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THE ENGLISH OF THE ENCLISh.
n Urgent
ITU llio first of
September the fair
season Is fairly
oponcil. Citizens
gonerally within
lunson.ijile dis
tnncos mako It a
point to attend fur
geneinl sight nee
Ingnuda3a plonsur
able outing. Farm
ers, year by enr,
are giving both county and Htate fairs
moro and more careful attention and
consideration In respect to Implements,
farm products and stock, with n view to
Improve their knowledge- of what so Ul
timately Interests them. It Is wleo so
to do.
There is no place where comparisons
can so easily and accurately be mado
between tho better and the best of the
productions, whether of tho work
shops, the fields or the stables; for It
tho farmer Is not an adept In what Is
of tho farm, who should bo? And yet,
what proportion of tho working former
really Is nn adept? Very few, compared
o tho wholo, really arc. The many In
vegetables and fruits look more to sire
than to quality; In machinery and Im
plements many look to cheapness
rather than excellence; In cattle and
hogs to overgrown specimens rather
than to what proportion of valuablo
mea't they carry: In homes, to the fat
thoy tremble under rather than to bono,
musclo and ntamlnn; and In fowls, few
farmers who have never seen the bet
ter breed, dressed, havo little Idea of
tho vast difference between tho most
excellent and tho general ruck of fowls
that havo the rtin of the nvcrage farm.
Thcro Is no reason why any farmer
should not bo nblo to pick out every
valuablo breed of poultry by their dis
tinctive coloring of feathers, shank3
and head; of well-bred horses by their
distinguished action and other charac
teristics of tho several breeds; of cat
tle and hogs by their color and consti
tutional conformity of each, In fine,
by their several points of excellence
as laid down in tho standards.
Tho farmer should know why farm
stock are good, ordinary or Inferior.
He should know something moro than
thut certain samples of grain arc sim
ply wheat, rye, barely, oats, corn, flax
seed,, sorghum, etc. Ho should know
conclusively by examination what va
rieties they really are; and mo3t cer
tainly should bo able to determine
definitely whether they are fit for seed,
and of varieties adapted to his soil.
Ho should be able accurately to name
tho principal vegetables and fruits on
exhibition, 'if not. there Is no time
better than at our county and state
fairs this autumn to educate himself.
Tho exhibitors certainly do know, and
aro generally willing to Impart the
knowledge thoy havo carofitlly gained.
Thcro Is one lesson thnt must bo
learned at homo that Is: to produce as
good, or nearly so, at least, by giving
tho proper soil, conditions and cultiva
tion. It Is especially necessary that tho
growing up and tho grown children
should earnestly listen, examine nnd
comparo various samples. Get them
well fixed in tho mind. Then when
you go homo you will have something
valuablo for rcllcctlon, and tho news
papers nnd books yon will naturally
road on tho several subjects will easily
become most valuablo aids toward per
fecting tho understanding to the higher
points of excellence Tho time has
como whon ultimate profit must bo
reached by careful study of a practical
means to tho end sought. Tho time has
passed when money can bo mado by
slack forming. Thoro bus always been
loom at the top. Thero Is yet plenty
of room thcro, nnd It is practical edu
cation that leads thereto.
Jonathan Fcrlam.
BETBAYED BY LOVE.
r(Millirli:c- That Struck
Atnrrlrun Vl.ltnr.
One of tho first sormons tho specta
tor heard on landing In England was
preached In Westminster Abbey. Tho
Impresslveness of tho Abbey service Is,
by the way, somewhat marred by tho
manner In which the crowd "crowd"
tho monuments, the women sitting on
the pedestals and tho men hanging their
hats on tho arms or any other projec
tion In sight. The preacher that oven
lug was tho Very Uov. Dean of Ely.
Ho gavo nn excellent sermon on certain
problems of modem thought, but all
the way through he pronounced evolu
tion "o"-volutlon. Tho next evening
tho spectator wus tho guest of a well
known Loudon journalist, a graduate
of Cambridge, who also used the woul
evolution, pronouncing It nlso '"-volution.
