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Y i 5 f JFABM AND GARDEN. MATTERS Of- INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. fiombu t'p-to-I)at Hint About C'nltWa tlon of the Soil anil Ylclrl Thyeof Horticulture. Ylll. iiltiire unil lurl- vutxnro. ONDON LIVE Stock Journal says: Fashion doubtless has much to do 'DislyJ wUh the color of Hi . eTTLX .nrM hut It. la nevertheless cer tain that the acci dent of a fashion able and prepotent-sire being of a particular 6hade of jacket may materially influence the future of the breed to which he may happen to belong. At present it ap pears that the favorite color in the Hackney of the future will be chest nut, as the majority of the leading stal lions of the day. from the great Danegelt downward, are of this shade of coat. His Majesty is of this color, and so ore Ganymede, Carton Duke of Connaught, Connaught, M. I'., and many other eminent sires of the day, and other good horses too numerous to mention. The championship at the Hackney Society's show has, moreover, only fallen to the lot of one horse that was not a chestnut, the animal in ques tion being Mr. Flanders' brown Reality; whilst it will be seen from the report of the "Royal" show last week that a very large share of the prizes fell to animals of this uhade of color. From dice against chestnuts is gradually fol lowing the fate of many other ancient superstitions, which ordained that the animals possessed of this shade of coat were cither Intemperate or soft, or both, whilst it never seems to have entered the minds of the detractors of this splendid color that the shade of ches nut varies from almost a brown to the very lightest tinge of gold. Still, it is strange to say, it Is quite enough to describe a horse as a rhestnutto get him refused by some otherwise very sensi ble persons. I'erli.ips the color Inde pendently of its uimightliness in th" eyes of some to dangle before the vision of the ordinary horse buyer nho is not horsey Is the roan. This shade, be it either red or blue, is popularly be lieved to be confined to animals of the hardiest constitutions, though -why the writer can scarcely be expected to , as the two largest veterinary s' bills he ever had to pay were s of this color, and the memory same still rankles his mind. though somhrelooklng. are y popular, but scores of other- nslble persons are unaccount- Jrejudiced against blacks, which consider unlucky, and others are Zinced are vicious. Greys, in which Ntfere is a steady tendency to grow lighter in color as their age Increases, are seldom favorites either with master or with man. for when they are cast ing their coats they disfigure the cloth ing of the former, whilst their liability to be stained in the stable causes extra trouble to their grooms. Still, grey is a good, sportsmanlike color, and the wonder is that It Is not more popular with country gentlemen. May, of course, Is the carriage-horse color par excel lence, the esteem with which It is re garded being perhaps more a matter of fashion than of th intrinsic merit pos sessed by horses of this shade of coat, though he would be a bold man who would depr riatc the beauty of a bay. Gaudy white markings are naturally disliked, and especially so by persons of good taste, in whose eyes white stock ings and broad blazes are particularly this it will appear that the old preju offenslve. Moreover, a white kg and a light-colored hoof are usually associat ed in the minds of the majority of horse-owners with delicacy, whilst the very sight of a skewbald is obnoxious to scores of persons. Yet how greatly the presence of an oddly-marked mover sets off the appearance of many a sport- log team, and it is somewhat remark able to be able to add that some of the most successful show winners of the day for instance. Mr. Pope's grand old agple for eleven successive years a loyal" winner, and her near relative. f Frlsby's Movement, are respective- a piebald and a skewbald. Such colors or cream can scarcely be exoect- appeal favorably to th visions of g 1 1 ' . 4 H taste or artistic Intellects, yet Her Maiestv's creams are popularly regard ed by the British public with feelings akin to veneration, in spite of the fact , tbat they are foreign-bred, and not ex- an!v n taw cni'tv tnt Anrnnn nf thp ' aforesaid creams which, as all the f world who Is interested in horses proba bly is well aware, hail from Hanover it may be said that the Ilerrenhausen stud, whence they come, likewise pos sesses a strain of pure white Royal horses, a great peculiarity amongst which lies in the fact that they are as white as milk when foaled, and do not grow lighter in coat, as is the case with the ordinary grey horse, with increased age. The pure white foal which was on view last week at Darlington was quite a Iubus naturae, especially as, be ing dark in eye, there can be nothing of the albino about it; but if scientifically bred from. It will be interesting to learn whether it Is or Is not possible to found a strain of white horses. Greys are still fairly plentiful, but a breed of whites might be worth encouraging, as, beyond all question, there are plenty of persons who buy horses who would be attracted by the rarity of the color. Kiilnfiiln, Kapnrai'ttr, Tonrn. This plant belongs to the clover fam ily, and la a native of Europe and Asia. In some parts of the Old World it is very highly prized as a forage plant, especially in regions where chalky or gravelly soils prevail. The botanical name is Onobryehis