TALM AGE’S SERMON.
THE GLORIOUS HERITAGE OP
EVERY CHRISTIAN.
StaMea Test! “Pot Ye la *hn Sleklu, for
the Hereeel le Ripe" — Joel, III, 1 »—
Prayer end Song the Bulwarks of the
Chrletlen Religion.
HR sword has been
poetized and the
world has celebrat
ed the sword of
Bolivar, the sword
of Cortez, and tha
sword of Lafayette.
The pen has been
properly eulogized,
and the world has
celebrated the pen
of Addison, the pen
of Southey, and the pen of Irving. The
painters' pencil has been honored, and
(bo world has celebrated the pencil of
Murillo, tha pancll of Hubens, and the
panel! of Blerstadt. The sculptor's
cblsel has come In for high encomium,
and the world has celebrated Chuntrey's
chisel, and Crawford's chisel, and
Ornanough's chisel. But there la one
Instrument about which I sing the flrst
canto that was ever sung the sickle,
(ha sickle of the Bible, tha sickle that
haa reaped the harvest of many cen
turies. Sharp and bent Into a semi
circle, and glittering, this reaping hook,
no longer than your arm. has furnished
(ho bread for thousands of years, lta
success has produced the wealth of na
tions. It has bad more to do with the
world’s progresa than sword, and pen,
and pencil, and chisel, all put together.
Christ puts the sickle into exquisite
nermonlc simile, and you see that In
strument flash all up and down the
Apocalypse as joim swings u, wnne
through Joel In my text God commands
the people, as through his servants now
he commands them—"Put ye in the
eiclcle, for the harvest Is ripe."
lAst November there was great re
joicing all over the land. With trum
pet and cornet and organ and thousand
voiced psalm we praised the Lord for
the temporal harvests. We praised
God for the wheat, the rye, the oats,
the cotton, the rice, all the fruits of the
orchard and all the grains of the field;
and the nation never does a better thing
than when In autumn it gather* to
festivity and thanks God for the great
ness of the harvest. But I come to-day
to speak to you of richer harvests, even
the spiritual. How shall we estimate
the value of a man? We say he Is
worth so many dollars, or has achieved
such and such a position; but we know
very well thero are some men at the
top of the ladder who ought to be at
the bottom, and some at the bottom
wbo ought to be at the top, and the only
way to estimate a man Is by the soul.
We all know that we shall live forever.
IJeatfe cannot kill us. Other crafts may
he drawn Into the whirlpool or »hlv
- — »— ** • wa* smsw Hit) WfkUm
us will weather all storms and drop no
anchor, and ten million years after
death will shake out signals on the high
aeaa of eternity. You put the mendi
cant off your doorstep and say he is
uuiy a ueggur; uui ue is worm ail me
gold of the mountains, worth all the
pearls of tbe sea, worth tbe solid earth.
Worth sun, moon and atars, worth tba
entire material universe. Take all the
paper that ever rame from tbe paper
mills and put it side by side and sheet
by sheet, and let mau with fleetest pens
make figures on that paper for 10,000
yeara, and they will only have begun to
express the value of the soul. Sup
pose I owned Colorado and Nevada and
Australia, of how much value would
they be to me one moment after I de
parted this life? How much of Phil
adelphia does Stephen Gtrurd own to
day? How much of Boston property
does Abbott Lawrence own to-day?
The man who to-day hath a dollar In
his pocket hath more worldly estate
than the millionaire who died last year.
How do you suppose I feel, standing
here surrounded by a multitude of
aouls. each one worth more than tbe
material universe? Ob. was I not
right In saying, this spiritual harvest Is
richer than the temporal harvest? I
must tighten the girdle. I must sharpen
the tickle. I must be careful bow I
awing tbe instrument for gathering the
Crain, lest one stalk be lost. One of
the moat powerful sickles for reaping
this spiritual harvest la the preaching
•i the Gospel. If the sickle have a rose
wood handle, and It be adorned with
precious stones, and yst It cannot bring
down th# grain, it la not much of a
sickle, and preaching amount* to noth
ing onlrsa It harvests aouls for Ood.
