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Show dent agent, I wish you could have sieen In three hvurs Artemus could learn him jump about six inches off the scores of things that would go to BOLD. floor, while the look of astonishment prove matters were as the new claimon his face was quite killing. For, as ant declared. he presently informed me, as luck And the captain--whof him? Is would have it, I had come asking he anything like well, our ogre? By ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE, about a vessel lost many years ago, Not a whit in manner, and very Autkert Liillt Mitt Million," Th t Spidtr't about which no vestige had ever been little in appearance. These long years WC"Ir. Jack a Uideai', Mm Carnet," ate discovered, in tHe very hour that the on the desert have darkened hia skin sole survivor of the luckless Hespa-siand whitened his hair, but they could had been sitting there in the not destroy his noble nature. It shows Caatyrlaha. 180L Street sad Smith. New Yh same chair I occupied, and telling the in the determined and kindly glow of CH4PTKK XI. most thrilling tales of ti3 adventures his eyes, in the almost heavenly Hot Shot. in the deserts of Africa the most ex- smile, and warm clasp of the hand. H'm! Well. I hope hell be friendOne look told Charlie that his citing that ever fell from the lips of A WARRIOR nr at t ty. er. lr ted a im- - the ilet a err mortal man. frieDd had good news. ly," said Charlie. Artemus was fairly bubbling over Oh, hes wild to see you to thank That was quite a unique situation to sit in the same chair and this you for ail that has been done. Dont with the intelligence he had picked the 'P- survivor of the Hespasla wreck had worry a bit about that part of it Ive enSuch a smile upon the face of How it fixed matters. significantly. occupied within the hour. aw Charlie blushed a little. looked had for Capt. Brand and must have stirred your blood and set or. of your nerves tingling! hia great game; the foundations And then, just Hope you havent overdone it and his Spanish castle were getting Bhaky, to think what rollicking adventures made me out a heroic sort of figure. hr ' and possibly the whole tremendous he had to tell of his life in Africa. By By the way, what did he think of the UA structure must come crashing down, the way. havent we heard something other? 1 You mean the ogre? in that line before? I have an indisCiv engulfing him in the ruins. Yes, Capt. Brand Number One we Want's the word? asked Artemus. tinct recollection of listening to some k'H( All goes on serenely, so far as I very entertaining reminiscences that may say. is t rivaled the feats of old Munchausen. Well, I wouldnt care to stand in know. iriet Artemus shut one eye. Perhaps, after all, it was only a his boots when those two meet. lark Theres going to be war to the knife, There's some high old fun in pros- - dream. thg Plainly, then, you think the old I can tell you. K ot "Just as I thought." Well, yes, I suppose so; St. Pat- boy has been up to his tricks, and ehi All these years he has lived on ricks day Is always oooming with spinning his yarns to a fresh audir or the hope of seeing his dear ones ence," Artemus remarked. good cheer in New York. tone I confess that thought came to again, and to find an usurper in his Ah! I mean for us; for our friend 1 tn me." he captain. place makes him furious, jade Could he cope with the rascal?" That strikes closer home. Now, I Well, it struck me that way at His wild life among the Arabs has mew you were the bearer of good first." Ah! then you found occasioh tews when I saw you enter. to hardened his constitution like iron. "I always said I was born under a change your mind? Besides, he isnt an old man, although jade his hair is white. God help the ogre "I did." nrky star, and this settles it beyond if once he falls Into the avengers And it wasnt the ogre? venture. breathcipel hands. Well, tell me your adventures, and lessly. Kan Then we must see that this hapNot a bit of it. low good fortune attended you. All i. It Then Charlie gave vent to a pens as soon as possible. f which sb all be to the glory, of our New There is need of haste. Such a romantic story ause, the vindication of truth and whistle. and There were two Richmonds in the as the captivity and escape ot Capt. first gbt, and the utter demoralization of Brand cant long be hidden under a field. ii os Japt Brand. Some enterprising reporter I Come over here, where comfort The man they knew as Capt. Brand bushel. The will get hold of it, and the affair can had a rival for the honors. nJ velvet chairs await us, and It was growing decidedly interest- be spread out over a whole page of yourself for a surprise that will, br f guess, surpass lecial anything you ever ing, and Charlie Stuart realized that a yellow journal. I Correct. And for that