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OPEN DOORS BY ELECTRICITY
Motor Operated and Set In Motion by
Attendant Pressing Button Op
erates Very Smoothly.
In lome buildings of a semi-pub
ic nature In which revolving doors
ire Installed, as hotels and stores
they keep r man at the entrance to
kelp operate the door for the greater
lonvenlence and comfort of persons
entering and leaving the building
This man starts the door In motion,
thus making It easier for the person
entering to push the rest of the way.
Hut the attendant, according to his
natural strength or his mood at the
moment, may start the door swiftly or
lowly, thus hurrying or retarding the
Incomer. And then on a personally
operated door one man In the door,
Impatient, may push the door fast and
bang the leaf In front of himself
(gainst the heels of the man In the
compartment ahead, making him
peevish. All theso variations and un
certainties In the movements of the
door are eliminated by operating It
with an electric motor.
The electrically operated revolving
soor has a motor attached to the up
per end of the shaft from which the
leaves extend. The motor Is quite
out of sight above the horizontal
sheathing at the top of the doorway.
From the motor and also quite out of
sight wiring extends to a push but
ton set in the wall at the side of the
doorway within the building, where
the door attendant stands.
With a door thus equipped there Is
no reaching out and grabbing a leaf
and pushing or pulling on It to start
It The attendant simply presses the
button and so turns the current Into
the motor, and the motor does the
rest, starting the door gently and then
keeping It going with a motion that Is
iteady and uniform.
WIRELESS TELEPHONE IS OLD
Instrument Was Devised and Operated
by Inventor Bell Thirty-One
Years Ago.
In 1879, long before the day of the
Hertzian wavo and modern wireless
telegraphy, Alexander Graham Bell de
vised and operated a "wireless tele
phone." Starting with Clerk Max
well's electro-marjnetlc theory of light,
he undertook to impress phonetic dis
turbances upon tho light waves and
reproduce them In a telephone re
ceiver by means of a hit of selenium,
which has the remarkable property of
changing Its resistance to an electric
current when under tho influence of
light, says Popular Electricity. A coll
made of two nnrrow strips of annealed
selenium attached to a block of bruss
alters Its resistance from 300 to 150
ohms when brought from darkness
Into the sunlight.
A beam of bright light was directed
upon the surface of a silvered mica
diaphragm which reflected it to a
parobollc mirror at the receiving star
tion. Here the light was again re
flected by the Inner surface of the
mirror so that it converged through
a lens upon a small selonlum cell at
the focus of the mirror, and In series
with a battery and the telephone re
ceiver.
As the voice waves of the sender
Impinged upon the silvered diaphragm
Is vibrated to and fro, altering the
amount of reflected light according as
It became convex or concave toward
the receiver. With each variation of
the Intensity of the transmitted light
the selenulm cell or "detector" offered
i corresponding variation In its resist-
First Wireless Telephone.
ance to the receiver current; and
since each variation of current cuuhcs
a sound In the telephone, the voice of
the sender was accurately reproduced,
ai oral ma apparatus was called a
"photophone," but it was afterwards
found that when a black solution of
iodine In carbon blsulphate was placed
lu the path of the beam of light the In
strument would still work, for though
the solution is quite opaque to all
light visible to the eye the long. In
visible Infra-red rays pass through un
hindered. From this circumstance the
same was changed to "radio-phone."
Of course with the old arrangement
speech could not be transmitted over
any considerable distance, but that Is
because the wave length used was too
short to penetrate many obstacles and
too refrangible to maintain Its indl
viduallty In tbe presence of Inter
ference.
Eleotrlo Flreless Cooker.
In a combination of flreless cooker
and electric stove, electric current Is
used to give the first heating and start
the cooking, and the hot foe 1 com
pletes the process on standing. The
holding dishes are of aluminum placed
one on top of another, the electric
stove is beueatb, and a snugly-flttlug
insulating hood covers all. The proc
ess is claimed to be safe and effective
Utile electricity is necessary, and
meals can be prepared at less than the
ordinary cost.
Electric Automatlo Typewriter.
The electrlo automatic typewriter of
tbe Berlin police bas added to the
strenuousness of the burglars' profes
sion. By means of tbls instrument a
robbery at one station can be followed
ap within two or three minutes by the
printing and posting up at all stations
tn the elty and suburbs of notices de
scribing the thieves or giving such to
ilarmatlon as may be available.
