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V til k and locale narna earlh cloaeta and 1 i t in other eour of Impurltlea eo that the H I , ' ,, I, v er aupph mil i freo from a poaalble H I i i lamination H ' y Tnen, too the cellara ahnuld be ll B 4 t i nra ned and aired The cxpno of proper H , 1 lra neee mil aoon bo met h the aavlno; aBBBBBV f 1 f loctor hllla The peoile In the rlilea 'Il ' I ibnand thai there bi tfrtilent aanllarv LbbbbbbH VTjo -M, rup rtlalon but the farmer muat depend aBBBBBaVJ ;MJl!XtV on hla own Inlelllaenre to protect hlrnn If ammmVaVJ HTH 1 r "nd family 8 Tve d ie hrml to a pure aBBBBBaVJ ifiifl't vatrr aiipply and all rlhrr meana of In LbbbbbbH ' ll !i I "' l-urlnj hc.ilth Oolman a Kural World fi if lis; 'le ll0" 'or '16 rnrmer ' iiiio f J Jib., t aelect the leat high rade or alandnrd- h Jz '3vlwi rf mfo ! ran hoi It ian t neccaaary LbbbbbbV X oiiaU 1hat rhf pnot'''t be A twn minute mare LbbbbbbbI 11 ulN 'u' rn6 houl I lie a Rood mover with LbbbbbbbI ' lie uiie'l plenty of alle and k. w action well LbbbbbbbI " TrM '"'"' ,l1""1 hauda high nelght lmo LbbbbbbbI i ' il I3ll pounda lllh a long clean neck full hazel LbbbbbbbI It lillii-il ,4' amall ear round l-arrel full flank bbbbbbbbI Si' i'li' I fa kaod loin gooil cheat and i lean flat leaa bbbbbbbH lik''.' In the next place I aelert the beat 1 ram h (Jn 1.1 loach atalllon I can Itnd lhat mil Allah aBBBBBaV Fli 1 1 f . ,rom 13n ln 1W" pnunda, almllar tn ihn J !V H.'l niaro In form anil breed and 1 iim al bbbbbbbI i&l tl ( 2not aure to be well paid for mv trouble LbbbbbB K.v'ri " i After Ihn mure la In fool 1 work her bbbbbbVJ i li T. I on the farm or drive her na the on aalun JHBJI ' IS I ' n a require but do ttlla In roaarm 1 feeil bbbbbbVJ r i' v i n"r oatp, bran iloer tind ttinnttn hi aBBBaVJI . :( i!i? " nn1 cr"" (but not o muih of the tuo lunt bbbbbbbI i'lfjTft nimedl. until ahe fnalu fler the loll la bbbbbbbI ' V. Vi "bout alx wceka old I kle a pint of oata bbbbbbbH Fl-i I . nn l bran mixed ami Increaeo the feed bbbbbbTH v" til II L n" the colt Kroua older I halter break nt bbbbbbbH T ' i(lAP onre and train to lend plik up ita feet bbbbbbbH t" I'l ' i nni1 lound nn them and when 1 lake It to bHbHbH j !!)ir'i ' 'hod It la no new thing to hate ita frit bHbHHH i i i , handled, nhlrh la quite an Item lo the bbHbHH l j. Bill frit .mlth I have had them ahia at i montha bbHBJVJ . it! Ti n,d ' never let It follow the innre na It bHbHbTJ ' ij r! ? t a great trouble un I In dnntiir of t- bHbHbTJ I H ling hurl I wean at or montlia old jHHjH l i j.i tli.liKUelt a lltll, enlril taie iiilaronm jHHjI ( M i' F ime aa the old horai a regul ir feed nnl If t i croomlng are very raaentlal, Ixith ahoul I JJHJJHI S h le attendeil tn rigularl) jHHjH I 7 Hon lo lire ik-i licnhi when Ita l I il ' mnntha to 3 veira old 1 htirneaa nnd let JBHHJ ,i , , , . eland In atable all da) I reiiat nt Inter jHjHjH vIJ ' ) t v.l In. nnd It will anon becomi nicuatnin'-d J r V' f ti the harneaa. then I liltrh with a roo! . .!,' rtradv horM- I nevir hitch alom the tlrat bHbHbH tl? It "me After It la thornughlj Irokm ilou bHVJbHI t Ji'illllPl Ho I hitch alnltle ! liuii.lV ginllv ami I Ik ' T) do not exclln It loll cannot bo lou pir JHJHJH Jl r tlrular with a ion I work It on the furm HHHHj If r r drive until It li 5 or b eura old, then Hi 1 market HHHHI ' 'I Some may auy that my horae la n llttlo HHHH1 if I llsht and they have a right lo Ihelr opln- HHHHI I n The horae for the farmer tn rulai la ilhe horo he tan work or aell nnd what la I tndlcr than a goo, I 1 lo llflii poun I j! linrae bred In Ihla m mm r rturh ileim ibbbbi . ua ln the ctlv woull bring un where from HHB flf. JIO'o to Ikofl and they am Rial tn get HHHHI i''l(' ihem at lhat prhc The prlie ruta no llg 1HHHH i, f uro with arlatcxrtta iilve them the horae HHHH r . I nnd they will give vnu ihe mone If 1 HHHJH Iff 1 mil to get the Tdial Inrae for the market I J " ' certainly hive ti hindaome farm horao I &. that no man need he aaliamoil of Weller ' j )tolo in Ohio