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Show H HOUSE OF SIX ROOMS. H Welt Arranged Structure at Compara- H tlvely Small Cost. H An excellent plnn for a six-room M houso la shown in tho accompanying H sketches. Tho roomB are of good slzo, M and tho plan Is exceptionally well ar- H rangod,' being very compact and ceo- H nomlcnl. The cellar stairs go down H from tho kitchen under tho main front H stairs; thoro Is an outside cntranco on H the landing at tho ground level. Tho H oxtcrlor Is very neat and satisfying) fl and tho house Is a popular one.' It 1b m well (Inlshod In natural woods fl throughout. Tho dlmonslons are as M 'follows: Width, 31 feet 6 Inches; H length, Including veranda, 41 fcot C B Inches. Colling heights: Basement, 7 M foot; first htory, 9 feet C inches; sec- Hfl ond story, 0 feet. Cost, Including M plumbing and furnaco heat, $2,400 to H RC00. M Feeding Bran; Curing a Kicker. H A. S. 1. What Is tho best mothod M of feeding bran to milch cows? What M is tho best method of curing a heifer M of kicking whllo sho Is being milked? M Many dairymen prefer to feed bran M in tho form of mash, but feeding ox- M porlments provo that thoro Is little or H no advantngo in adding wator ovor m foodlng it dry. A very good uso can H bo mado of bran by mixing It with on- H silngo, pulpod roots or cut hay. If fed H with cut hay it Is woll to moisten tho H mlxturo so that tho bran will ndhcro M to tho coarser food and not bo blown M out of tho margin or inhaled by tho M animals. M 2. A good way to euro a kicking fl cow is to nttach a short chain, with a H ring in tho end to tho rack or 1 stanchion framo; put a hook In each M end of n ropo and a ring eighteen m Inches from ono end. Put tho rope H around tho left hind leg nbovo tho H hock and hooic it in tho ring and draw H tho leg forward until tho foot is raised H from tho floor and nook It in tho H chnln. I2prt-ptrtr-4Jio ropo below tho H hockjjfTor sho can MJion knock tho H t0 ovcr 1,y GW,ni" hor toot. A J .- jy-"cbw cannot kick with this tacklo on K her and sho will soon give up trying. ' Sho should bo handled quietly. p M . Fertllsr For Clover. 13. A. W.-K wish to enrich a pteco ' of land and cYnnot obtain jnrd ma- S nuro; wouliLWbo lktteit, to fyply nrT T Ctlflclal fortifuoAor tji grow clover and' K plotigir tho croft under? H . It tho land Is sufliciently rich - to H grow a fair crop of clover wo should H assuredly ndvlso tho course you speak H of to improve it. Tho first cutting of H clovor may bo mado into liny, turning H tho second growth under nt tho close H of tho soason. If, however, tho soil Is H vary poor and tho growth of clover H will, unaided, bo but thin and meager, H it would certainly bo profitable to ap- H ply a sufficiency of a sultablo fertilizer H to givo tho clovor a good start. For H this purpose, nothing could bo hotter H than wood ashes, say, at tho rate of H 25 to CO bushels per acre, .lightly Hk. ploughed undor; or, better still, liar- H rowed In Just beforo seeding. A good H substltuto for wood ashes could bo H mado as follows: Muttato of potash, H 100 lbs.; superphosphato, 300 lbs.; np- H plied at tho rato of, say, 200 to 300 H lbs. per ncro. As a green crop for H plowing under, probably tho best will f- bo found to bo common red clover, H - v sown at tho rato of 8 to 10 lbs. por H Improving a Pasture. H W. W. II. I hnvo n new pasturo In H which thoro Is a strip where tho seed- H lng did not catch woll. Could I scat- H tor some more seed on this in tho H spring as to havo It fit for pasturo by H tho 25th of Juno If so, what would H bo tho best kind of grass to uso? H You can hardly hnvo much of a H pasturo by tho 25th of Juno, but you H can pick tip your pasturo as you sug- V gbst by broadcast hu: more scod ovor H tho vacant strip. If tho seed Is sown H as tho frost is coming out of tho H ground, it will bo sufficiently covored H. without harrowing; hut. If tho ground H is very heavy and It is impossiblo to H do so, n stroke with a light hnrrow H boforo soodlng, followed with a roller H afterwards, will causo tho scod to H start at onco. For permanently improv- H lng your pasturo, I should mako a mix- H turo for this baro strip in tho follow- H lng proportion per aero: Timothy, 12 H lbs.; Rod Clovor, 8 lbs.; Hungarian H grass or Gorman mlllot, 10 lbs. Tho H timothy nnd clovef will pormanonly H improve tho pasture, and tho mlllot, H which is an annual, will givo a crop B- tho first yoar. |