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Keep tho cggB dry.
Gather and burn tho rubbish.
Why don't farmers ralso moro
ducks?
A ncrvoua cow Is not necessarily
an undeslrublo cow. f
Thoro Is no bettor grain feed for
young calves than wholo oats.
Tho markot poultrymnn was novor
In such a strong position an ho Is to
day. It Is said that tho cow. of all ani
mals, should havo good and puro
food.
It Is a mistake to lot another win
tor begin without Installing n litter
carrlor.
Scvoro drouth has thoroughly tost
od tho profitableness of spraying po
tatoes. Tho most monoy Is made upon tho
farms whero (ho best methodB aro
followed.
A small box or jar of Umo should
bo kept In tho cellar to keep tho air
puro and dry.
A balanced ration Is a good thing,
but a balanced judgment )s needed
just as much.
Ono should bo plan that all tho hny
and straw will bo used on the farm,
and keep stock enough to consumo
It all. '
Eggs may bo proaerved fairly well
for a fow months by packing dry In
a mixturo of equal parts Bolt and
Bawdust.
Hog raising, Hko overythlng else,
In the stock lino, has Its many llttlo
.details that must bo mot as they
como up.
All shrubs that havo done blooming
should bo pruned at onco. This in
duces blooming buds and branches for
next year'B crop.
Glvo (ho applo orchard plenty of
fertlllzor, " particularly potash and
phosphoric acid. A starved orchard Is
not a monoy maker.
Constipation In hogs, tho forerun
ner of other troubles and diseases,
is generally caused by too exces
sive uso of ono kind of foed.
Anything that provents tho fat
globules from coming In contact
with each othor delays tho churn
ing and decreases tho yield.
Tho honoy beo annually produces a
crop of honoy valued at around $20,
OOO.OPO, and thero aro vast ppportunl
ties for increasing this output
Until ready to ripen, tho fresh
cream from each skimming should bo
Immediately cooled down to CO de
grees or less, and hold in cold stor
age. i
If you expect to ship any cocks this
winter to poultry shows or to custo
mers, take tho precaution of applying
glycorlno liberally to tho combs and
wattles.
Well dressed, fowls aro moro at
tractive to tne hungry than well
dressed peoplo. If you don't believe
It leave it to tho hired man or tho
growing boy.
To overcome the habit of cows
holding un their milk it la nnronsnrv
to refrain from exciting tho natural
obstlnnncy of tho animal by any dls
turbine lniluonce.
Nut-bearlnf; trees, owing to their
peculiar system of roots, aro much
moro difficult to transplant than are
fruit-bearing trees, or oven those
known as seed-bearing.
Tho experienced cattlo feeder will
Bay that thero Is no Ironclad rule .for
feeding. Ho watches his animals and
feeds them according to what thoy
seem to bo ablo to stand,
Tho troublfc with the dairy business
today, beyond a question of doubt, 1b
that It Is being carried on by farm
ers, not dairymen, who know little or
nothing about tho profit or loss of the
animals they aro keeping.
Now is tho tlmo to seuuro loaves or
straw, for tho fowls to scratch In,
when tho weathor Is so bad they aro
confined to tho house, for It Is as
natural for n chick to scratch' as to
breathe, and In order to bo kept in
good health and spirits thoy must bo
kopt busy.
Treat tho cow kindly.
Keep tho vigorous chickens,
Tho tide is sotting toward tho farm
again.
fiurnt Umo Is harmful unless It la
very carefully used. i
Ltmo Is not n fortlllzor, and should
bo used only to correct acidity in a.
soil.
Hogs oftonifnll togot a Bufllcloni
amount of wator during tho winter
Mmo.
Tho cost of high living docs, not
worry tho farmer; ho makes his own '
living.
With prcsont real estate prices tho
expression "dirt cheap" loses ' much
of Its force
Tho valuo of tho manuro from tho
hay and straw used on the farm is
no small item.
Tho right way to water cows in
winter is to keep tho wator bofora
them in tho stable
Hogs, may bo badly diseased with
tuberculosis and not show It in tho
least befora slaughter.
