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Show Automatic Corkscrewthe Spira.1 Sprl Work in J Does All This Very Effective Labor Server a cork with the automatic corkscrew, ail that is necessary Is to grasp the device in one hand, with the moo resting In the palm and the first two fingers grasping the handles, give a downward pressure on the knob to force the spiral blade into the cork, and then pull in the ordinary manner. As soon as the corkscrew is released from the hand the screw blade immediately reverses and forces the cork off, this being accomplished by means of the spiral spring inclosed in the tubular casing of the telescoping barrel. The knob is fastened to the upper half of the barrel and carries the head of the screw loosely mounted In the revolving head. The lower half of the barrel is closed at the end. except for a spiral slot through which the blade emerges, and it is the forcing of the blade through this slot which gives it the necessary twist in entering the cork. The only use for the spring is to drive the blade back into the barrel after the cork is N PULLING Range Notes. Mohave County, Ariz.: Our ranges In this county are at this time very dry and poor. They are now stocked with cattle and horses that are doing fairly well, but that are not fat, Thert is one band of goats sixteen miles from hero numbering something like 5,000 head. They are a good breed ol Angoras and the owner wants to sell them. They can be bought for $3.5f per head. 0. I. M. Gaddis. Coconino County, Ariz.: Ranges In this vicinity are just fair. A contin uous stretch of dry, weather has reduced the moisture to such an extent that the outlook i3 anything but encouraging. Ranges, considering the water supply at present, are fully stocked with sheep, horses and cattle, sheep being in the majority. All stock look well at present, but unless rain comes soon the outlook Is bad. C. W. Davis. Carbon County, Wyo.: We have a very dry season. The grass on the ranges started nicely and has held out remarkably well, but . the continued drouth has been very detrimental to it. I havfe been surprised to see the grass hold out so well without moisture, but it is now practically gone-s- till a few good rains would save it yet. We have cattle sheep and. horses on these ranges, All are doing fairly well up to this time. Sheepmen say that there will be pa winter Teed and that even now on the prairies the feed is all gone. Once grazing over grpund with sheep now cleans up every spear of grass., Animals of all kinds are in good condition up to this time, though the condition of the range is such that horses are reluctant to leave hay corals and when they do go out they go far, wander a long distance to find feed. The outlook for winter feed on the range is very poor unless we get abundaht rains. We depend entirely on irrigation for crops here and the summer being warm crops of every kind are in fine condition. The hay crop will be above the average and all kinds of grains and vegetables are coming on finely. J. F. Crawford. Pima County, Ariz.: The ranges in thl&TIatallty are at present In a bad 'cor&ffldn onaccount of the long continued drouth. Cattle are dying, especially cows and calves. Only those which have been kept up and fed could be moved at present. Only 1.12 inches of rain has fallen at Tucson since .November 1st, 1901, which' is an undrouth. July precedented usually brings our summer rains. E. L. Whitmore. Saguache County, Colo.: Fonr successive years of deficient rainfall with overstocking, finds the range in very poor condition this year the very worst for many years. Stock consist ), largely of grade cattle (mostly broncho ponies and large numbers of scrub sheep and goats. The losses have not been large even this year, but the outlook is not bright. J. - ' extracted, and this action necessarily pulls the cork from the blade, being aided by the two slurp prongs projecting from the end of the casing on Pressure on the Knob Inserts the Blade. either side of the blade. This device Is the invention of Randall B. Andros of Boston. Mass. Generator That Electrical Inventor Has Devised Apparatus Very Nearly Approaches Perpetual Motion F THE inventor of the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying cut succeeds in ac- complishing the results he to attain his invention will come about as near as possible to of the Inventor, that perpetual motion. The main object of the seeker after perpetual motion Current of Air Runs the Dynamo. is to eliminate cost of operation, or, in other words, to cut the expense for fuel to generate the power. As this inventor utilizes an air current as a source of power, the cost is reduced to- - a minimum after the initial ex- - pense of installing the plant, and Is at hand It is where no water-powe- r new this may be generator possible of some value. In erecting the apparatus it is necessary to provide a tall stack or vertical tube of a sort capable of Inducing a strong current of cir through an opening