ADJUSTER FCn DROP LIGHTS
Uteful Article Is Easily Made From
Small Piece of Wood Illustration
Explains Working.
Tho adjuster Is twin from a plee
of wood three-eighths Inch thick, two
Inches wide and three Inchos Ion,
says Popular Mechanics. Bore a one-quarter-Inch
hole one-half Inch from
each end. Tut the flexible lamp cord
through the holes as shown In the II
lustration. The size hole will accom
Drop Light Adjuster,
modate the standard gauge of flexible
cord, but holes can be bored to fit any
size wire. The length can be adjusted
by pulling the cord through the hole
as shown.
SHOCK ABSORBER IS SIMPLE
Effective Device Made of Spiral Wirt
Spring, Arranged at Both Ends
With Metal.
A simple but effective shock absorb
er for tungsten lamps i shown In this
Spring Shock Absorber,
drawing, says Popular Mechanics. It
Is a spiral wire spring, provided at
both ends with a metal device that en
gages with the flexible wire.
HARNESSING FOR WIND POWEP
English Scientist Lo&t Energy Blow.
ing Over London Equal to Half
Million Horsepower.
An English scientist estlmutes that
if the wind blowing over London to a
height of 500 feet could be barnessei.
it would do work equivalent to that :f
a steam engine of half a l: illic-i
horsepower, working day nnd night
Wind turbines can be us- 1 for nan
purposes, are simple to erect, f. . 1 do
not usunlly roqulre towers more than
50 feot high. In Germany u ind
power ciectrc generating cqiu; i icnt
hau Veen brought out. No utter, 'Ion
Is needed except to reduce iiu- aall
arena of the wind wheel In simms.
A storage battery holds tlur er.cpnK
current from the dynamo mil 11 need
ed, and a special regulator automatic
ally keeps at constant pressure the
current supplied for house lighting or
driving small farm or other machines,
For Purifying Air.
An ozone-producing electric fan now
being made In Vlnenna utilises Dr.
Praus Flscher'B novel dlscoverd that
when air is much heated and then sud
denly cooled o.one Is produced. K.
combination of small fly wheel and nlr
fan is drizen by an electric motor, and
sucks in air and sends it through a
kind of funnel to a Nernst radtulor.
giving a heat of 2,000 degrees C. The
heated current is cooled by mixing
with the nlr, Into which It is then
forced. Of the oxygen passed throup.li
about four per cent. Is ozonized, rvl
this proportion cannot be exceed d,
there Is no risk of an excessive
uueuun hi ozone, a single piece or ap
paratus, weighing not more than toil ry
pounds and needing but a small
amount of power, Is sufficient to purl
ly the nlr of a largo hall.
Tarsus Has Electric Lights.
larBUs. the ancient city of Asia
Minor, where the Apostle Paul wns
born, is now illuminated by electricity
The power Is taken from the Cydr
river. There are now in Tarsus i..
electric street lights and about Co lr
candescent lights for private use.
ELECTRICAL NOTES.
Tbe National Electric Light associ
ation has attalued a membership of
nearly 4,uuv.
carborundum, tbe product ef tbe
electric lurnace, is the hardest sub
stance known.
Germany now leads the world in the
number of electric furnaces for smelt
ing, refining and casting.
The government posts and telegraph
administration controls all wireless tel
egraph stations in France.
Weighing less than fifty pounds, aa
electrically-driven machine has been
Invented for scrubbing floors.
KanKing next to tna sun s rays In
stimulating and germicidal effects are
the rays from electric lights.
To take up the strain more evenly a
Swedish Inventor has produced elec
tric cables with hempen cores.
Coal is so scarce in Slam that gas is
not used for Illumination, and the only
city using electricity is Bangkok.
In the tanal xone it Is the custom to
keep electric lights burning Inside pi
anos 10 prevent me wires rusting
Ten iiuge searchlights, to cost 1039,
000, are to be Installed on the fortifica
tions at .ne entrance to Manila bar.
Wireless telegraphy has driven ma
nor, pigeons irom mo ships of the
Frenca navy ener many years of serv
Ice.
English telephone subscribers do not
look for any betterment of the service
when the government takes possession
loext jear.