reason his friend had certainly stumbled jeard. i So they settled down. thought you had better see my capupon news of Importance. Charlie endeavored to retain his Here, then, was Mate Ben Hazen, tain at once, so I took the liberty of HER funposure and possess his soul in come to the surface after his long ex- fetching him along, and if you will ile. Stience. kindly take a little walk with me, I'll That I He knew Artemus of old and that a it was a grand stroke of Introduce you to papa! Yes, r. (To be continued.) eremony had to be gone through with luck. other re he would disgorge the secrets he They could doubtless easily prevail u ties, Assessed, such as would not disgrace upon the mate to meet the Imposter WOULD BUY JERUSALEM. te dren, in one of the face to' face, and tear away the mask ed to her courts. with which he had all this time con- Dowie Tells His Followers of His Obthej Well, now, you know what hopes cealed his identity. ject in Life. i ant pad with regard to the fellows on Surely be would be willing to do tbe first For time in his career John 1 their le Rialto; how built up this for the sake of his old captain's Alexander Dowie has announced to mcerning tbe finding of One or more daughter. his followers what his real aim in No wonder Charlie felt pleased. Bong them who knew Macauiey by life is. Before a gathering of 4,000 rstitu-- l wrt, and would, for a proper consid-atio"Well, be said, at length, It bepersons in Shiloh Tabernacle, Zion care take pleasure in denouncing gins to look like business, I declare. he said that his only purpose City, face. nues: , B to his Very much so, remarked Artemus. in Zion was to make enough building I only ran across one man who had I ran readily see there is some men millions of dollars to buy outright the lyed upon the boards with the great fun in prospect if we can bring of Jerusalem and lead his people of bat Macauiey; he declared he would these two wonderful African travelers city there to await the coming of Christ Ow him under any disguise; that into contact." ridge 'From the present outlook it will The Oh! glorious! I mannerisms must always betray not be many years before we will d even And we ft decan he if individuality though get the mate to night several Zion cities, paid Dowie, an Arab or a heatnen nounce this old ogre, our end is have )f the and we will make enough to accomthan jinee. gained. plish our great purpose. Who is to denounce him? Ah; thats the man we want, said The theme of Dowle's talk and evvArlle. the Why, Ben Hazen, the mate, of ery remark were to show that Zion ?And that's the man we won't get course. ffs tts City is the fulfillment of the prophecy A see, he had one experience witn Ah! where will you find him? her is of Isaiah. He spoke upon The City to and he this day declares "I thought that is, I understood, of God, and told icauiey, dares of the great things ot a mention the man always sends or, at least, I took it for granted, you Zion was to do in the world. ebill up and down his spinal column. had found him. Dowie averred the millennium is ; a word, he fears him worse .than Artemus slowly shook his head in closer at hand than make people imagined. t devil fears holy water, and nei-a- r the most tantalizing manner. return The recent volcanic eruptions, he benor in could I never bribes so. said pleading e they lieved, are warnings to prepare for ee him to say he would open his Then I jumped at conclusions, and the end of the le world. He cited the I Brand. The most could was wrong? Iteries on Lake Shore as particularly susceptYou were. thlm to promise was to see the nighty ible to siesmic disturbances and de3br from a sate hiding-placIf Ben Hazen is out of the ques- clared that when the world is burned and stands '8 secretly give ns his opinion, with tion, I suppose this is one of the crew up in the awful fire that is kindling 3rd ot proviso that his name who has turned up? ers of for it Zion City will stand alone, unArtemus lay back in his chair, with harmed. jjd never appear in the matter. What lharlie elevated armholes his of thumbs in the his vest eyebrows. since The theocratic declared 'I should say that man was a little His attitude was consequential and Dowie, will beforeparty, t's lerule the long hful. triumphant; it plainly gave warning world. Zion City will be the leading nt this He admitted the soft impeachment, that he was about to fire a volley. would city of America in education, religion, t confessed to a ghastly fear, '!o Guess again. welled commerce and finance. It will have a I for A ends. am at thank wits him, you. my Huley i chase fleet of vessels plying between the . it child dreads the fire, you know. How Simon the about genuine continents. ii de-some be to Pure captain? satisfaction It might Cities like Zion are to be estabT 1 if he added the weight of his