RATION THAT IS BEST
FOR THE MIRY COW
Common Mistake Made In Corn IUU Is to Feed Too Much
Corn Hy C. II. Ecklcs, ProiVr.sor f Dairying,
Missouri Agricultural College.
PLM OF J COUNCIL OTfrtEARTv
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Tho ordinary pusuiio grasses, espe
cially Mm- grass, when in iho grow
ing stuif, contain the proper proper
t ion of nutrients to onublo a dairy
cow to produce tlio maxinium amount
or milk of which she is capable. The
winter ration, on tlie other hand, is
liable to have these nutrients out of
proportion. This is one point where
in common practice falls far short of
continuing the summer conditions
throughout the winter. The feeding
of a ration not properly balanced Is
one of tlx most common mistakes
made on I lie average farm In the corn
belt on account of the ui.ual abun
dance and cheapness of corn and corn
fodder.
Many farmers have corn fodder and
timothy hay for roughness and prac
tically nothing in the way of grain
but corn. From such a selection of
feeds it is impossible to make a
ration that supplies tlie necessary
nutrients for heavy production of milk.
It Is possible to make a fairly wood
ration using these feeds for rough
ness, but it is only possible to do so
bv liuvlna lame quantities of mill
The third summer eoditlou, which
we desire to continue throughout the
winter. Is that (r a supply of succu
lent feed, liy the term succulent feed
is meant fd having that property
possessed by green pass. Such food
has a value outside of the actual
nuti i' nts it contains on .account of Its
fni ndile ctYoct upon the digestion of
the animal. There are two methods in
use I'er supplying ibis succulent feed
during the winter season. One Is the
use of root crops and the other the
use of silage. In some parts of the
world llii n;.e of root crops is almost
universal, and Is the solution of the
tiuilili'iii In this stale the use of
silage is far more practical, however,
than the use of rant crops, and for
that reason it Is recommended ex
clusivcly for this purpose.
The following rattoiis supply the
necessary material to produce milk
oi oimniii ally. If the cow will not give
a r,ood How of milk In the eurly part
of the milking period and when fed a
liberal amount of one of these rations.
It Indicates she is not adapted by na-
tuiv to lie used as a dairy cow ami
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SUGCCJ7T0 DC31CM FOR LINCOLN ftttlDKIAl AT ROUND PCWO '
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THE first sketch snows a very styusn cosiume in Auuurgiue aiiiuzuu rami,
the long high-waist ed skirt Is perfectly plain and hangs very gracefully. Tho
dlrectolre coat Is handsomely braided in black, and has revera of black
velvet; the sleeves are long and perfectly tight, and are braided at tho
wrist. The coat fastens invisibly over the left side. Hat of Aubergine
stretched silk trimmed with feathers.
Materials required: Eight and one-half yards cloth 48 Inches wide, one
third yard velvet, 5 yards coat lining.
In the second a more simple costume is illustrated, It Is In royal blue
line serge. The skirt is cut walking length, and has a box -plait arranged up
the center of front, buttons are sewn as trinmilng to Just below the waist
line. The coat is seml-fltting and has the sleeves cut In one with the bodico
part; the fronts are cut in steps and edged with braid of the same color,
braid also edges the other parts of the coat. Hat of blue felt trimmed with
flowers and ribbon.
Materials required: Seven yards serge 4G Inches wide, 6 yards braid, 4vi
yards coat lining.
ROLLERS PROLONG LINEN LIFE.
Hint for Care of Dainty Trifles Dear
to Feminine Heart.
All the pretty centerpieces, buffet,
bureau and table covers can be kept
so much more perfectly In linen clos
ets and sideboard drawers If rolled
round ft sufficiently Ions pasteboard
roll. The regular mailing case or
tube will fill the bill if it is of the
length required. A dainty and wash
able cover for It can be made, tube
shaped, of white linen, into which the
roll should be slipped. One end of It
may be permanently drawn together
and the open end arranged with a cas
ing and tape, to close after the roll
Is replaced. On this should be rolled
all of the embroidered and lace
triinmed covers as soon as they come
from the laundry, and before they
have been folded.
One matron tells of a roll on the
wall of the butler's pantry. This Is
a devlco for linen In daily use; but be
cause of what Howells so aptly calls
the "invasive, pervasive dust," the
permanently arranged roll could not
be recommended for freshly laundered
linens.
