MULTIPLY ON YOUR FINGERS
Method Is An Invention of a Polish
Mathematician Serve as Cal
culating Machine.
A French mngnzlno describes nn
amusing method of learning nnd re
membering the harder pnrt of the
multiplication table. The method Is
thero stated to bo nn Invention of M.
Procopovltch, n Polish mathematician.
Ho has discovered a way of making
the lingers sorvo ns a calculating ma-
chlno to obtain the products of the
numbers from 0 to 10, and also of the
series of numbers from 11 to 15 and
from 1C to 20, both Inclusive.
Kor the first series C, 7, 8,, 9, 40
Angers nnd thumbs are numbered, the
numbers running from C on the thumb
to 10 on the little finger of each hand
Now, In order to multiply tho number
on one hand by the number on an
other finger we put tho two fingers to
gether, one on each hand. In finding
the product wo count tho two Joined
fingers and all above them nnd thus
got the number of tens; to get tho
units wo multiply tho number of fin
gers below the Joined fingers on ono
hnnd by tho number below on the
other.
Tho rule Is a little different for tho
products of tho series 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Thp fingers of the factors nro marked
as beforo except that tho thumbs are
now 11 and the little fingers 15. Join
as before tho fingers to be multlplloJ
Then for 10s add together the Joined
fingers nnd nil nbovo them nnd also
add 100. For tho units multiply the
Joined finger together with those
above It on one hnnd by tho Joined
finger nnd those above on the other.
For tho noxt series of numbers, 1C
17, 18, 19, 20, the thumbs nro each 1G
nnd the llttlo fingers 20. Join tho
fingers which aro to be multiplied
count the fingers which are Joined as
2 and nil nbove to got the number of
20s and add 200. To this add tho
product of the fingers below those
Joined, ns In the first ense.
SSxsj
VJtlf
Multiply on Finger.
Perhaps the latter cases of this
-curioiiB little trick will be more In
terestlng than imeful, but tho first
series will nt times be an nld to every'
body who is now and then bothered In
his recollection of tho multiplication
tnblo. A llttlo experimenting will
show that tho wholo device is simpler
in practise than in description. Her
eronco to tho cut will simplify the
study jot these rulqs.
GIVE SOAP-BUBBLE PARTIES
Most Interesting Pastime for All Ages
and Sizes Clay Pipes and
Castile Soap Needed.
Theso nro most Interesting for all
sizes and nges. Good clay pipes an
enstilo soap and bowls enough to go
around are tho needful things; ulso a
room which will not bo hurt by a
sprinkling of soap suds; and ono thing
nion? tho smaller tho child tho big
ger tho apron to cover him.
A llttlo glycerine In tho lukewnrm
sonp suds will mnko tho hubbies
brighter and moro durable, nnd If a
thick shawl Is spread on tho floor they
will bounce upon It like rubber balls.
A bubble tournament Is great fun.
Arrange sides, with lenders, Let ono
hIiIo step forward In a lino with pipes
nnd bowls; then tho lender starts nnd
sees how mnny bubbles he can mnke
with one dip nf his pipe. Each of his
followers does likewise, whllo some
ono not In tho gamo keops tho scoro.
Then thoother side takes Its tirrn nnd
tho sldi-whlch blows tho greatest
number Is tho prize winner.
There nro many different ways of
enjoying this pretty pastime. Science
has discovered several methods of
heightening tho colors in the bubbles.
THE DANCER.
5hr dnnccn like n dnndellnn,
Klu It upon tlio brcezo.
As pally ns n butterliy,
And qui to as much at rase;
And surely she wus always meant
To fly upon her toes.
Tluirg never was another
That could ro ns Doris kop.i.
Tim flowerB aha In ncntterlntf
Are no lovelier than she'.
They fall In yellow showers.
As sho unlly ets them free.
And she bookons thorn to follow
To the lnnd where nil Ih young
Where a thousand sprites aro Hinging
In the eerie (aerie totiKiie.
What the Toad Does.
He has tho power to drink with his
skin.
Even if emaciated, his sklri will
take up enough water to mako him
appear fat.
He Is most useful In tho garden,
catching tho Insects.