secrot Charlie caught his breath. lished in other places. Already offers to our own strong convlc-Good Heavens! that would be of land have been received. EO. m in the matter; that is, it would the most stupendous thing on record coincidence without a parallel. But port Ips influence Lady Arline. WILL BUY BACK RAILROAD. id with 1 see here, as he detected a quizzical doubt, no doubt. Will It pay to summon him, then? in the others eyes, gleam er who Ttls direct method of questioning "this is too serious a thing to joke Ottoman Government Has Designs on Damascus Line. Arte-best of .A the e is way about, you know, my dear fellow." assisting According to an imperial trade just You bet it is. Along. railroad issued, the And you are In dead earnest?" and siIt compelled an answer, and thus ceseltated the Never more so in all my life-c- ross concession, including the five or six lt gives unmasking of his miles already constructed, will be em batteries. he is my heart if it isnt so. 1 Then Charlie realized that he could bought back from the English comhardly think so. y over pany, in whose hands it is at present, You know best, but i should like to believe him. llowing Tell me, he said, eagerly, were by the Turkish government, for the ar your reasons for refusing what m very sum of 155,000 Turklsn liras ($682,-000111 favors the gods throw in our you incredulous at first? id com-iIt is intended to make Haifa Rather. ay. time And you shall, Charlie, my boy. And how did yon set about prov- the port of arrival for pilgrims arand at riving by ship across the Mediterranter eye I the first place, It would hardly pay ing matters? s and the railroad ean, I one saw at was all such that to to secret way depend upon only said; t I connected with the proposed to is be we new If could for claimant the Damascus-Meccstimony. Inject some look up this railroad now being tohoiic fluid Into this low comedian, honors. ear." built at Irbid. You did it? ) give him backbone, so that he bottom Dr. Schumacher (the United States I had to. You see, I couldnt rid mid face Brand and finish tlie game in , A blaze of glory, it would do very myself of the idea that it might after consular agent), the .engineer Are jly. of the railcharge I our fear but tbe all be ogre, that Macauiey, spinning or.y thing Si, road operations, has not as yet rexld give the poor devil artificial his spider web. ly. I ceived instructions to hand the propme have same at would would struck the the That time steal Age, disaperty over to the Turkish government, T bis senses, so that our cause first thing. the latters representative (Ham-dd hardly make much progress. Well, with me it was somewhat but Pacha) has arrived on the ground different, for the case stood out so you agree with me? with his Btaff, and a transfer may be ne. Brlie nodded in the affirmative, clearly. You see, he came to the for day on payment of the is id bat is one reason, you see. It agency in company with the captain looked It any is intended to enlarge the money. steamer that to with of the bother such picked a Int pay English ng Already on off harbor facilities at Haifa. boat ms; time and labor and good him up in a small His evidence the coast of Africa he having at Beyroot has a protected harbor. k I wish to make. ie Span-needed. last escaped from the Arabs who held es the Crowning a Queen Consort. him prisoner so many years. h! ated by There is quite a little difference This steamer was bound from nee I have found another way effective attending the nsnaring the wonderful Capt. Cape Town So New York, and had between the ofceremonies consorts ins. The and queen 1 in a net which must render him been thrown out of her regular course coronation famous When the Rialto by a series of terrible southern those in connection with the cro lining ton was 'y helpless. of reigning sovereigns. Thug while Acts grew dim, I had in my mind storms. ie great, er alternative, by which I meant entitled They wanted to put him aboard both are anointed with the holy he one last, desperate move, you some vessel bound for London; but, chrism and invested with the crown victory, accompanying these acts it was suggested by something strange to say, spoke none during the words rge guns Bid a long time back, in case their subsequent voyage, so that he differ. When the crown is placed on ,t. "The the head of the queen consort, it is has been landed here. Yes took us to London. eigh 10 Most remarkable... What a sur- called the crown of glory, honor and At of ail, I began to make weigh i I truly hope this joy, and tn the same way the sacred among the various ship-use- s prise for Arline! great 1b described as destined to inmore will about down ditin acceptable than oil prove the papa region Is It crease her honors. but not to set resaid has oil. struck the soon and been, Stuart, ogre market, th