A PLAAUE OF MICE."
THm Farmer of England are) now
tHm Sufferer.
Io eftla parts of EcIan l a !&gue
tsjX i tt a xcnj been experiaced.
to tL great lots cf tnneK, for by
cut ia coderattxyj not t-ie little
tdet which &! its way to our
Lu-dr, bat the fIiro! (ArvLco'a
arrtia.) At a recent mtetixi of the
Ediabarsh Fieli Naturalist and
Mkrccopka3 eodtty, T. f'iy
e ioat inUrratin. particular con
cern":; th way in which certain
littrirt Lara been ottjTUs -sith
tb-e littl creature, aui ei-press!
Li doubt witfi rcsrd to the reason
rofliUiOciy airam-e-1 to amount for
tl-ir number. It Las t-m often
tSmnl that fu-h a iait t ion is due
tot be wanton eitermlnatlon ofLawks
owls, who-? natural prey are
7 -
the- to. 2f-n Mr. J;jeeiv
"inly
Losi that ia part o? Selkirkshire
wWr tLt? duke of lJurcleti. b had long
Trthihitf t)e des-trucMon of the
Liria, voSrf eiisted in jreat numbers.
He had eJo found that m parts of
Norway, iire all j.rlac-oua bird
brv.l without restrain:, hordes of
lemming, which areal'lto the volts,
jfriodicaT; make tltir aj-j-arance.
Wnieky Cort.
A rvv-i ctlol of avoiding the
. Faaday lijor law was discovered at
Montreal a w-k or two a?o. The
roiittrr of a candy store was
arraigjil in the K or ier'a Court,
cbarpel With "at-nin? liquor on Sunday
oit of whisky corsets." The latter
art of the charge afctonicheil the
clerk of the court, until the chief of
jKline cxpJainel that after some
mouth of e5.rt to drtrt how liquor
a J od 5uidaya in the French
ianrrof the city, one of his men
wtiiie ;j a raiyir wtore e&w
j.4 the t.-ojri-tor five rente
a. Jman
TL pre pr-tor produced a email
rubber tul from under his vest one
d of whvch the man jut to hu
mouth and cocked. The officer
pounr-d ,n tle proprietor, and a
sea rrb re veab-d that the man wore a
pair of tin corrta, with doubled upace
tjetw-uihio!ier and outer iartiona,
holdui- cv.-r a gaJIou of liquor. To
t Li the tube waa attached by a etop-
The rotomer leaned over the
ount-r. took the tube in their
tno itb, and nicked until the pro
prietor t bought they had the worth
S tbeir money, when the supply waa
turtwd S jujI the tube put hack
underneath the vest. The police
Iicoverd that many a buxom
candy store woman wore similar
tank-constrta, and did a rushing busi
bm ilh rubber tube on Sundays.
Warrant are out for the arrest of
ereral o! the inenioua violators of
the I
Ha Slept Under tr Bed.
An JjiglUh resident of Ilussia de
cribe the merchant of that country
as knowing the pecuniary value of
what ia called "a pood position in
society." He haa a fine house and
gcrgeoua furniture, and givea eumptu
oui feaata; tut he rtally aiha for tne
almple life Lich he formerly led as a
peaaant.
The coporation of a country town
honored me aaya the writer, with a
dinner, and I lept at the house of a
rich merchant of the place. The old
guatleman took u. according to
custom, into evrry roam of his liouse,
and aboard me all th exjtenaive
property he he had atufft-d it with
picture, furniture, ornaments, clocks,
carpeta, f.ilrer, and gold. I was called
on to exhauat my vocabulary of ad
miration. Among the ret he showed me hu
own beiroom, furaiohed with a vrry
tne bed. and he asked me the invaria
ble queation.
"What did I think of that?"
