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AittoniHtlo Mltkiuir Device.
The buxom dairy muld will noon bo
thins of the past If a new Invention
lilcli has successfully undergone
ImillU'I-OllH IcStS COIllCS
into general use. Till'
ingenuity of man' has
devised a scheme to ac
complish her downfall
as a necessity In the
agricultural districts.
T h e i n v e n t 1 o u,
known as the Law
rence - Kennedy cow
milker, is described by
a London correspond
ent of the Chicago Inter Ocean, it can
be operated, its inventors claim, by
amy motive power steam, water, gas,
oil, or electricity. Pictures showins
Itis method of operation have the fol
Jowins explanation:
"Connected by pipes with a vacuum
ontiuulhg-tnuk Is the tube A. The
other end of the tube is connected
with the pulsator G, which' rests
hipon the cone-shaped pull placed be
1woon the cows. From the pulsator
two rubber tubes MM branch out rijht
bind left, one to each cow, and eacli
.tube is attached to four rublor cups
'3, which are fastened to the cow.
Vhoi! the vacuum cock Is turned on
ft he pulsator commences to work and
pluses the cups to collapse and ox
land and thus extract the milk. The
'milk on Its way to the pail can be
'wen passins through a glass trap or
Indicator 1), which is protected by a
(-vire cage. The number of pulsations
per minute can be regulated by screws
'which give adjustability to the char
snctorlstlcs of each cow."
I. hue ill Agriculture.
The use of lime on land has not been
largely encouraged by scientists in the
'past, though it has been used to a con
siderable extent in Isalated locnlities.
ilt was at llrst considered from the
.standpoint of plant food, and as such
of course It would not receive a very
enthusiastic support from men that
had found out by various tests that
Ihere was already In the soil more
lime than the plants could use. When
the soils of the various States came
to be examined for acid, it was found
that many of them were so strongly
aicid that some of our most important
plants would not grow on them satis
factorily. In tlie soil surveys carried
on during the past three years in Ill
inois it has been found that one-third
of the soils of the State are so strongly
sicid that I hey will not grow red clover
mid other legumes successfully until
J routed with lime. Of the other two
thirds of the Stale some of the soils
sire slightly acid and would be im
proved by an application of lime.
Poultry I. cur Kuiltl.
The illustration shows a neat and
durable leg band, which Is easily put
An. a one which will be no incon-Yonie-wce
to the fowl. It Is made from
ai 2-1 neh strip of tin pointed at one end,
and a hole made through the larger
''end. If It is desired to lutve u num
1 or or letter on the band, cover the
Of LTIiV I.Kli HAND.
larger end with grease, in which care
fully write the number or letter with
t pointed instrument. Then apply
i.v itic ucid, which will cut Into the
Mr :' ice of .the tin When trrnnsn 1ms
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removed. After the band hris
!.ut around the log of the bird In
pointed end through the hold
; rniil' and. bond point down
- titration. Anion;; Grnimc.
t . ...iprntive buying nhd selling
Mitong fanners means money Saving
f' r the n. The Michigan Stato Grn.ngo
!.o;:s the purchaso .by Pnt,r.ons of
! I.i idry last season of '150 tons of
i t tuine. 1.0U0 tons of -land' pltos-
in-, and woven, wife 'fencing lu. tho
I ot. tract 'ever entered Into. Ohio
or to establish-h central bureau
, m i : : t : n to provide for the dls-'
- - . . ;.( iips. p.urchuse of farm sup-.
- . mi t( ..keep patrons' generally
ii" markets and other matters
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The Fnrtner'n Korerle.
Th' nights ic glttlu shorter an' th' dnyt
is gltthr long.
An' yest'day, i-jlng, I hecr'd a robin red
breast's song;
Jos' let me say in pn.ssin' whan n robin
sturts tew sing
Thct it's u shore-null sign wo hain't so
fur away from spring,
I cnlkihttc th' grass is sproutln' soma
beneath th' snow;
Tli sap is sort o' tliawin' an' a-tryiuj
hard to How; 1
Tli crow looks down an' susses cr. lio
Hies pnst on tli' wing,
An', somehow, things begin tew sort o'
smell teW nie like spring.
,'Foro long I'll be u-trulpsln' on th' hill
behind the plow
Instc'cl o' set tin' 'fore tli' lire like I'm
u-doin' now
A-lis'nin' in tli' furrow for th' dinner bol'
lew ring
A-ciissiii' .leff and Kale an' kind o' hup-
py cus it's spring.
