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Show r agriculture ! 0. In Favor of the Prof. W. J. Kennedy: Dual-Purpo- Cow. When land reaches the one hundred dollar mark it requires careful farming and to return a paying profit on the investment. But the Iowa farmer must not abandon stockraising, ele his land will surely deteriorate in n many of the eastern states value. when land advanced In value the owners considered it too valuable for stockraising, thus In many instances they went out of the busines. What has been the result? There is but one outcome to any such practice, which is wornout farms, which, in many instances, have been deserted. They have been taught a valuable lesson, one which the farmer of the central west should not have to learn through Successful farming canexperience. not be carried on continuously without lije stock. Commercial fertilizers may apparently answer the .purpose for a short time, but soil fertility may Only be 'maintained in one way and this Is by stock farming. In England stock farming is the mainstay of the farmer and land is worth twice what it is here. In the Island of Jersey land rents around twenty dollars per acre, still live stock, especially dairy farming, is their main occupation. If Iowa farm lands are to maintain their present values, and they surely will, it will be because the farmers will ad' here to the live stock business. In this respect no line of live stock Is better adapted to our conditions than beef cattle when produced from dual purpose cows. The cow that will net her owner forty dollars or upwards for the butter fat sold and at the same time produce a cal! which can ,be marketed at the age of two and a half years weighing in the neighborhood of 1,500 pounds Such a method is practicable, and when adopted by the Iowa farmer he will not consider land too valuable even at $150 per acre for the economical production of beef. Low Grade Cottonseed Meal. In a recent communication to the Farmers Review, the director of the Maine Experiment Station, says: Within the past three weeks several samples of low grade cottonseed meal have been sent to the Maine Agricul tural Experiment Station for analysis, These goods were differently branded and two lots carried no guaranteed analysis. The retailers were notified of the quality of the goods and their sale stopped. This meal carried from 24 to 34 per cent protein. Dealers or consumers who have dark colored cot tonseed meal or meal containing black specks should, for their protection, send a sample to the station for analy sis. The sample is best sent by mail in a tin box an old spice box answers nicely. A description of the goods in cludinga copy of the guaranteed analysis should be sent with the sam pie. The analysis will be promptly made and repoited free of charge. stock-raisin- g To Study Turkey Growing. The crop of tuikeys this year Is very small, and the high prices that have resulted have put turkey meat out of the reach of a good many people. Under proper conditions and handling turkeys should be as easily and abundantly produced as are other kinds of fowls. Probably more doubt exists as to how to raise turkeys than in regard to any other domestic fowl. Hens, ducks and geese have been studied and handled for thousands of years. But the turkey has never been brought to a state where it could be handled as scientifically as other fowls. This may be due In. part to frequent of the domestic with the wild turkeyA The natural wildness of the bird makes it rather a hard subject to handle under artificial conditions and In rather cramped quarters. It Is believed that the turkey refuses to do well except when given an1 extensive range. But this very giving of an extensive range, while it does away with one problem, that of confinement, brings others. The owner never knows when bis turkeys go off .n the corniget back at night. ng that they-wH- l Wild animals jrey upon them, hunters now and then shoot one by mistake (?) and it Is not uncommon to have neighborhood feuds Engendered by two famijids claiming to be owners of thdlpame brood of turkeys. If the turkdy can be managed successfully In confinement it will be a great .thing for the turkey eaters of the United Stages. It is interesting to note that the Wyoming experiment station has taken up the matter and is beginning a study of the turkey. The Rhode Island station has already done much in the same direction. The Wyoming station has sent out a circular asking those in Wyoming that have tried tuikey raising to write to the station giving their experience and Mating the obstacles they have encountered. The station also announces that is proposes to put out some turkeys among skilled poultry women of the state, v ho will experiment in the raising of poults and report to the station. out-cross- Utilizing Waste Products. , A. G. Gilbert. . One of the great ad vantages in poultry raising is that so much of the waste productions of the farm can be utilized in feeding. Small grains, which cannot be sold In the ordinary way, can be made use of. Potato ppelings and household scraps generally can also be ntilized. An excellent mash can be made by steeping clover, cut in quar(er-Inclengths, over