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Show Getting Truit Trees on the Torm. To mans farmers und their fimlllca tho Id lining of fruits nnd vinos seonia a task that Is attended with inlwh labor and hirgo expense, and us desirable us aro these luxuries they aro too oficn wnntlng becnuse of this conviction let it a few trees or vines mo planted each year. Billing Bill-ing to thoso already pluntul, and n placing plac-ing tho ones that nro dead or els Ing, ono will he surprlred how noon nn nbundanco of good fruit In nvuilabh for famlls use, mid even affording n nun lus that may bo readily disposed of for eush There Is minis a fenoo eorner, or place ntur noine of Ihe i.ull.illlillngn, where a Ireo or vino (ould bo planted lint would In a few senrs hear fruit The e.nnlon fence will make a Rood trellis for Briipo Vines Then 111.. ollltr sard ll the Ideal place for l luin trees lr tho llnest fruit trees are Impossible, plant inch pita un t raise seedlings If one has u Rood growth of soung lircs ihos in is bo casllv grafted or budded with the b. st vurletlm Tho writer well rememliers the pleasure thero was when first settling on u pralrlo fnrm In pluiitlug a row of ranpb. riles which were obtained from a neighbor, Tho next seur a Rood crop of berries was secured from them A row of cherry trees planted nlnng n fenoo In Idler venrs Sleldod ono season twenty bushels, which gavo a handsome l roll I I rult trees may l, pliutnl whero they will furnish some nhinlo as well us Mlo fruit Thdl (Ion t iKhlot planting luit-beurlng luit-beurlng irros This will be oriiiinientul Klvo i rotct tlon from ntorehlng russ of the sun und soon benr nuts On the prairie prai-rie farm before referred to wus plumed a walnut tree The slim sapling looked a long way from walnuts yet wo gathered nutn from Its brnnches Tho tree wus planted In ISVeJ und wu left Ihn firm In lvi Let vnui ( oustnut studs bo to flant In the nut of-wuy places fruit or nut trees, grape or l.t rry vims If a ti w tncs urn thus plinted ench senr a firmer will havo inoro than enough fruit for homo use und one never misses tho Ijnd okii-pled okii-pled by them or tho llmo tuken fur their planting und culture Tho children can be Intenstid nnd encouraged en-couraged lo re for trees bs giving il em tho fruit of Home special trten lo market for themselves Colmaii a llurul World Gaining Time with Tomntoas. When tho plaiita begin to criwd each other hi the hotbed they nhould bo ugaln transplanted Hct six Inches up irt In tho hotbed, ua far na It will gt, oi nil tho plants may be set ln a cold frnine This Is marie by placing two boirds of any leniitli thn rlkht dlsiumo upnrt und las ing hott.d sash or straw mats over thu top If sou arc without clllm make a light tinnin of sticks niul eovcr It with rooilnK pifcr oi cloth Iho mttcilnl Tor this bed nhould be well rolled nlabl niunure, with Just a sprinkling of gnu I louni to prevent drslng up As am n us the plums nro well rooted hi this i.e.l pinch off thn rnds ot tlm haves I'hls will fono tho growth lino the slim ot tho plant und make It stnmMi Itemcmber that the lamest, tomato plants nro nut al-wuss al-wuss the bent, but theso that hive the strongest steins If $uu havo plents ot room In a lold frime, niul time ti spare, ad euch plant la a birv basket nud when tho thno eonitH for the llnal tram, planting Into tho field the box inns bu lorn off and tho roots need not bo disturbed dis-turbed nt