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DAISY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. . How SMcmtal Farmer* Operate Thl* Department ef the Farm—A Few .Hint* a* to the Care of Lire Stock . an« Poultry. H. MONRAD. writ ing in American Creamery, says: It seems to the "pen and ink” but ter-maker that the fact of Eastern dairy butter being classed so low, in dicates the need of more creameries. Dairy butter, when properly made, ought to be better than creamery, as the maker has the means of controlling the feed given to the cows and the handling of the milk all the way through. The creamery buttermaker, on the other hand, has to contend with batches of ■poor milk; he will never get better milk than the average of what is produced by his patrons. It is true, one reason for the lowfer rank of dairy butter is the lack of uniformity, which hurts its sale in the open market. This fact is often not thoroughly understood by the dairy farmer. Take 100 tubs of dairy butter—good, bad and indifferent, with an average score of 90 points, and they will seldom bo sold aa high as 100 tubs of uniform creamery butter scoring 85 ' points. This fact alone, not to men tion the saving of labor and the possi bilities and economy of the very best appliances In the creamery, should be J sufficient to encourage the farmers to co-operate and establish more creamer \ les. Take the conditions in England. If the farmers were to co-operate there it would be all the worse for the Danes and Americans, just as the stronger and more extended co-operation in the west is proving such a hard competition for , the east. It is not only the cheaper and more fertile lands of the west. It is the more enterprising spirit which adapts 'itself quickly to new systems, new ma chinery. And why? I may be wrong, /but It, fSsnui natural to me that older coii muni ties are slow to undertake re forms. Just consider the case of two young men. One goes west and starts untrammelled by the traditions of what his father and grandfather has done, while the other has to face the adverse criticism not only of his relations, but that of every one of his neighbors. Is there no excuse tor his letting Improved methods alone and Jogging along In the old ruts of Us forefathers? Nor must It be supposed that the reform in the west ' —which Is not completed by a long shot < —has been carried out, before the farm ers were, so to say, starved Into It. In Dakota I asked a patron of a creamery bow meny cows he milked; he replied: “Two last year, ten this year, and I will milk more neat year." When, in my enthusiasm, I slapped him on the . shoulder, saying: “You are the man of my heart," he added, with a queer § smile: “But | had to be starved Into it," The truth is that the most sue ■ eesstnl creameries are in the districts : Where the continuous wheat crops have reduced the yields, and the low prices the profit to starvation point. What • little I have seen of the eastern fann ying, where enormous sums are spent I on artificial fertilisers, makes me be 1 llere that only by an Intelligent co \ operation in dairying will the “aver taM>:<fkrmer get out of the dismal siramp ot unprofitable farming. There are enough Isolated eases of unquall fied success to prove this. While 1 do not desire to be understood to advo cate the total abolishing of private \ dairying, I do firmly believe that the ‘ establishing ot more creameries in the ; east Drill prove a benefit to the farmers. Creameries—when properly run—are 7 oenters of education which soon spread i a better knowledge ot cheap milk pro duction, and a better understanding of true co-operation. •7'-;. . ■ . 17 ■** ui Bone Fight. A Dexter gentleman elalme to have Men a battle between a horse end a ben recently, says an exchange. More fiddly matched coateauuue can scarcely be thought oL Into a neighbor’s or* obard# where a hone was feeding, an old hen led her flock of chicks. Just what began the fuse the gentleman did not see, but probably the chlckr made , themselves too familiar with the horse’s feet The horse began kleklng at the old hen with all its might, and with the prospect that It he could only hit her once poultry would take a sudden riee In her vicinity. The pluck of the hen ins something wonderful. The chlcks ecudded out of the way, but the ; toother fluffed out her feathers, ran her neck out straight before her, and dart* ed for the horse’s heels whenever they struck the ground. She peeked vicious* Iff at them, but the odds were against her, as the heels wen pntty sure to be trdaalng by the time she got a blow well aimed. The horse labored under tie 'iamediBculty. He would back for the hen- and take aim at her,and she would change base before the cyclone struck.. For much fuss and effort and little effect the battle furnished an untune spectacle. Both sides quieted down after a time, and the old hen marched off with her chicks, clucking vociferously, which was doubtless her waywf* Impressing them with the fact that ike “wee not afraid of the big* gest herseip Trotterdom." J ,P«mltr, ’ Wheat screenings may supply bulk, - bat they give very little nourishment. *„ says a contemporary. He who depends upon such fond for a flock will not have a flock to feed very long. Damaged v grain of any kind should never he fed to poultry. Chicks require more liber I kl feeding, ana oftener, than; gowla, as they are making Be srj 'll A' bdtae