■hall wo preach philosophy? Ths
Malph Waldo Kmrraons could beat us
•t that. Shall we preach science? The
Agassis** could best us at that. The
minister of Jesus t'brtst with waahast
•ro going forth In sarnsst pray*r. and
wtalding this sickle of the Uuspel, shall
•lid ths harvest ail around hltu wailing
•or lb# ang*l sheet binders Oh. this
bar reel of souls' I notice in lbs Reltls
that tho farmer did But stand upright
when he gathered the grain I noticed
h# had to stoop to his work, and I no
ticed tba* la eider In bind tbs sheaves
tbe better be bad to put hi* knee upon
them And aa »* go forth In this work
for Usd si cannot stand upright In ok
lb#te*4* OWd at.* sod Sc e> u>
dtttea, W* have in steep to our work.
Ay. wo have to put our base to It of
wo wlU never gather susnvee for the
Herd * garner Peter seuag that sickle
aa tba day of P»ai*..«st sad .hr*# ibeu
eoad abagvea cams la Ml. here Master
swung that sk hi# at Kiddermlaater,
and Met'd#)a# at lh*ode# and vast mul
tttodo* earn# lata the hlagdow of out
Oh. tbia la a mighty Oesprit It rap
tered set ealr Joba tba lamb but Paul
tba I tea Mea may gaasb their tsatb
at II, aad rUa*h their fist*, hut it Is iha
goosr at Uod aad tbs utsdom at Uad
onto salvation. But alas, If It la only
preached In pulpits a.id on Sabbath
days! We must go forth Into our stores,
our shops, our banking-houses, our fac
tories, and the streets, and everywhere
preach Christ. We stand In our pulpits
for two hours on the Sabbath and com
mend Christ to the people; but there are
168 hours In the week, and what are the
two hours on the Sabbath against the
j 166? Oh, there comes down the ordi
nation of Ood this day upon all the peo
! pie, men who toil with head and hand
und foot—the ordination comes upon all
; merchants, upon all mechanics, upon
! all tollers, and God says to you as he
, says to me: “Go, teach all nations, lie
that believeth and Is baptized shall be
saved,and he that believeth not shall he
damned." Mighty Gospel, let the whole
earth hear It! The story of Christ is
to regenerate the nations, It Is to eradi
cate all wrong, it is to turn the earth
into a paradise. An old artist painted
the Lord's Supper, und he wanted the
chief attention directed to the face of
Christ. When he invited his friends in
to ‘criticise the picture, they admired
the chalices more than they did the
face, and the old artist said: "This
picture Is a failure,” and he dashed out
the picture of the cups, and said: “I
shall have nothing to detract from the
face of the Lord; Christ Is the all of this
picture."
Another powerful sickle for the reap
ing of this harvest is Christian song.
1 know In many churches the whole
work Is delegated to a few people stand
ing In the organ-loft. But, my friends,
as others cannot repent for us and
others cannot die for us, we cannot
delegate to others the work of singing
for us. While a few drilled artists
shall take the chants and execute the
more skillful music, when the hymn Is
given out let there be hundreds and
thousands of voices uniting in the ac
clamation. On the way to grandeurs
that never cease and glories that never
die, let us sing. At the battle of Lut
zen. a aeneral came to the king and
Maid; "Those soldiers are singing as
they are going Into battle. Shall I
stop them?" "No.” said the king, "men
that can sing like that can fight." Oh,
the power of Christian song! When I
argue here you may argue back. The
argument you make against religion
may be more skillful than the argument
I make In behalf of religion. Hut who
can stand before the pathos of some
uplifted song like that which we some
times sing;
Show pity, Lord. O Lord, forgive!
Let a repenting rebel live!
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not a sinner trust In thee?
Another mighty sickle for the reap
ing of the Gospel harvest is prayer.
What does God do with our prayers?
Does he go on the battlements of heav
en and throw them off? No. What
do you do with gifts given you by those
who love you very much? You keep
them with great sacredness. And do
you suppose God will take our prayers,
offered in the sincerity and love of our
lin»u, —— * ------- **»■— <•*> ia.
