——————■ & DAIRY ANlTPOULTRY.' INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR * - OUR RURAL. READERS. - Row Knccmifnl Farm era Opera to This > Department of the Farm—A Few Hints as to the Care of Lire Stock and Poultry. HERE Is nothing more essential than the careful selec tion of birds for breeders. This Is forced on our at tention by the low averages In egg production made by most of our flocks. The average yield Is probably not more than half what It would be were the birds selected, even to the extent that horses, sheep, cattle and hogs are. In the kinds of live stock named there Is altogether too little selection, but In our poultry there Is none at all, ex cept by the fanciers, and we fear that even they do not do a great deal In selecting Individual fowls. ^ We take a flock, and compare them with another flock, and the flock that does the best Is chosen. Now In the rejected flock there may be birds thft will outlay anything In the successful flock*, but their good record Is obscured hy the poor records of their companions. ,The only way to select the best breeders Is to have a separate yard for each fowl, keep a record of her eggs foi: the first two years, and If she proves excellent, mate her the third * Ear an<1 U8e her eKRS *or hatching. This Is a troublesome and an expen sive method, and will require many yspjs to select a flock of good layers, but It Is the only correct method. A floek thus bred would In a number of yeafs yield 60 eggs per annum more ,than* the usual. If the number of hens . be 100 this would mean 6,000 eggs extra tor the year, and the value of these would be clear profit. ■topped Egg Eating. I have about 40 hens and they have been doing fairly well this winter.,But about three weeks ago the eggs began , HOW PARISIAN BUTCHERS CUT BEEP. i • •; FIG*,!. • * Isi, ’civ. *«■>;» L #a*, .. . Jff * ••• » The difference In appreciation of onto of Beat by different large markets Is astonishing. We Illustrate the mode followed In Paris. The animal Illus trated Is supposed to be a Norman ox, mjlhlng, when dressed, 457 kilograms (l,w7.60 pounds). No. 1 In tho cut Is the veiny piece, wteght 44.09 founds; 2, ditch bone, wglght 66.14 poundB; 3. thick flank, 44 09 110*» Pounds; 6. Illlflt, 15.43 pounds; 6, buttock, 33.07 = ^ : - pounds; total of first quality, 313.0B pounds. No. 7, shoulder blades, 154.32 pounds; 8, end of neck, 11.02 pounds; ribB, 99.20 pounds; total of second quality, 264.54 pounds. No. 10, Ohuck, 35.12 pounds; 11, neck 77.10 pounds; 12, brisket, 165.34 pounds; 13, leg and shin, 66.11 pounds; 14, cheek, 22.04 pounds; 15, inner sirloin. 22.04 pounds; kidneys, 83.10 pounds; total of third quality, 429.91 pounds.—Farm ers' Review. to *et scare*, and what we did get t w#r* Partly covered by yolk of eggs thgt'had been eaten by the hens. W* eoon found that the hena had the habit rei7 bad. and at flrat we decided to kll| off a few of the worat mischief makers. We disliked to do this, ex cept, as a last resort So we tried an other way. and are pleased to say that It tea proved a success. Our hen house ka# one large window. Wo covered this with a carpet allowing the lower edge to ]be raised In such a way that the would fall on the roosts, but the part where the neats were remained In qutfe deep shadow. The Interior of the neats were In still deeper gloom, so jauch so that It would be quite Ira Ible for the hens to strike the eggs win sufficient accuracy to break them. At first we got the nests too dark, and the hens could not see to get up Into them. We soon adjusted the shadow to thsT' degree desired. Other readers of thfc Farmers’ Review may have trouble In this way. and If so, they will prob ably find this plan of value.—Mary Ann, In Farmers' Review. jjT. IfioruM an Obataela. ' The greatest obstacle In the lmprove —ment of the poultry Interests Is the v general ignorance ot present condltiona and results. There seem to be few »who kgow what they are doing. Ask ■ ,> h man how many eggs he got last year, 'now much It cost to keep the hens, an* So forth, and it Is exceedingly rare % that an answer can be secured. The ♦ ’truth Is he cannot tell; hence there Is probability ot Improvement. If we get people to keeping close srds, we can get them to Improve |r flecks. We are glad that some readers of the Farmers' Review are Vbeglnnlflg to take a deeper interest in k knowing what results they are getting. bub a ■ 11 *4 