nil writes a correspondent In tho orniics Judil 1 iirnier. While Mowing III. pi lilts thes should bo leit well watered nnd whin the vvnuther la ut nil mild tho bush or mtts ahnutd be removed, und tho plants fclveu a chance tn hardi n If sou hive plenty ot hotbed mom or enn start tho plants In a i,reeuhouse tho whole pro, .ns mas bo cnirlcd nn with foreul h.at ind IirRor plants nny he nhtnlned bs the time the outside weather is suttnhlo for the growth ot tomatoes The market pass high prices far tho earliest tomatoes, so it Is advls- nble for tho former tn ralso the earliest S (13! i jiiiB kinds und resort tu the forcing process us m kWr Wn!nnl much ns possible iFvlHU! 3 SfMnH Toinutoin aro frequently unsalable from 1ST 44 NUnyHVI being deformed. This Is probibls, next Ui hltlhiiBM in rotting, the grruicst source of loss. ffi laftHwnVJI Tho inuse s gem rally Insiilflclent fertl- 9$ IlffiPtMSnWl Hznllnii rim odor of the tomato plant $KfSW9HaflLI Is apparently illsagreeabln to bees und MEIRLiTlnWfl other Inseeln, mil Ihn pollen tins tn de- N$ KKW IVHHnVJ I end on tho wlnl foi distribution, sn W1Hh GWHB thnt often one or two stamens do not re. BsHfiW uRlnfllnn lehn a sufflrlent iimoiint, no thnt tho fl BfcSi' WHB development nf one or two sections of HffislffiVJnB !,'",' "mi!.n "'."''" 'rhn diflcilltS of nrtl- Rt RffitefiSaU flclil pnlllnalloii mukes ono ot the chief li! Tfii flBSBnl Hems t.t oxpenne It, riilslng tomulnes ill- If H I '! side The method used Is to boll a It WVKTnnB sin ell ni .ion under n blossom nnd hit the EiV lift .lissom wllh ii llttlo nllck Ihe next I ?&!" flower Is nnieured with Iho pollen ot this tii HSHH Hoed Crops with Small rmlts. t HHH As n ruin It Is the better plan tn keep l& iWijW&M .ho small fruit plintatlon frco from oilier ft !rjiSnl crois. nllhniiRh, If ono has fertilized thn li '( XMhS soil reanonabls heuvs, hoed crops may bo j iVrtuflllnl grown between the rows of raspberry i MlWBt unci blackberry plants the first neu.on f. lit 'TrTaHKB ler tint plains nro not Helens, potatoes V'T .VltfilBnl or peas miv b.t iluis mrown In ndviintiKe. ft ,i l,jMM .ut, ns Hated mile when thn soil his k j iV.lVHHl been rertllU. el no Hint thn hn.d crop will iPceliyHBnl lint lino tin pi litt fo.l tint shnull go In if M rwE!anl nusluhl tho small rrult i.hiutn Tho plan, it Hi tcWUDl no common 111 nrelltns where thejo twn ( I H $ fEBM ninall fruits urn grnwu with tho greatest lb WSfiWUBm proilt, of j Inughlng the spa. o leetwecn tho , r ffl JBHttal lows of plains Is an excellent one, pro Vh itM UUBflHl vidid thn pi .iiKhhiK Is not loo deep At- I & fit PtlnnHl ler pruning thn plains prnnerls nnti doing 3 ! 'J! flnWal tho IniiRhlng nilkkoslcd. If u heavy mulch 3 5 IBMSfll of enarso in in in Is paced urouu.l thn 5,3 li I iHcBMH plants the lel 1 will bo Increased und tho ill ill ft BBranl berries will bo hugcr, if 'lilfLnnnB Sweet Tea Culture. t ' 'IS LrKfflB Hweet puis lue very beautiful an! J1? Hl)?V'n9l elalnls. and to my mind theie are nn ikfiHlllSnl flowers that glvo no much satisfaction I 5 flfinirl foi Bo little trouble nnd expense. Tn . . L j.ji fjlHH bo due. cssf ill with them nno must W '2L'fijaSB plnnt tho aeed veiy caily ln tho sprlnrr t'p...?' 'itHl In tho open ground Krom tho tnlddlo k f$f,$ftffM of Muich n ii 1 1 1 euily Ai rll, or as soon pi yt' JfiflmM nn the frost Is out Is ha most rultnbltv ta IpViNuJjjBaB lime l'ur lato blooming, plant the mid- IB i'!