So odd a pronunciation might bo
set down, In the cose of a Church of
England clergyman, as one of thoso pul
pit peculiarities or affectations tit least
so they sound which thoso unaccus
tomed to them cannot escape notlolng,
Tins tneory enn nnruiy do Biroieneti u
apply to a layman, nnd a nowspnpei
man at that, nnd so tho spectator asked
his host If "e"-volutlon was tho ordi
nary EngllHh pronunciation. The latter
replied that he had never heard an
other. The spectator thought ho had
discovered a new Americanism. Con
sulting various dictionaries on his re
turn, tho spectator changed his mind.
Not one of them gave "o"-volutlon as
even n possible or alternate pronuncia
tion, not the Century, nor tho Stnndnrd,
nor even Storinonth. Indeed, tho last
authority went bo far the other way as
to give ov-olvo as tho proper pronun
ciation of evolve. Tho spectator was
thus driven to the conclusion thnt tho
English aro moro Independent of dic
tionaries than the Americans aro not
constantly "looking up words" as we
are hcre.and nccept the ordinary usage
of the people with whom thoy nssoclatoe
as authoritative, which would bo a typi
cal British way of settling almost any
question. An nmiiHlug bit of art slang
came to the spoctator'B attention wns,
In fact, thrust upon him nt this year's
exhibit of the Royal Academy. The
one comment (whether of admiration
or surprise) wns the Invariable phrase,
"How very cxtr'ord'n'ry!" This was
applied Indiscriminately to any nnd
every picture, from a bit of realistic
flesh painting usually, In Paris and
Loudon alike, the back of soma reclin
ing woman with the reddish hair, which
must bo the latest fad with tho realist!
to ono of Sargent's portraits, or a
wonderful setting of many figures, such
as Alma-Tademn's "Spring." It was
oxtraordlnnry how tiresome the con
stant repetition of that phrase became
after a single day at tho Academy. But
It was at tho Royal Mews, the stables
of Buckingham Palace, that tho spec
tntor had Impressed upon him how
much Importance attaches-to a propct
discrimination in tho use of English
Tho groom in attendance wns a most
impressive person, so very impressive
from his cocknde to his boots as to sat
isfy completely one's ideal of statell
ncs3 In oven an humbler roynl flunkey.
And ho "lived up" to his livery. His
manner wns dignity Itself. Referring
to the pnrado nt Hyde Park tho day be
fore, at which tho spectator had been
present, ho nskod the groom whether
any royalties had boon "out riding"
there that afternoon. "Oh, no, sir," re
plied that functionary, with freezing
sarcasm; "their Royal Highnesses and
tho ladles nnd gentlemen of tho court
'ride In tho morning. They 'drlvo' In
tho afternoon." Thero mny havo been
previous occasions in tho spectator's ex
perience when ho was equally crushed
by tho sense of having used tho wrong
worn in tno presence or a critical au
thority; but he failed to recall them
then, and ho has failed to recall them
since.
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AFFSKY wns n
born genius, des
tined In tlmo to
Konr to the dizzy
heights of a pro
fessional o It a 1 r.
So, nt least, said
his professors at
tho University of
S t . Petersburg.
Wo studcntH like
wise held him In
awe, and hedged hint around with rev
erential ostracism.
Thnt same Kaftsky used to squander
his days and nights over mathematics
nnd chomtstry nnd halt a dozen kindred
sciences, as if llfo were to last for eter
nity. Wo did not bolievo In a man
having so many Irons In tho fire, nnd
wo limited our own offor(ts to tho ac
complishment of ono Blnglc tnBk the
regeneration of mankind as a prollm
luary stop to the remodeling of Russian
society.
Wo had weighed Kaffsky In the polit
ical balance the only one In vogue nt
Russian universities ten years ago
nnd had found him 'sadly wanting.