at the lower end. As a means of inducing an initiatory current a heating apparatus is located at the bottom of the stack, that shown in the present instance being an electric heater, though a fire may be used if more convenient. The function of the heater is to warm the air sufficiently to cause it to rise, thus drawing fresh air into the entrance and revolving the fan blades carried by the shaft of the electric generator. By limiting the size of the dynamo so as not to overload the fan blades a constant generation can be maintained and in instances where the power is needed during only a portion of the time the storage batteries provide a force of no small dimensions. One use to which this apparatus might be put is the charging of storage batteries for private automobiles. E. C. Woodhell of Highpoint, N. C., is the inventor. andIntendedFilter Supply System for Use in Connection Natural Bed of Sand or Gravel water flows by natural gravitation through the sand and into the pipes, and is then drawn to the pumping With HE inventor of the filtering in the system represented accompanying picture states that the chief requisite of water s stems for towns are "due quan tity, maximum purity and moderate cost for Installation and repair, and he claims to have devised a system so constructed as to fulfill these requirements. The system is intended for use in connection with a natural bed of sand or fine gravel In a river T. Melvin. or lake bottom, but it is also possible Cochise County, Ariz.: Prospects for to install the plant where au artificial 'cattle on the range are of a most disAs filter bed must be constructed. will be seen there Is a main pipe leadcouraging nature. Stockmen are shipping them out by the thousands as ing from the pumping station to a sethere is no grass. The animals that ries of perforated pipes lying across are left have to live entirely on the a channel, in connection with a bed foliage of the mesquit bush. About of sand. The perforated pipes are forty per cent of the cattle are Here-forburied in this sand to a depth of sev- Complete Purifying and Pumping and they arp very thin. Range eral feet, the fineness of the sand, as Plant. horses are still in fair condition. well as the location of the bed, being station and delivered to the water There has been no rainfall to amount elements in determining the proper system. Lloyd E. Smith of Portsto anything in this county for five amount of covering necessary. The mouth, Ohio, is the Inventor. months and there is no prospect ol any in the near future. Springs in the mountains which have afforded water for stock have dried up so that animals have to travel fourteen or fifteen New Culinary Device That Will Be miles to the cfeek for water. Elias GreeLtly Appreciated by Housekeepers Summers. T Here-fords- For the Kitchen Mutton Breeds and Merinos Compared Prof. W. A. Henry: The Merino sheep is peculiarly a wool bearer, and nearly all lines descended from the Spanish stock have be-- n selected with that single end in view. The story of the Spanish Merino In its home country forma one of the most Interesting chapters extant In the history of live stock. In their pilgrimage from South to Central Spain each spring and their return in the fall, the Spanish flocks make annual journeys covering in all about 1,000 miles. Only the strongest and most rugged animals survive the long, fatiguing and perilous marches. The ability to exist in enormous flocks, to range over a vast territory, r and to subsist upon scant food, are the leading of the many remarkable qualities wrought by stern fate into the ery fiber and constitution of the Merino sheep. Almost opposite in some respects are the English mutton breeds of sheep, which 'have been reared in small flocks confined to limited pastures, the best specimens being saved and nurtured by kindly hands with Intelligent attention to all their wants. They have been sheltered from storms and given roughage and grain from barn and stack, whenever the fields were scant of herbage or the weather severe. In general, the life of the English mutton aheep has been one of plenty almost to surfeit and quiet contentment. In this country we cannot hope to attain the wonderful - success reached by British sheep-owneunless we follow closely or improve upon their methods. The rules and practices prevalent In this country in handling Merino sheep will prove satisfactory with the mutton breeds, and the feeder. In the very Inception of his flock experience, should duly consider the habits and characteristics of the animals he is ' handling. rs Russian Dairy Schools. The dairy schools of Russia have brought that country to the front as one of the foremost producers of butter, cheese and milk in the world. ' Figures sometimes lie. . A couple of pounds of cotton judiciously distributed can add twenty pounds to any womans figure. New York Press. .Fortunate Is the actress who does not depend on her wardrobe for sue- - cess. Onions are a preventive and