I
II
Little Boy Who
Charles C. Clarke's Delightful Remin
iscences of the Childhood of David
B. Hill, Former Governor of
New York.
la May there died the last of the
original group of men who were as
sociated intimately with Commodore
Vandcrbllt in tho building up of his
great railroad system. This was
Charles C. Clarke, who as auditor,
treasurer and first vice-president of
the commodore's railroad, was his em
ployer's financial right-hand man for
years. For more than half a ceutury
Mr. Clarke was a public character,
first as a state employe and a banker,
and from 1854 until his retirement, as
a railroad man. In that period ho
came to meet most of the big men of
his state, and his recollections of Mil
lard Fillmore and Commodore Van-
derbllt were particularly vivid. Yet
what he called the most surprising ex
perience in his long business life hnd
nothing to do with either of these
great men of yesterday.
When I was assistant deputy
treasurer of New York state at the
time Millard Fillmore was comp
troller," said Mr. Clarke, "I made the
acquaintance of a number of men
engaged In important business under
takings in western New York. One
Of these men was establishing a bank
In the town of Havana; he asked me
to take executive charge of It and I
accepted his offer. That was in tho
year 1852.
Soon after I went to Havana It be
came necessary to make some import
ant changes in the bank building
and offices, and to do this work I em
ployed a IocrI carpenter, a very
worthy man, who did honest work.
Ono day he brought with him to the
Job a bright-eyed little fellow, who
was, I should say, about nine years
Old. The youugster attracted mv at-
tentlon and 1 asked him if he went to
school. He said ho did, and then I
asked him what he wanted to do when
be became n mun. He replied thut he
wanted to own u newspaper.
The next day the little fellow again
accompanied his father to work. He
bore a bunch of violets in his hand
which he diffidently held out to me,
the while smiling quaintly. 'You want
to put to put them In a pitcher with
some water,' he cautioned.
A day or two later tho little fellow
came again to tho bank, this time
bringing with him a bunch of duffo-
dlls. 1 took him between my knees.
and after thanking him for bis gift
ilProphecy That
General Garfield's Veiled Prediction of
Hia Own Nomination for Presi
dency Just Before Starting
to the Convention.
The late John II. Starln, who might
have been governor of New York bad
he been willing to accept a nomination
In the late 80s, and who was for some
years a member of congress from one
of the New York districts, was es
teemed by business men as one of the
ablest of American men of affairs. He
accumulated a very large fortune', was
prominent in civic affairs, and to him
the city of New York owes a debt of
gratitude for his services in aiding
to establish tbe subway rapid transit
system.
"During a part of the time that I
was in congress," said Mr. Starln to
me several years before his death,
which occured in 1909, "my seat In the
bouse of representatives adjoined that
of James A. Garfield. We became
very warm friends, and I conceived bo
great an admiration of his ability that
a year or two before the presidential
conventions of 1880 I had come to
bold the opinion that General Garfield
was In many respects the most avail
able candidate from the west for the
Republicans to nominate for the presi
dency. Of course, later on, as the
delegate from my own state to tbe Re
publican convention, I was bound to
upport the nomination of General
Grant. Put. I had a lurking feeling
that If we could not nominate Grant,
Garfield would be our man.
It so happened that both General
Garfield and I plnnned Independently
to go from Washington to Chicago to
attend the convention by the same
train. Garfield was chairman of tbe
Ohio delegation, which had been In
structed to support the nomination of
John Sherman. We were greatly
pleased when we discovered tbst we
were to take tbe same train.
We both were la the house of rep-
Cllff Climber's Narrow Escape.
The perils of cliff climbing were in
stanced the other day by the remark
able escape of a young man named
Frank F.gan who, while scaling the
steep cliffs Just beyond the Bailey
Lighthouse on the Irish coast, got to
a perpendicular part, and being unable
to get another bold could neither get
cp nor down, and was practically sus
pended by bis Angers some seventy
feet above the sea. Egan's companion.
seeing bis position, at the risk of his
own neck scrambled down the face of
the cliff, and gave the alarm. Coast
guards promptly arrived on the scene,
and ono was lowered by a rope to the
edge of the cliff, but owing to its over
banging nature be was unable to get
a glimpse of the man. The roaring of
the waves made .it Impossible to get
an answer to repeated shouts. Oue
man managed to get on to a project
ing bank, and was Just In time to see
F.gan sliding and slipping down the
side of the rocks. Beyond a few
scratches and exhaustion, and a severe
shock, Egan escsped Injury.