Ho was a member of nono of tho
thrco churches outside of which thcro
Is no salvation that of the sworn
conspirators, who edited a forbidden
Journnl, Land and Liberty, hatched
plots against tho state and somo
tlmes helped to carry them out;
thnt of unsworn consplrntors, from
whom tho former wcro usually re
cruited; nnd tho bulk of students who
sympathized with everything nnd
everybody who embarrassed the gov
ernment. An'd to crown nil, we had Just heard
of his impending marriage. "A nlco
tlmo to bo thinking of marrying nnd
feathering his nest!" we remarked to
each other, "Just whon tho pillars of
tho social cdlfico aro giving way, nnd
we nre doing our best to pull them
Summer wicntlnns were nt hnnd.
Tho last of the examinations would
tnko place in ten days, niu1 tlion wo
would disperse over tho longth nnd
brendth of tho empho, many of us uover
to return ngaln.
Suddenly wo were ntutmr-d nnd
stupefied by a bolt from tlio blue In
tho shape of a rumor that Kaffsky hud
been nt rested.
Ho anil Alovleff had gone to tho
theater tho night before. Thoy had
walked home together and mado an
appointment for tho morrow nt thu
university; but nt nbottt 2 n. in. Knffsky
had been spirited away, and was nov;
In tho secret whig of the Lithuanian
fortress.
A written request was presented by
somo of the professors, who wcro bo
sldo themselves with Indignation, that
Kaffsky should be released on ball,
Just to finish his cxnmlnntlon nnd tnko
his degree, for they know very well It
was alt n misunderstanding.
But to our utmost astonishment
their request was refused, and Knffsky
wns removed from tho Lithuanian fort
ress only to bo Immured In tho mo.c
terrible fortress of Peter anil Paul.
Tho excitement caused by the nrrost
was nssnnilng dnngcroim proportions.
Nobody had enred a rnp for Kaffsky a
week before, and ho wns nlready a
most popular hero now.
PerhnpB it was hntrcd for tho heart
less Informer who nad nlroady been
nrrosled, no doubt, to savo him from
being lynched and Bympnthy for Anna
Pavlonn, whoso womanly fcollngs hnd
got tho bettor of her philosophy. Sho
had completely broken down.
Sho hnd been tnken to her bed, had
refused all food, hnd forwarded petition
after petition to tho minister of tho in
terior, and when It becamo clear thnt
she might just as well bo sowing salt
on tho scnsliore, hor mind gavo way.
Tho doctors sent her mother nnd lier
Belf in post hasto to tho Crimea.
In October a few of us met In St.
Petersburg onco moro but only a few.
3bi.ti&rr saw ijsmmmmmm
Bit WUBMm&SSm
fPillifP r ;JillS"
ON THE ROAD TO SIBERIA.
you with a most Interesting postscript."
And ho did,
Ills statement was based on official
documents and this In the gist of It.
"Whon tho terrorist mocment via
nt Its height tho Irader.i wcio Invisible
nnd ubiquitous. Wo suspected that they
were In tho unlvcislty, but that was
only n gut i. Once or twlro Kaffsky
appeared tc be In tho movemont, but
wo bad no jroof, nnd could get nono.
It then ocin rrcd to General O. of tho
secret department to employ a spy who
had never pi tyoil tho part of n dctcctlvo
heforo."
"I know. You menu tho scoundrelly
Informer. Boormnn," 1 broko in.
"Boormnnt Boorninnl Was ho? O, of
courso ho wns. Yes. No. Moorman was
not tho detective. Boormnn, I see. was
nearly us dangerous ns Knffsky; ho was
Knffsky'a right-hand man, nnd ho got
tho saino punishment."
This announcement took my brcnth
away, but It only deepened the mystery.
"Two thousand thrco hundred rubles
was what It nil cost, nnd dirt chenp,
too," ho wnnt on.
"You mean tho dotoctlvo's rewnid?" I
asked.
"Yes, that, of courso, was over and
abovo her regulnr salary, which was
fifty rubles a month. It was tho only
clover Btroko of business sho ovor illilj'
"Sho!" I repented. "Wns It a woman,
then?"
"O. ycB. didn't I toll you? nnd n
woman with tho mnklng of a saint In
hor, too. Ha, ha, lial Sho Is now n god
fearing sectarian a pietist of sonif
kind."
"Well, I remarked, "sho would need
a good long course of penanco, woro it
only to ntono for tho fnto of poor Anna
Pavlonn, whoso llfo sho snuffed out."