sativa. Stems up right, more or less straggling, branched, smooth, one to two feet high; root per ennial; leaves pinnate; leaflets small, numerous, oblong, somewhat hairy on under surface, entire; flowers pink, in rather Ioone, long stalked spikes; pods short, flat, rcticulately roughened and prickly, toothed on the back; one seed ed. One specimen analyzed as follows. air drle'? extract protein, trogen, ' buminoiaa This ' tlvated I said to b its cult ur 10.0ft; ash, 6.58; ether ude fibre, 33.3S; crude vtract containing no nt- Total nitrogen, 1.71; al- igen. 1.22. is much noted and ul- glantl and France. It is the to England, but that gan first in France, where it was iloui less named. It is especially fitted for limestone soils, especially where tb imestone comes to within three or f ur feet of the surface. The chalk (list ids in England are the scene of extent the challJ ve culture of this plant, as is but one form of lime. It do well where there is no )ung and tender sainfoin will does not 'ne. '"n v. m.. vuduilu the cold, but after the sec ond or iird year it becomes more here are many parts of the hardy. United abound tates where limestone soils nd where this plant would prove of great value. doubtless When, it is cultivated in England it d to remain four years on the Is allow same giound, after which the ground is put iiMfo other crops for a period of four f!irs. When the sainfoin is to be put olio a piece of land it is generally Howeillwith oats, the sainfoin seed be ing put on at the rate of four bushels per acV-e. It Is frequently pastured for the fir.At two year3 after being sown, as the firfit. and second years do not gen erally yield large crops of hay. On sitils well-suited to its cultiva tion, It tvlll fcrow for six or eight years, when it will be driven out by weeds and grasWs. Flowing the land after sainfoin V dlllcult, a3 the roots are large and lough. Sainfoin! should be cut at blossoming time whetlier it Is to bo used for soil ing or for liiay. It is very liable to be damaged 1,- rain, in curing, as the stems are bldlow. The aftermath makes pood feed fl.r horses, sheep and cattle. The seed ripens in .Inly, but as the lower part v the head matures so nun earlier than I the upper, and these seeds are larger nil d more plump. It is best to harvest t are fully rlp icm when the iower ones as they will berome liable out and lost if the heads to be shaken ' stand until t ie upper portion 13 ready to harvest. Valuo of jli Farm and 'cl 4 cents a SY m Milk for Hogs. Tie y says that with hogs .t I, as a part of a propotlv balanced i, skim milk should worth 20 cents per 100. or 2 V fed sweet. Better not i iing m would vhe sai ling hogs at all. a It I d not feed it with same reason. We ith wheat middlings and to growing bogs exclus- hls way every gallon of tth 2 cents when hogs too bu J o ft oil a, T woul,, 'f eorij f It Si I are I yum i eenis wnen IlOgS 1 1S1 ' , J r I V- Ins Oar f rsnberry Vinrt. i As i other ilanlina or setting out varlo::i ' Lids of vines and plants, there j seems t I be no particular time wnen ; olutely necessary to have tha , it is a vines n out. The cranberry vine is very hi iy, and will live, even with a of hard usaee. When a marsh good d(' has be prepared in one summer the equently wait till the nexl owners spring t vines 9. rom April till June is sup id tdJle the best time. Fall plant is rlactlced by some, but it is posed doubtful jilf there be much gain in thh over waiulrig for the next spring. When only a flirt of the ground is to be planted, t;nt part should be planted that is thi highest, leaving the wette' portions fir the work of spring. mil There are 'stlrlous modes for trans planting thenes. One of these is called sod plfuntffi'Ss The sods contain ing cranbjfry vines xare taken from cranbern meadows and "placed in the new myfrsh. This was one of the earliest plam; and doubtless originated from a defre not to disturb the roots of the Pflants. Very few planters now practice this method. Hill planting is alr.o practiced. One great advantage of hill planting over sod planting is that only clean vines are set out, where with the sod, roots from other plants were necessarily propagated. The ground may be marked out by drills, two feet apart each way, and the vines put in where the drilla intersect. One objection to this mode is that large bunches of vines have a tendency to dry up and become woody, thus seriously injuring the plantation. This difficulty induced some cultivators to adopt the expedient of planting in funnel-shaped holes, made by rotating a sharp stick or dibble; the vines ara placed in these holes, and scattered around, so that when the center is filled with sand, they will bo spread out, pointing In all directions. This method is illustrated by the accom panying cut. Dead bunches are thus avoided. Even this plan i3 less satis factory than others, on account of the increased labor and consequent ex pense. Another method Is called drill plant ing. A furrow Is turned by the plow, and the vines are scattered thinly along, only one In a place, being leaned up against the perpendicular and partly covered by the hoe. Still another mode Is to scatter the vines over the meadow and cover them with an inch of sand. Thi3 gives a quick growth, but requires many vines and also a good deal ol sand. Some people sow what they call cut tings. They run the vines through a hay cutter, cutting them into lengths about one inch long. These they sow broadcast and harrow in. Until the