(Kit'SIllJSnl ul" "f -M iy 8 3 IMfl nSlMI Tlio seed will geimlmito better If 8ft 'fSiWlrrSeSl nniked ovri night In tepid water, and lV jfKL,iil'inl howu the next da, !u double rowa, In tlrnltToB nliout four Indies between tho rows. KM ty-pil! Ml Wiini The soil should be light and looic, f nIVJa ED wllh a nllght ndmlxturo nf clay and f":' rlltajUiMHii well-rotted inaniiic Kpade up tho lows ij kiW'rlHclwn ten or twelvo Inches deep und thor- pi ivlmi"M (Highly mix loiether, 111 (I'SllJiiriClnl It Is hist tn dn this work In the fall M MvMU and npude It over usaln In the spring, 9j leli'KljlJHl mikliiB tho eullh lino and mellon be- JrJ ' iWrJl JpKl fom planting Muke a ticneh five Vt, KfjKtKKt Inihes deep and acntlcr tho (.cod In ono jfl jCvjInrtliTnMl or twn Inches apmt, and caver to a iA jIiySSwB depth of thieo Inches nt llrst. ln about tj'fr Tit llcJBIlliH twn weeks tho soung plants will np- 94 :Jf K)HUftfl 1 cur. in Ui MfiKwni As anon ns they are up n few Inches p J9 JImKHH lieglu tn (mil tho caith close up about BA Jo linHHnVJ them, nlmnst rovei Ing them, Thla pi o Jfl ffi ll?fiSnVJ lee Is tho phints troni cold, gives thor 4 i( (jwBMH deep roots and holds moisture duclm, id ft IDjHBnfl tho hot, dry months of aumiuei. U Jff twInVcnwl overs hoeing, thcreaflci, tho earth hit ihiSiSMf should bo pulled up a Utile nioie. LsfilHi Hweat pons rcqulio plenty ot water, jj WHHD nnd n gisid wny tn aupply It Is tn dig SB 9MHH a small ticneh close alongside of the jjjl lBiHBU own und Into this pout tho water so ) BnMSM that It will soak Into the roots Tour- tjf fHullHf Ing the water directly onto the plunts f,m HcJLUI seems lo uiako them turn yellow it Iho IlWHliinl bottom and not do so well. As plenty tiBmtM aaH flSitiU thililm, it la best l.. .un th i H J' P iK I ii'irih id I Hotiili Aft-r Ihe pnni ' 1 i)i 'j 5 to blooming nliel thev shoul 1 bo . lit H ' J 6 Mi every Inn days, and no need I""" ' LLH Jfl! f" t ..Mowed to ilptn cx.oit for noceeeary H Jl) 51)1 ed An ei1 Krnwn at baino Is bea iH V X J if It Is n Komi plan to 1. 1 one mw b o- H lit J iff ""Largc-mcsh poult wire n. ttlni Ave ELH iU ' NIK M"e. It shoul I be put between the PLH nil It M I lows, and nulled lo small posts at 'aeh FL'iBaH ii'Bl L IVt ind and In the middle lo support It - B ml J J 1'rances C. King, In Ohio Parmer. I'H Ir'iB ' rl ' ,(!A V ! Hurried Soil rrirwrntioiw. HI )M ' J vhlle II Is admitted that oni must give V ' II"! rropa Inlelllg. nt care-know enous-h fB J I , I nbout the soli to reed It properly, and to -H ( mile crops suited to soil, climate and ( l ' I j uil ci rulltltins there la no dnulit but ,'m I that man of the fiilluns In firming arc ! I c due almost holl to the hurried prepi- , lullon of the sol or the sc.dlwd In 'H ( their nnxl.ly to gel the idouirbuul dona f,H . in. and th sed In mun '"rnnrj '" V'H I , . i I ihounhilossli .flen rot ploneThlni deep : ' i enough mi She uu Hut l lo be small, JaB i 1 i and mnn Units nv making the seedbed "H . aufflei r.if lin to gito tf young plants H r the 1mI ieill .lni.ee Wo on. tun H tell win ihir tin coming aeaiun will tw MflH) wet or ill, hut It li iiiT nndlai ttti d fait MH . that thi fnrni.r who pniuna hH ami. afH lieda the moat th rnug.ilv und kum III" 'iH I irnpa thi rultou n. unit to nhut th. 1 I, aliould luiM. ataiida the l"-t ilnrKi of 'H t i jli nuceeaa, no matter what the a.ua.m may i. ill ho One tminot afford to tuke ihumes 4gH K I) In farming when, h a little for. thought VHI J .