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One funny suggestion In unexpected
ly alighting from a bicycle is that of
getting off a thing Impromptu.
Tbe story that kissing to good for in
digestion probably was starred by
somebody who sella hot mi ace plea.
It looks as If rowdyism would be
conspicuous by its absence from the
base-ball diamond of 1S'J8. Let us hope
The MerslDa Incident give Abdul
Hamld reason to siwpect that the con
cert of Europe was a summer garden
o7alr.
Spring, summer and autumn are the
met for the amuteur poet. Jack
Front' t rime is the most seasonable for
winter.
No evidence Is required to show that
wearing a campaign button on the la
pel la no specific against the wearer
turning his coat
They are finding all sorts of things In
Alaoka and Britten Columbia nowa
day excepting names which a white
i can pronounce.
Two-hirda of the population and vot
er of Greater New York are either for
eign born or natl ve born of foreign par
ants. It's a coainopolis, Indeed.
"Divide and Conquer." It Is an old
Military maxim, but a quarter of a
million New-Yorkers have bad . a fine
opportunity to learn that It faJla In
politics.
A beautiful young woman In New
York who la shortly to be married has
completely lost the sense of touch.
She'll be sadly handicapped, financial
ly, aa a wife.
A Boston society girl has been sent to
sanitarium because of a "queer hal
lucination which leads her to partially
disrobe whenever she la In a crowd."
Does she Imagine she la at the seaside
or the opera?
Miss Amy Skillln, of East Corinth,
Me., who found twelve four leaf, three
five-leaf and one six-leaf clovers on a
tingle plant, the other day, is an extra
ordinarily lucky girl lucky enough to
have a better name some day.
Street-cleaning and Improved sanita
tion are allies of temperance workers.
"You come and live in our court," said
a drunkard In a wretched London quar
ter, "and you'll soon take to the gin."
A beter environment, a larger moral
hope.
The latest literary periodical makes
a virtue of announcing that books will
be reviewed In It on their merits, with
out regard to whether their publishers
advertise In the periodical or not. Can
It be that books have ever been re
viewed on any other baaisr
Prof. Thomas It. Frazer of the Uni
versity of Edinburgh has discovered
that the bile of a serpent Is an effective
intidote to Its bite. But the difficulty
In lassoing a snake and extracting bis
bile after he baa inserted his molars
will ever rise up as a wall of fire and
eauae the snake-bitten mortal to cling
to that other and pleasanter and thor
oughly efficacious extract of corn aa the
remedy to be clung to and revered.
With self-respecting and earnest men
of good standing taking active part In
politics, from the holding of ward pri
maries to the day of national elections,
the basic system of American politics
would be found sound and beneficent,
losses would be Impossible. Machines
would be Impossible. Better men would
! found available for public office.
Corruption In office would be rare. It
la pitiful that as yet Americans them
selves so not realize this fact as they
should.
Are we not entirely too fast? Is speed
oo be the end of our efforts or only a
moans to something vastly better? Is
it well to do work quickly. But la It so
't we art only to keep on working? We
should say not It Is not through
booms and dealt and record-breaking
alone that the kingdom of heaven It
to come to man. If increase of speed
enables us to achieve more In given
pace of time It should also enable us
to have more leisure for the enjoyment
of that which we hare achieved. If It
more wealth It thould mean
i rightful use of wealth. If It mean
rk it should also mean more
day.
Hot Tory lose ago a stray Item of
satMsa reached a missionary among
Om Indians of tfce far West, to tb of
tact that braided palmetto bats were
Brack worn, and the remembered what
fan an had thought that braiding was,
wfcan aha waa a little girl In Louisiana.
It lashed upon her that corn-busks
Bright bt used for the same purpose,
and before evening she bad gathered a
rd of eager Indian boy around her
taught them to fashion very pre-
eemtable halt. "I believe they will sell,
an told the young Indiana, and they
hnvt been sold. "But even if they do
at," on lad replied, "we shall never
Bar t buy any more for ourselves."