PRETTY CLOTH WAIST.
BLACK SHOE THREAD IS BEST.
Excellent for Fastening Millinery Or
naments In Place.
When trimming a hat the great
problem is how to fasten tho orna
ments in place. Fine thread and
needles do not seem to bo adequate
for the purpose, and, In fact, they are
not. The best thread to use Is black
shoe thread and the best needle Is a
so-called "glove needle" one with a
three-sided Dolnt that may be run
easily through almost any substance.
With these two allies at hand It Is
not so very difficult to sew whatever
Is required, but It Is worth while to
mention the different sorts of trim
mings and how to sew each to the
hat, says a writer who would encour
age homo millinery.
Velvet bows should always be made
with shoe thread, and It should be
wrapped around the loop of the bow
so It will be quite firm. It should then
be sewn to tho hat with the same
thread and the needle Just de
scribed.
Quills and feathers may be attached
to tho hat In tho same way, but when
the tips of ostrich plumes must bo
caught and held at a required angle,
It Is better to use a very fine black
thread and a No. 10 needle. The
stitches are then practically Invisible,
and the result will be very satisfac
tory.
Johanna. Holstein. Wonderful Wiscon tin Cow Production for Year 1907-8,
13,186.2 Pounds cf f.'.ilk, 477.35 Pounds of Fat (Average Per Cent. 3,bJ) ;
Net Profit, $35.31.
Pretty waist of wino-colored cloth or
cashmere, made with plaits und a Bcal-
loped yoke which furnishes the little
plastrons.
The edge and the buttons and but
tonholes are of tatln of tho same
Bbade, as are also tho cravat and gir
dle. The long, tight sleeves are trimmed
to correspond.
Bandanna Kimonos.
As this Is a season of vivid colors,
even room robes and dressing sacque
have taken on brilliancy. One sees
less of the pale blues and pinks al
w. ; j used for these garments.
One of the new Ideas is to use the
Immense cotton handkerchief called a
bandanna, or rather several of them,
to make up a short kimono for room
wear.
Five of these are apt to make a
good-looking garment. One should get
them In yellow and red, with a wide
selvedge, which docs not need a hem
or trimming. Tho edges are put to
get her by ribbon run through button
holes and tied In little flat bows on
top.
feeds that are rich In protein. The
thing for the farmer to do is to raise
the feeds he requires on his own farm,
as far as possible, and It Is possible to
produce practically all that is needed
to make a balanced ration. The place
to begin in considering the feeding of
iiu animal is always with the rough
ness, since the character of the rough
ness determines to a large extent the
kind of grain it Is advisable to feed.
The cheapest source; of protein is In
leglminous hays, including clover, al
falfa and cow pea. If an abundant
supply of any one of these hays Is
on hand, the problem of making an
economical balanced ration is very
much simplified. The use of these
hays makes It unnecessary to buy any
cottonseed meal for ordinary dairy
cows, and makes It possible that ihe
principal grain used be corn, which
usually Is our cheapest grain. Even
cow nea or alfalfa hay alone, with
corn for grain, maki s a fairly good i
ration for an ordinary dairy cow, and
such a ration could bo substituted with
good results for thai of timothy hay
and corn fodder. When hay Is pur
chased, it is always best to purchase
jne of the kinds mentioned, as the
price Is about the same, or lower than
that of timothy, which Is far inferior
as a milk producing food. If any bay
Is to be sold from the farm It should
be timo'hy hay and not clover or cow
pea hay.
FEEDS, SEEDS
AND WEEDS
should be disposed of. The amounts
.gUe.i an; eo..sitlc,-c.i alio. u right air
the cow nivlng from 110 to 5 pounds
of milk a day. For heavy milking
cows these rations would have to be
Inert awoil, especially in the grain, and
for light iuil'.tiug cows the grain bbould
be decroased. In making up these
rations it is designed that the cow be
uiven all the roughness she will eat
and sufllcietit amount of grain to fur
nlsli ihe proper amount of digestible
material. It is not designed that
tins'.' rations should bo sulllcioDt or
best adapted for cows that are being
fed for making records, for which a
very maximum production Is desired
regaidU-ys of expense.
Some Good Dairy Rations.