( nd a llllle tlm, eijetlt In the b ginning SH 3 M of the aeaaon thc ran put UiimaeKea In lB B ' a poaltlon to he lb gainer. een In aen- H aona that are not iinrtnnl Thru lna ltd. SH) "i dlllonal apant In the prpnratl m of the H peedbad will be mon than mede good in j tha mora thrifty growth of tho puntK. Hl A Handy I'atm Date. H A hray gate that la openul a number 1 ' ' 5 "' tlin a dull) la npt to aug in a ahort M . i j tlma If not wall braced. An exeiimi 1 i f i way of nverromlng thla fault la shown In 1 i T I tha lllualratlon, Th poata are longer 1 ,' I than thoaa ordinarily uaMl, and are act a I , loot deeper In the grotiinl than f.niro ' 1 xwta generally. Hnvv Hut aionea are t placeil about the botloio or the mi to 'I ,V I f, which thi gite Killing and line, annua J el ,i Ute braced on either aldi by aleul oak aaa ', t ! etskea Thew atuke are drhen eo that 1 I fl tin tope are Jut below the eurfaio of 1 , 'm'vi the ground lhrae atrong hlngea ari W III' uel tplutng the Kate and u atrong toil of H t i Iron la Hatched lo tin upright or the H . tale and to the tap bur Thla helpa 1 i " I .,1 ircatly In keeping the gitc from wurj.- H it, i ,! lug or rneklng rail nt the jolnla. The n ir j lull faateulng, though almple li elti . - aaaaaW tiM (J'li tl'e, A alot la rut thioiigh tho tront up- H I (ijrl '2ill right of the gatu and thi tongue of the aaH K;i'ifl( Mich run thniugh It A alot la inonlaid aaHI " Me fill In the poat, aa ahoun In the lllualratlon, bbbH : NllT und the tongue run in. which glea am. bbbH ' 1 Hi uu,e faatenlng. Tht. laieli or tongue la bbbH u it I iiflt hung from the ltr of the gnto by maana bbbHI I If V&r "' tnu Plccea of linrd, amooth woo.1, bbbH I "K ivui liolteil together, with the tongue In. bbbB S 9r tueen Hi.- lowir enda Tho 1k.Ii whuh H ( ; S I. runa ihrough the bar of the gnto la looae bbbH fl'-f i fw IS i Hough to liertlltt the tongue to lie iuahi d H lj! J IMfi laieknard and foruurd when tho gate la bbbH l 4B " ojientd una cloaed. H 1 vWm Census Iieport on Ccrenla. BBBR V tl if A reKirt by the ccnaua bureau, laauod H ft,'!- I recently, rontalnlnx atutlalka of (lie bLH I :MlJ moat Important cireula, annus that 2 H U i 8 , 0U.9I: farma In the I'nlte.1 Hlalea ilur- 1 rUlu 1 in ,,ie tonaua car 19W prodiiLed 8S,- iPAli M,M3 PUHhela of wluut uf a farm jj IM ,,'lue nf IWH Ibla when I waa -----. ,1 it lulled nn 5K.MB DTI urrea or the I..73J,- bbH Jiir.Wi l157 farms In the nation 27SH I rnlant bbHI ?Vl1ifl J barley, lUlthatlng 4 ITI JJS Hires, upon bbbH Hi U'llTi! hlcli were prixlHrcd 119(1 1JSJ7 bunliela. BaBaaH 'jlni'hl "C n (nrm MllUO of ll C30.840, .'0!I1 CO H , jjflifc J farms tultUatod M7 lit! mien nf luiik- H f; 5j3 ' wheat, pliHllltlue 112.17.0flu buahela nf bbibBI ' iBlll " farm Millie uf 15 748.371, 4 C97.733 farma Hj I ill rullhntod OltllGhCI mren nf ruin, tun. i s!'T dtirlug ;,CM. fN ;a btiahela of a fnim J if inlue of JiiJ0,llS7,7.'C. 3U4U9 furma ml- i I thnleil 39 539.6117 in n a of outa pioduc- f 1 J intr thinfram 9H387.37-i Inuliela, nf a. bbji ili E farm initio nf 3217.09 1M, .M0i furma H '( jj itiltlintid 204169 uirra of tye prii- H I v , iluclng therefrom :r, OM.M liunh. la nf H 't, , n. farm lultio of JIS291 268 'Hie burenii H ll, h latlmatea Unit llio Intul whint exported. H ' ; kept for seed anil gi-ntind In Hour iiml H J ly Krlst mllli iiirgregiited 000,130,111 bmh. H in't j !)'' An 01)i'ct Lesson In JInrkctlnp. Hj j'' The writer la uciijilnled with a quick- H .' willed, hualllng inminhalon mall In a j j ! 