3JALM AGE’S SERMON.
"WASHINGTON TON OOD" LAST
_ C'JNDAY'8 SUBJECT.
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■ml*, 47—The 4pra*4 af CbrUUaa
■14 Bagla tl tha Native'*
Capital _
-1 HERB It la,** Mid
ram* the driver, aad wa
a all instantly and
excitedly tom la
VTq tha carriage to
catch tha f r a t
glimpse af Jerusa
lem, m long tho
Joy of tha whole
earth. That alty,
coronetted with
temple and palaca
aad radiant, whether looked up at from
the valley of Jehoshspbat or gased at
Cram adjoining hills, was tbs capital
Of a great nation. Clouds of Incsnsa
bad hovered over 1L Charlota of klnga
had railed through It. Battering-rams
of enemies had thundered against 1L
There Isaiah prophesied, and Jeremiah
lamented, and David reigned, and Paul
preached, and Christ was martyred.
Most Interesting city ever built since
masonry rung Its first trowel, or plumb
Itne measured Its first wall, or royalty
swung Its first scepter. What Jerusa
lem was to the Jewish kingdom, Wash
ington Is to our own country—the capi
tal, the place to which all the tribes
cons up, the great national heart whose
throb sends life or death through the
body politic, clear out to the geographi
cal extremities.
What the resurrected Christ said In
my taxt to his disciples, when he or
dered them to start on the work of goa
pellsatlon, "beginning at Jerusalem," it
seems to me Qod says now, In his Prov
idence, to tens of thousands of Chris
tians in this city. Start for the even
sensation or America, - beginning ai
Washington.” America is going to be
taken tor God. If you do not bellevo
It, take your bat now and leave, and
give room to some man or woman who
does believe It. As surely os God lives,
smd he Is able to do as he says bo will,
this country will be evangelized from
the mouth of the Potomac to the mouth
of the Oregon, from the Highlands of
the Neverslnk to the Golden Horn,
from Baffin’s Bay to the Gulf of Mex
ico, and Christ will walk every lake,
(whether bestormed or placid, and be
transfigured on every mountain, and
the nlgbt skies, whether they hover
over groves of magnolia or over Alas
kan glacier, shall be filled with angelic
Overture of "Glory to God and good-will
to men.”
Again and again does the old Book
announce that all the earth shall see the
aalvatlon of God, and as the greater In
cudes the lesser, that takes America
gloriously in. Can you not see that If
America Is not taken for God by his
Consecrated people, It will be taken for
Apollyon! The forces engaged on
both sides are so tremendous that It
cannot be a drawn battle. It Is com
ing, the Armageddon! Either the
American Sabbath will perish and this
nation be banded over to Herods, and
HBdebrands, and Diocletlans, and
Neros of baleful power, and alcoholism
will reign, seated upon plled-up throne
of beer barrels, his mouth foaming with
domestic and national curse, and crime
will lift its unhindered knife of assas
sination, and rattle keys of worst bur
glary, and wave torch of widest confla
gration, and our cities be turned into
Bodoma, waiting for Almighty tempests
of fire and brimstone, and one tidal
(wave of abomination will surge across
the continent, or our Sabbaths will take
on more sanctity, and the newspapers
iwlll become apocalyptic wings of bene
diction, and penitentiaries will be aban
doned for lack of occupants, and holt
pews ana nappincH»,iwm nm auu usutu
tor of heaven, shall walk through the
land, and Christ reign over this na
jtlon either In person or by agency so
glorious that the whole country will be
one clear, resounding echo of heaven.
<lt will be one or the other. By the
throne of him who Uveth forever end
ever, I declare it will be the latter. It
kbe Lord will help me, as hs always
Moes—blessed be his glorious name!—
1 will show you how a mighty work of
gmce begun nt Washington would have
a tendency to bring the whole continent
go God, and before this century closes.
, Why would tt be especially advan
tageous if a mighty work of grace
a Ur led here, “beginning nt Washing
ton?" First, because this city Is on
the border between tbe north and south.
