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"Stone" Guessing Contest.
In answer to the constant demand
1for now guessing contests I print UiIb.
I do not know who was the originator
but I pass It on; all tho auswers are a
with tho fruit of a famous tree?
'variety of "Btone."
A stone associated with tho fruit of
! famous tree? Cherry.
A stone at tho top of an arch.
Keystone.
A porous stone? Pumlco,
A stone used for sharpening?
Whetstone.
A stone that points to tho poles?
'Loadstone.
A Btone that is green and red?
Dloodstono.
A stone that is pressed by the foot?
Flagstone.
A stone used In a test? Touch
stone. A complimentary stone? Blarnoy
stone.
A stone that comes with a storm?
Hall stone.
A ceremonious stone? Corner
stone.
A stono allotted to every one?
Tombstone.
A stone found in law? Blackstonc.
A stone useful in washing? Soap
etone.
A stono in a rough street? Cob
blestone. A suitable prlzo for this pastime
would be a box or silken bag llllcd
:wlth candles which are made exactly
Hike little stones and pebbles. They
nro found already put up in attractive
shell shaped boxes or may be gotten
by the pound. They are delicious to
eat and a pleasing novelty.
Character Party.
Casting about for some new way to
entertain a hostess noted for her orig
inality evolved this scheme.
Her invitations said: "Plcaso como
in a costume representing your pro
fession or what you would like to be."
It Is needless to say that when the
twenty guests arrived upon tho stated
hour (half after eight) there were
many exclamations of surprise and as
tonishment Some of tho costumes
were most amusing; the camera fiend
was in a black paper cambric suit, on
which were pasted snap shots, blue
prints and spoiled prints (that would
DAINTY SUMMER COSTUMES
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SHE first Id in lilac cotton crape.
left side Just a Uttlo draped under
about tho knees; buttons trim tho
tho sides and sleeves cut together:
white, and tho trimming each side i-vhlto lace and a strap of laveuder silk
of a little darker sllido than the crape; tho sleeves aro trimmed to match. Hat
of drawn lavender soft silk, trimmed with pleated laco and palo pink roses.
Materials required for tho dress: 4 yards 40 inches wldo, yard
silk 40 Inches wide, 3 yards laco, about 1 dozen buttons.
For tho second white cotton foulard with narrow bluo strlpo is used. Tiio
eklrt has pieces laid over each side that aro shaped at lower part, then
drawn In by a tassel; buttons trim the front edge of these pieces. Tho
bodlco Is cut out in a doop square In front to show a vest with turn-over
collar of white cotton vollo and a small bow of blue silk to match tho waist
band; tho edge of tho squaro is outlined with a frill of soft laco; laco ruflles
finish tho sleeves. Hat of black Tagel, trimmed with a bow of wide bluo
cbeno ribbon.
Materials required: ,4,& yards 40
laco, Yt yard white voile 28 inches wide.
havo been tho best of all) ho wore n
miniature camera for a watch charm
and cArrled a real camera with him,
with which he took flashlights of the
party, afterwards generously supply
ing each ono with prints us remem
brances of a very happy evening. A
man who loved "astronomy" appear
ed with a small telescope end stars,
comets, a moon and tho sun painted
on a black domino. A ouffrngotto
came resplendent In tholr colorB with
"votcB for women" inscribed all over
her gown and bho carried a placard
with "voteB for women" on it.
Tho hostcsB had found symbolic
favors for nearly every one by which
thoy found their plnccs at the table
for each ono In their acceptance desig
nated what they would represent.
Around tho table each one was ask
ed to explain tho merits of his or her
profession and I wish spaco would per
mit tho witty talk and repartee. Try
this sometime, the plan may ba
adapted to quite largo affairs. In
formal dancing might follow the
"spread "
Idea for the Up-to-Date Hostess.
A hostess who entortulns a great
deal has small cards made with sta
tionery die used at the top or at tho
left hand corner. This monogram is
done In gold, silver, red, blue, pink
and violet so she Is able to match
nearly any color schema sho wishes
to carry out In flowers on her table.
