RATION THAT IS BEST
FOR THE DAIRY COW
Common Mistake Mado In Corn Belt la to Feed Too Much
Corn By C. H. Ecklea, Professor of Dairying,
1 Missouri Agricultural Collcgo.
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w.v Unhiiihii-nisii:uniiii i iuiui icviijr inuiiiiuid unngs vory gracoruiiy. Tlio
dlroctolro coat Ih lininlHoinoly braided In black, and linn rnvorH of black
velvet; tho bIoovch aro long and perfectly tight, ami are braided at thu
Wrist, 'l'lin rnnl fiiHffinu Invlullilv nvnr n... r.n i.i,. ii... ..i i...
retched Hllk trhnined with feathers.
MuterlalH required: Eight and ouelinir yanlH cloth 48 IncheB wide, one
Ird yard velvet, G yardH coat lining.
In the Becond a morn Hlmplo costume Ih IlliiHtratod. It In In rovnl lilun
no Hcrgo. 'I ho Hklrt Ih cut walking
n nmuii- ir T-rit iti imu ...... ,
no. 'I ho coat Ih seinl-fltllng and Iiiih tho Hleevos cut In ono with tho bodice
art; the frontu aro cut In stops and edged with braid of the hiiiiio color,
raid alHo edges tho other purtB or tho coat. Hat of blue felt trimmed with
owcrn and ribbon.
MuterlalH rcmilrcd: Seven vimlw
nrda coat lining.
OLLERS PROLONG LINEN LIFE.
Int for Care of Dalntv Trlfleo Dear
to Feminine Heart.
All tho pretty contorplecoH, buftot,
illrontl and table covers cim tin knnt
ri mnmi mnrn mirwmi iv iti iitinn niiiu.
ill mill hi in mrin ri f I rn wiit'u 11 f.iiiiiii
round n Biilllcleiitly long pnHtoboard
roll. Tho regular mailing enno or
tube will 1111 tho bill If It Ih of tho
"'b"i iviiiuiuu, j tiuiiiLv iiiiu wiinii
Imtlrdi vir ii I .wl A .liil.il. n..l I.
tiblo cover for It cun ho made, tube
Hhnped, of white linen, Into which tho
roll Bhould ho nllpped. One end or It
may be permanently drawn togothor
and tho open end arranged with a cub
lug and tapo, to cIoho after tho roll
Ih roplaced. On thlu (should bo rolled
nil of the embroidered nud Iaco
trimmed covera iih hooii' iih they como
fi'oin tho Inundry, and beforo they
have been folded.
Dtwt tilflli'mi 4nllti nf M.li .1.,.
.....liuii luiin ui it mil fll lliu
wall of tho butler'H pantry. ThlB Ih
a device for linen In dally iiho; but bo
cnuso of what IIowoIIh bo aptly callH
tho "Invaulve, porvaHlvo diiHt," tho
permanently arranged roll could not
bo recommended for freshly laundered
HneiiH.
PRETTY CLOTH WAIST.
Pretty walHt of wine-colored cloth or
caHhmere, mado with plaltH and a bouI
loped yoke which furnlsheH tho llttlo
plastroiiH.
Tlio edgo and tho htitloiiH and but
touholcH mo of Hatlu of thu tinmo
Hhadc, iih aro a I no tho cravat and gir
dle, Tho long, tight bIoovoh aro trliuiuod
to correapond.
They Serve Who Patient Walt.
Wo oft aro templed to complain of
tho nlow dull llTo wo aro forcod to
lend, of our humble nphoro or action,
of our lowly oatato, or our having no
room to niako oursolveH known, or our
wnsled oiiorgloB, of our years or pa
tience. So aro wo forgetful of tho Fa
ther who la directing our life, or think
that God Jiub forgottou us; bo do wo
boldly Judgo what llfo is host for ub;
and do by our complaining do wo Uw
tho ueu and profit t,t tlio tiukt yca-iv.
