TALM AGE’S SERMON.
•TOHV OF THE HEROIC RESCUE
OF ISAAC.
Ilalir. Tell: It.beM Ik* Fir* and Ik*
«wd. Hal W bar* I* tba
«m 11 1 Akrabaai’* kai>r*ia* Trial—
Stall ..red 0*U IS. IS**.
ERE art Abraham
and laaac: the on*
a kind, old, gra
cious, affcctloual#
father; tbo other a
brave, obedient,
religious son.
From bla broosed
appearance you
■ an tell Hist ibis
son baa been much
In the field*, and
from hi* Hhaggy drew* you know that
be ha* been watching the herd*. Tbo
mountain air has painted hla cltoek
rubicund, lie fa twenty, or twenty
five, or, as *ontc suppo**, thirty-three
years of nge; neveriheli** u hoy, con
sidering I he length of life to which
people lived In those times, and the
fad that a aon never la anything but
a boy lo a father, I remember that my
father used to come Into tba house
when the children were home on *om«
festival occasion, and say; "Where
ara tba hoy*?" although "the hoy*"
wera twenty five, and thirty, and thir
ty-five year* of age, Ho thfat Inssc I*
only a hoy to Abr*hMm, end III* father'a
heart la in him. It la Issue here and
laaac Hi ara. If there fa any festivity
around the father's tent, Isaac must
enjoy It, H Is Isaac's walk, and Isaac's
apparel, and Isaac's manner*, and
imh' n nn'i
lly, The father'* ticrt-airlng* are all
wrapped around that hoy, and wrapped
again, until nln«-t«ntha of the old
man 'a life la In laaar, I ran Juat
Imagine how lovingly and proudly he
looked at hla only aon.
Well, the dear old man had borne a
graat deal of trouble, and It had left
Ita mark upon him. In hieroglyphic
of wrinkle tha atory waa written from
forehead to rhln. Hut now hla trouble
aeema all gone, and we are glad (hat he
la vary anon to real forever. If the old
man ahall get drrreplt, laaar la atrong
enough to wg|t on him. If the father
get dim of eyealght, laaao will lead him
by tba hand, If the father heroine de
finite, laaar will earn him bread, How
glad we are that the ehlp that he* been
In *urh a atormy ara la rooting at la*t
Into the harbor, Are you not rejolcd
that glorloua old Abranam la through
with hla trouble? No! no! A tbuu
derbolt! From that clear eaatern aky
tbar# drop* Into tba* father'* tent a
.voice with an announcement enough
y> turn blaek hair white, and to atun
the patriarch into Inaiant annihilation.
Hod aald "Abraham!" The old man
anawered: “Here I am." (lod aald lo
him: "Take thy aon, thy only aon
laaar, whom thou ioveat, and get thee
into the land of Moriah, and olfer him
there ae a burnt offering," In other
word*, eley him! <ot hla body Into
fragment*; pul the fragment* on the
wood; net Are to the wood, and let
laaoo'a body be conaumed to aahea,
"Cennlballamt Murder!” aaya aoine
one. "Not *o," aald Abraham, I bear
him aollloqulr*- "Here la the boy on
whom I have depended I Ob, bow 1
loved blm! lie waa given In anewer to
prayer, and now muai I aurrender blm?