Ca tho ate braiding of palmetto, learn
ad ha (tnldhood, ha resulted In crest
tit? a now radaotry for the Indian. It
ta always aa. Whatever la useful that
Itsfnt thoroughly and well ta quit
at mm Into sortie la latf- Ufa
Otis track
t bt tost trht
should bo the aim or education, but
rather the atta'nment of the power to
gain It and to use It as occasion re
quires through life. The well-educated
man of the future will not be the one
whose memory holds Intact the accu
mulations of years of study. He will
forget much that be has learned at
school and college, but be will rejoice
in the ability to seek for what he needs,
to find It and to arrange and use It in
such a way aa to conduce to the suc
cess of his undertakings and the rich
ness of his life. The discipline which
leads up to this power cannot be begun i
too early or carried on too faithfully
through all the years of preparation for
life.
The Salvation army has settled 1U
first "farm colony" at Soledad, Monte
rey County, California. The San Fran
cisco Call, describing the scene at the
departure, quotes Major Winchell of
the army as saying: "We have drawn
up an official contract which contains
no more restrictions than Is considered
necessary to guarantee good faith from
both parties. It provides that no less
than $1.50 a week shall be paid by the
colonists on each acre of land they take
up, but this payment Is not rent, for
each colonist Is credited with the
amount on the purchase of his little
farm. No one will pay a cent more for
the land or the Improvements than It
actually costs, and it is presumed that
at the end of ten years the colonista
will be sole owners of their farms. If
we can accomplish this we shall con
sider we are doing a great work. Dur
ing the time these payments are being
made the colonist agrees to abide by
the rules and regulations that may be
necessary for the preservation of disci
pline, and also agrees to sul "nit to the
decision of the officers of the colony In
any case where they may be called up
on to arbitrate. With honest, practical,
hard-working men this scheme cannot
possibly fail."
It has long been known that cheese is
one of the most valuable articles of ta
ble food. Its value in economical die
taries is thoroughly established, but in
this country It has not been given Its
rightful place upon the table of working
people. The English laborer finds it as
appetizing as butter and as nourishing
as meat. The English novelist, It may
be wild in passing, recognizes Its Impor
tance by classing It with the essentials
of life in "Bread and Cheese and
Kisses." Becent discoveries of the
Wisconsin experiment station of the na
ture of the Inherent digestive quality
of cheese will give a decided Impetus
to the always Increasing use of this val
uable food. It Is only a cultivated
taste which relishes the "live" essence
of aged cheese, as It does the rank taste
of game that Is "high." The knowledge
that the fundamental changes In ripen
ing cheese are not due to bacteria, but
to chemical changes In the milk fer
ments, is not only a valuable scientific
discover-, but It will have wide results
In future methods of curing cheese, and
aid the development of that particular
branch of daily Industry. Hereafter
bacteria may be cultivated to give fla
vor to cheeses demanded by various
palates, but the constituents of cheese
which are readily digestible In the solu
ble condition of cured cheese can be
considered aa a chemical compound,
and will doubtless be so prepared for
table use.
There Is not a single State nor terri
tory In the Union In which there Is not
a trial for murder pending. In the
State of Kentucky there are forty-sev
en cases concerning ninety-one prison
ers for murder awaiting trial. In Vir
ginia there are at least twenty-three
charges of murder. In the first State
only seven of the men In jail to be tried
for the capital offense of murder are
negroes, In Virginia there are eight.
North Carolina baa twenty cases or
more, Georgia twenty-seven, Louisiana
a score, Texas thirty-two or thirty-
three, Missouri twenty-four, Illinois six
teen, Indiana seven, Michigan three,
Ohio eight, Pennsylvania twenty-six.