1 thrhing lnl.iii.1 rll Onn i!h luat He- 1 ' ictntier thla man utilteit it mnaigunicut j of iKilatoea from a farmer who tertalnl) 1 I " j, kne how to gron imlaloia but who juat H ilt ua tertalnl) did not kuon lion to rrpure H I, if, i ""m for the nmrkit The till., ra utr,- H if ill 1 large and line hut were thlikl) in.n-,1 H (. I with black anil In wlil.h tho weu H ('' I, i grown Jut aa the wen Ulng unlnidul j ik, I V from the truck the an ward of u hnli I 1 ,'f ( 4. mppeii up nnd bargained for llir. e Imi. f1 1 lit 1 "la of the imlotoea, whlih win mild to l fi, Vln '", ,l.,alr 'r,V . Imnudaltili ufl.r i. 1 bla sale til rommlaalnn man aul.l to tin jl writer "lheae potiiiuia are wnrih main B j' B, morej mn I reielie.1 fur Hie thru lur- H 1 li' r'li and would hrlng inoro If 111. weio H i, , 111 lue propi!- londltliMi Altir u m.. H I ej incut'a ihiiilght, he loneludcd ' I II Hk H I em und he Immediately orden d Ida H 'i ,. men to tnkn the nmiilnliig tuihc l.,ir- H , Vt.itr rtla Inin n luirk room und wnh nnd wii. B t, Al "ery tuber, and whin drj lo paik th.'m H i ' U(J I'ltk In the Iwriela A momh Inter, whin M I )l 1 ri '" ."'? l",nT r" '. ","1"1 "" n friend bbLbI lllv" WB liud brough up thi. uue.tlon of (He H if NH wnahed iwtutoia Hi referred to Ida IkioIw 1 I I ,.11 and alioMid tne where he had aold tho H I J wnahiHl lubrra for oue-hili- more it Inirrel H J'liii lhan way paid fir Hie thn. harrela tlrat H UK' H "old and th sale win mule within three H , iTtV I ilnya after the Ural Did till, exira money M ,U ft kv bi th grower? Not nil of It b. any H If !i ineon. for the eiiinuilaaiin man ile.fu,tc,i 1 i i a round prlcu for the labor and alan Ida ,, S", chminlaalon Thla waa full but Ju.t a H (.' lm much imiio thi groHu might hm., bbbb ii I ucrlwil hifd ho proiu rls t riauti't.d iho H ? J, J imp btfora ahlpplng? i"H"Jtu mo H j J jfi- Transferring Bees Into Tinmo Illvce. B ! t 'J During enrl spring la the propir thno B i to tninafer been rrom hlna of ul.l pail, rn B I r box hlvve, Into frame hlia of the ' r' i ' Hleat Improted make In aprlng l,,rrn til., colony geta ationg and tho mmha H i idled up with honey, a good job of inum-H inum-H i " ferrlng ran lie dene Tho tumba mui nil H I ' .' b tut out of tho oil hlvea and nit und B I j i nlteil In the trainee of Iho mw hue, mid H j3 ,i thus hae a good working hlie Hint H ' ' -an l liandleil aa well aa am. and do I H ' I Ju.t a well in lining It un to ohiuln a ! iafaTaTJ le S!""' cnii' "' hnnei, aas A II Hurt In I M i I rarm. Weld and Klrealrfe, '" H 1 1 I, 'I i I , h beat time to operate with the bera I H i , I In iranafeirlng them la about th. time H ' if j Ibey are gathering their llrat hnm In H t airing. Thla to uaiiully when trait tree H I M "re In bloom and during warm w. airier. I m i ' hen Iho di la line and warm ind the B ' Vea bua at work, transfer ring la mm h i lliu dorio than at any other time rhe I day should bo wurm and the be a IHIng I ., freely, and aa mar thi. middle of ihcdii? ', aa possible la tho biat Unto to operate r , wltu I hem All Iho tieat lomka-thoao m ' that are straight and uoi too tlilik may H ' ' lo cut and title I In, until Die frame Is full H i , ft ;'' " should la wrapped with hurd H I lij'i twine or wind to hold tin, tomb In plite bbbH , .tfc'liH 8omouaellttleallikiofwn.nl cackwt at bbH !'l1wli !?