It Is neither northern nor eouthern. It
eesemlngl** the two cLmstes. It
brings together the two styles of popu
Utlon. It is not only right, bat beauti
ful. that people ehould have especial
love for tho latitude where they wer«
horn and brought up. With wbnt lov
ing accentuation the Alabamian speaki
of his orange groves! And the man
from Massachusetts is sure to let you
know that he comes from tho land ol
tho Adamses Samuel, and John, and
John Quincy. Did you ever know i
Virginian or Obloiaa whoso face did
•oi brightm • hen be announced him
■elf from tbe Boutbern or Northers
jhats of Presidents? If a man does aui
tUe hU native clime. It Is because whllt
its lived there, he did aot behave well
This eaplul stands where, by Its local It]
aad IU political Influence. It stretehei
forth ene hand teonrd the north nod
tho ether toward the south, aad i
■tighty work of grace suiting hen
* would probably be o national awahea
tag. Georgia would clasp the hand ol
Wow Hampshire, end Maine the hand ol
1 oulslsns aad California tho hand ol
Now York, and say Tsne. let us go u|
and worship the God a' Nation*, the
4‘hrtel of Golgotha the Hely tikes* el
the psoUcostal three thousands'* It
has aftea been said that tka only way
She aarth aad the seulk will he brought
tote eeatplfte accord, la le have a oat
with Mine foreign nation, In which both
section*, marching side by side, would
forget everything but the foe to be over
ceme. Well, If you wait for such a
foreign conflict, you will wait until all
this generation Is dead, and perhaps
walt.forpver., -The war that will make
the sections forget past controversies is
a war against unrighteousness, such as
a universal religious awakening would
declare. What we want Is a battle for
souls. In whleh about forty million
northerners and southerners shall bo on
the same side, and shoulder to shodlder.
In no other city on the continent can
sueh o war be declared so appropri
ately, for all the other great cities are
either northern or southern. This la
neither, or, rather. It Is both.
Again, It would be especially advan
tageous if a mighty work of grace
started here, because more representa
tive men are In Washington than In
any other dty between the oceans. Of
course there are accidents In politics,
and occasionally there are men who get
in to the senate and bouse of represen-'
tatlves and other Important places who
are fitted for the position In neither
head nor heart; but this Is exceptional
and more exceptional now than In other
days. There is not a drunkard In the
national legislature, although there
were times when Kentucky, Virginia,
Delaware, Illinois, New York and Mas
sachusetts had men In senate or house
of representatives who went maudlin
and staggering drunk across those high
places. Never nobler group of men sat
In senate or house of representatives
than sat there yesterday and will sit
there to-morrow, while the highest
Judiciary, without exception, has now
upon its bench men beyond criticism
for good morals and mental endowment.
The soul of a man who can bring a
thousand or ten thousand other souls
Into the kingdom of God Is worth a
lUOUlAllU Ulan ur icu iuuiidnhu
more than the eoul of a man who can
bring no one Into the kingdom. A
great outpouring of the Holy Spirit In
this capital, reaching the chief men of
America, would be of more value to
earth and heaven than In any other part
of the nation, because It would reach all
the states, cities, towns, and neighbor
hoods of the continent. Oh, for the
outstretched right arm of Ood Almighty
In the salvation of this capital.
