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7 hew1 Ribbons Everywhere. Ribbon bows are introduced every where this season. They appear on the high waist belts, on the cuffs, and do«rn the front of the gowns, being sca;tered impartially wherever a bow can possibly find a place. As a trim ming they are very small a'id dainty, often supplemented with a button or a minute buckle, while as a contrast the sash bows are, in many instances, very wide and spreading, some of them taking the form of immense choux composed of loops of soft ribbon, which in white and rose have the ap pearance of mammoth peonies. A charming evening “tea gowu.” fash ioned of pink soft satin veiled with white chiffon, which was cohered in turn with black spotted net, was swathed round the bust an* across tne back with wide striped black and white taffeta ribbon with a reverse side of pale pink, tied in a large but terfly bow in front, and there were wide ribbon bands on the wrist fin ished with little bows on the inner side. Gooseberry Wine. Gather the gooseberries when they are about half ripe in dry weather; pick them clean and put a peck at a time in an earthenware pan or -tub and bruise them with a piece of wood, being as careful as possible not to break the seeds. Put the pulp into a canvas bag and squeeze out the juice into a pan or tub. To every gallon of pounds of sugar, and when the sugar is quite dissolved pour the liquor into a cask which will just hold it. If the quantity is nine gallons, let it stand to settle for a fortnight; If twenty gallons, thirty or forty days. Keep in a cool place, then draw it off from the lees and put it into an other barrel of the same size cr into the same after emptying the lees and making it clean. Let a cask of ten gallons or less stand for about three mouths, and one of twenty gallons for five months, when it will be fit to bot tle. This wine keeps well and im proves with age. For a Lawn Fete. The new costumes are almost in variably of two and contrasting mate rials. In a smart costume, destined to be worn at a lawn fete, lace and em broidered shantung are employed about equally; and the design is furth er enhanced by leafy embroideries ex ecuted solid in black. The blouse is of the filet lace with empieeements of shantung, the embroideries posed to good effect. The upper portion of the sleeve is of lace and the puff of the silk ending at the elbow. The skirt is of shantung with lace bandings, these running both vertically and horizon tally and little puffiings of the silk frilled edges alternate with the lace bandings from knee to hem. The Swiss belt is in black chiffon and long sash ends float in the back. Fancy Blouse Waist. Blouse waists made full below deep yokes are essentially smart and are shown in all the fashionable soft and thin materials. This one is peculiarly attractive, as it includes a narrow vest and soft, draped scarf. The model is made of pale blue chiffon ! louisine with trimming of black silk banding and tie of black messaline, and is eminently effective, but the j trimming can be one of many things : and the material anything soft enough to allow of gathers. Fancy openwork braid of the required width makes satisfactory bands and any of the narrow braids, lace or other Dandings can be applied as illustrated. The waist consists of the lining, which can be used or omitted as pre ferred, full fronts, back, yoke and vest with the chemisette and collar. The sleeves are made wide and full above the deep, close-fitting cuffs. The scarf, which outlines the vest, is bias and can be slipped under the banding, as In the case of the model, or held in place in any way that may be pre ferred. The quantity of material required for the medium size is yards 21 inches wide, 4% yards 27 inches wide or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with % yards of silk for scarf. Good Dry Shampoo. Some one suggests that in place of a soap and water shampoo a dry ?a!fc rub is a good thing for the hair once in a while. Loosen the hair, then rub table salt thoroughly into the roots, and brush it out again carefully. The dust and dirt come with it, just as they do when salt is sprinkled ovei a carpet prior to sweeping it. The ef fect of the salt on the scalp is describ ed as not only highly cleansing, but also tonic. ' Peacock Feather Decorations. Though the peacock feather is con sidered unlucky, it is lending itself to many forms of fashionable decoration. Last winter the jeweler adopted it, and, aided by sapphire and emerald, tamed out some uniaue end beautiful brooches, hat pins and belt pins In peacock feather form. Now the mak er of fine glass and pottery is adopt ing its charms. The very newest flower holder for table decoration is a large flat bowl of delicate green glass. Into its flaring, flower-like top are brought peacock feathers, and di rectly over the receptacle for water rests a brass, coarse meshed net framework, slight" raised in the mid dle. The flowers are thrust in through this, leaving the feather decoration in full view. The effect is novel and ar tistic. Dainty Handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs were never more dainty. The newest ones have a bit of color woven in, not embroidered. For example, the center is of the fin est, sheerest white linen. Then comes a border of palest pink, green, laven