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Show Old Mares as Speed Producers. A corieapondcnt asks us to answer tho following 'A mini professing to be will posted lu the breeding of old nnd sitting males and the result, snss thu when a imro Is 1C sears ol I that sho Is until to breed so fui ns siietl phi luting Roes. How many fast and ro 1 ptiforniets tun Sou nomo that me out of slxteen-siur-oll mares or over' Kindly Inform 1110 n sour next Issue" To nunto all the mutes sixteen sears old or over that hive prodiitetl cxirciuc speed and good rate horses would require re-quire more time and spito than wc can spine to dig through tin. Yiur books and print the iisult Wo will state nrf-luitid, however, without taking ta-king tho trouhlo to make out 11 list Hint the books nro full nf Instntues where old mates halo pioduud vers fast performers. Katie O , by l.lei-tlonecr, l.lei-tlonecr, foi Instance, at Ihe nge of 17 produted Klatawah whose throe-sear old pacing reeotd of O'ty Is still un-beaten. un-beaten. Heautlful Hells, J9(j, hj The Moor, was funic . I In 18":, und wns consequently con-sequently 10 stars nl I In 1SK set in ISSJ she pro lined Htllellowir. that look 11 two-senr-nl.l recoul of 2H' a threes 0111 -oil record of ! irii,, nnd a fottr-sear-old rerord of J u Tlte following senr she produced Hell Hlrd, that took a sculling lecottl 01 2 2flt4, nnd 11 two-senr-ohl mirk nf 2;; In ISO! she foiled Helslre, 3 18 Hint Is 11 produtlng sire Two sears latei when Heiutirul Hells wns 21 sears or nge she pioluced Adhi II, ; !3 the chain-plnn chain-plnn trotting starling or the world, nnd one of the most hlghls -prized still-linns still-linns In A merlin Miss Itusselt s fastest fast-est p rformer outside or Maui! 8, wns rtustlque. 2 IStj, and the old mare was !1 when he was roiled In 15S2 Bontug Dixie ptnduced Pnsonto nt IH sears and Altivn : Wi, nt IS Klilnn was IS when she pio luted Iran Alto 3sl2. tin site of Dr. Krnsse, .' 12'4 'Ihe lust fnur-senr-old that appealed on the Calirornla circuit this sear was Thnmits It. 2 15 nnd his dam. old 'Sdrel, by Nutwood wns fnalcil In ISS2. Snntag Dixie produied I'ltonle, ; 13, when she was 21, nnd the champion paring sta!-Hon sta!-Hon or tho world. Star Pointer I Stl. wns brought Into the worll when his mother, old Sweepstakes, wits 1S sents or age. Wo might go on with this list, but vie think woliuve shown Hint lu Stars Is not tho ago at which a heilihs vigorous mare should be retired rrmn the stud Had this been tho 111I0, the twn-inlnuto ptcer would not set have been hrtd, and Hie ritords or Ihe champion starling tiotttr nnd the champion three-s ear-old pner would not have been us fust as those of Ad-lull Ad-lull and Klatawah Hreedir and Hportsman Undeveloped TIrs. 'Two sows, a seal old, have farrowed on., hud four pigs well developed and one deensed skeleton Tho olhcr hal the same excel t there were two skelo tons The Ilrst lost nil her pigs In a rew hours, tho other had two Iks live 0114 das The first two months uftcr breeding breed-ing I red torn nml water, the last two months slop uf bum shorts and a llltle milk and twn cum nf corn apleie twice a day The boar used was about sunn age of so is nnd was fed light slop and icrn nnd kept In a mom lu the hog house. What Is Iho cause and prevention? preven-tion? Please give 1 ration for brooj sows, also reed ftir 11 soung boar up to breeding time? ' asks n inrreapon lnt or the I'.irni Hlnck and Home lu which ThPdore Loiila teplles ns follow a There ia not much mssters about this rase The Judicious tending of the sows b'gan two months too late for II (toper developmert of tho cmbrso rigs It la lint said Hilt tho sows had tin opportunity to exercise rnely in s irJ or pasture during Mm period or pieg-nincs. pieg-nincs. and If not that v.ns nnntb r cause or the trouble Vor win good le suits be expected fiuin a boar tint la confined to a stable, wllh some light rood In out miir.y sears or iittimiit'l Instruction we h tve ttgiiln und ugil 1 1 1 slated Hat It la iviesrms to give bricking brick-ing nnlmnls nr both sexes plenty of . x-e-tlse nnd nlso Ihe selec lion of thui from healths nnd puillllo nnceators Again, sou usul sour boai too soung at least unless sou