New York forty-two, Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Vermont one, New
Hampshire baa just settled one of her
three by a sentence of thirty years Im
posed upon s crazed assassin, Califor
nia has twenty-seven cases on ber dock
et, and altogether with a dozen more
or lest there are 280 charges of murder
on the criminal dockets of the various
States and territories. Some 6f these
have only passed aa yet from the hands
of the coroner or committing magis
trates, others are on trial, some are on
appeal and a few have gone through
all the judicial procedure and the con
victed men are only awaiting the execu
tive action of the law to complete their
record. What an awful showing thlt
la. It becomes the more significant as
It is observed that there it no domi
nating cause of these crimes, unless It
be that In the large cities they are more
frequently connected with" robbery .
Love, revenge, madness, pure thirst of
shedding blood, gain. Jealousy, political
wrangles, family feuds and drunken
brawls are a few of the source from
which the homicidal acts have origin.
Some teem not to have even the plea of
madness, to which to many of the
causeless Crimea are referred. It Is a
mooted point whether legal punishment
has any deterrent effect upon crime,
but no one can note the terribly sug
gestive figures given above without an
earnest wish that punishment have a
real test
A Narrow Far ape.
Ton ought to have your ear boxed,"
said Mist Bharplolgb to young Fresh
man, who bad just stolen a kiss.
"Won," be asked, "why don't you
doitr
1 would," the replied, If I had a
boi larg enough."
bar twa object In life;
rtea. tho other it U bo-
Moat aa
niatehtan
BEWARE OF PAPERS.
"MITROPOLITAN" SHEETS ENE
MIES OF THE PEOPLE.
fhrr Ar Soma Exception, bat Thojr
Are Few and Far Betwecn-Th Pal4
Agcnti of Advertisers a ad BelBafe)
Interest.
Touts of Trvata.
The following, taken from Walter
Vrooman's paper, illustrates clearly tht
wisdom of extending the circulation of
ur party literature, if we would have
the people know the truth:
The attempt of the gold press to ar
ray the agricultural producers against
the city laborers, and the mechanics
gainst the agriculturists. Is cruel and
deliberate. And this power to deceive
tnd mislead carries with It the power
f life or death.
Suppose I were to go to Mr. Jones
and tell him that Mr. Smrrh bad de
clared to me that be was going to shoot
him on sight, and that I had seen him
purchase a revolver for that purpose:
and then I should go to Mr. Smith and
tell him that his friend Jones had Just
armed himself to the teeth for the pur
pose of killing him, stating that I had
heard him swear and curse and declare
before heaven that Smith should not
live another day. Now, suppose these
two neighbors, heretofore warm
friends, were to approach each other,
and Smith, as a precaution, would
reach his hand toward his hip pocket,
and Jones, la order to save his life,
would pull out his weapon and fire,
both men shooting each other at the
same time.
The result would be two dead fools,
the victim of one live liar.
Now, the modern newspaper Is a cor
poration, formed for the one purpose
of paying dividends to stockholders. In
order to make money it must serve the
people who have money, for now all the
profits of the great dallies are derived
from the sale of space in their columns,
the receipts for the sale of papers not
covering expenses. The business man
ager, with a few exceptions, controls
the editorial department and dictates
all politics. So we poor wayfarers,
hungry for information concerning
some Important Interest, seize UKn a
learned editorial In a great metropol
itan dally, and while we think we are
being Instructed by the weighty opinion
of some friendly and scholarly writer,
we are in fact reading the paid adver
tisement of our enemies, placed in the
paper to confuse us. When, in the
news department, we read a speech or
an Interview, it is often so garbled that
the meaning is quite changed. And
what we consider to be a simple state
ment of fact is often a doctored narra
tive, containing fictitious figures, and
printed for the sole purpose of mislead
ing the public.
Humor of the Truat.