0 laaar, my aon! laaao, how ahull I
part with you? Hut then It I* alwaya
aufrr to do aa (lod aaka me to; I have
been In dark place* before, and Clod
wot run out. I Will fmnllrllly do a*
Cod *.,ia told IW, all hough it la very
dark, I can’t *«« my way, hut 1 know
Cod make* no mlatuk««, and to him
1 commit myaelf aud my darling aon,"
Kerly In the morning there la a atlr
•round Abraham’a tent A heart of
burden la fed and raddled. Abraham
maker no dfarloauri of the awful ae
cret At the break of day he aaya
"Come, come, laaac, get up! We urn
going off on a two or three daya' Jour
ney." I hear the «*« hewing aud apllt
tlng amid the wood until the atlcka
are made the right length and the right
thlckneaa, and th«n they are faatened
on the heart of burden. They para on
there are four of •arm Abraham,
the father; laaac, the aon; and two
•ervanta, doing along the road, I aee
laaac looking up into tile father'a face,
and aaylng: "Father, what la the mat
ter? Are you not welll Haa anything
happened? Are you tired? I-eau on
my arm," Then, turning around to
the aervaute, the aon aaya; “Ah! fa
ther la getting old, nod he haa had
trouble enough In other daya to kill
him,"
The third morntug haa come, and It
la the day of the tragedy. Tba two
eervanla are left with the lieaat of bur
den, while Abraham and bla aon laaac,
aa waa the cuatum of good people In
tboee llmee, went up uu the hill to aac
r litre to the laird. The wood la taken
off the heaat a hack, and pul on laaac *
hack Abraham liar In one hand a pan
of coala or a lamp, and In the other a
•harp, keen knife Here are all the
appliance# fur eacrlAce, you aay. No,
there la one thing wanting, there ti
no victim uu pigeon, or heifer, ur
lamb laaac, nut knowing dial lie la
to lie (he victim, lotike up Into hie fa
tber’e face, aud aaka a ttoaallon whirl;
moat have r ut the old man to the hone
"My fether!" The father eald; "M>
eon, laaac, here I am," The aon eald
“llehold the Are ami the wood, hill
where la the lamb'''1 The lather • 111
quivered, and bla heart fainted, and hli
kticca knocked together, and lilt eutlrt
body, mind and »oul ahlvered In alek
entng augulah ae he airngfl** to g><|i
equipoise; for It* does not want w
break down, Aud than lie looke Inti
bla Holl a fate, with a ibouaand rualilm
tenderneaaoa, and aays My eon, Hot
will provide bitiiaclf a lamb "
The twain are now at lbs foot pi
1 the hilt, the place which Is to be famous
for a moat transcendent oecnrrenco.
They gather aom-* stone* out of tba
field, and build an attar of three or
four feel high Then they take this
wood off Isaac'a back and aprlnkle It
over the atones, so as to help and In
vite the flame The altar la done—It ta
all done, laaae has helped to build It.
With hla father he has discussed
whether Ihe top of the table la even,
and whether the wood la properly pre
pared. Then there la a pause The
eon looks around to see if there la not
some living animal that ran be raugnt
and butchered foe the offering Abra
ham trlea to choke down hla fatherly
feelings and suppress hla grief. In ol
der that he may break to hla aon the
terrific news that he la to tie ihe victim.
Ah! lease never looked more beauti
ful thun on that day fo hla father, Aa ^
the old man ran hla emaciated finger*
through hla sou's hair, be aald to him
self. "How shall I give him up?
What will hla mother aay whon I come
back without my boy? I thought he
would have been the comfort of my de
clining days. I thought be would have
been the hope of ngos to come. Beau
tiful and loving, and yet to die under
my own hand. Ob, Ood! la there not
some other sacrifice that will do? Take
my life, and spam hla! I'our out my
bipod, and save Isaac for hla mother
and the world!" But this waa an In
ward struggle. The father controls hla
feelings, and looka Into hla son's face,
and says: "Isaac, must 1 tell you all?"
Hla aon said: "Yea, father. I thought
you had something on your mind; letl
It," The father said: "My aon, Isaac,
thou art the lamb!" -Oh," you aay.
"why didn’t that young man, If h«
woe twenty or thirty years of age,
i. si... -1_s LI- Is.tks.w4
■IMHO Mlllfl- Mip Mini HI ' ’
lie could have dona II." Ah I Inmuc
knew by this time that the scene wus
typical of a Messiah who was to come,
and ao he made no struggle. They fell
on each other's necks, and walled out
the parting. Awful and matchless
scene of ths wilderness. The rocks
echo hack the breaking of their hearts,
Tha cry: "My son! my son!" The an*
awer: "My father! my father!"
