FIVE DAIRY COWS AND
TWENTY ACRES OF CORN
Fulr Heturns of an Illinois Tenant's Dairy and Poultry
Business Figured Out In Detail-By
Arthur J. Bill.
The following items of cost and
profit of a small tenant's business for
one year may be of interest, not for
striking results, but as showing a fair
ly clear farm account in three fea
tures. Mr. Nollsch rents a part of Mr.
Leigh F. Maxey's 160-aere farm In San
gamon county, paying $75 per year for
the house, barn, lots, orchard and gar
den, covering about five acres; $3 per
acre for 20 acres of pasture, and one
half the corn raised on another 20
acres. The writer understands that
the tenant also makes money by labor
outside the farm. The place Is well
equipped and there is much fruit of
several kluds. The total expenses for
the year 1908 were; rent, $173; hay
bought, $70; chicken feed bought, $77;
poultry supplies and lumber, $23; to
tal, $345.
Five cows are kept and 1,275
pounds of butter were sold at an av
erage price of 31 cents per pound,
making $404.81. Three calves were
sold for $27.41. Three hogs, Laving
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Figured in another way. Mr. Nollsch
estimates that his total expense for
the year was $S2, leaving him a net
income of $30.69, but this expense
must include the family living.
Hut to examine thoso accounts sep
arately, Mr. Nollsch estimates that
the five cows at $209.93 worth of grain
and $02.30 worth of hay, a total ol
$272.25, or $34.45 per cow. Deducting
this large feed bill from the money
received tor nutter ana calves, we
have $159.97 of profit, or $32 per cow
This Is a little more than the average
income of the best one-fourth of the
dairy cows of Illinois, as figured out
by the state experiment station from
the full year's record of 5,"4 cows In
3G herds. Hut Btrlctly speaking.
part of this $32 should be credited to
the work of butter making, and again
the cows should be credited with the
skim milk fed to the pigs and with
the milk used by the family. In thus
considering the dairy business alone,
it should be remembered that, on the
Two Pretty Styles.
Jacoba Irene, Queen of Illinois State Fair.
milk as part of their ration, were sold
at six cents per pound, amounting to
$40.80.
Two hundred and fifty hens were
kept and from these, 1,144 dozen eggs
were sold at an average price of 16
cents, $183.04; chickens sold, $100.73;
turkeys sold, $30.90; total of the place
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Plymouth Rock Cock and Hen
at $834.69, which would Include the
sale of $11 worth of other products
than those named above.
The tenant's half of the corn
amounted to 650 bushels, most or all
of which was fed on the place. De
ducting the total money expense
named, $343, from the income, $854.69
the profit is seen to be $509.69. And
to get the man's total net Income for
the year's work there must be added
to it whatever money ho earned out
side of this farm.
crop side, the farmer made, In addl
tion to the above cow returns, what
ever profit there Is in raising the high
priced corn of last year. The 650
bushels at 70 cents would be worth
$455.
The total income from the poultry
was seen to be $304.67. The tenant's
full estimate for their keep was $124.'
52, plus $23 for supplies and lumber,
$147.52 in all, leaving a net profit of
$193.15 from the poultry. This luni
ber was for equipment that would last
several rears and need not all be
charged to the 1908 business.
A large item of expense allowed in
figuring the $509.69 of profit, but not
specifically referred to there, is the
corn that three work horses ate, but
if they were used to earn consider
able money outside of the farm, only
a Dart of their expense should be
charged to the farm. This account,
though not exact and complete in ev
ery item, throws much light on the
total income and the seperate sources
of Income from this little place.
CHRIS
I
IS
HOW TO MAKE THE HOLIDAY
PARTIES MOST ENJOYABLE.
A Number of Games That Will Prove
Pleating for Both Old and
Young at the Yuletlds
Season.
One phase of the moyen age prin
cess is demonstrated in our first illus
tration, the style being suited to
either house or street wear. As Illus
trated, the dress Is made of pale gray
cloth, with a yoke of moire in the
same tone, and a yoke of fancy net.
The cuffs are also of the moire, but
the buttons and piping, used are of
gray velvet In a slightly deeper tone.
For theater or other evening use this
gown could be of white, or cream, or
pale blue, or dull rose cloth, or serge.
The evening serges are very hand
some and within the means of most
home sewers. For street wear, serge
or cheviot would be good choices, and
with these the yoke and cuffs could
be of the same with a braid finish.
For a medium figure 5H yards of
double width serge is enough for this
gown.