Permanent Put°rn. That blue grass Is a success In Ken f tucky Is a tact so well established that la no longer debatable. The question -being asked, how far north can can (hen well afford to advocate the passage ot a law that will sweep away the privilege once for all. It Is true that there would have to be a vory rad ical change In our butler- score cards, the points for color being nearly nr al together eliminated. Iccnui of Crumirln. The continual Increase ot creameries In every one of the states adapted to gracing Is a sign Indicative of progress on the part of the butter makers. It Is estimated that there are now In the United States more than 15,000 cream eries. When we consider that all of these have sprung up within one gen eration, we can appreciate how rapid has been the advance. The creamery Is the most effective weapon by which the farmer can reduce the stock of poor and cheap butter. The home dairy Is a very good thing and the skillful maker of dairy butter can get a good price for his product, even higher sometimes than the current price tor best creamery. But there are myriads ot farmers that never will learn to make outter correctly, and for them the creamery Is a salvation. Sowing Clover.—Clover may be sown broadcast either In August or Septem ber, but much better and surer earlier In the spring, with most of the cereal grains, or the cultivated grasses; or It may profitably constitute a crop by lt self. On well prepared loams 10 to 12 pounds of good seed will frequently give a full covering to the land, while on clay 12 to 16 pounds are necessary per acre. When sown with the grasses, four to aix pounds on the first and 8 to 12 pounds on the last soil will suf fice.—Ex. Pure Water for Hogs.—The supply ot water for tha swine should be pure. This Is one of the safeguards against cholera. In all probability the germa of the disease are often carried by the water;' ' we grow blue grans with success as a part of our permanent pasturage. We wish those of our readers living in Wisconsin, Iowa and like localities that have blue grass pastures would report them. Please stats also whether the land be low or high, wet or well drained. The impression prevails In most of our more northern localities that, though blue grass may be used exclu sively, that is, alone, for a pasturage In Kentucky, it will not do to rely too much on it further north, but that it should be put in with a number of other grasses. Another point Is that blue grass will often drive out other kinds of grasses. Is that true of all latitudes, and If not, at what latitudes does blue grass sur render to the more widely disseminated native grasses.—Farmers* Review. Build Ins Up-Dairy Associations, We heard the secretary of the Illinois Dairymen's association ask ;he uues tion, "How is the membership to be in creased The questlou Is not one that can be answered by producing some social panacea. It would appear that there is no one way that will prove effective, but that every way will have to be worked to its fullest capacity. There seems one method that has not been tried at all, but that should v.eid good returns. Several months before the holding of the next annual meeting, every farmers’ club in the state should be written to, asking them to send one of their number to represent the dairy Interests in their vicinity. When we say farmers’ clubs we mean also farm ers’ institutes, and every kind of farm ers’ organizations that take an interest in such matters. We need to have the entire state represented in the dairy convention, and there should be at least one delegate from each county. Coloring Batter and Oleomargarine. The practice of coloring butter la so universal that it Is no longer regarded as being to any extent an attempt to deceive. Innocent as it is, it may have to be given up in some states for the sake of depriving oleomargarine of the same privilege. It is evident that the farmers lose more ]n allowing oleomar garine to be colored than they gain in being permitted to color butter. They I HIGH CLASS SERVANTS. RdmIk Ha* a Variety That Should Ba the Envy of All. If the laws which a special commis sion appointed for the purpose in Rus sia, to regulate the dealings between mistresses and domestice servants, have any effect, Russia, in a short time, will be provided with a servant class which it will be Impossible to match all the world over. The servant in Russia