"Ha, hn, lial" ho Inughcd, till tho big
tenrs rolled down his furrowed checks.
"Why, hang It, mnn, Anna Pavlona was
herself tho detective. But that was the
only clover thing sho over did. Sho
soon nftcr left tho service, found salva
tion, ns they term It, In somo obscure
sect, nnd Is a pious bigot now."
Wuniril Toinpt riukpockvl.
Little sympathy is aroused In the
average man when he hears that a
woman of tho day has been victim of
pickpockets, and, as a rule, If ho Is at
all outspoken, his comment will be:
"It Borvod her right." Most men thlik,
and thero is renson In their idea, that
tho dress of a woman today Is an in
vitation to tho light-fingered gentry.
Sho wears her wntch dangling from a
rngilo chatelaine, tho other end of
which Is attachod Insecurely to her belt
or pinned to tho dress wnlat; or sho
may revcrso tho order of things and
put tho watch in her belt, while from
It a light chain depends, and on that
6ho wears a charm frequently as heavy
as tho timeplcco itself. In either caso,
a deft thief could dlsengago tho entlro
outfit without much effort. Tho prac
tice of carrying the pockot-book in tho
hand is a careless one, and women who
lose their purses havo only themselves
to blame. Tho man or wom&a who
would make aname for himself or her
self should devise a safo and convenient
pocket for a woman's dress, Ex.
Mi Was Kqunl to illm.
Of all tho expedients devised by debt
ors, whether by Mlcawber or Murgcr,
fow havo been moro slmplo and effectu
al than that of a Mrs. Martin In San
Francisco recently. She had ordered a
ton of conl delivered at her rcsldonco.
Tho conl dealors had not yet received
their pay for previous tons, so they In
structed their driver to tnko the coal to
her house, go to tho door, present tho
provlous bill, and refuso to deliver the
coal until the bill was paid. He did so.
The ?ndy looked a llttlo surprised, but
an ominous glitter camo into her eye
whon sho heard her ultimatum. But
she repressed her feelings, and suavely
Invited tho coal man to "stop Into the
parlor white sho went to get the
monoy." The coal heaver wns rather
grimy, and did not socm exactly to fit
the furniture, but ho accepted her In
vitation, stepped Into tho parlor, and
Mrs. Martin disappeared. Mnny
minutes passed. The coal-heaver be
camo impatient, but tho lady did not
return. Finally ho heard tho crash at
coal. Ho looked out of tho window. To
hta horror, ho saw his coal being un
loaded by another man. Ho tried tho
door, but It was locked, nnd tho grimy
coal-heaver grimly sat down and
waited. After tho coal was unloaded
tho lady appeared and let him out.
Thcro was a triumphant twinkle In
Mrs. Martin's eyes as she told him to
"call ngaln with tho bill." San Fran
Cisco Argonaut.
ritlful Outlook.
"Mamma." .
"Well?"
"You licked mo laat week for whaling
Jliumlo Watts and papa licked mo yes
terday 'cause Johnny Pholps walloped
me."
"Well?"
"I'm wondering what'll happen somo
tlmo when It's a draw."
Wildcats aro quit numerous In Con
necticut this year. Several cases havo
been reported whero travolers havo en
countered them on tho highways.
Ilubjr-rjinit.
"How many miles to Babyland?"
"Anyone can tell:
Up one flight,
To your right;
Please to ring tho bell."
"What can you see In nabyland7"
"Little folks In white
Downy heads,
Cradle beds.
Faces pure and bright.'
"What do they do In Babylnndt"
"Dream and wake and piny,
Laugh nnd crow,
Shout nnd grow:
Jolly times have they!"
"What do they say In BabylandT
"Why, tho oddest thlnus;
Might as well
Try to tell
What a birdie Kings."
"Who la the queen of BabylanA?"
"Mother, kind nnd sweet;
And her love,
Born above,
Guides the llttlo feet."
George Cooper.
ODD ENDS.
Thoro is said to bo a total of 4S2 sy&
terns of shorthand In practical uso.
