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Show I have a dairy In part of th eown- try where w have winter twice a year that is, w have a time In ths sum-- ! mer when the ground ls about as bar- ren ts in winter We can t. therefore, raise a toiling crop In th summer, and I have to fssd silage from the middle of July to th end of AugustJ and I get more out of the silage ly feeding at that time rather than lq Somehow, 'the coa that bav DAIRY AM) POULTRY. F OR WESTINQ CHAPTER OUR RURAL READERS. IN OfinU hwilil offmrmmn Farm Rw Ik. III.I. a. .0 Ik. Sad rll f ar. 0$ . TkU A Li. Stack tf Faaltrp Th been on pasture In the flret part ol ths summer do not tase to dry hay aa they will in the cold weather lu winter bo we find it pa) better to If I have but fted them the allage hold It for a small amount of ahage summer rather than win r use, btit It pa) better to have enough s!iag tj It Is feed both suinmer anil winter better to have two ui more n oa ra In r than ou Ui ge s u and then one can be he,d for summer fall U - Would j ou n it iimstrw t a fur summer use suii-al- at Uifeteiti in from the one you would 1,.. i I01 ler use v Hrlafk. Buff Leghorn ha to evidently cun to stay '1 hty have grown luto pLbJis fAvor very rapidly, end ere uu the dwtributed throughout Widely Wounlry la tending fowls to market It Is aladvisable to have hens and roosters in different coops. Htu bung 'mors than ruoalets, but the preseine of the latter give the buyer s (haute to beat down the pi he. as poultry raiser say that he finds S good way to mikv h t Hiiatya luiue home to be to fetd them irgilai j tones a day near the leuiM in u m that lets hla tmktys gj ui.fel tlai as to what thiy set in 1! wanderuiy j. u Ike y to hum a nr dial of tumble lu kupiig nitn I of 'his flues. Mi Aloud w I the same for o t I! , pat'ere and vegetable dlthee Into a j r W 1 In the t f lloa-- tl, i the so iln mi mu spjl ing ll. n the id'egi aid the lu 1 un open a Leo d In 0 r a . , Cl, , g I ( 1 t, K a ne the In to is a fi riiietilu ; er 11 d lu Say. P nulItTus th world ts be l.p aiea doubtful If rhb k crajy Ii lias may) an am 1 (Closely Iiula'ed in the.i fl(-- l l.S If a mu id. all is bialu N) twirling ace whn you ev,r fd And wli)? 1 know not why jau atterni t Is mailu to lied thtm i.iy Hie n ' ml ii m'au ' g ni twice- s (lay tt will probably re jit in Mr AHoid Wa Something makes me happy. or at least f the bird the stunting hat Is It I do not cure, y - If ) ou feed s lags win the ri i On the ti luporary s ispetisii u of tueir 1 know that I am happy as . ot d cat are U.t ou ud puatuie that And all the world is fair development. Nature piovl much du the as whu grass s.lage Iblrds should feed a go id muny times the; shorter Something brings me sorrow, ger day If thu ihicks have a chance ls Mr. Why ls It I am not glad? 1 hey do (at a good AlvorJ In 'to eipeud their energies 1 know that my heart la activity hesi) -deal. 1 he world Itself is wad (there is ill tie danger of feeding too often, promed tlx foods be not too Now listen to my sadness. tatlmlng lu ijuulity Dslij Sale. My soulful, sullen cry. . Good dairy cow lint nature has tta gladness sported wares 11s sympathizing We have jet to see the advantages In the markets sigh here tie a goad many The birds naturally cows for sale, but the) are not dairy (la high ousts Bweet nature's smiling WHh mg cow a, though they may be add girtfer the high ones, us they Sweet natures sun has ml apd y Oh say you re smiling with u g( t out of the way of bought for purpose of ml k producOh, say your tout has felt animal Hut under tbs care of tion. The Kaunas agricultural college John Davenport u Connor. nan there is no necessity for them to wanted some and of out good cows, fooat high, and they are better off fourteen purchased could only get two Ostrich Feathers. roosting low. Heavy birds especially of th dairy form. They found that Ostrich feathers have been used for are liable to Injury when getting on calves loss than two month of personal adornment from time immeand off roosts that are high. Two feat dairywere held at fJU per bead. Other morial, alike by savage fo and civiIs high enough for the roosts, and gg show that dairy cows sell lised man, both in battle and the reports they should be on a level that all tbs at from f 40 to $50 goodhead. It is thus courts of kings. At the present time, per the be with satisfied par may Jowls one oa which they can secure evident that a man that wants good end for some hundreds of years prob cows tor milk production mot raise ably, no court ladys toilet would be la looting. them or pay for them twice what their considered complete withoet the headThe red mites ars difficult to de- raising would cost. drees of uodding ostrich plumes. In stroy, but tt can he done. It they the past ostrich feathers were a luxury A new reason for keeptrg the cattle that Jare in the neats ot the sitting bans the only th wealthy couid afford, 'nests must be (mined, and probably of doors more In winter ls being ' UM the feathers could be obtained Ithe new nests wilrhav to shars the urged by soma dairy men. - They say I the bird In tbelr.wlld onlyby hunting . (name late, as a lew nits and lice may that when the cows, especially' the state. ... remain on the hens. ail the Silting hens VI young one, are kept in doors - 5 quickly killed when left to the mercy time for several month their muscles of these mites. The roosts should be and Hgameuts get soft When they ire AO constructed that the lice will take turned out in the spring they have refuge in grooves on the under side, weak cords and are also somewhat un.after which the roosts msy be tempor-tarll- y accustomed to walking and running. removed, the grooves saturated The result is that for the flret months with oil and the Insects destroyed by a good many accidents occur to ths .lire. This will have to be repeated for cews that would be otherwise avoidnome time to make the work complete. ed. . Tbe argument li for leaving the cows out of doors in the winter time FvaA la W.ll- - Fattaaed Chtak.ee. a much as possible. We have never The Maine Experiment Station has noticed tbla aoove-state. fact, but 4een conducting s aeries ot experi- would be glad to hear from any ot ments, one object ot which was to as- our readers that have noticed 1L Are certain the profit In fattening birds accidents more common lu the first for market. A summary on this point part of the paslunug season thau eayc Taking tha sixty cooped and later 7 uncooped birds together and considerFrom time to time we hear about ing tha galna in Oesh., and the cost of (the food used, enables us to form froten milk being tent from Denmark opinions as to tbs advisability of sell-tin- g to other countries, tod It seems fair chickens from the range when In to predict that the shipment of froaen .growing condition, or specially prs-- 1 milk msy become s factor of considparing them for higher priced mar-(bet- a. erable Importance tn commerce. On It these birds had been dressed with-- - Danish dairy company has evidently Diihhta, lent fattening at the commencement of entered on th work In earneat. 7.0U0It rw womeD have the courage after an establishment where over has the feeding test, and had shrunk tha dinner, when the dy is done, to was name per cent that they did when gallons of milk can be haudled dally, dlf,hpg ean That ' la About froaen the ot milk slaughtered, they would have yielded nd th CUP P,ate8 Puttll,S artificially In cake, and placed in large 1S5A pounds ot dressed meat worth ilS eenta per pound, 921.51. At the cans, each ot more than 125 gallons caclose of tbs test they dressed 272 7 pacity, The next morning the cans are D THE pounds and were sold at 15 cents per filled with fresh milk and shipped. It pound net, yielding ft00. This shows is said that the milk keeps sweet for It is finally heated by that tbelr value was Increased by fat- some week tening $19S9. The lucrease was prob- hot water roils, so the melting will be ably more than this amount as ws dona gradually and no harm result found in other tests that the percent from th svpaistlon of different comof shrinkage A can was sent In dressing lean ponents of Uie milk chicken was grekier than In fat ones to Darts and the examine- declar Thirteen oenta was as much as tbs that It wss as fresh aa If receot.y 'Unfattened birds would have sold for drawn from the cow. slowly whil. tbs fattened ones sold One of the questions still unsettled 'Quickly la the same market at fifteen .cents per pound. They were very by our experiment station is that of 'tnueh Improved la quality by fattening, ths sterility of the milk in the udder 'The fiesh was white and suit and when beyond th Influence of the air iu tbe roasted the thighs were soft, juicy outer end of the teats It has been asnd free from string. sumed that the milk In the upper re' The amount of the dry food used cesses of th udilor Is entirely free wa 750 pouude and cost $7 91. The from all bacteria and that If it wer Skimmed milk was 140 gallons, worth to draw milk without confl.50, making the total food uaod poeslbl worth 9 iu 71. which amount taken tamination in any way It wunld from the neroased value of the chick- - Indefinitely. Some recent expir men's ena leaves a balance of ts 8 gain on abroad seeru to put the whole quivtlun j the sixty birds; an average Increase of in doubt. It ts on established f ,ct that that IS lutl rrore than 14 cents on earn haiterla ex t lu the fore m Ik on shove th cost of feed used. A is, tu 'he uilk tha !u ge tin ,,it be furs mllrtng it was suppose', howUrge proportion of th chicken (very in this state ate sent to market ever, that these biutmlii enured the Olive, without being fattened, usually teat by way of theoffl e and not tv;il brlng'n to th groweis fiom twenty-flv- t they were produced iu the uddt-- r to thirty-fiv- e cents each. These The English experimenter to li ih