The second model gives one of the
evening dress aspects of the moyen
TURBANS GIVEN NEW NAMES
age. It Is made of ull-over and bor
dered fancy net. Any bordering sum
clently wide, however, to cut the top
of the garment could be used for it,
as well as a pretty figured silk, Swiss,
or dotted or checked muslin, with all
of which materials the laceentre
deux and ribbons bere employed go
charmingly.
With a thin white materlnl, such as
net, luce or Swiss or barred muslin
over a tinted slip and with ribbons
in the same color, this gown would be
charming for any of the holiday func
Hons soon to come. If a low effect
is desired, the line of the neck could
be made round and the gulmpc left
off, in which case the line at the bot
tom of the bodice, and thoso of the
sleeves, should be cut plain.
For the medium misses' figure four
yards of all-over net, and six yards of
bordering would be required for this
dress.
It
Cement Promotes Thrift.
Cement is a promoter of thrift.
is so easy to work that the farmer and
his help can utilize their spare hours
doing a littlo at a time. For example,
they can start with a small feed floor
In the barnyard, then add a walk to
the barn, then to the well, then con
tinue it to the house, then around
it, etc.
Care of Plow.
Now that the plowing is all done,
wipe off all dirt from wood and iron
work. Give a good coating of oil to
the metal parts next spring so there
will be no delay in getting the plows
to scour.
Milliners Work Hard Thinking Up
Designations for That Form of
Headgear.
Evidently the turban Is to take on
as many kinks and curls as the mil
liner can devise. And with each now
kink comes a new name.
We have had Turkish, Uhlan, Rus
sian, Cossack, Sultan; now we are to
have Rembrandt, Henry III.. Hussar,
De Stael, Drum Major and Napoleon.
Some of tho furs of which they are
made are of the ultra-fashionable ring
tail; also ermine and sealskin, Aus
tralian oppossum and moleskin. The
drum major turban is trimmed with a
circlet of antique gold and bronze set
with jewels.
The latter are very new and smart
and will not stir the wrath of the Au
dubon society. A thick quill Is usod;
then the long, coarse fur of the
monkey is put In It at each Bide. It
is amazing what influence the Audit
bonista are having on millinery and
these fur quills are one outcome of
It.
Rronze lace Is widely used for trim
ming, and ermine and sealskin with
out trimming are among the most dis
tinguished turbans of the season.
Another model that has startling
distinction Is of moleskin trimmed
Vlth an heroic pansy made of blue
and violet bugles with a gold center.
BARN DOORS FOR LAMB FEEDING
PROPER LENGTH OF SKIRTS
Fashion's Decree Makes Distinct Vari
ations In Dimensions of the
Garment.
There is confusion in the minds of
many concerning skirts, There is so
much talk about smart gowns being
five Inches from the floor for evening
and nearly six Inches for morning,
that women wonder If there is any
hour in which the long, grnceful skirt
is worn.
The strict decree of fashion Is this:
Skirts five or six inches from the
ground for street wear; skirts that
sweep the floor in a round train for
the afternoon, and skirts five Inches
from the floor for the evening.
This Is the decree! Everyone does
not have to abide by it, but numbers
of women will accept it In part, If not
In whole. They may not have every
evening gown made short, or every af
ternoon frock made long, but they will
nsseredly have one of each kind to
Bhow that they know what is being
done in the world of fachlon.
By Mary Dawson.
The w ealth of new games Is so great
of late years that the entertainer is
pt to overlook tho splendid old
games, many of which have never
been surpassed, if, indeed, we can
equal them. Old favorites ore special
ly good for Christmas reunion gather-
tigs because in most cases they re
quire no advance preparation and ore
aslly grasped by the few to whom
they are unfamiliar.
One such sport Is that called "act
lng adjectives." To play It one mem
ber of the company leaves the room,
and each person remaining amees
upon u certain adjective, which he or
she will act out when called on to do
so. vuieu tne retiring player is re-1
cull-'d he auks someone lu the group
a question. This player must then an
swer in a way which will Illustrate
the adjective assigned to him. Thus,
player who has taken the word
'noisy'' will bawl his reply, and at the
same time contrive to let a book fall
to the floor with a loud dap.
The man or girl representing "taci
turn" must reply in an few words as
possible, and so forth. As soon as the
giiesser has divined one of the con
cealed words he takes a chair In the
circle, while the person whose adjec
tive he guessed withdraws from the
room.