Oh, no! He will answer them all in
some way. Oh, what a mighty thing
prayer is! It Is not a long rigamarole
of "ohs,” and "ahs,” and "for ever anil
ever, Amen.” It is a breathing of the
heart into the heart of God. Oh, what
a mighty thing prayer Is! Klijah with
it reached up to the clouds and shook
down the showers. With it John Knox
shook Scotland. With it Martin Luther
shook the earth. And when Philipp
Melanchthon lay sick unto death, as
many supposed, Martin Luther came in
and said: "Philipp, we can’t spare you!”
"Oh,” said he, "Martin, you must let
me go; I am tired of persecution and
tired of life. I want to go to be with my
God.” "No,” said Martin Luther, "you
shall not go; you must take this food
and then I will pray for you.” “No.
Martin,” said Melanchthon, "you must
let me go.” Martin Luther said: "You
take this food, or I will ex-communi
cate you.” He took the food and Mar
uu isuuu;i "j ..
only he could pray, and convalescr-nce
came and Martin Luther went back and
said to hla friends: "God has saved the
life of Philipp Melanchthon In direct
answer to my prayer." Oh, the power
of prayer! Have you tested it? • • *
I invite any one the most Infidel, any
one the most atheistic, 1 Invite him Into
the kingdom of God with Just as much
heartiness as those who have for flfty
years been under the teaching of the
Gospel and believed It all. When I was
i living In Philadelphia a gentleman told
n.e of a scene in which he was a par
ticipant. In Cullowhlll street, Phila
delphia, there had been a powerful
meeting going on for some time and
mrny were converted, and among oth
er,' one of the prominent members of
the worst club house In that city. The
neat nlaht the leader of that club
house. the prsaldeut of It. resolved that
he would endeavor to get hla comrade
away, lie came to the door, and before
he entered he heard a Christian song,
and undsr Ha power hla aoul waa agl
tated. lie went in and ashed for pray
er. He for* he came out he waa a sub
ject of converting merry. Tbe n*it
I night another comrade went to reclaim
, the two who had been lest to their sin
i ful circle He went, wwd under the
; power ef the Itwl) Ghost became a
c ha aged m«n sad the worh weal on
until they were wll saved and tbs In
famous club house disbanded Oh It
Jo a mighty Gospel? Though you rams
j here g child of ala you con go away a
child of grac*. you caw go away ataglag
Autatine grave, h-o sweet tho found
That saved a at-tin Ith* me
I -a- * was b*et, but now aio f»*uad -
"«• blind but Wow t t»*
Gh. give up your alas* Must of your
life la already goo* Your chtidfeu
are getwg aa tho asms wrong road
lh by do you aot stop? Yht# day it aai
Valloa earn# to tby bouse" Why aot
tblo mumeal Ieoh up lata the taco at
Christ sod Mi|i
loss aa t am without as* also
but that thy bn-o-i sm shed foe use,
; And that thou tod et me eusae la thee.
1 V impt G tied I >urns* I tame.
God la going to aavo you. You ara
going to bo among the ahinlng one*.
After the toil* of life are over, you are
going up to the everlasting rest, you are
going up to join your loved ones, de
parted parents and departed children.
"O, my God," says some man, "how can
I come to thee? I am so far off. Who
will help me. I am so weak? It seems
such a great undertaking." Oh, my
brother, it Is a great undertaking! It
Is so great you cannot accomplish it,
but Christ can do the work. He will
correct your heart and he will correct
your life. "Oh,” you any, "I will Btop
profanity." That will not save you.
"Oh," you say, "I will stop Sabbath
breaking.” That will not save you.
There Is only one door into the king
dom of God, and that Is faith; only one
ship that sails for heaven, and that is
faith. Faith the first step, the second
step, the hundredth step, the thou
sandth stop, the last step. By faith we
enter the kingdom. By faith we keep
in. By faith we die. Heaven a reward
of faith. The earthquake shook down
the Philippian dungeon. The jailor
said: "Whnt shall I do?” Some of you
would say: "Better got out of the
place before the walls crush you."
What did the Apostle say? "Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shult
be saved.” “Ah,” you say, "there's the
rub.” What Is faith? Buppose you were
thirsty and I offered you this glass of
water, nnd you believed I meant to give
it to you, and you came up and took it.
You exercise faith. You believe I mean
to keep my promise. Christ offers you
the water of everlasting Ilf*. You take
it. That Is faith.
