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    TALMA OK’S SERMON.
**THI KINO’S HIOHWA V” TMB
LATEST SUBJECT.
QoMm TmII “And nn Highway Khali
Ha Thera, and a Way. and It Nhall Ha
Called tha Way of Holloa#.’’- Italah
UH, K-IO.
ASII1NOTON, Feb.
•i, M9t>. Hev. Dr.
Talmage'a aermon
for today waa a pic
ture of tbe road
that tuaoy have
traveled and other*
are trying to get
on and I* no more
appropriate for the
capital of the na
_ , Hun than for all
place*. The teat choeen waa lealah ***▼.,
g-10: "And an highway ahall be there,
and a way, and It *hall be called the
way of hollne**; the unclean ahall not
pae* over It; but It ehall be for tho*e:
tbe wayfaring men, though fool*, ehall
not err therein. No Hon ehall be there,
nor any ravenou* beaat »hall go there
on, It ehall not be found there; but the
_ . . _j _l.ii__11. . <*n/4 (ha ran.
| rurriMWM ■ * t
aomed of the Iyird shall return, and
corns to Zion with songs and everlast
ing Joy upon their heads; they shall ob
tain Joy ami gladness, and sorrow und
Sighing shall flee away."
There are hundreds of people In this
bouse who want to find the right road.
You sometimes see a person halting at
cross roads, and you can tell by his
looks that he wishes to ask a question
as to what direction he had better lake.
And I aland In your presence conscious
of the fact that there are many of you
her who realize there are a thousand
wrong roads, but only one right one;
and I take It for granted that you have
come In to ask which one It Is. Hero Is
one road that opens widely, but I have
Hot much faith In It. There are a great
many expensive toll-gates scattered all
•long that way. Indeed, at every rod
you must pay In tears, or pay In genu
flexions, or pay In flagellations. On that
road, If you get through It at all, you
bave to pay your own way; and since
this differs so much from what 1 have
beard in reghrd to the right way, I
believe It Is the wrong way. Here Is
another road. On either side of It ars
bouses of sinful entertainment, and
Invitation* to come In and dins and
rest; but from the looks of the people
who stand on the piazza, I am certain
ft Is the wrong house and the wrong
way. Here la another road. It Is very
beautiful and macadamized. The horses'
hoofs clatter and ring, and they who
.Tide over It spin along the highway,
until suddenly they And that the road
breaks over an embankment and they
try to halt, and they saw the bit In the
mouth of the Aery ateed, and cry "Ho!
bo!” But tt 1* too late, and—crash!—
they go over the embankment. We
■hall turn and see If we cannot And a
different kind of a road. You have heard
•f the Applan Way. It was .three hun
dred and fifty miles long. It web twen
ty-four feet wide, and on either side of
the road was a path for foot passengers,
tt was made out of rocks cut In hex
agonal shape and fitted together. What
a road It must have been! Made of
Smooth, hard rock, three hundred and
Afty miles long. No wonder that in the
construction of It the treasures of a
whole empire were exhausted. Because
of Invaders, and the elements, and Time
•—the old conqueror who tears up a
road as be goes over It—there is noth
ing left of that structure hut a ruin.
But I have to tell you of a road built
before the Applan Way, and yet It Is
as good as when first constructed. Mil
lions of souls bave gone over it. Mil
lions more will come.
The prophet* and apostles, too.
Pursued this road while here below;
We therefore will, without dismay,
Still walk In Christ, the good old way.
First, this road of the text is th«
King’s highway. In the diligence you
4ash on over the Bernard pass of the
Alp*, mile after mile, and there la not
go much aa a pebble to Jar the wheels.
