RICH SHIRT WAISTS.
WORN IN VERY ELABORATE t
8TYLES.
Tbey An Made la Combinations of
Different Material, and In Forma Ho
Vaacifal as to Alaaoat Take Than
Oat af the ahlrt Waiat Cli
Faacle of the Reason.
Ma York correspondence:
JCDUCE her
wardrobe ai you
will, she can get
long If only you
will leave her
plenty of ahlrt
walsta. Among
the very prettiest
designs for morn
ing and early aft
ernoon wear are
walata made of
crisp taffeta or
eoft China Bilk of
the sort to-day'e Initial ahowa. Aa pic
tured these seem almpllclty Itaelf, but
fine weTea and artlatlc colors give to
then a delicacy that la their beat char
acteristic. Tbey are laid In a lot of
tiny tucka from abouldera to bust line,
and the fulness escaping there la drawn
Into the belt. A plain band down the
front ahowa little pearl buttona. If
linen collar and cnffa are worn with
eucb a waist It la severe enough for a
tailor skirt. The la teat fad, however,
la to lend frivolity by dainty collar and
cuffs of One lawn finished with lace, pique gowna are among the moat popu
Taffeta or other crisp silk makes up lar of the season, and are Intended for
in walata that are a bit leas Informal city wear by tboae detained from the
than those of China or almple, soft silk, country.
Indeed, a waist like the first three of ! It la an Innovation of the aeaaon that
these shown here may be boned, though I different kinds of wash goods are corn
one of the potent reasons for the popu-1 blned In maklug waists, just as silk
larity of ahlrt waists Is that tbey are 1 and chiffon are combined. Some of the
not all stiff with bones. In tbia model, I prettiest and newest walata are made
which Is a type of many, diagonal rows ' of white linen, percale or duck, the en
of tucks laid In groups of seven or eight i tire front being covered by shirred
met In points front and back. Straps ! lawn drawn to a dainty ruche to cover
something like the suspender straps of I the fastening down the front. Collar
a season or so ago crossed In the back, and cuffs match the plain part of the
ELABORATIONS THAT ATTACH TO SHIRT WAISTS.
and pasaed from shoulders to belt at ,
either aide of the fastening In front,
A pretty ruche of silk covered the but-
tons with which the waist closed, and
this ruche showed between the turned-j
over corners of the high -plain collar, ,
which was of silk finished with a mil-
liner's fold to match "suspenders" and
cuffs. This waist was canary colored,
but the design is pretty In any light
hade like green, blue or the ever popu-
Lar white, though the last Is, perhaps,
the least preferable of all. With such '
a waist a belt to match of folded silk Is
prettier than a leather one; the leather
belt Is more In place with a plainer
shirt waist The ruff of alik down the ,
front gives the finish of daintiness that
makes a dainty hat lu good taste, and
oiihaihtati t nti.isvas
at.KXtKKBSS.
an afternoon call or even church In the
country are occasions where such a
bodies would not be out of place, yet
be can Include It among her ahlrt
waists.
When It comes to allowing aomethlng
la the nature of a waistcoat front, elab-at-ate
braiding and a really ornate col
lar and neck finish, she ought not to
Call tb garment a shirt waist. But
be argues that It need not match the
shirt nnd that considering the present
laborats frivolity of the fashion, It
aan not be called "fancy," and so It
oat be blrt waist The middle one
f tbeae three pictures shows how far
ill
If, In tlil case, ih material is pupie,
If the Braiding i the very latest Idea
of heavy white linen cord held down
by loose overstltching of linen thread,
f ,11 the frills are crisp lawn, the stock
crinkled lawn and if the sklr. U quite
plain except for none braiding to
mutch the bodice, then she can claim
that the cos'nme la "just a simple skirt
with ahlrt waist to match." These
waist, and It la the right thing now to
have a change of collars and cuffs to
match the waist, and not to depend on
the "trade" linen collars and cuffs,
Shirt waists of this pattern lire made
In all colors and sometimes the plain
portion Is a soft blue or rose, and the
lawn Is white. White duck and rose
were used In the model sketched,
Neither In cut nor in materials do
these three waists Indicate to what
limits the shirt waist's elaboration has
(tone. The two remaining pictures
Mhow this better, for It Is In such waists
that organdy and silk are combined, nil
sorts of dainty effects being secured by
draping the organdy In different direc
tions over the silk. In the first of these
Is a device that unfits the garment for
a plump woman, or one of moderate
girth, but full figure, but It makes the
waist charmingly suitable to a slender
woman. Tbla feature was the two
wide puffs of organdy that crossed over
the bust, passing from armholes to belt.