Do not compare this, sa some peopla
have, to Agamemnon, willing to offer
up his daughter, Iphlgenla, to please
the gods. Thera Is nothing comparable
to this wonderful obedience to th* true
Ood. You know that victims for sac*
rlflcn were always hound, so that they
might not struggle sway. Kawllnga,
the martyr, when ha waa dying for
Christ's aske, aald to the him ksmlth
who held the manacles: "Fasten those
chain* tight now, for my flesh may
atruggle mightily." Ho Isaac's arms
srs fastened, his feel arc tied, The old
man, rallying all his strength, lifts him
on to a pile of wood Fastening s |
thong on one side of the altar, he
mukea It. upun the body of Isaac, and
fastens the thong at tho other aids ths
altur, and another thong, and another
thong. There |u th* lamp flickering
In the wind, ready to he pul under tho
brush wood of the altar, There Is th*
knlfa, sharp and keen, Abraham,
struggling with his mortal feelings on
tha ono side, and the commands of (tod
on the other takes that knife, rubs
Ihe flat of It on Ihe palm of his hand,
cries to Ood for help, comes up to the
side of the altur, put* a purling klus on
tha brow of Ills hoy, lake* a message
from him for mother and home, and
than, lifting the glittering weapon for
the plunge of Ihe death stroke his
muscles knitting for the work Ihe
hand begin* to descend, It falls! Not
on the heart of Isaac, hut on the arm
of Ood, who arrests tha stroke, making
III' wilderness rptake with the cry:
"Abraham! Abraham! lay not thy hand
upon the lad, nor do him any harm!"
u/tiui Is Oils sound back In the
wood*! It U « crackling a* of tree
branch**, n bleating and a atrugglo,
do, Abraham, and aon what It la. Oh.
It waa a ram that, going through the
wood*, haa lt« crooked horna faatenad
and entangled In the brunliwood, and
could not gel luoa«; and Abraham
aelxea It gludly, and quickly unlooaen*
Ieaiic from the altar, pula the r*m on
In III* place, acta th* lamp under th*
bruahwood of the altar, and u* the
deuae atnoke of tbo aacrlflcc licgli.a to
rl*c, the blood rolla down the aide* of
th* altar, and drop* hlaalng Into the
Are, and I hear llie word*, "liehold
the Dumb of Ood who taken away the
ulna of tlic world."
Well, what are you going to get out
of thle? There la an aged tiiliilalcr of
the Oonpel. He aayai "I ahould get
out of It that when (lod tellu you to do
a thing, whether It aeama raaaonabl*
to you or not, go ahead and do It. Hero
Abraham couldn't have been mlutuken.
(lod didn't apeak an InitialInclly that it
waa not iattain whether he called
Harali, or Ablmelech, m aoinebody elan;
hut with divine articulation, divine In
tonatlon, divine erupltaala, he *ald
'AbrahamI' Abraham mailed blindly
ahead to do hla dot), knowing that
thing* would come out right Dike
wlae do ao youraeha*. ,
Ther# I* a myatnry of your life There
I* annie burden you have to carry, Yon
don't know why (toil ha* put It on you
There I* eome perkerutlun, *otne trial,
and you don't know why Hod alluwa It
Thera la a work fur you lo do, and you
have not enough grace, you think, to
do It Do aa Abraham did Advance,
and du your wholu duty He willing lc
glv* up laaatt, and perhap* you will not
have to glva up anythin* "Jehovah
Jireh I lei laird will pravld*." A cap
Hal leaaon thla old mlnlaler give* o»
Dut yonder. In thla hnnae, la an ageii
wautan; the light nf heaven in her fan
ah* la half way thiough th* door, aht
ha* her band on the pearl of I he gate
Mother, wlial would you gel out nf thl*
•object? "Ok," aha a*y», '*1 would lean
that II la In (he la»t pinch that Hot
i leum»a to th* relief. You *e« the altai
Waa ready, and leaac Waa faatened in
and the knife waa lifted, and )u*
*\ the l**t moment Uod brok* In am
1T ...