Some folks prefers the winter time mi'
sum prefers tli' full,
While summer time suits others, yit ill
siiinliow, diiii't suit all. i
Ks fur es I'm eonsiirned, ef 1 could liov
my choice, i-jing, i
I reckon I would hev th' hull cudurin
year Jos' spring.
Sprnylutr I'm it Troon.
Spraying fruit trees for the purposi
of destroying insects and fiingut
growths is no longer looked upon as :l
fad, but is recognized as being an ubj
solute essential where the best result!
In fruit growing are expected, in tint
matter of spraying the average farm,
cr who has but a small orchard hat)
much to learn from the specialist.
.Many thousand carloads of fruit ant
sold annually in the corn belt that huvd
been raised in other States, und.'i
conditions that are no more favorabl'
for fruit growing than those of the
corn bell, providing the same earn
could be exercised in handling tlm
fruit trees. Spraying is an operation
that should not lie performed In a hap
hazard manner, and should only bo
taken up after obtaining specllc advice
pertaining to it. In tills regard tho
experiment stations of the corn belt
stand ready to furnish individuals with
formulas and directions for tills work
Iowa Homestead.
Potato litri;er.
S. A. Pollock, of Cass county, Iowa,
writes: "I have never found much
use for any tool to scratch out pota
toes after a digger of any kind save
my fingers, but I know so many are
averse to tills habit that I have de
vised a tool whereby they can scratch
out potatoes without using the lingers
I'UiATO OlClOKIt.
for the work. It is made in the shape
of n rake, but instead of using teeth,
pieces of heavy wire bent as observed
in the illustration and riveted in the
head will be found very useful. The
wires will let all the loose dirt pass
through and being close together will
bring out all tubers that are not small
enough to pass through between th.
wires." Exchange.
Straw nit Pasture I.iiml.
A Dakota farmer writes as follows:
Five or six years ago we tried n
heavy coat of strawy horse manure n
the high ground of our pasture whei
mo grass was quite short. At first tli
grass was almost smothered out. b:i
within the last year or two a sort
second growth grass has come in, an 1
the feed on the manured spots seem,
at least fit) per cent better than it w.-n
n'ore manuring. We shall try son:
more of this work next year on Iain!
not convenient to plow.
Where worn out pastures are suite!
for plowing, a good plan would be l
iirs t seed an old plow Held with Mrom
grass tor a pasture and Uien break ir
the old pasture, thus starting a syste.i
of rotation that should eveiituail.v
take In the whole farm. Once started
lb'onie grass as u . pasture grass i4
the bust tiling I have found. lint I
hardly think it would bo very proiit
able to try to start it on unbrokei.
prairie.
To Pattern n Unrse Quickly.
To fatten n liorBe quickly lu order tf
Improve its uppeurunco before sale
feed liberally of corn meal, Htoiiun i
oats and clover buy, adding a little lin
seed meul to the grain. ration. Kxci.
else, but little, and give. purging sulti
once a week, Feed ut least throe time
a day and supply plenty of wujter. A
horse not too wild will often jjnln sev
eral pounds a, day for a fortnight mi
dor ths plan.
Ooo'tl Kouds nnd Socinl hlCo.
Tho advent Pt good roods- will pro
moto attendance' at school ant! tie
church; facilitate social gatherings, lit
erury societies, dramatic ' entertain
moots, hud make club hud lodge. meet
lugs posulbie to the farmer's .family In
tho, winter and spring months.- ("Sh i
the (night young yieir and v omen o
rural .'dlstiicts' ;these privli -jom nnv
'thero will be a, smaller" tM;enoy o;
Uioii- drifting to the city.. ' "
. Port Arthur, and Cincinnati are hi
the aiYe In t 1 ti ii
fecience
The migration of birds Is being
ttudlod In a new manner by (Senium
irnlthologlsts. Hundreds or thousands
f crows are being captured at Uosslt
ton, in l&ist Prussia, and, after being
tagged with a number and date, are
igain liberated. It Is requested that
when one of these birds Is killed, the
tag and date and place of killing shall
jo forwarded for record.
Some mysterious deaths of cattle in
Alderney have been traced to a euri
us source. .Mercury was round In the
dead animals, and also In many mead
pws and gardens, and the presence of
the poison is attributed to a recent ex
plosion of a factory for rulmlnate or
mercury. The fumes from the explo
sion Avere carried to a distance by a
strong gaie. As a result of the Inquiry,
the manufacture of explosives in the
Island lias been prohibited.