9 mo:' of little full h ; Uecuuuo you are
coBtumo In Aubergine Aiimzon cloth.
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length, and Iiiih a box-plait arranged un
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nfni tr. inii
BLACK SHOE THREAD IS BEST.
Excellent for Faotenlng Millinery Or
naments In Place.
When trimming a hat tho great
problem Ih how to raaten tho orna
monts In place. Kino thread and
needloH do nol Boom to ho adocnmto
for tho purpoBo, and, In fact, they aro
not. Tho bent thread to iiho Ih black
Hhoe thread and tho bent neodlo la a
Bocallod "glovo neodlo"--ono with a
three-Bided point that may bo run
eiiHlly through almont any BiibHtiuico.
With thoHo two allien at hand It Ih
not bo vory difficult to bow whntovor
Ih required, but It Is worth while to
mention tho dlfforent BortH or trim
mlngH and how fo how each to tho
hat, iiayH a wrllor who would encour
age homo millinery.
Velvot bows Hhtnild alwayu bo mado
with Hhoo thread, and It Hhould bo
wrapped around tlio loop of tho bow
mo It will bo uulto linn. It Bhould then
ho howii to tho hat with tho hiuiio
thread and tho neodlo Jimt do
Bcrlbed. QiiIIIh and feathers may bo attached
to tho hut In tho biuiio way, but when
tho tlpa or oHtrlch plumeH muut bo
caught and hold at n required nnglo,
It Ih better to .iibo a very flno black
thread and a No. 10 neodlo. Tho
BtltchoH aro then practically Invisible,
and tho result will bo very satlBrac
tory. Bandanna Kimonos.
As this Ih a season or vlvld colors,
even room robes and dreHHlng Bacquos
have taken on brilliancy. Ono sees
less or tho pale blues and pinks al
w ; 1 ufiod for thoHo garments.
Ono of tho now Ideas Is to uso tho
IninieiiKo cotton handkorchler called a
biindanna, or rnthor Bevernl of them,
(o niako up a short kimono for room
wear.
FIvo or thoHo aro apt to niako a
good-looking garment. Ono should get
them In yellow and rod, with a wldo
selvedge, which does not need a horn
or trimming. Tho edgos aro put to
gothor by ribbon run through button
holes ami tied In llttlo tint bows on
top.
Toilets of Silken Tissues.
All toilets or droHs ami of cere
mony aro of allium Uhhuoh. Hllk,
rnthur loft In the background for sev
eral years, Is pursued now with a love
ly ardor. In plain hIIUh and satins,
In ottoman with coarse and flue cordH.
oropu and meteors, to say nothing of
tho silk-raced satin cloth and Bilk
caehomlro. they present a wonderful
variety from which to select a cos
tume. The draping wrinkling folds of
those soft, thick stuffs In their colorH
show changing llghtH like those or
precious Htonos, or rolled tho metallic
glow or silver, gold and bronzo.
From a Paris Letter to Vogue.
not sent out yet Into your labor, do
you think Clod has ceased to remember
you? Ilecaimo you aro forced to bo
outwardly Inactive, do you think you.
also, may not bo, In your years or
Millet, "about your Father's buslnoBS?"
It is u purled Riven to us In which
to mature ourselves for tho work
whloh Ood will glvo us to do. Hov.
Stopfonl A. llrooke, D. I).
Greece a Pastoral Country.
About ono half or tlio population or
Ureo'ce are aurlculturlsts and uu:-
Tho ordinary pasture grasses, espe
cially blue Kniss, when In tho grow
ing state, contain the proper propor
tion of nutrients to enable a dairy
cow to produce tho maximum amount
or milk of which she Is capable. Tho
winter ration, on the other hand, la
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 reeding
or n ration not properly balunced Is
ono or the most common mistakoH
made on the nvorago farm In the corn
belt on account or the usual abun
dance and chenpness of corn and corn
fodder.