"Magic music" makes a lively num
ber in the program, played in thin
way. One person is chosen to hide
the coin or ring. All the reHt with
draw, with the exception of tho per
son who w ill play tho piano. The per
son holding the ring then hides it, ac
quainting the musician with its whore
abouts, and the company is read
mitted. The players now arrange themselves
in a row, each one with his hundn on
Jho shoulders of the person in front
of him. One player, the leader, head
ing the procession. When the music
starts the line of boys and girls goes
off in search of the ring, guided In
this by the music. This, of course,
)lays loud and cheerily as the object
Is approached, slow and dolefully
when tho procession Is headed In the
wrong direction, and faintest when
they are furthest from the prize.
"Thought transference" Is not pre
cisely a game of contest, but there are
few better ways to interest a party of
guests, and whatever the psychologic
.explanation of tho phenomenon, it
never fulls to create amusement. To
arrange It the person to be "subject"
is sent out of the room. Two players
are appointed to transfer the thought,
and these decide upon what simple
stunt the player will be required to
perform. Thus, he may be required
to pick up a book, to arrange a cush
ion, or to touch the keys of the piano.
The rest of the company is Informed
what the required stunt will be.
The "subject" is then readmitted,
and those who are to guide him stand
on each side and hold his hands.
These thought transferers, as well as
the rest of the company, then center
their minds upon tho thing to be done.
In eight cases out of ten the "subject"
then wends his way, still holding the
hands of the other two, towards the
appointed object, and does what Is re
quired of him.
; It is most exciting. The audience
will probably demand several "sub
jects'' and experiments before their
curiosity Is sated.
A new game which will appeal to
active, lively girls, ns well as to thti
boys, la color base. This Is a splendid
frolic for the hall or living room, and
can be played in quite closo quarters.
Each member of the company buO
one is given a certain color or shade,
which will represent his personal
safety, since, when standing with a!
foot or band on something of that
color he cannot be tagged. The re
maining player Is made "catch" and
pursues the fugitives around the room.
Ho must remember the colors given to
each, as the pursued, when in a tight
fix, will try to deceive blm by touch;
lug somo color not theirs.
When the catch succeeds In catch
ing some one off base and tagging him
he changes places with the persou
caught. It adds to the fun to give the
catch a long, flexible stick with u
handle of raw cotton dipped in flour
tied to one end, with which to tag.
Now for a sit-down game while
legs and arms are resting and players
take breath. A good one Is a contest
seeing w ho can w rite dow n the longest
llHt of words suggesting or belonging
to tho Yultlde season. Pass around
blank cards and pencils and allow 15
minutes for working up the lists. Such
a list will Include the words, holly,
mistletoe, St. Nick, Christmas carol,
waits, yule, yule log, gift, greeting,
Christmas box, snapdragon, holiday
and a long list of related terms, (live
n prize to the player w host list proves
longest.
To carry t he fun a bit further on,
get two pictures an large as possible,
representing the Christmas saint,
"Ads." or Illustrations from back num
bers of periodicals will do. Cut each
picture Into six or eight pieces and
hide tho pieces In odd nooks and cor
ners around the room. When the sig
nal Is given players hurry away In
search of the fragments. As soon as
a player has found a piece he censs
to search, and nil those who have
found mosaics commence to patch
them together. All those who find
fragments are entitled to draw for the
prize a Christmas book. This makes
h most exciting scramble game, since
it is not until botli pictures are com
pleted that the uunuccessful players
give up hope.
Wheu the company does not Include
children too young to read or write,
composing a Christmas story makes a
pleasant pastime. Tho players are
given penny blank books and pencils
and each is called on to name a word
which must be woven into tho story
each writes. These words everybody
puts down. Twenty minutes Is allowed
in which to think out Christmas
stories or incidents and for putting
tlieni Into words. At the end of the
contest the stories are read aloud and
voted on. The best is awarded a
prize. If any Btory falls to include
all the given words it is not entered
In the competition.
The best place to play this game In
around a large table which affords
loom for the different papers, pencils
and elbows.
Have for the centerpiece of the sup
per table at this Christmas party a
large cake Iced In white, with wreath
or artificial holly and a crown of red
candles. In the center have a tiny
Santa Claus, with or without reindeer,
and a sleigh.
From the rake run scarlet ribbons
terminating In souvenirs at the differ
ent covers.
Serve for the refreshment hot oystei
soup and crackers, cold sliced tongut
and potato or chicken salad, followed
by ice cream and cake or a dainty Jelly
or custard. Then coffee, wafers and
cheese.
Wrap tiny bonbons in squares of tin
foil and pour a little alcohol ovet
them on a metal tray. Let the guests
snatch them from the flames with
their fingers.
FOLDING STAND FOR TREE
OF CLOTH OF GOLD.