A still unexplalne'l effect of the elec
tric light somewhat resembles mild
tunburn and sunstroke. The heat of
the electric arc employed In the re
Slicing furnaeo is so concentrated that
It melts steel like tallow, but the ther
mometer a dozen yards awiy Is scarce
ly affected. Even at this distance from
the lteat, however, persons experience
a. burning of the face and other ex
posed skin much like that produced by
Intensely hot sunshine. The skin be
wnies deeply bronzed, and there is
(emporary blindness in natural light,
with pain iu the eyes, followed by
headache and insomnia.
There is now in operation, on a com
mercial scale, at Port Chester, N. Y.,
an artitlclal camphor factory, the prod
pet of which Is intended to compote In
the market with the natural substance.
It is maintained that it does not differ,
except in the manner of its origin,
from that extracted from the camphor
trees of Formosa. Artitlclal camphor
Is made from essential oils derived
from turpentine. Chemically the only
Difference between turpentine and
camphor is the possession by each
moleculo of the latter of one atom of
oxygen which is lacking in the former.
liy a chemical process the needed oxy
gen is supplied. Three-fourths of the
whole supply of camphor Is used In the
arts, and one-fourth in medicine.
The people called the Todas, living
In tho Nllglri Hills, India, have a curi
ous religious ritual evolved out of the
ordinary operations of the dairy. The
priest, says Dr. W. II. Rivers, is the
dairyman, and the temple is the dairy.
Only the milk of the sacred buffalo is
churned in the dairy temple. The milk
of buffaloes Unit are not "sacred" is
churned in the front-part of the huts
in which the people live. The dairy
temples are of different degrees of
panctlty corresponding to the differ
ent degrees of sanctity of tho
buffaloes tended In each. Even
t.ho vessels used in a dairy tem
plo vary in sanctity, those that con
aln the milk being more sacred than
those that only receive the products of
the churning.
The N-rays of it. Itlondlct should In
terest us especially because they are
po common about us. They were dis
covered while the light from a Wels
bueh burner was being concentrated
by a quartz lens on a sulphide of cal
cium screen, the lens causing the lu
minosity of the screen to persist after
the light was removed. They are now
known to exist not only in the incan
descent gas, but also iu the ordinary
gas llame burning without a chimney,
and in the radiation from a red-hot
plate of silver or talc, and they excite
radio-activity in various substances,
such as a plate of lead. The Invisible
rays can bo detected by the slight In
crease of luminosity of a phosphores
cent screen or of a very small gas
flame. These rays seem to be given off
by the human Iwdy, and iJ'Arsonval
has shown that a sereon of platlno
cyanido of barium, made slightly lu
minous by radium, lights up on ap
proach to u musi'le. and is so sensitive
that it can show the course of u nerve
under tho skin.
ANIMAL INSTINCT.
I'rc.thleut'M (Opinion on the Qilosllon
of the Day Atnoiiir Natural int(i.
1 am convinced there is nothing in
tho notion thut animals coneimisly
teach their youiif Is it probable thut
u more animal reflects upon tiio fu
ture any more than it does upon the
past? Is it solh itous about the futuro
well-being of its off-spring any more
Uuin it is curious about its ancestry V
Persons who think thoy see tho lower
nulimilH truluing their j'oung supply
something to their observations con
sciously or ' unconsciously; they read
tholr own thoughts or preconceptions
Into what, they eo. .Yet so trained a
naturalist and experienced a hunter as
President itoosevelt dlifors'wlfU me in
this matter.' In a lottor which I am
permitted to quote he; says:
"I have -not thf slightest doubt that
iixem is-.ii lurgo amount of unconscious
teaclring by wood-folk of '"thou: off
Hprliu?.' In unfrequented places I have
hud the dwir watch mo wilh almost
as much indifference as they do now
in the YellowHlono Park In fre
quented places, whore they are hunt
ed, young deer nnd young mountain
sheep, on the other hand, and oi
course young wolves, bobcats, nnd tho
like, are exceedingly wary and shy
when the sight or smell of man is con
cerned. Undoubtedly this is due to tint
fact that from their earliest momctiH
of going alnuit they learn to Imitnto
the unflagging watchfulness of theli
parents, and by the exercise of soin
associative or imitative quality thej
grow to Imitate and then to share th
alarm displayed by the older ones a
the smell or presence of man. A youiif;
deer that has never seen a man feels
no Instinctive alarm at his presence
from merely aceompjvhtg Its mother,
If the latter feels sucu tilurm. I should
not regard this us schooling by tlm
parent any more limn I should so re
gard the Instant Might of twenty ante
lope who 1 ill I not seen a hunter, be
cause the I wenty-llrst has seen him ami
has Instantly run. Sometimes u dee.'
