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Show r. I ''i'fti v T- -- L 'J. C sJ ENLARGING A BARN. Uinta for Farmrrs M ho Wish to Go -- ! pi uggedv, it b clean cotton wool, the milk may be kept for days, vea, weeks without in the least turnin' sour, even during the warmest summer vv wither. If the plug be removed for a minute or so, and then replaced, the milk will gradually lose its sweetness, thus conclearly showing that unf.Itered tains something that, if permitted to teach the milk, has the remarkable and perj lower of causing souring, haps other changes, to take place in it. Now, what is in the air that possesses e.' h potent influences upon the keeping projxrties of milk? Again an experiment will lest answer this question. If a covered and stu ilized dish containing a layer of nutritive gelatine be exposed to the air, either indoors or in the ojicn, for, sav a minute, there will fall upon, the bin face of the jelly minute particles of dust, together with ext i elm 1) mi u ate spm s of molds, and sl.ll mi le minute Lv leg j ai t k of o . .fere li t eolleeliielv h..oun as baeteiia. l!y covering the dish ;u d keeping it at a suitable ti mp ral ure, there will appear w itliin hoars or less upon the clear surface of the jolly a iuiiiiIkt of specks, each of which represents a colony of bacteria tl at has risen by rapid multiplication from a tingle germ that originally settled on the. jelly when the dish was exposed to the air. Immediately mdk is drawn from the eow it is subject to this kind (if ontamination. bacteria of different kinds and the spores of molds art' constantly falling iq.cn it, and the freshly drawn milk provides an favorable, medium for the growth and development of these fungal organisms. Milk is unfortunately, a ready vehicle for the transmission of genus that give rise to more or less serious ailments in consumers of milk. Typhoid, tuberculosis, diphtheria and scarlet fever may lie mentioned as dangerous diseases that are too frequently disseminated by milk. In most eases the contamination comes from without, but there are eases where the milk is germ-ladebefore it leaves the milk gland of the animal. It is stated on high authority that a large number of milch cows suffer from tuberculosis udder, and it is needless to say that i neh a state of a (fairs is a continuous soul co f danger to the public health. ar In the Dairy Business. end nrn can lx? cheaply charged into a dairy barn of large capnelty, by employ Lug such a plan jus that show n in the persjx dive view Fig1. 1. Two wings, with shod A common n xabli?. Veptii.UiaU 9 ea.-il- j- . and manure, returned in the same way. th best, way t) market produce and get fertilizers was by hauling with hordes, and this iceessitaies good macadamized or loame.l roads. Brouklyn Eagle. I ARTISTIC ENTRANCE. A Suggestion for a Driveway Which Is Pleasing to the Rye. illustration The accompanying' shows an unusual, but artistic, form of entrance driveway. The highway is separated from the adjoining grounds XS rf I , ' "VGf Nj 9 4" ' ! $ b roofs, r.rc extended out at right angles vide of the old Ixim atone on'-The 'interior arm; prement is end. .shown in the I'm r plan Tig. hk A car, with a Ir.ick, is arranged for Hie feed floor and the feeding alley in front of the cow ,. A double silo, grain room and calf pens, with lol'ls over them, occupy one side of the Lnrn proper, w hile calf jx'iis and a hay l.ay occupy tiie other tide. from c GROUND PLAN OF IiARN. mainThus the main barn is d ly for the storing of feed, while 1 lie addition is given up to the stalls. The c ense of such a plan will ho very much has than wi aid he entailed hy the luiildiiigof a now barn, or even a lei etheiiing of the old one. while the plan shown; Lerow ith gives a much more tonveiiiont arrangement than eonld otherwise he hal. Orange Judd Tanner. WATERING THE COWS. All Important Task That Is Too Often Netdcrled hy Dairymen, I do not mean to ad vocal e t lie practice of hr! lie in .y the milk into contact to with t lie puieg pout , ut I ib v a ion Herat for icriiiis ci.e, prosu.l point too ef'iiu ignored in caring for the Cows. Ordinary milk Las aln.iitsT per cent, watir in it makeup, and in spite of all t li:s may e said n to the value oT proper fix ding it is a self evident fael that v. ithoiit a pioper supply of water it T ir.,pi sihle tor the cow to give the usual amount of milk. .Nevertheless it is not sudieiently understood Unit tie row should have water of the right hind, in .1 at. the right times. We have ften. seen cows come up front the pasture where there was a running slreiu.i that they had to pass ontheirway up and the first tilingwasthey to did afiergittii g into the vaid mahest raig'ln for the pump trough. The reason of this was because the water in the trough w,.,- - more palatable to the cows than the branch v at or. Whether we want to or not, if we are successful in the dairy business, we must lonsult ho small a t.hingas the taste of the cow s, and if they prefer pump water to branch water must give it to them. It is absolutely essential to the highest pmduetion of milk that the cow have all the