To better control
on trolling yourself.
others practise
Loved Flowers
asked him If he was fond of flowers.
'Yes,' he answered, 'but I like the
flowers that grow in the woods best
and I know most of them.'
"As the season passed from spring
to summer the boy marked the prog
gress of the year by bringing to my
office the sensonuble flowers; and one
day, when hot weather was on in dead
earnest, he came bearing very proud
ly a bunch of pond lilies which he
said he had gnthercd especially for
me.
"Thus I was showered with the
blooms of the seasons until the car
penter moved away from Havana nt
least, I lost sight of him and the boy.
Two years later I entered railroad
life hnd myself moved away from
Havana.
"More than HO years passed. Then
one day I found myself in Albany for
a call upon the governor of the stato
in connection with some Important
business for my railroad company. As
I entered, the executive offices a gen
tleman, with every evidence of real
plasure showing in his face, came up
to me and extended his hand. 'Why,
how do you do, Mr. Clarke?' bo ex
claimed, heartily. 'I am very glad to
He Made Up
Thomas H. Benton Could Not Afford
to Remain Estranged From Gen
eral After Latter's Praise of
Henry Clay.
One very warm evening in July,
1881, several members of President
Garfield's cabinet went from the White
House to the lawn and stood a while
in such a position that they wero able
to catch the cooling breeze that came
from the Potomac. There were two or
three friends with them, and all were
in a happier frame of mind than they
had been for some time, for the phy
sicians had reported but n short while
before that the president was in a
more comfortable condition than at
any time since he had been shot.
As they stood thus, enjoying tho cool
breeze, Mr. Blaine, the secretary of
state, who wore a very thin nnd some
what frayed alpaca coat and a straw
hat which had certainly seen service
for several summers, turned to his
companions.
"This afternoon, as I stood before
tho fireplace in the president's wmi.
there came to my mind for the first
Was FullHlled
resentatlves the morning of the day
we wero to leave for Chicago. Rather
lato in the afternoon Garfield turned
to me, and said: 'Starln, It is time for
us to start. My gripsack Is In the
cloak room, and I suppose yours is
also. Let's go together from the capl
tol to the railway station, and we'll
keep company all the way to Chica
go.'
"As 1 was taking my hat nnd my
gripsack from the attendant In the
cloak room, I heard some one say to
Garfield I do not now remember who
it was, except that it was a Democrat:
'Garfield, whom are you going to nom
inate for president at the convention?
You don't expect to nominate Sher
man, do you? And we Democrats fig
ure that Blaine and Grant will neu
tralize each other's votes.'
"In reply Garfield said: 'I am to
nominate Sherman In behalf of the
state of Ohio. Of course we all hope
that he will be nominated by the con
vention.' " 'But whom are you going to nom
inate, Garfield?' persisted the Demo
crat. "I remember perfectly how Gar
field looked when that question was
repeated to him. He turned half
around, there was a cordial smile upon
his face ono that was characteristic
of him and then be said: "I don't
know. It's very likely to be some
one not now named. It Is Just as
likely to be myself as anybody else.'
"I was mightily Impressed by that
reply. It conflrmad my own impres
sion that Garfield might be our can
didate; I had already said to one or
two friends: 'We can't nominate
Grant, Blaine cannot be nominated,
and In my opinion Garfield will be the
man.' And I am satisfied that at the
time Garfield left Washington for Chi
cago In my company be had reasoned
tbe situation out exactly as I bad
done."
(Copyright, 1510, by the Associated Lit
rary Preaa.)
Hedgehogs Are Good Pets
English, Woman Says One Carried
the Purse Pocket Is 8ure Safe
guard Against Thieves.
in
Few wild creatures inako more In
teresting and useful pets than the
hedgehog, says the Lady's Pictorial.
In country bouses one or two are
often kept in the wine cellars. This
is owing to the hedgehog's fondness
for black beetles and other Insects
which they bunt and eat in large quan
tities. Many people, especially women,
make pets of the creature, keeping It
In smart hutches and during the day
allowing it to roam about the sitting
rooms and carrying its young ones
about with it in their pockets. One
Englishwoman says that there is no
better safeguard against the pickpock
et than to carry a baby hedgehog in
the pocket In which you also carry
your purse.