A wcll-doflncd system of manniro.
ment for tho growing of cattlo nccd9
to uo put into operation.
Instead of oxnorimontlnir with a
largo planting of a now vnrloty of tree
fruit, top-graft a fow trees.
Tho farmer who is too far from,
town to dollvor milk at a profit will
find buttermaklng his salvation.
It payB to maintain o heavy flow of
milk, even If expensive feeds must be
given tho cows at certain seasons.
In apple culturo tho first great osn
sontlal in tho successful culture of
tho applo Is tho Improvement of the
soil.
If It Is winter eggs you want bettor,
let tho oldest hens go. Thoy some
times lny a fow eggs but very fow as
a rule. ;
When buying bran for tho cows get
enough to dlvido with tho hens. As a!
hen food bran Is just as valuable as a'
cow food. . i :
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It does not pay to plant crops In tho
peach orchard. . Somo peoplo do it,)
but It Is genernlly. believed to bo a
bad practise.
A, balky horso Is made so by n,
cranky or cruel driver, and can rarely
bo cured. So bo vory careful in
breaking tho colts. :
Convenient coops for marketing the
chickens will pay not only In tho sat-j
lsfactlon that thoy afford but In tho
greater convenience '
Dordeaux mixturo Is likely to causo
russctlng of apples on young troos, ns
It producos exccsslvo development of.
cork colls In tho skin.
It has beon suggested that tho
packer who puts rotten eggs on tho
market should bo sentencod to Borvo
time as a target for tho eggs.
Havo tho floor of tho hon houso
warm and dry. Tho tlmo Is nenr
whon tho hens to do well must havo
warmth and dryness under foot (
It Is qulto true that hogs havo not
such dainty appotltles as sheep, yet
thoy will respond surprisingly to any
Increased attention In this respect '
Yorkshire breeders will declare that
to tho bost breed becauso It hag glven
thom tho best resultB; so with tho
BorkBhlro men nnd also tho Tanworth
advocates.
Sugar boets make vory good feed
for cattlo, but somo grain and clovor
ancj alfalfa should go along with
them, ns thoy contain too much water
to be fed alono. '
On tho avorago farm tho sheep aro
tho most neglected animals, and It Is
really astonishing to noto tho wnBto
of opportunities In conditioning and
marketing lambs. '
When tho nests aro put In ardor
for tho wlntor, sprinkle nsheB Into
tho material and put a couple of moth
balls in as well. .Theso tend to dis
courage mites and Hco.
Cnrefully scrapo away tho dlrl
around tho baso of ono or two of your
trees, and you will bo nblo to dlacoyor
whether tho roots aro growing too
closely to the surface or not.
Many fall with sheep becauso thoy
fall to keep tho breedB that aro bost
adapted to their farms and do not
ralso tho kind tho market domands
and Is ready to pay tho highest price
for.
Ono of tho great satisfactions of
keeping a dally record of tho per
formance of your cows Is that of
watching tho improved returnB from
tho herd and in showing what im
proved methods will do.
It is a vory good winter's training
for tho young farmer to spond n fow
months in tho vlllago blacksmith shop
or as helpor to somo capablo carpon
tor. Thero is just as truly an edu
cation of tho hands nB of tho head,
but somo peoplo soom to forget this
fact
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Recently I had occasion to design
for a large farm a stuhla to hold wor.k
horses and mules. Tho ownor wished
truo economy, yet to glvo tho animals
all tho comfort posslblo without undue
expense, and to havo the manuro
saved well, and to have tho stablo so
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would bo as Inexpensive as posslblo,
writes Josoph E. Wing, In Breeders'
Qnzctto. After considerable thought
and getting somo flrst-rato Ideas from
his manager and himself, tho follow
ing plan has beon evolved. Frankly, 1
think It n hotter stablo than any that
I havo yet scon publishod anywhere.
Tho general plan Is simple. A drivo
way ten feet wldo gives access to tho
stalls and permits tho spreader to
tako out tho manuro. Tho stalls aro
mostly box-Btalls, 8x10 feet (roally tho
two-inch thickness of tho partitions
off of this), nnd in each stall ono
horso or mulo Is kept Tho slnglo
stalls go threo to "each lC-foot space.
