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Show A USEFUL CANINE. ..,,1 -Ihis. l-un.ii.t 11, lioai.l m.,1 .More Too. (.tiher cnv,p.,n,lents omit mention of opciann- wa .-.hiiitf machines by il.is; ic.ver: lint I tiu.l that women most appreciate ap-preciate tin- rli doing tlie wasliinic, ami that a well biv.l l.iv.1 do? is the best for endurance, and is also otherwise useful ..wins; to his ftfeat intr-llip;ence and will-lnanes. will-lnanes. llavniir a tncnd who manu-lactures manu-lactures c-hm-ns. washing machines and .locr jiowers. I have heard of the practical practi-cal experi.-nee of manv people. My English Eng-lish setter, weighing; fifty five lmmuH .was lent to run a washing machine at the Pennsylvania and New Jersey state an.l various county fairs, and iuvariably proved about the greatest attraction oil the mounds. At the Datiburv (t.'onn.) lair a bench show was also in progress, an.l various breeds were tested for "breaking in." My dog did good daily workior three consecutive weeks, and was iust as willing at the end as at the beginning. Ill 1 t ft 1 1 " j tl greatest endurance, even greater than horses, and that along with the collies they are the most willing and most easily taught. Ordinary dogs can be generally t 1 t 1 11 1 tl It 11 1 11 tl ly tl 11 1 I b 1 1 an unwilling dog the power should be s. i, with a steep pitch, l'inchim.' thu toes is more apt to discourage than help a .loir. In purchasing a power, look out f..r the pinching fault and get one with a track that is easily adjusted, so as to increase the pitch to enable the same ueieht of d..g to do heavier work as the j butter comes. My dog was a capital! companion for children, an excellent II 1 t 1 1 11 i 1 til wife could find fault with her. Assnred-II Assnred-II 111 I -1 N K 1 New Yorker. About 1 11. k.-H. - 1 hero are some prettv and showv varieties va-rieties of fancy turkeys, but the onlv l.ive.l iliat isprotitableonthefarm is the Rrouze turkey, of which family speci- . B80N7.E GOBBLr.lt. , im-tts are represented below. The Kronze is across between the old common black or Narragansett turkey and the wild turkey. The wild bird is the finest specimen of this fowl in existence, but it cannot lie domesticated. The gobbler of the w ild turkey is sometimes captured cap-tured weighing 40 pounds. The Bronze gobbler attains even a larger growth, leaching occasionally nearly 50 pounds. li.it for breeding purposes the.iiiale bird should not weigh over 30 pounds, or the lemale over 13 or less than 14 pounds. TL.; picture of the gobbler here shown is horn Feleh'ts Poultry Culture. (ild birds make the best breeders. Their value in this field is greatest from -J years old up to 12. The bronze turkey retains the wild instinct, so far as to be possessed of a mania for stealing its nest out and hiding it. Mr. I. K. Felch directs di-rects the poultry raiser to humor this fancy of fho hen turkey so far as to cheat her into the belief that she js hiding her nest. He lays a barrel upon its side, on the ground and then buries it in the soil to one-third of its diameter. He puts ear ih into it up even with the ground of the outside and covers it with sod. This he presses down in the center iido tlie shape of au oval hole large e.'U.ugh to hold twenty eggs. The outside out-side of the barrel is hidden by piling given brush upon it and sticking green boughs into the earth about it. A cluster of iiets may be placed in this way and a low fence put about (hern, such a one as the turkey can easily climb over. Mr. Felch savs tliis plan i3 so successful that wtic-ii it is adopted not a turkey hen will ; r.aim oit to nest. r;r,c;;;E tchkev hkn. i Huso- bens indicate tf.e proper tune to rear then- vonnsr by beammng to lay put when they are ready. They generally gen-erally produce twer.tv-six to thirty egrrs. It any more are bod thev are not apt to be fertile. Not more than seventeen i i should be put under the turkey hen to i i hat. h. 1 he i e?t mar be set under a mm- irii.u hen and wen to the mother turkay I hen hatched. Change tha young turkey tur-key coop mi us place a coupie oi feet every day, as turkeys must not roost in the same spot like chickens. Jf made to do so the young ones will die. In their food Felch says this, "Avoid wheat screenings, for often a wild seed in it will produce diarrhea, which is a very prevalent ailment with them." i Are you a horse breeder? Tlie hackney - horse is on the v;rg2 of a boom in . 'America |