der or blue, woven in in Van Dyke or scalloped effeet, and next four or five fine cords, before the very narrow hem is reached. Those who deal exclusive ly in linens, neckwear and handker chiefs say there is no demand for the lace-edged handkerchief from the w& m«n who really prides herself on be ing perfectly dressed. Pure white handkerchiefs are used entirely for full dress, and these are simple in design; though, being entirely hand made, they come high. Up-to-Date Sleeves. That the sleeves determine the date as well as the style of a garment is true of shirt waists as well as of wraps and more elaborate blouses. These very excellent models are made in the latest styles and allow a choice of the regulation shirt sort, made with an overlap and finished in tailor style, and the drooping puff. Both, however! 'how slight fullness only at the shoul ders and are finished with straight cuffs. The quantity of material re quired for the medium size is for plain sleeves 1 y3 yards 21 or % yard 36 or 44 inches wide; for full sleeve | l?s yards 21 or 36 or % yards 44 inches wide. Honey Gingerbread. Sift a pint of flour and stir into this half a pint of sour cream cr milk. If the latter is used, a tablespoonful of butter should be added by way of shortening. Sift with the flour half a teaspoonful of ground ginger and the same of fine cinnamon, and stir in two tablespooniuls of sugar and two of honey (strained). Mix and beat the batter thoroughly; and, when ready for the oven, stir in half a teaspoon of soda that has been dissolved in a little warm (not hot) water. Bake about three-quarters of an hour, tak ing care not to burn, and then cut into squares and serve hot witn plen ty of honey. To Wash White Lace Veils. These should be washed as follows: Put the veils into a strong lather of white soap and very clear water, and let them simmer slowly for a quarter of an hour. Take out and squeeze well, but do not rub. Rinse twice in cold water, the second time with a drop or two of liquid glue. Have ready some very clear, weak gum arabic, or thin starch or rice water; pass the veils through it, and clean them by clapping. Then stretch them out evenly and pin out to dry on a cloth, opening out each scallop and fasten ing with pins. 'Then dry, lay a piece of thin muslin over and iron on the wrong side. Getting Back to Satin. There is no doubt that the fashion world is moving backward, and that, in its backward progress, it has reached the satin stage. Black satin, heavy and lustrous, and black satin of chiffon weight, glossy and soft, will both be in style, as will all the inter mediate grades of satin. It is going to be a fall when the grande dame will have a handsome satin gown in her wardrobe and when she will bring it out and put it on for her best occasions. She will have it made up in the most elaborate man ner, and she will trim it with the fin est old lace in her treasure trunk. Ccll*rs Are Low and Roll Over. Some very new turnovers of soft batiste, muslin and cambric, turned over to a depth of nearly two inches and bordered with an accordion-pleat ed frill also a couple of Inches deep, are the very newest. Fine tucks, hand embroidery and Valenciennes edging further trim these pretty collars and match cuffs. The collar frill lies around the dress neck with crisp, fresh quaintness. On the cilk frocks they are particularly fetching. Coffoe Ice Cream. For coffee ice cream, scald together one and a half cupfuls of milk, a cup ful of sugar and five tablespoonfuls of ground coffee. Strain, add the yolks of four eggs and four table speonfuls of sugar and ccek over hot water until the oastara thickens. Then stir in a quart of cream, strain, cool and freeze. Use for Lace Collar. A novel way of using a collar of handsome lace is to mount it on a silk shoulder collar having long stole fronts. When edged with a frill or ruching of the silk it makes a most useful and becoming accessory to the tnilet. WORLD’S FAIR FAR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS Verdict of a New York Writer Who Spent a Week at the Exposition at St. Louis in July. The World’s Fair at St. Louis is now in the midst of its splendid sea son. Colossal, complete, cosmopoli tan, it commands the attention of the world as no other enterprise of the present year. From all nations there are pilgrims coming to this shrine, and from all our states and territories Giere is a constantly growing throng of visitors. United States Senators, Governors cf States, men eminent in ?cier.ce. art and letters—all express unqualified admiration for the Exposi tion and free acquiescence in the oft repeated statement that this is by far the greatest and best universal expo sition ever held. During July a well-known magazine and newspaper writer from New York, Mr. Addison Steele, spent a week at the World’s Fair, inspecting the grounds, buildings and various attrac tions as thoroughly as was possible in that limited period. Returning home, Mr. Steele published in Brooklyn Life the following appreciative com ments on the Exposition: In the expressive language of the cay, St. Louis "has the goods.’’ I had expected much of the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition, for I had kept in touch with the making of it from its very inception, five years ago; but after nearly a week of journeying through this new wonderland I must confess that in every essential par ticular it is far beyond my expecta tions. The biggest and best it was meant to be and the biggest and best ent parts do justice to their nobility of architecture and general grandeur. Then again in the ground plans and bird’s-eye sketches—the only possible manner of showing It—the tan-shaped arrangement of this group looked stiff and unsatisfying. Far from that, it is quite as remarkable in its way as the famous Court of Honor of the Colum bian Exposition. In one respect it is even more notable, for instead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen. The main vista is, of course, the one look ing up the Plaza of St. Louis—whose crowning feature is the great Louisi ana Purchase Monument—and across the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gar dens. On the right are the Varied In dustries and Electricity buildings and on the left Manufacturers and Edu cation, these—with Transportation and Machinery still further to the right and Liberal Arts and Mines beyond at the left—making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has the Cascade Gardens—rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the floor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, the Terrace of States end the East and West Pavilions—and the Fine Arts building directly behind. * * * Tba Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps the finest concession that I have ever seen. There is a great square with many quaint buildings, a little village street, and above the snow-clad moun tains—which look very real as the , Infinite variety, and as a rule the full money’s worth is given. The enor mous Jerusalem and Boer War con cessions are not on the Pike. * * * It is a case of dine at the German Pavilion and die at the exposition. In a beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoining Das Deutsche Haus the best fcod and the highest prices on the grounds are to be found, the table d’hote lunch and dinner costing two and three dollars, respectively. There :s also a la carte service. Everything considered, the prices are not exces sive, and at least one meal should be taken there for the experience. An other should be taken at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in the gor geous dining-room in the mountain side. The best French restaurant is at Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and in every way admirable are the two restaurants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pavilions of Cascade Gardens. The east one has wait resses and no beer and the west one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch Germany, France and England all offer delicious pastry in the Agricul li ral building. These are not free ads, but time-saving tips for the trav eler. There are no end of restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds. I tried nine of them and nowhere found the prices more than they ought to be. j As a matter of fact, for neither food tor lodging no one need pay any more at St. Louis than he feels that he can I LOUISIANA PURCHASE MONUMENT AND PALACE OF VARIED INDUSTRIES. it is. ine exposition, rumors notwith standing, is quite finished. * • • One of the greatest, and certainly one of the most agreeable, of my many surprises was the extreme beauty of the main group of buildings. For the simple reason that the camera does not exist which could take in the vast picture as the eye sees it, the early views of the group—a bit here and a bit there—gave a scant idea of the scheme as a whole. Nor did the early views of the ten individual buildings which make up its compon evening falls. The best scenic rail road yet devised affords several fine glimpses of the Alps and there is a very graphic exposition of the Ober ammergau passion play in the little church. The Cliff Dwellers’ conces sion also looks very realistic at night fall. It is elaborate in arrangement ard the courting, snake and other dances by the Southwestern Indians make it another of the Pike shows which should be taken in by all. In Seville there is an amusing marionette theater and some genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the Pike offers afford, and yet be well fed and housed il he will use ordinary common sense in making a selection out of the abundance offered. * • • Hot? Yes, but on the two hottest days of the summer at SL Louis 1 suffered no more from the heat than j in New York before leaving and after returning. Every day of the seven there was a breeze at the fair grounds and it was always possible to find a shady spot. The nights were cool and comfortable. t ADDISON STEELE. Bavaria Takes Step Forward. Miss Dixie Lee Bryant, the first woman to receive such an honor, has been made a doctor of philosophy by a Bavarian university. Miss Bryant is a member of thei faculty of the Etate normal and industrial college at Greensboro, N. C., being professor of biology and geology in that insti tution. She has been on leave of ab sence for three years, studying in Ger many, where she has just taken her doctor’s degree. She is a native of Kentucky and graduated with the de gree of bachelor o! science in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 18-31. Church and School for Indians. Mother Katherine Drexel of Phila delphia, founder