in my life of aevenly year* Why, air,
there wea a lima when the flour waa
all out of the boner, and I art the table
at noon and had nothing to put on It
hut five minute* of one o'clock a loaf of
bread came. The l>ord will pro*Ida
M> son waa very sirk. and I said 'Hear
lx>rd. you don't mean to takt him away
from me. do you? Please, I/.#d, don't
taka him aaay. Why, there are ueigh
bor* who have three and four boss,
thla la my only aon; thi* I* my Isaac
la>rd, you won't taka him away from
me. will you?' Hut I mw be waa get
ting wor*e and wor*e all the time, and
I turned round and prayed, until after
awhile I felt aubmlaalve, and I could
*«>: 'Thy will, O !»rd, be done? The
doctors gave him up. And, aa waa tho
ruatom In tho»e tlmea. wa bad made tha
grave-clothes, and we were whispering
about the last exercises when I looked,
and I aaw oonie perspiration on hla
brow, ahowlng that tha fever hud
broken, and be *pok« to na ao naturally,
that I knew that he waa going to get
well. Ha did get well, and roy aon
l*aac, whom f thought wa* going to lie
alaln and conaumcd of dlaeaae, waa loos
ened from ihnt altar,! And bleaa your
souls, Unit’* been *u for »eventy year*;
and If my volco wcr« not ao weak, and
If t could aee better, f could preach to
you younger people a sermon; for
ihough I can't see much, I ran *«e thla;
whenever you get Into a tough placa,
and your heart I* breaking, If you will
look a little farther Into the wood*,
you will *ee, caught In the branehra, a
substitute and a de||v«ranea, 'My aon,
tlod will provide himself a lamb,'"
Thank you, mother, for that short
sermon, I could preach hack to yon
for a minute or two and say, never do
you fear, I wish I had half aa good
hope of heaven aa you have. Do not
fear, mother; whatever happens, no
harm will ever happen to you I waa
going up a long flight of stairs; and I
aaw an »geo woman, very fleirepit, ann
with a cane, creeping on up. Hhe ma<1«
but very little progreaa, and I felt very
exuberant; and I aald to her; "Why,
mother, that la no way to ro up-atalra;"
and 1 threw my arma around her and (
carried her up and put her down on the
landing at the lop ut the atMlra, Hha
aald: "Thank you, thank you; I am
very thankful," « mother, when you
get through thla life'* work «nd you
want to go up-atalra and real In tho
good place that Hod haa provided for
you, you will not have to climb up -
you will not have to crawl up painfully.
Tho two arma that were atreiched on
the croaa will he Hung around you, and
you will he holated with a glorloua lift
heyond all wearltmaa and all alruggle.
May the Hod of Abraham and lauac be
with you until you aee the latrnb on tba
hlll-topa.
Now, that aged mlnlaler hae made a
euggeatlon, and thla agr-d woman baa
made a enggcatlon, I will make a aug
geetIon: laaac going up tho hill make*
me think of the great aacrlflco, laaac,
Die only eon of Abraham. Jeena, tho
only Hun of Ood. On thoae two "cnlye"
I build a tearful emphnele, O laaac'
O Jeaua! Hut thla leal aacrlflco waa m
moat tremendoua one. When the knife
waa lifted over Calvary, there waa no
voico that cried "Htop!" and no hand
arreated It. Hharp, keen, and tremen
doua. It cut down through nerve and
artery until the blood aprayed the facea
of the executlonera, and the mid-day
nun dropped a veil of cloud over Ita
face becaueo It could not endure tho
apectaclo. 0 laaac, of Mount Moriah!