His skin secretes an acrid humor,
so a dog seldom bites one tho sec
ond tlmo.
Authorities unite In saving that ho
has been known to llvo 35 to 40
years.
It Is not truo that ho can exist Im
lied clod In stone, unloss thero bo a
Assure.
ciftigRIGfe
"-3REETINGS, Mtt. FROG."
How de ilo. Mr. Frog?
In your tine new nttlro
Anil your lovely bright green back
You look like a squire."
"Thnnk you." snltl tho Frog,
In a manner qulto nlry;
"With your pretty red ribbons
You look like a fairy."
SWINGING RING GAME IS NEW
Requires Very Nice Sense of Dis
tance, Careful Eye and Light
Touch to Do It Right.
On days when It Is too stormy or
too slushy to bo comfortnblo out of
doors there Is gencrnlly n strongly
oxprosseu wisn voicctt oy mo younger
members of tho family that "thert
was something to do." Tho old games
do not nlwnys suit, and most of them
require too many players. Lot us
solve the problem, says Ladles1 Home
Journal.
Hero Is a pastime thnt Is real fun,
for It depends on skill. It Ih fun oven
when played nlouo, for you can al
ways try to beat your own best prevJ.
oub score, and every time, you try It
vnll linnnmn (not an iimnlt nvnni1!
II la f.. l,l c ,ll I,,,,,. D
. .. . . ... - ; : .,.
UIUIIIU1 U1JU OIOIVI LUll OlJUllU U JUUJ I
nfternoon at It without either wanting
i i,.. ni.-
iu nee uuy i.iuuuh, wiuj uru nroiij' 1
. . , , . .... I
Biiru nui 10 coino in ou n very unu
day.
You need two nails, n string nnd u
ttnrr if onmn 1st ml ntmtir ulv Innlina Itt
diameter. If you havo no old curtain ty exccn,t Jnd Mns,tc1r8. n,,nB.0,f
rlnK nr somnlhlne: elR nf .hat rotl n0t eVe tho ,0UnB 8 COl,8lns-
Ing or something else of that sort,
you can mnko a ring that will serve
your purposo perfectly well by get
ting a thin piece of board, marking a
vlrcle seven Inches In diameter on Its
surfnee, and Insldo. of that another
circle six Inches In diameter. Now
drlvo a nail In the celling, If there U
no hook for a lamp or chandelier al
ready there, and another nail In the
wnll with its head pointing upward at
nn nngle of about 45 degrees. SiiB'
pond your ring from tho nail In the
celling by a string just long enough
to nllow "the ring to swing Its center
over the nail in the sldo wnll and
hang there. Now you aro ready to be-
g)
Stnnd by tho nail In tho side or th
wall with your right hand holding the
ring closo to tho nail. Now push tire
rinr- ntvnv fmtn vn.. t.vim, n mi,
swing back and hook over the nail Particulars. nd with infinite pa
Tligre.! . Of course you didn't do It! tlonce-
Tho ring came back and struck the Often, ns Jack Masters tried to
nail, but did not catch on It. In order
to catch on tho projecting nnll the
ring must swing In a circle. U you
do It once out or your first ten trials
you aro lucky. K requires a very
nice sense or distance, n carerul eye
and n light touch to do It Just right
Not so easy as It seems, Is It?
It takes a lot or prnctlwo to s.cort
throe out or five trys.. Get your broth-
er to try It with you, nnd ho will bo
astonished to find he Is no better nt
this than you nre. In ract, girls art
best at this gnme and, strange oh It
may seem, their Judgment or dltftnncf
moro accurate.
Try n gamo or flHy points, with
"Innings" of ten points each.
Of course, tho winner. Ih tho one
who rings tho nail the most times oul
of fifty trials.
SIGN THAT IS NOVEL PUZZLE
Unique Method of Trimming Store to
Advertise Stock Eleven Words
Can Be Picked Out.
- This sign wns placed In a trimming
store to advertise the stock. They
kept cotton, lining goods, silk, tape
thread, pins, braid, cloth and buttons
Can you find them by moving up,
J T 3 T ' O E
o u n i p
L n A 3 A T
G C T 1 L, O
T O 7SJ SJ G
A Unique Sign.
down and slanting? Do not skip,
though you may use tho same letter
over again,
Whyl Indeed!