to her e.vart for dominion. the Hespa-he- r flectively. go guns I think he will, remarked Artesad fate perfectly. He had i Where Carnations Thrive. is voyage on her. and was later mus, calmly. tell The carnation likes a sunny lr.ee ted in some clerical way What grounds have you for believand the should be free from the imhe American branch of the ing so? SiouJ lln whose interests she was The evidence of my judgment as mediate neighborhood of taller plants. soot and ashes may be scatterJop to the time of her loss. brought to ear upon the matter by A little It branch house is still in exist- eyes and ears that are at least equal ed between the rows and Worked Into the soil with benefit to the plants. ed only a block away from to the average. inder th should be cultivated thoroughly him?" They seen we stood talking at the mo-i- f have Then you t? during the summer and abundantly interested in tbe Hespasla ( Oh, ay. 1 Barnes, Carnations, supplied with water. And talked with him? gallant captain, I could not do tent own-open ground, than to turn in and make in- three hours in his company from seed grown in the Spent not give many flowers the first govern there. and he was very loth to have me will season, being properly a blenniaL rays, and Bn I opered my business with a break away, then. between Cleveland Plain Dealer. Really, that should settle It chap, who was resi f our na o ore Bar-nab- y pre-wr- e g rep-lente- e Iron-boun- . g . Haifa-Damasc- ). Kaifa-Damascu- a Haifa-Damascu- s - g sltua-tim.'an- d 1 d jray-heade- The Chinch Bug. In the accompanying cut we show die chinch bug, an Insect that has proven very destructive to grain crops In some sections of tbe country. By the side of the mature bug will be seen a perpendicular line about of an Inch long. That shows the real size of the insect, the illustration being greatly enlarged. The chinch bug is a native insect, originally subsisting on various wild grasses in the Mississippi valley and throughout its range. It is now widely distributed, being found in all the territory between Manitoba and Nova Scotia and tbe Gulf of Mexico. There are numerous ways of fighting this pest. Waste land should be burned over and cleared up. Wild grasses Infested by chinch bugs should also be given the fire treatment The rubbish in the fence corners and by the hedges should also When be raked up and incinerated. one-eight- h Imco pftm): . ft. 9m, t. Tb cbmeh bo cn: f. DFwIy hatched larva; ti, il tareat; a, larva alter flnrt molt, f, tame after aecoad taoit. g, pupa tbe uatu,rai aiaes iariteated at tides; h, enlarged leg of perfect bug; ), tanue of same, etill more enlarged; i. proboect or beak, enlarged from Buag). the ground is frozen The Expensive Poor Cow. Some dairymen would be better pit if they did not have so many cows as they own at present and some would be actually better off if they had none. This Is a hard saying, but it is true. The sooner the poor cows are weeded out of the herd the better. It takes a fairly good cow to pay expenses. There are millions of cows in the United States that are not fairly good. This Is proven by statistics regarding the average of milk and butter production. The average cow is not a money maker, and there are millions of cows poorer than the average cow. From the average cow down they should be sent to the shambles. The farmers of the United States would be ahead what they received from them as beef. This would be clear gain, and more, for It would be preventing annual , losses that are now occurring with great The men that scoff at regularity. book farming, that will not read agricultural papers and that will not attend farmers' Institutes are the fellows for the most part that are keeping these expensive poor cows. The men that are awake and that think are quitting that kind ot business. Moreover, the men that are progressive are getting ahead of the men that refuse to think. They are going out among the slow men and are annually buying their best cows to put into their own herds. They are doing this at the expense of a few dollars per cow more than they would have to pay for a poor cow. They are doing the right thing, for if the other men refuse to be instructed they must necessarily suffer the loss of their best animais. A cow that will make a profit of fifty dollars a year is certainly worth twice as much as the cow that will make only twenty-fivdollars' profit in a year, yet the foolish man that sells tbe better cow will part with her for $35 when he would want $25 for a poor cow. Every farmer should investigate the matter and as quickly as possible get rid of his expensive poor cows. tame meadows may be burned over without injury to tbe grass. Trap crops may be planted and will sometimes do good. Rotation is one of the best ways of checking tbe ravages of this Insect In the