is at the same time a jewel of rare virtue and a troublesome vixen, who does everything in her power to make the life of her master and mis tress full of anxiety. Gentlemen of Russia are not the pleasantest masters in the world to serve. Night after night, for instance, they will stay out late at their clubs or card parties, and, since latchkeys are almost unknown, the maid or cook is expected to sit up and open the door the moment it shall please them to return. Yet in the morning she will be up as early as any English girl, as fresh as a daisy, and going about her duties Binging lustily. If the cook during the day is set to mind the children she will throw herself heartily Into the duties of nursery maid, will romp and dance with her charges, will dress the dolls and play skipping-rope as long as her mistress may desire. The nurse Is always pre pared to roast a duck, to clean a room, to polish her master’s boots, to do any thing. In fact, to make herself useful. On the other hand, if you possess a particularly good box of cigarettes you will find that they will rapidly disap pear. Who can be taking them? With out doubt the cook. Among other priv ileges that they claim may be men tioned the right to drink as much vod ka as they like (and certainly more than is good for them) when outside your house. If sometimes they forget wnere they are they expect you to put up with any temporary inconvenience that their inability to work may cause. They hold the right, moreover, to cele brate all birthdays, or name-days (every servant in Russia has two or three such days a year), with a brilliant ball, and to keep high revel until 4 In the morning. A11 this, however, the special commission which has been appointed will put to rights; the power of the masters will be moderated; the de mands of the servants will be kept in check. Since among us in the wedt the servant question is becoming more and more difficult, in a short time cheer ful, faithful, well-trained servants will probably be a stable export front Rus sia. An Obliging Traveler* Prom Harper’s Round Table; There has been a .great deal of complaint both in London and New York of the way a certain class of shopkeepers try to force their wares upon passers-by. One man, a traveler, has managed to get the better of one of these shopmen, a clothing dealer, who had a way of al most dragging people into his place. One day shortly after his arrival in London the traveler stopped for a mo ment to examine a coat hanging in front of a clothing establishment, when the shopman rushed out and asked, "Wouldn’t you try on some coats? "I don’t know but I would,’’ re sponded the traveler, consulting his watch. “I’ve got some time to spare. Yes.” And he went in and began to work. No matter how often he found his fit, he called for more coats, and after he had tried on thirty he looked at his watch again, resumed his own garments, and walked off, saying: "I won’t charge anything for what I’ve done. I believe in a man who’ll oblige another when he can do it. If I’m ever this way again, and you’ve got any coats to try on, I’ll do all I can to help you!” What the shopkeeper said we are not told, but it is not hard to lmaglne what he thought Public Schools. ' > The public school is the inheritance of the people, and within its walls no word or practice should be uttered or performed that can wound the religious susceptibilities of any child who at tends it. To act in any other spirit is deceptive, unjust, un-American and seditious, inasmuch as it tends to tyreeil sectarian strife.—Rabbi J. L. Levy. SCRAPS OP SCIENCE. At Great Falls, Mont., electric power is so cheap that all public and domes tic work is done with its aid. A new and wonderful substitute for common brittle glass is announced by a Vienna journal devoted to the glass and porcelain trade. The substitute is said to have all the properties of com mon glass except that it is flexible. It is made of cullodian wool. It is believed that the shooting stars are small solid bodies, revolving round the sun. As they are traveling in a contrary direction to the earth the velocity with which they enter our at mosphere is very great—on an average about 30 miles a second. The greatest depth, writes Prof. Seeley in his “Story of the Earth,” at which earthquakes are known to origi nate is about thirty mlleB. It has also been calculated that a heat sufficient to melt granite