Arthur, six years old, gave to tho
llttlo maiden of his choice a candy on
which was printed In pink letters,
"Why do you keep me In suspense?"
"I gave Mllllcent a candy with rend
lng on It," ho snld shyly to his mother.
"What did the reading say7 aBKed
his mother.
"Why do you keep mo In suspend
ors?" repeated Arthur, proudly.
Why the Oun Sets.
Little Jack asked his mother
night why tho sun set so often,
told him so that It might rlso In
one
Slie
tho
morning. This seemed n useless rea
pon, und Jack hunted for another. At
last bo said;
"Oh! I know, mother. Tho sun
sets so that she can hatch nil tho
days!"
JACK'S TEMPTATION
By WILLIAM ALFRED COREY
Up there, tho rnngo finder stnnds,"
tho gunner's mnto was explaining to
on Interested group nbout bltn, "and
tho aim Is taken through theso two
llttlo tubes which nro fitted with
lenses. Hy means of this whe.il tho
muzzle of tho gun Is rnlscd or low
ered and this other ono Is to swing t
laterally ns tho man taking nlta di
rects. 'This gun Is offcctlvo nt sixteen
miles."
Pulling n lever, ho Bwung back tho
breech block and, letting the visitors
peer Into the boro of tho great wea
pon, .ho was showing them tho process
of chnrglng the gun when he suddonly
stonned. turned nnlo and trembled as
fhnPh In mnrtnl fonr.
women nro proverbially quicker
wlUcd thnn mon M ,cnat tho woman
W(R n u,,8 ,natnnce. nnd noretta Wll-
, quckly nd tnctfully relieved
lho tcnB,on of tho BlUintlon by ext0nd.
,i0pntoiv Hnvnrt hnnd to the
dl8COir.fltud gunnor wlth tho words;
Why Mp MngtcraI Ilow amnzed
am to moot you I"
And then turning to her pnrty, she
tnld, with perfect grace and conyjo-
suio, "Mr. Masters, lot mp Introduce
my uncle, Mr. Ullson of Lo6 Angeles;
and these young ladles nro my cou-
'""' ""aa uu'"u"l " ""?
nnd Miss Angolotta Gtlson." Then, to
. . . . i i
"ur menus, aim expuuneu,
"Mr. Mas.
tufa les n fnpiiintt fflnn.l nt HitnA f-rtl
VW.O .O I . II 1 ... I. . II . I 1. VJ I IllltlV ...-.
jjjgQg
The young lady's presence of mind
hnd been so well and charmingly
shown that probably nono In tho
tnougu it takes n woman to read n
woman, detected a vague something
In Florcttn Williams' mnnner that In
dicated hor desire not so much to
chow cordiality to tho embarrassed
gunner as to relievo tho general
strain.
However, tho situation relieved,
young Masters pulled himself together
and devoted nil his attention to Miss
Williams, his former Kansas friend,
and her party.
Two hours were spent In Inspecting
x wu"dcrs of the great battleship.
UB Bumiur iook mom every wnero.
'n",ve nu oiow, forward ana art. ex-
luuiiiuit; uio inysierieB 01 lurrei ana
w. gun unu or.uge, signals anu
C0 ,8 ""J1 HafL8' deta,lsn,8 todlBclplIno
K"u '". l"u u"u 'u "u
tho why not In u thousand dlffcrout
catc Floretta Williams' eyo, ho as
oftou fHd. No; onco sho did look nt
h,. uut It w8 when ho had nddressed
her ns "Florcttn," und tho look had
Bn,(l wttti n plainness ho could not
misunderstand, "I am Miss Williams,
plense,".and ho had humbly swnllowed
Ule rcuuKo.
ut, oven ns ho tnlked or tho nnvy
nnd or tho things ot war, his mind
was rar awuy, both In point or spaco
n"d tlmo. As ho wns explaining to
thorn the wireless messngo systom In
8e on the ship, memory wns bringing
to his mind wireless messages rrom a
vlllago among corn and wheat fields;
of fuces of friends, of hurvest field nnd
scnooiroom and piensuro party, and
u,on or 1110 8Umion or it nil; or nn
8anu tt Jealousy, a penciled good-
"y ",,u 1,1 en " sino in me nenri
01 iove, uuu men 01 mo new mo wnn
Us suspense, its honelcusneuB and Its
trailing burden of guilty conscience
And hero she wus by his side; beru
I the qunrterdeck of the Konsns, tho
woman whose heart he hnd wounded
in a moment ot causeless frenzy
and
he could get no word from hor. She
wns Interested only In tho ship.