Enter Into the kingdom of Ood. En
ter now. The door of life Is set wide
open. I plead with you by the blood
sweat of Getbsemane and the death
errnan nf fha hv mmu nrwl ernun
by Pilate's court-room and Joseph's
sepulchre, by harps and chains, by
kingdoms of light and realms of dark
ness, by the trumpet of the archangel
that shall wake the dead, and by the
throne of the I^ord God Almighty end
the Lamb, that you attend now to the
thingB of eternity. Oh, what a sad
thing It will be if, having come so near
heaven, we miss 1*' Oh, to have come
within sight of the shining pinnacles
of the city and not have entered! Oh,
to have been so near we have seen the
mighty throng enter, and we not Join
ing them! Angels of God, fly this way!
1 Good news for you, tell the story
| among the redeemed on high! If there
bo one there especially longing for
our solvation, let that one know It now.
] Wo put down our sorrows. Glory be to
God for such a hope, for such a pardon, 1
! for such a Joy, for such a heaven, for j
' such a Christ!
j _ I
ttpoftlc Oat Your Lnva.
A French Journal gives one excellent
way by which we may advance Christ's
j kingdom, as follows:
Let your friends know that you love '
! them. Do not keop alabaster boxes of ,
! your love and tenderness sealed up j
until your friends are dead. Fill your j
lives with sweetness; speak kind, ap
proving words while their hearts can
hear them. The things you mean to
say when they are gone nay before they
go.The flowers you mean to send for
their coffin send to brighten their
homes before they leave them.
If my friends have alabaster boxes
full of perfumes of sympathy and affec
tion, which they Intend to break over
my dead body, I would rather they
would bring them out In my weary days
and open them that I may be refreshed
and cheered by them while I need them.
I would rather have a bare coffin
without a flower, and funeral with
out an eulogy, then life with
out the sweetness of love and
sympathy. Let us learn to anoint
j our friends beforehand for burial.
I Post-mortem kindnesses do not cheer
j the burdened spirit. Flowers on the
J coffin cast no fragrance over the weary
days of our lives.
PDOVCDRI A I
A maiden should never be married In
rolors If she wishes to be happy, the
most unfortunate colors being yellow
and green.
Widows who re-niarry ought not to
he dressed In white. Wednesday Is the
I most fortunate day for marriages, .Sat
urday the most unlucky.
Tbs thlf'eerrt. of the month Is unfor
tunute for all purposes,
j Hlrds In flocks are lucky, and the
1 sun to shine upon u bride Is most pro
1 pltlous, denoting success In all mailers
' and mutual ove.
If a green-pea p«d eontalnlng nine
I peas Is put by a maiden over the hall
door, ehe will be married If the first
stranger who enters happens to be a
i ha *helur,
Haulel Webster was lofly and digni
fied Ills abstraction sometimes creat
ed the Impression <>f Incivility where no
discourtesy was Intended.
Uladelone Is polite to everybody. At
* hla country hums he knows everyone
i In the vicinity, and has a kindly ward
i for even Ike poorest (arm laborer
William I’eun e formal but kindly
p»lttrneaa Impressed even I lie Indians
with whom be dealt Use of the
nau>*a given him by them was “The
Hood lug Chief "
Madison made It a putal to touch his
hal tu everyone who bowed la him. aad
lbs fy«*ni part of hie hat hum was at
waya worn Ikrsetbars la consequence
of this pou IttMweueaa
llenry v'lay use eald to make the
j moot engaging bow ut gay gentleman
of Me lime
Haydn was tbs personification of
' lottrteay He .«u*>e aatd “It d»«a bat
pay la bs impolite even l« a dog
Tbs laths of Marlborough said |k«|
he owed fcle success ae much la Me ek»
seal deportm#sI ns ta bkt talents
i «‘heals the Id was so graceful that an* ;
; ef Ms eogtemtoofurtss said tl use wMih j
! a twutaey a, r.-aa Ragland Id me him [
! **•>
I Andrew Jachsog was rungh In hi* j
Manner * hut ha could bs pwUts wbeq
I ks pie a sc. | ||s use always esuttesus I
■ t» ladtea |
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Nnaaiful Faarmrrs Opcruto Tills
Orpnrt anrnt of ttiaa Furan-'A Kaw
Hints us to tlio fora of !.!▼• Stork
■ ml Poultry.