Tho posts aro 10 feet botweon con
tors; floor joUt 10 feet long; lower
rnftorB, 10 feet; uppor rafters, IB feet.
Tho feed alleys aro five foot wldo.
Thero may bo bins nbovo for oats;
liny chutes throw hay directly Into
the' feed alloy, and several chutes
ought to bo provided. All of tho framo
Is of tho familiar joist framo pattern
with self-supporting roof. Hny comes
In at tho ond, although ono could
easily arrango to tako It In nt tho mid
dle, making h harness room thero and
temporary box-stalls.
On tho whole, 1 like that Idea best,
as tho barn Is too long to run hay In
all from ono end and doors In gables
aro troublesome Tho details of framo
aro not changed from what ono can
find cnrefully described In "Farm
Buildings," a book that every Intend
ing buildor should own. If a trans
verso drlvoway 13 put In It ought to
havo at least 11 foot headroom.
Tho box-stalls aro provided with
CLEARING UP
NEW GROUND
Irrojrular Spota Alons Strouma
unit an Ilillaldca Could Ho
Mudo to Yield Dls: Returns
if Troco vPIuntcd.
Tho tlmo Is at hand whon tho av
orago farmor begins f think about
clearing up now ground. Thoso of
them who aro fortunato enough to
havo any left, and thoso who livo In
hilly countries will generally find
bushes nnd briars growing along tho
hollows and fenceH,
This is tho tlmo to think of tho
wanton destruction of our forests,
Thoso great oaks, ash and wnlnuts
were but saplings onco. Whllo wo do
not indorso tho leaving of trees grow
In cultivated Holds, every nlac-sbnpod
sapling of a variety of valuo as n tim
ber trco should bo loft to grow.
.Thero aro thousands of small plots
of timber, where a great many of tho
treoB will measure two feot, and somo
of them thirty inches nt tho stump.
Theso, thirty yoarB ago, woro sap
lings of four to ten Inches nt tho
stump oak, ash and hickory.
In Kontucky thoro Is n grovo of lo
custs, muiiy of thom fifty feot tall,
and 12 and 14 Inches nt tho stump,
Theso aro on n ploco of land lying
nlongsldo a country roatl and valued
at $100 per ncro.
Tho soed woro sown thinly, broad
cast, then thinned to stand four to
aJx foot apart. Tho timber Is today
equal to ton times tho valuo of tho
land, or $1,000 per aero.
If each farmer who owns land suit
able to tho growth of forest tlmboi
should sot apart one-twentieth of his
Hand to forest, In tlmo thoro would bo
timber to spare
A great many cliffs and hillsides
along our llttlo rivers nro lit for llttlo
else, and hill land that Is very stony
may bo planted to post timber trees
wltii much profit.
Black locust and cntalpa aro tho
most profitable for posts, tho locust
to bo proforrod, as tho mannor of
growth iw much smoother and tho
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heavy, durablo sliding doors, made of
plank two Inches thick. I should put
them together with small bolts. If
good tracks aro used tliey will movo
at a touch and last forever. Somo
might profor to board up tho box
stalls hlghor than flvo feot. 1 sco ho
need for that, but bIx feet will do no
harm. It will bo objocted by somo
that box-stalls 8x10 feet aro too small.
I cannot ngroo with this. If ono
urges big box-stalls It Is as though ho
urged tho use of no box-stalls at all.
No ono can afford vory largo box
stalls for work horses. In stalls 8X10
foot tho horso hns freedom to turn,
around easily and nil tho comfort It
needs. If porchnnce somo of tho stalls
aro desired on occasion to bo used for
brood mnrcB tho partitions may somo
of thom or all of thom bo mndo ro
movnblo, throwing two stalls together,
making ono stall 10x10 foot. ;
Tho bost wny to manngo hnrnoss la
to hnvo a big hook mndo of throo-qunr-;
tor-Inch round Btcol attached to a'
ropo and pulloy right bcsldo tho stall,
door so that tho harness may bo hung!
on tho hook nnd swung up to tho coll-'
Ing or out of tho way. Tho harness'
room Is meant for'oxtra harness, for.
repair work and so on. With theso
box-stalls ono will uso boddlng liber-'
Frame Work of Box-Stall Front.
ally and clean thom out only onco a
month or ovon nt longer Intervals.
