Show y v i 11 1 i Q 1 fall ri J y 7 1 1 ft W V 4 T f I 1 ft I 1 4 14 4 V A fe y af Q etli lp 1 Uti utilizing lizina barn liomin barns are c it therefore behooves I farmers to wake make the best use of all the room that they afford ir if 1 the barn has a basement that will naturally be used is as stable room for farm stock in winter but if the stock be I 1 confined in stalls as it always should be it will not prevent separate compartments part ments for storing vegetables and roots and still others tor foi storing farm implements which may with care be made to occupy a cry small surface space by hanging up tip the II 11 lighter liter ones one 4 and laying still others over those that are too ficai he uy y to rest on anything any thin except LI the floor of concrete or soli sell this room should be closely secured to prevent 1 fowls from getting in and soiling selling the machinery besides seriously damaging it with their excrement many a farmer who leaves half ills his farm implements exposed to rains and snows can find a place in the barn basement for then them it if he will ghe some thought to making the most of the room ahat that the barn basement affords american cultivator be aci does wont touch alfani alfalfa till sweet clover has lone done blossoming bloss oming I 1 find quite gulte a change in the minds of some of my neighbors they are beginning to think that su sweet cot clover is a pretty good thin thing after all I 1 have sold some soine seed to one and tn two 0 others are talking of cowing some it wI will lIgrow grow on our poorest laud and make inake a good crop and choke out all the w x eods eeds wo we have in this country including sand burrs and cockle burrs if it were of no other use it would pay in ell as a fertilizer but it A Is a splendid hay hape crop rop and in my opinion there is nothing better for honey I 1 have about ten acres seeded down for next year I 1 put several acres in the corn at the last cultivating and have a nice stand stan you see by putting it in the corn we vie have the crop the next season it sown in the tall fall it will conil come up ill early the next spring and male make a good growth that season but not so seed d I 1 always uil sow the seed with the I 1 hull i on bee Clean gleanings ings device de vice for a B two van ian saw A crosscut cross cut saw or two man inan taw can be adjusted so that one man can saw as much wood as two and as easily as f CROSSCUT CROSS CUT SAW DEVICE with a man at each end the arrangement Is a piece of board b inches with a hole in each end to fit tightly over the handles and a slot a in one end to straddle the blade when logs fill are not too thick this cart can be readily readily manipulated farm and home the value of fran I 1 gaii it Is not alone for its nutrition that wheat bran Is valuable though it cou talus considerable of the element of the wheat this however is not so large a proportion as it used to be under the old system of bolting the wheat reserving only the starch tor for fi flour the best dour is now much dark er cr than formerly it contains the germ and con considerable of the gluten though some come of this still goes with the brau bran lif but wheat bran la Is an excellent altera native for ill all stock fed largely on mea dow hay bay for cows it should ile be p made into a mash with warm water it win will increase the milk secretion and ic will make the cow poor it if she does not 1 I IK have grain with it to supply the butter fats in which bran Is deficient dell clent Us ey otte one years poultry Re turnA le t f these fowls are kept solely for ruy my IV ft own pleasure at iny country home in tarrytown but I 1 think my statement sl 0 i Is a good showing for in an amateur and way may interest your farmers dauga d ter fell and others who road read your valuable dl t paper the fowls number include j ing cocks cocke crockom cockerels cocker As els hens and pullets V the dally daily egg eg product varied front from 20 1 I to 58 and reached in the twenty nine days a total of 1169 during this time f two lions liens hitched hatched 19 chief chicks and six lff liens hens were ere sitting therefore leaving t 1 c out the sitting liens hens cocks and coel cock f berels I 1 had from froin laying hens aico 1169 eggs in twenty alue days Coi country lutry V gentleman J 1 desi ap there will eve over ir be a demand for the S t ten en hundred pound fal t ainley lilly horse elec clec ji tf trio trie roads reads and bicycles i tos lag this Is the only ull all round horse t dually good in the carriage car and on the larm and the cost of such in the matter of looping keeping till three years old is but little if any more re that than the cast of one due steer and will bring 1 lu the market three or four times as much new england farmer milking in the new york tribune practical farmer says that the file tubes of milking machines mach lues cannot be kept clean the machine I 1 was familiar with could be fitted up to milk the OO 00 cow delry dall y in uve five minutes instead of over six hours and there Is no difficulty in keeping everything ery thing about it sweet it la Is also a complete manipulator the bunting Is thoroughly imitated it Is so simple that a boy or girl of 15 could work it it is manufactured in scotland and Is a decided success every 1 large arge dairy should have one as it save s the cost of itself in a short time the milk keeps longer as it does