As was to be expected, the biscuit
trust has announced an advance In the
price of its products. For certain
brands of goods the price has been
marked up as high as 30 per cent, over
former prevailing rates. A peculiar
feature of this Increase In price is that
it Is made on the staple products of
the trust. The advance is much les
pronounced in the finer grades. As
usual, the people who have the least
money to spare are made the victims
of the combine. Staple grades are, of
course, much more largely in demand
than the finer grades, and an Increase
of price on the former means more
profit to the trust than an advance in
the price of the latter. With a delicate
sense of humor the managers of the
trust say: "It Is tTue the wholesale
price has been advanced, but not
enough to affect materially the retail
price." The retailers will see the fun
in mis when they buy a bill of goods
at a 30 per cent, advance In price and
then try to sell them to consumers at
the old rate and make a profit on the
transaction. But the po.v people who
are forced to pay larger prices for the
necessities of life through the benefi
cent operations of a Republican pro
tective tariff will not be able to see tne
Joke. When the nail trust, the ma
chinery trust, the enameled ware trust.
the beer trust, the thread trust, the
cotton hose trust, the tinware trust and
the rubber goods trust follow the ex
ample of the biscuit trust, then the
merry humor of the situation may
dawn upon the people. The trusts are
In the saddle. On with the dunce.
More Money Needed,
The Hon. Oeorge A. Uroot, of Cleve
land, Ohio, left the Republican party
Ave years ago because he believed its
financial monometallic policy a mis
take. Two years ago he received the
entire vote of the People's party In the
Ohio Legltsature for Senator. He was
an enthusiastic Bryan supporter, being
chairman of the committee to notify
Mr. Bryan of bis nomination by the na
tional silver convention. Mr. Oroot
considers the money question the one
of greatest moment In the present po
litical situation, and thinks that those
who depend on a tariff bill to relieve
the present financial distress will be
greatly disappointed at the final result.
He sold recently:
There is a great clunge of sentiment in
Ohio since the election, and the change
is going on very rapidly. Not lny
pssKC that a number tin not tell me they
are aa tin tied that tliey ninuY a great mis
take. TUey have come to realise that
the money question Is the only one really
before the American people, and which
will never be truly settled until it Is set
tled right. McKlnley and bit adminis
tration will not give us any more money
sod tbe people begin to appreciate the
fact. Business continues to grow less,
not only in Ohio, but everywhere else In
tbe country. Times will not Improve In
the next for year, but will grow ttradlly
worst each year. My reason for making
tbe statement la because there It no store
money being pat Into Hmlstios, at orb
it Mag More away fat I the
population It constantly Increasing, sak
ing a larger volume neceaaary 'or
transaction of ordinary business. Either
of the above causes will cause s fall Is
price, tod s constant fall In prices meats
Increasing bard times.
Cotton and Silver.
Cotton manufacturing In Mexico 1
nourishing, but In New England tho
wages of 40,000 operatives have been
cut 10 per cent because of poor busi
ness. In Mexico the conditions of
success are made possible because of
the free coinage of silver and the pre
mium on gold, which serve as a bar
rier against Imports from gold coun
tries. In discussing thlt question the Mexi
can Financier says: "Mexico's Impor
tations of cotton cloth from England
during the past tea months have de
clined 7,82,eo0 yards, or 19 per cent,
contrasted with Imports for the tame
time last year, and Imports from the
United States have decreased 1,531,135
yards, or 25 per cent."
New mills are going up In Mexico,
and those now in operation are report
ed to be making from 40 to 00 per cent
profit on their product.
Another Important factor in the
causing of poor business for the New
England mills Is the retaliation of Can
ada for the IMngtcy bill. As proof of
this statement the following monthly
record of tx porta of cotton goods to
Canada since the enactment of th
Dlngley law, in comparison with the
same months last year, Is significant:
Exports of cotton cloth to Canada
(yardsj:
lt)7. ISM.