rnrmer YK Care of Horses bjbbbbo l f A writer in the Iondnn Live Stock H 4 fh Jnitrnit eivca aoine kocm! ndvire on the H rare of horaea lie auja 'No breeder HbhVb! ' J r breed which li conalltutlon nr other HhVbI M ' i &jh ni'ural peiullnrltlea la unndHite.l to HVaH II " 1JH1 rxlat upon the mil or In the i lllimte HbbbH li I TO where the farm la altuateri Thla Is a HHHH J f vt;1 fnrt which till experUiiced men vHUor- HJHJHB ('i) 9 ffa itliointe but many u licKluner hna dla- HJHJHJj U ' r lovered it when too lute nn 1 unother HHHH ,i! , common miatnke which la made la ul- HJHJHJj ,ji . tunptlnK lo J tit Inoie nnlmala on the H i t, of meadow land Ih In conetant uae the HJHJHI 1) Jierba,e will upent the lllicrlv, nnd the HJHJHJ ' f,rnn will not arrow ao plent If iillj and HHHH ,lt It iiuallty will depieilate If the ground I1" t is stained by horaea el munv men i I who would be horrltied ut the idea of iC , ttn overcrowded atitble or atraw viud HHHH V t i-- the ihlef oITondeia In the wnv of HJHJHJ ti ulnlns their meadow land un obaciva- HJHJHj ( tloi which applies with udiltionul em- HJHJHJ phnsla to lnovperieticed biei lera few HJHJHJ lioraea well done uie worth ii lane full HJHH I f half siarel iinea ami II mum nevtt HJHH le forgotten that If Mae la dealred the HJHH . i In foal marea un 1 uung stuck muat HJHH , ,J , lie well supplied with nulrlUoua food of HJHH I ' ' hootl quality hut b thla It la not In- HJHH I ' li nded to cunvej the ailviie that pum- HJJHJJ ja IirlciK la at all neieaar on the con- HJHH ,j tiaiv It ta the wnrat thing Kalble for HJHH 'I i bieedlni, stock of all klnda A fat mare HJHH i 'I' j I" not " 1'Kalj 1 1 bold tn the horae HJHH 1,1; ' 1 na one In fair condition whllet foala of HJJHJ i t jearilnps which are udliiousl atuff HJHJH c 1 are aure to auffir In the long: run for HJHJHJJB the tax inflicted on their lonstitutlnn HJJJJJJJj At the ame tTme a foal aliould never be HJJHJI . permitted to stand rtlll much leas to HJJHJE 1 itk for if It nine Incomes leaa thrifty HJJHJjj 1 the chances are that Ita gtowth will le rlWJJa r retarded for montha Just at the verj , JL II mn when It should be glowing; ton a.kJI 'V fill rjuentl, vv hen u ning one looks poor LbHHB iilTNCrTCr immediate means ahould le adopted to HJB hjiir' niiertaln the cauai and when thla is HJJHJI '!I"IM clixcovered It muat be therkid In the HJB '!!'j(J It majority o' ua the milk will be found hVJJE I'll! ' either acini) or of pour nuulltv anl HJHJJtJ ' , I )osslbl a change of paatuie may pull HJJHJ J 1 the dam torether If n it and the foal HJJHJ il '" n "'' TI a certain uinnunt of HJJHJ urtlficll must be supplied the foal HJHI I "ft s i slightly dilute 1 with watei HJHI I nuout nne-hi'h of the latter to four- bHbUI I L (Ifthft milk U a proportion which mam I'J owners appiove of but In this as In iSl, other things cases dltTer and should ---, ! :' the foil contlnun poor the beginner will HJHJR J ' do well to teek itofeasional advice ! j, 'i Eusslan Jlorses. fij t At public auction twenty-eight llus- , t . , Man Orloff horsea weic aold In New B I r- i ( rk on Thursday April 1" These H sj' horses were linpnited tn the I tilted H L "l1 htatca by the 111 in of II.-lKh.lCo. H .I nnd tlio nuctlon took place In the Amci- HHHj I .H!" Jian linrae Hxchungr W V iliund of- H xl latlnyr with the H"l 'Ihe i kc HJHI r , pilia obtained wag Jl .13 fur tli ie HJHJj I , i (.iffilnw and the hMdlnjr waau1 'In is HJHJ 1 j L spirited Comment on the oind HHb I tui i OrlorfM is universally fuv jn nnd HJHB 'J 'il' Tnost of the I'est known fatuleiunf hlgh- HHH I A c aaa cirrlage an'J conch hoi su ie on 1'). ' Jund ut the Una; side ll nu oni (a ',,1 rhestnuti were clthr bin u nr -hiv If I J i ' the shadlnj, of the M.i IhIi, h i I fi ' ful In the extreme, runnlns In every I BHjHjiili II I I 1 . IK t , r.r- , . .' h n iuNe or t i tht tolrr harliy pirti.ik c f a tlngeat all re Hah Their he lute and net ks w eri clean cut and full of quality top lines well nigh per feet" nd the aubatntue ana general contour 8mlrehle It Is seldom