The organdy was laid In tucka across
the chest between the puffs, a yoke-
abaped portion of the plain silk show
ing above. The rest of the bodice was
draped with the organdy drawn very
full In perpendicular folds. It Is amaz
ing bow much curve and plumpness
was thus suggested for the figure,
while mere bunchlness would be the
result. If the organdy were draped all
one way. A stock of folded organdy,
and a frill of lace graduated to under
the chin made the neck dressy, and the
slrfevee had, aa relief from entire plain
ness, a few tucka below the shoulder.
Such a waist Is dressy enough to wear
with a taffeta silk skirt and Is voted
not too elaborate to go with a cloth
skirt or one of poplin. It may have its
skirt to match, or be worn separate and
made, as tbla one was, of turquoise
blue, will be the prettiest possible thing
for a young girl.
Draping the waist with lawn, or
gandy, liberty silk or chiffon Is possible
for the full figure, but It should be ac-
compllshed In a different manner. The
concluding Illustration showa the way
It may be done tastefully and In the
newest fashion. Here pink chiffon was
drawn Into tiny, close-laid accordion
pleats over silk In the same ahsde. Ki
uulslte workmanship waa shown In the
matching of tbeae pleats In back, the
result being as different aa could be
from careless "fulling on." Instead of
one ruche down the front there may be
two, and the ends of aa elaborate scarf
may ripple down In the space between
Copyright,
About one-third of the a treats ac
in iuaoiMiii was oocmtis
W ITED.
SGUUUiS STORIES.
iNTERTAININQ REMIN1CE NCt S
OF THE WAR.
Graphic Account of Mlrrlnc France
Witnessed on the Bsttlefleld end In
Cap-Vetereneofthe Hebelllon Be
rite experiences of Thrilling Nature.
Every Man Waa with Him.
-W O veterans
stood at the desk
t I o n swapping
reminiscences for
the entertainment
of a group of
eager listeners.
T h e enthual
aam displayed by
you young fellows
in rushing to en
list," said one, "re
mluda me of the
impatience and high " feather with
which the youngstera of my day hailed
the approach of hostilities with the
Confederate. You remember how M
was, don't you, Bill?"
"Yea," replied the second old soldier,
smilingly. "I thought I waa going
lown South on a picnic frolic, and the
only fear I bad was that It wouldn't
last long enough but tt did; It did."
"That waa the way I felt about if'
continued the first veteran; "that la
until I got under lire, and then for ten
minutes, I'm not ashamed to confess, I
was the worst scared volunteer who
ever hankered for war. There were tens
of thousands who experienced the
tame fright, however, and tbey were
aot necessarily cowarda, either. But
the sight of a couple of thousands of
rifle barrels suddenly and moat unex
pectedly rising out of a dense under
growth in a thick wood, and all seem
ingly blazing away at your exposed
bosom, is enough to send a cold shiver
down any man'a back, no matter how
high he may stand In the bard school
of courage.
"It was at Pair Oaka, May 31, 1862,
that Bill here and I first saw war, act
ual, terrible war, after weeks of golden
dreams of valoroas achievement and
no thought of battle's grim horrors.
We were In the same company, of
which I was Junior lieutenant and Bill
waa a sergeant. Our regiment was
held In reserve for some hours after
the tight opened, and the chafing to get
at the Johnnies and spill gore was In
tense, especially among the men of my
raw company. Long standing at arms.
ttv. had begun to tell on them, and
they were muttering and apparently on
the verge of mutiny. But. at last came
the welcome order to go .Into action.
nd away with a whoop we rushed.
making a detour so as to fall on John
ston's flank. Just as my. company
wept up to( the rattlesnake fence
which edged an adjacent wood banked
high with underbrush, about 2,000 of
the enemy arose with the rebel yell.
and poured one thunderous volley Into
us. To say the unexpected fire caused
a check Is superfluous. It simply caus
ed a stampede. But In a few moments
the confusion had sulmlded and I look
ed around to see how our men had
stood It. Oentlemen, I cannot express
to you how gratified I was to find that
every mnn under my command was
still at my side, like a faithful hero.