Orange growers of Southern Cali
fornia have realized 11,850,000 for their
crop.
Tho Income of the London Dally Tel
egraph Is said to bo about 1050,000 per
year.
Thirty per cont of the iron made In
Tennessee is sold outside the Southern
States.
Thero are now 249,273 .Indians In this
country, or were, at tho taking of the
last census. $
Ulllnols stands third among tho states
In the unmbor of its milch kino, with
1,087,880 animals.
, Pomona Gounty, California, will pro
ducq 7B0 tons of apricots this year,
against 2,800 'tonB last year. ,
A Bnako alleged to bo fourteen feet
long, steals chickens, duoks and cccso
nt Cold Spring Harbor, L. I.
Tho largest map of tho world Is In
I fifteen feci wJdo and 120 feet long.
down in order to build something
better."
When tho nnmo of tho futuro bride
was mentioned thoso among us who
know her wero Btaggcred a bit. Anna
Pavlona Smlrnoya was noi a Vonus.
But if Bho had much loss benuty than
her photograph which is a common
falling of women sho had a good deal
moro wit, which is not by any means
so common.
Although apparently young enough
to be his daughter, Anna Pavlona was
Kaffsky'B senior by flvo or six years,
and, to mnko matters Btlll moro mixed,
she wnB a red radical at heart.
Formerly her democratic views had
got her into hot water with the author
ities, and It was not without consldor
ablo difficulty that sho had obtalnod
her present position as teacher In a
girls' gymnnsy, which enabled her to
live In modest competency with her
widowed mother.
Tho police, wo know, had twlco or
thrlco mado elaborato Inquiries about
him, had noted his comings In and go
ings out, and hnd set a watch upon his
actions. Platoff, when arrested a
week ngo, chanced to havo Kaftsky's
card in his pocket, nnd was subjected
to a long .ecret cross-examination
about his dealings with him.
"As well suspect tho stono sphinxes
at tho Nikolai bridge ns that piece of
Btuck-up selfishness called Kaffsky,"
exclaimed Lavroff.
"Thro must be somo reason for
the suspicion," cried Brodsky; "there's
always flro whero there's smoko, and as
we know there's no flro hero, then thero
cannot possibly bo any smoko. It's a
matter of smoked glass spectacles."
This remark struck us all as tho
acme of cleverness. It was warmly
applauded. "Well, who could havo
smoked the government's spectacles?"
somebody asked.
"Boormarf, Boormnn; he alone has a
grudge ngalnst Kaffaky," cried half a
dozen voices.
Now, none of us had a doubt that he
was the, Judas Iscarlot. His hang
dog expression, his slouching gait, his
furtivo glanco and stammering devil
try proclaimed tho naturo of tho spliit
that lived and worked wltnln him.
Tho present enso strengthened our
suspicion, for Boorman nnd Kaffsky
had quarreled years before.
GLIMPSES.
Tho pollco had mada a tromendous
haul among tho students the day tho
university closed session, and many
woro now In their distant natlvo vil
lages expelled from tho university;
others in prison, others ngaln on tho
road to Siberia.
Kaffsky, we lcarnod, was among tho
latter condemned to tho mines ns n
dangerous consplrntor, in Bplte of tho
intercession of tho professors; Anna
Pavlona was dead, according to others;
but it camo to pretty much tho same
thing In tho end.
I had heard of many evil things done
by diabolical reformers, but this was
tho most crying injusttco I had ever
actually witnessed; and when talking
with a friend who was n relative of ono
of tho ministers I told hlin so.
Ho was astounded nt what I told him,
nnd stoked mo to draw up an account
of Knffsky'a case in writing. Ho would
seo, ho said, thnt justice should be don?.
I had no difficulty In obtaining pre
cise particulars. I discovered even the
namo of tho forwarding prison, over
1,000 miles away, In which Kaffsky wns
then Interred, and having mado out a
very strong qnso, I gavo my friend tho
paper, nnd he presented It to his rela
tive, tho minister.
A week pnsscd, then a fortnight, and
still thero was no answer.