With a,trlflo of caio tho Btall will al
ways bo level, tho manuro trodden so
hard as to bo air tight and with no
fcrmontntlon. Thero will bo no odor
In tho stablo nnd tho horses will be
kopt clonnor and s moro comfortnblo
than whoro stalls aro cleaned evory
day.
As I do not like comcrlbs In stnblos
I design to placo a pair of round cribs,'
such ns aro described In "Fnrtn Build
ings," at ono end of tho building, nnd
theso ndmlrablo llttlo rnt-proof cribs
will prove far chenpor than putting
the corn In tho stablo ond better In
every way. As to tho problom of
atrnw, It In seen that thero Is largo
provision mndo for hny storngo. Room
mny bo left nt each end for Btrnw,'
which may bo blown In plnco by tho
thresher, or shredded corn stovor may
bo blown up thero.
quality 'of timber tho vory bost.
Tho seeds of.elthor may bo had of
tho nurserymen. Thoy can bo sown
In drills In tho garden and cultivated
two seasons by which tlmo thoy nro
from four to six foet tall' and ready
to transplant to tho permanent rows.
This planting of trees should bo
given earnest consldqrntlou by all
who own laud, as thoro is no moro
profitable Investment to bo mado than
tho planting of trees olthor for tim
ber or fruit.
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WITH POTATOES
Princo Edward Inland Produced
Annual Yield of 0,000,000
Iluolioltj-Newly Cleared
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Princo Edward Island Is ono of tho
most successful producers of tho po
tato. Its total area undor cultivation
Is less than 1,800 squnro miles; tho
annual yield of tho potato crop avor
agos 0,000,000 bushels.
Tho most favorablo results havo
been obtained In fields that havo not
beon manured for mnny yenrs. Tho
opinion prevails that manuro pollutes
tho potato and disposes it to rot bo
foro and nftor digging. Nowly-clearcd
woodlands yield largo crops for many
successlvo years without tho addition
of any fertilizing. To aid exhausted
boII commercial fortlllzor Is used, it
has been found that Umo, cllnkors,
and coal ashes thrown on n Hold wm
set up scab. It would thus appear
that this disease may bo duo to me
chanical Irritation in tho soil. To pro
vont rot, groat attention Is given to
tho tlmo of digging. Tho best tlmo
has been found to bo whon tho topH
begin to grow a dark green, not when
thoy havo turned black. Whon tho
latter happens, tho potato has already
begun to rot. By obsorvlng thoso
mothodB, a whlto, smooth, rounded
root of medium size Is secured. Tho
best potatoes nre shipped in boxos,
carefully solocted, and marketed an
No. 1 and No. 2,
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Beautiful Miss Howard
By ANTOINETTE PATTERSON
Langdon Drow was of a frivolous nn
turo nnd had already figured In two
broken engagements. And now a girl
had coma Into his Ufa dotormlncd to
tench him n lesson. Knthorl.no How
ard nnd tho ox-flanceo had beon
friends at boarding school. This was
.unknown to Mr. Drow who had moved
from Pittsburg, tho homo of one of
his former loves Uio othor wns a
Bostonlan to Now York, where ho
had just met tho beautiful Miss How
nrd. Kathcrlne Hownrd waB a beauty. In
hor hair was tho glint of tho sun it
self, and in hor fnco tho flush of tho
wild rose Her eyes were big and
clonr and blue
Thoro woro six men supposed to bo
In lovo with Knthortno; soon, Mr.
Drow mndo tho seventh. Also, ho felt
ho wns tho most favored.
Among tho first six wnB a young
clergyman, Rov. Mr. Honry Strong of
Boston,, who had mot Miss Hownrd
tho provlous summer whllo visiting
friends on tho Massachusetts coast
Ho saw as much of her as his moagro
vacation would allow, nnd in tho fall
enmo to Now York nnd asked hor to
marry him.
