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Show Indifferent, is it any wonder,, get little good help. In the city, eirB activity and intelligence generally command com-mand nearly what they are worth. They are just as essential on the fana as anywhere. Changing Kgg. ' One of the practices among fanners is changing eggs with each other in order or-der to avoid in-breeding. In the first I place, tho eggs themselves are a risk, I as no ono can tell what they may produce, pro-duce, perhaps no two chicks from them being alike and no breeding of value in the stock. In the next place, the changing of eggs makes the flocks in a community all of ono blood, so that nothing can bo gained by the practice after it has been persisted in for a while. Get pure-bred males from some source, or eggs from some breeder of pure breeds. If you must cross, do it correctly. ' Do not waste time in the attempt to better your flock by chang-1"SJ chang-1"SJ eggs for some nondescript stock that has no merit nor possesses any advantage. ad-vantage. To improve a flock, ono should know the kind of stock ho is using, us-ing, and what can bo expected from it. The changing of eggs is a practice usually usu-ally pursued by those who do not know the value nf the breeds, and such persons per-sons should not lw encournged. liroad Tire. The broad-tired wagons of forty years ago are coming into fashion again. They save roads greatly, and in some places there is a robato on the toll a very proper thing whore they are used. About the only draw-back to them is that on slippery mud roads, such as occur after a light shower, they slide around too much when the surface Is not level. On fields and meadows they are much to bo preferred preferr-ed to tho common narrow tires, which cut up the soil. Illiterate r'armera. r There are few illiterate farmers who succeed, but when one such does, it will bo found that he is chock full of mother wit, alias common sense, nlias science; and such men are successful because they can't help it. It is quiU edifying to watch sharp-eyed farmer, who can neither rend nor write, jog. ging along through life gathering up dollars at every turn. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. HEN HOUSES MAY BE CHEAP , YET COOD ENOUGH. 4 Woman' Opinion on tha Suldert A Good Rerloe for Whitewash--Not. Ion l'lant and How to Kill Themllouie Mutter. ( heap Hen I!oiie. Costly hen-houses nro very nice, I suppose, and to be desired when your pocket will admit of it, writes a practical prac-tical . man in the Kural Home, but ny object is to show how some farmer's farm-er's wife liko myself, can keep a small lock of hens with profit, and very small jutluy outside the resources found on ;very farm. My hen-house is just one-half of the building erected for a pig-pen; it is partitioned par-titioned off and boarded up separate 'rom tho part occupied by tho hogs; it s small and I never try to keep a large lock. It is tilled between the studs vith sawdust, and covered overhead vith the same. It has ono south and me east window, both small, having fnch six lights of seven by nine glass. Ml the 'fixings'' inside is an old pan orinerly used to boil maple sap: it is lbout six feet by three, and is filled with road dust, wood ashes, and a iinall admixture of slacked lime, and is )f great value as a dust box. Besides '.his there are three or four common "store" boxes nailed on tho walls for lests, (we never need traps to catch ihe eggs , and keep the hens from eat-ng eat-ng them) and some three by four icantling for roosts. Contrary to all established rules, this ion-house is never cleaned more than nre during tho winter, sometimes not sven once. Kvery few days they are jiven a light scattering of straw or haft", and when this begins to get damp )r dirty, more is thrown on the top. Their feed is thrown into this, making t necessary for them to scratch for heir living, which is tho first and most inportant requisite of success. Their jests are filled with cedar boughs in-itcad in-itcad of straw, and we have found this s a sure exterminator of lice. We give hem as much of a variety of feed ns lossible, sometimes hnin, shorts or nci',1, wet with warm water, or better it.ill, with tho liquid meat lias been Hairy rointfr. Bo sure and keep your finger nailt short, always. Never wet your fingers whi'o milking, milk-ing, especially with milk. Sell your kicking cow to tho butchery she has no valuo in tho dairy. Never drive a cow nor a fattening stoer faster than a slow walk. You have no use for a dog on a dairy farm, except it bo a well trained collio. A oaUlo chain or a strap with a snap is a better tio than the old-fashioned stanchion. A warm and comfortable stable will save food, and straw or dry leaves are softer than oak plank. In cold weather take tho chill from tho water you use in messing cowsj they will liko it better. Remembr thtit a cow is like a closet or cupboard; you c'-.n tuke nothing out unless you put something in. Handle your heifers every day and make them gentle; it will save much trouble when they become fresh. I'o -yssr .cow.iS in heat, present the malo as soon as possible, and separate her for that day from the heard. Give your cows a tablospoonful of salt oneo a day in their mess of mill-feed: mill-feed: it will keep them in good health. If you want tho best results from your cows feed thorn all they can assimilate as-similate and digest, but remember it takes close