Tho time had como lor Miss Wll
llama and her party to go, and the
Mariposa's signal wns already blow
ing. "Floretta Miss Williams," hesi
tated Jack, with tho earnestness of
desperation In his voice, "I must hnvo
a word with you before you go."
"Why should you?" sho returned
coldly. "You nro nothing more to mo.
And you told mo five years ago that
1 was nothing moro to you. What Is
thero to change It?"
"Oh, Flo." pleaded Jack, taking hor
reluctant hand and lending her to n
secluded corner by a gun carriage,
"denr Flo, I have been miserable over
since I left you and I havo suffered a
thousand deaths."
"It was misery of your own making,
and ir It was death you brought It on
yourself," sho sulu "I gave you no
cause to write mo that terrible lot
lor." Thoro was a forbidding hard
ness In her volco and manner that
chlllcl the sailor's heart.
' "Flo," ho urged us tho last whlstlo
wbb blowing,"! have forty-eight hours'
ehoro leavo beginning to-morrow
morning; may 1 call on you and havo
a frank talk? Don't refuse," ho plead-
cd; -give mo one chnnco."
"I havo no objection to your call
ing." sho snld, handing him a card as
bo helped hor down tho gangway and
onto tho dock of tho Mariposa, "but
don't presume too much."
, In tho henrt or '.ho sailor lad stand-
ing on tho quarterdeck or tho bnttlo-
ship, and watching tho Mariposa
steaming away toward her landing,
thero raged n greater storm than ho
bad over known nt sea
Ho had re-
gretted his Insane Joaiousy and cruel
letter or rarowell almost Immediately;
but the reeling that he had himself
mado the case hoplesu hud kept him
trom communicating with Florctta
and, more to shako off tho past than
for nnythlng clso, ho had Joined the:
navy nnd embarked on nn entirely
new life. Hut now, ho hnd mot her
fnco to faco, had heard her voice, had
felt the moglc of nor presence, had
learned thnt sho was still frco, and
tho former lovo had suddonly leaped
up and taken him by storm.
For a tlmo tho old lovo transformed
tho gunner. It sank In his-cars, rioted
I., l,i. hinmi . .innrmi ninnc every
nervo. Sho. of nil women, was found
again, was near him nnd there was
Bilii hn.m xvhon , hn.i Bimnnned hone
was dead. Ho would llvo for nor! Ho
would possess her yet.
n..t ui,nn? Ami ii.nn thnr fell a
cloud. Thero was H.o navy, nnd ho
had threo years yot to sorvo nnd his
Bhi.. ,,, m'rriii.n nrn.md tho world!
It would take hlni away from her,
Would U? Nol Hy nil tho gods. II
should notl Ho would desert first,
cost what It would. Ho would glvo tit
everything, rlsK everything, name
honor, manhood everything, If neces
sary, to bo with tho womnn ho loved,
Tho noxt morning Jack MaBteri
called at tho address Floretta had
given him. Sho cordially Welcomed
him, as did also her relatives, tho Gil
sons,
Thore was n long drlvo, luncheon, nn
afternoon matinee, dtrner and nn eve
nlng concert. It wns lata that night
beforo Jack got th6 opportunity ho
longed for, tho opportunity to talk
with Klorbttn. Drawing hor to a sent
beside him on tho lawn or tho Qllson
residence ho told her again of bin
.,. . .. ,,..o..
what ho had suffered In atonement
mill ui inn (iiiiiu iu win mm uo
of her lovo.
"nut Jack," 'safd Floretta, "youi
heart may bo right, but you aro not
free. You belong to tho nnvy."