O Jeaua, of Mount Calvary! Metier
could Ood have thrown away Into an
nihilation a thoueund world* than to
have aacrlflced hie only Hon. It WMe
not one of ten aona It waa hla only
Hon. If ha had not given up h'm, you
nod I would have perlahed. "Ood ao
loved t»i« world that he gave hla only
1 atop there, not becuuaa 1 have
forgotten the quotation, but bacauao
: I want to think. “Hod ao loved tha
world that he gave Ilia only b<gotl»B
1 Hon, that wboaoevtr hellovath In him
! ahould not pariah, but have everlaatlttg
i life," (treat (tod! break my heart at
the thought of that aaorHlc*. leoae tha
only, typical of Jean* the Only,
You aee faane going up the hill and
carrying the wood, o Abraham, why
! not take the toad off tha hoy? If lie la
going to die no atom, why not make hla
I Inal houra anay? Abraham knew that
In carrying that wood up Mount Moriah,
lanaa waa to he a eymbol of Chrlat
; carrying hla own eroaa up Calvary. I
' do not know how heavy that croae waa
whether It waa mode of oak, or acacia,
or l,elmuoii cedar. I auppoan It may
have weighed one, or two, or three hun*
tired pound* That waa the llghteat
part of the burden. All the elite and
aorrowa of the world wer« wound
j around that rroaa The heft of one, tha
heft of two world*! earth and hell
werw on hla ahmildere, o lauac, carry*
lug Ih* wood of aacrlltce up Mount Mo
riah. 0 Jeeua, carrying the wood Of
aacrlfk* up Mount Calvgry, the agonlaa
of earth amt hell wrupped around that
nroaa. I ahull never aee the heavy mad
on laaae'a hack, that I ahull not think
1 of the eruahliig load ott Chrlel'a buck.
Cor whom that load? Cor >«u, Cor
you. Cor me Cor me, Would (hat all
the teara that we hate ever wept over
our aorrowa had bean enved until thll
morning, and that we might now pour
* them out on the .iterated hack and
feet and heart of the Mon of Ood,
I ""
i ft. M I'hwlp* ami lleury lltpileu of
Ottawa, III , wet e klllail by attain neat
1 that place
fhrlatoohar Dalton died In jail at
Mavatla, fan., of euntumpiloa
A liaptl»ii<tie fetuitle ptioligt wplo I
might to do a good Itualneea wph bet
taking waya,
It |a aa eaay for aom« men to lie wlttj
aa It la till fot eouie to he other
wine than dull
"Navar play at ant game of chance,'
The man wltn hldea four area In hli
aleeve ohaeryea thla title
A curleay ur klmlneaa on the part o
i a alranger ahoultl he received iu He
i apirlt In which It !• meant,
KAMI Wit HARDEN.
WATTERS Oh INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
»iiim I'p-lo-Hate Him* AImihI I alll*a
11 oil of Ilia Mall Mini l'lalil* Thereof
lloril. ultHre. % III* all tire anil » lari
ruliura.
UK September ri
port of the ai.ul
11 IcIm of the dep
ment of agricultui ■■
ahow* a decline in
tbe condition of
corn to i*6.4 from
Kl2.fi In the month
of AiignaC being a
falling off of 6-1
— point*
The proapei U of
the eorn crop have auffered from
drouth during the month of Au
guat In the nurplua-produrlng
atatea of Ohio, Indiana. Illlnola and
Iowa, and In a portion of Nebraaka,
Iteporta from Indiana, Iowa and Ohio
Indicate that though there have been
ralna during the latter part of the
month, they have been generally too
late to be of any great benefit. Drought
hua alao Injured the crop In the e,int
ern atatea, New Vork, New Jersey,
I'cnnaylvanla and Maryland.