"I admired :r properly. I thought
it isanik-rnt. It wa covereJ with
blue tilk and lauk Ye," ha said,
"that -tmt r ftooI deal of money,
but," with 'ik wink uch aa nobody
but a Uuaaian knows how to give. 'l
don't Wf c-top of that bed. I aleep
tinder it"'
A rortun out of Hiti. "
"The world abound with millions
of opportunities for sudJen fortune
Ciaking, if one has the acuteness to
perceive theni, aaid Dave I lenderaon,
the Cl.i'-ai-o theatrical manager. "Now,
the ordinary mortal would never
iic&cine that vast wealth lurk in the
bumble American pie transplated to
the abore of rStte Europe, and yet
Jim Maitland, a Chscaco newspaper
friend of mine, haa made abi;ifor-tune
from the aale of American pie in
Knzland within the r-at ten years
When Maitland announced to me ten
year aco hi determination to throw
up a $2."-a-week job on the Clikrago
Tribune ard introduce the American
pie into Lnciand 1 thought he was
crary. Mark the deep-rooted pre
tJtc of the l-eefeatinj Britifera
airt the j4e!etaii American pie,
and then you wul rea.ze t i.e appar
ently tuteniou task that tne ran
fortureker undertook. But the
pie La conquered the English, and
MaatU&d ia btu k in Chicago trying to
Lay the Tribune from Editor Mediil.
Globe democrat.
Tiresome.
It ia often diiTtcult to explain collo
qtialim; as good a reason as can be
given for the popularity 01 many 01
them waa aa bouet Pkard'e explan
ation of Li use of ome poor French.
It Lad been remarked that a Picard
coull always be recognized by his
instead of "Je vaia a Amiens"
(I am going to Amlene), "J vais
Amrii, leaving out the preposition
t fr-r Amk-ns."
It i uch an error as it would be to
ay, X am goin Toledo,'" instead of
1 am goini to To lo."
One day a ttrangt-r asked a Picard,
"My good friwi, why don't you say,
"Je vaia a Amiens," a I do?"
"You say o because you never do
co them" was the prompt reply. "If
you went there every day as I do.
you OUia i:na iiwi
very fatiguing.
Consoling.
The Vkomte de Segur once had
location to refect on the failure of aa
attempt at consolation made without
tact. Many persons have made the
aame obeervation, but the vicomte's
experience was, in its way, memorable.
He prided himself on his reputation
for wit, and was indignant when he
heard that M. de Vaines had spoken
slightingly of it. Upon meeting him
the vkomte said, "M. de Vaines, I
hear that in a house where other
jierisonswere ao kind as to consider me
witty, yon declared that I was not so.
U this true?"
40h, not a word of truth in it my
dear I)e f?eur," was the cheerful reply.
"Xo, indeed, I have never been any
w!ere where you were considered
witty'
DAM ACES BY THE
FLOOD,
AU Told
Tbrjr Would Foot
Up About
..-.o. OOO.OOO.
St. Locts, June 3. Now that the
great flood of has begun to pass
away an estimate of the losses oc
eais)4nfl thereby has been made from
btatistics gathered frtmi various boards
of trale, exchang-es and reliable cor
respondents throughout the a dieted
district, as follows; .
JIISSOCRI.
Vh-at and corn destroyed (509,-
t 0 at res) $10,0 0,000
Ihrttx-a ruined 1,000,000
Cattle drowned 50,000
lUilroad projicily destroyed 110.000
Total tll,03J,00J
TESXESSEE.
Cotton loss $ 6 W,000
WLeat loss 1,-00,000
IIoire aud cattle 10 ',000
Total. $ 1 00,003
Kentucky's losf 200,000
ARKANSAS.
Farms inundated, J,'J3ri: loss as follows:
Com $ 2,500, 00
Cotton 5,t0,0)0
Other products 2,5tX),000
Total loss
Mississippi's loss.
Louisiana's l.s..
.$10,000,000
. 1,( 0 ',000
. 5,003,100
Total loss $29,: 00,00)
Mississ'pj i's loss $l,00,otO; Louisiana's
loss, 5.0i.0J0; Kentucky's loss, $2,iOJ,-00J-
Total loss. -.9,a)0.0 0.
Thia estimate does not include stag
nation in business among' the mer
chants and transportation lines.
A conservative estimate of tha
amount of damage caused by the loss
from the hijrh waters from Kansas city
to New Orleans will reach the enor
mous fifrure of $.0,000,000.
The river is still rising, and while it
has not yet done any new damage of
consequence the great fear is that the
present rie will, so far prolong the
Hood as to make the June rise a dan
gerous one. Parts of the levee
dry yesterday are now flooded
and a foot more of water at
leat is expected before the flood
turns. No information as to the snows
near the sources of the rivers of the
Northwest is at hand and therefore
the extent and time of the June floods
cannot be estimated. The flood funds
in corn-he of collection here now ag
gregate SJO,930.2S and are still grow
ing. TO MARK BOTH ARMIES.
