Later, when the same bird cir
cled over the field It espied a small
snake, not thloker than a man's fin
ger, and pounced upon It.
In another case the decayed car
cass of a bog was covered with brush
so that it was Invisible. It remained
undiscovered by the vultures that fre
quently passed over the place by ac
cident, although the stench was very
strong.
The sparrow hawk is perhaps the
best known of our birds of prey, as It
ranges through the entire country,
Contrary to what the name might
signify, this bird lives almost exclu
sively on Insects, except wheris such
food Is difficult to obtain.
Upon the treeless plains and bills
throughout the West It is a common
sight to see these little falcons beat
ing along over the waste, frequently
swerving upward in flight and coming
to a dead stop, as they hang sus
pended In the air with rapid wing
beats looking for prey. In localities
where grasshoppers are abundant.
these bawks will congregate and
(org themselves continually.
During the winter, about the San
Francisco Bay region where the Eng
lish sparrows are plentiful, the spar
row hawk sometimes eomes Into the
torn and captures a sparrow irom a
lock. The red-tailed hawk la often
called ehlcken hawk, but he does not
deserve the name. Many of the hawks
earry undeserved reputations.
In regions and In seasons, when
animal and Insect food is scarce, this
hawk will catch chickens and game
birds, but it lives mostly on mice and
shrews as well as frogs, snakes, liz
ards and Insects of various kinds. In
a prairie and hilly country, almost Its
entire food is squirrels, gophers,
meadow mice and rabbits.
Tho osprey Is one of our noblest
birds ot prey. He bunts about over
the rivers and lakes, living almost en
tirety on fish.
A flsh, as seen by one looking down
Into the water from above, Is vory de
ceptive owing to the refracted light.
When tbe fish seems to be a foot un
der the surface he Is often three or
four feet. But the osprey, hovering
over on poised wing, drops like a
plummet, often completely disappear
ing below the surface, and In spite
ot the rapidity with which a fish can
move this bird Is generally successful
In capturing It.
In tbe mountainous regions ot the
West one may occasionally see the
golden eagle bunting for his prey.
During the summer ot 1904 we made
several visits to the aerie of one of
these big birds and found that a very
large proportion ot the eagle's food
supply eonsisted of ground squirrels
with an occasional rabbit and quail.
On one trip we found the bodies of
four ground squirrels lying on the
rim of the nest.
The hills in many nlaees were per
forated with the burrows ot the
ground squirrels, and tbe eagles
seemed to have regular watch towers
50 the high rocks from which they
swooped down upon their quarry.
1 It were not for the birds of prey
about these hilly districts, the places
would soon be overrun with harmful
rodents.
As a family, tho owls are among
the most beneficial ot all birds, from
the economic standpoint of the agri
culturist. With few exceptions, the
owls are nocttirnul. Their eye and
ears are remarkably developed and
are keenest In the early hours of the
night and morning.
Many harmful rodents are most ac
tive In their search for food during
the night, and the owls aro the nat
ural check for this multitude. The
hunk hunts by day and the owl by
night, and the work of one supple
ments that of tho other.
THE MESMERIZED RING.
Attach a inaMSlvo gold ring to a
ill Ik thread about twelve Inches long
and fuMten I hi other end around tho
Joint m-ai-ext the null ot your right
forellnger. Allow the ring to bang
ubotit half nn inch uliovn the sur
face of the table, on which you rest
your elbow to steady your band.
Hold your linger horizontally, with
tho thumb thrown buck ss fur as pos
sible from thn rest of the band. If
there be nothing on the table the
ring will soon beeoino stationary.
Place some silver coin, three half do!-'
1 are will do, Immediately below the
ling and It will begin to oscillate to
and from you. Bring your thumb In
contact with your forefinger and ths
oscillations will become transverse
to their former swing. This may also
be affected by letting a girl take hold
of your disengaged hand. When the
transverse motion Is fnlrly established
let a boy take hold of the girl's dis
engaged hand and the ring will
change back to its former course. In
stead of silver you can suspend the
ring over your left forefinger with
similar results. Washington Star.
WATER-LOVING CAT.
A tabby tomcat which I have
reared from a kitten and which is
now nearly three years old possesses
more amicable characteristics and
paradoxical peculiarities than I have
ever known a cat to hnve before, and
I loved cats nil my life. He bathes
like a seal, having taught himself in
a sponge bath when about three
months old, and thoroughly enjoys s
romp with my big Labrador dog af
terward to get dry.
He Is a perfect demon for fledg
ling birds, walking all over the front
of the. Ivy-clad bouse and hooking
them from their nests, very often
pouching fourteen a day. Yet be lies
in the dining-room where a goldfinch,
a siskin and a linnet fly backward and
forward continuously, often brushing
close past bis head, and ot them be
Lever takes the slightest notice.
As I write he is mothering a' he
lated chick which was extracted from
Its shell by ourselves this morning,
the hen having left the nest with
twelve others. It is snuggling be
tween the cat's hind legs and peep
ing out between them most comical
ly. I must add that this cat has
never been beaten, or trained In any
way except by a quiet word. F. J.
Bulled, In London Spectator.
. HUNDREDS STOP TO STARS.
Playing "tag" on tho narrow cor
nice running around the seventeenth
story of the St. Paul Building, at
Broadway and Ann street, two offlee
boys had tho time of their lives, ap
parently oblivious of the crowds that
stood In The street below and gazed
up at them with fear and wonder.