E. A. Ross, Livingston county, Mich
igan., has devised a plan for letting
feeding lambs out and in a driveway
without opening the large doors and
unduly exposing the interior. His
barn Is so arranged that he does his
feeding on tho ground floor, there be
ing no basement to tho barn and the
bays raised eight feet from the ground
by a board floor. This gives the whole
basement of a barn 36x84 feet for feed
ing purposes. While doors were pro
vided at one end for the sheep, It was
desirable on account of partition divid
ing the basement into two apart
ments, to provide an opening near the
main doors on the rear side of the
barn. The accompanying illustrations
show how our subscriber accom
plished this without the necessity of
keeping the large doors open and ex
posing the whole Interior.
As indicated, the trap doors, which
are three feet high and six feet long,
are hung on specially made hinges
and fastened at each end by small
push bars. When tho large sliding
doors are drawn together and secure
ly fustenod, tkere is no difficulty ol
handling the secondary doors. During
the day the doors are raised but when
desired can be lowered and everything
made as snug as one pleases. This
plan has been worked for two yean
with very satisfactory results.
Possibilities.
mere are some women who are
constantly utilizing old material, and
then, again, others who discard a
shirtwaist, skirt or dress merely be
cause it is somewhat old style or torn
In a few places,
A white linen shirtwaist, which was
in very good condition, save for a few
holes at the neckband and waist line
(caused by constant pinning), was
saved from extinction by one of the
cautious, who converted It Into stock
collars and belts. Tho ends of the
stocks were square, and on one collar
five tiny clovers were embroidered.
There Is a satisfaction in knowing
that good material Is never wasted.
The half-worn linen skirt has count
less possibilities.
A beautiful but costly turban for
evening wear or formal afternoon oc
casions is made from cloth of gold
It Is artistically and beautifully draped
and has for Its sole decoration a
gorgeous paradise aigrette iu natural
coloring.
Brocade Hats.
Brocade Is much favored for brides
maids' hats. Perhaps It solves the
color problem as well, for It is always
possible to secure Just tbo right shade
of blue or pink at tho silk counter
when the felt hats offer no assistance
to eager buyers.
Urge shapes are popular, and
plumes of tho same color or contrast
ing-tones are used. Tho design of the
brocade seems especially ornamental
and suitable for festive occasions.
After the great event these silk hats
are lovely for evening wear.
Black Fishnet.
Black fishnet In coarse, heavy silk
mesh Is used for the all-black blouse
and trimmed with black grosgrain rib
bon of several widths, advancing from
a quarter to an inch. Tho dullness of
the ribbon and the extreme plulnness
of these littlo models proclaim them
correct mourning tor tne younger
woman. They are lined with luBter
leas black Bilk, except their collars
and wristbands, whkh are left trans
parent.
One That Can Be Easily Made and
Which May Be Kept for Fu
ture Use.
The accompanying cut shows a
simple way to make a support for a
Christmns tree, says the Scientific
American, The material should be of
hard or tough wood that will not split
ettslly.
Make three pieces like A, of x2-
Inch strip, also three pieces liko C, of
i H
t if
PRETTY NECKPIECE OF LACE
Folding Tree Stand.
THx2!-inch strip, and one piece like B;
for this the bottom of a peach basket
w ill do vpry w ell. In the center of the
dlk B bore n 2 Inch hole to receive
the sharpened base of the tree. Fasten
the C pieces to the under side of the
disk D with screws. Bore boles in the
arms of each C piece to Just receive a
three-Inch wire nail. In the top of
each leg, A, as shown, insert a small
nail or screw to form a point that
will press into the tree. Now place
a leg, A, In the Blot sawed out of C,
and pass a three-inch wire nail through
the holes.
When the Christmas tree is taken
down the legs may be unhinged and
tho stand folded and packed away for
use next year.
A. V. SEARING, JH.
No enr may lipr His coming,
Itut In this world of itn,
Where inrck noula will racsivt Him itlll,
Iti dear Christ enters 1st
Girls are busy these days making
elaborate neckpieces of lace and sa
tin, or net and ribbon. The one shown
in the sketch is made from white fig
ured filet uet attached to a high,
boned stock of black satin. The bow
In front, and the jabot, are merely
pinned on and can be replaced by others.
All-White Tree.
An all-white tree Is a beautiful nov
elty. Wrap all gifts iu white, fringed
tissue paper, tie with white ribbon,
decorate the tree with strings of pop
corn, white paper chains and bells,
surmount it with a large white but
terfly and powder it liberally with sil
ver powder that will glisten like uiow
In the candlelight.