ln deed that so lung a string of horses meets with su. h full-fledged praise from himscmen or all classes Pome lit tie fault, la found with the action displayed dis-played aa well a ih apeei There vvi not the high, fol ling i Ircular sweep of th- HackJiiy no- yt the lengthy sreed-augKeHtlnar sreed-augKeHtlnar stride of the atandgrd-bred trotter In front whlh only one or two could he said to have at all brilliant hork s tlon Ji-erth less na n, whole they pit aaeil the iritiis which fa. t la will en nigh sot forth bv the average price reached It may be fairly said that the beautiful form, quality and rich toJorlns. dial lay ! brought th" money Judge llllam H Moore waa narrMrt as th buvrr of the hlghest-prn1 hlghest-prn1 pair ut l i-a very high price for imy pair of larrlige horaea They were not re orded In the Orloff Stud Book wntth many of the others were The saoTie puri hnser also took Sultan at JK" the tint being so like the other tvio that any pair of thethree were excellently ex-cellently mntchel black tour-ln-hand waa taken w In ' Icm nt .VOfto leaders nt I262j and fn m the flgnrea prices mnrcd down to f no Mr Hergh Insisted Insist-ed that he Jot-t money on the shipment but Intimahad that he would repeat the expel Invent. Tola stands on record a one of the beat sales of iarrlage horses ever held In any country Breeders' Oasctte. Queen Bees When Profitable. Many who keep bees and do not make a close ovtudy of the hive nnd Its content maynot be aware of the fact that fully one-half the queens found n hives that are kept on the gos-you-plcase plan are of little value and will not prove to he of much, lf any irollt Queen bees outlive their usefulness use-fulness hut tin colony puts up with them afnut as long as they live and lay a few eggi". rrequently n queen will remain In the hive two aeaaons after her usefulness na a flrat-elasa iiueen and thua thla lolony will be one of little ot not proflt . queen reared In early spring will do her best work during that spring and summer, and will never again be aa prolific She will fall off In egg-prndurtlon the aeiond season I'aually after this she Ih not capable of more than to keep up a standard colony without produclng; an increase of bees or surplus honey the third year of her life Is of less value Many queena will live four or five vears hut most queena disappear at three or less says the Kansas io get Rood results every season from each colony nf bees It la neces nary tn keep voting queens ln the hives and with hut very few exceptions n queen not over year oil One would scarcely think so but the old queens are the moat persistent swarmers, will take the swarming fever before their hive Is nearly full of bets nnd will iom off with weak nnd small swnrms The youni; queen on the other hand Is quite different In her views on Ihla auhjiit Hho will remain nt homo with a large force of bees that prolure the largest yields of honey nnd tho hceWcper that Is well on to this little trick ho arranges things that no oil queens remain in the apiary tn 1 nothing noth-ing but young I rollfti queens are found In the hive I Spring; Care of Ueei Heir In mind lhat more bee are Inst nfter breeding comtneneeH In Ihe spring than die during Ihe winter, writes C. T Jlnnney In Oregon l'oullry Journal Ihls Is uainlly unused by warm Mouther In March cnuvlng the liees to use nil the honey they have In lire nd nut Ins followed by coll rulny weather In prll confining the bees tn the hlvs thus their source of supply Is cut off anl they stnrvo ami die, but thla can ulwaya be avoided b knowing the condition of your beea and feeding them la necessary If combs of honey are not on hand to give Ihe lieea they inn he fed on sugar syiup this Is much of equal portions of sugar and wntet using granulated, sugar ns brown sugar Is very poor ben feed the syrup should he fed nf the entrance of the hive In the evening even-ing mid taken away In the morning Ihere is little danger of stirtlnff roh-I roh-I Ing The syrup ..in be made by Stirling equal parts of sugar nnd