AIRYING paya
upon the aame
terma, and no other,
that other occupn
tlona pay. The dai
ryman mutt under
atand hla bualneaa,
and ulwaya be on
the alert to learn
more about It. He
m«it have bln work
v'4 on bln mlml stead
ily, be thinking of It and
Its details constantly, and an
cormtunlly striving to make the
best possible product at the least pos
sible cost. To this end ho must never
regurd his herd us quite good enough
to sutlsfy Iris Idcul. lie must study Its
breeding with a determination to make
the next general Ion of heifers us much
better than their dums us possible; he
must study the feeding and manage
ment of the calves and their develop
ment us he/fors as they come Into young
helforhood; tho feeding of the cows in
milk must Ire made a mutter of Individ
ual study, for euch bus a feeding point
of highest profit, beyond which or be
low which the cow Is less profitable
than she may be made; feeds and ineir
market price must receive his attention,
no that the best ration at the lowest
cost may ut ull times be given; he must
know what each cow In the herd Is
fore them plenty of sharp grit. Pound
ed croehery, good-sized gravel stones,
bits of bone, etc., are good. Better not
use glass, as there Is danger of the
sharp particles cutting through the tis
sues and causing trouble. (Irlt is good
for both man and hens. The sooner
every novice in fowl-keeping becomes
aware of the fact that roup Is by all
odds the worst disease that ever af
flicts poultry and learns to steer clear
of It the better It will he. Almost every
new rcerult to poultry-keeping loses
many birds from roup the (Irst winter.
The older breeders, however, seldom
get caught, for they take precautionary
measures, realizing full well the un
satisfactory character of any treatment
whose aim Is to cure after the ailment
once gains firm foothold. The disease
In many particulars closely resembles
consumption In the human species, and
therefore must not he trifled Wjth.
Feed the fowls well. House them snugly
In well-ventilated houses and keep all
surroundings clean and wholesome. Un
der Much conditions naturally vigorous
stock will rarely contract a case of
genuine roup.
Save the poultry manure. If the fowls
nre fed upon rich grains and plenty of
clover, meat und bone, their droppings
must be rich, approaching In fertility
the much-lauded guano. Farmer*
must not let any kind of good manure
escape them. It Is far too precious and
much needed to restore lost or exhaust
ed fertility of soil.
Feed good, wholesome, nutritious
foods that comprise a large variety.
Clover, cabbage, roots, raw beef, ground
bone, wheat bran, corn, etc., should all
come Into the bill of fare. Man tires of
one food exclusively, and poultry docs
likewise.
Make preparations to hatch some
early chickens, for these are the ones
Winter Protection of Stock*
The Indiana experiment station says:
A common winter sight is a herd of
attle exposed to the severest kind of
veather, browsing In cornfields or
landing humped up In chilling winds.
Food Is fuel to the animal body. It
equlres more fuel to keep up steam In
i boiler when the weather Is Intensely
old than It does when It Is mild. In the
ame manner, other things being equal,
t requires more food to sustain an ant
nnl freely exposed to the chilling blasts
if winter than It does for one given pro
ectlon.
In experiments conducted at the In
llana agricultural experiment station
ullch cows exposed to all soils of
veather in winter, but provided with
light shelter, made a very •• .favorable
bowing us compared with those given
he shelter of the stable, excepting for
i brief airing when the weather was
ultable. The exposed cows a to the most,
ood, lost slightly In weight and also
n milk yield. The sheltered ones
;alned In weight, and otherwise mane
i better showing than the exposed lot.
At the Kansas experiment station
mgs kept In conditions of winter ex
tosiiro did not produce pork so economi
cally as those given reasonable shel
er, although the same kind of food
vas fed to each Jot. In reporting the
ame station, Prof. Georgeson says that
teers, to give the best returns when be
ng fed for beef, should bo provided
vlth shelter. Warm, low, open sheds
n the feed lot give comfortable shelter
o steers.