often-tlme- a a cure for malarial fever. HE housekeeper may find the their several positions, in and herein lies its main advantage, idly in any of illustrated arrangement the accompanying picture as there is no necessity for using one worthy of a place in her hand to steady the beater and the it has a num- other to turn the crank. culinary department,-aber of devices adapted to the appli In the cut the machine Is shown in cation of rotary power in the per- - use as a nutmeg grater, with a leg depending from the box to aid In its support and prevent rotation with the grating cylinder. The joint between the standard and the supporting frame is formed with corrugations, with a screw clamp in the center, allowing adjustment in any position without danger of turning. The driving wheel is mounted in the ordinary way, rotating a chuck at the end of the short shaft. In this chuck the various implements are easily Inserted, according to the use to which the machine is to be put. ' Two forms of egg whisks are also shown,' while the inventor mentions an emery wheel, drill and shell cleaner as among the implements which may be utilized to advantage, the adNutmeg Grater in Position, formance of various portions of the justment on the standard making it work done In cooking. The standard possible to place all the Implements which supports the driving gear has In proper position. H. C. Needham of a clamp to hold the Implements rig Los Angeles, Cal., is the Inventor. s For White Coal Energy in Our Stream la Not Appreciated at Its Proper Value the title White Coal, single steam engine in California, for Scientiflque gives example, as the hydraulic energy is an account of the use made more than sufficient to do all the reEsg&i of water power In one of the quired work. A very small stream depaTtments of France (Orne). It will drive a water wheel, and all the work about a place can be done by a appears that more than 10,000-hors- e small motor. Cities can be lighted power Is utilized In seventy-seveIn 1880 the same and the work of manufactories perestablishments. establishments used only formed by larger plants. Railways power. The lesson from France is can he operated by dynamos instead one to be heeded in our own country, of steam, etc. What is true of Caliwhere energy Is wasted in a 'thou fornia Is, in a degree, true of many sand streams. There need not be a other states of the Union. U1NDER n 3,480-hors- e New Fluid Lens Of Use in Instantaneous Photography in Ordinary Light HE fluid lens, once tried as a means of overcoming optical defects of the single glass lens, was dropped with the advent of homogeneous glass and successful combination lenses. A new fluid has been used by Dr. E. F. Grun In Instantaneous photography by ordinary light, and has given greatly increased activity of action, opening up great possibilities in catching theatrical and other night scenes that have hitherto eluded the camera. Kinematograph pictures with special preparation gave somewhat imperfect but very promising results, a striking merit being such depth of focus that both the performers In the front of the stage and the scenery at the back were sharply brought out Cobwebs of circumstances may knot the hangmans noose. says! Tell the most Injurious. He showed by statistics taken at the uniMinnesota Butter in Europe. versity during the last nine years that A press dispatch from St. Paul. the student addicted to the cigarette habit made a much lower average tj Minnesota, says: Minnesota butter is his class percentages than those who good enough to compete with Danish were not given to the use of the little butter In British markets even after the Influences of a long sea voyage. It pper cylinders. So. If you have a word of cheer That may light the pathway drear Of a brother pilgrim here. Let hira k.iow. Show him you appreciate What he does; and do not wait Till the heavy hand of Fate Lays him low. If your heart contains a thought That will brighter make his lot. Then in mercy, aide it not; Tell him so. H m Wait not till your friend Is dead Ere your compliments are said; For the spirit that has fled, If It know. Does not need to speed it on Our poor praise; where it has gone Loves eternal, golden dawn Is aglow. But unto our brother here That poor praise is very dear; If youve any word of cheer Tell him so. Denver News. Clever Card Trick. Card tricks which are not difficult to perform are often mystifying, nevertheless. Here are directions how to place four kings In different parts of the pack and then cut them together; Take the four kings and exhibit them facewise, but secretly place behind the second one two other court cards of any description, which, being thus hidden behind the king, will not be visible. The spectators being satisfied that the four cards are really the four kings, and none other, fold them together and place them at the top of the pack. Draw attention to the fact, that you are about to distribute the four kings in different parts of the pack. Take