Pounds
f'lov.r bay '
I vni 6 to
limn or oats 2 to &
Clovir bay
C"i:i unit enli im-iil
lUuli'ii or rnttoiiNi'i'il meal.
Alfalfii or rmv peu liny
Cnrn finliler
"urn
Hr.oi
20
6 to !)
I
10
l'l
7 to !i
Alfalfa or cew not liny 1." to 20
forn "I" I-
i 'urn situ .
I'lnviT hay
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t'lan
A Dumrcr to tho Farm-By E. II.
Jenkins, Director Connecticut
Experiment S tut ion.
Toilets of Silken Tissues.
All toilets of dress and of cere
mony are of silken tissues. Silk,
rather left In the background for sev
eral years, Is pursued now with a love
ly ardor. In plain silks and satins,
In ottoman with coarse and fine cords,
crepes and meteors, to say nothing of
the silk-faced satin cloth and silk
carhemire, they present a wonderful
variety from which to select a cos
tume. The draping wrinkling folds of
these soft, thick stuffs In their colors
show changing lights like those of
precious stones, or reflect tho metallic
glow of silver, gold and bronze.
From a Paris letter to Vogue.
They Serve Who Patient Wait.
We oft are tempted to complain of
the Blow dull llfo we aro forced to
lead, of our humble sphere of action,
of our lowly estate, of our having no
room to make ourselves known, of our
wasted euergles, of our years of pa
tience. So are we forgetful of the Fa
ther who Is directing our life, or think
that Hod lias forgotten us; so do we
boldly Judge what llfo Is best for us;
and so by our complaining do we lose
the u and profit of tlie quiet years.
O uiuu of little, faith! Ilncuuse you are
not sent out. yet Into your labor, do
you think God has ceased to remember
you? Iterause you aro forced to be
outwardly Inactive, do you think you,
also, may not be, In your years of
quiet, "about your Father's business?"
It Is a period given to us In which
to mature ourselves for tho work
which (hid will give us to do. Rev.
Stopford A. l'.rooke, I). I).
Greece a Pastoral Country.
About onehnlf of toe population of
Greece are agriculturists and eU-p-held.
There are a number of mixtures
sold as feeds which contain large
quantities of seeds of undesirable and
pestilent weeds of which a consider
able portion arc alive and will, under
proper conditions, promptly germinate
and grow.
The weed seeds are not always
quickly detected by casual Inspection,
because they are variously mixed with
chaff and oat hulls, with linseed, bar
ley nnd corn products and are often
mixed or smeared with molasses.
These facts are naturally not men
tioned In tho statements of composi
tion, yet they are more Important to
the buyer than the chemical analysis.
A moderate food value may be
granted to ground wred seeds, or to
some species of them, hut It Is very
doubtful If small whole seeds are
broken up and digested by the animal.
It has been proved that lerinentliig
manure kills many weed seeds when
they are kept In it for some time, but
common experience fully Justllles the
belief that the f;,rm may be stocked
with weeds which com along with the
manure.
Weed seeds w hich are seat h i ed
abundantly wherever feed and h 'd
residues ure scattered, will surely
make their uppearance in the fields.
Thus charlock appeared last year
quite abundantly on the station land,
where it had not. been seen for l!i'
years at least. On searching for the
rein Hililh'e Ji
Alfiilfu i:V uiw ni-a liav 1
Cnrn 8 to 10
cause, it appeared that the junkos
or Fiiowblrds had been fed with wheat
screenings on a flat roof In the neigh
liorliodd during a severe winter and
tln charlock seeds in the screenlugs
liiid I'ii doubt been blown from the
roof to the lawn.
Certain manufacturers claim to de
strov the vitality of the weeds which
they mix wlih feed, but in no oik1
of those above reported has even this
measure- of protection to the purchas
er been thoroughly done. Ih has been
apparently attempted only in case of
the sticrene feeds.
All of these weeds are characteris
tic of Kraln screenings which are the
refusi' Hepaiated from grain. In order
to make the latter marketable or fit
for milling. These screenings vary
a good deal In quality. Thus an analy
sis recently made here of wheat
.screenings showed about lilt per cent,
of flux and shrunken cereal, 15 jut
cent, of foxtails, 8 per cent, of bind
weeds and iiIkwckIs. 15 per cent, of
weed seeds cf other species and 21
per cent, of dust, broken seed and
sand, liven such a mixture Is much
be! tor than many others which often
contain very litib', if any, wheat or
linx.