You go over bridges which cross chasms
that make you hold your breath; under
projecting rock; ulong by dangerous
precipice; through tunnels adrlp with
the meltings of the glaciers, and, per
haps for the Arst time learn the nittj
•sty of a road built and supported by
fovernmeutal authority. Well, my
gird the King decided to build a high
way from earth to heaven. It should
span all the chasms of human wretch
•duess; It should tunnel all the mount
ains of earthly difficulty; it should he
Wide enough and strong enough to hold
Ally thousand lullllotiM of the human
Ir, ii umu/ ui uinu ■umiRi »irr no
horn It ehould lie btaated out of the
••Rock of Agee.'* and cemented with
(he blood of tha Order, and be lifted
•mid the ehmitlng of angel* and the
•aecratlon of d*vtU. The King »*nt hit
Bou to build that road lie put head
•ad hand and heart to It. and after th<
Cld era* completed waved hla h!l»i«red
nd over the way. cr>in* It la rtu
tebed “ Napoleon paid ilMeen millto*
franca for (ha building af tba dlmpla*
f««d that hla cannon wight go avei
for tha davaatntlou at Italy; but oui
King, at a greater e*p*u»* baa bum
a read far a Uil'-rent gurpeee, that tht
banner* ef heavenly dominion wtgh
ceure down over It. Rote* » Klag'i
highway, of vouree It wan well hulit
Mrtdgee splendidly arched and hut
Iraaaad hare given any and eru»W4 tin
gaaeangara wha attempted ta era*
(lom Rut OhrUt tha King »oui,
halld aa auch thing aa that The w«cl
Band, he mounts the chariot af hU lave
•nd multitudes woeat » th him. nap h.
drives ou and up the at cap af h*av»l
•mtd the plaudit* af «**'*« wwdWi
Tha a ark U dan* trail done gtortWM
I) don* magwlRvwally dan*.
Mill further Thu road epohea af I
B clean read. Many a Bae road H ha
come miry and foul because It baa nol
been properly cared for; but my teal
aaya the unclean shall not walk on thti
one. Room on either side to throw
away your sins. Indeed. If you want tc
carry them along you are not on the
right road. That bridge will break
those overhanging rocks will fall, the
night will come down, leaving you at
tbe mercy of the mountain bandits, and
at the very next turn of the road you
will perish. But If you are really on
this clean road of which I hare been
speaking, then you will stop ever and
anon to wash In the water that stands
! In the basin of the eternal rock.
Aye, at almost every step of the Jour
ney you will be crying out: "Create
within me a clean heart." If you have
! no such aspirations as that, It proves
i that you have mistaken your way; and
■ If you will only look up and see the
fingerboard above your bead, you may
■ read upon It the words: "There Is a
way that seemelh right unto a man, but
the end thereof Is death." Without
holiness no man shall see the Lord;
and If you have any Idea that you can
carry along your sins, your lusts, your
worldllness, and yet get at the end of
the Christian race, you are so awfully
mistaken, that, In the name of Ood, I
shatter the delusion.
Still further: The road spoken of Is
a plain road. “The wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein."
That Is, If a man Is three-fourths of an
Idiot, he can find this road Just as well
ns If he were a philosopher. The Im
becile boy, the laughing stock of the
street, and followed by a mob hooting
nt him, has only to Just knock once at
the gate of heaven, and It swings open;
while there has been many a man who
can lecture about pneumatics, and
chemistry, and tell the story of Fara
day's theory of electrical polarization,
and yet has been shut out of heaven.
There has been many a man who stood
In an observatory and awept the heav
ens with his telescope, and yet has not
been able to see the Morning Star.
Many a man has been familiar with ull
the higher branches of mathematics,
and yet oould not do the simple sum:
‘‘What shall It profit a man If he gain
the whole world and lose his own soul?”
Many a man has been a fine reader of
tragedies and poems, and yet could not
"read his title clear to mansions In the
skies." Many a man has botanized
across the continent, and yet not
known the "Rose of Sharon, and the
Lily of the Valley." But If one shall
come In the right spirit, asking the way
to heaven, he shall And It a plain way.
The pardon Is plain. The peace Is
plain. Kverything Is plain. He who
tries to get on the road to heaven
through ftt# New Testament teaching
will get on beautifully. He who goes
through philosophical discussion will
not get on at all. Christ says: "Come
to me, and I will take all your sins
away, and I will take all your troubles
away.” Now. what Is the use of my
discussing It any more? Is not that
plain? If you wanted to go to some
city and I pointed you out a highway
thoroughly laid out. would 1 be wise In
detaining you by a geological discus
sion about the gravel you will pass
over, or a physiological dlacussion
about the muscles you will have to bring
Into play? No. After this Bible has
pointed you the way to heaven Is It wise
for me to detain you with any discus
sion about the nature of the human
will, or whether the atonement
Is limited or unlimited? There Is the
road—go on It. It is a plain way. “This
is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came Into
the world to save sinners.” And that
Is you and that Is me. Any little child
here can understand this as well as I
can. “Unless you become as a little
child, you cannot see the kingdom of
God.” If you are saved, it will not be
as a philosopher, It will be as a little
child. “Of such Is the kingdom of heav
en." Unless you get the spirit of little
children, you will never come out at
their glorious destiny.