Ono day my philanthropic friond
shook his head, said my data wcro all
wrong, said that Kaffsky was tho most
dangerous conspirator that had ever
been tripped up in tho very nick of
tlmo, and that ho w.ould advlso mo to
keep aloof from political reformers In
future, as it was evident they could
mako black appear white without an
effort.
Six ycarB later I heard that Kaffsky
was no moro. Ho died of disease, or was
shot In a tumult, or disposed of In somo
such way. ' The particulars wero not
very precise, but ho was really dead,
that was certain.
"Nothing elso hut death Is certain In
RtiBBln," I remarked to on ex-minister
to whom I had been telling the whole
story after dinner.
"So you nro going to wrlto about it,
you say," ho asked mp, "to caso your
feolUtga?"
"I am," I ropllod.
"Very well, then, if you wl1 como
hero In two or threo days I will supply
At Castlo Hill, Maine, thero aro three
brothers, whoso combined height Is
twenty-ono feet.
Tho very oldest watches bearing In
scribed dates aro of Swisa mako and
bear date of 1484.
There is a law which prohibits tho
cabmen of Paris from smoking their
pipes whllo driving.
State Councillor Jermakoff, who died
a short time ago in Moscow, gavo away
15,000,000 In charity.
Kato Field has gono to Hawaii to
wrlto up tho Island for one of the
metropolitan journals.
A French taxpayer Is obliged to work
eighty-six dayB In tho year to pay M
What Is due tho treasury.
If all the thread used In this country
yearly wcro stretched out end to end
It would stretch 7,000,000 miles.
RAM'S HORNS.
A chorus In which many lovo to Join:
"Didn't I tell you so?"
Sclf-nsnertlvo men often do a large
business on a email capital.
Wo must glvo Christ our burden be
fore ho will givo us his yoke. ,
Tho mnn who would go to heaven
alone If ho could, isn't fit to go.
Our'loyulty to Christ Is best tested by
the way wo treat our enemy.
"Whoovor is llko Christ will bo found
trying to mako earth llko heaven.
A civil tonguo Is a better protection
Vian stool armor an inch thick.
Thero Is nothing tho devil makes
much more uso of In this world than a
tattling tongue.
Pray for your enemy, no matter
whether ho Is trying to kill you with
his tonguo or a gun.
The devil is still mnklng some people
believe that, they can serve God without
bclonglpg to church.
Tho man who can pay his debts and
won't do It, would steal If ho could do
It without being locked up.
Somo people show that thoy are not
on tho way to heaven by what thry teir
others they must do to get there.
It Is a common temptation with the
Christian worker (o think that God has
called him to raise the dead to bogln
with.
Tho devil will not bo long In making
somo kind of a flank movemont against
tho preacher who makes sinners feel
their ncesTof Christ,
rarmn In Mlchlsiin.
The secretary of state of Michigan
has Just Issued n report on tho owner-'
ship of farms In thnt stato. It Bhows
continuation of the samo unhealthy
conditions brought to light by the gen
eral government census d relative de
crease of owner?, nnd nn Incronso of
rentci8. Tho process Is plow, and
therefore Insidious, but It Is no less
manning. The summary of tho report
fallows:
Tables show the number of farms
classified according to tenure, and tho
dally statistics of tho st'nto na resumed
In tho Btnto census of June 1, 1891. No
irin of les than three ncres was re
turned unless $200 worth of produce
wns sold oft from It during tho year.
Tho total number of farms In the
clnto Is 177,952, of which 149,093 nro
cultivated by owners, 9,127 nre rented
for flxod money rental, und 19,732 nre
ionted for Hhnrcs of products.
In 1884 tho total number of farms
returned In the census wob 1f7,389, of
which 138,523 wero cultivated by own
ers, C.C57 wore, rented for fixed money
rontnl, and 13,209 wcro rented for ohnrc3
of products.
Comparing the returns in 1891 with
thoso for 1S84, thero Is nn Incronso of
20.CC3, or 13.07 per cent, In tho total
number of farms; of 10,570, or 7.C3 per
cent In tho number cultivated by own
ers; of 3,470, or 01.34 per cent, In tho
number rented for fixed money rental,
nnd of (5,523, or 49.38 per cent, In tho
number rented for shnrcs of products-.
