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tbardson Journal
D. CA909. MiMrua Trp.
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The ctininless bicycle is lien,
SU! th( COStleh wheel isu'l.
bui
The aggressive women of America
are AkIUIiik tlJ-ir way to the front with I
an m,ii"i
uieir emus.
That candidates rnu for office arises
from til fact that ui many others
generally want it, to allow any to win
In a walk.
The 'tuWht leeSh" the dentist have
succeeded iu producing way la; consid
ered the logical ami necessary evolution
of the rubberneck.
Itegardiug the claim that Americans
are growing taller, it may be they only
seem so, Is-ing pussibly straightened
by circumstances of late.
Men have substantially the same
opinion of a girl who smoke cigarettes
a the girls would have of a man who
st In a hammock to show his pretty
stockings.
It Is announced that the auU-kis-.ing
crusade recently organized in Boston
has collapsed. Of course it bad to go;
the girls simply s4 their faces against
Vt ami that ended it.
Queen Victoria in said to hold "very
essimistic view" concerning thin
country. It will Ik renieiiilercd that
one of her ancestors entertained the
km me feeling as early as 1770.
A man in New York has been sent to
the penitentiary for stealing an um
brella. This is rather startling; can it
be possible that such things are re
garded as private property by the
courts ?
If we correctly understand Mr. San
rtow his opinion Is that good health does
not necessarily accompany great
strength. It would not be no ciulw
antly healthy for Mr. Handow, perhaps,
if everybody were as strong as be Is.
There is a great surplus of lawyers
and doctors in this country. Chicago
ha 5,000 lawyers, while all of (lermany
only has 7,000. France, with forty
million people, has only a thousand
more lawyers than Chicago alone.
Sir Wilfrid Ijiurier, Premier of Can
ada, said in a recent address to the
Montreal Board of Trade that the St.
Lawrence is the highway of the con
tinent, lie is about to propose joint
action of the United States aud Canada
to deeM-n the river's channel.
And now comes a scientist who as
verts that the human system I full of
microbes, and that one is healthful Just
a long as one' a microbes are In good
health. If that's the case, it clearly is
a mistake to wage war oa these little
fellows; bwtter treat them well.
The meanest man in any coinuiuuity
Is tbe stingy, penurious pirate who gets
the benefits of the advertising and hard
work of others who assUt in develop
ing a city that directly makes hi in
money and who never helps in the
work. They are no better than the dog
that tips over a table te get what la
on it.
The bicycle was originally a French
invention, but American workmanship
and Ingenuity have so greatly Improved
and cheapened It that we are nupplyiug
tbe French with a large share of their
wheela. Consular reports show that
the French Government received last
year no less than $'fil,00o in tariff du
ties on American bicycles, while the im
portations from England amounted to
nearly nothing. On the other hand,
there la acar-ely one rench wheel in
sll America. The American working
mau knows bis business.
Where are the grandmothers of tradi-
lion the tmowy-halred, wuiie-eapjted
gentlewomen to whom as children we
were taught all deference should be
shown? Look about you; she Is no
where vUlble. Alaa, the elixir of youth,
or, more properly speaking, an artl-
Hctal maak of tbe real bloom and I s-a li
ft, has tempted the aging woman to
vnme that which she should graceful
ly relinquish, and the true grandmoth
erly type,. with soft shawls, tine hue,
artlatlc cap and a heart in tune with
the morning of life, though the ldy
bends under the shadows of eventide,
Is goae, more'i the pity.
Daring the shrt time the arbitration
law has been in operation in New Zea
land It appears to have worked well.