IUkIi Water Mark Monument
veiled at Gtt ysburg.
In-
Gkttvsiicko, Pa., June 3. In the
presence of thousands of spectators
the highwater mark tablet of Gettys-
y-sr of
HIGHWATER MARK MO.fl'MEST.
bnrg was dedicated to-day. Ex-Governor
James A. lleaver delivered
the oration and James Jeffrey
Iloche of Uof-ton read the poem. Short
addresses were also made by Generals
Schotield, Slocum, Webb and Vessey
and other prominent military men.
a uarcnrninK tpisode.
He carefully .prepared the small
garden plot, while his wife, deeply in
iuato.1 in Kta 1 o Vwyi cf aaiI -tiro 4rViinrv
him. After he had put in the seeds
and emoothed over the bed, his wife
took his arm to accompany him to
the house, and on the way she ask
ed: "When will the seeds come up,
John?"
He waa one of those men who take
pleasure in saying a smart thing when
the opportunity offers, so, laying his
hand caressingly on her shoulder, he
said
'i don't expect them to come up at
all, Maria."
"You don't!" she exclaimed; "then
why have you gone to all that trou
ble?" With a smile that came from super
ior knowledge, he answered:
"The seeds won't come up, but the
flowers will by-and-by."
But he was wrong, for his neighbor's
hens got into his garden that day, and
the seeds did come up.
He Would Be Ready Next Time.
Some years ago the Duke of Welling
ton was sitting at his library table
when the door opened, and without
any announcement in stalked a figure
of singularly ill omen.
"Who are you?" asked the Duke, in
bis short dry manner looking up
without the plkhtest change of
countenance, upon the intruder.
"I am Apollyon. I am sent here to
kill vou."
"Kill me? Very odd."
"I am Apollyon, and must put you
todeath.
"'Blured to do it to-day?"
"I am cot told the day or the hour
but I must do my mission."
"Very inconvenient; very busy;
great many letters to write. Call
again, or write me word I'll be ready
for you."
The Duke then went on with his
correspondence. The maniac, appalled
probably by the stern, immovable old
gentleman, backed out of the room,
and in half an hour was in an asylum.
Bis: WmU
In all artificial
over 0 per cent.
of Light.
light the
waste is
IN!
11
The Natioaal Swine-breeders' Association
Meets in Lincoln, May 31,
Jane 1st and 2nd-
A Resume of the Proceedings Hon.
J. V. Wolfe's Welcome
Address.
The national association of expert
judges on swine met in this city on May
31 with a fair attendance of expert hog
fanciers from ail parts of the nation. The
state association also met in connection
with the national.
At its first session tho association lis
tened to an excellent add'esH from Presi
dent Hanfeinson of Marox. 111., who ex
patiated learnedly yet very appropriately
on the various points and breeds of the
"genus porkug," his addresi being dis
cussed at leDgth and highly compliment
ed by maay of the members.
HOW TO JUDGE A HOG.
The main topic of discusston at
Wednesday's sessio-. was how to estimate
the "points' of a hog and reduce his de
gree of perfection to figures, in other
words the practical work of making out a
score card on the part of an expert judge.
The association met in a livery burn on
Wednesday mornin&r and the members in
dulged in actual practice on some live
specimens of the hog.
The method was for each judge to take
a card and mark the various paints of the
animal on a scale of one hundred. This
doue, they proceeded to discus3 the rea
sons for grading so-and-so. Tne work of
this kind was very interesting and profit
able to all who took part in it.
TOE STATE ASSOCIATION
met in the parlors of the Lindell, Wed
nesday evening. It was decided to ask
the Columbian commission to devote a
part of the state exposition fund to a hog
exhibit, or, failing in this, to ask the next
legislature for au additional appropria
tion. The national association was welcomed
to the city in a very appropriate
WELCOME ADDRESSS
by Hon. J. V. Wolfe, of Lincoln. Mr.