did it veis spin 1 11 3 1 v. Ileurs nie oft n used whtn sevnt 01 eight months old, and unaatlafu. mis lltieis arc often seen too nd vvh n both nil - and ilnm are ns sounc an Sours wen tntublo with the progeny may b opect- u I Influence of Food on PlumnKe. Poultrsmen will be interestel In an nrtlcle In the tribune- Pantiei lis James Pharklcton of Hhnrt Hills .N J on the Influences which control the pinfuslon, dtsialts, beauty und plumage or row la Ills observations havo been in nie dining din-ing actual experience In the h nulling or large Mocks, and then Is much or prui thnl value In Ihls comparing nf notes, rtnthers, he snss arc largely made up of nltiogenous substances and minerals, so II Is neecssars lot per reitlou or plumnge that Hut glowing bird be adequately supplied nt all times wllh protein nnd minerals No n-tlons n-tlons will do this so well ns those wbltb are lull lined as to protel i i irbohs-dratea irbohs-dratea and tats and are also made up or roods or animal origin, tegitnhles tint! giulns, with iimpl.) minerals, lu sullablo rorms. botne rendeiB will think that a tnwl ftuthers answas, and that Is all there Is lo II' Ihla vli Is far rrom cornet cor-net l'crrcctlon or plumage la Iho llnlshlng touih to the essential virtu or hardiness Ovcr-earbonittrous roods will not make plumage ijuh kly. nor perrect Whin adult ftiwls moult the perre.tlon of thcli new coating or rentiers depends greatly on servln of adequnth t loteln nnd minimis During Dur-ing Ihe moull there Is moro need nr thct-o thun at any olhcr time, mil when this need Is ieiognl7ed and rulls provldid roc Hie row Is moult moro qulikls, with no Impairment or heilth during the proiesa and nn bare patches on thill' bodies during Its continuum con-tinuum c Ovcrheited broodeis Rreills diminish Iho perfutlnn or thicks plumage whli' tlninlilleil In tht in, and posslbls uftir-w.inl uftir-w.inl It Is certain, to ms mini that fowls have plumage nttorilltiR to the Rrnernl circumstances of their lives Thn development of ilumaRo In chicks plalnls stops nt the point where they arc warm enoURh, whin In the brnolei, so If the lieu or tho brooder Is too Rrrnt the ehliks are linp.rftctly pro-teits.1 pro-teits.1 when oul.I.s.rs This nicounts lor the vrry ketural prevalence or tin notion that brooder ihb ks have not the perrect plumage or hen raise 1 i hicks We inn mike latter I tuning on lnoodir chitks tiiiin hen ralseil thltks hive, lis reeding baltntcil rations, ra-tions, keeping broo lers at nioleritc heal nnd well ventilate!, nnd putting chitks in unhenKxl growing-houses ns early us possible We hnvc hid sui h rhltks at veiy cully ages nenrls drowned by beavs suutmer lalns, and nevei shnweel nns HI onVits rrom It When ftilrly grown nnl with perrt?t reatherlng, they rately shelter rrom an tudlnary summer rain Their plum-ago plum-ago Is vers pmruse, the Hitler down ctpeitally so and or great density so that rain does not penetrate onslly Our adults rarely shelter rrom nns ordinary or-dinary downpour, summit or vvlntir liven on ditss when lain rails heavily all dns Hies nre nut In it much of the time, nnd we nevei se-k to prevent this It never appeals lo hurt them Hut when to litluncrd rations moderate mode-rate heat of bronleis, gient llberts during giowth Rrowlng-houses tint nie mera shelters until perfectly feath-eicd, feath-eicd, Is added outdoor roosting won-dtirul won-dtirul icstilts ntcrue Wc have snmo siruhs Only one Is of orlglnil stoik, and one of next generation hair Wsau-dotle. Wsau-dotle. In 110.) we retained mans of th e hnlf Wyandotte scrubs up to mitiirilSi both rotkerels um! pulletH About eleven nf thesi ndnpted a large cheris t ee as theh looming phue In sumniei nii.i niitumn nbout live weiu under rover during wlnt r but six two of them cockeiela innstcd 111 the iherry tree nil vvlnttr Artor sme tlni wo notice 1 a dlfterenco hetw-in thtm and all other birds wo had After nights of continuous heavs r.iln they came ftotn tho tree In the morning looking as drs as possible The rain did not penciinui rTuli plumage aus mote than that of iltirks who swim every day W hen we killed tho outdoor loostlng cockeuls the amount density and allklnoas or their plum tge was marvelous They had