Some of us remember 1857, when, at
the close of the worst monetary dis
tress this country has ever felt, com
pared with which the hard times of the
last three years were a boom of pros
perity, right on the heels of that com
plete prostration came an awakening
In which five hundred thousand people
were converted in different states of the
Union. Do you know where one of Its
chief powers was demonstrated? In
Washington. Do you know on what
street? This street. Do you know In
what church? This church. 1 picked
up an old book a few days ago, and was
startled, and thrilled, and enchanted to
read these words, written at that time
: by the Washington correspondent of a
New York paper. He wrote: “The
First Presbyterian church can scarce
contain the people. Requests are daily
preferred for an Interest in the prayers
offered, and the reading of these forms
one of the tenderest and most effective
features of the meetings. Particular
pains are taken to disclaim and exclude
everything like sectarian feeling. Gen
eral astonishment is felt at the unex
pected rapidity with which the work
has thus far proceeded, and we are be
ginning to anticipate the necessity of
opening another church." Why, my
hearers, not have that again, and more
than that? There are many thousands
more of Inhabitants now than then. Be
side that, since then the telephone, with
Its semi-omnipresence, and the swift
cable car, for assembling the people. I
believe that the mightiest revival of rc
I■ _1.n ,Vd( tKfu nltv Woe t.vor Boon k vot
to come, and the earth will tremble
from Capitoline Hill to the boundaries
on all sides with the footsteps of God
as he comes to awaken and pardon and
save these great populations. People
of Washington, meet us next Thursday
night, at half past seven o’clock, to pray
for this coming of the Holy Ghost—not
for a pentecostal three thousand, that I
have referred to, but thirty thousand.
8uch a fire as that would kindle a light
that would be seen from the sledges
crunching through the snows of Labra
dor to the Carribean sea, where the
whirlwinds are born. Let our cry be
that of Hebakkuk, the blank verse poet
of the Bible: ‘‘0 Lord, revive thy work
In the midst of the years. In the midst
of the years made known: In wrath re
member mercy.” Let the battle-cry be.
Washington for God! the I’nlted States
for Ood! America for God! the world
for God! Wo are all tired of skirmish*
inf- Let us bring on s general engage
ment We are tired of fishing with
hook and line. With one sweep of the
Gospel net let us take In many thou
sands. This vast work must begin
somewhere. Why not here? Home
one must give the rallying cry, why
may not 1. one of the Lord's servants?
By providential arrangement, 1 am
every week lu eermonlc communlcatlou
with every city, town, and neighbor
hood of ihle country, nnd now 1 give the
watchword to north and couth, and east
And west. Hear nnd nee It, all people
—Ihle call to a forward movement, this
sail U> repentance and faith, tble rail
to a continental awahenlug! • • •
from where the seaweed la tossed oa
the beech by tbe stormy Atlantic. to lha
aaada laved by tbe gutet pun8c. tbta
country will be Gatasel s land, tbe
wurb beginning al Washington. If we
have (he faith and holy push, and the
ewaaec ratten royuielte nr el of all,
we ministers must get right That eu
• startling utterance af Mr • staunch s,
wbea be said. "It la a doleful thing te
tell late bell from under tbe polpti.
bat, eh! hew dreadful a thing la drep
thither aul ef tbe pulpit.” That wee
ah'hll-euggesilve thing that Paul wrote
to tbe Carlalbtaae “teel that by nay
msana, whoa I have preached tv ethers,
f — •
I myself should he n castaway.” That
was SB Inspiring motto with which
WMtofleld sealed all hla lettera:' "We
seek the stars.” Lord God! Wake up
all our pulpits, and then It will be as
when Venn preached and It was said
that men fell before the Word like
slacked lime. Let us all, layman and
clergymen, do the work. What Wash
ington wants moat of all la an old-fash
lonod revival of religion, hut on a
vaster scale, so that the world will be
compelled to say, as of old, "We never
saw It on this fashion!” But remem
ber there Is a human aids as wall as a
Divine elds to a revival. Those of as
brought up In the country know what
Is called "a raising," the neighbors
gathered together to lift the heavy
frame for a new house, after the tim
bers are ready to bo put Into tbslr
places. It Is dangerous work, and
there are many accidents. The neigh
bors bad gathered for such a raising,
and the beams bad all been fitted to
tbelr placet except one, end tbet very
heavy. That one, on the long pikes
of the men, had almost reached Its
place, wben something went wrong, and
tbs man could hoist It no higher. But
if It did not go In Its place it would fall
back upon the men who were lifting It.
It had already began to settle back.