Theso cards aro used as name cards
at each place and if cards are to bo
played after dinner or luncheon, tho
table number and "couple" aro wrltton
on the back of card. Some times a
flower is thrust through ono corner
of the card, a punch being used to
mako the holes for stem. These In
dividual cards are also most useful
to ubo in sending gifts when ono
wlshos to wrlto an appropriate senti
ment and are a little moro Individual
than a visiting card. Try ordering
some with your next stationery and
you will bo ready with place cards
for all occasions of tho most exclusive
stylo.
Lingerie Shower.
A dear little girl bride who had
such a happy preparation time for tho
great event; says ono of her lovlleat
showers was the ono at which all the
gifts were bits of llngerio made by
her dearest friends.
There were all the intimate bitB of
personal linen, the girls dividing tho
work and tho expense; there were
dainty ribbons run in all tho pieces
and In the roso papered box contain
ing the set were one dozen tiny
square lingerie sachets, edged with
lace, a weo gilt safety pin in each for
pinning inside tho corsage. They wero
embroidered in tho samo forget-me-not
pattern as tho underclothes. Theso
friends began their work as soon as
tho engagement was made public. A
boudoir cap and pillow were also pre
sented at tho same time, of similar
design and mado over pink, tho bride
elect's favorito color.
MADAME MERRI.
The right side and front aro plain, tho
tho seam, which Is curved in slightly
upper part of seam. Tho bodlco has
tho full front and center back aro In
Inches wldo, 20 buttons, 2& -yards
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MMD0WBR00K
FARM
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Help out short pastures.
Lazy Jiens arc unprofitable.
Quality of food brings results.
Salt tho butter by weight, not by
guess.
Warm milk Is best for tho calf, no
matter how old It is.
Never think of milking a cow until
the udder has been brushed.
The morlts of tho scratching shed
are shown during bad weather. ,
Tho enreful poulteror avoids largo
families and keeps IiIb birds busy.
Delivor tho cream to tho creairiory
or cream station early In tho morn
ing. It is the crowded, Idle birds that
aro ever ready to got Into some mis
chief. It Is the practice In sections where
corn cannot be raised but alfnla 'can,
to cnsllo alfalfti.
Sllago made of corn and soy beans
is more digestible than that made
from com alouc.
Cleanliness In all its details Is one
or tho important things to be borno in
mind by the dairyman.
Tho quality of tho dam Is as im
portant as that of the sire In the pro
duction of gojad horses.
Don't wean tho pigs too early. Try
letting tho sow do that and thero will
bo no set back at that tlma. .
If tho milk sours before tho cream
rlBC3 you will make a poor quality of
butter besides losing much cream.
If you get tired hearing us talk
about silos, throw tho paper In tho
cob basket and go out and build one.
Did you ever think that grabbing
sheep by tho wool makes a soro placo
on their bodies? It surely does; don't
do It.
Frequent stirring of ripening cream
will make better flavored butter, as
it causes tho cream to ripen moro
evenly.
Thero is very little profit In hold
ing over n lot of drakes and ducks
destined for market after they aro
ready to go.
Tho farm that 1b equipped with n
small gasoline engine 1ms tho very
best "elbow grease" "vieccssnry to turn
tho grindstone.
Keep salt where the cows may al
ways got to It. Thoy will not con
sumo too much If nllowed to use their
own "judgment."
It is not too larly to select future
dairy cows from among this spring's
heifer calves. Good dairy stock show
their possibilities early.
Trnln tho tomatoes on trellis or
on a polo like Lima beanri. This
treatment keeps the fruit off the
ground and brings it earlier.
Don't cut tho asparagus aftor the
middle of June. Glvo the beds' a good
cultivating, and keep tho weeds out
of it for the rest of the season.
Golden self-blnnchlng colery la espe
cially desirable for planting lato In the
season, bpcauso It requires much loss
time to mature than the green sorts.
It la cheaper to kcop tho herd up all
tho time than to neglect it for awhile
and try later to bring It back to con
dltion. The cow won't mako up for
lost time.
Many lt,ems on tho farm, Btich as
cull-frult, small potatoes, wastes from
the kitchen, and other things which
will not soil, find a good market
through the hog.
Tho Ideal placo for hogs In summer
la in a wood-lot through which passes
a little brook. In such a placo hogs
will grow remarkably fast, even with
cut large quantities of grain.
Kcop tho cows as qulot aB you can
till tho tlmo cornea for turning them
out to pasture. They are not Just
easy theso warm days. They are so
an.dous to got a blto of grass! Bet
ter to keep tho bars up a few days
longer, though.