and feathers at the same time. Foi these reasons they require a good sup ply of varied and nourishing diet. • • • In winter green food of some nature Is necessary for egg production. Any kind of vegetables can be served for the purpose. If the flock can have access to a field of growing rye or crimson clover it wilt meet their re quirements. When fattening fowls for market corn can be used In varied forms. They relish cold mush. Mix ing corn meal with scalding water, or boiling the whole grain until soft, are all good. Celery tops are the best vege table adjunct at this time. • * • It has been demonstrated that if one flock, during the winter, be fed with warm grains, and another with cold, that the former will produce during the season more than twice the num ber of eggs as the other, and will be even much finer in appearance. There are two extremes. You cannot let your poultry roost in trees In winter, nor can you shut them up in over crowded houses, and then expect suc cess. Success does not lie on either of these soutes. • • * do not lose time In grading up when you can buy pure bred fowls as cheaply as now. Neither Is it well to keep the hens longer than the second year. Save enough young pullets that the mothers may be finished up for market. The hens kept for the producing of future stock should be of the best. It is un wise to use eggs for hatching unless these eggs are from certain hens, which are known to be not only pro lific, but have shown themselves capa ble of producing hardy, strong and vig orous offspring. In short, breeders should be tested, just as with any other stock. So long as the poultryman uses eggs from the general basket for incu bation, instead of from a few of his best hens, kept apart from the others, he will make no headway. The progeny may be better or inferior. It will be a matter of guess-work; but if care is taken it will be but one or two genera tions until a ftaarked difference for the better will be noticed. Hen Roosts. A writer in an exchange says: Seeing a farmer near me building a ben house, I took occasion to give him a new idea. He was putting in his roosts in the old fashioned way, one being above the other on an angle of about 45 degrees, In this way the fowls are led to attempt to get upon the highest rooet, and, as it gets full, the weak ones are crowded off and fall to the ground; they begin again to climb up, only to repeat the same performance, until it gets so dark they stop climbing, resting content up on the lower roost, or even upon the ground under the roosts. In the morn ing the fowls will not go down as they went up, from one roost to another, but fly from the roost to the ground, this way, and by falling from the rooet to the ground at night, heavy fowls, espe cially when very fat or very full of eggs, are often crippled In the legs or otherwise Injured. Many likely hens I have seen completely spoiled in this way. I told him I should build all the roosts all of the same height, and no more than two and a half feet from the floor, putting about 15 Inches apart. Be fore I left I had the satisfaction of see ing him commence to undo the work he had done and to build his roosts as I suggested, and of hearing an old fhrtner who was present declare his in tention of taking out his roosts, which were on the ladder style, and putting in new ones, level and lower. I think they will save hens enough before summer by so doing to more than pay tor the labor it will take. Census of Farm Animals. The department of agriculture has Issued a document showing the in crease In the number of farm animals In the country and the value of their products; alto, as nearly as may be obtained, the number pf such animals In the world. eBtween 1892 and 1896 the number of horses in all countries Increased only 259,463, being the pres ent year 27,254,653. But In the United States there has been a net loes of over a million. Of mules and asses there has been a decrease of 32, 000 and an Increase of 182,421. The world’s record of Increase in cattle was 13,182,178, but they were all outside this country, where there was a loes of 278,000 in milch cows, and 3,870,000 in other cattle. In the United States there was a decrease of 3,250,000 In swine, though an increase of nearly 5,000,000 in other countries. There has been a decrease of 23,458,355 in sheep the world over, of which nearly two-fifths belong to the United States. Except in Asia every part of the world has fewer sheep than in 1893, ^ven Australia showing 3,300,000 less. The world’s general business is larger than three years ago, but it has under gone a change which has affected these particular lines of production. Live Stock In Argentina.—The num ber* of live stock in the Argentine Re public, according to the last statistics, amount to about 25,000,000 head of horned cattle, 80.000,000 sheep, 5,000, 000 horses, 500,000 asses and mules, 2,000,000 goats and 5,000,000 hogs. The population of the country is only ,6,000,000 Inhabitants.—She. Clean the Orchard.