passed through winter Cold rain, snow nnd It on the treo unscathed Onls one comb ever wns seen rrozen and Hint was or a bird thit ntver seemed to know whether tn rooBt out, loots or not nnl did either one or oth-r apparently leRirdleaa or weather Ono or the pnl-Uta pnl-Uta Hint cnduied the ordeal quite through wlnlcr Is our boat losing hen now . When we expected the pullets to he gin laying wu nit oft the lower lunm hen of the ehorrs liees so thut tho birds could not leach II and thus tompellnl Ihem ti, most Indoors the pullet wo n tallied was b-autirul In uipeurnute last sear but since she haa moulted und ronatd Indoois h r plumage Ins beionn rusty In mlor illhervMsi hi la still of exit pttuial lianlln ss and Indlrfi reuce In col I rain, snow or lie. Her mother, tho solo llv- Ing lilid or Hie original si rub stock, rt!: if '.' 3L iocsle.1 all list winter In n shod with e iSft 'IIHIHbI south side- fulls opttt At this writing Jiff L .tHHl she lias laid thirteen eggs in rout teen Jj'i i 3 MtHHai siiciesslve duss and we do not expect j 'J ,JJ JMflHai a blank dis soon foi her egg sealer- I I ; jBBHI lis wns I lid before 11 10 a, in Hhe Is) M i, JHttHti nearly three suits of age jflR t, in nWMtl home leidein who have kept Ptkln JtJ !; 3iiHHil dinks r.ir sears Hint have nlwnss heert (11 WW jKHlHai housed dm lug ulghta, that hnve never BPtI fe ,1HIHb1 had water exnpt to drink will havo JiefUS 1 1 IIMJHbI noticed tint ducks bred und rnlsul for ' W&it't I'MHti Retentions under those con lltlons do iB'tllf i7l HHtl not hate Iho nil In Hie rentiers, and iMtV'fi IHil look us draggled as any laud rowl nf. 2k 'I. I? Hal trr wlHislainllng rilu the profusion iffi I 111 it HHtl ilettslty and beauty ut plumage of ! WB-Mmi IB chickens raised under conditions most WRiiiBfrji HHtl favorable to plumage must be seen to ,fii- i fc'lf HHtl bo und tslood, but the utility- thereof ! tfili.Wf. HHtl tun cnally bo stated It Is thn crown- i Sffl?af5l) IHal Hug point of vllallty and hurdlneaa. I WfSS&rirHHI J.ire la Inatlnct In every reulher. The fffiffa IB, ShMHH bit d needn no coddling. Its tlrcuatory iffif Jl nHHH ssKem runs perfectly In any reason- ' 1HV ! l!HHH ablH tlegte of low temperature. Tho iB ,1 JUHHl birds do not need vvurm liouses. nnd &nr'L tliflHB nro better without them ilS1! X flHHH thicks . specially l-glmrna and nth- lift Tfl ililTHH JT..!."t"".".f '"""" 8l," sometimes J I 7 ICkHH feather out rurllier than Is desirable. ij iflHH or rather at Ibe exptnae nr bodily tie- S? i9HH v.lopntent This Is undnubtedly cntiaed it) m UHHI hfihir'e""'! "', J,r,;IHn aml mlneinla W U 'IdHHI Hi thcli ftnd I r.cl sure t will never hi I' L'MHH mi',ri."?i"'Vplc ,""llln "n'1 minerals H? ' flnHH i,,1,l".i "."""; '"""" avalliblo Hf")' ?HHH to th. m Chl.ks or nn opposite ten- fUV ' , clHHH de.tes, ps.,-lall nialoH. Beimctlm, s am Uki IiBHHI J,."'"w '" f,"!,.,,'"'ll"f tlluKl their iMi irHHH holies grow lupldls Tho reason is W't i DHHjI he si,,,,,. Ilcitllby chicks will never MWi t t'HHH '"rr ,,,"', r,lldls nor ton slowly, ,C fN- thJHHl heir rations are sulllclent nnd pnip' iftfjL HVHH m ne.n ;'""t"'n ' , " ""trlmt. ' and ! ?fifc .jUHHH inlncinls Any chhks thit mil tn des ' tPrfs iiWHH Joi "f; '"""n,,i,ll', "it lei Judicious reed- i f illiHH Ing aro surely licking In vitality. 5 -IhI' 'll HHhVJ ApopUxy In Poultry. ' M VtSLLX It Is a nlie thing to Imvn ral, plumri , lrtu li' $ HHHl rols win,, ,. .,.,, , '"h' I MJ ftJfiM WU. ii Has un kept for show purposes. !H ii li .tifrHHl ami for showing customirs and oili"! CL AHHVJ win. may visit tho furm, they look well Pitt H M HHI also whe,i this an vers ru. Whencer- IK1 Js JT HHI mill kinds r food art. ftd aim chickens i 4ffi.llt H an ke,t from cxi nlso ihiy will get very fclSilH HHtl f!!klne"!!, "r'n" "rn .'