docs not get I 1 contaminated with bacteria being in an airtight air tight bucket it can be carried and cooled over the refrigerator ready i for shipment inside of an hour for the whole performance A safety ladder 1 ladders in use about the farm year after year are likely to become worn and loosened f from rom wear and to make maka this fact known inconveniently when someone is ascending or descending t them them A round breaks or slips out of its socket or the whole ladder spreads moreover 11 farm ladders are usually so heavy ns as to be very I 1 inconvenient n e 0 n to we use an improved ladder Is shown in the sketch it has three uprights each small in width find and thickness because t the h e three pieces give great strength and stiffness the I 1 rounds round b being e I 1 n SAFETY ladder supported in tha ilia middle can be made somewhat lighter than Is usually done to keep the ladder from spreading at the ends and in the middle a light iron rod red I 1 is put through the ladder and fastened with a nut laut as shown in the biag diagram rain A ladder bould have an iron brad fastened to each upright tit at the base to kee keep P it from slipping as this Is one of the most common dangers to be feared in the use usa of ladders american agriculturist feeding grain to hens soule some hens are greedy and seize the i food to prevent other heus hens from securing their share it is such hens that become and finally cease to lay when feed is given in a v way ay to allow the hens to cat it without being compelled to scratch or work for it the result will always be an unequal tiou of the food among the members of 0 the flock the proper mode Is to scatter the grain over a large surface a as s then each hen will be compelled to work and all will fare alike germantown pa ila telegraph shade shad e for the dwelling shade trees are essential only dont let them shade the house farmers to enjoy life must have their surroundings pleasant commodious convenient and healthy these conditions can only be ba obtained by attention to details by having a place for everything and everything in its place once get started along these lines and improved methodi follow and it we persevere we shall have our reward N new ew york boric farmer odda and ends A tablespoonful of turpentine boiled with your white clothes will greatly ald aid the whitening process to prevent hair fulling falling out wet it thoroughly once or twice a weela week with a weak solution ot of salt water polished oak furniture may be beautifully cleaned with a soft woolen ra rug dipped la in turpentine it must then be rubbed off with a dry loth cloth A good broom holder may be made b by y putting two large screws nalis nails will answer luto into the wall about two inches apart drop droll the broom between them handle downward any woman doing her ona on a work way may so systematize it that it will be the file easiest possible lor for her she need not follow any other persons methods unless they are the very best for her own awu conditions dit ions always make inake coffee out of fresh water it and use luse it as soon as it Is made the cofre coffee e pot be kept scrupulously clean if you use the french pot lvery every part of it should be thoroughly washed and dri dried led after using tle the Lt sticky sticky icky uy fly paper which Is com coin sold during the summer season makes an excellent mouse trip trap A sheet of it laid in front of a hole from which mice emerge Is sufficient to hold them fast until they are captured and de st royed the same paper may bo be used over and over again it Is said that when ink Is upon a carpet or anything made of 0 wool the spot should immediately be co cred with co common chmillon s salt alt when this has absorbed all the ink it will carefully take it off on with an old knife or spoon and apply more salt keep dolus this until untie the lak ink is s all taken up amie knowledge ge saves worry wor y in many ways A writer in the chicago record i professes to know a man not a cago man but an englishman whose well known constitutional tardiness once saved hla his wife from hours of the most terrible anxiety at the time of the fair there was a ter in one of the buildings I 1 think it was the cold storage on the afternoon of the ore fire the man he ha was an had an appointment on the top floor of the doomed building the fire broke out if im not mita mi mistaken ta e about 2 in a short abort time the building was partially dest destroyed ro y ed a and nd several lives had been lost some borne f friends of the englishman came to 0 his wife at the victoria notel hotel and broke gently to her the fact that the cold storage place was lu in ruins and that harry had sn n appointment on the top floor that afternoon what bat time did the fire break out she asked they told her at 2 and for what hour was waa harrys harry appointment two also oh then im not in the least abarra alarmed she said and serenely continued to knit about 6 5 harry turned up having been delayed by the difficulty of getting transportation lie he looked a little white by jove dora ho he remarked 1 I had a narrow shave chave this af afternoon ter noon she kissed hissed his bis placidly you were to have been in the cold storage building at 2 dear and you get there till nearly 3 that it he gave a wondering assent what a comfort it la Is harry that youre always latel late I 1 then she resumed her knitting |