& ?"a on the m.lie of tht frames, to ! .tUerw I'nl'l the ooinb In plate ffUY'T Thi "" .Si", f'J'ly pa''h up audi 1.11 I tombs and III In till vai unties 'in tho I I ' frames nnd In a short time tin j will hai fbh , J1 H tompletel timentiil Hi. pl.ieanf comb )m i ' r, i together Into on- solid hlu. t nf nl o comb j I if, s In tath (ruin. In two or ilut dus ofttr j j4.i the fdKttnhKa may bo unlived away i1" ! froiti tho fruniis i f comb und thus the , Job Is complete The fiiMinlngs inuat lio ' r(r lonwHud soon thennfti r lo Inauro a good i, Job. Kvr hive of btea ahould ha" a t ' aoiKl going over In aprlng thus and all 1 I .1 tha frumea of tomb put in goial order for M ,1 If It tonvenlent handling duilng tht following H I , i ' , seaann, ua gaud m inlpul itlon .lci nda un. 1 k ' on the onndltlon of tin framta and Inaido j i I ' of hit In this particular I hi!'- H I ! ,f , Bei Aak fori heir FooJ. j j Is' t 'Wrlllgg on tho m inner In whleli wtrk H . 1H er-lxies supply food to tha qui tn nnd H H drones, Arthur Is Millet a.ia in t)i,n. H , & 171 Ings Unit, except tht xti n.. of iho latent "H l!' , ivj', ' mother Instlnet" In ic.dlng lurvue i lH i Iff I worker-tuo never olunti ill glv a I iod " 1, s II ' any other bee. elthtr iiiieen, dnuie or " E 5 . worker. Food aUais ha to l. asked H r f for, sninellmes o.ppurentli iikm by lung "H If I 1 1 I'ndtr such couultlona, nlni limn ua ila. "K IV fi I caged queen uf getting m,,i,,l nuuriah- H) J m ilr i merit? bH I tiif . . 81 has to tleiiend upon tin thane urn HI 'Jii' V ' pioitl supplllil worktr mil aithl i " tit I .' usUiig distance, and I hen risk muIiik 'r "H ill J to L'lvo up aoim or Inl aui. '. if r ( ' . i ago la n.ai iiuF'il.d luooil I M , . j fi' i Ix-is are ii'iiu i , is hit If she it " . I, I in I stm 1. raw n In tin. i l i '1 for win i ' i ir i f 1 "H I A bl V i Ik I nthrr I1 I "H 4i ij , or li i li in li j! i .li M y "- f uoM all mint is uilll one li round witi uj Hill?) I A i i I r 111 I likT1"1! - I- I 1. II I it The giving 1 nt the a-ni; tin. K n erill) urei iiml i .ntriii ta It il i.'in'n muih m If H sting which la piol.a bl retiaasry n mabi It to dhgnrgo the food whin the at .math is not r.ll Tie Mining of tin abdomen Is not ulwas done Tho tongut of ihe giving Pro diir. Ing the uir ration la curved bai k under her "chin' miri us tl ae as It la nor-mally nor-mally isrrled whin not In use Tho abdonun of the inking bee palpi-tatca palpi-tatca Just ua when inking neeiar from the flowers or hone rrom a cell I have ofttn seen a drom a. Is the worker bv the "etieeka tip up the worker s face to a ronvenlent ungi and hang on until tlthir It had no nl r to glyi or he had gotten Ida i Ihe sudden show of tongues when a quei n or i tht r bee la gr t-ting t-ting food thus la purelv a aae of trying to get dainties an I la nol nn offering of food to tholr royal mother or dlstreeaed Bister. Succeesful Swine Breeding;. I have known farmirg to sell their best animal- becnua they would bring the moat mon They kept their poot stock for binding purposes This can result In only om thing, the deterioration deteriora-tion nf tho herd writes t' C. 1'crvlor In the New York Vnrmei A rung, narrow hog means a poor feeder shoit ihunky hog miang n good feed, r but la not one that will give the most valuable carcass. 