She adds, however, that car mnst
bo taken Dot to forget that tbe little
see you after nil these years. Hut I
sco that you do not remember mo.'
" 'I do not recall, governor, that I
have ever met you. Have 1?" I was
forced to confess.
"The governor smiled. 'I'll try to aid
your memory, Mr. Clarke.' ho said.
'Don't you remember n carpenter
named Hill who repaired your hank
at Havana? Don't you remember his
little boy, whom he used to call Davey,
who sbmetimes brought you flowers?'
"'Are you that lad, Governor Hill?'
1 gasped. In astonishment. And then,
as he smiled at my surprise, I added
truthfully: 'Every spring I have been
reminded of that little boy by the
sight of violets, daffodils and pansles.
I have often wonder what had become
of him. Put not once did it ever oc
cur to me that David P. Hill, governor
of New York, was the little Davey
who used to bring me flowers and left
mo ono of the most charming recol
lections of my early manhood.'
" 'Yes,' said the governor when I
had ceased,' 'I was the boy, Mr.
Clarke. I have never forgotten your
kindness and your sympathetic talks
with me. And I have long hoped that
the day would come when I could see
you again nnd renew that boyhood
acquaintance.' "
(Copyright. 1H0. by K. 3. Edwards. All
Right Reserved.)
With Jackson
time In years an anecdote or, rather,
two anecdotes of Andrew Jackson
that I heard on good authority when I
first came to Washington," he began.
"But before I tell them to you as they
were told to me I shall remind you of
the fact that an Intense animosity
characterized the relations that existed
between Jackson and Henry Clay. It.
was oue of ihe rare cases In which
Clay permitted himself to have a per
soiml animosity, though frequently, as
we all know, he would be a man's po
litical enemy to tbe full limit of his
powers.
"Well, one day, a friend, calling up
on President Jackson, remarked in the
course of the conversation: 'Henry
Clay is not only a moral coward; he
la n physlcr.l coward, as well.'
"Thereupon Jackson got up, knock
ed the ashes out of his corncob p'il;
Into the presidential fireplace, straight
fned up tc bl3 full height, and re
torted: " 'Py Clod, you wrong him! The
d d scoundrel Is as bnive as a lion.
I krow his weakness and 1:1.; strengti.'
"Now, for many ycara Thomas II
Pen ton, for thirty successive yenr.s
si nator from Missouri, beginning in
!S2d, and Andrew Jackson had been
l ilter enemies, although they were o"
the same party. They had not spoken
since 1S13. I believe, when Benton waj
thrown downstairs at tho time when
his brother put a bullet through Jack
fon's thoulder down in North Caro
lina. At any rate, Benton had not
visited the white house since Jackson
had been Its chief occupant. Put it
so happened that a day or two after
President Jackson had paid his char
acteristic tribute to Clay's bravery,
the man to whom Jackson had deliv
ered tho tribute met Benton and told
him of the incident. Benton, clearly
attonlshed for an instant, eagerly ask
ed if his informant was sure that
Jackson had made the remark as
quoted, and the reply was that there
was no doubt about It.
" 'Then I will call upon him my
self,' said Benton, with grim deter
mination. "Sure enough, a day or two later
the senior senator from Missouri pre
sented himself at the white house and
his namo was taken Into his old ene
my. In a moment ho was admitted to
the president's private office Jack
son was standing before the fireplace.
He looked searehingly at Benton, who
remained standing upon the threshold.
At last Jackson spoke. 'Is it to be
war or peace?' he asked.
"For answer, Benton, with both
hands outstretched, went across the
room, the next moment the differences
of years were healed, and the friend
ship thus unexpectedly and suddenly
re-established ren.alned unbroken un
til Jackson's death.
"But to my mind," concluded Mr.
Blaine, "the best part of the recon
ciliation of those two great characters
lay in the reply that Benton gave to
his friends when they asked him how
he came to put aside his enmity to
ward Andrew Jackson. 'I could not
afford to remain estranged from a man
who was brave enough to pay such a
tribute to an enemy as Andrew Jack
son did to Henry Clay when he de
clared he was as brave as a lion,' said
Senator Benton."
(Copyright. 1M. by R. .1. Edwarda. All
Right RcMerved.t
creature Ic tn the pocket and sudden
ly thrust your hand into it.