and head of the Or der of the Blessed Sacrament, com posed of nuns who devote their lives to the uplifting of the Indian and ne fro, has offered $500,000 of her own private fortune with which to build l church and school for the Indians of the Winnebago, Neb., reservation, rh? only condition is that the Indians couseiit, and this Father Schell of Homer, Neb., has obtained. Modest Philadelphia Policeman. Philadelphia policemen are easily shocked.. One of them arrested a handsome young lady a few days ago for raising her skirts too high while crossing a muddy street on a rainy day. It isn't often that cops feel called upon to determine questions of eth ics. The Justice who heard the case discharged the prisoner. Pennsylva nia has no statute defining the exact lines of feminine proprieties in mat te* a of this kind. Lawyers In Public Life. The membership of our house of representatives has 236 lawyers out of a total of 357. The house of com mons, on the other hand, has only 129 lawyers in a total of 670, while the French chamber shows an at tendance of 139 lawyers in a total of $84. Werk on Garibaldi Statue. There are prospects of finishing the Garibaldi statae in Rome. It was be gun in 1884 and may be unveiled in 1911 if all goes well. The sculptor Gallori has been commissioned to com plete the work. How the Waiter Lost a Tip. At one of the Kansas City hotels where the colored waiters give espe cially good service, but always expect adequate remuneration for the same from the guests, a waiter was espe cially officious the other day in serv ing a man from whom he expected a liberal tip. When the meal had been served and he was standing off at one s»de, eagerly looking for an opportu nity to be of service, he said to the guest: “Didn’t vo’ have a brothah heah last v/eek, sah?” “No,” said the one addressed, “I be lieve not.” “Well,” continued the waiter, “theh was a gem’man heah at mah table what looked ve’y much like you, and he was so well pleased with the serv ice that he gave me 50 cents when he left.” The guest had by this time finished his meal, and as he arose he said t® the expectant servitor: “Come to think of it, Sam. that was my brother that was here, and I guess he paid you for the whole family. He may be back again in a week or two.” —Kansas City Journal. Actor’s Opinion of Managers. Wilton Lackaye, the actor, told a friend some time ago that he had made a dramatization of Hugo’s “Les Miserables.” The friend congratulat ed him, but doubted whether any New York manager would produce the piece. “Produce it,” sneered Lackaye. “Why, my boy, I *doubt If any New York manager could pronounce it.” 8mart Woman Becomes Citizen. Miss Millie Holmes, English, has, after twelve years’ residence, taken out naturalization papers in order to be eligible for a position at the Phil adelphia mint. Few women apply for naturalization, but it is noted that Miss Holmes showed a rare knowl edge of the constitution and passed the examination with high credit. Pew of Fremont Guard Left. At last accounts the Brooklyn man engaged in rounding up the John C. Fremont old guard of 1856 had suc ceeded in getting three responses. He wants them for campaign purposes. If there are more of them alive it isn’t to be wondered at that they are reluc tant to make the fact known. Ancient Phases Corrupted. Ancient Piets in England were called by the Celtic word* “pehta” ot fighters. This was Latinized into Pic ti. So, too, Barbary of the ancient maps is a monument to the miscalling of the Berber tribe by the Greek word signifying “barbarian.” Even the leg end of the victory of Guy ofSWarw’ick over the dun cow is assailed by ruth less etymologists, who insist upon It • j derivation from his conquest over the \ “Dena gau,” or Danish settlement, ai the champion’s gates. The Celtic words ‘alt maen” are responsible foi many “old man” crags upon sea coasts and among mountains. They mean, however, “high rock.” German Crown Prince Coming. There has been some little stir ovei a rumor that the kaiser intends that the crown prince shall visit America this autumn. The date of the depart ure from Germany has not yet been arranged, but from other whispers there is some probability that the first stop of the prince, who will make an all-around-the-world cruise in a war ship, will be at Newport, and the date of the visit September. Progressive Egyptian Ruler. Prince Abbas Hilmi, khedive ol Egypt, who was in London recently, is a clever farmer, a skillful engineer, a 1 master of five languages, a scientist, a keen man of business, a yachts- ' man and a prince of many social ac complishments. He is also a sanitary 1 reformer and has built a model village * not far from his place at Koulbeh, on the outskirts of Cairo. He in a well built man of medium height. . BibUcal Truth Shown by Papyrus. Dr. Carl Schmidt of Heidelberg has succeeded after seven years of hard 1 work in piecing together 2.000 small fragments of papyrus and translating the contents from the Coptic. He says that he has the 'first accurate and complete account of the acts of ] Paul. The papyrus was inscribed in 180 A. D. 1 Favors French National Church. According to the Paris Presse M. . Combes, the French premier, desires that the French Catholics should * break off from the Roman church and form a French national church, with ^ a pope of its own. t jfe Yield of Barley. The Department of Agriculture gives the following as the yield of barley in the United States last year: M&ine . 