TTnder the act iu question the colony la
divided Into district. A board of con
ciliation, composed of an equal num
ber of workmen and employers, can be
ceaatltated In any district, and over
tide is a apeclal central tribunal which
possesses apellate functions and whose
decision Is final. Tbe arbitration court
Is presided over by a Judge of the Bu
preme Court of New Zealand and be Is
assisted by two assessors, similar to
the practice In our own Admiralty
by the employers, tbe other by the
workmen. . The trades unions have
power to swe and are liable to be them
selves snsd, a Mljr the union funds
beta attnefestta, bat the Individual
members responsible to tbs extent
mi atS sacs) shensd the common tend
tea t qever taw ItabUltles. Tbs pen
aK st ths nsneobservance of the award
la gaftsd to am. Nn strike sr lockvat
a tsusned abses the act ban been In
attest
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tTML" Andrew band
We can not Mil have a genius '' ! ' FOR A LONG CAMPAIGN
sloii; Indeed, that genius K at tirst, j
rather uuiiitnl. and, t--ouy, I apt to j
Is- confined to 8 sin"1e object. ,;lrl,,!rHc COMMITTEE PROPOSES AN
ouiiht not to f educated In a trf-iief
tbe coup (If fotidrc. Mit of them will
tiuJ some good fellow who l much at
tached to them, as they will ! to htm; j
they w ill marry. If they have lin k, hu.1
never think of bV.iig their heart, in the
style f 1 ii of M-h a. This tun al
ways been the prow fact of matrimony,
... -I f . - . I i..u.f t , . If Tl
n.l "3 '" "-
If voting women wait for the coup de
foudre and the batid-ome knight who
comes riding through the forest, tiiey
will coif St. Katherine, or lead apes In,
hell. Novels prove the inadequacy of
the ideal. The heroine always loves
the unsatisfactory poet, is Juted. meets
the solid squire or business man. and
finds that 'what she bad taken for love
was.' etc. we all know the formula
and lives happy ever after."
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The Palatine, chief of the t-evtn hills
of Home, as huvhig been tti- site of
the dwelling of Komulus. and, under
Augustus, the residence of the emper
ors, is beginning to attract almost as
much attention as the Aero;olis at
Athens on the part of archaeologists,
ami as but little of the hill has been
excavated the promise of "ri.ids" Is
much greater. Prof. Baeceli has devot
ed himself since 1WI to that part of
tiie Homan Forum itiimedin'cly under
the Palatine, and, as a result, the quar
ters of the vestal virgins and the Via
Nova have lieen disclosed. Tli church
of St. Maria Liberatrice, which was
built out of the temple of Vesta, pre
vents the complete exeavat'on of the
Forum, and the church is an obstacle
that at present swans insurmountable.
Among other portions of the Palatine
that have been unearthed In recent
years are the Stadio Palatino and a cir
cular cistern connected with the hoi:-e
of Lioca. Eventually It Is hoped luat
the whole of this famous hill, or at
least all that part overlooking the Via
Trinmphalis, will be excavated.
A London statistician has been look
ing up the records and has made a dia
gram showing the annual variation in
the price of wheat since 1041. Tbe
most remarkable fact disclose by his
Investigations la that the price rises
and falls with great regularity every
four years, and he explains that the
phenomenon is due to the fact that
when the market has been gcsd farm
ers have planted an increased quantity,
thus making a larger supply and forc
ing prices down again. The average
price In 1893 was 23 shillings 1 pence a
quarter or 70 cents a bushel, and in
1896 20 shillings 2 jsnice, or ks cents a
bushel. The highest price ever known
for wheat occurred In 1812, when it
sold for 126 shillings pence a nuarter,
or alsut $3.85 a bushel. The lowest
price was in 1743, when It fell to 22
shillings 1 pence, or 00 cents a bushel,
although it should le remembered that
the value of money was very much
greater In those days than now. Wara
In any part of the earth have Invariably
Increased the price of wheat. The
most rapid advance ever noted was in
17!, when the career of Napoleon waa
at Its height. Wheat went from $2 to
$.1.50 a bushel in a few months.
There have tsen a number of rough
attacks by women on the New Woman
In the magazines lately. Mrs. Buckler,
who took high honors at Cambridge,
declares in the North American Re
view that woman's achievements In
literature and art have in two thousand
years produced little if anything worth
mentioning. She has never written a
great history or a great drama, nor
achieved distinction m discovery, in
vention, painting, sculpture, or archi
tecture. At any rate, her achievements
have fallen far short of man's. Her
success in collegiate fields Is eiHed
to the same criticism. I'nder the title
"The Unquiet Sex," in Bcrihnef Mag
azlne. Helen Wattersoo Moody srotesW
against women being thus shut off by1
themselves. They exhaust each other
merely by Mn together; lavish ex
travagant friendship on one another, or
Indulge in excessive admiration for
some teacher. When they graduate,
thcli first idea, if they undertake
career, is io prove that tbey can do s
man's work. They neglect those facul-
th-s and capacities for which women
have constant need, unless they are to
Im educated or co-educated out of lite
fashion of marrying and housekeeping,
g for herself, she says she would glad s
ly exchange her birthright of Oreek
and Latin for tbe ability to make one
good mesa of pottage. Their healthi
she declares, Is also neglected in col-:
lege. After graduation a few drift Into
teaching, fewer still Into medicine, lltJ
erature, and law; but In these pursuits'
woman has not proved herself remark
able. Tbe next volley, although nred
anonymously, baa the sanction of Ml sal
Frances Wlllard, who sends It to the4
Critic. According to this dissenter the1
main quality of women's college work.