water she wants, and this she will not have if the water does not suit 1 v X v. x - - So dont turn away f The icret. n; , ARTISTIC FARM ENTRANCE. o up-tc-dal- by a bodge, the opening through which Ls Hanked at one side by a tree, and on the other by a huge bounder, both objects which are entirely harmonious with the landseajie and with nature generally something that cannot be said cf all the bounds to driveway entrances that one sees. If one has a name for his place, it can very appropriately be cut upon the outer face of the lxrwlder. The same arrangement could be used very effectively for a footpath entrance. In this case, the bmi lder may not occupy so much ground space, but have an equal height with the bowlder suited for a carriage entrance. American Agriculturist. PAT AND HIS STRIPED PONY. Joke That the Irishman Two Days Cost in the Guardhouse, An amusing incident is reported from one of the military posts in the far vv est, the chief actors in which were a Chinaman, several cowboys, Indians and a soldier or two. The post was quite, close to the headquarters of the Indian agent, who ranked as major, and as the ofileers of the regiment and the officials of Hie agency were friendly, interchanges of hospitality were freVALUABLE TESTIMONY. quent, not only among the masters, Long Island Farmers Don't Regret Money but among the men. The regiment Spent for Good Roads. also posseicd a heathen Chinese cook The total Tue of bmuls m Queens who was given to visiting a brother county within the past three vear.s, celestial Iio superintended the and liefore the present improvement-arrangt meats of the agent, and were provided for, for roads and one night the dwellers of the agency bridges on account of the county and were mightily surprised to see Yvun towns, amounted to over $1,300,000. Of Lung come cantering over from the post f are county to pay Ins regular visit to Cee NYo. this sum, about bonds and the balance are bonds i&ued Tl9 g ight cf a Chinaman on pony-bac- k was so rare as to attract much by the various tow ns. The intercs! on these bonds is in the attention, and the fact that the pony in cayuse neighborhood of $10,000,(;u0 a year. The question was a little question is, has it. been a go. d invest- caused the dev il to enter into the Irishment for the taxpayers? A large, real man, who put in Ills time serving tlie estate owner at Lynbroolc says: "I agent and playing practical jokes. Soon .voted for the macadamized roads in our the cayuse was safely housed, and withtown and they have, proved a fine in- in a few minutes after the gentleman from tlie ilowery kingdom was seeking It. vva.s done most opporvestment. tunely, just a.s the bicycle came into Hie golden sunlight of the pipe dream. general use, and the Merrick road lias Then was Pats time, and taking a pot of black paint, lie proceeded to invest become a faunous route in consequence. In Hie first placa, it lias led to the in- the pony with a series of stripes which vestment of perhaps $100,000 in the would have made tlie best breed zebra county for road houses, improvements in South Africa turn green withsetenvy. out to old hotels, etc., and the best of it In the morning tlie Chinaman is all these investments have proven for the stable, but when he reached viewed the striped cayuse, liis exprofitable, atul there is every prospect indicated that, lie rather quesmore ns next pression of much of the investment, tioned tin quality of the brand of pipe acroad houses to and club in year, Then wheel- goods proffered him the night before. commodate! wheelmen. In the meantime Pat, taking advanmen spend an immense amount cf money in the town some say as much tage of a superstition existing among the Indians, liad told them that tlie as $10,00(1 in one day, during' the heigh of the season. The macadamized roads striped pony had come to them at last, have :ds encouraged carriage riding, eml was, in fact, in the stable at that anil made the town and country vastly v cry moment. The chief, a dozen bucks, and twice as many squaws nt once set more attractive in a?l res ects. out for Hu' amr.cy stable and appeared at an dealer Abrams, ovsier (apt. Hast. Hochaway, says 'that one of the on the scene just as the Chinaman v. as results of the macadamized roads i s standing at theliestable door and womb iwas asleep or awake. the carting of large quantities of oys- cing liwhether much majesty the chief entered ters direct to the city. When we have "Wit the stable and untied the pony and packed our oysters in sacks or barrels, to lead him away to the sacriiss.uyod taken them to the depot and paid the fice. a yell that discounted anyWith freight or expressuge upon them, there ev er credited in opera, song, story thing I is very little prolit; ut when we put reality, nr.d quickly brought bis them into our wagons and cart them or c count r;, mu t to his aid, the heathen (breet to our (imt. mersween make a into heathen .'ailed the equally ess." little money at, the ilili mnl in a, trice tlie two The farmers at Valley Stream and doubt-!, J e p Tgit her, liberated the pony roaiT Springfield say t lie tin' list of lbs w ay