Show tlr and 1101111I Ito I I bare lately bid my Attention called to the fart that there wa a great difference I dif-ference In the yield l of honey from I mlotile located only I from one to twc mile apart write Mrs I Harrison In Rural World Judging from till or chardlila farmer and gardeners will I not get the full benefit of their crop ol rrult vine and clover If they do nol keep bem upon their own fields Ita l Ieclally Is I thl true If the watbll Should be foggy and damp during this blooming season Specialists In bee culture know that n good place to locate lo-cate an apiary Is near largo orchards iced farms alfalfa or alslko clovcl Old pickle farms etc Those whc raise cucumbers under glass find the mutt have ben In their green hou < or their cucumber will nut eel TiIsl who are engaged In these pursuit n lees there aro largo aplarle near them ibotild culthnto bee as well as fields lie who would live at ease should cultivate cul-tivate both fruit slid bee It would bo better for mho welfare ot our countr It bees were mora equally distributed I Very large apiaries I are not as desirable ns that every orchard and farm should have sufficient workers to gather the nectar and fertilize tha bloom It ll not tiecetwary that every farmer should bo a skillful apiarist ami secure large crops of honey but ho should keep been In large hives well protected from the Intrusion ot stock Whero horses and other animals havo been Injured by being stung It was usually the result I re-sult ot carelessness Hives should be well protected and not placed near bitching posts nor drinking places I Plant for lice licekeepers who I have experimented along this line I claim that It doc not pay to plant for I honey alone bnt hero are many crops I and tree that can bo grown that have I a dual alue such III tho clover al I slko nod while What Is I more beautiful beauti-ful upon a lawn than the linden or basawood T Sweet clover Mcllltolu nl I ba anal Melllotui oirtclnall aro yearly gaining In favor as food for stuck and I bees and aro fast rooting out dogfen I nel and other noxious weeds from roadside and waste places They thrive on gravelly knolls railroad embankment embank-ment and rocky hillsides Cull Out llrvvillnr thigh Wo would l advise swine breeder to cull more closely than has been tho practice says A U Mason In a contemporary I con-temporary We think that at least onethird should bo culled and If half 1 could bo culled It would be better We hate known breeder who have sold every male In l the herd fur breeding purpose oven whero they got as low IIa U l or 5 a bead for them Till Is I n mistake It Is I not only a detriment to tho business but necessarily lower the standard The quality of pig sold for breeding purpose should bo up ton I to-n good standard and they should be sold at a profit above what tho pig would be worth for the pork barrel All pip sold for breeding purposes I should have excellent bone reasonably well marked free from an Iris anJ have a good brcedy appearance They should not only losses good action but should Lo gentle and of kind dlt position t 1repeels for olou rritilucllo C r Curtis superintendent of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station says It has been shown by expert mints at the Iowa station that while i wellbred rattle coming I 2 years old being fattened under favorable conditions condi-tions will make 123 pounds of increase In weight from 1000 pounds of a given kind ot feed good lambs under 1 year old will make 138 pounds of Increase In Iho weight from 1000 pounds of a similar ration and tho mutton In this case sold fur more than the beet In this comparison no allowance Is I niiio for the valuo of droppings of cattle or the flccco of the lambs This showing doe not argue against the economy ot beef making It only reveals more clearly the fact that mutton production ought to become a permanent welles tablished feature of Western agriculture agricul-ture and that farmers and feeders ought more generally to avail themselves them-selves ot this outlet for tho surplus ol grain and hay crops I Milk m In tlkaos Milk Is I an opaque whitish fluid harIng har-Ing an opalescent bluish lint In thlr layer and a specific gravity ncrnglni between 1028 and 103 It Is I a natural emulsion consisting ot little globules of fat Invested with coatings and caseIn case-In and suspended In a solution of albumen albu-men milk sugar and salt The reaction i aria rsaa nm ot milk I is l variable womans milk and that of the vegetable cal Ing animal being normally alkaline but that ot Ibo meat eating I acid I with tbo former however It Is I often posslblo to obtain a double reaction both acid and alkaline owing tu the presence ot an neld sudlc phosphate and I ot an alkaline dlsodlc phosphate Milk becomes acid on standing owing to tho conversion of part of lbs sugar Into I lactic acid l and at tho same time the fatty globules rise to this surface formIng form-Ing a layer of cream aoino of these I globule also being freed from their protein envelope If 1 a milk upon standing In a warm place for n few hour 1 alkaline look upon It as suspicious sus-picious for tuberculosis etc I Fat Hens Preferred With all the I abuse that may be heaped upon tbo fat I hen became she doc not lay she bring more In market than any other kind of poultry except the turkey and at time tho difference In favor of the turkey Is I I very little As tbo consumers are willIng will-ing to pay good price for fat hens It Is I I best to sell them as soon as they cease laying I It In u very fat condition as the ld i time required to get such hen to time proper condition for laying again maybe I may-be weeks or even months The best Ime to sell Is when you have the article I tbo consumer requires and at tho present pres-ent time the fat hen Is In demand Ex |