July 1.477,538 3,744.75
August 832,023 4,310,471
September HO,Hti5 8,WJ7.7U
October 5!I7,4'.8 3,934,47V
This is not all. Exports of the prod
ucts of American cotton goods to for
eign countries generally have largely
fallen off since the passage of the tariff
bill. The Pittsburg Post shows that
for September and October under the
Dlngley tariff the exports amounted
to f2,43.870, but for the same months
last year, under the Wilson tariff, they
were $3,5WI,3G0, or nearly a million dol
lars more.
Thus the cotton Industry Is handi
capped In two Important matters. The
Dnlgley tar"T prevents exports to Can
ada and Europe, while the gold stand
ard cuts off trade with Mexico.
The mor J of the question Is that bi
metallism is the best kind of protec
tion. It at once breaks the buck of
monopoly rind at the same tim stim
ulates the home markets.
Economy in ling Killing.
For those who have but one or two
or even three bog to kill, it Is far
cheaper to take these where a larger
number are to be slaughtered, and
where there are all conveniences, than
to kill the lioffs at home. Heating the
water and getting uady generally take
a good deal of time. When this is don
the work of killing and dressing re
quires comparatively little time. It Is
far better for farmers to co-operate in
this work. Every fanner who has only
a few hogs to kill can have this Job
done for him much cheaper as well as
more easily than he can do It for him
self.
Corn Cob for Kl-dllne.
Com cobs are often used for kindling
Ores. Hut while they light easily, the
cob being solid doe not create a
draught of air and the fire soon goes
out Finely spilt kiudllng is much bet
ter, as It gives more heat, and thus sets
fire to the heavier wood. But If d!ped
In kerosene and placed under the wood,
tbe cob will furnish beat enough to
light dry wood In large pieces without
using any other kindling. It is the only
way In which kerosene oil can be used
with safety In lighting fires.
Worrying tbe Cow.
A rough, quick-tempered man should
never be tolerated around the cow sta
ble. The cow loves quietude. Any dis
turbance which excites her lessens. If
It doe not stop, the secretion and flow
of milk. It Is very easy for an em
ploye, by kicking and beating t cow
just before or while he It milking, to
lessen ber milk flow by one-half. This
Is called "holding up" the milk. It !
really a prevention of milk secretion,
and tbe milk thus lost doe not com
down at any subsequent milking.
Reed Look I on to the Fntnre.
Tom Kecd does not propose to be t
hired hand for the present administra
tion, particularly when he cannot help
but be aware that tbe policy of the
administration It In many respects no.'
favored by the majority of the panv
and certainly not by the majority oi
the people of th United States. Mr
Iteed expects to be In the political bust
ness long after the present Congress
and tbe present administration have
Itassed Into history. x.
Pa a per Waet for Americana
One of the first and most striking
features of Republican prosperity U
tbe Inauguration of ptuper wages
among American workingmen. We
have heard a good deal first and last
about the pauper wages of Europe, but
before the end of Mr. McKlnley't ad
ministration we shall see them fat
tened on the wage earners of tbe coun
try In every sphere of labor.
Yoke fr Oian.
One of tbe simplest and easiest yokes
for oxeu Is a Rooden betin bound to
the head by straps. Here the nnturnl
strength of the neck It brought lulo
play ntid no hold back straps are nec
essary, ns the yoke does not work back
and forth, The system Is In common
use la many parts of the world.
' Bedding of Horse.
Furnish all horses and colta will
good, dry bedding. Colts are apt to
tllp and become Injured If kept oa
wet, bar floor, and It It abaolot
eraelty to nwke a tired work or driv
ing Rome g witaoat good bad. Try
It yoarssit
I I -' (I f
at I i i i t j) ii- r
C'brap Shelter for Ptock.