up the top card, which, being really a king, you may exhibit without apparent intention, and place It at the bottom. Take the next card, which the spectators suppose to be also a king, and place it about half way down the pack, and the next in like manner a little higher. Take up the fourth card, which, being actually a king, you show carelessly, and replace at the top of the pack. You have now really three kings at the top and one at the bottom of the pack, thouga the onlookers imagine they have seen them distributed in different parts of the pack, and are proportionately surprised when the cards are cut to find all the kings are again together. H is best to use knaves or queens for the two extra cards, as being less distinguishable from the kings, should a spectator catch a chance glimpse of their faces. Cat and Dog Story. Everybody knows how much a dog and cat hate each other, but It Is very seldom that their dislikes lead to such serious results as did a difference that lately occurred between a bulldog and a black cat In a fruit store. The owner of the bulldog used to let him run around In the cellar for exercise, but one morning the dog got tired of his narrow quarters, and went up stairs into a neighboring fruit store, where the black cat lived. Of course, the cat did not like to have any one come into her home without an invitation, much less oue of her old natural enemies the dogs. So as soon as the dog entered out jumped the cat full upon him, and, of course, a fight followed, which naturally drew into it the owner of the fruit store and the owner of the dog, The dog, being very lively, soon turned over several baskets of fruit and upset the stands of oranges and peanuts, while their masters were vainly trying to settle the row. As there seemed no early settlement in sight, the owner of the cat and fruit stand called in a polcieamn, but in the meantime the dog had virtually gotten the better of the fight, having caught the cat by the neck, and all the coaxing and pulling would not persuade him to let go. The owner of the dog pulled and pounded, and the policeman, seeing a way out, put his billy between Brunos teeth and pried open his jaws, only to find that the cat was so badly mangled that it had to be killed, which the policeman did with two bullets from his revolver. Brunos owner settling the difference by paying the damage, they both went out, after having learned once more that cats and dogs have a standing disagreement that in but few instances is overcome. Chinese Fables. A tiger captured a monkey. The monkey begged to be released on the score of his insignificance, and promised to show the tiger where he might Horse-Powerf What Is a a more valuable prey. The tiger find When men first begin to become and the monkey conducting familiar with the methods of measur- complied, him to a hillside where an ass was often mechanical specpower, they ing an animal which the tiger ulate on where the breed of horses is feeding had never before seen. to be found that can keep at work My good brother, said the ass to raising 20(10 pounds one foot per the monkey, hitherto you have alminute, or the equivalent, which is me two tigers. How is more familiar to some mechanics, of ways brought it that you have brought me only one min330 100 feet raising per pounds ? ute. Since 33,000 pounds raise one The tiger fled for his life. Thus a foot per minute is called one horsewit wards off danger. ready is should it natural that people power of the next fable the The think the engineers who established Chineseprinciple always apply to the European that unit of measurement based it instructors in the art of war. on what horses could really do. The A tiger, finding a cat very prolific in horse that can do this work does nut devices for catching game, placed exist. himself under her instruction. At The horse-powe- r unit was establength he was toid there was nothing lished by James Watt about a century more to be learned. ago, and the figures were fixed in a Have you taught me all your curious way. Watt found that the tricks? Yc-s-, average horse of his district could replied the cat. raise 22,000 pounds one foot per minThen, said the tiger, "you are of ute. At that time Watt was em- no further use, and so I shall eat ployed in the manufacture of engine.?, you. and customers were so hard to finj The cat, however, sprang that all kinds of artificial inducements into tha, branches of a treelightly and were necessary to induce power users smiled at the disappointment. tigers to buy steam engines. As a method She had not taught the tiger all her of encouraging them Watt offered to tricks. sell engines reckoning 33,000 foot And thus pounds to a horse-poweDo Animals Help One Another? he was the means of giving a false InYes, a thousand times yes. unit to one of the most important stances of in the measurements in the world. animal world are to be counted by the hundred. From the days of old Aesop, when the mouse helped the lion, and, Sneezing