watching to reach that point. Have all your milking apparatus scrupulously clean; milk being a futty substance you may need pure soap in the cleaning; use scalding hot water afterwards. A milker wh can use only ono hand at a time, or who will milk with thumb and finger, never should bo entrusted with a cow either in a largo dairy or in a private stablo. Household Hint. Uso turpentine and machine oil to polish your sowing machine, and rub briskly. Uso flannel to wash tho children with in winter, and they will bo good-na. tured while bathing. When suffering from overstrained and tired eyes, bathe them in hot water several times a day. It is never safe to remove wool stockings stock-ings from an infant till it has missed iu )oilcd in, if not very salt; sometimes :orn, barley or oals. All tho egg shells used during tho itimmer, when the hens have free run, ire saved nnd fed in winter, with a narked influence on egg production; nit better yet is tho saving of all liv-rs, liv-rs, hearts, and refuse scraps of meat, vhich our neighbors food to their dogs, or the hens. A little mess of this nee or twice a week will mako them ay bravely, and never think of eating 41 egg. Warm water is better than ,old, and warm milk either sweet or our, bettor than either. A feed once r twice a week of chopped cabbage eaves, (the loose outside ones, that are lover cooked) onion tops, apples, jroken or burned bones, etc., help reatly and costs nothing but a little fork. When I cannot get gravel andily, I food finely pounded crockery nd find it answers every purposo. A'ith such treatment our hens lay .plendidly, with tho mercury many do-froes do-froes bolow zero, for this is a cold winter even for Canada. A Recipe lor Whitewash. A recipo for whitewash, suitable for ut-buildings on a farm, something .hat will not rub off and not injure ;roes, can bo tinted: For ono barrel if color wash use half a bushel whito .imo, throo pecks hydraulic cement, ;en pounds umber, ten pounds ochre, me pound Venetian red, one-quarter pound lamp black. Slake tho lime, jut tho lamp black with vinegar and mix well together; then add tho cement ce-ment and fill tho barrel with water. Let it stand twelve hours before using, and stir it frequently whilo putting it on. Humus In the Moll. Almost all farmers know the value of humus or vegetable mold in the soil. Often they hold exaggerated ideas Of its importance. It is not of itself necessarily an evidence of great fertility, because it may lack, and in some localities generally does lack, the needed mineral elements for making crops of grain and grass. But where humus is abundant, tho complete fertility fer-tility that is wanted may bo easily supplied by tho uso of the needed mineral fertilizer, potash or phosphate, one or both. "second summer,'' or cut its canine teeth. Bent whalebones may bo restored to shapo by soaking them iu warm watoi a few hours, or by 'warming over a lamr. or fire. Hands may bo kept smooth in cold weather by avoiding the use of warm water. Wash them with cold water and soap. Cold water may bo drank freely in all fevers, except when the fever i connected with lung troubles, and in such eases it might chill tho patient. It is wonderful how often a case of stomaehic trouble will yield when the feet are eovered with wool hose and a ' woolen bandage worn over tho abdomen. abdo-men. To strengthen tho hair, dissolve an ounce of borax and ono ounce of cam. phor in two quarts of water. Wash the hair with this twice a week, clipping clip-ping the ends occasionally. Keep the back, especially between the shoulder blades, well covered; also the chest well protected. In sleeping in a cold room establish the habit ol breathing through tho nose, and never 'with the) mouth open. , f ; One who writes' as with authority j upon improving thet complexion, re-j re-j commends bathing tho face at nigh' I with .water as hot as it can bo borne, followed by a quick dab. of cold water and drying with a .soft towel. If tiifl water is hard it can be softened with a few drops of ammonia or ' a, liti bora. Wild 1'lant. Wild carrot is another bad weed I which unless treated rightly, becomes a permanent nuisance. This is a biennial bien-nial plant and seeds tho second year. Wild mustard is a similar plant, and for all such weeds tho best way is cutting them, if in grass land, before tho flower appears and again later when new flowers will appear, so ns to prevent seeding, will entirely rid the land of these and other similar woods In two years. To cut, or otherwise prevent the seeding of annual woods, will get rid of them in one year, excepting ex-cepting such as will hereafter grow from other seeds in the soil that may bo turned up by the plow. (.rowing New Vurictlr nf Corn. The false ears of corn that sometimes nppenr on the ends of tho stalks among the tassels possess individual peculiarities pecul-iarities of their own. If planted, they will produce new varieties, whilo the grain grows regularly on the stalk follows, unless it has been crossed by somo other variety, the parent seed. When tho com crop is a goofi ono, these tassel cars should bo planted,, as they will produce better sorts. When,, it is a poor one tho seedling will bi inferior. I'ay What. I aoor I Worth. Yhe complaint that the smartest and most active young men prefer work in cities is largely the fault of farmers. If they pay so much a month, with per-b.up per-b.up t-' r $3 variation to good, bad or |