The hedgehog must be fed on bread
and milk, grass, worms aud all the in
sects that can bo caught. Both the
young and the old, and especially the
former, are most interesting and amus
ing. Indeed, there Is no prettier
sight than a family of baby hedgehogs
at play.
They can be taught to come and
feed out of the hand and to drink
milk from a sfloon. They can also be
taught to perform simple tricks. An
other charm of tho hedgehog as a pet
is that if kept out of doors in a cold
cellar it will hibernate during very
cold weather when ladles and children
might find It Inconvenient
The Successful Man.
The man who would succeed Is the
man who was never discouraged by
failures. He turns his failures to good
account by studying and analysing
them.
N0TJ5S. rnnflftir-
Fir Erm
Tbe sows that are usually most pro
lific and that are also usually the best
mothers are those that have long, deep
bodies with a row of well-developed
dugs on each Bide; that are quiet and
kindly disposed, but that are pos
sessed of enough nervous energy to
Induce them to take plenty of exercise
by rustling around when they are
given the run of a pasture.
Especially when soft feed Is fed, a
broad, smooth board will be found
very convenient In feeding chickens
either young or old. It Is so readily
cleaned that all things considered It
will be found much more convenient
than feeding on the dirty ground,
which is inviting disease to your flock.
It is Just as sensible to expect to
make a crop of potatoes without any
attention, as it is to expect the hens
to lay eggs in the winter while they
are being cared for on the "Let-alone"
system.
There are instances on record where
sheep have produced profitable fleeces
of wool and one or two lambs each
season for from four to ten years, but
as a general rule when a ewe gets to
be five years of age she Is very likely
to prove unprofitable.
Anyone who has had any experience
with nursing brood sows knows that
while nursing their young pig,
they naturally lose In weight aud con
dition even with the best care and
feeding bestowed them.
It Is generally appreciated among
flock owners that in order to obtain
the most profit from sheep husbandry
stock must be kept that will produce
a maximum quality and quantity of
both wool and mutton.
Pumpkins make a splendid feed, and
how cheap they are! Nothing will
fatten shoats quicker. In connection
with a bit of soft corn, and nothing
will so thoroughly and efficaciously rid
them of worms.
Dairymen who have town or city
milk routes, and market gardeners
who retail their produce, have ex
ceptional opportunities for marketing
fresh egs und poultry at the highest
prices.
A careful record of what the chick
ens are doing should be kept. This
Is the only way to determine the prof
Its from the poultry; in fact it is the
only way to carry on any line of farm
ing. The man who has a uniform bunch
of lambs to go to market with in the
fall Is assured of a better price than
if his crop possessed a wide varia
tion. Brood sows expected to produce two
litters of pigs a year must not only
be fed liberally while they are nurs
ing the pigs, but must also be well fed
while they are pregnant.
A Nebraska farm paper says: "The
$75 milk cow Is with us." Please
tell us about It. In Iowa the $75 cow
is a rare bargain especially If she Is
of dairy breeding.
In dairying there is usually a large
quantity of skim milk or butter milk
which may be utilized to furnish a con
siderable part of the poultry ration.
The farmer with a new buggy used
to be tho envied man of the neighbor
hood, but now the one with the auto
mobile Isn't so important.
Turkeys hatched and raised by arti
ficial means at the Washington sta
tion weighed IS to 19 pounds each at
five and a half months.
Scrape up the road dust aud apply
about the roots of your plants during
the hot, drouthy weather and keep the
moisture In the soil.
Before bed weather comes gather a
barrel of road dust and store in a dry
place to make the fowls' dust baths
this winter.
Giving milk is the natural function
of the dairy row, but this function can
be stimulated only by proper feed and
care.
It is unwise to spend money for bet
ter chickens and then give them such
poor rare that they cannot do well.
An alfalfa patch gives liens and
chickens plenty of rutin;. If you can
not grow alfalfa give alfalfa meal
Don't plant too many early varieties
of apples unless near a good market
where they may be sold at uuee.
The best dairy herds are the prod
uct of long, careful selection and
breeding.
The dairyman who hasn't lime to
test his milk, Is usually the least busy
man In the neighborhood.
The orchard Is a splendid place for
poultry to range In. Poultry is a very
good insect destroyer.
The poultry of this country brings
more money than some our much
advertised crops.
When selling farm products It pays
to be well posted in the conditions of
the market.