Muny farmers have com fodder and
timothy hay for rouijhness and prac
tically nothing In tho way of grain
but corn. From such a selection of
feeds It Is Impossible to muko u
ration that supplies tho necessary
nutrients for honvy production of milk.
It Is possible to make n fairly good
ration using these feodn for rough
ness, but It is only possible to do so
by buying largo quantities of mill
Johanna, Holsteln, Wonderful Wlocon nln Cow Production for Year 1907-8,
13,1B6.2 Pounds of Milk, 477.96 Pounds of Fat (Average Per Cent. 3,62) :
Net Profit, $95.31.
feeds that are rich In protein. Tho
thing for tho farmor to do lu to raise
tho fcedH ho requires on his own farm,
as far ub possible, and It Ih possible to
produco practically all that Is needed
to mnko a balanced ration. Tlio place
to begin In considering tho feeding or
on animal Is always with tho rough
iicbs, since tho chnractcr or the rough
ness determines to a large extent tho
kind or grain it Is advisable to teed.
Tho cheapest Bource or protein Is In
leglmlnoiiB iiayit, Including clover, al
falfa and cow pea. If an abundnnt
supply or any ono or these hays hi
on hand, tho problem or making an
economical balanced ration Ih very
much Hlmpllllcd. The use or these
hayB makoH It unnecessary to buy any
cottonseed meal for ordinary dairy
cows, and makes It possible that tho
principal grain used be corn, which
usually Ih our cheapest grain. Fvon
cow pea or alfalfa hay alone, with
corn for grain, makca a fairly good
ration for an ordinary dairy cow, and
Btich a ration could bo substituted with
good resultB for that of timothy hay
and corn rodder. When hay Is pur
chased, It Ih always best to purchase
one or the kinds mentioned, as the
price Is about the sumo, or lower than
that or timothy, which Is. far Inferior
is a milk producing food, "if any hay
Is to be sold from the farm it should
bo timothy hay and not .-clover or cow
poa buy.
FEEDS, SEEDS
AND WEEDS
A Duuucr to tlio Farm Ily E. II.
JcnUliin. Director Connecticut
Kxporlmont Station.
Thero are a number of mixtures
sold us feeds which contain largo
quantities of seeds of undesirable and
pestilent weeds of which a consider
able portion are 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 IiiiIIh, with linseed, bar
ley and corn products and are often
mixed or smeared with molasses.
These facts are naturally not men
tioned In the statements of composi
tion, yet they are more Important to
the buyer than tho chemical analysis.
A moderate food value may be
granted to ground weed seeds, or to
some species of them, but It Is very
doubtful If small whole seeds aro
broken up and digested by the animal.
It has been proved that fermenting
manure kills many weed Heeds when
they aro kept in It for some time, but
common experience fully Jusllllos tho
boiler that the farm may be stocked
with weeds which com along with the
manure.
Wood Hoods which are soattorod
abundantly whorever loud and feed
residues aro scattered, will surely
niako tliolr appearance in the Holds.
Thus charlock appeared lust year
quite abundantly 011 the station luml,
whore it had. not been seen for '2G
1 urs at least. On searching for the
The thlid summer cor-dltlon, which
we desire to continue throughout! tho
winter, is that of n supply or succu
lent reed. Ily the torm succulent reed
is meant fried having tliut property
possessed by green grass. Such feed
lias a value outside of the actual
nutrl'-nts It contains on account of Its
favorable effect upon the digestion of
the animal. Thero are two methods In
use for supplying this succulent feed
during the winter season. One Is the
use of root crops and the other Hie
use or silage. In some parts or tho
world tho use or root crops Is almost
universal, and Is the solution of the
problem. In this state tho use of
silage is far more practical, however,
than the use of root crops, and for
that reason it is recommended ex
clusively Tor tills purpose.