In the big cltlos many heartless con
tractors work their toams all day and
hlro them out for tho night work, giv
ing them only two or three hours rest
in the twenty-four. Theso aro the
horses that aro ofton sold to fanners
as bargains when they are worn out.
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Get(a new milk pall.
Chicks relish sklmmllk.
Conifortnblo hens aro layers.
llalky drivers mako balky horsof.
Mncourngo turkeys 'to roost nt
homo.
Lazy hens, like lazy men, aro not
money makers.
It Is Important to kcop the poultry
houses scrupulously clean.
Sec that tho dairy cows got all tiro
salt they need these days.
It Is not tho quantity ot food that
brings results, but tho qualtly .
Alfalfa hay" Is about tho bo9t rough
age that can bo given tho cow.
Let tho colt havo shcltor from storm,
but lot him havo access to pasture,
also.
Too much scientific work In tho hen
business Is a failure. Just use common
uenso.
Glvo tho owes dally cxcrclso and
fresh nlr, but do not expose thorn to
jBtorms.
Overcrowding Is ono of tho worst
and most frequent mistakes made by
poultrymen.
Selling too young nnd feeding too
long aro tho two wrong ends of tho
hog business.
Trees that aro mnklng a rapid
growth of wood do not generally
bear much fruit.
Ducklings grow twlco as rapidly us
chickens, nnd bo roqulro more food for
tho first few weeks.
The Hollanders havo evolved tho
-great milk brccdB by working with
and not against nature.
Eggs ought to weigh a pound nnd
a half to tho dozen or flfty-flvo pounds
not to tho thirty dozen eggs.
Where" possible, n little grazing nt
night will help tho cows keep up tho
milk flow at this tlmo of year.
Tho hens should bo allowed any
kind of food that Is needed as an In
centive tau greater egg production.
It's more "fend" than It is "breed,"
but without tho latter as a foundation
the former becomes wasteful exercise.
A liberal amount of forago crops
will never como amiss. If not needed
for soiling purposes they are good for
hay.
A row must furnish ICO pounds of
butter fat before sho has paid her
bills. After that, what sho gives Is
profit.
A good grain mixture for chicks Is
two parts cracked corn, two parts
cracked wheat, two parts kaflr and one
part millet.
Experiments havo shown that tho
greatest gains In fattening aro mado
by young stock when two to four
montJiB old.
It -Is poor policy to chance tho
quarters of hens or pullets whllo lay-
Ing for It usually chocks or slops
egg production.
All clover Is rich In protein or mus
cle forming food, and' it Is ono of tho
best kind of foods for growing pigs
and 'or brood sows.
Western dairymen are finding out
that cowpens aro almost equal to clo
ver or alfalfa as a dnlry ration and
aro n much suror crop.
Diversified forming Is the safest,
different soils require different crops,
nnd upon all farms rotation Is essen
tial to profitable production.
Ono of tho latest Inventions for
aerating milk Is tho nlr pump. It
would seem that this Is suro to find a
valuable placo In dairy work.
Ono point In favor of greon man
uring la that It distributes tho fer
tility through tho soil moro evenly
than can bo dono In any other wny.
After maturity an animal gains
In fat only nnd so mnkes Ices' gain
In proportion to tho food consumed
nnd consequently loss profit to tho
feeder.
Alfalfa not qnly furnishes protein
or flonh-mnklng material, which Is dofl
dentin corn, but It tonds to offset tho
heavy chnracter of n ration consisting
of corn alono.
Hog raisers dljfer as tp which Is tho
best breed but, as an experienced
breeder said recently, It makes Httlo
difference provided wo have a good
foundation to start with.
Peck baskets of tho climax typo are
very attractlvo and populnr on some
markets When tho market becomes
glutted with tomatoes packed In largo
bnskcts It Is (.'specially advantageous
to uso peck baskets.
When you hang n lantern up In tho
barn, faston It so tlfat It cannot bo
knocked down. Sometimes wo put
them whore thoy will fall If wo by ac
cident rlso and hit them with our
heads. And then well, then thero 1b
troublo; and maybe the barn Is not
Insured, cither.
BASIS OF SUCCESSFUL
Hog
(Hy W. MILTON KI2I.LV.)