251,160 New Hampshire. 31,700 Vermont .393!sS2 New York . 2,915,786 Pennsylvania. 189,059 fjar-vland . 39,990 Virginia . 64,123 Texas . 121,024 Tennessee . 29 °52 Kentucky .!"] 18*,361 'Jhio . 686,977 Michigan. 945,529 Indiana . 243,344 ll,inois . 653,056 Wisconsin .13,393,975 Minnesota .27,783,170 lowa .11,294.923 Missouri. 33,306 Kansas . 4,387,845 Nebraska . 1,704 262 South Dakota.!! .* !lo!65c[43S North Dakota.12,468.384 Montana . 732 886 Wyoming . 25,091 Colorado . 724.521 New Mexico . 20.2S2 Arizona . 555,107 Utah . 314,288 Nevada . 247.944 Idano . 1,440,706 Washington . 6,158.257 Oregon . 2,048,473 California .30 878 242 Oklahoma . 410,548 Total .131.861,391 The average yield was 26.4 bushels per acre. Montana had the largest per acre yield, 40.2 bushels, and Missouri, the smallest, 18.3 bushels. Locating the Pasture Well. In many parts of the country the practice is followed of placing a wind mill in the pasture and locating there a well from which water may be drawn for the farm stock. This is not only advisable, but necessary in a good many cases. A man may thought lessly locate his well in a position in the pasture where it would be very unserviceable in wet weather. In passing a pasture where a windmill was located on the top of the highest knoll, a man remarked on the seeming absurdity of going to the top of the highest place to sink a well, when it would have been nearer to water in some other part of the pasture. An other man remarked that this was done so that the cattle could have a dry place to stand in wet weather. In case of any other location the ground would soon be pounded into a quagmire and the animals would find difficulty in getting to their drinking place, and the man that has the start ing and stopping of the windmill would also find it difficult to get about. Even in the care of the windmill and well on the top of the knoll mentioned the owner had made some efforts at paving it by throwing in pieces of broken tile. Pasturage Not Enough for Fattening Sheep. The attempt has a good many times been made of giving sheep nothing but pasturage when they were being prepared for market. If this is ever successful it is under exceptional con ditions. The well-finished sheep has to have something more than half dry grass on which to build up }uiey flesh. This is the more the case as this fattening has to be done in the fall of the year when pastures are not at their best. At the South Da kota station an experiment was made io determine to what extent the sheep would improve on pasturage in the fall of the year. The time of pastur ing was from September G to Novem ber 2. Sixty ewes were used in the experiment, and these were divided into lots of ten ewes each. Each lot was allowed to run on two acres of native prairie grass, but it was in un usually good condition, as it had not been pastured for the entire season, nor had it been cut for hay. Of the six lots only one was fed entirely on this native pasturage. The other lots had some kind of grain in addition. The trial would indicate what we have said above that it is unadvisable to attempt to fatten sheep without grain. The lot that had no grain not only did not increase in weight, but lost over five pounds each in weight, the loss for the ten being 52 pounds. All the other lots made substantial gains. This trial was only another proof that it docs not pay to try to get something for nothing. This pasture, it may be noted, was much better than is the average pasture on our farms, as the sheep were really put onto a pasture where they could eat In two months the pasturage that is generally available during six. Attack the Weeds in Time. One of the greatest mistakes made in regard to weeds is to permit them to get a good start before attacking them. Last week, in company with i noted agricultural scientist, the writer was passing a small farm in which the stamp weeds were appear ng here and there. The college man nade the remark that they could be ill pulled out in about fifteen min ites now, but that if they were left o grow and reseed themselves there vould be a forest of them in that field text year. The weeds were already >f good size, and there was no indica .ion that the owner of the field real zed their presence. The old saying, ‘A stitch in time saves nine,” will do o revamp and apply to weeds. A few ninutes spent in their eradication vhen they are first noticed will save lays of time the next year. Sweet cream butter is coming much nto use in this country. This kind of ratter is not made, as might be sup rased from the name, from cream rom sweet milk, but is generally nade of ripened cream. It is called iweet because it is not salted. Water is the key of agriculture, in he humid states this year are thous nds of localities where the crops have ieen cut short through drouth. The aore acres we can put under some Ind of an irrigation system the bet er, as that is a crop insurance. In Favor of Silage. fa2ere, are several good joints In roue 01 silage as a feed for dairy lnm ’ an<! these Should not he over what i«Waea the fanner *s debating of ^ed he will use. Its aestibihty is increased by the fer <5Heilff ^ !v unilorS°fcs. and by some