Wasn't that so, Bill?"
"Yes," responded Bill with a laugh
which could have been heard a block
away, "we were all witn you to a man
half a mile away, and flat on our
tomachs behiud a stone fence." Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Grant In the W Iderness.
Oh, It was an Intensely intereating
itudy my study of Orant at cloae
range In the Wilderness!"
The speaker was the Bev. Theodore
Gerrlsh, a Maine veteran of the civil
war. I repeat his story as I heard him
tell It
Ah! I can never forget that terrible
day In 1804, when was fought the first
of the two days' bloody battles of the
Wilderness," said Mr. Cerrlsh. "I at
the time lay wounded uuder a tree,
close to Grant's headquarters In tho
field, and hour after hour watched
Orant.
While serving aa a private In my
regiment, I waa severely, though not
dangerously, wounded, and like a great
number of others, was taken to the
rear. I was placed under a small tree,
and, as It happened, within a few rods
of the spot where the leader of tbat,
mighty host of Union warriors waa
conducting the battle. In fact I wr.a
ao near to Grant that I could see every
motion he made, and critically atudy
bhn In the momentous, fearfully re
sponsible role he was playing.
"And such a study!
"Why, It is not hyperbole to state
lhat It was worth all the pain and dis
ability I endured then and thereafter
from the effects of my wounds.
"There stood the 'silent man of des
tiny' In front of his little tent, a man
plain and unpretentious, holding In his
hands not only the fate of Ills vast
army, but the life of our nation aa 'one
and Inseparable,' yet as cool and self
possessed aa If be were merely review
ing a brigade of militia on training
day. All about him waa wild excite
ment and seeming chaos. In front of
him, and for miles In extent the un
ceasing roar of artillery mingling and
alternating with the rattle of musket
ry, the bugle calls, the shouts of the
contending troops; now nearer and
more terrible, now seeming further
away; anon the crashing of shell In
dangerous nearness, caualng a tempor
ary scare In the vicinity of Its fall,
while, added to the appalling din waa
the element of uncertainty and Intan
gibility, causing that almost overpow
ering mental strain which comes of
dark anxiety and forebodings of dis
aster.
"Everybody waa agitated except Ma
rfco had most cant for travail.
. , -'I' "P cvei j
few minutes, to e:n h of whom ! would
give u brief written order for transmis
sion to some ln-hoi'li' or division com
mander, perhaps Involving the fate of
thousand of brave men. Orderlies
were dnshlnj: hither and yon. Gen.
Meade, ou his alert charger, was so ner
vous that he. could not long remain in
the saddle, but would dlsmouut and
pace the ground a while, remouut and
Bit a short time, then off and walk as
before, his handsome face wearing all
the time a worn and troubled look; and
yet, through these long and terrible
hours Grant never once lost his head,
but kept constantly In bis mind's eye
all the details and Intricacies ol the stu
pendous plan which devolved on blm
alone to carry out the solution of that
mighty problem, the key to which lay
In hla right hand, which held the fatal
pencil!
"Yea, Grant knew precisely what he
waa about and he knew, moreover, that
a cool bead and well-balanced mind
were ail essential to the great work la
hand.
"The lesson of that day's study of
Grant was, that be was one of the moat
wonderful men tbla century baa pro
duced!" Boston Transcript
Redeemed Theaaeelvea.
The late General Rosecrans ran up
agalnat a tartar once, but he had the
good sense not to let bla ruffled dig
nity cause him to lose bla temper. The
story, aa told 'by Colonel James T.
Sterling, Is as follows:
Company A, of the Seventh Ohio,
waa formerly the light guards of
Cleveland, and waa one of the rery
beat drilled companies In the army. It
was commanded by Captain Cretghton.
The Seventh Ohio was In West Vir
ginia In 1861, and "Old Bosy" was In
command. The supplies for the army
were brought up the Kanawha river In
boats which were unloaded by details
from the regiment. General Rosecrans
bad ordered that soldiers on duty must
wear tuelr equipment. Company A
waa sent out to unload a boat and Cap
tain Crelgbton permitted the men to
take off their equipment and their
coats as well while engaged In this
hard work. When the work had been
completed, the men and officers
sprawled out on the grass for a rest,
and then General Rosecrans and some
of his staff rode up. The general look
ed at the soldiers a minute and then
called for the commanding officer. Cap
tain Crelghton did not know Gen. Rose
crans, but he rose to his feet.