night; in the morning this, potato peelings, scraps and small grains can all be boiled together. A little bran, a dusting of black pepper and a pinch of salt may also be added. This whole mass should not be like dough, but crumbly. A mash of this kind may usually be fed thrice a week although no cast Iron rule can be laid down In this case either and in the proportion of a quart to ten hens. Pullets, We publish the above as a warning if laying well, will stand more of it to western breeders to be on the out than old hens; if there is a tendency to lay on fat rather than lay eggs, the look for the same kind of goods. This is all the more necessary, feed should be given moderately. as some of our western states have There Is more danger of putting too no effective feed inspection laws. much fat on pullets before they begin If laying than there is afterwards. Cattle Need Fattening. you see a hen go into a corner and The unprecedented rush of cattle, begin to meditate on what a kind misparticularly low grade beef animals tress she has, meanwhile forgetting to the Chicago market to compete with to lay eggs, it is an indication that i3 unfortunate poultry, holiday you are overdoing the fattening part enough, but the situation has been of it After the mash has been fed made still more difficult by a shortage in the morning, throw a handful or of cars and engines caused by the coal two of grain among the litter to keep traffic. This has seriously Interfered the hens scratching, because exercise with the export trade in meat and cat- means eggs. Fanners Review. tle. Even if corn is high it would surely be better to hold half fat aniHead of Redcap Cock. mals until conditions for marketing From Farmers Review: What Is improve than to forward them and so the shape of the comb of the Redcongest the channels of trade that the cap cock? Is the comb single or bottom drops out of prices. In most double? An answer will greatly oblige. parts of the country the season has M. P. II. The comb is what been good and feed supplies are abundant. There seems no good rea son for the mad rush to dispose of cattle which, unless all signs fill will be worth, far more per pound a few weeks hence than they are now. Good beef is always in demand and feeders who are looking for a sure thing can not afford to curtail the fattening process. Illinois State Dairymens Convention, The Illinois State Dairymens Association will hold Its annual convention at the Agricultural College, Jan. 6 to 8. - The program is one. Among- the papers listed good to be read we notice the following The Different Taints of Milk, J. A. Latzer; Making the Best Grade of Milk," H. B. Gurler; "Why Are There Not More Cheese Factories in Illinois? J. R. Biddulph; Farm Butter making and County Organization,' H. P. Purviance; Bacteriological Con we usually term double and is similamination of Milk, H. L. Russell lar to the combs of several of our One session will be devoted to dairy other breeds, with some modifications. cattle, at which the speakers will be We show the shape in the accompanyA. J. Glover, Prof. T. L. Haecker, H. ing illustration. C. Taylor, Mrs. Harriett Pumpelly and To Reforest Waste Places. Oscar Erf. At another session an il A field party of seven men from the lustrated lecture will be given by Prof. W. J. Fraser, and papers will be Bureau of Forestry is making a forest read by H. R. Duell, Dr. C. E. Marshall survey of Oklahoma, including a speand Prof. C. G. Hopkins. There will cial study of forest conditions on the also be lessons in stock judging. The Wichita Forest Reserve. On the Presrailroads have made a special rate of cott Forest Reserve in Arizona an Infare for the round vestigation is- being made to devise one and trip, and this should be remembered methods for Increasing the forest by the visitors when they are pur- stand by improving the conditions for chasing their railroad tickets. This natural seeding. In Massachusetts and is an excellent opportunity to visit the New Hampshire a party Is studying University of Illinois and get in touch the reproduction of white pine, on old fields and pastures, for the purpose of wkh the agricultural college. determining the best conditions for Adulteration Decreasing? Milk It seed germination. In addition a party f The Dairy World, of Lonnon, land, says: That adulteration of milk will study the results of planting At-to the sand dunes along the is on the decrease is shown by the reclaimcoast. A deal of work has lantic figures published by the Board of Ag- been done for great this purpose on Cape riculture for the ten years 1890 1900. Cod in Massachusetts, and some in The highest percentage o adulteration New Jersey. A thorough study Is also (14 9) was for the year 1G93, when of the drifting sand along 2,310 samples out of 15,543 which were being made Columbia the he to river In the vicinity ol declared adulterwere examined, The Dalles, Oregon, to devise means ated. In 1900, the number of adulterated samples was 2,497 out of a total for controlling it by planting. of 23,223, being a percentage of 10 8. European Apple Orchards. This is even better than It looks, as stanEnglish apple orchards cover ovef prior to 1900 the