A framework of heavy poles, with
poles or rails over It and entirely cov
ered with straw or corn fodder, is sug
gested by the New England Farmer as
a very good, warm shelter at a slight
expense. The satisfaction of having
stock comfortable w!H alone amply re
pay the cost of it Such a shelter will
answer for poultry, pigs or any kind of
farm stock. Years ago it was thought
the proper thing to winter stock around
the straw stack, "to harden them," but
opinions have changed, and every one
A CHEAT STISAW SITED.
Is forced to admit that It pays well to
stable all kluda of stock.
The CominR Farmer,
The man who has worn out his furm
will have hla mind somewhat worn,
ami It will need overhauling before
success will be fully reached in reno
vating tho will. The fanner's mind
must 1m' fed first, the food for the mind
Is education. When the farmer has a
longing for more knowledge than he
gains each week from Uic.se columns,
then we have awakened In liim a spirit
of Investigation to find out how to re
store to his soil Its lost cro; capacity,
lie will be;;in to Invest In stock and he
will become more of a flesh-growing
farmer and seller Instead of a grain
seller. Instead of selling his capital
tsoll fertility) with the jrrnln he manu
factures the grain Into tlesh, builds up
his farm and gets on in the world
more contented. The young farmers
are becoming our rendlns farmers.
They consider as a part of their equip
ment the knowledge of soils, the value
and blending of feeds and the scientific
rotation of crops. The farm is his
bank, the so-Il his working capital, and
with well-fed mind and soil he will be
prosperous and contented. Farmer
Guide.
A Wood-Sawlns: Kevlce.
Rawing wood is hard work at the
best. No small purt of Its lrkomiess
is the necessity of holding down the
ttlck with one's knee while the stick is
being sawed. The sketch, which or
iginally appeared In Uie American Ag
riculturist, shows a mechanical holder
whose construction Is seen at a glance.
The rod is of steel, so that It can be
Iw'nt tightly over the wood. The pegs
and the ratchet permit Its use with
either large or small sticks.
Anile with Rtable Manure.
It may seem strange to advise ap
plying wood ashes unleached to sttiWc
manure Just before H Is plowed nnder.
Yet this Is often a good thing to do.
While exposed to the air, especially
If the manure be wet to as to leach the
ashen, there will be some loss of am
monia. But so fast as the manure and
ashes are turned nnder, this waste of
ammonia cease. Tbe ashes cause the
manure to ferment rapidly, and in con
tact with the soil none of tho ammonia
will be lost. In fact, much of tt will
combine with the potash In the ashes,
forming a nitrate of potash, which Is
the most effective manure known.
Plat Btnnted In Winter,
Until a pig gets to weighing fully 100
pounds It requires warm sleeping
apartments and a considerable variety
of food to prevent U from being sunn
ed. A young growing pig should never
be fed on corn exclusively at any tea
ton. In cold weather It may have
skim milk with wlumt middlings fed
warm, tnd with a little corn meal mix
ed with M. On such n ration and with
a warm bed to tlecp In, the pig will
thrive nearly as well aa In summer.
To Lighten "prioa Work.
Winter work cannot alwayt h dont
ta tolt tht coDTenltnie of tb farmer,
aa BtvarMy cold weather,
IMritOVKD BAW-IltXK.
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XL.
rains and other obstacles are to be at
but there Is much work put off until
spring that could be done In winter. Ia
the spring, at soon is plowing and
planting must be performed, dozens ot
Jobs come up to be done In a hurry, and
all seem to need attention at once. D
is then that the farmer flndt that ha
has been neglectful and failed to pr
pare for spring. Wagons are to Iron,
repairs are required for Implements,
seed is to be procured and fertllltot
must be purchased. At the same tlmt
every other farmer Is busy and caa
render no assistance, while merchant!
who have many orders on hand cannot
supply the needed articles promptly.
The way to make the spring operation!
easier and save time is to do as much
to lighten the spring work as possible.
Creamery Hhark.
