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Show ' the sHcnwooo rowt.3. Xm Illatlralxl li.-tlpllna .r Thll Callad nw tlrrl That no called now breol the Khr wooila la In joint r f foct not a recent production aa they originated aome rorty yeara ao on a farm In Vlrglnlt known aa the Sherwood, i arm Journal glrcl their blatory aa followai About It) there waa tntro'lnced among tho itock bml on thla farm m pure w kilo gamra from Ueorgla. During He period of twenty yean thcao whlla guneaand ttrtiwooD rowiA their progeny were allowed lo run ftt liberty on tba farm, Intercroaalng with tho itock or Ujchln Chlnai and light Urahin&a. Tlie game cockt Ulng more couragcont than the Cocblna arfl Urah mu tba cockacf the latter breed were af IT aome yeara entirely removed ln inccced ng years tho wnlU cockafrotn thcao croaac wero aelcctcl for Lrcdlng with view of firing their cbaracur-btlca cbaracur-btlca In an eeUUWied IrccL Tl e Blnrwoo.lt derive from their light llrahma or Aalatlo lannUge, a heavy loly, but are ahorter In leg n! h-ivo toiler breaaU They are attllah Hnla, wlthclaM,compactbllco. Thtlryelliw tllla, erect comba of medium aire, 1 right rcl carlohca whIU tlumage, with yellow Irga lightly feathered to tl a outal lo toe, give tl em an attractive an- tcarance. Their feathers are not flnffy, iiit are cloae llko games. They en lore lha col 1 weather better than tl e iatlca or other fowls of enual ilia. The young chick are alehardy They grow ra 11 ly, mature early, an 1 are fit for broilers at lh age or 13 to 11 week. Theyare of eicellenl quality for talilo naa. Tho Plicrwoods are carvfnl mothers ami tractable to I an lie They are prolluo egg rodocera an 1 the egga are or Urge Hie and fine flavor an 1 goal qnillty f r let,, Tliey are or pml ilie the cocks weighing like lo ten poun Is and the bent aarcn to eight pounds each. i araMf4l ft Mahlag I A IVninjleanU correapon lent In Suuthern tannhaatherollowiogto aay on tie subject of succnuful hay making The I roir time to begin cnttlag luy Is daring tlelatteriartorJune. ThegraM I wtdch contains ronatclorerahouM be cat (Int. Thoinoatcf ourbayUcutaimva as pnealblo after the wheat Is cot at that Is an excellent it-nion tor coring hiy The mower ihont 1 be started abo it I ocl ck p. in. and kept going until night. All hay that Is loo heavy to dry or lUeir ahoull be tnrned or shaken nptirror dinner time the neit day Ilr I o clock, or aoi n after, tho liay will to ready to rake op and haul to tha barn. If the hay uoea not a to be dryanoaih wlnai raknl ll ilwuld bo alio yred to tun 1 for a raw mlnntea, a all damp I ay is turned op, and It will soon dry If hay la pit up In thla way, It will not be necewtry to ipiod racioua time lu cocking It up, and a Urge amount can be put op In c cellenl condition. UayahonlJnulbecut atter oaU are rlo. lie I f containing the moat clover tliiulj be atored away In a lenarata Iro ror the cowa. Tlien It can bo obulued ror nae or ror market The hay containing no clovir may l allowe.1 lo itand longer ir lntcnclo.1 ror lumea, bol will be wasted by the cowa, Tlda la the manner In which oar liay was cared last year an I we I ate t o Ironl le In selling It, w hlle others can I ar Uy dl. piMor tlclraatalL Hay shoul I never be Hacked at, by dolngthlt, there IsagrcAtainounlipuled ai 1 It Is dlfllcult lo srjierate tl .IUI I ay from the good hay 1 en we have haythalliiaMttu oar own taites, at this llino i f the ) ear, we may U lure wo have liay that tho cows will a predate and thai we lure Uvn snecetaf ui as far u hay making it concerned. I area Kelei. Tie wraael It the mortal enemy cf mice, rata ai 1 gut hers, ll It claimed that i no weasel III In a short tints clean a ten acre lot cf go I era. Any green cror inch as clover, gnat an I llcl I peas, can bo med (or etuilage, tnt In Ibis country the great cu.II.jo crop Is Indian corn. The agricultural commWlonercKlcor. gla calls attention to tie fact that the cnttor bean It a deadly poUon lo loraet ai 1 mule when oaten In any quantity A rw sound aved are rather benellclal than oil erwln, but when the seed are nnderi,olngdcoinlilonllo i,Ucn Is i r such a character us to pnIuc duth in a very short lime. The American Agriculturist alvlwa whtn 11 vat crop du.e i ot rvculw well to be liarvnted In the nsual way by reaping reap-ing aid blndlig to cut It earlier, the mu e as gra, lako up in light windrows an 1 aa aoon aa dry stow away In tho mow This makes flr.t rato hay for cou sand calves. I Tlie plan of reeding grain to mllcli cows at all season l( Intelligently car lied out la one or the moat i rentable methods In the dairy A corrcrpon l.nt tells In The Amerl can Cultliator tint thg dairyman to get tlie beat winter liay, cuU his grass U rore It has headed or bloswmed. tixiclnslons arrltr.1 at and reportd by tho Bcuth Dikota station on cut ttonns In corn are that In gar lens I and Ilrllugand repelling uj.uts Ilk lime, athi,sx)t etc aroorvaluoln tha or-deriamed. or-deriamed. In del Is burning off, abao. latt ly clean culture (this Inclu lw mlllit raising) and s) ring lowing ara the best measures as yet kuowu Unleache.la.lrs an 1 raw bone floor make, In Tl e llural New UrkeriNlI matlon the lwt Urosslng for lawns. It U reported that then are from one and a half to two lulllluna leas I ogs in Ihe com i rudncjng slates than but jear llleglptelai, I Uy eipirlince in tying up eel rrin inpers Is not tl e l.'.t, aays a Itnral New oik.rcorrrsmdent, as it beatsand tho tl e centers rot too mnch In v, an i wrath er Ulanol ing It wl h u Uich boards Is I tl e most satl.factory to t ie, II tl Ccl ery planU are act five inchoa ln tl e row t e rawsbelngilgl tn inch aurt and ' t e boards are t upright uu each side or tl a row the celery will come out In ,ood , edible shape lu a (w daj a, |