a.tiesl Intimate that, they. he re- - rslervmr . was .bed ifxtk the. urlders t;f Jtalned and fed a few week in inex- six healthy cows that were Slaughterpensive sheds or Urge coops with ed. H divided them Into the pir s Small runs and sent to th markeU as namely, the text and tue e.s tie dressed meat and make good returns middle part above ths c.sieru. and tbe for th labor and care expended. Th An examination part above this quality of the showed th same kind of bactetla In chickens. If they are not too fat adders. This would Is so mneb superior to the same birds ali part of the eemto lad lays that the udders even - will notp4fly- prepared that theyVl in all be sought tor at th higher price. Th ot hsaJvhy oox, contain ba,t" their parts- - W are not told whether dairy tamer ls especially well preOr not any of th bacteria found were pared to carry on this work as h has ths sklmmsd milk which U ot th lactic add ferment. This la of great greatest lmportaae la semiring yls.d' importance-.gad quality of Bash. Look after the drinking vws)s often. Diseases are spread very readSwaai m4 WlkM BUaa. th drinking water, m peily (Ttoodensed from Tsnears Revtew ttsw rt through disease ' rrrapme like rop he prse- ally if Report t W1 inserts DairymaoV It Is ive ni tm -- me lop o t.J ler we (tin r s ,u ,.d he tl.eie.o. e 11 big hot suds, rubbing them with a I'sh cloth, getting to drain, and wiping each piece wltn s towel Noah' ii.ii's dishes were cleaned In the same wiv and probably Noahs wife lameut- d her reddened and roughened hand the wive of less distinguished men ue dm ever since Probably too. (he found tbat her best pieces of table- ire got scratched In the process or l!piej out of her soapy hands and mashed to bits If fffrr-w- her daughter have bothered ll.elr heads mufh It has been tn tu glity little purpose, seeing that they hue not greatly ImproveJ the process Men tbat keep hi tels, though, found that tne bill for broken china was ruinous Guests lnslbted upou being EerveJ upon flue porcelain, and refused to eat from slabs of ironstone, eo some way out had to be found. A machine wa Invented, tapable of being operated by anybody, and that could be trusted to wash thoroughly, rinse and dry the most delicate ware without chlppage or breakage, all at the rate of 6,000 an hour, Bays Alnslee's Maga-xln- e piece ,mn of ti 1 Am Tbelr Fw. Ty tor Rlfini. The new reporter in hi story of the Little Enoch iaw. what are fools Farmer KHntroek wedding wrote "The floral display good for, anyhow To teach us tbe results of blowlB" stretched from the chancel rail to the doors of tbe church Into unloaded shotgun buyln gold The city editor, in a mild manner, as bricks, guttlin' patent medicine, llghk-lhi the custom of city editors with new the fire with coal oil. goln up iw reporters, suggested balloon, skatin on tl,n ice, try In Is "Couldn't you have used a better beat other people at their own games. word than stretched Say the floral Indorsin our friends notes, thlnkln display nodded, ' or 'twined,' or some- we know it all flirtin' with grass widthing like that some word more sug- ows and so on and so forth, my sonl Puck gestive of flowers " Streti bed Is all right replied the new reporter, with the stubborn courWith a Diamond. The deeoratjons age of a realist and consisted of six rubber plants, they had to streteb to go the distance. Baltimore Anieilmn n 1 ways A j . 11 1 1 1 prae-dator- Think what an army of dishwashers such a machine must displace, and what an economy It must be! For not only ls the hotelkeeper rid" of the of giving standing room and subsistence to that army, but of providing captains and generals for it, and of enduring the damage that it must inflict upon friend and foe alike, after the fashion of all armies. Mud. ut "My man," Bind an old ladv a notorious busyliody. to a pitman whose dog was tiottiug on before him with lolling tongue, 'your do? ls not safe and ought not to be at large H.s tongue hanging out so ls a sure sign of rabies "Nae, ma'am," replied the pitman. tongues owre b!g for Us tnooth same as some old ladies' its tongues." Extravagancy. In dress," be exclaimed. "will ruin me! Tbe woman, his wife, flashed as to her great, dark eyes. "It is not for you. she retorted with warmth, "to taunt me with extrava- "Tour extravagance gance! Tou, who every year pay taxes upon all your property! At this h winced and said no more. Detroit Journal. ty BLOUSE OF BILK. ass Aboat tha Sams Bias. Towne Yes, I m looking for a house; we'll have to move. The roaches where we are now scare my wife almost to death. Browns I thought you said the only thing that could frighten her was s mouse. Towne Thats Just It. At a little distance these roaches look like mice. Philadelphia Press. I Where the 1 d one-four- th " WELL-DRESSE- j . ep Blouse of white china silk handkerchiefs, with little tucked vest of the same color, and double collar with Its sailors knot giving distinction. na Heard of