The boas carpenter shouted, "Lift, men,
or die! All together! Yo—heave!”
With mightier push they tried to send
the beam to Its place, but failed. Htlll
they held on. all the time their strength
lessening. The wlvea, and mothers, and
daughters stood in horror looking on.
Then the boss-carpenter shouted to tho
women, "Come and help!” They came,
and womanly arm* became the arms of
giants, for they were lifting to save the
lives of husbands, and fathers and sons,
as well as their own. Then the bosa
csrpenter mounted one of tbs beams
and shouted, "Now! Altogether! Lift
or die! Yo heave!" And with a
united effort that almost burst the
blood-vessels, the great beam went to
Its place, and a wild huzza* was heard.
That Is the way It sometimes seems In
the churches. Temples of righteous
ness are to be reared, but there is a halt,
a stop, a catch somewhere. A few are
lifting all they can, but we want more
hands at this raising, and more hearts.
More Christian men to help, aye, more
Christian women to re-enforce. If the
work fall, It means the death of many
souls. All together! Men and women
of God! Lift or die! The topstone must
come to Its place "with shoutings of
grace, grace unto It." God is ready to
do his part; are we ready to do our part?
There Is work not only for the knee of
prayer, but for the shoulder of up
heaval.
And now I would like to see this hour 1
that which I have never seen, but hope
to see—a whole audience saved under i
one flash of the Eternal Spirit. Before
you go out of any of these doors, enter
the door of Mercy. Father and mother,
come In and bring your children with
you. Newly-married folks, consecrate
your lifetime to God, and be married
for eternity as well us time. Young
man, you will want God before you get
through this world, and you want him
now. Young woman, without God this
is a hard world for women. One and
all, wherever you sit or stand, I lift my
voice so that you can hear it, out in the
corridors and on the street, and say, in
the words of the Mediterranean ship
captain, "Call upon thy God, if so be
that God will think upon us, that we
perish not."
Heal Help.
"I will strengthen thee,” says God;
"yea, I will help thee; yea, I will up
hold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness.” Can there be a moro
gracious promise? Can there be ono
more absolutely suited to the needs of
human nature? Long -centuries since
It was found out that it is not in man
who walketh to direct his steps,' ana
the intervening ages have only fur
nished additional proof that it is human
weakness and human perversity which
stand In the way of human happiness,
FASHION NOTES.
What are called "French zephyr*
are fine soft ginghams made on Scotch
looms.
Pique dresses for small girls are made
with the plain round waist and skirt
with a wide hem. and worn over a
white gimp.
Collars and revers of cream-white
open-work embroidered batiste over
white satin are a novel and showy
trimming for black satin capes.
Feathery horse-chestnut blossoms
look very pretty on pale yellow straw
hats trimmed with bronze-brown velvet
ribbon rosettes and yellow lace.
New beautiful creamy French batistes
are used by many dressmakers In the
fashioning of poetic-looking toilets for
summer. In preference to the less dura
ble ohIITon textiles.
The more you make people believe
your advertising, the more your adver
tising will make them belle* e in you,
and the more you will believe In adver
tising.
If people exercised as much rare and
shrewdness when Investing In adver
tising as they do when inverting In
banks, mining storks and real estate,
; there would be more believers In tho
value of prinlere' Ink.
In hard tlmee the advertisements of
•harp merchants ronl..tn many greet
bargain*. The failures of uneu> reeful
Arms give stronger ones chancre to buy
goods cheap and Sell them under the
usual price Home people e misfortunes
! are other people • opportunities.
tn our own day the name of incuy
•• a kingdom has for the Aral time
been wiped from Ike map of Europe by
lie incorporation with Italy a country
In which the vtcteettudee of rule knee
been scarcely lees checkered
Ye pile on agony ' la popularly sup
posed la be an Americanism it te,
however, found tn one of Ihs letters of
Charlotte Itroate and eras used la
Vnt tlsh popular Hteralurs befors ihs
fc«k inning of ihs present century.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Him KatcMlal Farmer. Operate Tkte
Department ef tke Farm—A rear
Hlat. aa ta tka Cara of Lira kiork
and Paaltry.