Wolle Is noted as the only man who has
ever reduced the hog to poetry. But on
this occasion he departed from his usual
custom and dropped into prose. He be
gan by assuring the members of the asso
ciation that he was not to blame for in
flicting an address upon them. He re-
gtrded it as an "Irish plot got up against
an American citizen of German descent,
and Hoosier antecedents." But he would
do his duty the best he could under the
circumstances. He gave them a hearty
welcome to our fair citv; assured them
that all our people would extend the hand
of welcome; he called their attention to
the fact that Lincoln is a "city of church
es, "ua every nana you can view tneir
solid masonry, feast upon their architec
tural beauty and stand in awe of their
steepled grandeur. These are, indeed,
unimpeachable witnesses of our willing
ness that when wo find a stranger we are
ready to take him In. Whatever scriptu
ral injunctions we may violate or relig
ious duty fail to perforin, we unscrupu
loudy look after the stranger within our
gates, and I can and do therefore assure
you that you shall all be done for while
you remain with us and possibly done up
before you tet away.
He said he dia not wish to arouse any
apprehensions, told them the Salt Creek
floods had subsided, and any damages
they might sustain from the use of water,
either internally or externally, would be
self-Inflicted Inasmuch as there is no law
here compelling its use.
lie referred to the cotoriety Lincoln
has receutly gained by the use of 32 cali
bre revolvers. But he said he did not
thint the visitors were in danger, as
there had only been two murders within
the past week.
Then Mr. Wolfe dropped Into politics,
his favorite theme, in the following
fashion:
Ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas said a
year or two ago that "tne Decalogue haa
no place lu politics. l am glad mat tne
distinguished statesman without a job
did not exclude it from our profession.
Out here, in Nebraska, most of us have
gone out of politics, anyhow, so Ingalls'
repeal of the Decalogue, as tar as poiit;cs
is concerned, will not affect us very
much. We are a wide-awake and try to
be a progressive element in tociety, al
ways tndeavorlnff to raise that, whether
of stock, gram or other material, that will
yield the best and most profitable re
turn. We used to deal largely in the allitera
tives pigs, pumpkins and politics, but
be aid of a higter education and by
natural and gradual progression we fio4
great pleasure and equal profit in raising
hogs, hominy and hal le-lu-jh. You will
therefore take due notice that in every
thing, except politics, the Decalogue is
still in force among us, and you will
therefore govern yourselves accordingly.
I have said that our city is noted for its
churches, and so it is, but if we are dis
tinguished for one thing more than an
other, it is for our educational institu
tions. Lincoln is a city of schools, col
leges and universities. Education is
with us at a premium and ignorance at
discount, and constantly dc-climne.
Education is the gold standard and igno
rance will not brin? on our market the
price of silver bullion. Lincoln is in
deed an-i in truth the Athens of the Uni
ted States, if not of the world. Yon will
therefore see how natural and appropri
ate that Nebraska should be, as she is
fast becoming, the greatest and most
noted hog producing state in the union.
for what would ancient Athens nave
been if it had not been surrounded by
Greece?"
Then turning his attention to Lincoln s
Illustrious kog scientist, Dr. Billings, who
has even dared to dispute with Lncle
Jerry Kusk, he said: "l here is out one
Dr. l- rank S. .Billings in the world, and
we have captured him and
have him partially domesticated and pro
pose to exhibit him to our sruests without
monev and without price. I ne doctor is
entirely harmless when ainone his
friends, and every breeder of any Kind of
stock is, or should be, his friend for hs is
undoubtedly the greatest stock philan
thropist of the day."
After again repeating a hearty welcome
to our city, Mr. Wolfe subsided amidst
great applause.
The national association closed its
labors on Thursday afternoon. Certifi
cates authorizing them to act as expert
iudsres of swine in all parts of the Uni
ted States were issued to W.F. Wainer
of Kearnev, Henrv Oilais of Indiana.
Ira M. Dawson of Bennet, J. M. Souder
of Herman and J. W. Patterson of
Craig.
A visit was paid to tne btate univer
sity, and an investigation made of Dr,
Billinsrs' methods with hogr cholera
Resolutions strongly recommending Dr
Bill in es' method were adopted. Mr.
H. C. Dawson of Endicott was recom
mended for the place of superintendent
of the Nebraska swine exhibit at the
World's fair.
Some one in Alma sent dispatches to
Chicago papers stating that Judge
Gaslin was beaten in his breach of
promise.suit. If the judge finds out
who ii was, there will be lively times
in that section. The widow lost her
suit.
HOG FANCIERS
THE OLD SETTLERS OUTING.
The Programme to be Presented.