Somerset House dard for fat was 2.75 per cent, while 180,000 acres, against 660,000 In France. at the later period it was 3 per cent low-grad- e Ur-ban- one-thir- d - f Tricks of the Trade. , The Oat Crop. , The goods we are putting on the From Farmers Review: The oat Brocade Evening Slippers. decot ated with bars of flaming or- rather largei than the ones used In market now, said the manager, w, crop more than any other upon the Exceedingly beautiful evening slip- ange velvet, which made a lovely early sprirg, although rnafiy square not as pure as those We have' bees farm is usually given the poorest opand boots are made ot ileh bro- It uch of color, and the skirt bad a ones are shown. selling." i , , portunity to grow. It i3 oftentimes pers exclaimed the mu Theyre' not! d made to follow corn. As both get their cade and floral silks to match those for plain front panel with a deep, 1 facturer. kilt at the bottom graduating food near the surface it takes a rich evening gowns. White silk and satin No. Competition has been so fierce soil to produce a good crop of com and flippers are trimmed with applique of In a point behind. A good deal of decs Zho that we have to cut the price, and a good crop of oats. Quite often the blac k lace and seed pearls and the double hemstitching is also employed can't afford to put out the pure trtj. ground is worked wet, which results dUt and lace hose match the leading cn the white gowns, the edge of the cles at the present quotations. not only, in a cloddy seed bed for the The furry luado of cunning I.ttle an ,, For a ; moment the manufacturer oats but makes the ground difficult of EXQUISITE PETTICOAT CF TAFFETA. imais top some cf the newest hatpin was thoughtful.. getting in condition for a future crop. Cine of the newest veils is of open Wen. he said at last, have Be. Oats respond readuy to improved conniesh wltn black stars in each corner ware, of Imitations printed on the ia. ditions. The growing plant revels In Of the meatt. bels in larger type than ever before. a well prepared seedbed containing an To wear white effectively a woman a' abundance of plant food. It is a rapid - Taking No Chances. must be either a pure blonde or a ,)ie a few but growing plant, having really cided brunette. .Now, Freddie, go and ' kies yow warm spring and summer days In , Of colonial blue glass ornamented sweetheart and make it up little which to grow and mature seed. In with silver pretty little lace, aad veil said Freddies mother, order to do its work well it requires fc 4 pins are rmed. t , , j iNo', I wont. shade in velvet Is a claret, thorough preparation of the soil and Go and tell her how much 4ucw careful attention to the quality of the and is neither red nor yet purple,' hut love her and how sorry- - you are."you j seed. The selection of seed oats is of well ' for evening lights up wondeifully No, I wont. Pa says he got Into , wear. very great importance and is probably , a breach bf promise case by telling a The most popular and most becomneglected more than the selection of .that and had to marry the old girl are of any other seed upon the farm. The ing hats for afternoon I won't run any risks, I wont thing, fan mill should be used upon the seed beaver or fur, ,aud are, much oats to take out all foreign material y i Gall. collar of black velvet A and to grade the seed Unclean seed is trimmed with rows of white baby usually produces a crop coutatning a ribbon briar stitched in back; a turr great number of smutty heads. , over of white satin with Jong tabs ex Treatment The appear, Formalin ance of smut in the oat trop usually tending down on the waist, trimmed with fancy buttons, is the flnshing results in a Joss in yield of ten to 1 touch. t ' twenty-fivcent. can This loss per . All the colors of the rainbow and a be entirely prevented by treating the few other kinds are in the new belt seed oats with formalin and sowing buckles. Seme of these buckles are In land where oats have not prevl, black metal and set with in ously grown. There are two methods stones red, green, blue, yelof treatment Immersion and sprinkland different combinations to low ing. When fhe oats are Immersed it an effect. oriertal give Is necessary to have the formalin solution in tanks or barrels, and the oat? Use of Floral Designs, j In loosely woven sacks. Leave plenty Some of the largest and most strik of room In the sack to permit moving ing effects are in the carefully consid the oats freely about when Immersed. ered use of enormous floral , designs, The sack should be filled not more either woven into the fabric of the silk s than full. The formalin or appliqued In lac or embroidery? of solution consists of one pound of forcolor contrasting with .that of tho malin to sixty gallons of water. After gown. While dealing with the subject the seed has been well stirred go that of these elaborate doetumes It may be Father So you want to marry my every grain has come in contact with well to mention the , new .veil hat Can you support her, the solution allow the sack to remain which is a Very effective addition to daughter? man? immersed in the solution from one to Toung handled must be It some tqilets. two hours. Then lift the sack, allow