Much more encouraging report* com#
from the aouth, which Indicate that. In
that aectlon the crop will tie larger
than ever before produced. Too much
rain I* noted In certain aectlon* of
South Carolina, Alabama and Mlnain
hi* individual prafrwios or bu*int»S
1 do not mean newapaper farming, but
by tbeaa means we are enabled *o gat
in a nutahej the Interchange of Ideas,
eiperlment* and practical operat oua In
Hv* years that we could not get other
wise in a lifetime. Take the seven to
ten millions of farm-rs of this country
who do not make on an average 3 per
cent on their Investment and ask your
self why this la the case and what la the
cause. Is It not a want of more reading,
thought, intelligent egehang# of Idea*
and manipulation* of brain power,
combined with steam and horse power,
intelligence In breeding and feeding
■to«k. In plowing, rolling and combin
ing the proper fertiliser* with the va
ried kind* of soil of our farms? Thla Is
a aubject that demand* the attention of
the moat profound and deep thinkers of
our agricultural sclioola; It I* a subject
that should be more generally studied,
and taught aud understood, not oni/ by
our cb am lata and aclentlftc men, but by
every farmer In our country. Theae
things would aaslal In making farming
a desirable and paying business. I will
venture to say that there Is no business
pursued by man for a livelihood that
require*. In order to be successful, more
thought, study and a more scientific ed
ucation than thai of farming In Ita va
rious department*.
I'fllMlOM tor WlfM'lt Mill! %*rot\\,
Tba rapid Increase In potato produc
tion by the use of potato planters and
dlggera should soon give us potatoes
enough for home conaumptlon and a
surplus for the atock. f'otatoot are
healthy and fattening for the atock,
and relished by all kinds of slock when
oft the pasture, A few acres increase
CAUCUS CAROTA (WILD CARROT.)
V
On thin jingo wo llliiatrute the wild
carrot, Thin biennial vegetable In no
wml known In It* cultivated ntnto in
garden* un to hardly need any apodal
dm'Option. It. holongM to the order
Umbelllferno, which In dlatlngulnhed
liy havloa It* nmull flower* la dnatora,
called innboln, no naniod hecaune the
Power nialkn all nturt from one point
at the extremity of a branch and
npread out Ilka the dim of an umbrella,
Then* nialkn, or rayn, an they are called,
are la moat npndon again divided Into
amallor umbel* called umbel let*. In
the carrot th**e ray* are very nutnci
on* arid form together a done, flat
topped dUMter, becoming concave In
fruit. The leave* are divided and nub
I
divided Into nunieroue Him r< gment*.
Tlio wild carrot la abundant In aovcrnl
of the central and eaatern atntea, and la
aprcudlnK Into new loenllilea. It la not
trotibleaorne on cultivated laud, being
confined chiefly to tneodowa nod tin
roadaldea It la uannlly Introduced In
gmaa and clover reed. The U to bale
curl up when ripe nml hold the aced*
Into winter, when they are gradually
acatterod; aomatlinra the umhcla break
off and are acattered over the anew,
carrying the aeada to neighboring
flclde. Fifty thouaand aeeda have been
counted on a plant of average *l*e.
Carefully cutting I he plant for two
yenra will eradicate moat of them.
Furiuera' llevlew,
slppl, and drought seems to have unfa
vorably affected certain localities In
Texas. Reports, however, from I his
section are generally favorable,
The overuges In I be principal "lutes
urn: Kentucky, Mil; Ohio, Nil; Michi
gan, NQ; Indlunu, k(l; Illinois, 1*7; Iowa,
mi; Missouri, 111; Kansu**, M.
The generul condition of wlieut., con
sidering both winter and spring varie
ties when harvested, wua 75.4, against
k!l,7 last year ami 71 In I KIM. The re
ported conditions for the principal
wheal stal' < are us follows Ohio, <14;
Michigan, <<*; Indiana, 53; Illinois, 6#;
Wisconsin, K5; Minnesota, 107; Iowa,
tt»7; Missouri, 75; Kansas, 40; Nebraska,
74, North I la kola, 105; Mouth Dakota,
74; Ctvllfornlu, 75; Oregon, 03, Washing
ton, 71*
Condition of oats when liarvealed was
at; rye, *3,7; barley, s7 0; Uuckwlteal,
87,5) polulnes, Iki.K
him res* tu IsrmlHe.