Still further: this road to heaven !■
a safe road. Sometimes the traveler In
{ those ancient highways would think
himself perfectly secure, not knowing
I there was a Hon by the way, burying
1 his head deep between his paws, and
then, when the right moment came
: under the fearful spring the man's life
was gone, and there was a mauled car
1 case by the roadside. But. says m>
text, "No lion shall he there." I wist
I could make you feel your entire se
curity. I tell you plainly that out
minute after a man has become a child
of God, he la safe as though he had
beeu ten thousand years in heaven
llH maw sllh kt. maw alt.ta Kill
stumble; but ho cannot to* destroyed
Kept by the power of Uod, througt
faith, unto complete salvation. Kver
lastingly safe The severest trial U
which you can subject a Christian mat
la to hill him. and that la glory. It
other words, the worst t It lug that cat
happen n child of Uod la heaven Tbt
I tody Is only the old slippers that h<
throws sslds Just before putting on tin
sandals of light Ills soul, you can no
hurt It. No Ares can consume It. Ni
floods ran drown It No dsvlls sal
capture It
lit* and wsmeted are they
"‘he rest tksir sods u« Mud,
Mssd ae ihs (low'd wlull IsiM steed,
Mr wbere the arh abode.
Hla soul la eats Ills reputation I
«afe. Kverytiling t« ante Hut. >.•,
»ay, suppose his stors burns up*
Why then il will be only « change «
inveetmente from earthly lu h> avenl
se. written Hut you eat suppw*
h*s dhaan gwe. down under the hoof u
Mil and contemptf* The naaw nil
bn an mush brighter In glory "Muppoa
hts physical health falls*14 tied nil
pour into hiss the floods of svoriaatttt
hswiih, and h will nst mabs nay fliflst
> anc«. Karthls bubtrncttno to heaven!
addition The tears of earth are lb
I crystals af heat an As they tnhe reg
> and totters and put them thtsugh th
paper-mill, and they come out beauti
ful white sheets of paper, so often the
rags of earthly destitution, under the
cylinders of death, come out a white
scroll upon which shall be written
eternal emancipation. There was one
passage of Scripture, the force of
which I never understood until one day
at Chumounlx. with Mont Blanc on one
side and Montanvert on the other. I
opened my Bible and read: “As ths
mountains are around about Jarusalein,
so (ha Lord la around about them that
fear him." The surrounding! were an
omnipotent commentary.
Though troubles assail, end danger*
affright;
Though friends should all fall, and
fuss all unite:
Tst ons thing secures us. whatever be
tide.
The Scripture assures us ths Lord will
provide.
Still furtbor: the road spoken of Is
a pleasant road. God gives a bond of
indemnity against all evil to avsry rnau
that treads It. “All things work to
gether for good to those who love God."
No weapon formed against them can
prosper. That Is the bond, signed,
sealed, and delivered by the President
of the whole universe, What Is the
use of your fretting, O child of God,
about food? "Behold the fowls of lh«
i air: for they sow not, neither do they
reap, nor gather Into barns; yet your
i heavenly Father feodeth them.” And
will he take care of the sparrow, will
he take care of the raven, will be take
care of the hawk, and let you dta? What
Istheuse of your fretting about clothes?
“Consider the lilies of the held, Khali
he not much more clothe you, O ye
of little faith?" What Is the use wor
i;<un iv# •• in nuiiM uiiii^ »»iii ii
to your home? "He blessetb the habl
tittion of the Just.” What la the use of
your fretting lest you will he overcome
of temptation*? "Clod I* faithful, who
will not aulfer you to he tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape,
that you muy be able to bear It.” Oh,thla
King's highway! Trees of life on either
able, bending over until their brunches
Interlock ami drop midway their fruit
and shade. Mouses of entertainment
on either aide the roud for poor pil
grims. Tables spread with a feaat of
good things, and walls adorned wltn
. apples of gold In pictures of silver. I
j start out on the King s highway, and I
> And a harper, and I say, “Wbafis your
name?" The harper makes no re
sponse, but leaves me to guess, as with
hla eyes toward heaven and bis hand
upon the trembling strlnga this tune
comes rippling on the air: "The Lord
la my light and my salvation. Whom
shall I fear? The Ia>rd Is the strength
of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?"
