THE ALLIANCE-INDEPENDENT. THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR Poultry Pickings. tire bred fowls will produco more At flesh and more eggs than mongrels. The feed of young pullets should bo flesh rather than of fat forming. , If necessary to feed corn meal to a sick fowl always scald it thoroughly. One of the chief merits of the Langshans is that it is a good table fowl. -.. 0 Learn how to breed before under taking to sell fowls for breeding pur poses. ff Never allow ducklings freo access -Nto water until thej are six weeks old at least. A doso of raw chopped enions giv en night and morning will usually cure a cold. Feed little chickens a little at a time but feed them several times dur ing the day. Fumigating the poultry house is one of the easiest ways of killing out t J the red mites. Jf- Another advantage with fowls on yvfthe farm is that they get plenty of (- exercise hunting food. r Boards a foot wide set on edge so i as to form a square make a good pen ' for ducks and goslings. ' Young poultry for market must be kept growing from the time they are hatched until ready t sell. On the farm small flocks should have plenty of range; when kept confined constant vigilance i3 necessary to keep down disease. 1 If lice get in the nests of the set ting hens take out the eggs, take out and burn the old material and put in fresh, sprinkling 'With sulphur; put the eggs back dust some sulphur on the hen and then put her back. fc Homo IlintH. Bruised geranium leaves, freshly cut, if applied to a cut or bruise, will help heal ifc Using a rery little limo water in milk or cream will keep it from sour ing and also make it more digestible. Moths again. Another positive cure. Pour a few drops of chloroform into the drawer in which the clothes are to be packed. i hammock with ruffles of cretonno or chintz sewed to the side, and piled l?igh with cushions, makes a restful piece of furniture for a room. A leaf of sweet geranium put under the greased paper lining in the cake pan will impart to the cake a flavor anr" fragrance that is very pleasant All kinds of cooked fish can be served with salads. Lettuce is the best gteen salad to serve with them; but all cooked and cold vegetables go well with fish. Greasv cooking utensils, after be- - ing rubbed off witn paper, should be allowed to stand with a little water and ammonia in them, and they will be easier to ciean. A plain but quick and delicious soup may bo made by. using a can of corn i with a small piece of pork. This v warmed up quickly, with a little milk fnA(fA is verv frood. v ' i O 1 Ttrl Aola fthmilri TA sliorht.1v Rnlt,rri ieforo cooking. Do not cover them with batter, but dredge them with iust flour enough to absorb all moist uro. then cover them with boiling lard. An excellent salad of cold boiled potatoes cut into slices about an inch thick may be made with thin slices of frosh beet root, and onions cut very thin, and very littlo of them, with dressing. Potatoes should bo boiled in tneir iXackcts in salt water. After tboy are tie should be drawn haif way olf and ho potatoes allowed to dry. After this tboy can be fixed in any of the many way?, or can be served that way. When putting the clothes to soak i . i f tt j - T . 1. J. over nigh l H is wen io rui; uiouusb 6oiled places and the wrist and collar- Machinery Company. V'.i w m U OUR MOTTO: "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST." F. L. LOO MIS, Manager, Omaha, Neb. WRITE FOI1 PRICES" Patronize Home 'Manufactories Patented Oct. 15, '89. The Perfection Gear Wagorj, SBirLEST, SHOUT TURNING, HANGS LOW, ABSOLUTELY NO RATTLE. FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Just the wagon for Farmers, Grocers, Milkmen in fact anybody. D. W. CAMP & SON, Tfnne'b61 bands "with soap, and to rub out or take out all spots. Clothes should be shaken before hanging them out to dry; it saves trouble in folding; Fringe can bo made to look very soft and fluffy if shaken vigorously whilo still wet. Tho1 Herald: Some office-seekers never forgo!; to tell that they were raised up bctwocn the plow handles and wore educated in a log school houefc. In fact they speak so highly of their raising, and havo such a hankering after farm life that wo wontlcr why they don't quit asking for votes, refuse an offico, and ask the dear peorplo to let them go back on the farm again. "The MiLeniuni Armj" is the song which will tuke the place in our coming conflict which Mrs. Houck's "Battle Hynm of the Republic" held in tho war of tha rebellion. It is a solo with chorus. HA BiBfler Twme C mm ' MANUFTUKEKS OK mini Pure Hemp Binder Twine FROM HOME GROWN FIBER. We can ofTer to fanners a better article for less money than they have ever before known. 86.5m Will ship sample bag and take lodge note payable Oct 1,'92. Patronize Home Industry. For iurther information address Nebraska Binder Twine Co., Fremont, Nib., or J. W. Hartley, Alliance Purchasing Agent, Lincoln, N eb. 4 ' WTM tri i