water, wa-ter, coll or warming on a stove until the svriip la dissolved but care should le taken not to sionh or bum II as burnt sugar la death tn bees An aver-flrge aver-flrge oniony shitild be fed at least one-half one-half pint per day and one pint woull be Mill liettcr as It woull give much better results In brood-icarlng and If we illow brood rearing to stop foi any length of time that colony will be perfectly per-fectly worthless the coming siaaon as a gatherer Thua It pays to feed If Ihe hive Is short of stores hut If they hive plenty of honey they will bleed though confined to the hive by rain yet not as fast aa when they can get out on tho flow era. , Bee-Moth. It is very likely that the moth worm Is, aa lias lieen so often stated the worst enemy the honey bee has lf we except Ignorant beekeepers but If Mich la the case we can consldt-r our-selvos our-selvos very fortunate for th moth Is almost no enemy at nil to one who Is well pnstet and up with the times When you hear a peienn lomplalnlng that the moth worm killed hla bees you tan set hltu down at once aa knowing know-ing vtrv little about bees, and If a hive Is offen I you lhat has an attachment attach-ment or tru to catch or kill moths you can set the Vendor down as a vagabon 1 and swindler You can starcely plea I Ignorance for him foi a man who will lake ui on himself tho responsibility in Introducing hives without knowing something of our modern books and liee journals she lid reielved treatment suUlclently rou to send him home or into same 1 less he understands When a colon ., ts weakened so much that It cannot cover anl protect the mint robbers and moth worma help themaelwa as a natural lonsequence but either larely does any harm If lliure ate plenty of bees and a tlean tight hive If a hive is so made that there ate crevice which will admit a woim, and not allow a bee to go after it it may make some trouble In almost al-most any colony, and I i innot renumber renum-ber that 1 ever saw a patent mothproof moth-proof hive that was not much worse In this leaped than u plain simple box hive a plain simple box is In fact all we want foi a hive but we must havu frames to hold them and If these frames urn made so that the bee can get nil mound und about them, w have done all we can to make a mothproof moth-proof hive ut tours colonies will at times get weakened, and with the best of en re, with the common beea ep.. tally wotma will sometimes be found In the combs Now if you have the MmpI hive I shall tecommend you t in very quickly take out ihe mmbs v th the I aim of your knife remove every web and woim struie ott the debils mu assist the be i a voty much If theto I an uciumulatlon if tilth cm th bottom boatd lift out ill Ihe nimbi and biush il all off and bi i uro you ciush all tho w ii ms In th s I lih for they will i raw I ilirh! buek Into the hive If tui.l.aaly Uiruwn on the ground If you ktep inly Itallana or vtn all hybrids t n may go ovei u hundred colonies in 1 i .1 tin 1 e slngl n in hi u moth w mn ' " y I i ii ji vvri It 1 ,n I i I pui lj I It l li v y - t i lo f i that o. b i i n ever ciuted. tr "ad i w-iv I know o to get I a that are badly Infected free ' i wrrma to hang th'm one nt i ii In the c n t of a full Mvo of li xns lou w.ll find all the webs and worm strewed around the en-ttunec en-ttunec of the hive in a couple of hours and th comb cleaned up nicer than you could do It If you were tc sit down all diy to the task A n C, of Be culture A Pisa for Moie Flowers The fact that wo biy farmer women re to some extent denied the pleasure and ncnent of concerts and lectures and Intellectual feaats generally aa well as the ao. lal privileges of our city slaters, le iit reason that our Uvea should be joyless and narrow if wc cannot often escape our cares and duties for a w.ika or month vacation we can crowd a Utile ti""i"nS, Into each day, and Is not that mXI i,10 entourage some one else to make her w irk 1 1 uaanter nnd her heart li!.a ' i"'." lo uhlo Farmer rend rs uboul mj garden which proved a panacea tor