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Show fai i moon ' ir.l'l r .Hlng llnrliif II.- I'll.-I Ita- i .. n i sen .ml I sua. A lol'isllaneeua rrputt of Ihed'inrt tnontofa . i ihMliit"reatiii? notes nidt. . I d ita on lm-ilj i lions of v ut ii ... dlHen nr tim. during a . . I. '. . niv-elxjiii' tl-iifl to 1S03) on lilh "f lain-' u In dlfterent ,i ii-a nnd leK-nlitles mi I ou wages lu e.u . i eurs Hesilitulii ulien InUirWASiti demand loropalrili. V,iate if war. the airaue rates were l.lsli. gindnally eleihuliu, lindlughiviat level in IH7I), then rl-liu to n uo.iiiiil stains, w hiih has hi en maintained main-tained with woi derful luitfortult) dur lag the last tenesrs While f inni rs i liavo suffertHl from low prices of lertaiu prodnrta they haeUen nnabls tu re- i dllcn the rate of wuges. It might Is, sup- I ainal Hint the depression in ngrlculliire, of which so much has beam said and I written, would be attended with a de-i cllno in the rate of rumpeiisstlnn paid for labor. Thla has not taken plai-e. Tlie ili'm iml is well aiiatainoil ami wages have tint rice lined Many a farmer i oin-plalns oin-plalns that libor cuts tooinuch that values of prudiicui do not warrant the rati doinaiidnd, and ret ho must lmu it, nud promptl) uiakis the engagement. Thoietiirus given true explanation of the npiHitent nnoinal of low prices nnd high wuges. Tbeie is a difference lu rm-ploers. rm-ploers. Home mu progreaalre, hit reas tho fertility of tin Ir Linda, tiso tlm liest mrthotls and Implements, euiplot Inlsir, IsiygoeMl wages and mako money Othirs nreless i iitf-rprialng, diligent or progreM-ive, progreM-ive, und make suiall profit or none at all. Tlierit urns ara fall of indications that the pre mtlaniTiiel.il lest of tin-individual tin-individual fanners. They ttaih the u ceslty of progresa in agrli-nltun-, ami rsieclally u facility for prompt lulnpta. tlon uf current effort to changing cutidl lions. It Is said that a certain nmlj.la of nil the data collected concerning furm wntfi from IMIO tu ltlG.1. In couiairiNOti with results uf the inure rvctht Im ettlgnttniis, will show that In fifty jears tho louipen-sntiun louipen-sntiun of farm libor haa cry nearly doubled. In ceuiiiwrlsou with, other couutiiis American farm labor stands first lu the rato of coiiipcuratlou. The pnnieut rato of !WJ ier nnnuiii for labor uf the Caucasian Cau-casian race ran scarcely be iipproiicued by an conntry, niilots by Australia Current isitlinutet for other cutttitrh s luivo lietn fretpiuntly quoted nluutui follows- (Iront Ilrltaln, .V): I'rinn e. 0131, Holland, 4IUI, tlermany, atKli llus-sia. llus-sia. 1V)i Italy, till, and India, f:m. The pros, til rato eon un) laj iiialntained by keeping up the fertility if the soil, utll ixtng the best results of Inrtntlon and skill in implements and innihinery, ad vnnciiig tho status of practhal ngrlrul tint, siippl)1ng nil domestic demands for all minlred products and sinking foreign luarkels fur the surplus. ruuitr? rur I'lraa A farmer who lives so far from nny largo mat ket that he llrids It unprufit-ablo unprufit-ablo t.i keep fun Is for any puru except ex-cept eggs, and therefore takes great taro In selecting tho liest hnda for eggs mid feeling them piols-rl), sarst "I h.to tiie.lariuns kinds, but hnd that the lllnck Httaulsh or Whito Leghorn is tho best fowl for laying of any I hue oer tried. My profirenct) ja tho While Leghorn, Leg-horn, ns their Iteth is auiierior to Iho Spanish for table nso. 1 see tint sumo nro opposed to feedlug warm fevl to iwultrr, ilahuing that it is uulienllh) uud cr ales disease. Itldnkltia hi.lls peuanl M to fowls in the winter tfniu win ro i ggs Is tho question to l cousld- ired. "1 feed tnv hens ill Iho morning on ceinimi-.il, wet Willi boiling hot water, nnd hi the afternoon n tneas of buck-wheat buck-wheat or wheat, occasionally git lug n meiaof meat, nbUigo anil othor ego-tables ego-tables chopinl line. 1 allow my luna to ba.e plenty uf exercise In the opin air when tlio wrathorts line, nlwnes keeping keep-ing keeping fnsih wnler wheni they cm hat o accost to it. Hens should bo pro-ided pro-ided with n comfortable placn to roost ami shelter to protect them from the storms and blasts, nnd, with suitable food nnd plenty of It, lions pay ns will ns an) thing ono can keep upon tho farm." I suit 1'laalrr lor Msl.tr. The cmplojuicut of land plaster In stables is urged for two pur,M'. it not only deodorixes and disinfects tho stable, thereby contributing tu tlio hculth of attendants at-tendants and nntmils, but tt provents the rtcaio nnd going tuwnateof the most vnlunblo proiertles of tlio food consumed by tho stoek. In nrcreiit plea to fnriuers to try land plaster froui one pint to one quirt dally for turh mutual. mu-tual. Hoard's Dalrjulaii mi) a; "If Its affinity for ammonia or nitrogen is so ntrniig that it will gnthtr thlstnlnahle firtlllrer from tho atmosphere, the dew-s und rnlna, how lurnliiablo must it bo lu stable to tako up and hold tho came olatiloclcmintr A Illnner III 1100. During llioluttct attof tlio IMtrht-ootitli IMtrht-ootitli ci'tilttry Iho dinner tnlilo ,iii) H'litnl n fur les (.ple'inlid npiwantntv tlititi it iIihhi now. It wtw upiu-oprl-nteil tu kuIkI foel rnthcr thin to ilouciv, fiuitHimil dci'uintloiw. Nut vnn tliciv much (flitter ut pl.ilo 111,1 m it, for tho catly ilitiuer hour ton dcttxl fandlvHtiekii iuilin;iw.iry, nud fiher fotUn hud not como Intoeje'ii crnl tuio. whilu thu biuud, luitnilcil cud uf tho linlviw Imlitatcil tho suli etituto geiic'rnlly unci instuml ol them Tho ilinnera, too, woiti moro hitmi ly, thoiili nut ! plentiful ntul na oiy, nnd thu hill uf Into ill nm house w otiltl not 13 -wi hko that in nnotlior iuj it I tmw, for family m clppwiu hnlil in high tvtiinatloii A (rraiKlmntlicr of cultnaiy tulout coilU biU'-ntli to her iliHpntliiit fiunu fur ootiio purtieulur ilinh, itnil might iulltiouce thu fuiully diunur fur Konouitioog. Ono houw would jirlilo llsrlf nn it ham, miothor on iUtpiino pic and 1 third on iUhupotlor funnily or i.m sy pudding llpor nnd hoiiiuniud winos, I'siwcinlly meetl, wow more Irrrirely tonHiiinol. Vjetahlo-i w 1 1 hM iitcntifttl und IumuuIou 1' 1 tato"wciu ttkwl, hut jiQt ku nliuti dniitly tin tio.-anil tliera was ,111 Idea that they w oro to ho oaten only w 'h rout meat. Memoirs of Jami Au tin. |