might occur at about the same depth. It may be of Interest to learn that of the 14 new stars discovered within the last 300 years four were discovered by Mrs. Fleming of the Harvard observa tory—namely, one in the consteljatlon of Perseus, in 1887; one in Norma, in 1893, and one each in Carina and Cen taurus, during the present year. M. Piltschikoff, in describing recent photographs of lightning, names three types of flash—band lightning, tube lightning and water-spout lightning. The first two he found to occur in all storms, the third he met with once only. From the measured width of the band lightning on photographs and the com puted distance he estimates the actual widths to be from about 13 to 80 yards.. LARGER EXPORTS? ANALYZING REPORTS OF OUR INCREASED DEMAND. The New York National Economist Gets Democratic Figure* liefore the X Kaye of Truth—now Dennett Captured the Markets of the World, Free traders have been very Joyful over an increase in our exports of American manufactured goods. As long as this is not brought about by the sacrifice of our home market it is, in deed, an encouraging sign. Last year, 1895, we sold in foreign countries $23, 35J.802 more of our manufactures than in 1891. This includes an increase of $14,249,971 in our exports of mineral oil, refined or manufactured, leaving only $9,101,831 of increase for all oth er manufactures exported. But the larger value of our mineral oil exports has been of no value to American labor because it represented shipments of 42, 114,075 gallons less oil in 1895 than in 1894. The refining or manufacturing of 42,000,000 gallons less oil for export has deprived labor of work. The increase in value merely represents an increase in the profits of the oil combine, which advanced the price of oil so sharply last year. It did mo good to American labor. Our labor suffered through hav ing less oil to refine or manufacture, and our labor also suffered through having to pay more money for oil when earning lower wages. Excepting the oil exports, we have *89,101,831 worth more of American manufactures shipped abroad last year than in 1894. Against this we must set the increase in our imports of foreign manufactures, thus leaving the follow ing exhibit: Exports of Manufactures: Total increase, 1895 over 1894 .$23,351,802 Mineral oil, refined or manu factured, decrease in quan tity. gal....42,114,075 Increase in value. 14,249,971 Increase In all other manu * factured exports.$ 9,101,831 Increase in all manufactured imports .I1.'.... 92,613,090 ’* *' ' V. ■ ‘Net loss to the United States...$83,511,259 If it is advantageous to us to in crease our exports by $9,101,831, it must be correspondingly more advan tageous to the foreign countries that increased their exports by $92,613,090. Deducting our small gain from their greater gain leaves a net loss of $83, 511,259 to our manufacturers through the capture of our markets by foreign ers, over and above the amount of their markets that we captured. It should be noted that our manu factured exports do not include such a product as flour, wlilch is certainly, equally as much a “manufacture” as oil. In 1894 we exported flour worth $58,924,706, but in 1895 only $50,292, 886, a decrease of $8,631,820. Had this manufactured product been included in the democratic treasury, statement, our total excess of exports last year would have dwindled down to $470,011, as compared with increased Imports of manufactures worth $92,613,090. It is Just as well to be more thoroughly ex planatory than the free traders are. Senator Pritchard for Protection. The Wilson bill had for its object the promotion of the interest of those who live in foreign lands. It preferred the Vjfrig coal of Nova Scotia to that of Kentucky, West Virginia and Tennessee. It pre ferred the cheap wool of Australia to the wool of the farmers living in Illi nois, Iowa, Ohio, Texas and the other great wool growing states of this union. It preferred the iron, corundum, koalin and. marble of foregn countries to that of Vermont, Pennsylvania, North Caro lina, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama. It preferred the baled hay of Canada to | that of Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, ! North Carolina, Ohio and the other | great agricultural states. It interrupt | ed the tide of immigration and capita] ; which was pouring into the South from New England and other sections under