"Who commands this company?"
asked the general.
"I do, to the lest of my ability," re
plied the captain.
"Don't you know, elr," Inquired the
general, sternly, "that tt Is against or
ders to allow the men to remove their
equipments when on duty?"
"I have heard some such order," said
Captain Crelghton, "but the man that
leaned It never did a day's work in
his life. When my men have to work
hard, I'll see him In the other place be
fore I'll let them swelter with their
accoutrements on."
"Old Rosy" stared at the cool captain
a moment and then rode down towards
the boat.
A soldier approached Captain Crelgh
ton, and said:
"Do you know who that Is?"
"No, and I don't care."
'That's General Rosecrans, the com
mander of this department."
"Whew!" ejaculated Captain Crelgh
ton. "Company, fall In!"
Without question it was the finest
company in the command. When the
general and his officers rode back from
the boat the company In full equipment
stood In perfect order and gave him a
present In such splendid style as to at
tract his attention. Gen. Rosecrans re
turned the salute, and requested the
captain to put his men through the
manual. When It wasllnlshed the gen
eral raised his hat, turned to the cap
tain, and said:
"I think that a company that can
handle muskets as well as that should
be allowed to unload a steamer without
anything on, If they want to."
Tost of the Civil War.
The New York Journal of Commerce
lias published an article showing the
enormous expense of the civil war. In
the four years of the war the direct ex
penditure of the national government
amounted to about $3,180,000,000, of
which $2,020,000,000 should be charged
to the war. Of this amount $730,000,
000 was raised by taxation, while
$2,450,000,000 was obtained by Issuing
greenbacks and bonds. The Interest on
the war debt during and since the
war to July 1, 1807, amounts to $2,
WM.OOO.OOO; penaions since the war $2,
127,000,000, making the total cost of the
war to tho end of the laat fiscal year
$7,711,000,000. Much of this expense
Is continuing, and If we are to believe
a recent statement of the Commissioner
of Pensions, the pension part of the
expenditure Is to be Increased. The
country Is now paying In penaions and
Interest money on account of the civil
war about $3,500,000 every week. The
Journal of Commerce estimates that by
the time all the liabilities are settled,
the money cost of the late war will
have amounted to no less than $12,000,
000,000, a sum equal to the entire
assessed valuation of all the property
In the United Statea at the beginning
of the conflict
How Hampton Lost Hla Lea.
"The statement that Gen. Hamptoa
lost a leg In the war reminds us of a
little story," says the Montgomery Ad
vertlser. "In the daya before the war
there waa a hotel on top of Stone Moun
tain, In Georgia, aad the water for use
of the gueata was raised by a force-
nunip from below. A Northern trav
eler who knew something of the use of
hydraulic rams accosted the landlord
with: This Is On water, landlord; la
It raised by a ram f 'Ram, hell!' snort
ed the landlord, If a durned big mule!'
And that's the way Wade Hampton lest
ale."
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
THINGS PERTAINING TO
THE
FARM AND HOME.
Need of Agricultural Instruction la
the Schools Value of the Garden
Jllnts for Tobacco Growers-Soil
Variation In Fields-Home Cheese.
Agriculture in the Fchoole.
There Is a general demand among
speakers and writers on agricultural
subjects, says the Farmers' Journal
and Live Stock Review, for the adop
tion of some system of Instruction In
country schools that shall Include not
only the elements, but the practice of
farming and gardening. This la not
only a sensible move, but It is already
in practice In various parts of Europe,
with such success that the term "mar
velous" Is sometimes applied to It, and
already aa elaborate system of Instruc
tion wlfj traveling professors has
sprung up In some countries, based on
the actual results so far as well aa the
possibilities of more careful and ex
tended Instruction. While there Is much
need of something of the kind In this T
countr it will have to be confessed
that the problem Is a much more diffi
cult one. The Europea n country boy or
girl Is reared with the Idea of remain
ing In the vocation of the family and
will readily take to the study of tilling
the soil, but the American youth. In
country aa well as city. Is not attached
to auy particular calling or Idea. Then
the scliool systems of America are so
different. In one of Alphonee Daudet a
short stories the hero is a country
school teacher In France who has been
at the bead of the same school for forty
years. Of course he Hved on the school
premises and had his garden, wnion
the children helped him cultivate. How
easy It would be to teach agriculture In
such a school. America aa yet lacks
the stability necessary to success In
farmlna schools; lacks also the neces
sity of producing food at low cost. The
conditions are not so unfavorable as
they used to be, when the poor farmer,
owing to the demand for his crops,
could still make money, and It la time
to be studying the problem, though hair
the school districts do not own land
enough to carry on any sort of experi
ment In farming.