Healthy and vigorous pigs from well
bred, properly matured ancestry are
tho baslB of successful pork growing,
With a uniform lot of pigs at eight
weoks of ngo, our chief motivo should
bo to keep thorn In n vigorous, flosh
gaining condition until they havo de
veloped enough bono, musclo anil
stamina to carry our corn crop to
market.
Providing the pigs havo been prop
erly woaned, they will havo developed
stomachs strong enough to handle
generous rations without check In
tholr growth by tho romovnl of tho
sow.
At this time tho pigs should havo ns
noar as may bo n balanced ration. At
loast the feed must not bo all corn,
or too starchy or too monotonous In
kind. Tho skill of the feeder will fur
nish tho variety that Induces nppntlto
and favors growth rather than fnt
In feeding pigs of this ngo wo aro
confronted with two problems: Flrot,
tho danger of giving them too much
fnt-produclng food, and second, tho
feeding of larger quantities of pro
tein foods than thoy havo tho ability
to digest and assimilate.
Too much fnt Is not desirable at
this period and too heavy feeding of
protein feeda will acquire an excess
of that clement, thereby stunting tholr
growth. Tho elemont of wnsto In food
lug too much protein Is important in
determining the profits.
I have novor boon ublo to compound
uny rations ot grain and commercial
feeds that would produce as good re
sults for young plgB ns ono which
sklmmllk makes up about ono-fourth
of tho mixture. With a suitable vari
ety of farm-grown foods wo can read
ily chango tho proportions of tho ra
tions nn our observation nnd Judgment
may suggest.
Tho truly scientific feeder must cut
away from mixed feeding standards
and vary his rations nccordlrig to tho
growth und condition of tho pigs.
Nor is It likely that ono can flguro
out a ration so well bnlancod without
grazing as to promote tho most vigor
ous growth as will result whon tho
ration la supplemented by tho dally
run of a field which furnluhcB succu
lent and bulky food.
From weaning time until the glow
ing pigs aro about six months old pro
tein Is tho most important eloment In
tho ration, porn Is nine-tenths car
bohydrates, oats contain moro protein
than corn, but hardly enough to moot
tho requirements of (ho growing pigs.
Ilyo to rlchor In protein than oats, but
ns a pig feed barley excels all of tho
above and Is a suro crop in many
localities whoro corn raroly matures.
Clover and alfalfa aro highly nitrog
enous, but too bulky to suit tho needs
of tho young pigs. Cow penB, soy
beans and Canadian field peas nre
well Butted tor pork growing whore
thoy can bo grown. Various localities
CORN SILAGE FOR
SHEEP IS PROPER
Michigan Farmer Finds It Excel
lent Ration When Allowed
to Ripen and Mature.
Sllago Is not always satisfactory as
a ration for sheep. Sheep growers In
many localities will havo. nothing to
do with It as a feed for their flock.
They will admit Its undoubted valuo
as a cattlo ration, but tholr experi
ence has neon against It ' so fur as
sheop are concerned.
I believe that well matured sllago
can bo fed to sheep with tho vory
best results, I havo boon feeding it
for several years, and ulnco tho first
year tho results have boon all that
could bo asked for any ration.
Tho ilrst year that I planned to
uso sllago as a winter feed for sheop,
I planted eight acres ot corn to bo
used In filling tho silo. It was planted
rather lato, and. ns I was somowlmj
afraid or tho frost, tho crop was cut
a llttlo early. It was planted very
thick, sown, In fact; and when cut
tho leaves wero greon and heavy with
sap. Tho cars wero poorly hardened,
writes u Michigan farmer In tho Furm
Progress. Somo of them wero baroly
hard enough to escape bolng In tho
soft stngo dt development.
I was doubtful ubout tho quality of
tho sllago, and rny doubts were con
firmed whon I Megan feuding It. It
was glyen to the sheop In Hinall quan
tities j In connection with clean tim
othy hay. Somo oats wore fed with
it at times.
Tho older sheep did not appear to
thrive on It ab thoy should, und tho
younger ones begun to appear sickly
nnd thriftless. It hud a tendency to
GROWING OF PORK
Cots.
produco foods thnt can bo used aiL
vantagoouBly to balanco up a ration.