scientists this increased digestibility placed at about 20 per cent. With silage more bulk of feed can be raised to the acre than in any other ". Nearly any kind of corn can be raised for silage and a shorter reason will bring it to the silag, making stage than to the grain-producing stage. It can be harvested in wet weather and moisture does 1. >t barm it, which is not the case with corn that is being raised for fodder. As a plant to grow it Is not exper ., and our farmers all know how to irvest it. The feed that comes ov f the silo is as succulent as the r gets and she will do as wcdl on .0 on the best blue-grass pasture can be grown. Some feeders say n their cows do better on silage th u. on blue grass pasture. Silage can used as a soiling crop as well as a winter feeding crop. This is a great advantage when a farmer has enough to last him over winter and into the summer season. There is one thing that should not be lost sight of in r. gard to silage and that is that It can be carried over from one year to an other and its life can be extended through a number of years. This is not true of fodder, for in the course of time it deteriorates, though it mav be bright and good throughout the first winter. None of our farmers would think of keeping fodder for two or three years and feeding it to their cows. The keeping quality of silage makes It impossible to make the abundance of one year balance the deficiency in another. Silage is very convenient to use in feeding, probably more so than any other kind of rough feed. Its use makes it possible to greatly Increase the stock carrying capacity of the farm. i Buy a Milk Tester. We have referred to the matter < f a milk tester before and that many times. But we are conscious of th fact that a good many of our readers have never invested in a milk tester and we know also that we have new thousands of readers every year. S again we revert to the subject. Out farmers will never know the value < t lack of value of their cows till th* > take steps to find out for a certa u > what each cow is doing. A mad. n* for testing the milk of cows can i purchased for about $5.00, and it wil be worth to any intelligent man a great many five-dollar bills. Tne pos session of a milk tester uoes no' mean that a farmer must keep uj the work of testing his cows for th» rest of his natural life. He has only to test them enough to come to cer tain conclusions in his own mind as to their value for milk and butter pro duction. Some of oyr experimenter: ao noi lesi meir cows me jeai around. They test them for enougl weeks to be able to fix on the rich ness of the milk and then the weigh ing of the milk will do the rest American farmers need to begin e steady process of getting rid of theii poor cows. Test the cows and dis pose of the poorest one. That wil not make much of a hole in the herd Then buy or raise a new cow to takt her place. Next year repeat the oper ation, disposing of the poorest aie' putting a new cow in her place. Ir this way in the course of ten vea: we would have a very different cow population from that we have at tin present time. By all means invest a small sum of money in a milk testing machine and learn how to use it. Inspection of Milk Increases Its Use. In Rochester, N. Y., where about $4,000 are expended annually for the supervision of the milk supply, and a few thousand milk samples are ex amlned both chemically and bacterio logically each year, the average daily use of milk amounts to about eighty three one hundredths pint per capita; while in St. Louis, Mo., where less than $2,000 are expended annually for the supervision of the milk supply and only a few hundred samples of milk are examined chemically and bacteriologically, and where It is of ficially admitted that the milk regu lations are not well enforced, the average daily use of milk amounts to only about thirty-seven one-hun dredths pint per capita. Just and well-enforced laws are not objection able. They increase public confidence in milk and thus Increase the de mand for it. It would be well to add here that by "well-enforced” we mean enforcement by an officer who is in sympathy with all honest efforts to ij improve the milk supply, and who ^ does not labor under the belief that all persons engaged in producing or handling milk are necessarily by na ture law-breakers.—Prof. R. A. Pear son. An Army of Poor Cows One has but to look over the United States census of milk production to be convinced that we have on our farms a great army of very poor cows, as well as a small army of good ones. The army of poor cows outnumbers the army of good ones, and that is the reason that on the ordinary farm and on the average the cow does not pay for her feed. This is a remarkable statement, but we have been unable to find that it la false, much as we would like to. The figures of the cow population foi tne country approach 18,000,000. Of this number at least half should be dis posed of 83 fast as new cows can be put In their places. With the poorer half out of the way the farmer would } make as much money as he does at the present time and be relieved of half of the labor and a large share of the expense. When the value of the labor saved was taken into con sideration and added to the feed saved it would be found that the change was equal to a profit instead of a loss.