rotation, small grain should be disassociated as much as possible from corn. Some try plowing under the first rows of an attacked field, but this does not always prove effective. emulsion with kerosene Spraying gives some relief when tbe work Is done in time. One of tbe methods that has been quit) generally practiced is the plowing of a furrow and dragging a log through It to kill the To Get a Good Dairy Herd. bugs as fast as they accumulate. The To obtain a good dairy herd it is tarred line has been tried as a barrier to an invading army of these Insects necessary to both select and bread. It with some success. It must, however, Is a great mistake to sell the heifer calves from good cows, ns farmers be renewed several times a day. now generally do. If tbe people that are In the dairy business want good Test the Seeds. cattle it is now necessary for them to be should seed At this time of year own animals. The practice procured and prepared for the coming raise their season. If put off until a later time, of going out and buying good cows, because of the delays that arise during keeping them for a abort time under the rush of spring shipments and heavy feed and then sending them to on so long spring work, the seed may not be on the butcher has been going hand at the proper time, the seeding that it is now extremely difficult to go a cows. In will ,be late, and smaller yields will be out aud purchase the result This Is the proper time to breeding up It Is necessary to select a number of good cows are obinvestigate the vitality and germinat- till ing power of seeds. This should al- tained. These cows must be not only ways be done unless there is no ques- good milkers, but hardy in constitution. They should be bred to the best tion about the matter, and there usualThe sire must be ly is; and the cost of a test is but a sires obtainable. trifle. Purchased seed should always carefully chosen and with due regard be tested. Seed may have been put to the milking qualities of his dams away in storage in proper condition, and grand dams on both sides. A. J. Glover of the Illinois Agriculbut it may have absorbed moisture from the air, the ventilation may have tural college was recently sent out to been poor and tbe seed may have been purchase a Holstein bull to put at the injured by molding or heating or head of the Holstein herd at the colfreezing. If such seed is used and the lege. He hunted for a good many usual amount is sown, the stand la days before finding a suitable animal. poor and Irregular, and a low yield is One was finally obtained, and here are some of the things in his favor: The the result , . , The weather during the fall of 1902 dam of this bull produced 662 pounds was hard on the vitality of seeds, and of butter fat in one year. That means even where the best of care has been 15 per cent more than that amount In taken the per cent ot germination may butter. The grand dam on his dam's be low. Where the seed has been neg- side made 704 pounds of butter in a lected the per cent of germination may year. Tbe dam ot the sire of that bull fall below 60. The rainfall was fre- made 27.75 pounds of butter in a week. quent and heavy and much of the seed This bull himself has six daughters in was soaked in the field. Freezes do the advanced registry, and one ot much damage while seed is in such these daughters has made 24.88 pounds condition. Much poor seed will be of butter in one week. The dam of sent out the coming season and it is the bull purchased gave 18,289 pounds very necessary that seed be tested be- of milk in one year, and the grand dam gave 20,304 pounds In a like pefore planting. A simple germinating apparatus can riod. be made from two ordinary plates and The Poorly Constructed Silo. a piece of flannel cloth. Fold the cloth It is doubtless true that more silos and lay it in one plate, placing the seeds between folds of the cloth, which have proven failures because of poor should be moist, but not dripping. construction than for any other cause. Cover the whole with another plate in- The cheap silo is more tlian likely to verted and stand in warm place. If be a silo 'poorly constructed. Tbe the test Is made during cold weather, maker tries to save not only on macare must be taken to atand the plates terial, but on labor. The result is where the temperature will not fall that men are employed that do not much below 60 degrees Fahrenheit at understand the principles entering of a silo. night and will be about 65 or 70 de- into the codstructiuu Apertures are left here and there grees during the daytime. The seeds that have sprouted should where the air can get through into be removed every day and the number the silage. After filling, tbe silage is only from the top, recorded. When the test Is completed exposed to air not the number of seeds sprouted can be but also