An nverage price for screenings Is
$12 ii ton In Chicago or $Ki In Cincin
nati. Mixed with molasses and chaff or
hulls, and In some cases with really
good feed materials. Home of them sell
at !rlccs which are nearly as high
as those paid for llrst class feeds.
Made in considerable part of In
feil.ir inateilals nnd charged with
Weed seeds, they are dangerous on the
farm.
Feed at Noontime. Noontime Is the
best time to feed law Vegetable foods
like cabliagi s, beets and turnips.
The national movement for more
beautiful und orderly towns and cities
has been growing remarkably since
tho Chicago world's fair pointed the
way to better things. To-day art com
missions exist In dozens of commun
ities and are carefully working out
local problems with the Idea of some
day removing the stigma of ugliness
and Inconvenience which foreigners
have Impartially placed, though they
aro ready to admit It Is well deserved.
Hut the communities have till now
had to go It alone In the mutter of
benutllicatlon. The federal govern
ment, which with the great amount
und monumental character of Its build
lugs might naturally be expected to
lead tho way, has been of very little
help Indeed. During Its existence it
has spent $500,01)0,000 In buildings.
and a great part of that within twen
ty years. The record Is (Hied with
costly and monumental blunders. It Is
doubtful If any country In history has
so amazingly childish an accounting
ot extravagant stupidity in Itii building
operations. Yet practically tho only
check on further mistakes till now has
been tho architectural olllco of tho
treasury department, which, by the
good sense of a single appointee, has
In very recent years raised tho stand
ard of appearance and usefulness of
the new post offices to something Ilko
real excellence.
And now conies an Important step.
President Roosevelt has appointed n
council of fine arts, consist Ing of 24
architects, four painters, four sculptors
and a landscape architect, all men of
the highest standing. In making the
appointments he Issued an executive
order directing that "before any plans
aro formulated for any buildings or
grounds or for the location or erection
of any statuo, the matter must bo
submitted to the council I have named
and their advice followed, unless for
good and sufficient reasons the presl
dent directs that It bo not followed
Tho supervising architect of tho treas
ury will act as tho executlvo officer
for carrying out the recommendations!
of tho council."
At tho same time Senator Newlands
of Nevada Introduced a bill In tho up
per Iioubo legalizing the council us nn
advisory board and making the office
of supervising architect of tho treas
ury a bureau of flno arts, to superin
tend all matters relating to the con
struction and placing of federal build
ings of all departments and all ques
tions of their decoration and furnish
ing, tho purchase or acceptance of
paintings or sculpture, and the pur
chase and plunnlng of public parks
coming under federal authority, all
with th advice of tho "council of
thirty," as It has been nicknamed.
In tho meantime the house, as n
counter move, led by Speak-. Cannon
Is trying to pass what Is known as
tho McCall bill. This bill makes nn
appropriation of $3,500,000 to buy 30
acres of land between the capltol nnd
tho new Union station, nnl provides
another $1,000,000 to build thereon a
memorial to Lincoln. The site Is gen
erally regarded ns most unsuitable to
the purpose, and architects and artists
are almost. If not wholly, unanimous
In condemning It. President Roosevelt
especially requested that the newly-
appointed council tnke the matter up
at once.
Most of Us members are on record
as favoring a very different site. The
whole question of the arrangement of
Washington has been worked out In
great detail, nnd what Is known as
tho Hurnhnm plan, based on the plans
made by Maj. L'F.nfant under the su
pervision of President Washington, is
accepted by experts as the last word
on the subject. Its fulfillment would
undoubtedly make Washington the
most beautiful city In the world.
This plan Included a grat mall from
tho capltol to tin,' river, with the
Washington monument in tho center,
forming an axis for a cross mall or
park terminating ut one end In the
White House and at the other In an
other great monument still to be built.
Tho main mall would terrnl'.iate at the
river In tho Lincoln Memorial, for
which a beautiful sketch design was
made, nnd In n memorial bridge across
to Arlington, w ith di hew ays along
the river thore.