Them Before. Teacher Ye6; the constitution was adopted In 17SS. Now. Johnny, can you tell us anything about the princiKo Canned - Goods for Him. ples of American liberty? Johnny "Tour majesty, said the chief cook Gee! I should say I could! Paps been timidly to the cannibal king, the new runnln fer office ever since I could remissionary Is enveloped In a complete member. Puck. suit of armor from head to foot." Then send him away, returned hie The Wee AH, majesty Indifferently. "I never could "Are there no egs with tbe ham for bear tinned goods breakfast this morning? asked the observant boarder. board"No. replied the cross-eye- d SUMMER GIRL. er; this is a ham and egglees breakfast New York Telegram. Gifted j Bahhllnc brooks art shallow Bh W m 8fttliA4 Captious Mother What do you want to marry that young man, for? Ha doesnt know enough to set tha world on fire. Sensible Daughter Maybe not, but he says he knows enough to set tha kindling wood In the kitchen range on fire. Somerville Journal. On Who la. Aunt Jane Do you think men are really capable of loving with a deep and sincere affection? . Aunt Hannah Are theyT Ton ought to see my husband gloating over tha rare old bindings in his library! Cht- cago Tribune. Quite Plg.r.n Mamma (to daughter) Ton should not play with your brothsrs toy soldiers; besides, you are getting too old to play with such toys Daughter I am not playing with tha common soldiers, mamma. I am playing with the officer. Angelina. fur-nltu- re Or Elifi ey. Rlfihft In the Swim Domb'I ferny "They do not run for office in my country," said the man with the fierce British accent They Btand tor 1L" "And here," said the proud American. they run for It and the people have to stand for itlndlanapoll Press. - A Kindly Act, Parmer steeref ba run off wiUwJoeh wife! Uedders Farmer Browne Josh ha always knew them bunko-sterwus good fellers at heart Judi Ya-a- s! Bays rs aoft-flesh-'- Major Afrord of the Department of c .AfiTlMUtirt aald: Hlmaelf, Too. LpprwlxM tl. Spirit. "Angelina tells me she cuts all her "What did Colonel Stllwell say about shirt waists without a pattern." "She does? Hdw do they look?" "Oh, they tbe brandled cherries we sent to cheer look like shirt waists fut without a him when he was convalescent?' "He said he was afraid he was not pattern." Indianapolis Journal. strong enough to eat fruit," replied tha little girl, "but that ha appreciated tha Good Definition. in which It was senL" "What ls a sanguine disposition. Un- spirit cle Christopher? "Sanguine dlsposl Another Wwk'i Walt. tlon? . Well, IU your mother, Bobby, I went into the antique Bingo can she s drive nail picture thinking to get that Chippendealer's Into th wall with a banana. dale chair you admired so much, and he had just sold 1L Mrs. Bingo How Too Well Known. unfortunate! Mr. Bingo Tee He said Bill I understand Gayboy ls one of It would be at least a week before be th best known men In your town? could turn out another like it Jack Why he's so well known that he mon to town borrow ha to go out of e-- n. Ti Was. of this? asked You say you went CoDSmtolated Employer I xongratulale you on that new baby of youra, Higglna. Higgins Thank you, sir. Employer And I have no doubt that hereafter you will be waked up early enough mornings to get to the offlea every day on time. Souiervlll Journal. the farmer's wife. to town on business, and here in this EnfUih m 6h lx WHt very paper I see you were fined in a The following notice was lately afcourt drunk. for being police fixed ho a church door in Hertfordshire, ! H de w reporter's mistake."- "The prisoner bore your name, and read In the church: "Thle is t give notice that no peYsou ls to b Henry Adolphus." I gave burled in this churchyard hut those Yes, thats the mistake. living in the parish; and those who another name. wish to be buried are desired to apply to the parish clerk. Two Farmers. had man who the said "This, city Preliminary Inqalry. taken up farming, "this is my herbarCitizen Offsbere! can you (hlc) tall ium." Im (hie) "Your what? asked the farmer born me where I (hlc) live? Councilman Blgboddy, you know. to tbe business. Officer Whats yer cook's namef collection of herbs, My herbarium Citizen Mary Ann (hlc) OBrady. you know. Officer Four streets down And twa "Oh! And ain't you goln to build to yer right doors too? no Indianapolis hogarium, Press. ia well-covere- Ml-ta- "Whats the meaning be-o- Ethel She's the belle of the hotL Ldward Yes, and there's twenty men anxious to ring her No Jack HU Fuli Mamma Thera were three slices of eake In the cupboard." and now there are only two. Jag. How doe that happen? Jack It was so dark In there, mamma, that I didnt see tha others. A Sere Way. "How amiable your little boy seems get tha aay Mng. wher'd you to bar daffy. togs? Tons look Yea; w never object to anything "Tows dont ' know n good thing when you aa It Deaa la my recep- be want to Ao." Bloomington Panto, graph. tion elo." 1 - |