The committee on programme for
the old settler's picnic atJCushman
par which will occur on June loth has
nesrly completed the work of arrang
ing a programme. They have arranged
with the Burlington to run trains fre
quently to and from the park. The ex
ercises will begin at 11 a. mM with
music and Drayer by Rev. H. T. Davis,
after wh'ch Hon. J. C. cF. McKesson
will deliver the oration of the dav.
Thf n there will be a vocal solo by M A.
Howard, a recitation by Mrs. Rollins,
music by the band, and a picnic dinner.
After dinner 'there will be five-minute
spetches. among those who have been
selected for thess speeches being W. J.
Lamb, C. O. Whedon, H. H. Wilson, A.
J. Sawyer, A. S. Tibbitt?, Albert Wat
kins. S. B. Pound. J. V. Wolfe. Rev.
E. T.' Hudson. Rev. H. T. Davis, Rev.
Lewis Gregory, Levi Snell, John Lo
der, Frank Mitchell, J. S. Grezory. H.
W. Hard v. I. X. Leonard, J. E, Phil
pott, W. W. Cox, C. II. Gere, Mrs.
Chas. Smith, Mrs. Warner of Roca.
and others. The afternoon's amuse
ment programme in addition to those
afforded by the park wi'l consist of
greased pig and fat calf races, sack
race, slow mule race and climbing the
greased pole, prizes being offered in
each.
AN EXPERIENCE IN OPTICS.
But the Lesson Cost Something In
Drinks and Cold Cash.
We were sitting in the concert gar
den drinking beer when a decent look
ing stranger came up to the table and
asked if we minded his sitting there.
"I've got a little trick I'd like to
show you gentlemen if you don't
mind. You needn't be alarmed, I'm
not a bunco steerer or three card
monts man. It's just a little thing 1
do with one of these beer classes. Now
look, what do you suppose the coin
is I've just put under the glass?"
As be spoke he showed us what
seemed to be a 10 cent piece, which
was plainly visible lying on the table
under the heavy glass.
"Why, that's easy enough," said
my friend, "it's 10 cents," and there
was no doubt about it, it did look
like an ordinary dime, with the God
dess of Liberty, the date and every
thing perfectly plain to the eye.
"Why, of course it's 10 cents," con
tinued my companion; "anybody can
see that.
"Will you bet on it?" said the
stranger.
At this proposition my friend hesi
tated, for it was evident that the
stranger had some game he was trying
to play,' though what we could not
imagine.
Suddenly I caught an inspiration.
The bottom of the beer glass was
curved so as to form a lens, which
must magnify or diminish the appar
ent size of the object underneath. In
this case as the coin looked exactly
the size "f the dime, it must really, I
reflected, b larger, so pleased with
my own acumen, I said eagerly:
"I bet you the drinks that it s not a
dime but a quarter."
"lou re an idiot, said mv friend,
who neither knew nor cared anything
about the laws of optics. "I'll bet
you the drinks that's a 10 cent piece."
'1 11 go the drinks and a dollar
more with each of you, said the
stranger, "that it isn't either a dime
or a quarter."
"Done, said my friend quickly.
"Done," said, I," foolishly, for I had
a premonition that it was we who had
been "done, and so it turned out,
or on lifting the glass from the table
we saw lying there not a dime nor a
quartei, but a full fledged half dollar,
whose Goddess of Liberty seemed to
smile at us sarcastically as we paid
our bets. New York Herald.
Some Short Rows.
Sharp rlows do much better work,
?sides being much easier on hand
and team.
The habit of shying at unusual
sights and sounds makes a good horse
unfit for road purposes. In many
ases this habit is acquired by harsh
t.nd angry treatment.
Spring is the time of year that the
carbolic or kerosene spray or wash
pray should be freely used for hen
mites. You can clear the roosts and
nests by this means.
One of the most important things
about farming is to pulverize the
ground well before planting. Rollers,
drags and such things should be made
before they are needed.
Many farmers do not try a variety of
v-t . a a
crops, liy experiment in a sraau way
with several crops frequently, a man
is led into new lines that pay much
better than the old ones.
There is no class of stock that can
be improved so rapidly by a proper
election and careful breeding, or that
will degenerate so rapidly with neglect,
as the hog.
Perfect mutton will be firm and
uicy, a rather dark red in color, and
with a good deal of hard, clear, white
fat, much more in proportion to the
lean than in beef.
"The essence of all profitable bee
keeping," says Father Langstroth, "i
contained in. the golden rule, 'Keep
jour stocks strong.' If you can not
succeed in doing this, the more money
vou invest in bees the heavier will be
your losses."