Kathorlno told him sho liked him
very much, but sho wlshod to soo
something of tho world first; thnt
probably It would provo bo charming
she would profor to llvo In Its midst
tho rost of hor life To her surprlso,
Mr. Strong agreed at once It was a
natural wish, and it wns far from his
.desire that any woman should bo his
wlfo unloBs Bho realized tho many
things sho would havo to glvo up;
thero would bo bo much olso for her to
do. Ho was Indeed nn unusual lover,
for ho had added that ho would bo so
busy all wlntor it would bo lmposBlblo
to loavo Boston, but ho would find tlmo
to sco hor just beforo Lent, whon per
haps sho could toll him whethor Bho
felt sho could become tho wlfo of a
rathor hard-working clergyman not a
poor ono, ns ho had an Independent In
come of his own. And then ho had
quietly said good-by.
Kathorlno had thought often of thnt
afternoon. Strong was tho ono man
who Boomed not to havo noticed hor
It Headed a Column Reporting Her
Engagement.
boauty. Thin had not pleased Miss
Howard at first, but aftorwards sho
liked to think it implied a greater
compliment. All winter Bho had hoard
,from him threo times; letters such aa
any frlond might havo written.
Kathorlno nssured herself sho did
not lovo Mr. Strong. Yot often nmld
worldly scones she would hear tho
hnrBh roar of the sea, and plctnro
ngalnst. a groy sky a dark figure, vig
orous, eroct rathor militant. Bho won
dorcd If ho would como ngnlu beforo
Lent. Then sho would becomo op
prosuod by n stifling fear thnt ho
might not.
Langdon Drew meanwhile grow
moro In lovo, daily assuring himself
ho was making greater headway. If
occurrod to him ho was occasionally
avoided rather abruptly; as for in
stanco at the Walnwrlght dance when,
in tho beautiful conservatory whero
ho had been nbout to throw himself
and his fortune at Miss Howard's feet
sho had announced thnt sho was "dy
ing for nnothor ico."
No ono would hnvo put up with Buch
things In a lessor btauty than Kath
orlno Howard.
Affairs took Drow to Booton beforo
long and whllo ho was walking down
Tromont street ho collided with a man
moving In tho oppoBlto direction,
"Why, Langdon!" "Why, Honry!"
Tho two had not mot slnco thoy
woro hi college togothor.
"Como to my roomB toijlght," urgod
Rov. Mr. Strong, "to tnlk ovor old
times. I haven't n mlnuto just now."
"Awfully sorry, old mnn," Drow nn
Bworod, "but I'm just leaving for Now
York."
"Whon you como to Boston again,
jot mo know nnd wo'll nrrarigo things
bottor. Not married yot, Langdon?"
Tho srallo on Strong's fnco brought
back tho days whon Drow's frlonds
hnd tensed him unmercifully nbout
tho girls.
"Honry, I'm a dlfforont man now.
I know what Jt Is to bo roally In lovo,
and I don't mind tolling you, for
you woro novor ono to tnlk I hope
soon to announco my engagement ta
Miss Kntherino Howard, tho prettiest!
girl !n Now York!"
Had Drow boon observant, ho would)
havo noticed a tightening of tho cler
gyman's llpu.
"Well," Henry said, a trlflo unstoad-
lly, "I must bo off I'm late now tot
nn appointment." Then ho added, "5
hopo you'll bo awfully happy, Long-j
ddn and will mhko hor happy. Good
by."
"So this Is tho end," Strong said toj
himself when ho had gono to hist
rooms and poked tho Ore "That girl
with such possibilities will fritter her.
llfo qulto away." Ho thought of Drow's!
well known Inck of ntcadfaBtnese
but ho dismissed this as having na
especial bearing. "Sho won't bo ac
tually unhappy; Drow will novor grow
tired of hor, nnd ho's a nlco follow Ini
a way. And awfully good ftkoklngJ
Ah, Knthorlno, Kathcrlne I I mustj
havo mndo a poor lovor but you were
tho only ono for whom I ever cared,
nnd I think I didn't undorstand quite
tho wny to show you how much. I
wanted you to see tho world first;
but how could I havo beon idiot
enough to hopo for a dlfforont ending 1
Tonight I fool I would glvo anything
If only you could havo known how
much I lovod you!"