The Garden.
Many fall to make the most out of
the garden by falling to keep uie
zround occupied all tbrougn me grow-
ing season, says nueKuau ...
Farmer's Voice. Many take consider
able pains to have a good early garden,
hut as fast as these mature and are
URed the weeds are allowed to take
possession. With all of the early crops
especially It Is easily possible to grow
two good crops In one season, and with
i little planning this may be done with
i number of later ones. And it Is cer
tainly a less drain on the available fer
tility to grow a crop of some kind of
vegetables than to grow a crop or
weeds. One Is profitable, the other is
not. On every rarm mere snouia ue a
supply of vegetables all through the
Slowing season, and plenty to store for
winter. Teas are about the only gar
den vegetable that does not thrive well
u summer, and beans will take their
place. But with nearly or quite ail tne
jthers it Is possible to have a supply
all through the season, commencing
with lettuce, onions, asparagus, spin
ach and radishes In the spring and fin
ishing up with sweet corn, tomatoes,
;elery and cornfield beans In the fall,
with cabbage, potatoes, turnips, celery,
beets, parsnips, carrots and onions at
least to store away and use during the
winter. The garden Is nearly always
the richest part of the yard, and It
should be made to yield all it will. And
this will not only lessen the cost of
living, but add greatly to the enjoy
ment of It Better to have a little sur
plus to spare to those who have to buy
than to be obliged to buy or go without
yourself. There are few fruits or veg
etables that the average farmer can
buy as cheaply as he can grow, while
with the majority depending on buying
Is qulvaleut to going without.
Tointer to Tobacco Growers.
Commenting on the manipulation of
the tobacco market by speculators, a
corrctqtoniduiit iu an exeliauge says:
There Is a movement on foot by which
that gigantic monopoly, the tobacco
trust, will control the entire tobacco
market of the United States, and In
consequence the producer, or ln other
words, the tolwcco raiser, will be at
the mercy of the tmsit, and the prices
will be put dowu to such low figures
that It will be Impossible for the raisers
to make any profit out of the raising of
tobacco. W hat we propose for the
farmers Is to orga.nlze themselves, raise
a fund sufficiently large to establish a
market of their own, Imlld large man
ufactories and dry house, and put
stock out at $25 a share, to be held only
by boiia-llde tobacco ralsera; elect men
of their own class, or unquestioned bus
iness ability, pay them respectable sal
aries, and fight the trusts with their
own weapons. By this move the organ
isation could prevent. In a measure, an
overproduction of the crop and receive
therefor an adequate and uniform price
for the weed, and, as the majority of
people ore antagonistic to trusts, there
will be no difficulty In disposing of the
product of such an enterprising and
solf-pro'tcetlng move. As the cost of
manufacture of toltaceo Is about one
tenth that of Its raining, we could sure
ly manufacture our own productions at
handsome profits. Under tills plan we
would receive from $20 to $30 per 100
M)umlM for our tobueco, where now It
Is $3.00 to $13."
ftoll Variation In Fields.
It Is a misfortune to a farmer to have
different kinds of soil In the same field,
though It may be an advantage to have
ftrlaUoo In different field on the same
farm, so as to gr-v u greater variety
of crops. Difference In fertility sal
may be easily remedied with manor.
But with clay spots, sandy knolls and
gravel beds all In the same field, muV
formlty of fertility cannot be expected.
Cheeee for Uoase f'ee.
It Is surprising that farmers do
use more cheese. It la a health
nutritious article of food, and can am
made far more cheaply than nitrogen
ous nutrition can be supplied In any oth
er form. Another reason why farmers)
should use more cheese Is that It wlQ
prevent the glut In prices of milk which
every year causes so many farmers ts)
sell milk at a loss. Such farmers d
we think, get In the bablt of making
more or less cheese, and their tables
are well supplied. It Is the farmer
with only one or two cows who UM
least cheese. We used to make cbeesa
on a farm when we had only two cowa,
putting night and morning's milk to
gether In a single cheese. merkaS
Cultivator.