Superstitions. There is a quaint old rhyme about indeed, long before his time, one animal would assist another. sneezing which runs as follows: Thoma3 Sneeze on Monday, sneeze for danger. Edwards, the working Scotch naturalSneeze on Tuesday, kiss a stranger. ist, once wounded a seagull and, saw Sneeze on Wednesday, have a letter. two others lift the stricken bird by Sneeze on Thursday, something bet- its wings and fly with It out of range. ter. The kindness of rats to their old and Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow. blind and feeble Is almost proverbial. Sneeze on Saturday, see true love to- Fanny Kemble mentions a lady who morrow. observed a cow actually pumping A sneeze on Sunday meant a visit water from a well for another cow. from the parson the next day, and a The creature raised the handle begood old English housewife set every- tween her horns and pumped whilst thing in order against his coming. the other drank. The sneeze has certain unfailing traditions attached to it, especially among Morbid Sensitiveness. the early English peasants, and, handThe surest way to conquer morbid ed down to our day, they have become sensitiveness is to mingle with people superstitions. as freely as possible, and, while apThe number of times any one praising your own ability as you would sneezes was always noticed, and the those of a friend or acquaintance, t. meaning proclaimed with a serious or forget yourself. Unless you can becheerful face, as the case might be, come unconscious of self you will according to the number of sneezes. never either appear at your best or do Nowadays even the least superstitious the best of which you are capable. It will say "Bless you, or pat you on requires will power and an unbendthe back three times or four or five ing determination to conquer this arch f enemy to success, but what has been times, according to the number sneezes. lone can be done, and many who were Sneezing was considered very health- held down by It for years have, by ful and for this reason snuff became a their own efforts, outgrown It and fashion, which grew to be harmful, risen to commanding positions. Sucas snuff takers found It hard to break cess. away from the custom. Where Potatoes Grow. As to Users of Tobacco. Humboldt says that at the time of "Nine years ago we. commenced to the discovery of America the potato keep a record on this subject, says was cultivated In all the temperate Dr. Fish, an eminent eastern educa- parts of South America from Chile up tor, and we have found that the boy the coast. The Spaniards at first nowho fails usually uses tobacco. ticed It In Peru. The variety of potato When asked to sign our pledge the cultivated in Europe and North Amerpupil usually answers that he does not ica grows wild In Chile. Different speuse very much, but we find that he cies of the plant are found growing continues to fail In his studies. One wild In most parts of South America, of the questions submitted in our rec- and. It is claimed by many botanists, ord blank la whether or not the ihpli in Mexico and Arizona. thinks the use of tobacco Is necessary to his success. I must admit that Boy Was Enameled Green. Thomas Scanlon, aged 12 years, fell many answer this question in the affirmative. In our chapel we frequent- Into a vat of liquid green enamel at ly ask all those who have not had to- a manufactory at Beaver Falls, Pa., bacco In their mouths for twelve and when fished out was found to be months to arise and be counted. The enameled a bright green from head average varies from CO to .70 per to feet, the stuff soaking through the ' cent. boys clothing. Dr. Fishs theme was The Student The enamel hardened tuirkly when and the Cigarette and, while he took exposed to air, and had to be chipped the stand that tobacco In any form and scraped from the boys body. He had a tendency to dull the mind of is none the worse for the mishap. the pupil, he said that he was com' The man who thinks he Is ahead pelled to admit that the cigarette form was the most objectionable and of God Is decidedly out of date. foster-motherhoo- d - has done so In the past, and will probState ably do so again, according to of Creamery Inspector B. D. White food and department state the dairy atMr. White recently returned from tendants at the monthly tests at Chithe cago. held under the auspices of he department of agriculture, at whichMr. assisted ii the scoring of butter. White says that butter has been shipped from Minnesota at various times in the past and has competed successfully with the best Danish butmarkets. ter put upon the English Four years ago firms at Albert Lea conducted a regular export trade and their entire supply found ready sale In English markets. The demand begrew as the English consumers came acquainted with the Minnesota product, but the trade did not flourish long, as the prices at home rose to such an extent that it was more profitable to sell the product on the home market Since then the prices have kept so