Is an Imitation of man's. Women's ed
ucation Is a "fad," to which their health
and vigor are sacrificed, instead of un
dertaking to develop their own capaci
ties and ambitions, all stress Is given
to recreate tbelr natures and ca
pacities. The teachers are unmarried
women who sacrifice almost every
thing to books, to the neglect of social
training and of refining influences.
There Is a failure to uphold and foster
the Ideal of wifehood and womanhood.
Subjects particularly gapU-d to wo
men as mothers, wives, ana me guar
dians of the homes, like sanitation, do
mestic economy, social - science, the
science of teaching, are scarce:? rccog
ntsed, and the whole scheme Is worked
a the old lines tbst men laid down in
mediaeval times. It is somewhat re
markable that witbta a few week
there should have hem tare of these
attacks on women's higher education
front members of their own set.
There is swmethiag w-oog with In
woman wan talks nl, s-heti ska has
fHE COMMITTEE
EARLY CONVENTION.
Would Nominate a Presidential Can
didate Nest April for the Kace In
llMH) Call Outlines tbe Leading Is
sues for Which Populists Contend,
To Meet in tt. Louis.
Tbe executive coniiuiiiee of the na
tional organization committee ap
,.in!...i ,v the Nashville conference
held a meeting at the LaClede Hotel, j
St. Louis, and practically issued a call i
for a national convention In April, j
lsjis, at which time a Presidential i
candidate will probably be nominated
for the campaign of 1WU.
This committee meeting was enthu-t-iastlc
and thoroughly Popuiistic in
every sense of the word. There were
no contentions nor se-iiMi bickerings
and after comparing notes from all
parts of tbe country, fully realizing
that the general dissatisfaction caused
by lat year's fusion would result In
absolute destruction of the party un
lcs measures were taken to rally the
scattered forces, they issued a call
which should call together every pa
triotic worker iu the cause.
The general complaint was that of
dissatisfaction and lack of educational
work growing out of the lat cam
paign. Fusion, ail admitted, waa the
great ottstacle to advancement, aud it
is found to be atsoIutely imitoosible to
convince aity great numbers that there
will isj no further dealings with the
politicians. It waa proposed that
Chairman Butler and the national
committee be invited to join the com
mittee la a call for a national conven
tion at once to nominate candidates
lor Uki. A subcommittee was appoint
ed io 1 1 raft the plan and when It re
turned iih tbe following report It
was adopted without a dissenting
vote:
The Call.
Recognizing the iuJirtauce of im
mediate, united and aggret!ve work
to secure tlie lining up of ail reform
force for the approaching campaign,
we, the national organization commit
tee of tbe People's party, hereby call
a meeting of said committee at the
LaClede Hotel, 8t Louis, Mo., for
Jan. IX 1KJ8, and respectfully invite
the national committee of the People's
party to meet with us in conference
on the above date, appealing to their
patriotism and sense of duty to aid us
lu restoring our jtarty organisation to
Its once splendid estate.
Feeling it due to the members of the
People's party to outline the objects
of this call, we submit the following
recommendation:
First The holding of a national
nominating convention, on the first
Wednesday to April, 1.
Second Tbe holding of State con
ventions in third week of March, 1898,
for the purpose of selecting delegates
to the national convention. j
Third-TUat the nomination of Con
gressmen Is delayed until after the
holding of the national convention.
Fourth That tin- platform on which
She content for 1808 and 1900 be waged
should embody the following proposi
tions; 1. Absolut paper nxmey bused upon
very commodity and resource of the
nation, s full legal tendsr. and receiv
able for ail dues pubftt um! private in
the United State.