While live stock should be protected
rom Uie Inclemency of the weather It
s Important that the stable should be
veil ventilated and not too warm. Uls
■use propagates easiest where the ulr Is
itagnant and Impure, hence special ef
orts should be made to keep the stable
ilr pure. Without doubt tuberculosis
Our Illustration shows a group and sold for 205 guineas. The oldpr of noted prize winners. The illustrations
of Red Polled cattle, bred and raised In the two females is Dolly; the other one are from the United States consular
England. The bull Is Davy son 3d (28), Is Silent Lady (09). All of these were report.—Farmers’ Review.
doing toward lining his pocketbook,
which, of course, Implies that each
should be regularly tested; he must be
sufficiently Interested In his business to
feed regularly, generously, and with a
ration having abundant variety, and
composed of the elements best calcu
lated to make milk and butter fat eco
nomically. and he must provide for the
comfort of his cows both iu the stable
and out of it, furnishing warmth, ven
tilation and sunlight when they are
housed, and shade and freedom from
files when they are on pasture; he must
provide good, pure water, suit regularly
and love the cows well enough to treat
them with kindness and humanity; he
must keep the quarters clean and free
from bad odors, must milk regularly
and have patience enough to milk the
cows, even when they reach the point
where they give but little, In order that
their milking periods may lengthen
rather than shorten; he must study the
care of milk and the modern methods
of butter making, and must provide
modern Implements and utensils lor
doing the work: he must study mar
keting in order to secure the best prices
that his make of butter will bring, and
be constantly striving to improve the
quality so that It will command a bet
ter price and meet with readier sale.—
Western Farm Journal.
I'onllrj Pointers.
You must, of course, have a warm
house If you are to have laying hens;
but do not have one that is Ailed with
vile odors and a stench suAlcient to
make any mau want to get out of it as
soon as possible Much a house (?) for
fowls must produce larh of health, dis
ease and ultimately death I'ure air.
encored by scleutlAc ventilation Is as
uecewaary lo fowls as lo man All ani
mal life, without exception. must have
pure oaygeoated air for their breath
tag or dread disease will appear Of
course It wuuld be unwise lo have ven
tilators opea at all on very cold night* \
The* are to be opened and cloned par- j
tially or entirely, according i« season
weather, etc A* a further aid to purv
alr la the b*a house absorbent# are to
be largely used There In nothing to
take their place Is* plaster, coal
aahea or dust abaorb tbe potaooous gaa
ea that proceed from animal egcrettoae
aa4 are therefore of bigb uttltly la tbe |
poultry bouse
tto noi b»*P *«o many bene together ;
t hey will not hay web and prove probt '
able Where I be crowding policy la pur- 1
•i*mt Tw**l» • ** k»*4* I* M* i*
***t4«kl» 4 *»4*l*»u** i» tua j
If »«*** «n <** ***** k*«*
Mt« t******'*!*1 k*u*r 4»*»4* «i» 4*4
Ml *• * 9*rtfctM I* lb* '*•* l r**4
m i* ib* 4****** *f 4 a**4 4**i *t 4»*.
•••* a*4 l**fc *f •bun
II* *u»* *** 4* **« h>*»*‘ I* b*«' 14*
l**tb I** >**r b**a b| h**bi*« *»«* k* j
that pay well. They lay early and con
tinue all winter while prices are high.
April la an excellent month In which
the i^iick should break the shell. If you
have an Incubator there la no trouble
in hatching chick* early. Otherwise
you must coax the hen* to lay early, in
which case they will lay early und soon
become broody. Do not place more than
ten egg* under a hen if the weather Is
still quite cold.—VV. P. Perkins in
Farmers' Review.
Value of Dairy Teat*.
No one can doubt, says the Mark
Lane Express, that there are affluent
milk yielding cows, which are not re
munerative butter making cows, and
that every duiry farmer should ascer
tain whether the Individual animals in
his herd are adapted for the purposes
to which his milk is applied; very few
do this, and great losses are occasioned
in consequence. The fact has been
shown over and over again that uulese
an IIUPiifA viulrlino.- ..»’ U _ 1
weighed after milking, periodically,
the owner would be ignorant of the
animal’! performances, or whether her
yield in up to the standard requisite to
give profit or not. Keeping each cow's
milk separate for butter making would
be tiresome. As there ur«
testa and instruments for ascertain! rif
the composition of milk. It Is far easier
to resort to them than to adopt the
ether alternative, in the generality «/
cases, however, nothing of the kind is
even attempted, and the dairy farmer
reiuatus totally unaware of what ought
to be his greatest concern the individ
ual capabilities of each cow he owns to
do what he expect from her. lienie
the utility of butter teats and milking
trials to show how very varied ura the
yielding* of row*. i«oih in milk and but
ter. and h<>' m e better certain varl
ti«* era tor bu ter hi iking than other*
Our Horses in Knglsnd Voter Iran
and t'anndtun hor»e* are a regular
feature in the auction sales in England
end Mcwtlend Ibices rang* from (ISA
to |.’co for our common small horses
and an occasional blah class horse
ruus up to double ibot pile#, «nd the
strangest part of it is that It i# in#
best they want, and would readily pay
the good priteo for bigb claso horses if
we only bod them They only take the
«heap horses because they are so •I***
1C a..