from the sides. Perhaps corners have been left, even in round compared with the number put in tbe little pockets of air are test and the percentage of germina- silos, where tion determined. Cereals and alfalfa formed- When the silo comes to be should be tested for about ten days, emptied, the proportion of spoiled while grass seeds heed fourteen to silage to good silage is very large. The owner becomes both disgusted thirty days. and discouraged, and does not refill the silo. The structure stands as a Poisoning of Cattle by Sorghum. and prevents Prof. A. T. Peters of the Nebraska monument- of failure station In reference to sorghum pois- other farmers from constructing silos, oning, says: During the past few for they think it a fair sample of silo. years, the Nebraska experiment sta- It is possible to construct cheap silos tion has Investigated the loss of cat- that are serviceable, and will last a tle from eating green sorghum and long time, but the ordinary man will Kafir corn. The prediction of the be more successful with his silo if be veterinarian that a chemical poison does not try to save too much money would be found has been fully verified. in the first cost. While the work was in progress, two Practical Knowledge. English Investigators discovered that A Scripture examination was being can acid be obtained from the held prussic in an English school, Egyptian great millet A little later where recently was Elijah offering lesson the and entirely Independently, the NeCarmel. As the chilbraska Investigators discovered that sacrifice on ML dren looked like good scholars, tbe prussic acid can be obtained from our common sorghum and Kafir corn. The inspector gave them a question: Now, you have told me that Elijah poison is always present in at least on ti.e altar. Why minute traces, but becomes dangerous put the bullock did he put water n.ound the altar? the is when plant only arrested by The children loosed amazed dry weather at certain stages of its one little boy, who t.oOd up andexcept said: as such growth. Sunlight prevails in to make th-- j gravy. . the arid and semiarid parts of the Please, sir, country causes the development of the Eleven villages in Russian Turkespoison in excess. When the symptoms tan are said to be in nuns as a result of poison do not appear so violently ot the recent and fully as to make medical treatment out of 6,000 houses haveearthquake been destroyed. The the question, drenching the animal will be obliged to supply with a solution of corn syrup or with government sweet milk is suggested. Thoroughly the 'wantsuntilof the working people at spring. cured Kafir corn that had been espe- Andijan cially deadly before harvesting was Spangling" is the marking profed to an animal without producing duced by a- large spot on any symptoms of poisoning. each feather, differing with that of of' the corn plant the ground-coloThe breedlng-uto a high protein content means the revolutionizing of the cattle feeding Experience is a great teacher, but her tuition fees are exorbitant industry within the corn belt. e first-cias- - Breeding Pigeons. From Farmers Review: In the Castration. From Farmers' Review: The ob- breeding of pigeons one must first jects of castration are to prevent re- choose the variety he thinks will sail ' production, to increase the tendency him best There are many varieties to lay on flesh, to better tbe quality that are unable to feed their own of the meat and to secure docility. young on account of shape of beak, Almost every farmer considers him- and for this reason most fanciers pro-self competent to do this work, and fer a breed of pigeons that can rear although the loss is not very great tt their own young without keeping what are called feeders. Pigeon breeding to could easily be reduced at least by using proper care- - and better like every other fancy or business, judgment The heaviest loss from cas- there being plenty of room at the top, tration is due to tbe extremes ot beat and, if one expects to be successful or cold and to the attacks of flies. with pigeons, he must in the first Should the weather be extremely cold place have a fancy for them and then when the operation is performed be willing to pay a fair price for good '. the wounded parts are apt to birds, for, as a rule, so called cheap ' become frosted, if performed in very biids are not worth feeding. My ad hot weather complications may set in vice to a beginner would be to pur' causing great inflammation and death chase but one pair of birds, but let that be not first class. If show of the animal. pair Th very young animal withstands birds themselves, they must com the shock better than older ones and from good stock to be good breeder Is little checked in its growth by It or to breed show birds. Birds can't The work, however, is much more transmit what