or an antelope will deliberately glvu
an alarin-cry at sight of somelhluu
strange. This cry at once puts ever.v
deer or antelope on the alert; but they
will be Just as much on the alert ll
they witness nothing hut an exhibition
of fright and llight on the part of t Iu
llrst deer or antelope, without then
being any conscious effort on its pari
to express alarm.
.Moreover, I am Inclined to thlul!
that on certain occasions, rare thougli
they may be. there is a conscious ellorl
at teaching. I have myself known ol
one setter dog which would thrash it.
puppy soundly If the latter carelessly
or stupidly Hushed a bird. Something
similar may occur in the wild stati
among such intelligent beasts as wolvii
and foxes. Indeed, I have sonu
reason to believe that with both oi
these animals It does occur that Is
that there Is conscious as well as tin
conscious teaching of the young It
such matter as trims."
Probably the President nnd I dlll'ei
more lu the meaning wo attach to tin
same words than anything else. In
subsequonut letter he says: "1 thlnli
the chief difference between you and
me in the matter Is one of terminology
When I speak of unconscious tcachlns
1 really mean simply acting in a man
nor which arouses Imitation."
imitation is no doubt the key to tin1
whole matter. The animals uncon
sciously teach their young by their ok
ample, and lu no other way. Krou
John Iturroughs's "Current Mlsconcep
tions in Natural History" in th
Century.
A SAFE DIET RULE.
Kut the Smnllc-it Amount of Komi thai
Will l'rcttcrro (joint Health.
How shall one determine how nine J
food to cut? Too much mystery lu.'
been thrown upon this subject, l.cl
your sensations decide. It must 1
kept in mind that the entire function
of digestion and assimilation is car
rled on without conscious supervision
or concurrence. It should be eutlrelj
unroll and unknown, excepting by th(
feeling of blcn-elrc which noconipan
les and follows Its normal accomplish
ment. Satiety is bad. It Implies i
sensation of fullness in the region ol
the stomach, and that means that tot
much food has been taken. The exact
correspondence, in a healthy animal,
between the appetite and the amoiinl
of food required is extraordinary. Ai
a rule, the meal, unless eaten vor.v
slowly, should cease before the appe
tite is entirely satisfied, because a
tie time is required for the outlying
organs and tissues to feel the effects
of the food that has been Ingested
If too little has been taken, it i
easy enough to make it. up ut the ne.i
meal, and the appetite will be on!.)
the better and the food more grate
ful. No one was ever sorry for bavin
voluntarily eaten too little, while
millions every day repent having ealc
too much. It lias been said that tli(
great lesson homeopathy taught th
world was this: That whereas physi
cians had been In the habit of glvin;
the patient the largest dosu ho con. I
stand, they have been led to see thr.
their purpose was better subservet
by giving him the smallest dose tlm
would produce the desired effect. Am
so It is with food. Instead of eating
as most people unfortunately do, m
much as they can. they should eat tin
smallest amount that will keep them it
good health. Century.
An Aueuimnoiluiing Ooolc.
Mrs. A (at tho phone)- Walt a min
ute till I ask Hrldget. If she has nt
objections I'll be delighted to lune$
with you tomorrow. fA moment Inter)'
Oh. hello! Mrs, Ji., yes, I can. Bridge
says I can. Isn't it lovely? Thnnks
over so much. (Sood-by.
Mrs. H. (sotiloqulsslng onvlonsly) -What
wouldn't I give for n cook likt
that ! Detroit. Free Press.
StHtuo for the First Volunteer.
A statue of Colonel Joslns It. Klnj
of St. Paul, said to bo tho first volun
teer lit the civil war, will sunnoun:
tho invnument to be ereatad iu Sum
uilt park, St. Paul.
Poodle who tire trying. tp guecoal
are so much more agreeable than tuosi
who have' smceojiled.