The fallowing ratlonH supply tho
necessary material to produce milk
economically, ir tho cow will not glvo
a good How of milk In the early pnrt
of the milking period nnd when fed a
liberal amount of one or these ratlors,
It Indicates alio Is not adapted by na
ture to bo used as a dairy cow nnd
oliould bo disposed of. Tho amounts
glvo.i aro considered about nslii .or
the cow giving from 20 to S!B pounds
of milk a day. For heavy milking
cows these rations would have to be
increased, especially in the grain, nnd
for light milking cows tho grain Hhould
bo decreased. In making up theso
rallonn it Is designed that the cow be
given all tho roughness she will cat
and Biifllclent amount of grain to fur
nish the proper amount of digestible
material. It Is not designed that
tlieso rations should be HUfflcInni or
bOBt adapted for cowb that aro being
fed for making recordH. for which a
very maximum production Is desired
regardless ot expense.
Some Good Dairy Rations.
... , Pounds.
Clover hay -o
l-'"1' tt to
Hran or nuts 3 to 6
Clover liny f. 20
Corn unit cob miml 0 to 0
(Stutun or cottoiiHccMl im-al 2
Alfalfa or cow pon lmy 10
Corn fodder 10
L'or 7 to U
llrun 2
Alfalfa or enw pun buy in to 20
l-'' ii S to 12
Corn hIIiivu 10
Clovor lmy
Corn ,-,
Hrun 4
Corn hIIukc ny
Alfalfa or cow pea lmy 15
Corn s to 10
cause, It nppeared that tho junkos
or snowbirds had boon red with wheat
screenings on a Hat roor in tho neigh
borhood during a sevoro winter and
the charlock seeds In tho screenings
had no doubt been blown from tho
roof to the lawn.
Certain manurncturors claim to de
stroy the vitality of tho weedH which
they mix with feed, but in no ono
of those above reported has even this
meaiiuro of protection to the purchas
er been thoroughly done. Ih has been
apparently attempted only in enso of
the sucrene feeds.
All of these weeds aro characteris
tic of grain screenings which nre tho
refuse separated from grain. In order
to make the latter ninrkoiablo or lit
for milling. Theso screenings vary
a good deal In quality. Thus an analy
sis recently made horo or wheat
Hereenings showed about :i:t per cent,
or llax and shrunken cereal, IB per
cont. or roxtalls, S per cent, of bind
weeds and pigweeds. 15 por cent, of
weed seeds of other species and 21
por cent, of dust, broken seed and
sand. Uven such a mlxtuio is much
better than ninny others which often
contain very llttlo, if any, wheat or
llax.
An average price for screenings Is
$12 a ton in Chicago or 110 In C'lucln-'
mill.
.Mixed with molasses and chaff or
hulls, and lu some cases with leslly
good feed miitoilals, soma of them soil
at 1 rices which aro nearly as high
as those paid for llrst-class feeds.
.Mado In consldorablo part of In
ferior materials and ohnritod with
weed seeds, they are dangerous 011 tho
farm.
Feed at Noontime. Noontlmo Is tho
best tlino to feed raw vegetnblo foods
like cabbages, beets and turnips.
3UCGCJTCO DESIGN FOR LINCOLN tTENDRIAl AT RDLND POAD
Tho national movement for more
beautiful and orderly towns and cities
has been growing remarkably since
tho Chicago world's fair pointed tho
way to better things. To-day art com
missions exist In dozens of commun
ities and nre carefully working out
local problems with tho idea or some
dny removing tho stigma or ugliness
and Inconvcnlonco which foreigners
have Impartially placed, though they
aro ready to admit It Is well deserved.