many ills laat summer and wm h in ivtrt no greHi plans or much haul I iiui nt r nt expenne it li a little forethought I had an abundance of blos-sims blos-sims fur myself and visitors from early Jum until November the season being exceptionally fuvorabls of course On tht at nth aide or the 11 uer are a lew plums of perennial peaa which were the tlrat to aeml furth large cluaters of pire white bloaaoma lucalng the fra-granca fra-granca it their more popular relatlvea but of greater auhatame and continuing to bloom all aummir lenirlng no care what vcr exiept aupport when once started While peaa on a Background of dark fern lea vea arranged In a flat dlah make the dalntleat centerpiece Imaginable lor your dining table In front of the peas Is a mass of white and jelliw chrysanthemums ihardy) which delighted tne eye long after all plh r col ira b id faded goutheast of the house Is n large circular geranium bed but Jack I rust had robbed mi of most of thi m so ihe remainder were planted In I bo center nnd nasturtiums wire made to serve aa a border und because these blossoms snup off ao eaally that one need not Kar having her plains tulned bv the careless fil k. i I generously t ) allmved mv city neighbor to help herself every liy for we.ka Was thla the reason I waa ri vvarde 1 by auih gorgeous blossoms sa 1 had never seen Out lownrl the barn a pile of lumber bad been plicel to dry hen the lum ler waa removed in ugly bare spot waa I'ft It did not lake me long tu decide that this waa leullv providential and quite the plite for a bed of large, very double yellow marigolds edged with mignonette surely i contrast In acenls But marl-(.olda marl-(.olda In aplle of their dlaagre-nhle olnr Kre the moat satlsfartory iui Mowers that can be grown by the amateur, for aside from their easy culture they can It kept fr ah for two weeks even when placed on the grave of a loved ono un ler u hot sun T heir long hlosenmln ierl hi ulso recom-men recom-men Is them From thla four by elaht-foot elaht-foot led 1 rlckel nuny nn armful v( nrinfiil, for I cut Hum with stems two leit long and in isse 1 them In a Jaldl- Hut while I derived much pleasure from nil theae yet It was the plot at the iMck. door which soothed the ruffle 1 tnnper on Monthly morning when the boiler I egan In leak, an I which trea'hed sermons of I itlenco nnd gentltntsa while the garden er waa stirring ciiaupa and preferveaover a hot stove Here In soli very tn'llow and rich were tranaplantid the seelllng Marguerite carnatlona started In a pot In March nnd tiansplnute 1 Into a ox liter II few rows of poppl s seven! lows of asurs some very choice gla lloll bulbs nnl nt tho end sweet peaa coming Into early I loom Not that 1 like su h n mix turr lut tecause 1 wantel n suciesalon 1 1 inted In rows I ecause more caatlv wn-tertd wn-tertd nnl cllllvated treatment a I sol itely drman le I bv the asters which wire sown lata, thua coming Into bloom In the cool tall montlm and escaping Ihe blni k beetle bee-tle and the hot sun We sowel severnt varieties nnl In lime trnnsj lanted them (for thev muat le lriini.pl.inte.il thereby nllalnlng u succession nnd never any-wh any-wh n hivt I seen siirh Immense lieatitlea rivaling chryainlh muma In slse ml form inmt ill's I coui I have gathered a WMsliliihful very enally The only illaiuallllrnllon of the popi les was their sho, i liveliness, but this wus offset ly their feiitln rv tetturo nnd delicate deli-cate tints aa well as I y tin Ir else In riertember the tiest of the cnrmtlona were potted nnl furnished many lloa rniiH In n cool window until n ton cool right In Kiliriuirv In the future It I enn have I ut a few ilnwcra they will le near the kitchen door Ton ninth work' Nt tlmei" les but ll Is work taallv crowded In and repavs a liundreiiroll for among all the forms In width nature s message la presented none la more attractive more winsome In Ita appeal than that of flowera They apeak a varlua Inngimpe which prod ices glad, riaa it heart and calmnesa nnd devotion of spirit -Ellsa u llolti In Ohio Turner |