K.iu».i» fur t'iui* Humm4 Tfcia la
Jwka lUuikar Jr a r«*t*4< (at , fu*
kuuaU Oka Ukl*«|t«»ui.ful Ur4 uit.
kail »*a»kaaaNI <••• i.u^uua
Nl aiaktr, uka i*a«|HMaNI .m^kur
Nurlk l»4a|MM»uNI **<•!« 114.1 Mu
Ik Avar l«* Mtaka II * it .aaugk la rail
tkl« k‘i*» Olka iwfca • 4a> «u4 al
m*ak «i*a ake iaaa»»akNI •* >a*i»« all
•M kail a tvavttk al aara aalar.
Is more prevalent among cattle closely
confined In stables where the ventila
tion Is bad than It is where the air Is
good. Live slock should certainly be al
lowed outdoor exercise when the wea
ther Is mild and comfortable, but If It
snows or rains and the air Is chilling,
the animals should be given stable pro
tection.
It is also important that the stable
should not be too warm in winter. A
temperature of 40 degrees Is a very
satisfactory ohe. When It is as high as
HO degrees In the barn, stock turned
from this into a freezing atmosphere
to water Is apt to be very severely
chilled and take cold. When the stable
is at 40 degrees animals are not so
easily chilled when turned from the
stable. Every stable should have a
thei mometer to guide one in keeping
the temperature of the room as uni
form at> possible.—C. S. Plumb, Di
rector.
N'ew llrwil of KonU.
I nave been breeding and raising
fowls for twenty-eight years. I have
kept Asiatics, Leghorns, Plymouth
Rooks, Polands, Wyandottes, Javas and
Lungbhans. The Leghorns suit me best.
My chicken houses have ground floor,
but the wulls are double-lined and the
spaces tilled with sawdust. In the win- w
ter we feed warm chop feed morning*. ’
and at night wheat, about all they will
eat up clean. We give them plenty of
wator. W’e sell dressed fowls at 10 to
cents the year round to private
customers. We get eggs the year rouud
We lose no fowls except by accidents.
We hatch our brood* by hens. In the
bo* stslls in the baru. during May and
June We have no disease In our Docks.
We allow the weak one* to die and the
survivors are sound I have been de
veloping what I call a perfect breed
from the ' "mount points of perfection
using all of the dark breeds with the
Leghorn for a base | coll It the
American Wonder " Our yards are full
of the Wonders now. and I think they
are not equaled by any in utility beau
ty, eaOy maturity and ability to *tBoa
hardships dome of them seem to be
perpetual layers and never sit. The bc>t
one* live to be ten year* old it u.
Me Howell a Farmers' Review
Winter! >g Streep |„ wIMgrUg
sheep, tt .» not necessary that they
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M fw ktrwt and mtUn; ,Ul * <
ln4»«d »mt4 ko Injurtotio to ikon*
Moi ikoy rv«|utr« *k*ddtn« of nut *®n
• good roof to k*og tkont dry, ««d
« too*d to i»totoi't ikrut front iioni
Uwko un4*» « month old out. tkotr
nio(h*r» >kuul4 koto nnrmor ouoMot*
(knn ifct. *koul4 ko miMiolod front tk»
•otk *»4 rooott* *«tro taro t*^»of
hojr tt tk* koot food on oki.u to «tnt*r
•***► A kohgo of food to 4* ilroht*,
«Bd tfc*> mill Ittifrot* on It fn.lor.