Sweet Potato l'niia,
C i ate a pint of raw potato, add to It
iwo beaten eggs, a cupful of sugar, a.
cupful of sweet milk, a tablespoouful
of butter, and half a cupful of cream.
Atld spices In generous proportions
clnnnmou, nutmeg, ginger and any o tit
er that one mny fancy. This Is usu
ally baked at the open tlreplace, If on
be convenient. Mutter a pun, pour lu
the mixture nnd buke very slowly for
two hours. Serve cold.
Potato pies are sometimes made tho
Kiinie way, except that more milk Is
used, the spices are left out, and tlm
custard Is flavored with lemon ami
baked In deep, flaky crusts, with prut
ty twisted slips across the top.
Cauulnt: Pumpkin.
I read In my last Ohio Farmer pa.
per some very good recipes for pump
kin pie, but the writer advised us not
to try to eiin pumpkin for summer pies.
I disagree with her. Here Is my re
cipe for canning pumpkin: Fse a
granite or earthenware kettle. Peel
and cut up the pumpkin Into small
squares, add Just, a little water to start
the cooking. Stew over a slow lire and
stir often, cooking the pumpkin until
well done; then me water which ban
been used should have all steamed
away. Seal airtight lu glass fruit Jars.
I have canned pumpkin In this way for
three years and never had a can ex
plode yet. -Caroline M. StelTens, Ful
ton County, Ohio.
Maplo Miliar Taffy.
Let maple molasses boll until It will
stiffen when dropped into cold water;
then take from the stove and set tho
dkih or kettle where If will cool as rap
idly as possible. Do not stir the syrup
until It has become quite a thick wax.
and then wilh a paddle or stout, spoon
stir until white and hard. An addition
of hlckory-nut meats to the wax beforo
stirring greatly Improves It for somo
people. The success lu nice taffy Hew
In preventing It becoming grainy. T
accomplish this do not stir the molass
es any until It Is sulllclently boiled and
then cooled. If an Inch In depth around
the top of the pun Is buttered tho
isyrup win not boll over.
Cdcoaniit Know I'uild Iiik.
Cover a half box of gelatin with a
half cup of cold water to soak for
'half an hour, then add the Juice of
two lemons, one pint of boiling water,
'two-thirds of a cup of sugar; stir until
the gelatin and sugar are dissolved,
nnd strain Into a howl. Stand this In
a pan of Ice-water or cracked Ice, and
add one-half a pint of graded or shred
'(led cocoaiiut. When this begins to
thicken beat, rapidly with an egg beat
er until light like the white or egg,
then fold lu carefully the well beaten
whites or three eggs; turn at once hit
,a mould and stand aside to harden.
Serve plain or with cream.
Hrown Hetty.
Peel and chop Juicy apples. In tho
bottom of a buttered pudding dish put
ii layer of the chopped apple, sprlnklo
with sugar, a little clnnumon, lino
crumbs nnd bits of butter, put In mom
apples, more sugar, spice, crumbs and
butter and proceed In this way until
the dish Is full, having the top layer of
buttered crumbs. Make covered for half
or three-quarters of an hour. Uncover
and brown. Servo with a hard sauce.
Mock Cherry IMc.
Cut rhubarb into lengths as for pi cm
ami slew, putting in the water In
which It Is stewed a few cherry leaven
and shoots from the budding frees,
when tho rhubarb Is put lu the pies
pour In a little of this liquid and it
will give the dish the flavor of a cher
ry pie.
Corn llrend.
One cup of flour; two cups of sifted
cornuicul; two eggs; one tablespoouful
of salt; two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; three tablespoonl'iils of molted
shortening; water or mllic to make it
the right consistency for coruhreud.
Hake Iu good oven.
Shnrt SuiTKett ion-t.
The shells of pineapple cheeses mako
protty dishes for tho serving of chceso
dishes, such ns choose fondu.
When tho fat for deep frying looks
muddy while very hot, a handful of
crushed egg sliolls would clarify It.
Put sugar In tho water used for
basting meats of all kinds; it gives a
good flavor, to veal more especially.
For making sandwiches bread baked
in large-size baking powder cans will
bo Just tho right slzo and free from
crusts.
To hnvo celery very crisp but not
soggy wash it thoroughly plght or ten
hours before using; do not dry but roll
In u towol and put on lco till .time to
serve,
Cranberries are more tempting it
jtralned before sweetened, made into
a Jelly and cut Into euhes when cold,
Ulan In the ordinarily used form o
.auce.
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