you? Algy with care, however, as it is rather too it to drain in the vessel for a few minconworn. It to be recklessly striking utes, pour out tho oats on a canvas or The Curtains. sists of a large hat made in some floor and allow them to dry, The An exquisite petticoat to wear with dion plaited chiffon edged With narrow cases of 'those wonderful swirls of What lovely lace cuitains you bad seed is then ready to sow. Be sure a black evening gown has a closely black lace. Heading the upper ruffle is chiffon, which only milliners know a week ago, Ivlis. Binks. to put treated seed in sacks that have fitting skirt of black and white striped a band of black Tace insertion through how to Werent they beauties? produce, and a very wide gauzy been immersed to prevent a second taffeta, with bunches of cherries be- which an inch-wid- e But you havent them now. cherry satin rib- veil w Itb an embroidered edge draped inoculation of the seed from un- tween the stripes. There are three bon is run, ending in a bow and ends about It to stay. It is sewed on. In No. treated sacks. If the time given to deep graduated ruffles of white accor- - at the side. Didn't they pleae you? the other words, and falls down about immersion must be shorter than that They did. I bought them on aneck and shoulders. Its delicacy Is In: mentioned strengthen to shade of the gowns and shoes. The bolero being constantly treated In inverse proportion to its size. pproval; ou know. And now that the about one pound of formalin to every high Fedora to be worn over opera this fashion, while the skirt is often cold has frosted the windows it makes 45 or 50 gallons of water. If large and dancing slippers are also made of finished by a double row of hemlittle difference whether we have cur quantities of seed are to be treated in- the lovely silks, lined with white fur stitching. tains on or not, so Ive sent theta crease the number of barrels or vessels or fleece, and finished with a narrow hack. , An Epicures Opinion. containing the solution. If the sprinkl- band of beaver fur. Very few people really understand ing method Is to be used, spread the The Busy Idlers. seed thinly on a canvas or a floor and the art of making a good salad. An . A Winter Costume. 'Advertiser Youve started painting Here is a nice all round, useful dark epicure declares that oil should thorsprinkle over it with a watering can, .hat, big sign for me, have you? or still better a spray pump, a forma- blue coat and skirt, for the winter. oughly coat salad before vinegar is Sign Painter Yes; we're keeping used. If vinegar is used first oil does lin solution consisting of one pound about a hundred men busy down then not cling to wet vegetables. of formalin to forty-fivgallons of every, day. To dress a salad properly, rub every water. After the sprinkling has been Advertiser What! That job doesn't portion of the salad bowl with a thoroughly done, gather the grain intake that many men! ciushed clove or garlic Then put In to conical piles and cover over with Sign Painter Two men are . ethe vegetable, lettuce, cress or whatcanvas (a horse blanket or an old ngaged on the painting and all the rat ever It may be, and add the oil, which carpet will answer the purpose) from are kept busy watching them. has been mingled with the salt and two to four hours. After the seed has s pepper. Toss the leaves about lightly, been spread again and dried, It Is An Unfortunate Experiment never untT crushing them, every porready for use. The cost of this treatHeard the latest on Charlie Wition is covered. Tnen pour in the ment Is only about four or five cents to mble? 4, vinegar and repeat the process'. the acre, and the formalin may be No; what? The a should be result light, crisp purchased at any good drug store. W. Somebody told him it was the Haste makes waste in nothsalad. B. Anderson. fad to have your brains photo more surely than salad making. ing sal Study of Agriculture in Schools. graphed by means of the lull to The days aie not far distant when his he photograph promised Worn on the Wrist a' dozen girls, and when he had S agriculture will be a regular branch White satin fitted with sterling silIn schools in all the cities as of study done the plate didnt show a thing" ver trimming and wrist ehain, and well as In the country. More than l i embroidered in seed pearls, In a that, it will be a regular branch of small running pattern rather reProvided She Gets the Chance. university training Secretary Wilson Which would you rather be M sembling true lovers' knots, is the says: New institutions for the ad bridal combination that goes to make were 27 and could have yow you vancement of the study of husbandry up one of the vest handsomest of the a widow or just a girl? choice, are being established. . While there wrist bag novelties. a widow, by all means, i O, are many agricultural colleges In the Black moire, with gold clasps and widow always has a big advantage are work that doing great country ball link chain,- is used for dressy She can try an entirely different ktal for the advancement of scientific husafternoon wear to hold cards and the next time. bandry, by giving the faimers an handkerchief, as well as money. to educate