It is a common saying and prpbably
true that more is wasted on the farm
than in any other business. Yet it is
also said that more farmers succeed
than men in commercial life. Now,
all the wastes were stopped, what
would be the result?
An Indiana farmer estimates the
cost of cultivating an acre of cabbage
at $10.50, and the cost of haulin
etc., at $7, total SIT.oO. The aver
ace value is S37.50. leaving the net
profit per acre $20.50.
Keep no horse, cow or sheeep with
email, contracted nostrils. They are
one of the best indicators of the vi
tality and serviceability to be foun
A large, full, open nostril is sure evi
dence of the free use o the lungs, and
t,hi3 means better blood and more ol
it.
The Randolph creamery is ready fi r
operation.
THEFABM AND GABDES.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THB
FARMER.
Mow to Select a Cow Feed for
Cows Before Calvin? What
Wo Should Do Farming by
Electricity Farming
Without Pigs.
How to Select a Good Cow.
The following we find in an exchange:
The head of an extremely good cow
should be small, as the best milkers
are fine boned. It should also be long
and "cut up" under the neck, with a
dishing face. The neck should be thin
and comparatively long. The hips
should be high. The hind legs ot the
cow that is best for dairy purposes,
6hould be somewhat crooked, and it
was here that breeders in making
selections, often make mistakes by
preferring cattle with a leg quit
straight up and down behind. There
should be a slight "sag" to the belly,
but the animal should be on the whole
a little wedge-shaped from back to
front, the hip being higher than the
shoulder, and the line from belly to
brisket inclining upward. The tails,
of dairy cattle are generally
of pretty good length, with
a considerable taper. It is important
in selecting for breeding that all these
points should be known, it being im
possible to make the best purchases
by symmetry alone. There are four
points that should be especially stud
ied, and which serve as infallible indi
cations of milkingqualities. First, the
milk veins, so-calied, passing from tne
forward side of the udder along the
under side of the animal toward the
front. They are either small or large,
straight or crooked. Consider the
size of these veins, for the size is one
of the infallible tests of a good milker.
Be carelul to see whether the vein, is
double or not, for it sometimes
branches out, and if double, the two
should be added together, because
they may be equal to one large vein.
The veins sometimes form an angle on
the front side of the udder. This sel
dom occurs, except on a very good
cow. On calves and fleshy eattle it is
difficult to find the veins, therefore the
test can only be applied to cows in
milking condition. A net work of
veins on the perineum is a good test
and indicates milk. The chine, reach
ing from the shoulder half way to thz
hip should be examined. If it
be double, the cow is above the aver
age, sometimes with a single chine is a
depression into which two fingers can
be laid, if the animal is not too fat.
This is good. It indicates a lax phys
ical condition of the animal, and this
is favorable for either milk or beef.
Journal of Agriculture.
What We Should Do.
Give the hens liberty so that egga
will be strong and fertile.
Give the sitters proper care and at
tention. Put sulphur in the nests to destroy
vermin.
Trap off the rats now or they will,
catch the young chicks later.
Feed the to-be sitters corn; get them
fat for the job it's a hard one.
Set eggs from some of the Mediter
ranean or Hamburg class. You want
hens that can work off corn, as all
farmers feed more corn than anything
else, and those classes do not get too
fat to lay when fed corn. There are
exceptions.
Get all your flock of one kind; you
will then take mere interest in the hen
business.
Go in for es. You do not get much
out of fowls sold to the market unless-
you have a regular trade, and there is
not one farmer in twenty that has it.
You will kill and eat all your surplus
cockerels.
Why don't you build a warm ana
dry house for, say thirty cr forty
hens, then next tall and winter take
care ot tnem and ieeu ior eggsr ue
careful not to get too many fowls for
your room; give each fowl eight or
ten feet sqimre ol the space, and if
convenient let JJthem have an extra
room Wi.' ?ix or ten inches of hay
and oat to work in.
Do not afraid to spare the chicks
quart or two of milk, as there is
nothing better for them from two
days to live years of age, if you keep
them that long but probably not.
Seme shipper will come along in Au
gust and give you six to eight cent?
per pound for cockerels and hens, and
away they go.
I have seen chicks on tarms mat
actuallydid not grow to three-quarters
the size they ought to have been by
November 1. Now I wish to know
what a farmer wants of fowls unless
he can take care of them? 'Ihen
again, "too manv fowls for the room.