It stung vhlm nnd ho burst out with:
"Hang tho nnvy! I'll quit It. It's Irk
some, anyway. "I'll quit It and live
for you."
She looked nt him In wido-cyed as
lonlshment. "Quit It," she echoed,
"quit tho nnyy? Thnt's desertion,
jncK. you certainly uro uesiuo youn
scir."
"Lots or them do It," ho said bu!
lenly.
"Thnt Is no Justification," sho ro
turned. And then. nUer n moment. In
which neither spoke, she went on as
with n mind made up. "Jack, you nro.
impulsive ns you nlwnys woro, and
you Incn judgment, ns you always did.
You hnvo many good qunlltlos" sho
put n hnnd on his shoulder "but you
lack coolness nnd caution. You left
mo when wo were soon to be mnrried,
left mo In n mere pique, without
cause, to suffer humiliation nnd rldl
culo. And now you want to come back
to me Under circumstances thnt would
only cause added suffering nnd bu
mlllation to both of us. You certain
ly know thnt desertion rrom tho navy
ir army is n serious crime, nnd ono
tovorely punished. You would hnve
o chnnge your name nnd completely
hide your Identity to cscnpo punish
ment, nnd that would bo unbearable
humiliation to us both. If discovered
you would not only suffer Imprison-
ment bu'. you would lose your citizen
right. Oh. Jack, you certainly don't
expect mo to nllow you to bring all
this on yourself nnd mo, do you?" '
Tho snllor could answer nothing,
Ho could only bit with his bond In hts
hnndH and with r- brow wet with tho
nersnlratlon of montnl agony.
t Finally, Floretta wont on: "Jnck.as.
Bort your manhood; henr your burden,
We all havo them to hear. You aro a.
soldier. He bravo In the race or ovory
foe, even your own desires. Ho true
to the promise you mnde your country
when you enlisted; be truo to tho flag,
1 am glad to havo scon you again,
glad to know you repent tho wrong
you did mo, to know thnt you still
love mo. .lack, my henrt Is tho samo
ob It was. I shall novor lovo anyone
olso. Go br.ck to your ship and your
duty; servo out your tlmo and f then
como to see me with a clear con-
sclenco nnd nn honest name,"
Thero was a strugglo that lasted ror
Into tho night, tho old, old strugglo be
tween lovo nnd duty, between tho
broad and tho narrow way.. Hoth tho
mnn and tho woman know whnt was
right anu best, nut tno mun wns
weak und It tcok tho strength or both
to hold him true.
At last tho osllor asked: "Would it
bo uny harder, Flo, for you to wait ror
mo as my wire thnn as my Kweet-
heart?" And his heart almost stoppod
bcnllng as ho awaited tor answer.
Looking rnr off Into tho moon-lit
spnecs or tho night, sho said slowly:
"Isn't that a good doal lo ask, Jack?"
"I know It's a good doal, Flo," ho ad.
tr.lttcd, "but it v.ild holp mo to enrry
my load. Won't jou do it, Flo?"
Alter a whllo tho answer came, "1
will holp you, Jack."
Tho next evening thero wns nn Im.
promptu wedding In tho pnrlor of the
Ullson residence, followed by n de
lightful dlnnor, and threo weeks latoi
Horotta rocelved the following telo
gram from San Francisco:
"Transferred crulsor Chicago. Ito-
main on Puclfic coast. Promoted gun
captain. Two weeks furlough. Com
Ing to Lob Angeles. Jack."
Russian cigars como high, snys a
press report. Uutll now cigarettes
and not cigars wero associated with
Russia.
2VERY BREEDER
- POSSESS
; v-
Even t Carefully Kept Herds
Become Infested WItli Vermin inexpensive
ij Plant Illustrated.