I go a little farther on the same road
and meet a trumpeter of heaven, and
I say. "Haven’t you got some music
for a tired pilgrim?" And wiping his
lip and taking a long breath, he puts
bis mouth to the trumpet and pours
forth this strain: "They shall hunger
no more, neither shall they thirst any
more, neither shall tho sun light on
(hem, nor any heal, for tho Lamb
which Is in the midst, of the throne shall
lead them to living fountains of water,
and Clod shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes." I go a little distance far
ther on the same road, and I meet a
maiden of Israel. She has no harp,but
she has cymbals. They look as If they
had rusted from sea-spray; and I say
to tho maiden of Israel: “Have you no
song for a tired pilgrim?” And like
the clang of victors’ shields the cym
bals clap as Miriam begins to discourse:
"Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath tri
umphed gloriously; the horse and the
rider hath he thrown Into the sea.”
And then I see a white-robed group.
They come bounding toward me, and I
! say, “Who are they? The happiest,
j and the brightest, and the fairest In all
heaven—who arc they?” And the an
swer comes: "These are they, who came
out of great tribulations, and had their
robes washed and made white In the
| blood of the Lamb.”
'I HE BICVCLB.
Two Chicago policemen on bicycles
ran down and captured a murderer re
1 cently.
Babylon. L I., arrests and fines
1 wheelmen who ride In that place on
| Sundays.
A gold brick valued at tlf.O will be
one of the prises fur the race meet at
i Louisville.
Bicyclists must have their rights.
But they must also light their lanterns
at night. New Turk World.
Hu far us streets and highways are
concerned, the bicycle Is the wheel horse
of reform. Hun Froticlseo Call.
Everybody, Including his sister and
hi* cousin and Ii * aunt, seem* to be
riding * bicycle. Hyracuse Post,
Foolish and cat'clc** bicyclist* nr*
, | causing more distress than the trolley
or runaway hors*'#. Los Angeles Es
■ . r > ‘mm
It. A Johnaun, tin- Wftlknown I* A
W. W)k'h«r, haa hr»-n daflamd a |,ro.
faaaional. and will hutmf.irih raoa lit
that I'laM.
Ittoyoln l»a» and l,r«nkf»*U are now
•lull* Ilia roar In llulttaui *OOl*ly. Tltla
arltlva any lliig<-ilng <l»uld of lit*
Whovla at» I a I alatua. It Itaa rnvatvad
lla dagrc# Italllntora Anierlt an
In I itgland a iu « twwipaU** ha»
turnad u|> In »»*«? cyviing Itna In tha f*r
aon .if a nreftiwlunal valutr, who, for
a triding fan, glv»* hla tdan aa an aa
i part on I*» ’ *1*0' *f < • nd-hand
wfca*t* ____
I Hiring "> wittlar lha *■> >> * of *ot*|h
> Afrtaa and dm in Antm- t am aliva
with (tangulit* that Hava aw am at* Hoa
| i!rad d vt i i I agtia* front lha
aouih Itolar 1,-a Hilda la lha naaraal
I land
A vnaahtna haa lawn mvantad that will
i |-aal* UH-la -n on* hwnliad thwwaand
| tat.a In a U» f | tlWNhU
, tndlaaa | > aaaton of r tiling vana on a
•hoot, and aaoh ran i„« a# <«(• a tahal a*
, It •*•***
t'rofaa* >r t|*<hl* wrtlaa In Nalttra that
• gaohgtala ha** Wan an tha »Mt la
altnad to anyai**a in U>r4 Malvina
f thaort that lha *arth la ah-.mi a had
• drad HiilU.-n yiai* aht. hat Both* hi •!»
I gta'a haa* t*dto -I tha aallnaaig ta oaty
i Ian million >rmt*
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Hint. About Cultiva
tion of tho Soil sad YlaM. Tharaof—
Hortloultura. Viticulture and Plovl
rultura.