T would reern aa If
• vary dairyman
should be done
with keeping acrub
atock. Yet how
much acrub atock
there la still In the
country. It coats
just aa much to
keep scrubs aa to
breed pure - bred
blooded atock. but
what a vaat difference In results. The
acrub cow gives perhaps one hundred
pounda of butter fat In a year, while
an Improved cow produces three or
even four hundred pounda of butter In
(he same period of time. The contrast
la very plain and obvious. In one case
we have nothing but lost opportunity
and money losses. In the other reason
able profits and a eomfortable, success
ful business. What with oleo and
heavy butter production, the dairyman
can III afford to neglect the beet chance
he has. If he cannot fix market prices,
he can produce large quantities of the
best butter at lowest practicable cost.
Another thing to think of Is whether or
not tho best and cheapest feeds are
being used. The dairyman must be a
close observer and student of market
values and composition of feeding
stuffs. He must not only know what
are the beat feeds for hla own purpose
but what are really cheapest for him
under the conditions with which he Is
surrounded. What ie the moat economi
cal feed for one feeder would nht be
the same for another. Gluten, cotton
seed and linseed meals are now quite
With concrete flocrs and plaster for an
absorbent we may add much to the
value of manure, not alone by saving
the fertilizing value of the liquids, but
by retaining moisture In the pile.—
Rural New-Yorker.
rijmonth Ko.k-I .thorn Cross.
I have been engaged tn raising chick
ens for thirty years In a small way,
with moderate success. My experience
hus been mostly with mixed breeds,
having tried Plymouth Rocks for a few
years, but as 1 was after eggs princi
pally 1 got some Brown Leghorns and
crossed them with the Plymouth Rocks
and have a fair-sized fowl and very
good layers. We are getting 18 or 20
eggs per day now, and the mercury
Is hovering about zero. In the laying
season we sell about 40 dozen per week
from 200 hens. During ths summer
months we go to the poultry dealers
and get a 20-dozen egg case and till
with nice, fresh eggs and lake them
back, hand them In. get our money and
another case, and don't have to wait to
have the eggs counted; we gather our
eggs clean every evening, using plaster
parls for nest eggs, which we make by
pouring contents of egg out through
small hole broken In small end and
filling shell with plaster parls. When
It hardens we have a nest egg that
won’t freeze, break or rot. We use a
house for the poultry to roost In, 10x20,
with ventilators In ends, with roost
five feet above the ground floor. We
whitewash with lime twice a year In
side and out, and spray the roost with
carbolic acid and coul oil at least twice
a year, and are seldom bothered with
lice. If our chickens get a touch of
the cholera or roup we use carbolic
acid, sulphur and salts In their food,
which soon stops the disease.
Our chickens hnve the run of a cattle
barn and feed from the warm droppings
from the cattle during the winter sea
son; what little grain they get Is wheat
screenings and corn scattered out on
the ground In the morning before let
ting them out. We keep them shut up
mornings until all the farm animals are
A»r.hlr*> Cow*.
The lllustration on this page show*
two Ayrshire cows, named "Ollyblll
and • Mate.” They are considered very
fine types of their breed. The cuts fere
reproduced from the United States con
sular report. The consul at Iceda,
Kngland, makes the following report
on the Ayrshire breed In the United
Kingdom.
The Ayrshire ranks among the b'«t
cattle for dairy purposes. It has few
equals'for this, but la not held In high
estimation for beef, because too small.
The Ayrshlres are good feeders wh-n
dry. They are a hardy race. Their home
on the Clyde and near the Irish Sea
consists of moorland, hills, and In some
parts undulating surface of common
day. The hills are light, rocky, and
with poor herbage, The narrow val
leys have sweeter food. Toward the
sea there are great stretches of barren
sand. The climate Is moist, and the
district greatly exposed to continual
wind and moist vapors from the At
lantic. There are u few tracts of use
ful land, but throughout the fertility Is
very moderate.