I am of the opinion I hut one of I he
gieatesl factors to the Improved condl
tloti >•( farming and stoi k raising Is the
taking and reading uf our agrlcullural
sml live stock Journals with h are print
id ht Ihs thousand ami spread broad
cast aval Ilia face of our whole country,
anti at sin h reasonable prices thut al
! me d m ery farmer can afford In lake
one or more The day la certainly not
1 far distant when our farmers will ml
lake ami read the papers and petlmll
1 cals pertaining In their calling with as
1 lunch Intuesl aa the professional mail,
merchant nr manutarlurer look* sf er
on every clock farm will make a prolU*
alile crop.
A potato digger among several farm
era facltltatoa the work of digging, and
atortd nway In the hum and well pro
(acted hy atrnw from the front, pro*
vldea a good rellah for the atook, and
a few wagon londa can ulwayn he aold
In advantage
In IHtM, 8,002,673 Imahela of potatoe*
were Imported Into the United Ktataa,
valued at f1,277.11**; while III the aanm
year gull,(M2 buxhrlaof potato**, valued
al 1688,2*3, were exported to varlooa
connirle* from the I tilled Hint**,
Our potato crop uf lam amounted to
170,7X7,833 tuna, valued at 881,626,7*7,
grown upon 2,737.873 acre*, The aver
Hge haa not largely Ini reaaed during
the |iaal live year*, u* lu IXXX lliere
were 2,631,2X0 acre*, whoae crop wax
202,868,1100 Imahela, valued at INI,till,
5*0 Iu IXX6 there wen 2,26fi.X23 acre*,
which produced l76,U2li,iaa> lm*h>'l*,
Wealeru Agl'IeiilturUt.
Not Too Much Coin t'lilckcn* foil
on an exclualvc corn diet will not make
a natural lory devciopiiieni, particular
ly of feather* The houaa of chlekotu
fed on a wUrogettoug rnllim are 60 per
rent al longer than thiine fed on a car'
honaieoll* latino liru* fed Oil • orit
while In guod health, ten nine MinggUli
and lUpOXll Urge inaane* of fat In (hr
Internal organ* The lt«*h of nltro
geuoua-fed fowl* coutnlu* more altm
mlnold* and It** flit than Vhoae fed on
a mule i irluiiiMi eoiia ration, U dark*)
i olioed, juicier and tcgdcrcl
Thayer's H»rr» Malleila.
Kor October, IMS.
Winter prelection le en absolute Ree
realty for growing •mall fruit* lOfMW
fully In a northern climate. It should
tie practiced In every locality »hne
the temperature reache* *tro or below.
With the high cultivation now prac
ticed, a large and lender growth I*
•timulated. hence the greater n»ce»
•Ity to maintain a* uniform a temper
ature a* po«*ible throughout the a In
ter.
Kvrn In localities where plants show
no Injury, and among those considered
moat hardy, the vitality la often af
fected, and the succeeding crop very
much reduced.
The best winter protection for blai k
berrles, raspberries and grape*, con*
hIni* In laying them down and covering
lightly with dirt.
All old cane* and weak new growth
Mhould Ire cut out and burned *0011 after
fruiting, leaving only atrong vigorous
plant*.
If plant* have been well mulched In
summer with green clover, dean strew
or coarse manure, a* they should l><,
le»* dirt I* required by ualng this
mulching.
In laying plants down, the row* rim
ing north and south, commence «t ti.c
north end, remove the dill from the
north side of lh« hill about four Inches
deep, gut her Hie branches In close
form with a wide fork, raising It to
ward the top of the bush and pies*
gently to the north, at the «am« time
placing the tool firmly on the ba>.< of
the hill, and press bard toward the
north.
If the ground I* bard, or bushes old,
a second man may use a potato forkw
Instead of the foot. Inserting raiwJ
deeply, close to south side of hill, arm (
preaa over alowl>, bonding the tiihh In
i lie root until nearly flat, on the ground.