high that the trade has not been resumed, although the Minnesota firms handling the product have had repeat-a ed requests from British dealers for While the resumption of the trade. present prices for butter hold out, said Mr. White, there will be no resumption of the trade. If the market goes down to a point that admits of shipping at a profit Minnesota butter will find Its way Into a renewed popularity in English markets. The Farmers Review has repeatedly pointed out this condition, under which it Is Impossible to build up and hold a butter market in Europe, The Kasaska Duck. This very handsome bird is a aatbt of Asia and is one of the few w, ducks, being as large as some of th, smaller breeds of geese, and consider ably larger than the Labrador duck writes Ira W. Shaw In American p0fl! try Advocate. The female Is a trifl. smaller than the drake, but not nearlr so great as In the Muscovies. Thn always go in pairs and during th laying and hatching season the drak. watches over the duck with much n. llcitude, following her constantly wherever ss. may go. When domesti. cated they feed much the same as other ducks, but in addition require some grass. In their native haunts thej make their nests on the ground under some small bush or in the tall wild The eggs, never grass and rushes. more than six In number, are pure white and round with very thin sheila The period of incubation is the same as in our common domestic breeds ol ducks. While they have very handsome plumage, this Is secondary to their general carriage and bearing which Is elegance itself, and whether swimming or posing on a nice law they are objects of admiration to all observers. As In the case with all our d domestic ducks wild and the drake Is more brilliantly attired than the female. The colors running through shades of grey, green, red and black; bill black and legs and feet During the breeding season grey. they have the quarrelsome trait of the Muscovies, but this .slight fault does not in any way bar out of the Kasaska as worthy a place among the many handsome and valued aquatic fowls Dairying Improves Farms. It is an undeniable fact that dairying improves the farms on which it is carried on correctly. The best way to Increase the value of a f:- -i is to put live stock on it. This the dairyman does. If he sells butter and feeds the milk on the farm the conditions must improve from year to year. There is, however, a way to run down a farm ever when dairying is carried on on it That way is to grow timothy for the cows and sell the milk to the city milk peddlers. There will be a constant removal of the elements needed in the soil, and the farm, instead of being improved, will become 'impoverished. There are many farms now in the vicinity of Chicago that are now undergoing this experience. There are on the other hand, farms on which are kept more cows than can be fed from the crqps grown On the area. To increase the feed, concentrated foods are purcuased and the droppings from the cattle are constantly put upon the land. Sven if no foods are purchased there should be a betterment of the land from year to pear If the manures are returned to the soil and incorporated with it before they have lost anything from evaporation or leaching. The process of food elaboration Is going on in the soil from year to year, and if the annual draft on the soil is not large the land will not retrograde. Natures plan, however, is for all fertility to go back to the land, and rhe has not planned to have the fertility in any one field taken away year after year and nothing returned in its place. The man that attempts that is in a manner bankrupting himself, as he is constantly using up the capital stored in his fields. Profit-SharinCreamery. The Continental Crear ery of Kansas, one of the laigest i stitutions of its kind in the world, ha3 adopted what it calls the profit-shariplan. To a newspaper man that interviewed the president of the company he said: Our profit-sharin- g plan Inaugurated since Jan. 1 is rapidly proving Itself an unqualified success. The more generally It is understood the more popular it becomes. The plan is very simple. The prices we pay for butter-fa- t are absolutely out of our hands. We have arranged matters so we cannot control the price. We base the price every day upon the New York market, cents paying always two and one-ha- lf less than the quoted price. Then we ask the patron to pay the actual running expenses of the skimming station. This expense runs from one-ha- lf cent to five cents per pound, according to the amount of milk received at the station. It takes about the same labor and expense to manufacture 20,000 pounds of butter as It does to make 100,000 pounds. If we receive 20,000 pounds of milk per day at a station it takes little more labor and expense to handle It than If we were receiving 1,000. So the running expens.) of the rtatlon is In the hands of the patrons. They get all the profit gained by the greater quantity of milk received; there Is a corresponding decrease In the cost per pound for handling and the patron gets all the saving. Where a permanent hog pasture is not to be had a good substitute may be had by sowing a field of rape. g ng ,ed who' Ability' jjusterofj write frd theLll0.'l H atonic It is vi fUt Is lost forever. The corn some-defec- pretensions. 