The "creamery shark" Is again at
work In New York State. What It a
creamery shark? lie looks like a man
on the outside, ami he can talk like a
phonograph. He goes about trying to
Interest fanners In building co-opera
tlve creameries. Ills favorite plan la
to Interest some "prominent eltlten"
by offering him a number of shares of
the stock. Then the two worthies go
atsjut getting farmers to sgn a con
tract agreeing to buy a certain num
ber of share. The contract usually
calls fur an expenwlve plant, and In tht
end the farmers find themselves sad
dled with an outfit costing from 25 tt
40 per cent, more than reputable deal
ers would charge for it. Tbe creamery
shark thrives on deception and fraud
His chief argument Is that ty saving
advertising and other expenses, be It
able to give farmers cheaper rates fot
goods handled by old-established firms
Our advice is never to buy without Drat
corresponding with manufacturers of
long standing - Itural New Yorker.
New tiotliea Post.
It Is believed that this clothes post
will fill a long felt want. It Is titled
up with a double line running over a
wheel at both
ends. There It a
supjKrt on which
to set the clothea
basket anil a small
rainproof box for
hold ing clothes
pins. One can thut
set the basket of.
clothes down an J .
down an J.
j e d to plnf
upon tJhjf
p r o c e
them
Hue, moving
kVf iL& -w'r'if the u
'? " fastai
ne along aa
fast as the clothe
are put upon It,
the whole wash
ci.otiiks ror.
and thus bung out
without moving a step or once lifting
the basket. I-f the ground be wet or
covered with snow, this Is an Import
ant point. This plan also saves much
labor if one endone wheel can be
attached to a iiont on the back veranda
or porch, unlng the basket support and
the pin lxix as on the regular post. Thlt
will obviate the necessity of stepping
out u)Kin the ground at all, either In
hanging out or taking In tbe clothes.
IlixnnBC of I nprilitiille Cows,
The Toronto Globe says a Canadian
farmer who kept twenty-four cowt and
two hired men, tested his cows with
the Itulicock test and found that eight
were unprofitable. He disposed of
them and let one hired man go, and at
the end of the yeor found that be had
made as much money from tbe slxteea
as from tbe twenty-four. Now be has
got down to twelve good cows, and ex
pects aa much from them as he made
from twice that number. Now be can
Increase up to his original number at
faat as he can find or grow good cowt,
and Increase bis profits.
Value of the Farm.
Waldo F, Brown, In the Cincinnati
Gczette, says for ten years past be has
estimated what bis farm was worth
to his family, and finds that at fair Wl
uatlon the farm was paying over Kper
cent, on tbe Investment If only enough
were sold to pay taxes, insurance and
hired help. In other words, with a
family of eight persona to be fed, tht
farm, valued at $5,000, waa fun:ltblng
what would cost, If bought in market,
from $400 to $500, namely fruit, veg
etables, poultry and dairy products.
brcadfrtuffs and meats, all of best qual
ity and furnished In abundanct.
Feed Fowl Hlowly.
The great trouble with moat fowl
fanciers It that In their zeal to promote
egg production tbey feed too heavily,
and Uie fowls fatten Instead of laying.
Corn a bo Is n lad feed for fowls, es
pecially If shelled and thrown where
the fowls can eat It as rapidly at they
can pick It up. If one person shells try
band an ear of corn and throws It
among thirty or fifty fowl the active
ones will get It fully as fast as they
should. The better way It to mis tb
grain and small grain at well among
cut straw and let the fowls earn their
living by wrntclilng for It.
Ripening of Cream,
In winter cream rises slowly, and
much of It falls to ripen as M should.'
The ripening It known by Its turning
slightly acid, without becoming bittsr
or lu any way Ill-flavored. Not all an
BO
g
cream should be put Into tbocstaBjng
That taken from Uie pans latsat a1
nor oe npeneo, ana lit nutter lasj Wi
all be wasted unless by r tavod af
churning tht buttermilk. ThaktM frni
thlt cant la much graatar la
small dalnoathaa tba
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