2. Free coinage of gold and silver at
the present legal ratio; the coin debts
of the United Statm payable In either
at the oMlon of the government.
3. All money to be insued by the na
doria! government only, atsl pay out
dlreet to the people, for services run
dered, or to te loaned to them at low
'ate of interest on safe security, and
without the Intervention of natiouial or
jrivate bojiks, provided that the vol
unie of the currency hail not exceed
$Vi per ep!ta.
4. toveroment ownership and opera
tion of railroads, telegraph and tele
phone liue.
5. Opposition to alien ownership
and tbe holding of hind for specula
tive purposes.
6. Opposition to court made law.
7. OpjKwitlon to trust.
8. We especially recommend the In
itiative and referendum and the Im
perative mandate.
MILTON PARK, Chairman.
W. 8. MORGAN. Rerretary.
People's Party National Organization
Committee.
Failures Inrrrase.
Though no mention is msde in th
leading dailies about the alarming in
crease In failures since the tnaugurs
Uon of MtKlnley, the fact still exlsu
that we are in the raUVt of a cycloaa
of financial asd bu.-iLn- destruction.
Brads tree and Dun both are keeping
lab on tbe conditions, and their re
ports show that during the past week
there were forty-six more failures
than were reported for the same week
last year. Not a paper comes from
tbe press hut shows a general crash
In butaess bouses sil over the coun
try. Their frequency bss, U a large
extent, alls red alarm, and vampire
like, lulled the people Into quiet, while
the work of destruction Is augmented
with each sunceMlIng day.-DslIss
Mercury.
That Monetarr Comssiwdnn
The monetary commission has been
la session t WaaMagtan hearing
"evidence." The commission Is unof
ficial being merely s creature of the
moneyed Interests, yet what It says
will probably go through tbs House
and may possibly sqoeeae tniwugh tbe
Reaate. Those who make sr send
statements to the (XMnmlntaw- pretty
nolforndy agree that tbs greenbacks
and treasury aotss ahsnjld ls barnH
np. A large laws of bnajgn seenw slo
in he s fs rents Man asnoaa thss- '
)rp"d generally to let the banks
Issue the iaper money up to a certain
amount. Then If their Kjucexing th..
life out of Industry threatens to bring
ruin on themselves, thsy are to be per
mitted to issue a lot more money at a
tax of 5 per cent Wanks don't like to
pay
int..i n,1 Wice It nresumeu
ti lit a tinn th danger io
the
banks Is over, the extra Issue will b
promptly retired in order to avoid the
5 per cent. The commission pretends
to be seeking proT currency reform
but the real object Is how to enable
the moneyed interests to more rapidly
and uiore erfectually plunder the mass
es of the people. We suggest to them
the financial planks of the Omaha plat
form as a remedy-banks of Issue abol
ished, money volume speedily increas
ed to r0 jwr capita, government loans
to the people at 2 jt tent.;"postal sav
ings bank. Missouri World.
"Hepudiutlon."
Repudiation has !!:-, s ,i
initiou from the sold clI:U(J
:ew def
It now
uieaus an olsNlieme to law.
The law of the laud is nothing to tbs
money power. The law gives the
treasury an option to redeem green
backs in either silver or gold, but th
wishes of bondholders and moncj
grubbers are paramount to the law.
The endless chain was created by a
disregard of the law. It is the easiest
thing in the world to break the chain.
Simply obey the law.
Secretary Sherman In 1878, when in
the height of his mental lowers, and
In the position of Secretary of the
Treasury, told the finance committee
how to break the endless chain. His
advice was to obey the law.
In discussing the ijueation, Sherman
said: "Our mere right to pay in silver
would dolcr a great many people from
vr rvti nnii n rf nile for riMli'mntlon who
would readily do so If they could gel
tbe lighter and more portable coin in
exchange. Besides, gold coin can be
exported, while silver coin could not
be exported, because Its market value
la lesa than ita coin value."
As the Cincinnati Enquirer very tru
ly says: "There is no repudiation In
that and no 'anarchy.' It Is 'sound
money doctrine' from the great 'sound
money' apostle, John Klierman."