The Ayrshlres at one time were
used In the l/ondon dairies, but have
been relinquished In favor of the York
shire or Teeswater Shorthorn. They
did not come to the weight, and condi
tion desired for slaughter after they
had Ceased to he profitable for milk.
They have been supplanted by animals
better adapted to being fed for beef
after they have served their time In
the dairy.
The origin of this breed Is difficult to
trace. No particular men seem to have
stood out prominently an breeders or
Improvers. The chief excellence of the
breed Is supposed to have arisen from
the peculiar circumstances of cllrnute,
soil and situation of several of the west
ern counties of Scotland. The farmers
In these districts noted the points that
Indicated good milkers, and, as a xjn
sequence, a very superior breed of milk
ers was established. No breed of cat
tle In Scotland produce a like quan
low in price, and, as they are very rich
foods for both milk and manure, it be
hooves the dairyman to employ one or
the other of them as a stock food. The
dairyman who keeps his eyes open and
buys and sells to best advantage can
yet make a good Income.—W. P. Per
kins in Farmers’ Review.
Indiana Hairy HiutUtI<-m.
The commissioner of the bureau of
statistics for the state of Indiana has
compiled a report of the farm products
of that state for 1895. The figures
given, the commissioner says, are "In
no case estimates, but are the results
of questions asked every farmer in the
state by sworn officers of the state.’’
It would seem from this that such in
formation might lie deemed fairly re
liable. In the light of such a conclu
sion, we give the following facts as
taken from the report:
Total number of Jersey cattle in the
state, 49,136.
Total number of Holstein cattle in the
state, 9,606.
Total number of Short-horn cattle
in the state, 55,255.
Total number of all other breeds in
the state, 813,495.
Total number of cows of all breeds,
468,043.
Total number or gallons of milk taken
lout v«»r 145 396.868.
Pounds of butter made, 35,200,916.
Pounds of cheese made, 394,645.
Uy an analysis of these figures we
find that the average milk production
of Indiana cows le 2,500 lbs. per cow.
Allowing that the milk 1s up to stand
ard. containing 4 per cent of butter fat,
we find that the average butter produc
tion of the state cannot possibly ex
ceed 100 pounda a year.—Ex.
C'uarrele la 4'ew atabls*.
Home one hue said that you can't ab
stract fertility through a concrete floor.
It la true. Uralnage away from a ma
nure pile Indicates a lack of bralnage.
It la bard for some farmers to under
stand tbnl the liquid manure contains
nil the digested portions of the food
that are passed by the animal. These
digestible part* are soluble, and not
ouly quickest in their action as plant
fuod, but easteel lo run away If not
jailed by a concrete Itoor. As l>r. Young
•nys. any place that la *o bold manure
should be floored With concrete If pos
slide It la a wise provision of Nature
that man has this power of (finding
up concrete, and then molding It lo suit
his will Into artiflt tal stone lo cover any
■ desired surface with a water light cov
I sftng. This wonderful action Is as use
j ful In tie way an ta the chemical action
of Are It la one of the things placed
1 tn our bauds with which lo prevent «
i toes, and there are few losses so serums
I |0 fat tu*f II Ifc* !**•■ ISMIIII?,
fed and have time to eat. We set two
hen* at the same time, and when they
hatch we take the best dispositloned
hen and let her mother both sittings
and coop up the other hen a few day*,
when she Is ready to go to laying again.
We use a separate coop for each brood
of chicks and shut them up night* to
guard against "varmints” and make
handy for feeding mornings. We feed
and water morning, noon and evening,
using coarse meal and cracked wheat
for the little chicks, and shelled corn
for the larger ones.