1'lgs that conn In May will make better growth than those that come In Man h and Apill tor In Manli and April theie are many told days during which the little pigs will not grow at all. A farm animal should not be allowed to stop growing I think a dam should be kept in a. .nd inndltlon It Is a mistake mis-take to allir.i hu to bitome thin after furrow Ing, as Is done in many taseH Keed Well and keep up the liesb. Aa soon as my pigs begin to eat, they retelve some aoaki d corn In milk This Is fed to them In places where the old hogs tannot get to It. A large number of pig ere killed cvory year by being fed nn sour slop. 1 hat known men to lose all their pigs by feuding lhenj slop that has moral for two or three daya In th hot weither of summer 1 find that feeding the pigs twice n day and then not more than will he t leaned tip, will keep the pigs In good condition. Corn alone Is not a good feed for growing animals An abundance of green glass Is the cheapest and best food that can be used to balance tho lorn Uiat winter I Tul doer hay to my hogs, nnd It was a surprise 1 1 see how th hog would line tip to the rackn In which that hay was put dally. I long ago ubnndoned th old practice prac-tice nt keeping hoga Ihrough the second sec-ond season to be fattened and marketed at sixteen to eighteen months of ngo Tho Tanners' Hog. It Is the fnrmer that rnlaea the mnlorllj of hogs that supply the grint mnrkiti and to Ihj atleteasful In thla as well aa to net hlmaelf a fair profit for Ida time and oulluv r,r labor, hi lllllat uat theverj brat of bretdlng atmk In fntt, there la no hog too good for th farmer The farmer that ralaea hoga that will not respond to the tare nnd fetd gheu them la wasting tlmo nnd renl for when wo fcid our grain we want to git all we poaalbly cuu for It In return mid In order to do Ihli wi piubi hale tie hog that will innke the moat pounda of the beat meat and that top meat, writ, a A T aimtturk In the Prairie raruiir A good wide luck and well aprung riba Willi deep wide hums make th high prleul mint, nnd the more of thla wi ln., th, hitter Not the dlf-fer dlf-fer nee tietuetn Ihe prlcea or the scrub hog und Ihe one that tops the market l'lik out a good rnil-r for nur brood aov. mi mall, r If she lie a llitln long In hi neck, thla Indliutes Unit she la a good milker If Mm wire atlrcilng a mlb h mw ou waul I not i lik one that l.ud a ahort betfy no. k A sow welshing ' pound at maturity la Inrgo enough for u good I hind sow I hi hour ahould be u llllle more coin-pint coin-pint wlib a shorn r netk and a good Hide, masillllne hi ml He ahould look as ou exiiect his pruKiny to look. Do not purthuan it l.rair with a bark Hint la nar. row and urtheil d.iwn Instiud of un. and aie that he ta not cat hammed, with long thin hoofa and doea not wilk on Ida dew. iluwa uu will lone mom y If jou make such a purthna, Manv consider the prlte more than tin) do tho breed The do not auem to n itlst that n poor bonr la liar ul ant iirht 'Ihe hour la bulf the bird nut) In billing a good ono otl are i n the winning lnm.-inl of the loalug aide I know or two men that lite near to eiuh other, one of whom hna rnlaed and mnrkeli d trom slxt to Ho head of hogs ptr eur r.ir enm enra and hue In-ireaat In-ireaat I Ida liii-air farm lo one of Gmi airta iho hog doing Ida share toward thla tncreiiae wlill, the othtr man Oldwwt at times bavi a bog on his rarm, lintisold.hla grain and slill ok rate hie PW-arrr farm Will II pa la a iiueatlon nfli u asked by tin Anurlinn rjnn, i It nn nak him ir be itr rib, d and - dd a bunch of hogs Mu.li as 1 hue diatrlbeit and