There Is no popular demand for tbs
retirement of the greeulacks. The
people are satisfied with this medium
of exchange. It carries with It no
burden of Interest, and It is Just ss
good as gold anywhere In the United
States.
Nobody wants to destroy the green
backs except the organized members
of the gold clique. It la alleged that
the President la opposed to tills de
mand, lie will do well to maintain
his position, for should he yield to the
pressure of tbe money power he wtU
find himself exposed to the Just criti
cism of the people whose r!gU be has
gworn to protect
Government by Wall Street.
It Is alleged by those who claim ta
be in a position to know that If the
President "had his own way as
would take radical sie( in the Cuban
matter.
Why Is It that Uw) President of the
United State cannot have his own
way? What malevolent influence pre
vents tbe chief magistrate of this na
tion from expressing bis personal
views on great ijuUon of monteuU
ous Import?
Unfortunately for M.-Klnb-y and
most unfortunately for lbs js-opla. the
preaemit occupant of tiie White House
was placed In his high pWittott by the
money power, and Ui moiiey power
demands obedwrs-s to Us iliilate.
WaJJ slreet dons lufi want Ifldwpeiwl-
wnce for Cuba, ami Ut-rfre holds the
Iresldent In check.
Secretary Sherman, who wsa sup
ported by Will street when be was
Senator and when be wa Swrwtary
of tbe Tres.stiry. is now made the vto
tim of its siJarks, and U orws of
Mm reiifistion re siieizcd to lisve
tsiem Started in the slreet.
But Sbcrmnn says he will not re
slzn. and if he goes out of the cabinet
he will have to be forced out. If tbs
Stnte had the power be
would bring the Cuban matter to I
crisis at ouce. snd no doubt his posl-
Mnn on this ouesUon Is the cause of
tbe attacks made on him.
The lroddctit is placed In a very
embarrassing position, and sooner or
later there is bound to be an explo
sion In the cabinet which will shake
the country Chicago Dievstch.
In Iebt to Knrope.
It Is easy to understand why Bm
gland Is so sjixious to keep the United
States on a gold basts.
Every security of this country bead
In England Is appreciating in value
with the acureclaiion of gold. This
Is an uui-arned Increment, and
It Just that much more dlfneuM tor
the pus.le of fids country fo pay thstr
dnbts.
No one can tell exactly bow largs Is
tiie amount of American sncnrtUss
hi1d sbrond. but It Is certain, with
the bslsfkce of trade In favor of
country to the exten of $14.1,887,000,
that over $1S)0,00 of gold
had to
be ciporvst ho square the
This proves that the deht abroad was
rar In ernes of the baiaans ox trnoa
It 1s euuiau-d that Die amount
T'nitiHl Stntes boude held In Burope
rencluNi the enormous sum of $300,
ono.iviO. This (h'ltiMids.aa annual ex
portaton of $12,000,000 la Iniersnt
Add to this ever ote Uiouaand nillrlon
of municipal ami ftste h
la no cause for wpnnW that England
Is so deslroua of holding thla caonty
Io the ff"id standard.
How ten the United RtAts sxpset
te tmnsfer the hslsnrs ts tint fagjst
side of the Isdgsr ns Inag an It
abroad tm,onMM annnafly In
est, and Amertean fovrlsSj snon
thi.1 amount In ths ntl
reerl
A Hunk (Ireenhouw.
Where the "lay" of the land is favor
able, a very convenient greenhouse or
forcing bouse can Is- constructed after
the plan shown In the nccouipan.vlny
Illustration. The basement is carried
Into the bank only far enough to give
room for a heating apparatus and the
storing of necessary fuel. The green
house floor is partly below the surface,
the walls here, as well ns In the case
of the basement, being laid up with
rough tield stones. The entrance is a
the further nul. steps down iroin iue t ,
srway to the greenhouse floor Is-ing
ovlded. Such a building will Is- ex
cdingly warm In winter, not only be
cause of the earth bank, but because
cat can ls generated and sent to a
(sir above much more rcad ly than It
f ,11 w... .1
can Is- generated upon ano uuiuw-u
over a single floor, American Agricul
turist. Kami Kconomjr.