—Clean up the fallen leaves and rubbish in the orch and fields as early as possible. It is only unsightly, but furnishes shel Sr and breeding places for innumera ble vermin and insects, which will an noy you another year. Burn all such «raste, or put It to good use in the com post heap—Ex. Even when the turkeys have ■. the range of the gralnQelds, It la a good plan to feed them regularly alt night to push their growth. i. HOUSANDS of the absent all over the land will be turning home ward with the coming of Christ mas. t n e Babe of Bethlehem who was bora In a manger and lived a homeless life upon earth hath set the solitary In families, and given us homes. Happy school girls have been eager ly counting the days until the holi day recess, when they will go home, carrying many dainty gifts of their deft handiwork to the loved ones there. Eager boys from college halls Will go back to the fireside where anx ious prayers have risen dally for their welfare since first they went away. Young men from the marts of com merce and the paths of trade will put the city, with Its manifold tempta tions and cares, behind them to find rest and strength in the old country home. Middle-aged men and women will go to the homes of their childhood to meet again brothers and sisters In fam ily gatherings, and to cheer once more with their presence the belated pil grims who still tarry below, divided between the children who have gone before and those who still meet once a year around the parental hearth stone. What Joy, what memories, what hopes the Christmas time will waken! And to some the merry season will bring new pangs of sorrow—griefs they never knew before. Since last Christ mas dear old parents have,gone home to God, and children who used to gather about them will not go to the old homestead this year, because so much of the home that was there has vanished Into the heaven. Aged mothers will watch for sons who will come no more. Bereaved husbands will walk alone the rounds of the chil dren’s rooms, trying vainly to be both —-- iu prcpanug me surprises for the little ones on Christ mas morning. And stricken wives will do their best to keep the little ones from feeling too keenly this first Christ mas since the husband died, that “papa Is dead." Thousands of little ones will know as they have not known before the losses which the year has brought them. Good men and women will thank God for the homes behind them, and for the good home before; and wayfaring outcasts will stop to think of golden days gone by, and to wonder If some how they will not one day find a rest i place. And so, with all classes, the season should be one of tenderness and love and thankfulness,—Rev. W. A. Candler, D, D. Ipooooo cP* KNNY was count ing his Christmas money and divided it Into little piles on the corner of y-v the piano. There were six piles, but I somehow Lenny I was not quite satisfied; and when Esther came in she saw a queer little scowl on the white forehead. "Ob, what a ion oi money," sne said, smiling, "are you going to buy a veloci pede?" "That’s my Christmas mon ey,” said Len; "the pennies (or not being late to breakfast, and the dollar grandma gave me, and my five ccntses (or bringing In wood. I suppose there's 'bout four dollars.” “Two dollars and eighty-four cents,” sold Esther count ing It over. "And It won't divide good,” said Len. “This pile is for papa, and this | for mamma; I'm going to buy papa a I r'r.R. and mamma a red necktie like I Nor-ih’s: sad tUg .is tor grandma, to buy a cap with rosea in It; and this is the baby’a. I’m going to get hei a whole lot of chocolate creams and peanuts; and this is for you, Esther, only I shan’t tell what I am going to buy." Lenny stopped, and Esther tried very hard not to laugh at the thoughts of papa with a ring and mam ma in a red necktie. "But there’s an other pile, Lenny,” she said; “Yes, that’s just the trouble; seems to me I ought to have some of my money my self. I can tell you I worked hard for that money, Esther." “Well, then, this pile is yours, is it?” "Yes, I thought so,” said Len, slow ly, “only the minister isald we should remember to save some of our gifts for the poor. I think poor folks and heathen are an awful bother, Esther.” And Len looked up defiantly, as if ready to endure all that Esther might say in answer to such a shocking senti ment. To his great surprise Esther eaid quietly, “So do I, Lenny; some times I feel about discouraged when I think what a bother they are.” Lenny’s fat hand reached out and transferred the sixth pile to his pocket. , “There’s lots of folks taking care of them, too, and giving them money and things.” he said. “Yes,” said Esther, “there are people in the great cities who spend their whole time looking after these poor persons, visiting them, at their homes, begging fuel to keep them from freez ing, and food to keep them from starv ing, getting them into hospitals when they are sick, and teaching them to work. They don’t do this for pay, but just for the dear Lord’s sake, and they WHAT A BOTHER THEY ARE. keep on at work until they are worn out and die, and then someone else takes It up. Oh, It 1b a dreadful both er." Lenny's hand crept Into his pocket and fingered the money doubtfully. “And there are people who go out in the new countries, and live In mis erable little cabins, and have scarcely enough to eat or to wear, and no money to buy books, or papers, or Christmas presents, or to send their children to school, all because they are trying to teach the poor people about Jesus, bs.C. keep them from growing as wicked and lawless as the heathen themselves. What e, bother it must be to give up everything so!” Lenny’s hand crept into hie pocket and laid about half the money back upon the piano, but Esther went on as If she had not seen him, "And then