A Practical
Tho tlmo to rlil flocks of sheep nnd
hords of swine of ticks nnd lice Is
'luring tho varm months nnd then
tnoro win be nana to bother witn in
the winter tlmo and to annoy animals
f wni oniy nnu or no proms can uo
from thorn. Of course while tho
flcks nnd herds nro cleaned up, tho
buildings must also bo properly reno-
vntcu nn? cimiiicu up. or mere may uo
general reinfoBtlng from thorn, says
Wisconsin Agriculturist. JSvcry hog
n" B,"-'ui B""'" m 1 'i'"K
"'nnt ns n part of Its regular oqulp-
mont, for even carefully kept hords
and flocks aro liable to becomo Infest
ed with vermin such nB lice and ticks.
convenient, inoxpotiBlva nnd
durnblo dipping plant muy ' bo con
structed on the plan of tho ono repre
sented In tho nccompnny Illustration.
The sheep or hogs nro driven In nt a
receiving chute, plunged Into a tank
V r
they can climb out over nnother chute
and return to tho pens or Into pad
docks. Tho general construction of
tho chutes does not need much ex
planation, Thnt Is quite clear from the
plan of tho Ulustrntlon. Good cedar
posts set firmly Into tho ground threo
feet apart, with tho exception of thoso
at tho ends of tho tank, which should
lin nn fnrMtnn iitinrt Ihnivthn Inn wlillh
()f th(j Uuik nn8Wer tho purpose of Blip-
j,, Qf .,x4)nch BtU(ldnB uro
nll,! r ......h nnlr nt nrmw.r hnlirht In
give tho Incline to tho flooru. Planks
uro used for tho flooring nnd Inch
boards for tho sides. The Incline of
tho receiving chuto to tho right of tho
Ulustrntlon has cleats nailed across Its
iloor to aid tho anlmalH In making tho
climb; tho decline has uo cleats and
is covered with a sheet of galvanized
zinc to prcvont tho animals resisting
being plunged Into tho tnnk. Tho
cUmt8 of tho fonnor nro nncd 8trngnt
across. A gato Is attached at tho en
trance tq tho chute so that a number
of nnlmnls may bo Inclosed nt a tlmo
whllo tho dlppors nro working nt tho
tank, Tho distance between tho posts
0f tho rocelvlnn chuto oh tho sides Is
four feet, and, tho height of tho Incline
ia Ono foot und a half.
, Tho Incline of tho chuto through
which tho animals leave tho tank is
the sumo ub that of tho receiving
POOR METHOD
OF FARMING
AtrriculturulXmplcmontn Exposed
to Inclemency of Weather und
Used By Poultry for
Rooatlnir Plucca.
my P. M. MII.LUrt.)
In March 1 drovo ten miles to a big
sale In another pnrt or tho county
nnd on tho way l counted flvo mowers,
ono now reaper, and six plows stand
lug In tho fields or alongsldo barns
without Bholter. In ono bnrnynrd
which confined nbout twenty Holstoln
cows a good reaper stood at ono aldo
of tho bnrn. Part of It was undor tho
eaves from which hnd dripped rain
and snow and formed nn Ico rldgo six
Inches thick. A big Plymouth Rock
roosfor stood proudly on ono of tho
blades of tho machine and thero wns
ovldonco that this was tho fuvorlto
roosting place or tho flock.
In ono field a breaking plow hnd
been left stnndlng nt tho end of n
furrow In n corner of tho flold and
tho snow covored tho beam. Ono hnn
dlo wns broken off. At tho snlo n
flno renper und mower were sold. Tho
reaper was in a leaky shed but tho
mower stood In a corner of an alfalfa
field. Tho reaper brought $14 and
the mower nine, dollnrs. Hoth wero
now two years ago. I bought a likely
looking Jersey heifer but when 1 got
her home discovered that she was
lousy. ,Tho owner of this fnrm told mo
ho was going to move to Canada where
o could got somo cheap land for his
hoys. "Hiero's nothln' In fnrinln' In
tho states any moro," ho suld, "Land's
too high. I flggcr I can buy 3G0 acres
METHOD OF FEEDING POULTRY
Tho device shown. In the Illustration
glvos a novel way to rood mangols,
cabbage and so on to poultry. When
tho lowor portion ts nil enten oft tho
topn fall down sufficiently to allow
tho chicks a shate as well ns tho
fowls. Tho rod Is mndo to rest In a
groove on posts sot In tho ground,
he roots do not got soiled, and this
SHOULD '
DIPPING TANK
and FlocJtn Aro Liable to
Dipping Tank.