.',"Cr "dVple.l V, L fjflM jH taking on rat Hum others ot every r" s 1'Tli.li !i',.rv,,'.'roa'"',,0a '" ''". '""""fat "hen ! Pitff ffi tiny nro needed, nml set there nro many v ! !f if rM HHtl oultrstiiMi who are able lo keen rowis . M 1 I ' 8' HHI a nt; other condition and Ihey are iub. K JltHHjl Jen to all tl. troulil.s Incident lo a fat ) ,(4. Jt.fHHal Ini. says th. Homestead '" tt tat ULf ,' 'HHl flier, la a d.grec or riilnoea that does ' "iiiiiflalH nut hurt any fowl and that la to lie, re! i" V'lHHj Li J!" " Tt'!,,loi' shoulU not ttitaln I ,Ji,H;jHHl llwl degiip or ratneaa lint will paas bo- U 'f, 'jl'JlHHl solid Hie limit betwieu health uud dla. l'li , 'J'tHHai .use ir so Iho ruiicllona or tho rowl ura ' VL I il'V'ftiH lntirrere.1 with and diaih ra sure loi-ome. iSLfi f I tHHai uial it very oiuii loin.a very sud.lenls. I R ), l)' ( ell. " ... wul 5','. """ "ow ovcrmt f M l!,j';.HHj EE,h"r ch,kKt1"' , Where rowla recelvo iff i' ii'LHHjl high riidlng uud haio lmlie.1 cxerclso ' li 'itlirHHI tho rat iircumiilali In Hie tissues, not i'R M 4 Vi-HHl In the cunatltii nta ot Hie organ, b it n !,rn ',..' atH the IlllesilliM-a 1 hua It Invii.l. Ihe s, lice" ' $ lir-HHjal whli u seiMiuic Iho ntusiulir llUrs Hum. ' dijRiWjIHHI selvis in In the Hv.r lln hepatic cells , .'r I'T HHjl mo cliokul Sj long us Hie tat Is not I jrj.j. Ml HHjl ixiesalvu iho run.Hous or tho organ) i ih hit JbIbH will not he iiiri.tcl hut If the barrl.r bo ' t fl 'HHI onie irnsse.l lietween heilth mid .llseiise, I ''AUJ I, J H thn tut beisuu.n. n part or thn cell, inKea I , i ji'- t'i MmW lis llai, kia.liially und lln.illy destruya .f" 11(),.VHb1 Hie organ liu in cumulation or Ml rape. I A I , I'M YIH 1 1 ills aim ks tin anion of iho heart, .lit J H4HHH ilhtilillkhliig Its imrgy and proving ait V V IVr 'I'itTalH olutael. lu the loutrac lion anl tho clr- ' "Tl 'i 4!llHHtl nil. ill, mi or Ihe noiirlahliig vassela. th.t i , t! I U'uStlBH tlliers or tniiscl, s of r. apTruilon Iwicnmo I i 'hi I .14 I tjJJJJJJJH aire, ird hj Hit fat and tho Mtlmwa and Ail' ' HrfvHHI Iho f,-qu, n s o( hr, lulling wni be less- I ;S,i ', i flMHHti l net In Ihe Mt tin tat iiinuot he con. I (ji"( l.fHUiHHal siimeil uud It .miiriiiil.it Hudrlen doath i )' pi.,, lt.'salB mils loin,- nt iiiiv lime by a ruiuure of JiifT .1 ilnalH lh, h. art m th, oildiitt the lemeily MB i''yH Ibd In not glvng loo much or too Utile r f flKXM llt'letll roisl Dlmlnlah th. stippl) und torce ex- f Wili'1 nil WmU er.l.i ami r Is more mi green food den- V irlMlki'icllHHBi , roils neillug should he curried on In las- f lU) m'J'IbbIbI line linn but not In siuh a manner as V llril UtisUmU lo iraiuforui the rood Into (at, I 'ft finlU'hHHl Egp; Preservatives. L f!fi( mX rH The UIkhIo lalanl experiment atatlnn i thill I'll (HH haa been making so mo ux erlmenta In Iho J (k -T.Jl V I'alBm I resorvatl.ui of eggs lor this nurpiso V ril1hlllHHjM vurlniia aampln Iota or frrtllo egga wela U'lAp1 '"ffettlaiH I lined In prrpnrntlons of wntr gliaa, iKmssl.'lr'IrSfH dn tnhl.i sail llmewuier and aalt Trine, JWlW'U,' rJHHai vaseline ushrw, gypauin, pondered sul- illLlatll't cliH phur mid sub hur (units permanganate itlJtrWl W MMU at i mash, s-illryllo il,l and salt brine ' jTft 3i1l!?l i'tiH IK the dlrreriut melhola teate.1 In this I illlilfri 1 ItHHai aeries or experiments Ihe atatlnn re- 1 'flsfj lt L J'JaliH I oris, iho oil wis or using slacked llmo j iHUJiT! uirlaliiH and salt Irlue piovid to be viry irfectual, , (n??U rlsTLiill nnd haa the ndvutltage of helm, lnexeu- - tntloi'rA IKiIbIbIbI alvt It Is also nut dlilliult to priiillce. U!rSt(t , Saaial 1 or u p. riod or a rew woka only smear- rialliulffi? vilfllBlBH Ing th. egks wllh tusellue tnus prove nn rftlf WbIbIH crreiiuiil mi lliml or pretiutatlon In Iho e'ili;ffiull,IlBinBlH id no of vnsilln. rilmoat any clinn, sreuts KJ Wll nvl f VIbIH atibstan. e ma b. used 1'or u perlo.1 of , liMillTiirailJarBlH a rew months mils pa. king In dry tablo sVMkhTMU? ibbIH salt la wnrihs n( r. .oninieii.liiilon, or till KrBSrR iitlH the alihstaniea i xpirltneuled with Iho SSBrntimS bIbIH will, r gliss ailllllou proud moat worths I sKWllffll iitlH or uinieudatliili, J he ixpcrliuenta swaWtuKlLl bIbIH showtd that Hi, water glass solution HaBsUlnWatl bIbIB i il.l b. r du d to i p. r , nl nml mill WMKlwX iHbI ii tain Its pr,f rilng tnmlllt It tan In WtKmnmt bIbIH obuiiiid ut most driiKSlsta ut rrom 10 lo UBii )ll bIbIH tfl nnta nr gallon la rasilv mantpuUte.t aMKifirjll bIbIH und Ihu bolutlou uus be itpiaitdlv uiod. HEinu H bHHbI ill lTfM$ ''' '"'rr"" '"'" ''"'""' "'"''"p'''"'" II H' liul inrn,h,bB'1 'of Mo lcarrU,lu,Mir Vvin TH vX jRil Tho 1Ior!,'s