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Show HUSK1NQ FIELD CORN. OpUlan- I ipr-.--l by Atnrlr-ti A T I -.!-lurlil on n fcul-J.rl nt fin-r.l Mlrrt. Wlthglovei a man cauimt hnsk com so fast Aswttlinttt them, and ho cannot htuk to fast In DoosiiiUt or Jsnuiiry, when his bare finftrs will often be nnmb, m ho ctn lu November, win n the weath r U mow kyrreablo and tu days nro longer. The earlier the tars are jtnth-ered jtnth-ered the earlier the cattlo can bo put in tho fit Id, and the more und better feed theywtll Kt. When two men am at work it Is best to drive over ft mw, each man taking his tunionthe "down row." The nor should I uiuxsled, nut on hc-count hc-count of tho com limy or but Wnmo they vrwio it Wlieu there aro two men at work have two wagons, then one mm cairtinsk while tho other puts thn load In tbu crib. If the man rcinutuluie In tho field ttirowa tho corn on tho grnmid It must bo handled again and thus effort fit wited. Whtn one man Mathers let him take twoor throe ron s on tha left tide of thu waxon (ualaw be Islof t handed), driving driv-ing over tho last row husked. Ilo should haven high axtr.t board on tho sblo of the wagon farthest from him. Tvery wagon used In gathering corn should bo fitted with ascooplnff tabloon tho tear. Tho l-et snhfttltuU for thKNnloanl four fe"t long aud wldsr lhau tho ecoop, rne end reallutc. ou tho rear end jfntu and the other on thu bottom of the bed. Borne men are much focter haskers thsu others, and Oils Is larifly owln to the better wny In which they yravp tho ear. If the corn t to stand In tiio crib for sonm tlioe tho silk ahouU bo tnkeu uft a well as the hnsk. Tho silk favors mice t,nd mold moro tlun tho husk, aud dctrai'ta much from the appearance of tlieiMr. If the silk U to be reuioved i;rs-p the ear at thu polut with the left hands pull back tho husk with tho right hand) catch the point of the ear with tho S.1UI0 hand; shore tho loft htnd, Ifrs-pinz the silk and under hmk, to tho butt of tiro ear, and break oft tho ear by n quick upward movement of the rluhL hand. The movement of the ritfht htnd Uirk to tho point of the ear, aud of tin Mt hund from tho iottit of tho eur to tho butt, tin bo tnade almost slmul-taneoUKly, slmul-taneoUKly, Hotno men can easily crib fie bushels jr honr, lnuklntf In thli wny corn that yield furty biuhtl (hcileil)lo tho acre. When occailoual silks aud husks adhering to the tars am allowable, as they ore whan tho corn I to U fel la n short time, tho Ut plan Is to grasp tho butt of tho ear firmly with tho left hind) strip back with thu right hand, tho hutlcv towsrd Itj grasp the ear about Us middle with thu rlyht ban J, and by a quick upward jerk lilt It out of tho remain lug bask und .break it off. Miny prefer ft steel or bono busking Iietf, slUhtly curved In front of tho land. It should be half an luch broad, eUo It 1U bllstrr orcallom thohaud. Tho best preventive of cracked finger Is thorough wathlug In rain water with cjutllo soap and anolutlinf with glycor lu, rubblntf it hi well. The bet cure Is shoenaker's wax put on u bit of cloth aud prewwd over tho craok when warm. Haw to frettm a 1'atorlU Mtit. laniile flower so freely from seed the same yrr the Mied are town that it Is not jfcnertillr k iiowu thut they aro pereo ntslf, atiduisy be kept over from year to year with great succtfi, but In these com they mutt not he allowed to (lower prof uie If, As soon as the first lsrga How ers hare Ueu produecJ, and the smaller onesap' prnr, thsflowerliiuhrsoches whculd be cut off. people often have pecullsr vnrtetlra thst they would Ills to prenerve, but do not know that It Is very easy to ilo so uti-tier uti-tier the sjtm suicKciisted. Meehaus Monthly. l.-i,..i.lt fun. II.. AtnoinitlielneiiMnMveHml useful little thliiii fur Llleheu uw to U found at Jap-oneto Jap-oneto stores are the dark bine bowls that (oiuh lu many hUes, coatluir from seven ccnu to seven tlma suvon, They are Urn-proof, Urn-proof, aud endure the bent of the oieu without Iom of l-vnity. Thasumll yellow Inwla that sruaveu lrs la price will aNo be found moHtcouvcntenttolK! luwt In the rrfrhct'ratoratidm wurtnlog over fofl lu n steamer. They save much of the hbor that comes from keeping many tla uU lulls brlyliU-New York 1'oot. Initial ate not considered (fowl form on note pser, not even monograms hut Is It very ruuch lH-tter lnin tar Amerb-mis to stsuip thulr stationery with uminanlnc, vsbieleM rretf The pre-nt futluon of bavinK elty addrens or namo of c untrv nlilrncs stuiniHiil In I'lulu tetters across tba pflo is a much more sensible one- |