the beneficent Influences of the McKin. ley law, and drove back to their re spective homes In a great measure that desirable class of citizens who engage in mining iron, koalin, talo and mar ble, which so abundantly abounds in Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, Ken tucky, Georgia and North Carolina. By its operation thousands of laboring men were thrown out of employment. It resulted in the withdrawal of mil lions of dollars from the only avenue of business by which it could be reach ed by the laboring men of our section. —Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, U. S. S., of North Carolina. Where lie Hnught More. —Value for year ending— American June 30, 1894. Dec. 31,1895. Imports Last McKinley 1st Gorman From— year. year. Europe.$295,077,865 $431,514,024 N. America. 166.962,559 139,012,043 S. America . 100,147,107 117,306,447 Asia . 66,186,397 87,049,476 Oceanica ... 21,457,923 18,253,341 Africa . 3,479,338 6,786,323 All other countries . 1,683,433 - 1,741,836 Totals ....$654,994,622 $801,663,490 Free-Trade increase in im ports ..$146,668,868 Tho End of It. Bennett ol the New York Herald Starts to Capture the Markets of the World. - . 1894. And Meets with a Royal and Over* whelming Reception. Where We Sold Leu —Value for year ending— American June 30,1894. Dec. 31,1895. Exports Last McKinley 1st Gorman To— year. year. Europe.$700,870,822 $634,503,492 N. America.. 119,693,212 114,174,471 S. America.. 33,212,310 34,131,572 Asia . 20-,872,761 19,221,535 Oceanica .... 11,914,182 13,846,401 Africa . 4,923,859 8,519,116 All .other 'Countries . 653,246 465,888 Totals ....$892,140,572 $324,862,475 Free-Trade decrease in ex ports...$ 67,278,097 SUMMARY. Free-Trade increase in im ports .$146,668,868 Free-Trade decrease in ex ports . 67,278,097 Total Gorman Tariff loss in 1 year.$213,946,965 “If we do not buy, we cannot sell.” How about this? John Ball’* Balance Sheet. —Value for year ending— With June 30,1894. Dec. 31,1895. United Last McKinley 1st Gorman States. year. year. He bought .$431,059,267 $389,789,254 He sold.... 107,372,995 184,474,336 Balance ..$323,686,272 $205,314,918 John Bull’s increased sales.$ 77,101,341 John Bull’s decreased pur- ' chases . 41,270,013 John Bull’s profit.$118,371,354 “If we do not buy, we cannot sell.” How about this? Senator Sherman’s Point. During the first year of the Wilson law the agricultural imports, all of which are such as are produced in the United States, the most common prod ucts of our farms, were of the value of $107,342,522. During the last year of the McKinley law the imports of the same farm products were of the value of $51,414,844. So under the Wilson law the imports of agricultural products, which we produce in the greatest abundance, were doubled in amount as compared with the amount import.- | ed under the McKinley law.—Hon. John j Sherman, U. S. S. of Ohio. 1 Bank. President Isaac Lewis of Sabina. Ohio, / is highly respected all through that' Bection. He has lived in Clinton Co. 75 years, and has been president of the Sabina Bank 20 years. lie gladly testifies to tho merit of Hood s Sarsa parilla, and what he says is worthy attention. All brain workers find Hood’s Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted to their needs. It makes pure, rich, red blood, and from this comes nerve, j mental, bodily and digestive strength. I “lam glad to say that Hood’s Sarsapa rilla is a very good medicine, especially as a blood purifier. It has done me good many times. For several years I suffered greatly with pains of - Neuralgia In one eye and about my temples, es pecially at night when I had been having a hard day of physical and mental labor. I took many remedico, but found help only in Hood’s Sarsaparilla which cured me of rheumatism, neuralgia and headache. Hood’s Sarsaparilla has proved itself atrue friend. I also take Ilood’o Pills to keep my bowels regular, ar.d like tho pills very much.” Isaac Lewie, Sabina, Ohio. Hood’si Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 91. Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass. Hood’s Pills are prompt, efficient and easy in effect. 25 cents. The Greatest fledical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Read the iabel. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you ca.i get, and enough of it Dose, one tablespoonful in water time. 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