9 the been coni use of Pe stomach at plaint cans. It toi tion, ind the conn complain Rveryoni subject pros,trat debility parti-colore- weather hard to Alaski porcupli Yukon, lying st ' Japanese Bantams. The striking beauty and peculiar shaped tails of the Black Tailed Jap. anese Bantams make them great and place them in the front ranks of the bantam class. They an white, excepting the tail and wing. The tail Is black, the sickles black, edged with white. The wings are large and long, with drooping points; the color of the primaries and secondaries is dark slate, edged with white, When the wing is folded it is appars Bhrli tilM Jaiyme Batn nrl. r ently white. The tail is expanded and carried in an upright position, almost touching the back of the head; sickles, and long gracefully curved. shanks are free from feathers bright golden in color. The and Do Not Market Bad Eggs. Every farmer that sends or take eggs to market should test or candle his eggs before disposing of them. This will prevent putting on the market bad eggs. There are many way One of these of candling them. ways Is to roll up a piece of heavy paper Into the form of a tube. Place an egg in one end and permit the light of the sun or of a lamp to shine through the egg. The eye at one end of the tube will be able to see through the egg and determine the condition of its contents. If the contents of the egg appear cloudy or blurred the egg is not fit to go to market Good egg present to the eye contents that are clear and translucent. Bad eggs depress the market After people have gotten hold of one or two bad egp they turn to other kinds of food and cease to buy eggs. If only good egg were sold at all seasons the consumption of eggs would be enormously increased. Especially if the fanner have private customers is It foolish to market eggs that have not been candled. There is nothing that will build up private custom like always giving absolutely perfect eggs and there, is nothing that will bo quickly destroy a private trade as a few bad eggs scattered through the lots sold. Gues work need not enter into this matter, as candling is entirely feasible and can be rapidly performed. - Non-Payin- g , Cows. The dairy commissioner of Minna sota says that 25 per cent of the cow in that state do not pay for their feed and that they should be sent to the butcher as soon as possible. The sad part of this is that the owners of those cows do not know that they are not paying for their feed, but keep them in the belief that they are doing something to increase me profits. Many and many a man has been bankrupted by the cows he has kept The trouble has been that there was no way th owner could know what was being dene by hiB cows. Mil the Babcock test -came into use. Since that time th r Value of Silage. great factor that prevents its use it The great value of silage is its suc- negligence.' It takes a great deal of culence, Foods lose in value aa they hammering to get even a single new : Iobc succulence. This quality once lost idea Into the heads of some men. that dries in the field has the same chemical constituents In Its dry form that It had In its green form, but it has lost some succulence and is not therefore so valuable as it was in its original state. The fermenting of the stover renders it more digestible. This is illustrated by the experience of the dairymen that feed silage the year around. They find that when the sil age gives out in the summer and they have to turn to feeding corn stalks green there is a decided falling off In the quantity of milk made. To rem edy this some of o ; irymen are building enough silos to hold a large enough quantity of silage so that they can have well fermented silage to feed the year around and not have to feed silage newly put into the silos. A counterfeit of any kind always t shows that betrays its , it- - - . Who Is to blame? The poultry raiser that fails to make money with his fowls often asserts that his birds were to blame. Usually he says that there is no money in j poultry anyway. Seldom is he willing to admit that his failure was due to himself alone. Yet such Is about always the case. A man falls became he does not know enough to succeed.. That is the one great cause of failure. The antidote Is to know more. ThI knowledge must come both by experience and study. There are some people that never could learn enough to . succeed with poultry, because they ore lazy and refuse to busy themselves about details. Some people take to , the culture of poultry thinking it to be a lazy way of getting a living.. Never did they make a greater mistake. , . Even the woman of few words warming them over. continually SI |