Hut tho communities have till now
had to go it alone In tho matter of
boautlfleatlon. Tho federal govern
ment, which with tho great amount
and monuinontnl character of Its build
ings might naturally bo expected to
lead tho way, has been of vory llttlo
help Indeed. During Its existence It
has spent $500,000,000 In buildings,
anil a great part of that within twen
ty years. Tlio record Is filled with
costly and monumental blunders, it is
doubtful ir any country In history has
so amazingly childish an accounting
ot extravagant stupidity in iti building
operations. Yet practically tho only
check on rurthor mistakes till now has
been the architectural office of tho
treasury department, which, by the
good sense of n single nppointee, has
In very recent years raised the stand
ard of appearanco and usefulness of
tho now post offices to something like
real excellence.
And now conies nn Important step.
President Roosevelt has appointed a
council of flno nrts, consisting or 21
architects, rottr paintors, four sculptors
and a landscnpo architect, all men of
tho highest standing. In making the
appointments ho Issued an executive
order directing that "beforo any plans
aro formulated for any buildings or
grounds or for tho location or erection
or nny statue, the matter must bo
submitted to tho council I hnvo named
and their advice followed, unless for
good and sufficient reasons tho presi
dent directs that it bo not followed.
Tho Biiporvlslng architect of tho treas
ury will act as tho executlvo ofllccr
for carrying out tho recommendations
of tho council."
At tho snmo time Senator Nowlands
of Nevnda Introdiiped a bill In tho up
per house legalizing tho council as au
advisory board and making tho olllco
of supervising nrchitect of tho treas
ury u bureau of flno nrtH, to superin
tend all matters relating to tho con
struction nnd placing or federal build
ings of nil departments and all ques
tions of their decoration nnd furnish
ing, tho purchase or accoptanco of
paintings or sculpture, and tho pur
chaso and planning of public parkn
coming under federal authority, all
with th advlco of tho "council of
thirty," as It has been nicknamed.
In tho meantime tho hotiso, as a
countor move, led by Speak-', Cnnnon.
Is trying to pass what is known as
tho McCall bill. This bill makes an
appropriation of $:i,500.000 to buy ISO
acres of land between the capltol and
tho now Union station, and provides
another $1,000,000 to build thereon a
memorial to Lincoln. Tho site is gen
erally regarded as most unsultnblo to
the purposo, and architects and nrtlsls
aro almost, if not wholly, irianlmoiis
in condemning It. President Hoosovelt
especially requested that the newly
appointed council take tho mnttor up
at once.
Most or Its members nro on record
as favoring a very different slto. Tho
wholo question of the arrangement of
Washington has been worked out In
grent detail, and what Is known as
tho llurnhani plan, based on the plans
mado by .MaJ. L'Hnfant under the su
pervision of President Washington, Is
accepted by exports as tho last word
on tho subject. Its fulfillment would
undoubtedly mnko Washington tho
most beautiful city In the world.
This plan Included a great mall from
tho capltol to the rlvor, with the
Washington monument In tho center,
forming nn axis for a cross mall or
park terminating at ono end In tho
Whlto Houso and at the othor In an
other great monument still to be built.
Tho main mall would torinl:into at tho
rivor in tho Lincoln .Memorial, for
which a beautiful sketch, doslgn was
mudo, and lu a memorial brldse ncios,
to Arlington, wlih driveways alonji
the river shore.
This slto tho govornment already
owns and tho Inlluenco of the Ameri
can Instituto of Architects and sym
pathetic bodies so far has been suffi
cient to keep new hulhlltiK operations
within tho plan, though congress was
at ono tlmo very close to giving the
PonnBylvnnia railroad a grvHt tormlnul
alto In the vory centoi of the proposuil
mall, halfway between the Washington
monument nnd tho capltol, a calamity
that was only averted, be it said, by
the public spirit and generosity of tho
late Mr. CassHtt, president of tho rottd.
At another time the department ot
agriculture's new building w.aa designed
to bo placed in the center of the Mall,
though better sites adjoined it.
The Union station was finally placed
on Capitol hill, about a quarter or u
mllo to ono sldo or the capltol, ami n
little back or its transverse axis. Be
tween the station and tho capltol
there Is .1 broad, straight avenue, so
that tho visitor's first sight or the city
is a clear and imposing view of tho
gray pile with Its magnificent dome.