there are the heathen; Just think how many men and women have left their homes and their friends, and gone away to try to win those poor, ignorant creatures from worshipping Idols, and murdering their childrer and their sick friends, and leaving theli poor old parents to starve to death. Just think, Lenny, of the fathers and mothers who have seen their dear chil dren dying in these unhealthy regions, or had to send them away from them to save their lives—of the martyrs that have given up their own lives, all for these heathen. I think they are a dreadful bother. And when, besides this, I remember how much trouble thT have been to Cod, and how much they have cost Him, I am sure they must be precious or He never would have given His Son to save them. For if we would give all we have, our money and our lives, we never could give so much as God gave—for them, and us, Lenny.” Lenny’s lips quivered a little, but he laid the rest of the money down with a bang, as he Bald, ‘There, Esther, you needn’t talk any more; that’s God’s money in this pile, and I guess I wouldn’t be* mean enough to touch it” Rev. Dr. Curry, Peabody and Slater Funds' agent in the south, is moving to have A -abama townships levy spec ial tax for more and better schools to reach the masses. TO RECLAIM LANDS “MODEL FARMS” BEING ESTAB LISHED ALONG THE BUR LINGTON ROUTE. In Kansas and Nebraska—Practical Farm era in Charge or Each Station—Snc ceufnllr Experimenting With Weateri Prairie Soil. Omaha, Dec. 8.—The enormous cro[ Kansas and Nebraska produced the past year has given agriculture such an impetus in these two states that all other industries have in a measure been overshadowed. The ISurlinglon Railroad company has established a number of experiment stations or “model farms” in order to demonstrate the advantage of the most improved methods of soil culture and lead farm ers of Nebraska and Kansas to new ef forts in this direction and enable them to become independent even in the so called “drouth sections” and “dry years.” Incidentally the company ex pects returns from its investments in increased and regular crops, necessi tating heavy freight and passenger traffic on its network of lines in the West John Francis has just returned from a trip over Nebraska and Kansas, where he has established model farms at Oberlin, Ivan., and at McCook, Hold rege, Alma and liroken Row, Neb Something was done in this line by the company last year and with immensely satisfactory results. The farms con sist of forty acres in each station un der the immediate supervision of a practical and tried farmer of the neigh borhood. Kach farm will be visited frequently by one of the learned dorps of 1’rof. Campbell, who are skilled in the new methods. Nebraska and Kau sas farm staples, corn, wheat, rye, oats and potatoes, will be produced.' The farming at the experiment sta tions is conducted primarily on the t he ory that the rainfall of t he West is am ple and abundant for all practiclal farming purposes, but that owing to capillary attraction, the'moisture es capes from the earth before it performs its proper and desired functions. The new method will contribute to retard the action of nature’s law at critical moments and retain the moisture. Experience has demonstrated that the virgin soil of the western prairie is hard and dry to an unknown depth. However, wnere the surface has been disturbed and capilliary attraction in terfered with, the same soil, under ex actly similar conditions otherwise, is moist and mellow as desired by farm ers. On this theory the small grain will be drilled in liues far enough apart to permit cultivation. The surface will be readily cultivated to a depth ! of one or two inches. Capilliary attrac tion will bring the moisture this near the surface, where the attraction of the molecules is destroyed and the un limited store of moisture distributed gradually to the roots of the grain in stead of passing rapidly into the atmos phere. The professor’s experts will ' spend the remainder of their time in • speaking at farmers’ institutes in this and adjacent states. I™ rreBuroeu synonym. „ j A little g-irl who was in the habit of nsing the word “guess” intemperately, was reproved by her teacher. “Don’t say ‘guess,’ Mary; say presume.” Just then a playmate came up and, feeling Mary’s cloak, said: “My ma is going to ask your ma for the pattern of your cloak.” “My ma ain’t got any pat tern,” answered Mary; “She cut it by presume. ’’—Troy Times. ' The Modern Mother Has found that her little ones are Im proved more by the pleasant Syrup of 1 Figs, when in need of the laxative effect i of a gentle remedy than by any other, I and that it is more acceptable to them. Children enjoy it and it benefits them. ' The true remedy. Syrup of Figs, is man- i ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only. Reflection, of a Bachelor. It’s a wise wife that doesn't try to know her own husband. The smallest and the biggest thing in the world is the heart of a little . child. . I Men would go shopping oftener with I women if they weren’t shamed so by I the way they treat the salesgirla | The Queen of Sheba probably never overheard one of Solomon's wives ask him to get np and kindle the fire. The man who envies his bachelor freedom is all right; it's the man that doesn't seem to mind it that needs watching. Girls wouldn’t stick the toes of their new shoes out so far in front if they knew how their skirt-tails dragged be hind.