vines are matted, keep the land well drained, as the plants do nol thrive on wet land. When properly drained a good meadow will become matted In three years, though some plantations take longer than that on account of the land being too wet. For two or three years after putting out the vines the land should be kept free from weeds, and the cranberry plants given undisputed possession. During the first year a hoe may be used, but after that the grass must be pulled by hand, to avoid loosening the runners that are rooted in the soil. This should be done In August, before the weeds go to seed. Though drainage is required to obtajn a growth of vines, after the mat is completed there are certain times when considerable moisture is necessary to insure a good crop. Sometimes drouths blast a great many of the blossoms, which is prevented If enough moisture can be supplied to the crop to ensure full flevelupment. Again, where the soil can bp made moist, the late-formed berries will grow up to full size. But where irrigation is resorted to, care must be taken to lower the water in the ditches by the middle of August, that the vines may be enabled to makd a good fall growth. If this be not dono the crop of the coming year maj bo seriously damaged. The fruit-bud? are formed in the fall, and are visible at the ends of the new growth on the upright branches. All plantations re' quire flooding every winter. Smnlt Farm nml Kpif-Rnlsliii; In such departments as egg-raising all the advantage rests 'with the smai: farmer. A correspondent of a provin cial paper, who has knocked about the continent with his eyes and ears open, noted while there that the poultry kept by the peasantry rarely get any other food than house scraps and what they can pick up for themselves by the road side. Every egg represents, therefore, so much clear profit, whereas the big farmer would have to pay for both food and attendance. But the cottager would make very little out of Ms poul try keeping If he had to take hfs pro duce to market, perhaps some miles dis tant. On the continent -"lnt terrible loss of time is saved by the traveling factor, who goes round a big district with his van. calling at every cottage, and taking away what eggs have accu mulated since his previous visit. It is true his prices ure very low, but the money is paid down on the mil, and goes straight into the family treasury. My this simple method, even a dozen cgirs at a time are of help to the house wife in making both ends meet, and she and the children are thus encouraged to look after the hens In a general way. London Poultry. Butter Demand. The peoplo of United States eat on the average four pounds of butter for each bi of wheat consumed as food. Fron it Is easy to see that so far as the market Is concerned butter bring 'arnier more money than wheat 7 t there ' are some folks wl- iV dairy Industry ,.w fa Is 4 9 ; the ! about she! this home i I e I and rliink MODERN GAMES, OLD. INVENTED LONG AGO BY THE ANCIENTS. tiambnll Played by the Indian Tovel tie In Camel Rar-ly Catch, on Be-c-nute the Old-Timttr Are Hard to Improve I'pon. EW OF THE HUN dreds of new games that are invented every year become popular. They may be seen in any toy store by the score lawn games and parlor games, game3 of cards and games of ball, games for young and for old. They are a melancholy sight, for not one of them will ever take the place of the old stand-bys of infancy and boy hood. Even the names of most of them will never be heard of by the majority of American boy3 and girls. This is the logic of history. It seems an easy matter to invent a game; the best games are so simple- yet a popular game was never yet Invented. Every one of them has grown, and the best of them have been growing for hundreds of years. Scientific men tell us that all sorts of queer creatures once lived on this earth great lizards, with wJugs; sea monsters, half whale, half seal, and rhinoceroses larger than ele phants. All these have died away be cause they were not fitted to live, while those animals that were fit to live have gone on growing better and better, till some the horse, for instance we could not do without. It is just so with games, those live that are fit to live, and the rest die. Our best games form a sort of aristocracy; their pedigrees run back to very ancient times and no modern upstart can compete with them. Take baseball and cricket, for Instance probably the most popular outdoor games of modern times the one in our own country, the other in England. They are fir3t cousins, and their hold on American and English boys is in all probability due to the fact that they each unite two strong lines of descent that of the bat and ball games to which tennis, lacrosse, hockey, cro quet and, more distantly, billiards also belong, and that of the goal games, such as tag, puss-ln-the-corner, I spy and dozens of others. All the nations we know anything about had bat and ball games ages ago. Nobody invented the bat and ball; they grew up with our civilization from the timo when little savages used to knock about a pebble or a fruit with a stick. So with the goal games they have always been popular. Their name is still legion. The goal part (that is the running from base to base) is a much more important part of the game in baseball than it is in cricket, and for this reason we Amer icans are justified in looking upon base ball as the better game, all other things being equal. To be sure, neither base ball nor cricket