When they get big enough to wean
we carry or drive them to the hen
house a few times and shut them with
the old chickens, and are not let out
In the morning until the little one* are
fed. We sell $175 worth of eggs each
year and about J30 worth of chickens,
besides what we use for a family of
nine.—R. A. Oarlnger in Farmers' Re
view.
1>iuper»lur« In I'oultry Houhpm.
Rueker Bros., Illinois We use no
thermometer. We try to keep the tern
I _ 1 A • A J •
not u*e artificial heat, ui we <lo not
think It advisable. The fowls are more
liable to take cold. An to construction
of a poultry house there are various
things to be suld. If you have a hill
that faces to the south, one good plan
Is to excavate a place there, ufler the
manner of building a basement ham.
This will give a good warm house. An
other plan lo keep the house warm.
Is to line It Inside and out with build
ing paper, so that It will give a dead
air space. The paper should he uuder
the siding and sheeting. This Is bel
ter than to nil the space between the
-molding with sawdust or flue cut straw.
W< would suggest that where It Is pos
sible lo do so, Ihe building should be
l located In a protected position, where
> the force of the strong north wtuds will
I be broken. These wiuds will peuvtrale
through every crach and crevice that
has been overlooked wheu Ihe bouse
was built It Is not so difficult to keep
the temperature even when the weather
Is calm This la ihe tusln secret to
success In ihe winter time, especially If
you wsut healthy birds and lots of eggs,
raiment' He view.
A 1‘MtflMHunt WiMMl
focus mood has for tuaay years been
used la the msaufarture of flutes, he
muse It gives furth a flexitde and mt I
j low tone, hut H has l*eea round by
j certain flutists that this wood not in
frequently po-aons ihe Itps. This par
ilculer form of poisoning nas ihe eub
Jr, | at the recent meeting of I hr Mas
»acbu*elta Homeopathic Medical sgs'lg
ly.
tity of milk, butter and cheese with the
Ayrshire.— Farmers' Review.
I lourn.
In tbe Western prairie states wood
is perhaps the moat extensively used
material for flooring stables for stock.
It is largely used on account of its con
venience and general adaptability,
though there is a growing feeling that
it is on the whole quite unsatisfactory.
The plank floor is short lived; it is
made water tight with difficulty, and
above all It Is objectionable for horses
that are confined much to the stall.
For cattle and hogs the same objec
tions prevail to a considerable degree.
Cement floor* are gaining in favor and
are quite acceptable though rather ex
pensive. They should also be covered
with plank for horses. The cement
floors in the new station barn have
been in use over a year now and have
given good satisfaction. When w< II
bedded they are very satisfactory for
cattle, hogs and sheep. The station
floors were made by laying three
inches of concrete composed of five
parts of clean, sharp sand to one of
Portland cement, well mixed and
packed well on a foundation of naml
and gravel, and the surface was the#
finished with a three-quarter Inch cov*
erlng of cement and aand In- proportion
of four of cement to seven of huucI, and
troweled smooth and level except as
otherwise provided. These floor* have
worn well even whore horaea wearing
shoe* have walked on It, Such u flour
Is cold In winter, however, unless used
Inside Of a warn building and bedding
used freely. This kind of a floor may
be made ut a coat of !0 cents a square
foul. t\ F. Curtiss In Itural idle.
Sound lit reding Animals. The great
est cltaw back In the way of progress In
breeding and growing harass is the
stubbornness of men who stand in
their own light and refuse to change
practices, even when vallsfled that guln
will follow. They ding to the old broke n
down mares and persist In using the
cheapest slalllona, regardlaaa of qual
ity. What a mating will be Itksiy to
Insure la of minor consideration, so that
a roll la bred It la tor this reason that
some of Ike more progressive breedeis
have withdrawn their slalllona from
public service and admit only selected
mart* owned by men who are seehiag
in grow and develop the heal If there
la a dollar for the owner of n sound
brood mare then ha should aeeh to
avail Li....« if of the moat by the use of
nano but tbe beat Ka
Tbs right kind of goedne*« i* nlwayg
good tor something