not mmle a K'kiiI innllt 'in rnla. a gool bunch we want tht enrl inaiurlng breed so that we t tin sell ihini off hitwieu the annual ilalls of the luuHsiuir for the farmer p.isa mon- than Ida ahnr, of the tuxea It inata mm n to put on th last twent-lle pounds nn a Tuu-pound hog than It does lo pill on the lliat atitnti inc. an t ahould tr and Imprint the brtid b ualng Ik t. li r bl.Hid Thla will lie more aallaf icturi aa well as more profitable, for It la Ihe market to pers that bring Ihe moat mono Ian k lan-mily to the liellcrnii nt or jour hml In evir naett and you will 1m tome i eutlatl d bilieur In th greateat wnilih producing animal on cartb-lho farmers hug Roup. Knup Is a tontugloiis catarrhal disease dis-ease of poultry of suth common oc-turience oc-turience that almost every broeilei and fancier has seen It or hat! exprrlcnc" with It It Is the cause nt mine loas than piobably oi lesulted trom that now almoat extltut disease, cholera, writes i'rof It A. Craig of tho In. dliina expurlnifiit station Hnup Is n contagious catarrh and nut a hail cjsc of common cold, 11 begins with imuh th same symptoms aa cold dullness, toughened fiathtrs watery dlsthaigo from tht uoetrlla anil shoiily Invading the ts. As the disease piogresses, Ihr pans arretted begin to swell the ills hargu bei nines lliltkei, of a sink, allmv character ao that tha bird shakes its head from side to side to get lid of It The odoi lit comes offensive anil Is iharuti. ilstlc The swelling In iho nostril leauses wheeling at every breath t'tiuii b ti sinpiuige of the passages pas-sages ma) in i tn and tho mouth be held upon to pi unit the passage of air. The lids may be swollen shut, and If the exudate finds lodgment behind the ball tho eye mu bu forted from Its socket The sight rat) bo destinyed by the ulteratlun of l hi cornea or the tils-lodgment tils-lodgment of the ball Within thu mouth inav bt patthes of u. tliltk, white or thtisy membranes, resem-I resem-I ling dlphthiilit In some cusps Dlrds in such advantud stasia of the (Mat use piesv.t n i tout tllui unlnii uppcuruiico. Houp Is contagion ami spieada nip-Idly nip-Idly In a llotk It lesembleg uold so tlosely In thu utrly stages that lilHIiy brcedeis nmtenil that the disease Ig titily an aggmvattd told, and coutruct-ed coutruct-ed In tha same tiiuiinn, Hiauglits, ex-poeure ex-poeure und extcsslvu moisture, etc, will produce colds, but not roup, These smnu tondli una will bt favorable to acvero cases und tn lupld devetoument 'iut th it Is all t liliks kept under the lost sanllorv niiaugements. If et-imsed et-imsed to a duuaend lilt k leturiicd from a show, will contiait the disease. Tho treatnuiit of mup Is bust acconi-Idlsheil acconi-Idlsheil by decapltaiiuu und burying or burning In the niujtiilt) of cases this will lie Ihe chtapest and most sat Isfutiiry methntl Drug trealinnut Is ur JHlsfBi'loij and only atlvlsable rune It Is possible to lomplettdv aep- iiate the biida und where the owner i an give mil' h ultentlon. Local appll- iiluns of titnlln of one pait to forty if water pine keioaene, or foui parts nf kerosene foul parts of rotton-seed oil nnd one part of turpentine are lec- ugnlseil us tning Hie besi A ponder nmposftd t.i equal pails, by weight, I liniaiU a id n.eiaiildc und (alomel I i II I lt in ana of an Inset t blown is I b ) i iii i III lint pow In I . b, t . i . a fi w t ill i i tn Kiudu 'h i i li k nlll h tllltl nt i 1 u th tuu i v uppiUd. |