their sons In the Other bass are of the flowered pomThe History of His Case. science of agriculture, it is to he resilks, with background- - of padour. what brought you to tblsT And is not attenmore that it given gretted silk introduced Into the white, pale blue, old rose and Nile The striped the asked good man who was paaiW tion by state universities The study collar green, with rosebuds' and violets a is waist at and the very happy the police station. through of agriculture should be a part of the thought, and may be black and white, massed in bouquets or scattered over Pale Rose Taffeta Coat with Yellow hurry-u- p De wagon, replied tin and should be university training ' Lace Medalion. or dark blue and white, or emerald the surface. The shape is still oblong. the bars; did y behind on boy tough taken up entering school and or red and white, and white, green I in a come tallyho wit sob tink The earlier until graduation. whilst If there would be difficulty in ; tootin' a horn?, JUST A PETTICOAT OF WHITE SILK- top body.on the study is taken up the better It wanied ' evact the getting stripiligone In should not only be taught the unithe effect would always be obtained Got Off Easy. versities, but in (he minor schools and by running narrow ribbons or braids I even believe as a that Hows tricks? i First colleges. Burglar silk. on to white color of the required Second Burglffr Cant kick. primary study it would be productive Of course, striped silk would be far of much good, and In fact, the Instrucbroke Into a lawyers house last tl more pliant. tion should begin with the very be- better and 'First Burglar How much did 7 ginning of a childs education. get?' Second Burglar-- Not a cent; Cheese Poisoning. j then I didnt lose anything. ; Some perplexing cases of cheese poi... tf soning which occurred a few months ago in East Loudon receive a consider able amount of attention In the annual report of the medical officer for the City of London. The cheese was Never pierce meat while cooking. Dutch cheese, which appeared to be ia Add a dash of salt when whipping excellent condition, it had no unhealthy odor, color, or consistence, and eggs. Moist salt or moist tea leaves the medical officer for Flnsbuiy proved over the carpet before sprinkled that it had no exceptional taste by eatsweeping will renew Its brightness. ounces of two The it experiment ing Always break eggs one at a time In proved a very painful one, neverthesaucer iq case you come across a a less, for in two or three hours he bad one, in which case all ,ther rest to began suffer, yiolent pains, and he would be spoilt. 1J! for some twenty-u'i- r . fas extiemeiy Never use boap in cleaning sieves or bonis. Similar symptoms had been Blanche Gillette In Amersaucepans. i ,,ennced by bcnie 300 persons in ican Queen. f oogh fhe effects, never fatal, If you cook meat a second time, a pas-,t,- l cases In two in mott away clays. very hot oven Is required. Simples of the cheese were then subYou cannot cook anything nicely in mitted to cbentimJ enaminatiou by Mr. utensils which are not scrupulously . . Colwell and by I r.'K'un at St Bartho-omeclean. , g, and the pohcri wa3 eventually To prevent milk curdling when to the adieu of tyrotoxicon" mixed with tomatoes, add a pinch of or tjrotox.n, a i tomaine which is bicarbonate of soda.' roinetimos lonnd m gui onous cheeses. 1 Never wash meat. Clean it, if necgirl has such Reggie "My It Is an exceeding, y unstable body, essary, by rubbing with a damp cloth, i ' . red lips. o lout or moisture, or by scraping with a knife. easily Algy Oh! pshaw! Ill put and It la pie isl U ' in such very ' against hers any day. small quuutitb--- , t,-- us totnpo'ulion A Reception Gown. has never hoc" i A beautiful carriage or reception 'eiy oetermincd In the Glad Christmas Tlr n oicuu in gown is of thick white cloth, made it appevs prol'a . e the miik of Are c.ie-is you going to do anyth t nude, with three flat shoulder capes caught f zted as one and it lias u s of down on either shoulder with wide pecial for your wife this the causes of the vn i pread outbreaks mitred straps, adorned with narrow Just a petticoat, but such a petti-- , bons. The skirt under the ruffles is of mas? asked Fussyboy. I thk of summer diarruu-uong tbildjen. I am something that silk from and white as sets the soul of woman long- plain rose pink silk, over this is coat braid, orange u cPdu Practically toe ,y H that In the her although it will please tascoarse knotted which Its one for exact depended i A plain ruffle of chiffon, and over all ing the cause is not manufacture, counterpart. an effort, replied Crustyboy. close-fittinsels of white cord. The bodice was white silk skirt strewn comes the chiffon ruffle trimmed with known, P is iin, n that? Whats .tep-- t to io'evet t 1, pouched on either side of a smart lit- with moss rose buds, ruffle upon ruf- narrow lace and baby ribbon. The Wear a necktie she gate ptomaine. Coe in , tle lace vest, the yoke of which was fle of white chiffon lace and pink rib dust ruffle Is of rose pink taffeta. Journal. year foi a whole week." latest J pert" " 11 1 rich-lookin- g e many-colore- d two-third- Why-er-caw- , e Ut-e- d 4 all,t i is m b.-e- i a-- g |