rT0 o Kindness. ?iH I'll II V None but noise-lovers, nhn nre usu- rH t,' fjj'dif IT uilv thorough students of the horse, ftH I " i 'liiffinf r"l-ly (ppn'c'inte row nu n ,h'' hornf lK JiJ1 ililifil nppredaiss kindness "! nnd hu- JaLLH P" Wi mine treatment hnve as murh Inllu- .PM ,,,11 J. erne In ilovtluplng the traits and dts- lB f J ! tnaltlim ot home a loving tare and 'vLH , J kindness have In dev eloping tho char- rH ' ' 'ft ntei nnl disposition of H child The 'f l . ') Arab makes hl homo his companion 1 bB I i unci the Aiatilan hmse Is prohoblv the LLH t I ) , I most docile nnd Intelligent of all hnr.cn H j ii ,,J mound thi world The nveiago Aimr- H J ii' j ban outside our skilled horse lovers of tsfllH J the turf 1o h nnl feat his horse with jHHH Mi ' ' iui iru li toneldoro Ion or kindness ns QH ' . the Anb of Hie desert Indiana H j Farmer B ' Salt for Sheep fflR '' 111 The v-ilut ' xilt for sheep l shown 'im ''jJa'jl ' nn experiment In France, where IH jJ'kiV i nf ,'"w lni r "n,mto ''", lnp on jiH ri D " "'' loito and benns for 121 Ijl f ' '.i iliyii (nn lot ha1 no unit on hail hair !LLH ' t ar oume of aalt each every day ami H 1,; -t the others had three fourths of nn J , , , Those that had half nn ounce gained J h t ., pounds enrh more titan those tint H hud no sail, and I !' ound more Ihan H ' v, thosi which had more than n hHlf H ( I ' 'r nunrr Ro It lonis tlmt too murh site H i; " r' tie BUon us well na too Utile H ' I, . I! 1'he iHlldl sheep had 1 75 pounds H i i , ' inoie of wool and a betetr fleeie than H I it thoso that had no salt, shoeing het- H ! ) i er resulta In the wool, that Is, litriKr H I 1; J jiroflt than In the nsh Colman'a Ilu H i t I rul World. M fit) V h H jf'1 it J Clipping Queen's Winra. iiil ' j ' L II T''1 ' rammonl ,,on' "' prevent the H ? ' "iP " UPcn from nliiR unny wllh the swarm H l I, II should be done whe.i the bees nre H . j i( giitherlnj n little Imnej, nnd Is best ne- J j, 1 i j ninpllshed In the earl part of the ca- IIIH ' . ! )h .1 nn birlnK flu It bloom, sns the S IIIH fi1'?"! tr' S r' Hnmeslend The bees should be nan- IIH sltri'L ii '"'"l f Possible without smoke When IIIH Mvil'lK'S the nueeu Is found which Is n romew hat H i h VY 'i dlllhult renture foi the noMi she H ! If rf-r'l should be Inkeu by the wlnRs with th IH 'i 'iilr V ,3 thumb and (ltiKor nf the rlKht hnn I, H l' Sl'frra pnra her In the lft hind, let lirr (trarp B it-i' i'frJl (he rnl "f H" second tinker of the left H ?' Hli.'ufil ,mnl "llh h'r fr' nn(l tl" ""' ,,e H i t lit'iW'r thumb nnl fnrerinRer cently npilnst B ')1?''iiaWl ',cr 1""1 IfUhu the abdomen huna; B V Jc'msBI down from Ibe seioud finger flip tne 1 .'iri'lB wlnK nn one ride sluntliiRl) lenRthnlFe Hi n il lyTYV laklnR nnlj the lire Do not cut the Hl !!tI ,iiiS hard hou part I'lnce her on the top H ill "S 1 '""" nf "1( hh0 "nl ,et h'r K" " u H J!3 I Is done rlhht, thero should be no loss Hi X it J l "' nncens H I if fl A Ser'0UI B" Dlsense. H it id' 5 rn"' ,,rr""' " R "dilute fuiiRUs which, B r f''U when on( stnrled Increases w Ith Rreat 1 li'lw4n rnpldlij nnl only teases when the sup LLH i i I'ltt W 1ls' ' ""'1r'"1 Rites nut or the tern- LLH V'I V&U pern lure la raised to the liolllnc point H i '(fl jtif'J Tn" s'n'll like a. glue ot Is present H !' Jn ., onl uctordlnK In stiiRo of disease In the IIIH f !li 3 1 m rolonlea nnecled It Is most nlwnys IIIH I ' (ill ffl rnnnned to the senled brood but In some IIH - IS 1 1 'fm " "'" lie f"1"1'1 I" Die unsettled brood, IIH (Pi 'i i f-v! fas (I H Townsend IIIH II '1 I J!1 Un '"" n,lnu oblera In Ret nl nn IIIH ' .' t Jjl nnected colon) noi fted the hone to 1 !' Jt ) other bees There tire several uas of SH ,M nirlnK foul biood The best and htirest " KiK Is to burn the colony hUrnulnll lnkp A the burnliiB sure by Hint klllluic the live -,W bees with brimstone, ns tin 5 nilRht es- IIIBI US rape i n I Infest olher lolonles 'I his Is IIIH Ajtti'Jr' Ilia iluMptst wheie (ho inahidy hits not H .. ifljiW' Rotheadwt) IIH P I T i One Rood wa of treatment Is ns fol- 1 J i r ' Iowa net a new hle lOntnlnlnR frames H I i1 If with nnl sttrters of foundation At 1 , nlRht mne the utTecled hle nbnut four l l i tut from Its location nnd put the new 1 ' I hlo where the old one stood Open 1 i I the olil hle ietiiOe the lumbs nnd B J shako the bees Into the iku hle II4 J. inne the old one, burn the frames and H , Iff comb, and boll the hive In WAler The H (( hive inn be used ngaln with tlenn lien 1 fl f u frameB with starters Clnn, up the hlv'o j i I 1 I contnlnlnK the bees for fortv -elRht houra i,,,1 k I J' It n,,l xc il "ttl srup file must be j' I' t A taken to make the Job compl tc Ml J. i been must be shnken from oil lombs ( K If not they will II j to nthei hives and t 07 -II Inoculate them Care should be taken i R , that no robbers get nt the old comb ' tW 1 berore bin nlnn them Of the tnunj aild ' y treatments I enn recommend none and M r ' i have jet to llnd one that Is a real benefit H fl ,i ns a cure They may be koocI us u die. LLH ' 4il Infectant. lB 'i ' fni rnrm Slovenliness. B t " iffitJ A f"rm " "tlma"d lelnn lis real value H '! Jpi If It presents a slovenly apixwrance Take, B i'l! fflj& for """"' " ,,m' ,hl,t ' " rust In H lit' 'rls "" "ll1 1'rokn,-,,eiMi shed covered villi H ff ,1 nuty stove pl and trv In si II It How H i '.Vi r ' ,i murh could on (tet for If Not ihu pilco H II ' N! of old Iron H jl . ,l 5J Put the s.ime stove in a tlrtv kitchen H , t ' H' I'olU'1' ' l "lid 1'bne t l.rlKhl roiMier ten- H 'I f l kelll..onll. It will sill for in..,, lhan dmi J , I ble Hi. piUe It vvoull Iwf, r. It whs 1 It fj Jleuned up Ihl. I. e.iiulh true of ever- H t hlnit esieelallv of mrni iropert) WIhu 1 i f I the weels nre hluhir than Hie renrea on 1 fl i i" n farm Mt.aiiiuflMrnd or liiok(idnn 1 i I or hansltiK by im hinti, tr. blown .1 iKn H 1 i i nnd I. ft to rot us theS Ml fenxs out i 'f r i.alr thi sards abuu Hie house nnl H .1 , barn umlchilv with lltt.r of .rv ile- H "l 11' e.rlpllnn It Is evl.bn.i of uirebsantss, H 'he) ill urn havi m attract!!, I.i.,k..uil B I Itreatl) it. in e. hi i. the valin of the faun H ' 'I lie; supply inn l e(i Item III. ualer H I i stipi Iv adeouutc, and all ilu adoiniama H , lo make a hluli iilcel farm j.ith, inn H , 1 ireanhareli make u llvlna The farmer H I' ) I makea the farm n suuca or ralluie by H I lo.vklnr loel nftir nnd irevrntliia: all B I rnitnsnris and thrru Is nn Krenii r u ,'n i nl) to nuucssful fiirmlliK than inreleaa- il,, . nesa I ' i . .Main think then Is no immev In keevi- I . ' . Inc the farm ileal no readv ensh In care- 11.4 fully op iJiinvuids mo mat Him so 'll put In is wiiHteil rmldy eurnuindlUKa ore I ( on index lo tin hairwav nieih'hls that the farmir pursues In ail Ids nork rit k -an lo sold for nnn.. iuun In i Ir alnltle k Ihnn a lllrt) inn I'lensant sum ndiiiRS nlda nno to 1 1 tu r work nun iiro .on- , trolled b sin h Inlluenees urn insclnuslt B The nent nml partlculir farmer aluas i I has better crs ami better animals and Ft , Mia morn cnj'irmiil out of life In orj IBaHiL ti t wav. I , M , Hanv fnnnerK trv t. till more I ind Hum F I 1 1 18 one muii can ire i i porperl) linphiR mr l iFJflM V to 1n.re.iso theli lur me failure tomes ?LlJlJ'1 morn often lliun nn.es r. suits are ills ll'M'tj ' npimlntnlic and Us mragi nn nt follows V'ttr K thn reason foi wii li In run 1) attributed u'fW f to the rlflht wtine -, i 1 PiirinniB. ns In all other avnrallnn of 1 j ' life, iclvoa returns in ir i irtmn n tho J I J ) kind and amount of hit i pen1ed t IHHHJ entlon iflvon to the sienil iglv trivial mat- J I II lera will Rive larger renin, than nn an- I tklpated mil nature wit Il h. part In J I I liuilf)lne the home n n it wherever aaaaaaW I j. i the dailRllteis nnd sons nun li n m Hie , V: I f firm home thero vv 111 lie a tiupti) numorv '"' A where lion too manv remembei it as i ,i,, wilderness of weads and brush -.Nebraska 1 1 'I f Farm Journal l il Keaplnp Sheep Free From Tlcki ( I, No farmer who Ueeis floik of (i1' t sheep, be the Hock a large oi am ill on n , , can afford lo have them coveied with . , ticka when It tan bo prev.nted with tjl so little trouble nnd otpense Ticks l,i ' not only inuso n loss In wool but Iho amja i i li lambs villi not HhIvh when lonsimtl) H It ' fV ' Imuisaod by tliemi pest.i bout tince H l,i It j earn np,o my Hock became Inf. hi, .1 H ;i C wltli ticks by a mm from nuulli. i H lit' , tloclc, but I soon gut rid of them nnd H I Prr have had nn tldtx on in) shetp sin , H j. j ' I'or tills reason my slip, p uro in tin. H ' ,f ' cnmlitlon, whllo tlie lniubH grm vny H ') , fust, so the) are (It for maikct a ul) . H (t I . ill I he eeisoii vihcii tho maiket In kooI H I ii f' write John Jackson In the Mli lilsun EH nl1" t Farmer BB It' . ily method ot gettlnc rid ot ticks la lit;.' - t ilp 'lie 1 i it."