—New York Press ! - | Watering Plant, la Winter. There is far more danger of giving ' house plants too much rather than too little water in winter. During the short days and long nights, with very little sunlight on the soil it is hard to : keep it at a temperature where the ! plants can grow vigorously. All the surplus water added lowers the tem perature until it reaches a point where the plants barely exist without making any growth. If the soil has much veg etable matter, humic acid will be de veloped and a low temperature and this will poison the plant roots. ! YOU WANT A FARM and we have, 90 miles west of Houston, at CHESTERVILLE. the best tract in Texas. High prairie, well drained, abundant rainfall, good soil, low prices and easy terms. Don’t fail to post yourself. Write and receive our book “Fer tile Farm Lands” FREE and information as to cheap excursion and FREE FARE. Address Southern Texas Colonization Co. John LinJerholm.Mgr., 110 Rialto Bldg.,Chicago. Saving Dry Koait Dost. One of the jobs which should be at tended to before cold weather is to save a few barrels of dry road dust to be used as dust baths for hens in winter. Nothing contributes more to the health of hens than this. Coal ashes will an-' swer, but they stick to the feathers of fowls worse than road dust will, and give the birds an unsightly appearanee. The road dust is coarser, and we think the fowls like to roll in it better than in the white, tine dust that comes from sifting coal ashes. Burial Place* of the Apostle*. All that now remains of the Apostles are in the following places: Seven are , buried in Rome, namely: St. Peter, St. Philip, St. James the Less, St Jude,St. Bartholomew, St. Matthias and St Si mon. The remains of three lie in the kingdom of Naples: St. Matthew at Salerno; St Andrew at Amalfi, and St Thomas at Orton a. St. James the ■ Greater was buried in Spain. There is great disputes as to the whereabouts of the remains of St John the Evan gelist St. Mark and St Luke are bur ied in Italy, the former at Venice and the latter at Padua. St. Paul's re mains are also believed to be in Italy. — Philadelphia Record. A* lo Trade. Many a man who would smile indul gently at the innocence of his little child, who, planting a seed in the morning,, would dig it up at night to see why it had not sprouted, is today pulling a long face over the lack of pressure of business which was to re sult from the sound money victory. Strangely disregarding the fact that the election did not occur until the fall trade was practically over in all the holiday lines, armies of travelers were put on the road election week to har rass merchants who were in a position to buy nothing.—Dry Goods Econo mist Sick Room Literature* The reading matter of the chronic invalid and the convalescent is a com plicated subject that receives too scant • attention. Absolute requirements cer tainly are a freedom from morbidness, something bright and amusing, that also demands little thought It is well, - too, to decide upon a story that has plenty of vigorous action—not exhaust ing, hairbreadth escapes—in one of those healthy works that makes the reader feel as if he had been exercis ing himself. The enjoyment of this book will gently tire him and often superinduce refreshing sleep. A Woman’s Way. A handsome, well dressed young woman was standing at the curb on Market street, waiting for a car. The rain was failing steadily and a deluge was pouring down through the rents of the umbrella upon her silk and plumes. “Why, you are fairly drenched," ex claimed a friend who bad observed her plight “That umbrella of yours doesn't shed a drop of water.” “Oh, but see what a lovely handle it has, ' and she held it up admiringly._ San Francisco Post Features in the January number of Harper’s will be: “Portuguese Progress in South Arica," by Poultney Bigelow; an iustalment of “The Martian,” by George du Maurier; “A Century Strug gle for the Franchise,” by Professor trancis N. Thorp; “Fog Possibilities, ’ by Alexander McAdie; “Science at the Beginning of the Century,” by Dr. Henry Smith Williams; “Literary Landmarks of Rome," by Laurence Hutton; “English Society,” by George W. Smalley; “John Murrell and His Clan,” by Martha Culloch-Williams; “Indian Giver,” a farce by W. D. Howells; “One Good Time,” a tale of rural New England; “A Prize Fund Beneficiary,” by E. A. Alexander; and “In the Watches of the Night,” by Brander Matthews. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure 25o Grandma Victoria. The journey between Windsor castle and Balmoral can be accomplished in less than nineteen hours, a rather lone allowance for 589 miles, but the queen doesn’t like to feel the carriage oscili ate round curves, as the trains on American railways have a merry fash ion of doing, says the Boston Herald. When this journey is taken, the royal children who happen to accompany grandmamma are not given any holi day, but are made to continue their lessons just the same as at home. .PIT8 stopped free and permanently cured. Xofita *<»{.• of Dr.K line's Great Nero Restorer. F rea $2 trial bottle and treatise send to Da. Kune, sm Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa ^cation should never be carried too The ambitious young man climbs until he considers himself out of sight. ave rheexpenseof doctors’bills. 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