NK of the first
things I learned as
field work was to
husk corn, and my
father took pains to
encourage me to be
a rapid busker. As
I took quite an In
terest In the mat
ter, 1 studied thn
various plans used
by huskers In hand
ling fodder, and the movements of the
hands, that I might be able to adopt the
easiest aud most rapid way. A man that
work# on his knees cannot do the most
rapid work, and It Is very wearisome to
stoop all day. Home plan must there
fore he adopted to avoid this.
I want no rack to he bothered with;
when I husk corn, 1 have no muscle to
spure to waste lifting the corn on to
such a rack. It would lake quite a
heavy and strong affair to hold a shock
such as wo make here twelve by four
teen; fourteen hills square, four
teen by sixteen, und sixteen hills
square. The custom a few years
ago was to cut twelve hills
square, making one hundred and forty
four hills to the shock. Then they got
to making them a little larger twelve
by fourteen, one hundred and sixty
viftiu ii 11 in 10 ine unou*. nww
all la cut fourteen hills square, one hun
dred and ninety-six bills to the shock.
Probably a few cut fourteen by sixteen,
two hundred and twenty-four hills to
the shock. Hut one farmer that I know
In this section this year put up his
shocks sixteen hills square, two hun
dred and llfly-slx bills to the shock.
This latter I believe Is the customary
size on the Sdota river bottoms, below
Chllllcothe. When I come to think of
It, It would take considerable muscle
to hoist one of these shocks on to a
frame two or three feet high, and re
quiring It to be ten or twelve feet long
and bull strong to hold It. Talk about
getting a husker to bother with such
an affair while husking! Just the other
day I heard a neighbor talking about
his corn cut fourteen hills square. That
makes six bushels to the shock, and
would weigh, when first cut, something
like a ton per shock. When It comes
to handling and husking such corn as
this, a man does well to plan a little
to save lifting.
If such a shock Is pulled down In two
plies, and the husker gets down on bis
knees to work, getting up and stepping
over a bundle when be has It busked,
where will he have room for the fodder
by the time the shock Is husked? When
a man works on Ms knees to busk a
pile of corn, his hand Is not as free to
deliver the husked ears as It should be;
neither Is the other hund at full liberty
to pick up the next ear. For a number of
years 1 have not husked much, but I am
about where It Is done, and sometimes
busk a little, and know that the plan I
adopted years ago, us the speediest, Is
sllll practical.
I use the busking peg on the right
hand. When I go to the shock, I pull
down a good-sized bundle towards my
left hand. Sometimes 1 get down on
my knees to husk this first bundle.
When it Is husked, the fodder Is tied
and the bundle turned one-quarter
uround towards the left. This leaves
the butts toward the corn pile. The
next bunch taken from the shock Is
thrown with the top across this bundle
of fodder. The husked bundles of fod
der makes a rest for the bundles to
he husked, and saves the husker from
stooping.
Now. remember that 1 am a right
handed man striving to get the corn
husked with the luust labor possible.
The fodder and corn lies before me
ready to husk, the tops at my left, rest
ing on the bundled fodder, each stalk
within easy reach of my left hund.
With the left hand 1 grasp an ear; with
the right, at one stroke, the right side
of the eur is cleared of husks. The
1 left hund Is passed over the lop of the
| ear to clean off the silks, and down
i the left side, taking the husks to the
j base, where they are grasped along
; with the shuuk and the ear broken off
and delivered to the pile with the right
land. While delivering with the right
I hand, the next ear Is grasped with the
i left baud. If the fodder was piled at
' the right, aud the right-handed husker
stood with ills right side to the fodder,
, he could not deliver the corn with the
right huud and grasp the next ear with
the left bund at the same time.
Th« right-handed man, for greatest
freedom of action, must pile the fodder
lha right, mui (nr groatnat nan* ami
tuiufurt ahnuld at on.| tut marly ami
ua (inaattila, Tha man working on Ida
luiraa miinut ha%»> lha (raa.luw uf «.