! nbi ul l ic k after I th sheep ihiaieJ b i i I tlll lime all tl i tl ks vil.l has 1 ft the sheep and will lie on the lambs Wlmo one does not lima R tank a caldron kt tie will tnsvver the puiposi nearl) as well Fasten the kettle near one side of the barn floor b) pin. Inst amilt bloiks of wood under II to keep It from rocking Then make a board about twenty Inches wide and four or five feet long with nurrow strips fastene 1 to each side and projecting about one Inch aivu the edge fasten one end of this board to the side of the barn with the other end resting on the edge of the kettle, the boaid fastened so it will be on a tlant toward tho kettle Thli board la to plaie the lambs on for a minute m two after being dipped n as to drain und not waste the liquid If the lambs am very large It refpilics two persons to handle them and do a good Job Aftei being dipped the Iambi should be pliu ed In Kims enclosjre b) themselves for nn hour or two until partial!) dr) It Is more sallsfarlor) nnd cheap, i to I tin hasi som. cumtnei-(Inl cumtnei-(Inl dip than it Is to undeitake to make ono out of tnbiiein as IoImcio Is liable lo prove n gicat Injury to vnung lambs If It does not i I'lise the death of some Mangels na a Winter Foot! foi Stock It la lionising to mid th views of ome lornfi inidinti tin I even to listen to some Htnt institute spukers whom vw entertained Inst winter twblle mi institute in-stitute was being held at this placel taialng this most valuable succulent irop I would like to disabuse th minds nf some nf these doubling Thomases Thom-ases on this rnlnt I venture the asser-1 asser-1 lion that II Is not one half so buk-bnnklnK buk-bnnklnK a inlaliig potato's will give out method of handling After fifteen )enis experience with them we find the Long lied or Jumbo man eel (as our seedsman calls theml to be lira moat satlsfni tor) This nrlet) haa ver) few fine roots so that ver) lit tie dirt clings to them Another point in favor of this vnrlet) is thai thv grow mostly above grounl theicfnre they tire about ns hud to pull nnd load na so many sticks of stove wood set up on end The only rent work there Is nbout rtlslng them Is the thinning The) should be sown pietty thlik In order or-der to secure a gool stnnd It Is easier to thin than to transplant It does not p.t) to transplant One man can thin ono-hnlf ntre In two dn)s and the back-hreiiklng back-hreiiklng Is ovei W'o sow by bond In rows two and a half feet apart nnl tulllvnte with a horse The cultivation Is na ens) ns for potatoes Now dB to the Inbor of harvest!!! List fall while vviiltlng for a man nnl his machine!) for luelillnx foddci to appear, I said to the bos (three In number) "Lets I ill In the beels Ho nt It they wert beginning at S a in nnd n. noon COO I ushels weie In th illar The wilter was at the mouth nf chute In the cellar throwing them right nnd left nml In. deed he took n thoioiiRh sweat As to their value ns n food foi n cow, horse hog calf sheep or thlektn lo m mind the) have nn equal espc.lall) for those who have no silo W'e have rilsed over no.) bushels on less than one-half ncre of la land for several scars, and us a. "conlltlnner ns w-'I as n mlll-proiluoer, mlll-proiluoer, I unhesltatlngl) say they nru the most olunble cow food under the sun toda), and why evoi farmer does not rulse them Is n ni)ster) to me They can be krnwn on an) kNd of soil but ho sure tnmnke It rich A cow will leave her neal ik hnite his onts, a hog his corn till every last I tet Is gone. Wo nevci top them nor cut them, the time spent In this In worse thtn lost Now, brother fanner tr) them this )eif. Th") mn) besown ns lite us mld-dlejof mld-dlejof June earlier Is usuall) better Next winter ou will have sleek horses sle.lt iiiwh uleeli calves hetlthv hogs Tho wilier has twelve Jcrsev cows that tat them evei) winter, nnd