At the best, haying Is bard wort,
and no matter how much improved
labor-saving machinery wo employ It
requires muscle and good judgment
The barn should be equipped with a
good horse fork, there should be a
good mowing machine, rake, tedder,
wagons and hand forks and where
there is a largo haying there should
be u self-loader.
Ordinary farming, as formerly and
even now generally carried on, and
scientific market gardening are so un
like that experience in the former
would help but a little In a general
wny, but would by no means fit one
for a successful market Rurdener with
out a long special training In that spe
cific kind of farming.
When n horse's neck or back be
comes sore, do not be content with
rubbing on a salve, but. look for the
cause of tho trouble In a wrongly ad
justed harness. Remove the cause
and this will help greatly to prevent
the result.
Alfalfa Is making good In the east,
and farmers are realizing that It Is
comparatively easy to get a stand, by
tho use of lime and plenty of stable
manure. This is Ideal pasture for
swine and no harm will be done the
crop If pastured lightly.
To read about the tare of fowls In
detail makes It seem quite a lot of
work, but when once you get started
and give your poultry tho same care
you do other stock there is nothing
on the fam that will pay as well for
the money Invested.
Ducks are nervous creatures and
will often loose much fle.-di on account
of their nervousness at night. If one
becomes frightened he soon starts the
entire pen into a stampede. Avoid
this by keping a lantern burning at
night.
If you have running water In the
house, and the garden is near, is
droughty seasons you can ave your
self much lugging of water by simply
connecting a few lend pipes In the
garden with the house main.
A sow's condition should not be fat
like that of hog fed for the butcher's
market when she is dim to farrow,
but she should be smooth, sleek, well
rounded out and In a condition of per.
feet thrift nnd health.
Of the various sheil making mate
rials which those who live inland can
easily procure one.of the best is old
mortar or plaster, but any of these
things should not, on any account, be
mixed with the food.
One of the mo?t difficult and trying
problems which the poultry keeper
has to meet is that of keeping his
poultry houses and stock reasonably
free from lice, mites, and other exter
nal parasites.
It is a significant fact that, the finest
hogs brought to the stock yards are
consigned by the dairymen. This
means something when hogs are
worth over eight dollar per hundred
weight. There is a general unanimity of
opinion amongst experienced poultry
men thut poultry do best upon some
form of green or succulent food dur
ing the winter months.
In keeping a poultry plant free from
lice there are two points of attack:
One, the birds themselves; the other,
the houses, nest boxes, roosting
boards, etc.
Brood sows will nose through three
inches of snow to get the green bite,
and will ran&e about, on their feet for
hours, which Is In fact the main ob
ject. The drop apple from an average or
chard will maintain quite a bunch ef
shoats. and will put them In market
condition at a minimum expense if thn
orcham is sown' with rape.
In preserving eggs in water glass or
any other favorite method remember
that every egg so used must be strict
ly fresh. One spoiled egg will con
taminate n whole batch.
The Introduction of strange bird
into a flock often serves to bring fresh
starts of all kinds of vermin to a per
fectly clean flock.
The pigs soon learn to find a trough
and will be found wailing there for
their feeds when feeding time comes
around.
Frequent change to fresh pasture is
one of the best ways to stimulate
the grow Hi of both the grass and tie
pigs.
Turkeys will do very well without
any other feed than that which they
pick up on tho ranne. but they will
do better is regularly fed.
Tbe feeding of young ducks has
lwi-n reduced to a science by those
engaged extensively In the business.
Wheat screening, having more pr
leln. are superior in the plump grata
fur laying hens, and wbn they are
good nud clean are very much cheaper
tbnn guild heat.
A great many nial( ihe mistake ef
not taking care of the sow and boar
duiin; the breeding season. They
fdiould l.e we'l fed and sheltered.
The liiinlliole is not a necessary ad
junct in the ben' hog pasture. Tb
sanitary u.illew that disinfects the
In g; !- ihe logieel thing.
The in mi who can raise hogs profit
ably without pasture tan increase bis
profits many fold by using pasture.
The rul s for feeding Incubator
hatched chicks are the same as those
for feeding hen-hatched chicks.
Rather than have the poultry house
overcrowded you had better eat some
of the less desirable birds.
Feed given to the growing colt brings
greater returns than If fed to any oth,
er stock on the farm.