lion tint t» txuMthU whan atmulina
J. M Jauiiaon In t'uiiulry Uauilauiau
Ml.Maau Hwrit. altur •! tu«t»«tlum
lO.iHtlam.ail (rum hormara' Itavlaw
."UiHiugt i»l*hlf Hajmrt »
Mra M H Tru* «( Adrian rand •
tuttar on r«4 ra»|il>vrrlaa gha ratatad a
Hula nf har aygartenr# In gruwtng
r*a|*bwrriaa ami othar (rulla V *> «
mart agu It «nM bar a U*>un thought
tit nnuanal Ihlng (nr * wnwan M umtar
taha auth a uurh, but no* It ta hw»h-4
u|«na la a Htura aauatbla uiauhar f*h>
had triad ruiloua (rulla. but had had
tha heal auiuaaa With h*r rail raagtwr
Mas. uhhh ara tuiM-tu t»na dirtl
lUlty with thaaa *a* that th*» agmulad
badly, but thla bad baa* largaly ubrtat
| ad by putting «u mw4u»I
Ui Jantaa Klrh addr**«*d tba «ou
motion on tba auhjan uf <o»»* tmit l**a
Mm Mi thirty y*wra agu ba had «nm
.n-Oa (rut* Knglaud a hub ba gt»ul*4
and gtml't. ada I* • plant* II* bad baaa
I tftublad giat by uilldaur, but bad *ual
Ijr concluded that the beat way to fight
It was by thorough cultivation. He j
uses belibore for the worms. They !
should be kepi free from weeds and i
have a good mulch through the sum
mer. He would give all gooseberries
the same treatment. Some persons got
fine plants and aet them out where they
have the full glare of the sun, but that
Is not the way to get gooseberries.
Discussion then followed on black
berries, raspberries and gooseberries,
Mr. Willard I have figured out that
blackberry crop of Mr. Kellogg's, and
find that he got a good deal out of It.
As to the gooseberry, my experience Is
that U Is one of the paying crops. One
of the most profitable crops I ever
raised on my farm was a crop of goose
berries. Many Ihlnk (bat ll Is a hard
crop to grow to perfection, but I think
that with Ihe assistance of the spray
ing pump we can succeed. They do
best on a cool, low, heavy soil, and the
only Instance where they have suf
fered from mildew with me has been on
high sandy land. Now we will have
■ some trouble with blight us long tut
we use the Kngllsh gooseberry, and the
Knglfsh Is the best. Of course, there
are new slid large gooseberries coming 1
out all the time, but all that are of a
good sl/.e have more or less Kngllsh
blood lu them. Nearly all of those Kn
gllsh gooseberries make wood too slow
ly to plense the Anicrlcuus, for we want
to make money fust and want the
bushes to reach maturity ut an early
date.
Q. What about the Hed Jacket?
Mr. Willard. It Is pretty good, but l
think the best gooseberry Is the White
Smith. In this country It Is not so
much quality that we want us quantity.
The Kngllsh on the other hand, de
mand a gooseberry of good quality.
Q, How do you like the Houghton?
A.- It Is too small.
/ 1 fiu I ha 1 1/1 tay n I t> ir *9
A. ft In h good berry, but the mar
ket wants the large Kngllsb gooseberry, j
Home of our American nurseries have |
tried to get a large American berry, but
It has not yet been done. They have
succeeded In getting large berries only
by infusing the Kngllsh strain, and with
It the liability to mildew. 1 bought
20,000 White Hmlih gooseberry bushes
from Kngland and put them on rich,
sandy soli. They cost $11 per hun
dred, and 1 got only one crop of berries
from them. They mildewed and I had
to dig them up. I bad them on the
wrong kind of land. Afterwards I got
more and put them In a clay soil.
Q.—What have you to say about the
practice of picking gooseberries by
stripping ofT the berries, leaves and all
and running them through a fanning
mill?
A.—1 would not have any berries
picked In that manner, because it
take* away the foliage, which is needed
to ripen the wood and develop the buds
for the next year.
Q.—What Is the quality of the Colum
bus?
A.—-I can’t say, for we do not allow
them to get ripe enough to tell what
the quality would be. We pick them
green.
Hauling Fodder.—A writer In
Homestead tells how he hauled
in fodder. Ho says: We took
the rear stake out of the haystack,
built up a high rack in the front end
and then arranged a walking board
with cleats nailed to It, to be used to
walk up on the wagon with an armful
of fodder, a’ piece of wire attached
to the board would drag it from oue
shock to the other, making It unneces
sary to carry It. Fodder should he
hauled when It Is damp or foggy,
hut a good time to haul It Is when you
have time and are ready. If the weather
Is dry It Is best to keep off the load as
much as possible. By walking up the
running board at the rear end, and
building up the load a« you work back
wards, ten to twelve shocks can be
put on. and there will be no running
over It to break up the blades. Be
gin unloading from the rear end of the
load, and it does not waste much. House,
stack like grain, or set It up against a
ridge pole.