Profits on the farm are much greater j
hen the averages for several years j
re compared, as each year most bear j
proportion of expense, and n failure j
to secure a pmnt this ytjar may tun e
loss, IsH-aue there may 1h a corre j
xmdiiig reduction .f expense next t
ear. .Nor must we ovenooa me au-
atituge of the oppur'.uulty offered the
aritier of selling his own lalr in the
orm of some product. Where a farm
er makes only a small pcotif, but lias
erived a fslr sum for the lalstr he p,rr-
sotially iH-stowed, his gain is greater
uiiii the actual profit. The -"arm has
ncr.ed In value as the labor or
manure or other accretion has failed to
yield a reasonable cash prollt. On the
farm the item of lalr ml be cousld
ered according to its a-ual iml as au j
xpeudlture. Though the lulwfr of tlv 1
furmer himself i sn Item or cost, ami
must lie paid for, yet "ic pays it. to him- t
self, and it really is orotlt lecaitse of
he employment secured by him on the ,'
farm. For that season s small farm, or .
small rlis-k or herd, will always pay
lore, iu j)rotsrtiou to expense incurred,
iiati larger areas or an iticreSie of
stock.-irange UouieH.
Winter Feed Cwiker.
Warm mahe nr-- desirwlile for fow
ml in wuter. To cook the fooi I
' half a Inirrst
box. ailing in
Willi but tittle iatsr, (sse
nd it In a gns-ery
I HEAP Vt CO IMKfcK.
suit it with chuff. Make two covers,
one to !H inside me narrvi. tue oilier
to shut tightly down over the box. Put
It. the meal and wet it soft with one or
more pnlls of boiling water. IK this
t night and close tightly. The mass
will cook all niglit long aud be nice and
warni ror reeuing iu me luuruiug.
Orange Judd Farmer.
hmrrow DestroviuK (imim,
it is becoming extremely difficult
near cities 10 ru u npe-u kts-s,
ts--s use of the a tucks of sparrows on
lh! fruit so soon as It begins to color.
Fortunately this pest rto not go far
from cities and Urge villages, where It
Buds plewty of feed scattered In the-
streets, aud where tbe warmth from
city houses affords It partial shelter.
Hut we have learned enough about
the h shits of the sparrow to know that
K Is s peet that should be destroyed
wherever seen. In Bngiand thousand
of ls,ys are employed to watch grain
ft.dii and drive ths sparrows sway
Rut even after all this rare millions of
dollars' worth of grain Is destroyed by
them every yesr. Kxcbunge.
o AI4ernf.
Ksrmers snd dsiryuien nre not s
parficulsr la making known their
good In a mani;er Ut Impress tbe fad
Lbs t tbey hroughlJr uuderstsad their
esfltng. "Aldemey milk" la a frsqnsnt
sign ou milk wsgous, jys ths- Phliadel
nhla Record, ret there Is no ucn arti
cle-as thsrs Is not in AhWswy cow la
the I'nlted Htatss. "Imrhsm" cattle Is
oaed for designating I he Uort horns,
sHboagh tbs term Is one that does not
asw apply ts any particular Itreed.
aslt tmt Assl Or. karSs.
WhiM It Is wall nxr'.erstisid that salt
U not a nmattra, It t o good a sol rant
of otlsar annsrals t lu. i where they el
Tlih IIAXK liKkkMloL'SK.
t
t
1st In the s.vll it tnsy slwsys be used
with sdtsuiiiirs We have often ad
vised farmers to apply lstli potash and
phosphate to apple orchards. But If
this Is done every year It Is probable
that some of these mineral revert to
an Insoluble condition. Whenever the
apple tre.- set full for liearlng It will
pay while giving the usual annual
dressing of potash and phosphate to
add some wilt to It, widen will ts muc h
cheuper and probably more effective
than supplying directly the minerals
which the salt will Indirectly furnish.'
Exchange.
Feeding the Work Horse."
In f.iling the working horse I would
feed com aud oat! equal parts, either
ground or whole, ami if convenient
cli-mge from marsh bay to clover. Corn
m.iil s'li.u'd ii Is fed without some
dlliiteiit. The bran of oats is sufficient
to preveu-. It bccomliiK a iasty mass in
the stomach. If meal Is not mixed
with ground oats or with bran, It
should te Ted with dampened cut hay
or cut sheaf oats With a ration of
corn, oats aud timothy hay or marsh
hay, either bran or oil meal or sprouts
should be added, say six 'pounds vt
bran a day. or if oil men! two iinds a
day, or three to five potin.ls of proutS.