This site the government already
owns and the Influence of the Ameri
can Institute of Architects and sym
pathetic bodies ho far has been suffi
cient to keep new building operations
within the plan, though congress was
at one time very close to giving tin
Pennsylvania railroad a grat terminal
site In the very center of the proposed
mall, halfway between the Washington
monument and the capltol, a calamity
that was only averted, be It said, by
tho public spirit and generosity of tho
late Mr. Cassatt, president of the road.
At another lime (he department, ot
agriculture's new building w.i , designed
to be placed In tho center of the Mall,
though better cites adjoined It.
The I'nlon station was dually placed
on Capltol hill, about a quarter of a
mile to one side of the capltol, and h
little back of Its transverse axis. He
tween the station and tho capltol
there Is a broad, straight avenue, so
that the visitor's first sight of tho city
Is a clear and imposing view of tho
gray pile with its magnificent dome.
The Capltol square reaches half way
to Ihe Hi at Inn. and two of tho sub
sidiary buildings are erected along Its
boundary. The senate committee
building Is toward the station. Tho
propo.-ed site for t lie Lincoln memorial
Is beyond this building toward tho sta
tion, and It la very obvious that, being
thus near the station, it would not add
In any way to tho beauty or majesty
of tho capltol or tho capltol group,
would not In fact be a part of It, and
would obstruct tho view of tho capltol
and thus rather tend to detract from It.
On the other hand, It would bo o
truly magnificent decoration for tho
railroad station, ns all admit, but sentl
nient Is decidedly against using a
great national memorial to such a
man ns Abraham Lincoln for any such
purpose, nor Is the station so unlove
ly ns to need hiding In this fashion.
A proposal to plnco tho smaller Column
bus monument at the station has, how
ever, met wlih popular acquiescence.
Such Is tho situation. On tho one
hand U tho station site, championed
by Speaker Cannon, and on tho other
a site chosen by the famous Washing
ton park commission, and which will
unquestionably bn npproved by tho
"council of thirty," ns It has bceq by
practically every architect of nolo In
the country. Here Is tho personnel
of tho council:
A'rchltects Cass Gilbert of New
York, C. Grant Ln Farge of New York,
S. It. P. Trowbridge of New York.j
John G. Howard of San Francisco,
Glenn Hrown of Washington, Thomas
R. Kimball of Omaha, John L. Muren
of St. Louis, D. A. Hurnliam, director
of the Chicago exposition; John M.
Donaldson of Detroit, George It. Post
of New York, Arnold W. Ilrunner.
president of tho New York Chapter of
the American Institute; Robert S. Pea
body, president of tho llostou Society
of Architects; Charles F. McKim, of
McKIm, Mead & White; William S.
Karnes of St. Louis, James Rush Mar
shall, president of tho Washington
Chapter of tho American institute;
Adam Garfield of Cleveland, William
H. Mill. die of Chicago, Frank Miles
Day of Philadelphia, and C. Howard
Walker, editor of the Architectural
Review.
Painters John La Farge, F. I). Mil
let, K. 11. Hlashfield and Kenyon Cox,
all of New York.
Sculptors Daniel Chester French."
Karl Hitter, Herbert Adams and H. A.
MacNoll.
Landscape architect Frederick Law
Olmsted, Jr.
SHARP SHAFT FROM BERNHARDT.
Great French Actress Had Little Sym
pathy with Record Breaking.
The story of Hernhardt's encounter
with the author of "L'Kscarpolette" re
calls u little Incident which took place
In Mine, llernhardt's apartment In
New York city the last time Fho was
lu this country. The French play
written by a young American woman
of not very wide reputation had been
Included In the repertoire of tho
French actress, which fact rather
rankled in tlie hearts of some of our
leading dramatic authors, and the rep
resentative or fileiid of ono of thorn
called upon Mine, r.eniliadt to remon
strate with her against appearing ln
"L'Kscarpoleite," requesting her to
produce nn American play by a well
known playwright Clyde Fitch, for
Instance.
"And who Is Clyde Fitch?" asked
Mine, liernhadt.
"lie Is a young American playwright
who writes plays while you wait," ex
plained tho emissary.
"Then tell him to wait," snapped
Mine. Iternhardt.
Don't Give Up the Classics.
The time is not yet In sight when
we can drop that culture which cornea
from first hand contact with Greece
and Rome and no college claiming to
offer a 111 rial education should put
Itself In the altitude of dlscrlntlnntltiK
against thtin. New York Kvenlng
Post.