they have not in themPurchase your pigeons of easily performed on older animals. selves, Tbe age, then, should be such as to breeder with a reputation for honest eliminate the tedious work with ths dealing and from one that has demonvery young animal and the injurious strated that he knows how to breed, effect upon an animal well advanced winners. Good birds in any variety toward maturity. When an animal Is suitable to start a loft with are worth castrated It ahould be In good health, from $10 to $25 a pair. This prlc free from constipation or any fevered may to some at first sight look exorbl- - e condition and should have a good ap- tant, but I know from long experience t petite. The animals should be lightly that if one wishes to become a fanclet fed both before and after the opera- and be successful he must Btart right tion, nt least for one or two days, in and it cant be done with cheap birds. fact the work should be done on an I could write much on this subject, If possible, after but hope these few lines will influence empty stomach. castration turn tbe animal on grass. some amateur fancier to start right, so This with the pleasant days is the that he will find it a pleasure and advantage of doing tbe work in tbe profit to continue in the fancy. Dr; W. A. Gibson, Jackson County, Mich, spring of tbe year. t With plga, lambs and calvea It is a t good practice to castrate midway beRaising Turkeys. tween birth and weaning time. With The raising of turkeys is easy and' the ram lamb intended for market it very A tew people howprofitable. la not worth while for the small flock ever carry the idea that they are so master to run the risk of losing in- delicate that it requires an expert in dividuals by castration. If well cared the business to successfully rear them. for these lambs may be fattened and This is not our experience and there placed on the market early enough to la scarcely a farmer in any locality inconvenience or prevent any any but wLat has a flock of turkeys ready deleterious effects to the meat product every fall for the winter market; by not castrating them. Docking the which to convincing evidence that turlambs tails when the animals era are easily raised. It is very imkeys young will have but little effect In reportant that good breeding stock tarding growth. The ram iambi should be selected, males not akin to ahould not have their tails docked at females. Do keep more than k the time of castration. Where the two tom with 12 not to 16 hena. Turkeys are operations performed together have plenty of room, if possithere ia greater risk of losing an ani- should ble the full range of the farm. When mal. A lambs tall may be cut off allowed full liberty, they require but when the lamb la but one to three little feed during the summer months, days old. Pigs freshly castrated en they roam the fields in search should not be allowed to wallow. The canIntroduction of mud alone Into the bugs, waste grain, etc. Turkeys not be overfed and are not considered open gashes lengtbeni tbe period of eaters. During the cold winter 'healing. Again inoculation of disease heavy months it is well to provide some sort occur in these fresh of germs may shelter, though they seem to enjoy aniwounds causing the death of the themselves much better by choosing mal. If calvea are castrated at the proper their own roosting place. They should various foods, such as all kinds' age and in good weather, little atten- have of grain. Turkeys usually lay 15 or tion need be given them afterward. 16 egga to the litter and will lay 5 They seem to have the strength to 6 litters In season, provided the overcome the shock with alight de- or are taken from the nest each eggs of the system. However, time. rangement Many keep their turkey hena local complications may set In and ahould be checked before the animal laying in this manner, setting the eggs Calves not under chicken hena. When the laying' has become 'weakened. r castrated from eight to ten months season begins the hens sometimes nests, usually in straw stacks! after birth often show the stag bead which la so objectionable and which fence corners, brush heaps, etc. II often reduces the price of the animal requires 28 days of incubation to bring when aold either as a feeder or when out young turkeys. They should he fattened for the butchers market fed nothing for about 24 hours. Place them in a clean roomy coop, feed tot Early maturity demands the castra- the first few weeka with bread soaked tion of the calvea when very young. This makes the ateer take on the ap- In milk. Cottage cheese In connection the bread to excellent Oatmeal , pearance of the heifer and the devel- with cooked rice are also considered opment will henceforth be more uni- and good. Food for young turkeys should form. Colts are an exception to the general be very