itomevi ard making have extended the market pt "denre-pVrli brad between bis heels to with several milts fti'dlier Irom the dozia or so ropes that w ere the oily, ai d have vastly helped the luisi-n- t t at bis retreating form. ss. "Wo can," said one, increase Th wo vwx.rrr-'- . of pigtails were getthe size of our load nearly ting ike worst of it very deeididly. and at the same time 'avc corsiih raid" when i.it j'ppi ared on the scene, and by d ii to the from round the time trip ai a pood deal of persuasion, coupled vv ith It is officially loporud lint the exercise of some city. bodily strength, nearly Ce.l'..,) iui rket-v- agon lords f s lien ided in separating the combattv were V,'e.ilaboiR vegetables rough! ants. market alone but veer. This will give Next morning the papers had scare some idea of the saving in time ami ov i r press dispatches describing a beads hem ilesii to the farmers Queens !.riat Indian outbreak, and the score emi aly. 1; ry of the in'erior win u Hint forenoon f the Tlaml Along the north tor full deiais. A total denial wa n of one of the in 'Erect if Ur good niiii'M, entered, ar.d when Tat had put a.!., lam re nFaiuffirmi nt of th in two the guard house as a li days market-vv;i i";rn, w h'ch fornnriv his hilarity, the whole ir-- i for i.",:il!y ran lot we. n Oyster T.ay ami v r.y stalent was forgotten. N'overhtet'ss tions to the elt.y. The w aeons and a like a hundredweight of the orses v, ere taken on the trn'n. ih"ulional archives at. Yv'asiiington concharge for the round tr'p King four tained the official eorresjKindt nee redollars. An av crave tram carried from lit ing io Pats painted pony. The S3 to 110 ,ur :uv, heMi"g about three Horseman. tons each. Vow the teens are driven As VsniiL direct to lie- - city, returning with a "Uvr.mo of your woman s dehat. Jexul of rri'ruin At a recent m, ring of the Tanners club, the is at tor was in- lat imr club? Wecouhln tfind "We had formally discuss'd in connection with Jus chairman and act would who ;t girl the freight rates of the Long Island t be rest of us talked. railroad. It, via the opinion cf the hiep Still ''Til' Phikulelnhi i North American. long-sufferin- o g accomplished- - MOW FOR qgr "T THE I i' jza j A!I.'' r 'r fx d'hsV. sV ov, df 'V jV i' Vi 'i v11, 'S'A' ' 7t VJV- Ct'1 t9 i'' "i (V5 4' v.. iV Vi' V;. 'Vi - 'Vi T HZ GOLD STANDARD eu-llna- ry n O Bij c7 3 i0 cRiish ii 1 C8 rm EunccninE fo?? TldO SIL 8 m Pi the I n CHAMPIONS The gold standard w ms low prices, low wages, hard times. The bimetallic standard me...:s good pric good wages, permanent prosperity for the producing classes. The Farm, Field and Fireside, A 32 to 40 Png-- Weekly Farm and Family Paper. 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C :l an r at Croat aiboiit bcnci rfcmiuanctsdx to this 1 Ordinary milk alters in eharaeier after Icing hiq t for some time, says American Tallyman. It usually loses its sweetie's and perfect fluidity, and becomes sound and curdled. The rapidity of tluse changes depends upon certain cirennisianees, the chief of width, how i or, a; pears to be b mper-atmMils, kept at or n btlle b, low blood heat seems to change veiy quick- PACi-vETf- 11 , v Mho Cases Out of Ten, Conies from Without, s , one-thir- IN MILK. 1 1 maea-dani'c- li v listou to the have detenniugd to publishers of the a opportnuitjc give the citizens of Nephi v. bea Lie a guml v,u,rk. ot helping to known the was it m;uie Republic was sturteil, l people that the intentions was ogive the citizens r. of J nub county a thorough Xo four page nonentity wouhl he launched upon a public, but a a eight page full (.f all happenings in newspaper . feci . I nab we atisfled, has been county. This, V LX' iitr milk-whit- e access to water frequently. A camel niav drink oi.ee in a week and thrive, hut a eow T not a camel by any means. She is using water all the time in inaldng milk, ami her reservoir is pot constructed to hold enough w ater for any length of time. If a eow is turned out of a winters morning to drink water from w hiohthe iee ha hem broken tint she will not drink nil she wants unless she has been parched ly thirst, ami then she will star t d "sunup with the cold chills running i o and ih'W n In r s pine and at the same Dme taking the feed she would othcrv be have turned into butter, and vsing it to warm the water she has just tilled IcTself wilii. National rntr.m!n.V!nn, lmfe e ono-hal- 1 THE CHANGES 1 s h-- 1hnt V TO SAY TO J vv c her taste. It is aho important cue a ujord n tit-e- ! Si 4 f- - of enlarged perspective view EARN. HJe i id 1 i 6 farmers present that, until market produce could lie carried ,y t rot ley ears . 1 Iirch v mar- - f. . . lee- - I 'fit' . i . 111.1,1 s y d . re-ai- i b.-ei- i . 1 a e. 7 i f 1 r REPUBLIC PUB. CO. - ly. 'I hat u favorable tempt ratline alone cannot produce the chances referred to may be proved by the following x; 'Tiiu-ritsays biologist Houston, of England: If milk be drawn direct from the udder into nhe sterilized vessel, extreme, care leing token to prevent even tlte (slightest eon.Uiminu-tion- , and Hie month of the veesel vv , . todi.-bon- d. , Mop hi City; Utahi |