The Capltol squaro reaches half way
to' the station, and two of tho sub
sidiary buildings are erected along its
boundary. Tho senate committeo
building Is toward the station. Tho
propoacd site for the Lincoln memorial
Is beyond this building toward tho sta
tion, and It Is very obvious that, being
1 bus near the station, it would not add
In any way to the beauty or tnajosty
or tiie capltol or the capltol group,
would not in "fact be a part of It, and
would obstruct the view of the capital
and thus rather tend to detract from It.
On the other hand. It would bo 11
truly magnificent decoration for tlio
railroad station, as all admit, but senti
ment Is decidedly against using a
groat national memorial to such a
man as Abraham Lincoln for nny such
purposo, nor Is tho station so unlove
ly as to -need hiding In this fashion.
A proposal to place the smaller Colum
bus monument at the station lias, how
ever, met with popular acquiescence.
Such Is the situation. On tho ono
hand Is the station site, championed
by Speaker Cannon, and on tho other
a site chosen by tho famous Washing
ton park commission, and which will
unquestionably bo approved by tho
"council of thirty," as It has been by
practically every architect of note In
tho country. Here Is the personnel
or the council:
Architects Cass Gilbert ot Now
York, C. Grant La Farge of Now York,
S. 1J. P. Trowbtidgo of Now York,'
John G. Howard of San Francisco,
Glenn Hrown of Washington, Thomas
It. Kimball of Omaha. John L. Muren
of St. Louis, D. A. Uurnham, director
of tho Chicago exposition; John M.
Donaldson or Detroit. Georgo 11. Post
of Now York, Arnold W. Urunner,
president of the New York Chapter of
tho American Instituto; Uobort S. Pea
body, president of the lloston Society
of Architects; Charles F. McICIm, ot
McKlm, Mead & Whlto; William S.
Enmes of St. Louis, James Hush Mar
shall, president of the Washington
Chapter of tho American Institute
Adam Garfield of Cleveland, William
n. Mundlo of Chicago. Frank' Miles
Day of Philadelphia, and C. Howard
Walker, editor of tho Architectural
Review.
Painters John Ln Fnrgo. F. D. Mil
let. E. II. niashfleld and Kenyan Cox
all of New York. ' '
Sculptors Daniel Choalor French '
Earl Hitter, Uorbert Adaim and H a'
MacNoIi. '
Landscnpo architect Frodorlek L
.aw
uimsieu, ,ir.
SHARP SHAFT FROM BERNHARDT.
Great French Actress Had Little Sym
pathy with Record Breaking.
Tho story of Hernhardt's encotintor
with tho author of "L'Escarpoletto" re
calls a llttlo incident which took placo
In Mine, riornlinrdt's npni'tmont In
New ork city tlio last time she was
In this country. The French play
written by a young American woman
of not very wide reputation had heon
ncluded ln the repertoire of tho
I-reach actress, which fact rathor
rankled in the hearts of somo of our
leading dramatic authors, and tho ion
resontatlvo or friend of ono of thorn
called upon Mme. liomhndt to roinon.
iiiim nun ner against appearing
L lscarpoletie." rnniicttn
in
to
produco an American piny by a well
"""" i" wngni ujyilo Flteh.
Insstnuco.
for
"And who is Clyde Fitch?" asked
Mmc iicrnhndt.
Ho is u young American playwright
who writos plays while you wait," ox
plaiued the emissary.
"Then toll him to wait." smippod
Mme. Hernhnrdt.
Don't Give Up the Classics,
The time Is not yot In sight whon
we can drop that culture which coinoe
from first-hand contact with Greece,
nnd Rome and no college claiming to
orfor a liberal education should p ,
Itself In tho attitude 0r dlscrl.nlnat ng
aSHlr.st them. -Now York Kveni, ig