Y'ou can get mot out of ten in a hen
house 10x10 thv you can out of 20
in the same spc. with less care and
trouble. It's et? to give advice but
hard to make folks take life. A
Farmer's Son, in Country Gentle
man. Feed for Cows Before Calving.
If a cow is bred to farrow her calf in
the spring the care she receives during
th winter has much to do with ner
usefulness the ensuing season. Mos!
cows suffer from being fed too dry, innn
tritious food. Straw and hay are
prtnctirvaHnc. find this keeps the sys-
, ww ""5r
tern feverish and unhealthy. Cora
stalks are more laxative, and there
fore better, but they must be free
r-m smut and a uzht to be free from
IIV'O v
mildew. An exenange says that the
cow that is to drop a calf in the spring
should not be grain-fed, as it is toe
fattening. She should have either
rrKoit hmn or fine middlings, accord
ing as she is laxative or
The wheat bran gees
the reverse
best with
hay and straw. The
middlings with
a eornstocK ranon
These will fur-
nih plenty of material lor tne irame
work of the foetus. A week or ten days
before th 2 calf is dropped, give the
cow two or three ear3 daily, of sett
corn. Old farmers who have tried
this say that it is excellent to insure
easy parturition and freedom from
caked bag and milk fever afterwards.
It relieves constipation caused by dry
feeding ail winter, but the plan is easily
tried and can do no harm if it does no
cood. If the cow is a deep milker, do
not let her get fat before calv.ua. Thiit
e the cause of enormous' losses, and
always of the best animals. After
English Shire Sta ions and Mares.
To Intending purchasers xt this breed I can show . them a good a lot of young,
stock from yearlings up, as there is in thu west.
"tHOROUGLHyTcCUMATED. LASTSHIPMENT 1890.
Their breeding is from the best strains of prize winning blood In England
coupled with superior individual merit. My imported mares are superior to any
in the west; they are all safely in foaL
All My Stock Guaranteed, and all Recorded
and Imported by Myself.
If yr.u want a Hackney Stallion, I have as good as wa ever Imported. Come
and see what I have got, and if 1 cannot show you as good stock as any man will
pay your expenses. Prices as low as the lowest. 4 4 -Cm
ALLKN KOOl, Stock Airt. Nb. Stale
Farmer' Alliance. Office and Financial
SHIP YOUR OWN STOCK.
-A. lien Ptoot & Oompanv,
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Room 3 Exchange Building, SOUTH OM-AJEI., NEB.
Before you ahlp send for the market.
RWXRENCI8. Packer! National Bank, Omaha.
First National B-xnk of Omaha. 14-tf Nebraska Savlniri and Exchange B'k. Omaka
Commercial National Bank. Omaha.
CJ- Shipper can draw sight draft on us for 90
WESTFALL C01MISSI0H CO.,
hides
salesman for butter, eggs, cheese and poultry. Receivers and snlpoert nf car lots of po
tatoes, apples, onions. hr and cabbage. Give us a share of your consignments. We get the
n'gnest market price and nake prompt returns,
tl WESTFALL COM. COi,
dduge? of patturition is past, a gener
ous feed will soon bring the cow up to
the ereatest milk production of which
she is capable.
How to Destroy Ants.
Those who are annoyed with ants
about their hives and honey, should
remember that they might be gotten
rid of by the free use of salt. In the
spring of the year, especially, ants
will often be found in immense num
bers above the brood-chambers of the
hives, between and over the honey
sections. We are not conscious of
ever having seen a colony of bees that
we thought were harmed by the ante,
but certcinly no one wants them
about when k can be prevented.
Ii the bees are of any strength, they
will keep them away from the honey;
it is the heat coming from the colony
o: bees that the ants are after, as this
is a great help in hatching out their
eegs. Although we have never known
the idea to be advanced, we are in
clined to the belief that the main
reason why ants dislike salt, is because
it is a preservative, and would pre
vent the hatching of their ejs.
Whether this theory is correct or not.
iu is a fact that salt plentifully usedin
a hive where they have taken up their
r?sidence, will cause them to disap
pear. Crates of honey may be piled
on the Moor in aconvenient place, and
be in no danger from these pets, if
salt is first sprinkled on the floor.
Indiana r armer.
Farming by Electricity.