Strong awoke to a now difficulty;
It was near Lent nnd ho now felt thei
promised visit to Now York would bej
most unwolcome. Lator, MUs How
ard would probably write him. Herein
lay tho difficulty: Langdon Drow had
assumed ho would say nothing about
his lovo affair, yet tho lotter must
BUggost Bomo kind of an explanation.
Howovor, a day afterwards, Kath
erlnu Howard rocelved tho following:
"My Dear Miss Howard I foel tliat
for many reasons It will bo best for
mo to postpono my visit to Now York
this spring. 1 hopo you will believe
how groat Is the Interest I shall al
ways fool In you and how much I trust
your llfo will bo n happy one,
"Alwnyo most Blncoroly, '
"HENRY STRONG.
"February 28, 100." J
Kathorlno wns nlono when tho notej
came Sho had not boon fooling tool
well plonscd with horself. She badj
refused Langdon Drow and Mary!
Browning nnd. Besslo Wotherlll had
boon avenged. But, since tho reading
of this noto, Knthorine folt Borry fotj
Drow,
Tho main thing concerning tho let
ter was Kb lnpomprohonBlblllty. Had!
Henry Strong becomo too abs6rbed ln
othor things tho Boston papers word
constantly quoting him as a man
worth llBtonlng to to havo tho tlms
to think of lovoT
Tho season wore away and manjrt
porsona wondered why tho beautiful
MIbs Hownrd had not bocomo en
gngod. And then nn odd thing happened.
Mr. and Mrs. Wotherlll, whooo dnugh-
ttor waa onco engaged to Mr. Drow
and who hnd Just roturnod frona
jlroad, moved Into a house adjoining
Mr. Strong's church. Within a fed
wcoka tho roctor callod.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Wothorlll woro out,
but MIbs Wothorlll would bo down In
n fow minutes. Mr. Strong's eyed
fastened themselves upon a largo phcH
toenmh of Kathorlno Howard. He!
did not know Miss Wothorlll bad coma
into tho room until ho hoard hor say.n
"I'm glad to sco you, Mr. Btromj,
You nro ndmlrlng, I am Htiro, tho pic
ture of ono of my old Bchool frlondsj
Kathorlno Howard."
Mr. Strong turned tho converaatl
to othor IhlngB. When ho rose to
MIbs Wothorlll noticed that Mb oy
aealn sought tho picture. But th!
photograph hnd always attracted ati
tentlon. j
"Sho is one of tho most loyal)
hoarted as well as beautiful glrlsi
BobbIo Wotherlll said, "and would doj
anything in the world for a friend. 1
hopo soon to havo her visit mei
though I bare Just board Bho baa bei
como ongagod to a distinguished
southerner whoso nnmo I can't reJ
mcmbor."
Mr. Long took; hie leavo feeling
much confused. Laagdon Drew could
novor in tho world he taken for a
nouthornor, and be was not dlutln)
gulehud. Strong bought a Now Yo
paper, Op tho front page was a plot
ture of "The Beautiful Miss HowardVI
It beaded a column reporting her en-!
gegomont to n royal personage, Prince
von Scbamberg,
Mr, Strong road no more. Ha,
stuffed tho paper Into bis pocket tat
onco in his life forgot an engagementi
and took tho first train to Now York.'
Miss Howard entered tho drawing,
room. Hdr greeting woa distant. But
Henry Strong noticed nothing. Some
thing wns going to be definitely boU
tied then and there.
"Mlso Howard, aro you engaged tu
bo married, or going to be, to Mr:
Drow a distinguished southerno!" or,
Princo von Scbamberg?"
Thoro wao oomothlng bo compelling
In tho tono that Strong did not have
to ropent hlo quostlon.
"No," Knthortno said, "I am not"
A look enmo into Strong's tec
whlau rendered it nt tho moment
beautiful.
"Kathorlno, will you marry mo?"
"Yes."
Explanations' nwaltod their owa
good tlmo. Even tho nood pt thom waa
forgotten for tho moinoht