The March of the Keepers.
As we list with the esr ef the spirit
There's a sound on every hand
'Tie the ststeiy march of the reapeaa
Thro' this glorious Western land.
Where but yesterday waa desert.
Or sand dunes vast and lone,
Or prairies, flower-studded,
That the Indian called bin
Where lonely aileooe brooded
And no other Bound was bean
Save the thunder of the buffalo
Or the Bong of prairie bird.
To-day o'er countless acres
Waves now the harvest fair, .,
And the marching of the reapers
Is sounding thro the air.
Where the gnif waves wash fair Texas
May s sunshine brings the gold
Of the ripening wheat for harvest
Not the sickles, as of old
But with hum of vaat steel reapers
And the march of myriad feet.
As northward moves the harvest
Of the ever-ripening wheat
Next Oklahoma's valleys J- ,
Take up the ceaseless tune, '
Then Kansas' rolling prairies
Itipen with the skies of June. '
Then northward, ever northward, -.
Sounds the reapers' bnay hum,
Till to far-off Manitoba
The harvest home haa come. ,
And this is what it meanetb,
This vict'ry of the wheat,
It ie breud for earth's vast millions
That they one and all may eat
Aud still its march is onward
The barren UlikIs to save,
Till from Southern coast to
shore
Norma
Its field in triumph wave;
Aad greater still Its victories,
Till in the years to be,
In lands now counted desert
Its waving fields we'll see,
Till in place of famine's wailing cry
Shall be heard the reaper's tread,
And far and near Ln every land
The people shall have bread.
Kansas City Star.
The Use of Aehea.
Fresh wood ashes are often of little
benefit. I think probably the caustic
potash Injures the roots of the tender
plants In some cases, as I have tested
by experience, ln putting overdoses In
the hill of corn with the seed or by put
ting around tender plants, as I have
seen quite a number badly injured. But
the aehes soon lose their caustic proper
ties. In the soil vegetable decomposi
tion Is constantly throwing off carbonic
acid, and this, with the dampness of
the soil, soon neutralizes the alkali of
the potash. Old ashes, which have long
been exposed to the air, absorb consid
erable amounts of ammonia, and to this
leached aahes owe much of their value.
What potash they do contain after
leaching Is in the form of a nitrate and
ready for immediate use. In early
spring, before vegetation has made
mucin start, they are one of the best
manures which can be applied to the
soil and all growing crops. On a thin
plot of laud I applied for two yeara in
succession a double handful of leached
ashes to each hill of corn when about
six inches hih, with very decided ben
efit. Agricultural Epltomlst.
Potash to Make Grapes Better.
It has always been known that that
vine Is a great lover of potash. It Ifl
necessary not only In perfecting the
seeds, but It also heightens the color and
Improves the flavor of the fruit. No
kind of fruit, not even excepting the
cherry, requires so much potash as does
the grape vine with its numerous seeds!
ln the fruit and potash In leaf, branch
and stem. Lack of available potash la
in mosrt cases the reason why grape
vine and leaves mildew and the fruit
rots. It Is true these are fungus dis
eases, and the scientists have found,
that they proceed from spores, so that
once the disease Is started it con propa
gate Itself, even after plenty of potash
Is applied. Dress the vines, therefore,
heavily with wood ashes or other form
of potash, and then spray the vines
with Bordeaux mixture or other fungi
cide to kill the spores and keep foliage
healthy. In Europe vintners manure
the vine only with potash, using the asl
from the burned prunlngs for this pu -pose.
This is probably not enough, as
the fruit Is always taken off the land,
and thus the supply of potash ln the
soli must constantly decrease.
Rowing Grain for Fowls.
The henyard ought to be large enough
to allow a team with plow to go Into It
and turn the surface frequently. All
that Is needed Is to expose a new sur
face of soil, burying he droppings of
the fowls, and also turning up worms,
grubs and small insects. If some oats
or other grain Is sown on this plowed
surface, and slightly covered with soil,
the hens will scratch diligently until
they get nearly all of It clearing them
selves of vermin by the dust which they
purposely throw among their feathers.
It is a dust bath, and la as good tor
fowls as a water bath la for men aad
women. If some grains escape and
come up the bens will eat the toads
blade, and then dig down uattt tbsY
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