slightly salted. After two of rule of castrating before the weaning three weeks they must be left to run , animal with a at large and fed on wheat screenings, ' period. A large, well arched neck ia very much corn meal, etc., and they will readily1 desired and the breeder attempt to learn to practically hunt their own iiv-secure these features by allowing the ing. Keep young turkeys, if possible; colt to run stud until two or three in coops during tbe night and until years old. It la gradually becoming the dew la off the grass in the mornv a practice among horae breeders to ing. J, R. Brab&zon. castrate their male colts when year I lings. The animal la much more easily Environment of the Egg, handled nt that age and the great InOliver Gibbs: The elder Agassi convenience of caring for the colt and spent the last and best years of hlq separating it from the other animals life in trying to fathom tbe mystery! Is dispensed with. There to also less of tbe egg. He peeled it down and risk ot death incurred. W. B. Ander- dug down and down and examined all son. its parts with his microscopes, and! Western Demand for Pork. kept on peeling and digging downj Prof. R. S. Shaw of the Montana into the germ and into what was aupJ Experiment Station says: The indus- posed to be tbe protoplasm till he try of pork production to In great need found himself baffled by something of encouragement throughout the arid which seemed to be beyond the reach a little dot; , west, which supplies but a small per- of human observation with hia glass of centage of the pork required for home only perceivable towns Western and highest power and there he rested, consumption. cities are In large measure supplied not knowing whether he was any- with cured pork from the great pack- where near the archaen rock of the ing houses of the east, with a product subject or not; and when he quit he! from tbe corn producing regions. was still at work on tbe environment There is a great demand for large of the egg; for environment is nob quantities of cured pork in Montana. that alone which surrounds tbe ex-The occupations and conditions sur- ternal form, but everything surroundthe people are such that ing any part of the form and furnish-- 1 ' rounding large quantities of cured meat must be used of which pork is the chief. I Ranchmen, stockmen, railroad and White Indian Games. canal builders, miners, prospectors The Indian Game has many fine and campers living in places remote to recommend it to the breedfrom tbe large centers can neither qualities for many years past has been! and er, obtain nor handle fresh meats to one of the most popular of fowls. Ia In many instances good advantage. withtbe male Is green-blacour farmers stilt continue to purchase plumage the wings, chestnut, out penciling; cured bacon and ham, bearing packing with bay and metallic black wing bar; house brauds, from local merchants feathers of the neck hackle are? instead ol producing them on tbs farm. the and with delhard, green-blacBecause of these practices our west- short crimson-browshafts. The pluern farmers ar tailing to obtain a icate of hen Is very difficult to obmage large revenue which they could so tain and should be a combination of Pork cannot be proeasily secure. and green-blacthroughduced more cheaply or of better qualout, green predominating. Along the ity than in the irrigated regions of tbe breastbone of both male and female arid west. Hog raising has been and allow tbe skin made possible by the opening up of the feathero part or above the upper to show just at which are to lands made agricultural This Is a disof the point ceenormous of quantities produce feature of the breed and reals and legumes by means of irri- tinctivefrom the time tbe chicks shed shows gation. the down. In Weaning the Pigs. An Illinois swine breeder says that The Hessian fly is so called because in weaning pigs the usual method is it is supposed to have been introduced to take the pigs away from the sow. Into this country from Germany by But the method is wrong, as the pigs the Hessian troops in their straw durare compelled to endure a double ing the year 1776, when large' reln-- i grief being taken away from their forcements of these troops joined th mother and away from the place to British army at Staten Island. which they are accustomed. The efi fect often is seen in the stoppage of No farmer can manage his affair all growth for a few days. The pigs should be left In the pen and the sow on strictly business principles who removed. She can stand the change does not keep an account of hia' rebetter than can the pigs. If left In the ceipts and expenditures and take aa pens the pigs will continue to grow occasional Inventory to aee how he. right along. stands financially. , -- one-ha- lf of . ' btde-thel- high-spirite- d . , ; n k nut-brow-n . keel-bon- |