The buah la then held down with a
wide fork unill properly covered. Tin
fop of aucceedlng bill ahould real near
lhe baae of preceedlng hill, tbu* mak
ing a conllnuoua covering.
Thfa proceaa la an important one,
hut la really acquired with a little prac
tice.
In the rprlng remove the dirt care
fully, with a fork, and rlowly rah' the
buah.
With hardy varieties, and In mild
winter*, auflicient protection may he
had by laying down and covering the
tlpa only, (Jrapea, being more flexible
are laid down without removal of dirt
near the vine,
There la no more Important work on
the fruit farm, or garden, than winter
protection, and there la no work more
generally neglected, lau It he done
thoroughly, after froala have come,
and before winter Bela In,
Hirawherrlea grow rapidly In Octo
ber, and make many weak planta, lie
move all runner* atartlng tbla month,
allowing four or live Inctiea aquaro
apace for each plant. Tbla I* necea*
vary for beat fruit.
>1. A Thayer, Hparta, Wla.
ttfhi* of Hlu t'it in Uruthif
About the moat profit, aecured from
abeep la by the aervlce they perform In
eonaumlng planta that ure of no value.
Home wceda are luxurb a to abe< p, arid
are nipped off aa aoon na they appear
above ground, Many of the poloonotia
wee da are harmleae when young, e«
peclttlly to boga and aheep, and aa abeep
crop off the graaa when It la very abort
they do not allow anything in tho
ahapa of green food to he wanted,
Vermont la credited with the lurgeet
wool clip, per aheep, eaat of the Mlaala
alppl river, which la aeven and one-half
pounda, with other alaloa much lower.
It la almoat aurprlalng that farmera
I will depend upon wool for profit In tho
I face of Mich light IIeecea. When they < #B
do much better by filming to produce
mutton end limib um apeclaltle* limlcnd
of wool, The licet mutton breed* me
capable of yielding fleece* much above
the average. Massachnsatt* I'lough*
man.
Pruning frequently, One trouble In
pruning I* that, In many eaaei, the
work I* put off from time to time end
then too much I* done at once, arid h
considerable Injury to the tree la the
reatilt, It would be much better In
every way lo do a little at a time end
do the wotk oftener, altortening back
or cutting off a branch here and there
wherever It aeeni* needful, The
and moat Important pruning mu*t i4
given when the tree I* first transplant •
ed. Then the top* must be cut back In
proportion lo the roots and It Is at Oils
lime that lbe general shape or form of
the tree should tie decided. Ho far as
the natural growth of the tree will per
mit a spreading, open head that will
admit air and sunshine all through the
tree Is licet, In securing this another
benefit Is derived, that is, the trunk of
the tree I* shaded and this offers a
good protection, and, to some extent at
least, lessens Ilia liability to their be
ing Infested with the borer, This pest
largely depends upon the warm sun to
hatch out ibelr eggs, and shielding the
tree thoroughly will in a great meas
ure avoid ihla, Journal of Agriculture.
fire fiTuii FrlcflorT *A rather “’un
usual occurrence took place ou the
farm of A. A. Hartshorn, In Wool
stock township on Tuesday afternoon.
A crew of bunds were stacking bay by
mean* of a patent stacker when the
friction caused by the rapid passage of
1 m tops over a small pulley sot the bay J
i on fire and III less than half a inlnuie
; It spread over tile entire slack. Home
! forty tons of tame hay, a granary
j stuudlng near by, the bay ataukar and
1 about 100 bushels of lists wen, m
! slroyed In a very fMw mluules, There
was lllile or no Insurance (‘lurton
iluwai Monitor
II |* (he opinion of most tiorilcnltur*
tuts ihai lu mis old orchard Is mil the
place lo S«I yonug trees owing lo the
exhausted coltdllloh of the soil, |t l,<
belief to start a new urohartl in a new
• place,