Side stepping along the ledge, turn
ing sharp corners and In and out of
windows the dare-devil youngsters
scurried until there was danger of a
serious block In Broadway, and some
body telephoned to the superintend
eut of the building that the sidewalk
could not be used by pedestrians be
cause they were likely to be struck
by falling boys.
Then the game ended, and the pop
ulation of tbat part ot town heaved
a sigh of relief and went Its way.--New
York Herald.
A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
Two boys from Sabetha, Lloyd
Mosser and Lloyd Beegley, have Just
closed out at Abilene a quilting fac
tory, with which they have started
their way to college. They began
last fall, and made exhibits at tbe
fairs. They aroused much Interest
among tbe women of tbe community,
and quilted over five hundred quilts.
Some ot the quilts were very interest
ing, one having been made during
the war and never put together. It
was a visit ot much Interest for the
women who came to Abilene when
they called on the "qullter boys," as
the two young men were generally
named. The- walls ot their rooms
were covered with quilts and the
varied figures were novel and unique.
Kansas City Journal.
The wife of Wu Ting Fang, for
mer minister from China to the
United States, has Just paid the cost
ot building a large and fine hoaplttl
in Hongkong.
j Farm Topics 5
FOR THE FARM REPAIR SHOP.
Strips of wet rawhide are very con
venient to repair broken woodwork,
tools or chairs. American Cultivator.
NAME HELPS SALES.
Give tho farm a name and stencil
It upon nil the packages sent out.
Such a plun Is a good business policy
and will help sell the produce. Bos
ton Cultivator.
CHICKEN EATINO HOGS.
To effectually break hogs of the.
habit of eating chickens, thoroughly
saturate, or rather sprinkle a dead
chicken with cnyenno pepper or chill
popper and let them cat It. If this
does not help If, nothing will help, un
less you cut off their talis J nut be
hind their ears. Paul Kantz
CARROTS FOR STOCK.
Tho value of carrots will be made
manifest to any parson who has nev
er used them In winter If they will
procure a few bushels and focd thetu
to borne and cows. These animals
Will leave all other foods for the car
rots. They need Hot be cooked, but
should be sliced, with a little salt
prlnkled over them, Agricultural
Epltomlst, 1... ' ,
TO KEEP FLIES OFF.
Take a cup of clean lard and mix
enough pine tar with It to be a good
black; then take a small lirueh and
give your horses a good rubbing with
tbe brush, using the tar and brush.
The (lies will not bothnr the animal
while tbe odor ot tar remains on the
legs or other exposed parts of tbe ani
mal. This Is reliable. M. A. More
head, GRADES OF BUTTER.
There are many grades of butter
on the market, and It may be safely
stated that hundreds of farmers'
wives do not know how to make good
butter. Each one has some method
ical manner of performing the work,
learning nothing and Increasing tbe
cost of labor, only to put on the mar
ket an article to be sold at a low
price because buyers will not take it
as long as they can get something
better.
MILKING.
Cows that are Imperfectly soiAked,
from whatever cause, either tareless
ness or Imperfect milking from the
fault of the milker, or from tbe dif
ficult task by reason of the anatom
ical construction of the udder, are
converted Into worthless animals.
The milk that remains In the adder
from imperfect milking Is that which
is held by tbe small pouches or milk
vesicles high tip in the bag, and will
form a curd that will excite inflam
mation and destroy the secreting
function of Its mucous lining, or
cause the adhesive and eomptcte
closure of the cavity or pouth.--
W. R. Gilbert.
FLOOD GATE.
To make a flood-gate which is nut
always washing away make eut
1x4 Inah stuff any length that I
handiest and four feet high fm
It well aad drive posts sft M
bottom ot the ereek and stela
them at the bottom to those
posts then drive two or tfexoe
lean them p against and whea thai
drift strikes It, It will knock dwa
and go over it; then when tho voter
goes down all you havo to do la go
and lift it bask up. B. i. Mottaad,
Elm Springs, Ark.
PROVIDE GREEN FOOfi.
If your birds must bo yarded at
this time of year, see tbat plenty ot
green food Is supplied. It aids la
keeping fowls In a thrifty condition
and eonsequently more and tetter
eggs aro secured. Also, an abund
ance of greens goes a long way to
ward cutting down the grain feed
bill.
Weeds are always plentiful at this
season ot the year; pull some up and
throw them Into the poultry jaxd.
They are not quite so ex-lienl as
vegetables, but they will serve the
purpose in the absence of anything
bettor and when thus used equalize
to some extent the loss their growth
In the garden cost you.
TURKEY TALK.
Turkey hens make better soothers
for poults than do chicken heua be
cause chicken mothers do not usually
teach the youngsters to roaa and
forage as they should. '
. Economizing by giving the best
mora eggs than ahe can properly cov
er Is a most excellent kind of laiso
economy. It don't pay.
Keep a close look out for vermin
on both old hen and young. Poults
cannot thrive and develop properly
when afflicted with these pests.
Keep young turkeys warm and dry
the first few Veeks. Wet and damp
ness are very fatal to young tarts. 1
"Fussing" pays with young pouIU.
Be careful to protect them from
storms and sudden showers, also
from wet or dewladen crassw.
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