If fed iu the e;1r. corn may be fed three
times a day, with oats and brnn added
at noon and night, with less corn. A
good day's feed for a l..l-pound horse
Is 14 isjunda of hay, 1" lsiunds of corn
meal, ti pounds of o:its and (i of bran,
in place of bran one may use two
pounds of oil meal. If he feeds vlover
hay he doe not neinl either bran or oU
meal. Corn should never be omitted
from the ration of a horse at nam
work, just as meat Is essential In the
food for lalxiring men. I once knew a
testifier hauling gravel to say that ten
ears of corn at a feed (thirty cere a
day did not keep his horses up. He
ua tohl to unit count lag corn, snd
1 with a scoop shovel. This be did.
and slopped losing flesh. This was, of
course. In tbe severest kind of work,
long continued. Rural New Yorker.
Cures a Horse's N heiitnstism.
Horses troubled with rheumatism
have been treated successfully With
Turkish baths. Trainer Patter-soil. gwve
Hamburg one a few weeks ago and the
king of 'I -year-olds came out of the
bath as supple a a youngster. The
rheumatism had disappeared. He sub
sequently led his field under the wire
Ksrtjr Pia .
Wherever a farmer has wsrm.bsee
ment istables It Is essy U mrfke s hog
pen In one corner atwl use It for the
breeding sows, ' Mveryotv'sdvnUa -that
pigs drotied early in March will ptwvs
inncli more vstoable Susn those born
a month or two later. It is some extra
trouWe to kep tbem warm, snd they
will also rei extra feeding for both
ows sad pig while the cold w nattier
continue. IKit wlien the wsrnt days
come the enrly pig- that hsve s run in
pa-iure Hie) plenty of milk will ls txr
letter nttisl for heavy eoiti fs-.l 14
than will the late spr.ug pigs
j li""'eiM, f M to 76
There is
w uotuxls ic
Ivies fed Just the tatne. and whose
only difference : ths' tbe heavier wers
born four to six week earlier than tbs
other.
Keep Good Animals.
There is more profit lu keeping a few
good animals than to have the stall
occupied wlfh thoss that give no return
for their keep. There sre two duties
devolving upon fanners which are sel
dom fulfilled. One Is to thin off ths
fruit from a tree and the other Is to cut
out the Inferior animals. When the herd
Is thinned out the cost of food Is les
sened and less labor Is required. Kvery
year the herd or flock should be inn-
proved and the least profitable anlnia
disposed of, so as to Increase produ
ttou and reduce the cost
Mtlck 10 a Uoud ilursa.
When you hsve a good horse stick te
him. He may not be fast, be may not
be completely sound, but he does all
you need of a horse, la safe and
healthy. Why change If some Jockey
with a more snowy horse does offer te
trade 1 You know nothing of the other
horse, snd do know your own la fully
houcet. The chances are that the maa
who deals In horses knows more shoot
them than you do sod tbst you win
make nothing by tbe transaction and
will In nil probability lose. He Is In ths
business for what he can get out of It.
Ileef snd Batter Breeds.
If a beef breed of cattle Is preferred
make h-f production a specialty, and
not look upon cows of such tireeda to be
Iu,ru4 as oroducers of milk snd hot.
ter. There ussy ue a rew goon miner
cows among the beef -producing breeds,
but where a certain article la desired K
should be the prime object If milk
and butter sre epeclslties the breeds
used should be tlssae Uist excel In those
products. Too many good points can
not be hsd In cows. Mach cow will ex
eel In one line ouly, and should made
... A,ttw vhsrs tha tnnat nrofltahls
j n,,Zri '
IAKISII A H BIII HATH.
It alar on a Tfcerau
A case Is reported ut a quince bush
grafted upon common thorn and nncnl
tlvnted which has borne regular craps
of frnlt for over forty years. If this be
n (art K Is a suggest I vs ons, ns the
on Its own roots nsaairy snap
Bortteorrarhrts ohonM be tar-
od ta try an simple sad sany n nnstt-
s
nswrtkiKs In mj.
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