chuto, but It is longer, tho distance be
tween tho posts being llvo Instead ot
four feet. Tho floor hero should also
be covered with galvnnlzt'd shooting
nnd tho cleats nnlled so ns to nllow
tho dripping from-tho wet animals to
run hack Into tho tnnk. Unless this la.
dono tho supply or solution In tho tnnk.'
will soon nil bo lost, nnd tho dipping
mado unnecessarily much moro ex
pensive. Tho cleats, Instcud of run
ning directly ncross, aro short piece
nailed at angles, so that their Inner
ends nro lower than tho outer ends,
nnd do not moot so ns to lot tho drip
pings cun down tho contor. When
sheep nro dipped It may becomo nec
essary to retain them In tho dripping
chuto for n time, ns those with
long wool will carry oven n gallon or
two of tho dip In tholr fleeces, which,'
takes tlmo to drain out.
Tho dipping tnnk should bo at least
four feet deep at tho end Into which1
tho nnlmnls nro plunged to admit ot
their being entlroly submerged, nnd
should bo about fifteen foot long, sr'
thnt sufficient tlmo is required by tho
animal to pass through ror thorn to
recolvo a thorough wotting frbm tho.
solution, othcrwlso I. will bo neces
sary to hold them back for a tlmo un
til this Is accomplished. Tho deep pnrt
of tho tank need not bo longer thnn
flvo foot, tho rest of tho tank becom
ing gradually shallower up to tho
dripping chuto nnd tho bottom having
cleats or grooves across to assist tho
nnlmnls in wading nlong. At tho top
tho tnnk should bo 18 Inches wldo, but
at tho bottom n width only suindent
for tho animal's foot Id nocessary.
This will properly bo about ono foot.
Tho mnterlnl of which tho dipping
tank Is mado may bo either wood, gal
vanized shooting or concrete. Con
crete will prove tho most lnstlng, and
can easily ouough bo molded by tho
owner.
Topdresslng Pastures.
Pastures may bo topdrossod nnd
should not bo grnzecV too early In
spring nor too heavily. Whom pas
tures can bo plowed It Is ndvtsablo to
plow and resccd occasionally.
Tho raising of clover, corn and for
ago crops furnishes a largor amount
of protein for cattlo and loss feod will
need to bo purchnsod.
up In Cnnndn for what my 120 will
bring here."
Perhaps ho was right, but it sooinod
to mo that If ho had farmed his 120
acres right up to tho handlo In every
way ho would havo been bottor oft
than after soiling out, paying tho ex
pense of moving und oqulpptng his
now big fnrm In tho northwest. Tho
farm showed ovory ovldonco of neg
lect of small things. It was untidy,
unthrifty In nppoaranco and showed
tho lack of systom. With such a farm
er tho bigger tho farm tho greater
tno waste. That ton-mllo trip wad
a groat object lesson to mo and to
my boys, who wont along, nB woll. I
Watering. Plants.
Watering In the evening, besides aid
ing In tho sprond or fungous diseases,
also caUBca "damping off." Watering
should novor bo practlsod during
heavy, cloudy woathor. Shndo, heat
and light should bo considcrod. Plants
growing in tho bright sunlight alwnyH
need moro wnter iNi thoso In tho
shado, for evaporation and transpira
tion nro always greater undor such clr
cumstunccs. Mtd-dny waterings, wlion
tho sun shines directly on tho foliage,
will burn tho follago or many of our
common house plants. 8hadlng during
excessive heat will Btrongthon 'tho
plants and assist In retaining moisture.
Dig Potato Crop.
On Lord Hosebory'H estato at Dal'
ment, Scotland, nn aero has boon mado
to produco moro thnn 2,000 measured
bushels of potatoes. This yield is so
romnrlmblo that tho department ot
agrlculturo at Washington hns sent
an export to Scotland to find out
how It wns mndo, and secure hints
thnt will aid tho American grower
to Increase his potato yield.
proves an economical plan. Tho poul
try will eat all, cloar to the last bit.
Surface Culture.
Frequent surfaco cultivation makes
tho nntural food of tho plant moro
available, prevents cscnpo of molstum
and holds water In store for summer
use.