Some of our rising young journalists
are finding food for amusement in a
biil recently introduced by Senator
Peffer, of Kansas, providing for the
establishment of an experimental
station for the purpose of determining
if electricity can be profitably used
and applied as a motive power the
propulsion of farm machinery. Now
we would like to place ourselves on
record with the opinion, that if con
gress would make as liberal an appro
priation for this purpose as it did for
certain idiotic experiments in "rain-
making not long ago, which served
to make that august body the laugh
ing stock of the civilized world, and
the business could be put in charge of
some such intelligent and technically
trained electrical engineers as those,
for example, who have within a few
years revolutionized our methods of
municipal transportation, ths ulti
mate result would not be one whit less
valuable to the people of the United
States, than that ot the historic ap
propriation of $30,000 with which
Morse's experimental telegraph line
was built from Washington to Balti
more half a century ago.
Farming Without Plsrs.
A somewhat eccentric farmer which
we once knew took the thoroughly
Jewish view of the hog as an unclean
animal and would neither eat its flesh
nor have one about his place. Most
of what usually went to the pig pen
was given to the poultry. lie claimed
that his hens laid more eggs than they
would if obliged to travel and feed
over land contaminated by the hog.
Our experience has always been that
a few pigs at least, enough to eat the
skim milk from the dairy and be fat
tened mainly on small apples and po
tatoes could be kept with scarcely
any cost. Such pork is sweet and no c
unhealthful. It is the keeping of large
droves of nogs together, feeding them
on cround that has been poisoned by
their excrement that fives vise to dis
eased pork and creates the dislike
against pork as a food. No other
animal furnishes so much or so good
meat for the food it eats as the pig.
American Cultivator.
xne
mains
uigging up 01 mammotn re
in the heart of London seems
inconcruous, vet this has iust been
done by the workmen on a sewer,
who, at the depth of twenty-two feet
from the surface, came upon reuiains
of a mammoth and other prehistoric
animals. Two large tusks were met
with lying near together, along with
other bones belonging to the same
animal. A portion of one of these
tusks was brought to the surface and
was found to measure at its thickest
oart nearly two ieei in circumier
ence.
1X1. BURGESS.
Blue Valley Stock
OORETE, NEB.
M'rr.
UKO. H. MKOVf,
Saletmam.
Central City Bank. Central City, Neb,
percent of cost, bill of ladinc attached.
General Produce Merchants (Legal Representa
tive fer Kan. Alliance.) Special department for
and irame. Kreo 0010 storaare and saeola! '
ixrecta i communications ana orders to
423 W&inilt St., KSnSBS City, MO.
C Only $40.00 to Helena and Return.
" The Union Pacific will sell tickets
from Lincoln to Helena and return at
one fare for the round trip. Tickets on
pale June 7 to 14, inclusive, limited to
80 days from date of sale. For any ad
ditional information apply to
J. T. Mastin. C. T. A.. 1044 O St.
E. B. Slosson, Gen. Agt. U. P. System,
Lincoln, Neb ,
EGOS, EGGS, EGGS,
r Thirteen esres for $1.25 26 estza for
$2.25 from great big light Brahmas. Also
hue tiuinea eggs 10 (or 11.25. Bronze
turkey eggs for $2.00.
satisfaction guaranteed-
Address, Rosa D. Rand.
Wahoo, Neb.
Pcrk Bred Pocltrt. White Plym
outh Bock. White Games Partridge
Cochins. Toulouse Geese, White Hol-
and Turkeys, Whito Guineas, Pekin
Ducks. Eggs in season Prices low.
W. A. 15ATES, JR.,
Fremont, Neb. 80 tf
7. Subscribe for the Alliance-Independent,
One dollar per year .,
S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS
CHOICEST PEN
OF
Thoroughbreds
In the western
states.
Eggs per set
nir -r 15. f 1.50
Express chir's ore
paid wben two
tings are ordered
13 chicks 4 to
a light care with
W.J-HICKOX
Mention this
paper, iltf
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KENESAW, ADAMS CO., NEB.
Breeder and shlp-
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I land China bogs.
1 Choice breedl Df
Vstock f r sale.
Jt Write for wants.
f 1 rUKNAoUO ntnll
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Either sex. Sows bred. Stock guaranteed aa
re.-revented . Prices right. Mention this
paper. II. 8. Williamson, Prop'r. to
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