In fifteen )eurs not one has ever been sick Tlin succulence keeps them loose nnd in is perfett tondltlon ns when on pasture no MCov Kttre no condition powdeta net ded 1 ry them 12. Tompkins In Ohio lnrmer The Swarming Season. l.ota of hone) with eonib crowded with l.fs mid Irovf are tho conditions Hint in tke Hit lees think about swinnbiR The swarming season conies nt the time of thn 11 met tlow Millndiltlt room for the storing of hone) enrl) In the season will drla) swarming When the flow of bone) enlists crovvillmr In tho brood chamber thi lie are trtttv tertnln to get tha swarming notion If the) have eggs or larvae In pnrtl. cnnipltttd cells nothing but unfavorable weather win revent their swarming In a few davs In a dav or two after snllng the. first nuern cell a snurm Is llkelj to make Its nppcaraiue V t lo observer inn tell when bees are like)) to svrnrm It) their lictluns Just before be-fore n swarm Ipsiihs mnn) of the workers mi) lie se.it .Insuring uroun 1 the entrance en-trance lollirlng or loafing Instead nf busily gathering bout v ns h.rttofore ..Sinn of tin m ontlnue their held work but most of tin in serin to bo waiting fur orders to ninvt Ml al once the workers In the Idle start the ball rolling b) rush lug out helttr sktlter with the old queen W Idle the beoa are sttl circling In the air It Is well to npil) tpilckl) some remedy Unit wll rr them leaving for iart unknown un-known Wprt the leaders with water distoncerts Hum tteran beckerer tell us that a swarm rar.l) falls to cluster on some neighboring tree or shrub before leaving I know from exi erlence that It Is not su.h a rare thing for them to abscond ab-scond Ho I lake nn risks but aim to settle set-tle tlttrm w heth, r the) need It or not Aftei a swarm bis settled It Is not sv formhlntle a t k to hive them ns an In-experlentel In-experlentel person might suppose Tho bees nre gorge I wlllt hnnev and verv good nalttred und Willi the aid of a piol smoker the. mat he mnnagtd with little trouble It the .ltit.hr is on asm ill limb tut It off without litrrlng an) more than I i an he tit lied mil I) It tlown In front of thn new hive, which should le rulseil In front, or else have entrance full width tf the bes tin not move In fust enough give tbtm n few puffs of smoke some of them m iv tie gt nttv brstied In with a feather lhe wlllseitu down to business In thrlr new home If their queen Is with them hoe that thi re an no vmall tlcsters left on the trie us the qui en mlsht ha among those left behind Hiimetlines the) will cluster on the bndt nf a tree Instead of a limb I he bit. then must be placed near and tht lice sinokstt or brushed Into It or t lee brush? 1 Into a targe Ims-kei Ims-kei and pourel lu front if Ibe hive It U eusler to Indu.e bets to to up lhan down Whin the. ilunur on a bramh that one does not wish to tlestro) tho thing to do Is to Plnttt the hive illreetl) under the .lust.r and shake the lieea Into It Hits iperittltu makes I lie fell iw that Is sinking tin limb ft el like a shower of liee had strut k litin 1 he air will be full of bera rnr a llltli while The) tnav hive I I be shaken ofr tin llnils morn thin onto but the) will soon thul out where the) be ling It Is lts dliYlmlt o hive tin in when the qucills wings an clipped, but the liee kterr must be on Im 1 tu look after the quei n when the swarm Issues Hhe Is llkfh to get lost or gt I Into the wrong hive Vflu the swarm has settled tlown somfortablt In Its in w quarters the hive rhuuld be i urrle 1 to the stand of the I irent ci lo i removing the latter to another an-other local!!) Iho now stanl will he in good shape for slorlng hnnev piss.sstng ihe old queen with n good mani of the night bees Supers Su-pers ma) lo ilaied n It lu about a week It Is well to give trc imtlntshed supers on Ihe inrent toltnv a new hive The old colon) will do little storing for some tlms having list so many workers The parent colon) It u suld will rarely issue a second swarm The )Ouug queen and workers dtstrov the surplus queen cells oil le-keprs tell us. hut we m4ke sine of having no teennd swarms I.n going through the hive and desirovlng the extra cells ourselves sometimes there will be a number of them Fannie M ovd In Ohio firmer |