Tb" Growing Colt.—Corn Is the poor
est grain food for a growing colt, and is
usually as expensive as those which are
much better. Oats and bran are prob
ably the best for a growing animal, es
pecially one that Is raised for work In
stead of meat. Feed good, bright corn
fodder and bran and outs, or if these are
expensive or difficult to get, feed oil
meal, mixed with the corn meal to bal
ance the ration. Have a warm stable,
hut see that It Is well ventilated, and
give a clean, warm bed at night, water
and salt regularly, and In all pleasant '
weather let them out a few hours each 1
day for exercise; hill when severely cold
or stormy It Is best to keep them 111 th** j
stable all day. Kx.
A (loud Hltggt Hot] The aim of the i
skilled shepherd is to keep his flocks in j
health, but if some of them should lose ,
It, lu writing to a veterinarian for ad- [
I x. . ,1. .. i lk, tt,.l • vit I v mil I Km
«>milium* «f ili** dl»«*ta* and atv* ill*
r« kutt u( all Hi* »t»l#p*>lu* mad*, but !
•tva lu d< tall hla traalmaui o( itt* Meek, j
ib,, bind uf I «ud lb*) ruu upon, uht-Uu-r
lit) upland »r hi *' It) tit* mj ,.i
hu* It* tIt*hi thruuah ih» wtuur
Th«> vviertuartan util u»ui all ibi> tact*
lu ib* *a*« tally and ekarly ataiad, lu
*>rd»r tu mal** a *urr*«t dlaaiittam and
lirvwrlba lb* ptup*r r*w**li«* K*
td*<« On H»rau* l i»i uiut*r It »«
n«it*d Ibal an uuuauat number ul h*»t*>*«
u*r* troubled wltb **m«Iu in plain
tinaltab. Il*« Tb*) *ut«M b* fad l*b*
4* murk aa ordinary hur**a. and y*i
ibe) r*a*ata*»l p****r and ur*t* b*«l luob
Ina Mr l» v\ lUyaa. a n*ll bnuuu
irataar ul WmHarn N*u Vurb, *()»• III
Mlowln* r**lpa fur a*-utu* rid uf lb*
beats' Half a pint uf b*rtu*aa lu Iwu
n *ll«Mta uf waiar bull lb* Itura# wllb
tbit iwK *Hb aa In larval uf Iww ut
tbrau da* a batwvaa application* “and
an* Ilia >*>d bud afwr Ibat I will at* *
a premium (*•> wit Mi !!*)*• K*
Vials* Sn«sr.
Tho following reprint from Science
relative to the augar-produclng capv
blllttea of Indian corn (maize), taken
from an English paper, may be of In
terest at tho preaent time, when the
augar beet Ib attracting attention. Ac
cording to the article, maize haa au
perlor propertleo to the beet for augar
purpose*: "A double harvest of augi'f
and grain la likely In future from In
dian corn. The extraordinary state
ment has been made by F. L. Stewart,
of Murryavllle, Pennsylvania, that by
picking the coba at Ihe usual stage for
‘aweet corn,’ or before the grains glaze
and harden, there la Indeed an Im
men«e development of augar In the tali
eornatalka. Full detail! of many year!
of experiments are given by him In
aome recent numbers of Science, lie
shows that, after auch removal, tho
sugarcane Increases from under a pos
sible I) per cent, to 16 percent., or
sometime* even Ifi per cent, of the
weight of the stalk aflei the leaves are
stripped otT This Is more even than
la found In the sugarcane as grown In
I.oulslana, and slightly above result!
obtained at Madraa. It should be noted
that sugarcane, like maize, la a grass,
but, naturally, falls to produce seed
save under exceptional circumstances.