Wheat middlings, linseed oil tank
ago nnd other feeds of commerce all
havo their placo In economical pig
feeding which must bo regulated ac
cording to tho variety of farm grown
feeds that aro at hand and tho price
of theso purchased feeds In tho nearby
markets.
Tho man who Is ongngod In pork
growing ns a business and not merely;
feeding frogs to find nn outlet for hln
farm by-products must recognize tho
fact that young hogn up to six
months of ngo ncod n growing, not a
fattening ration, nnd that thoy need
feed in Judicious quantities.
Regular feeding Is cssontlnl to n
steady, unremitting growth and three!
foods a day will glvo hotter results!
than two nnd In following up thlnl
method It Is advisable that they hot
fed only what thoy will clean up witty
an upparont relish,
AlwayB boar In mind that tho mosM
vnluablo asset of tho growing plgj
In 120 pounds of bono and muscular!
development nldod and oupported by
n natural and koon appetlto.
From tho fifth to tho sixth month!
should bo tho period of preparation
that is, tho tlmo whon wo are getting!
tho plgB gradually accustorood to tholr!
fattening ration.
During tula period I nave always se
cured the best results by feeding:
plenty ot corn nnd giving tho buncbi
tho run of a Hold ot clovor, alfalfa or
cow pons.
In this wny their dlgeatlvo system
gradually becomes accustomed to tho
changes ot diet and by tho end of u
fow .weeks' feeding nro In tho best
poitelblo condition to mnko good uso
of all tho corn thoy nro cnpablo of
handling.
At tho end of this period thoy
should bo well roundod out and weigh
nt least lGfi pounds. Notwithstanding
that com has been tho object ot much
criticism by many theoretical feeders,
yet the fact remains that corn nnd
water will produco moro economical
gains than n dlot of mixed foods.
Mixed food may produco a llttlo
greater gains, but tho quality of tho
pork Is not so good and tho loss ot
Hhrlnkago whllo on tho rond to mar
ket Is greater than 1h -tho ensu with
tho corn-fed hogs,
During the last two monthB, tho fln
Ishlng period, tho previously built
framo and digestive capacity, in tho
making of which n variety of suitable
food is essential, Is loaded with fnt,
a process In which corn produces the
cheapest gains.
'How many pounds can we mako tho
plgB weigh at eight months of ago la
the great question.
My Ideal Is tho 300-pound hog nt
eight months of ngo, hut my Ideal Is
qulto a way ahead of my presont
achievements. I think 1 do well when
I market n bunch of pigs that aver
ago 270 pounds at that ngo.
loosen tho bowels of tho nnlmnln even
when fed In small quantities.
Next year I harvested a crop of corn
that was much riper and more ina
turo than tho first 1 lot tho blades,
and husks assume arlpu color beforo
running tho crop through tho cutter.
Thero was no troublo thnt season or
at any tlmo since.
It has been fed to sheep of nil agon
over slnco tho first season. From,
two to two and one-half pounds havo
boon given dally to everything from,
spring lambs to owes with sucking
youngstora at their sides. Thoy havee
been uniformly ns thrifty as though
fed on a grain nnd hay ration, ujul
tho cost has been much less.
Greon corn, especially whon put in
tho silo uncut, Iuib boon tho cause of
sllago ration for sheop acquiring
such a bad reputation. When corn l
left to ripen enough that It could bo
husked In tho field, It can be placed.
In tho olio and fed to tho sheop with,
tho vory host results.
Looking to the Pedigree.
Look at tho pedlgroo of tho stallion
you patronlzo, and If It la not Issued
by ono of tho recognized registry as
sociations don't uso that horso. Many
farmers will , contend that u grade
horso that Is n good looker Is JiiBt as
good for a elro as a puro-bred, undi
expense Is much llghtor.
Somo of tho handsomest, soundest
and most porfect horses aro grades,
and 'whllo thoy aro splendid nnlmnlB
for uso they aro unsuitable to breed
to. Every grado has a yellow streak
In him, nnd this Is Just as likely to,
show as his good qualities.
Air In Cow Stable,
Kcop the utr as pure as possible In,
tho cow stable. Look well to tho ven
tilation. Do not disturb tho manuroi
In tho guttora or stalls until often
milking Is ovor nnd tho milk Is rc-
moved from tho stnblo.
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