is the game It was 300 years ago, but both have grown, not changed. Any one who chooses may trace the growth of cricket from the year 1300. It U not so easy to trace the pedigree of baseball, for, just a3 with a great many American families, there is a break in the record back in colonial times. It is known to have been played by the Indians. It is a thoroughly American game, and no one loves it less because some people claim rounders a3 l?feancestor and others re ject the claim with scorn. As for indoor games, we may prove their nobility in just the same way. Chess comes down to us from the an cient Hindoos, by way of Persia. Check ers were played in Egypt, and then in Greece and Rome. Cards made their appearance in Europe in 1350, and the Chinese say that they used them two centuries earlier than this. Ten pins was certainly played in the thirteenth century, and probably much earlier. All these have grown, but they have not chair d their nature. Lawn tennl3 13 only an offshoot of the old game of court tennls.lsaid to have been brought Into Gaul by Roman soldiers and still played. Again only a growth, not a new device. There is halma only a variation of the old pyramid game of checkers. How about parches! ? The pompous title "A Royal Game of India," inscribed on the old parches! board 13 often thought to have been only an ad vertising dodge, Jjut It was quite true. Farchesi, called by the Hindoos pachlsl, is widely played in Asiatic countries, and the Spanish explorers even found the Aztecs playing it under the name of patolll, In Mexico, whither it may have been carried across the Pacific. These and many other instances are worth thinking over deeply, for they teach a lesson. If any one Is tired of the old game3 and wants something a little different, let him alter the old In the direction of growth rather than try to invent something q iite different. The most successful inventors of games have followed tiiis rule. Indeed, it 13 more than a rule It Is a law of nature. You might as well try to please the hu man palate with food made out of sand and sawdust as to force boy or man to get enjoyment out of a game that does not contain the old, well-trieJ game element. Thirty Cent Aplcre. It is though that the yield of gold this year In the world will be about $170,000,000. For the last 400 years, of all the precious metals taken out of the ground, 61 per cent has been lost or used In the arts. Figuring the product this year on the same basis, there would be about $01,200,000 loe coined. This would give 20 cents 'V lne people of the Unite! St and, ""termany ari l France, a J i U liair V the. j people of the United St Ynd, . I A Jbtf V Sftw AriTV "!"....,.. w 1 . 1 1 Y Zi 1 Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U, S. Gov't Report &OJTE3!.Y PURE A New Tee for Kara, In the old days in Western Pennsyl vania, when tho people had little money to pay for teachers, and could spare their boys but little time from the work of tho field, school "kept" almost incessantly during tho few weeks when it was in session, with no Saturday holidays and very brief re cedes. At one little school-house anions tho mountains, an old-fashioned Irish school-master was once employed who kept his boys grinding steadily at their tasks, but gave thera permission to nibble from their lunch baskets sometimes as they worked. One day, while tho master was in-' btructinsf a class in the rule of three, ho noticed that one of his pupils was paying more attention to a piece of apple-pie than to the lesson. "Arrah, there!" said the master; "Jack Blaes, be listenin' to the lisson, will yo!" "I'm listening;, 6ir," said tha boy. "Listenin1, is it!" exclaimed tho mas ter; "then it's listenin' wid one ear ye are, an' atiu' poi wid tha other!" Argonaut. Tho Sworn Tormentors Of the Spanish Ir.nuisitiou never inflicted tor tures more dreadtul than thoe endured ly the victim ot Inflammatory rheumatism. The rhronio form of thi obsliti ae malady is sul'tlcienllv painful. Arrest ii at tho start witli Hostetter's Stomach letters and avoid becomiiijj a lifelong martyr. Tho Hitters will remove malaria and kidney complaints, dys ix'psla, constipation, nervousness and neu .o.lwia. seniBdy debility and hastens cou ?aiuscerce. A Sh irp Girl. "So you have sued him for breach of promise?" "I havo." "Do you think ho has the sand to fight tho suit?" "I don't know; I'm not troubling myself about his sand; it's his rocks I'm after; J recocity. 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The most gigantic, as well as tht most valuable and elaborate, artic! of bedroom furniture in the world, ii "the great bed of Ware," a relic of ancient times, recently sold to aa antiquarian at Hertford, England. "The Book of Days" says that it i believed to not be older than Eliza- ' beth's reign (born 1533, died 16')3), but another valuable referenco work "The World's Great Nations," sayj that the bed bears the date of 14 d i lie this as it may, it is a curiosity a well as a relic. It is a square of tea feet nine inches and is seven feet six inrhes high. It U very elegantly carved and cost not loss than i'50J Shakespeare mentions "the be 1 of Ware." 'See "Twelfth Night," not 3. scene 2. Keeplns tier In Supene. Bingo: While I was matching tLai ribbon for you to-day in a dry goodd store a man came in, threw down a bomb; there was a terrible explosion, several people were killed, and I bare." ly escaped with my life. 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