Perhaps the most extraordinary cir
cumstance is that the discovery was
not made before. A correspondent re
ports In a later number that a farmer’s
wife in Ontario, some 4u years ago did
actually make her augar from corn
stalks. The stalks were boiled and then
the liquid squeezed out, yielding, on
evaporation, a while and aweet augar.
ijeft to Itself, the cornstalk In Pennsyl
vania, early In September, suddenly
loses nearly all its sugar as the grain
glazes anil hardens, and then quickly
assumes the dead, dry condition. I'St
ihe ears, however, be removed In early
August, anil the sugar Increases until i
iiu i/i n* |fifiniH’r, »iiu in' if"**"
lives on, even Into the next month, un
less cut by frost, All kinds of Indian
corn do the same, but not the somewhat
similar sorghum, from which for many
years attempts have been made to ob
tain sugar at commercial prices. Corn
sugar Is made far more easily than from
this or beet, Kven If It proves rather
lens productive than sugarcane, corn
cane has two Immense advantage* over
the former. Its range and ease of cul
tivation are Incomparably better, whilst
the grain Is not lost, and the leaves,
stripped off, arc already used extensive
ly as silage. The grain Is far more di
gestible at this stage, and Is easily dried
for keeping as cattle fodder or for
grinding for bread. Again, should the
grower wish It, he can still, at mid
August, leave his crop to ripen In the
ordinary manner. Corn being In many
parts of America almost a drug In the
market, this doubling of Its use will lie
most welcome. Doubtless Improved
forme will soon be developed, since a
few plants responded more kindly to
the efforts of the agriculturist. Already
certain varieties have been shown to
be preferable, especially the Virginia
foddercorn and Holden Beauty. Hire
has also to he exercised that the kind
grown at a given latitude shall have
sufficiently developed for cutting before
the early frosts. The crop Is sown In
the usual way. The first named kind
will give 15 tons of stripped cane per
acre, containing, therefore, 214 tons of
sugar. Of this, probably, considerably
over a ton could be extracted—a wel
come addition, surely, to the ordinary
profits on the crop. The process of ex
traction has to be entirely distinct from
sugarcane, as the crushed cane Is so
sponge-like that half the Juice Is quick
ly re-absorbed. But It Is said to be ex
tracted both simply and effectively.
Live stock In Kansu*.
The numbers of the different classes
of live stock In March and their values
based on their average prices for the
year is as follows:
Horses, 852,789 head; average value,
928; total value, 922,878,092.
Mules and usses, 96,150 head; average
value, 924; total value, 92,225,746,
Milch cows, 517,254 head; average
value, 924; total value, 912,414,096.
Other cattle, 1 258,919 head; average
value, 919; total value, 922,919,461.
Sheep, 126,520 head; average value,
92.40; total value, 9227,648.
Swine, 1,666,221 head; average value,
95.50; total value, 99.164,215.50.
Totul value of live stock, 972,929,
258.50.
Ther are no diseases of live stock
reported except the so-called "chol
era" among hogs, and this is common
lu counties whore they are most nu- ^
melons; the losses frutu this little-un
derstood scourge havo been enormous,
Kansas Is overfiowlug with both tor
age and grain and could winter to gieat
advantage vast numbers more of tattle
uuil swine than ate now obtainable at
prices likely to permit a profit.
iv d Coburn.
Dehorning KNporiuu ms. The Agri
cultural Kxpertnieut Station at Still
water has twice dehorned a consider
able number of * uttle. lu uo case has
any serious Injury resulted, The opera
tion Is Very painful for a time, but
the animals apparently soon recover,
In m >*t tiiststttee there was some
shrinkage In weight lor tt few days,
although this might have beep csu>e<|
by a change In loud, lu pari. Uncial
ml*** »*•* debut n*d Ikli (all, and
«< uini m auR«r im> Umh abler •(•'era,
•nut* ••(them «t>i •!(•.« ina any «hrtnii>
ait* tu «<>eM the gruuth u( Iturua
tut) tie prevented In the d|it>lt.4ttuU
nt mu*Ue t«»i ««h Thla u preferably
dune be fur* ib* eatf la a tuuuth aid.
It t« better 'u «ltp uff Mime uf tue h.ur, *
*d lb* abut and rub with lb* mu»Oe
dirwtly •»*( lb* bu-Ulng burn ar
bnub tluud )ml*rate«» and nuttiw *«•
tH-tletn* ar* RvxtMri lu 'let rim lire
)u»l bun wuth uf an aptrlliatluu i#
needed T«*» «m< h • «um« n**dle«n
tvilng luu Utile fill nut prevent tba
atunib nf lb* binu* vvbm mretully
iilemi. it t« >bt» t>(an n In U preferred
»>* -uitina nr i.utiag the beta* «b*g
lb* autmal la aider