Of tho total number of farms In tho
stato, 88.01 per cent In 1884, nnd B3.7S
per cent In 1891 wcro cultivated by
owners; 3.G0 per cont In 1884, and 5.13
per cent In 1891 were rented for money;
nnd 8.39 por cent In 1884, nnd 11.09 per
cent lit 1894 wcro rented for shnrcn of
products.
The number of farms In the stato
Juno 1, 1890. ns shown by tho uatlonnt
census, wns 172,341, of which 148,208, or
80.00 per cent wero cultivated by own
cis; 8,212, or 4.70 per cont were rented
for monoy, nnd 15,921, or 9.24 per cent
were rented on shnrcn.
The proportion of fnrms cultivated
by owners was 2.01 per cfint less In 1890
than In 1881, and 2.22 per cent less hi
1S04 than In 1890.
Beginning with 1880, in each ono
thousand fnrma In tho Btuto tho number
cultlvntod by ownero at each census
wao as follows:
1880 "
1SS1 ... 5oU
1890 800
1891 338
Considering the state by acctlons, and
comparing with tho returns of ten years
ngo, thero Is an lncrenBo of 3,078 farms
In tho southern four tiers of counties,
of 9.001 In tho control counties, of 0,150
In tho northern countlcB of the lower
peninsula, nnd 2,131 In tho upper ponln
suln. Tho number of fnrms cultivated
by owners has decreased 2,858 In the
Bouthern four tlcra of counties, while
the number rented for money has In
creased 2,009, und the number rented
for shnrcn of products Iiob increased
4,527. In the central counties thoro la
an Increase of 7,111, and in the northorn
counties of 4,385, in tho number of
farms cultivated by owners. Tho Bouth
orn counties, or oldest settled portions
of the state, und where nbout 85 per cent
of tho farm crops nre raised, Is tho only
Bfictlon in which thero is a decrease In
the number of fnrms cultivated by own
ers. Hero, with nn Incrcaso of 2,078 In
tho total number of furmB, thcro Is a
decrenso of 2.85S In the number culti
vated by owners.
It should bo further noted that whllo
every county In the central section, and
all counties In the northorn section, ex
cept four Crawford, Emmet, Munltou
nnd Osceola show an Increase In the
number of farms cultivated by owners,
twonty-threo of the twenty-eight coun
ties In tho southern section show a de
crease; In ono, Shiawassee, thoro U
neither gain nor loss, arid only four.
Berrien, Kent, Monroo and Ottawa,
show a. gain. In three of theBo four
counties fruit nnd mnrkot garden crop
aro extensively cultlvuted, and one,
Kent, extends Into the territory of the
central counties.
The stato totals of tho dairy statis
tics aro ns follows: Total milk pro
duced on farms, 212,070,373 gallons;
value of all milk and cream sold from
fannB, $2,907,385; butter made ov
farms, 48,951,378 pounds; checso made
on farms, 206.C60 pounds. These totalt
are for the year ending Juno 1, 1894.
The national census of dally products
taken Juno 1, 1890, and Including the
products of the year ending Dec. 31,
1889, shows as follows: Milk produced,
224,537,488 gallons; butter' made on
farms, 50,197,481 pounds; cheeso mado
on farms, 328.GS2 pounds. Tho products
as Bhown by the prcBont census are less
than tho national census totals by 12,
407,115 gallons of milk, 1,240,193 poundu
of butter, and 122,022 pounds of cheese.
More than 400 Plant Perfumes, It Is
an interesting thing to know that 4,200
species of plants arc gathered and used
for commercial purposes In Europe. Of
these 420 bav6 a perfume that is pleas
ing and enters largely. Into tho manu
facture of scents, soaps nnd sachota.
Thero are moro species of white flow
ers gathered than of any other color
1,124. Of theso 187 have an agreeablo
scent, an oxtraordlnnry largo propor
tion. Next In order como yellow blos
soms, with 951, 77 of thorn being per
fumed. Red flowers number 823, of
which 81 are scented. Ex. ,
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As for tho milk tester. It's very name
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