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ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND MATRONS.
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Pique ami thick costumes arc to ba
very fniihlnnablo this year, ami the
new designs aro certainly charming,
Many o( the picnics are light In weight
and gracefully embellished with de
signs ot embroidery. Colored pique
and duck gowns aro built In a variety
of different colorings. A blue duck
coatumo Is nude with a circular skirt
and 60IH0 slight fullness at the luck.
The sailor blouse Is wide, and the
tucker Is of tucked muslin. .Many of
tho smartest piques have the seams
banded with a contracting color. For
example, a white pique has the seams
banded with a narrow piece of red
stitched wlm white, the Eton coat
decorated with a red sailor collar with
n band ot white. Cotton canvases In
all colors are In evidence. Tho delicate
pastel colors aie deemed very fash
ionable. One In pastul blue has a skirt
laid In plaits, or rather shingles, that
reach nearly to the line ot the knee.
The Eton coat opens In tho front to
reveal n waistcoat ot white canva3
buttoned with two rows of small gold
buttons. Tho Jacket Is collarless and
Is ornamented with inch-wide bands
two Inches long, with pointed ends,
that form a trimming, which follows
tho outllno of tho co.it. The sleeves
aro plain, and the choker consists ot
finely tucked gras cloth. All of the
striped piques make dunning cos
tumes and they are especially becom
ing to a stout llguro. A simple but
pretty black and white stripe lias a
plain fekirt save for he plaited fans,
which are sot In all of tlu seams at the
hem. Tho sailor blouse hns a deep
collar and a nockt! of soft black silk,
tho girdle of the same material, the
tucks of corded white muslin. Among
tho smartest costume ere those of
pure white. Tho favorlts model is
built strictly on tnllor lines, all tho
seams stitched several times. Butch
ers' linens arc novel and bewitching.
This fabric In dark blue, trimmed with
light bluo, constitutes an unusual
frock. There Is no light blue on tho
skirt except the heavy stitching. Tho
underskirt Is trimmed with a plaiting
und the long tunic Is buttoned In trout
with a row of small pearl buttons. Tho
Mouse has a jacket front. There Is a
deep sailor collar, made double, with
the light bluo over tho dark blue.
White duck makes the vest and cho
ker. A model of red has a skirt mado
with clhsters of little plaits in tho
bides. Tho short J.icket has an Inner
vest of white, and slltched pieces of red
ornament the biases.
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DAIRY AND POULTUY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How JtirrMifnl rarinvra OpcrnU Thl
lllrttiirnt of tit KHrm A w
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a shoit bolero of black and white bro
cade with an over pattern of gold. The
glullo Is of cloth of gold and a band
c.f the gold embroidered with blnck
and white French knots encircles the
neck. Double-breasted boleros are also
seen nmong tho latest Importations. A
model of gray crape, tho skirt hung
from a yoke of ecru lace, has at tho
hem a trimming of threo waving rows
of puckcied black satin ribbon. The
bodice of gray accordion plaited mous
6cllnc do sole is llnlshed by a bolero of
peril lace, fastened with two rows of
small steel buttons.
from tho Inside of tho arms of tho arm
seam to a point in front, whoro tho
rlbLons cud In a rosetto.
Klml.l Ih l'opulur.
An undoubted authority vrlto3 from
Paris that tho klmkl cloth Is much in
vogue nnd that It Is ' used to build
many of tho chic racing costumes. An
effective model of this strange but be
coming material has a skirt which is
laid In shir.gle3. The bodice is of ecru
laco mounted over black satin and held
by a high plaited bolt of tho cloth, the
sleeves of tho material laid in shingles.
White organdies trimmed with black
laco aro piomlnent among tho thin
costumes. Tho laco appears In wido
Insertions set in stripes nil around tho
skirt and boillco between groups of line
tucks. Every possible phase of tuck
ing, eveiy conceivable mode of using
laco Is Illustrated in tho gowns
this season. dome of tho prettiest
summer gowns aro made of whllo
nun's veiling, both in tho fine sheer
weaves and tho variety called course
veiling. Russian and cluny lace3 aro
specially elfectlvo as trimming when
ot In around tho skirt above the hem
in a deep pointed design. Abovo thU
the skirt is a series of vortical bands,
joined with an openwork stitch. Other
white veiling gowns, with simple uick
ed skirts, nre made very effective with
a wldo collar of embroidered whlto
taffeta edged with applique lace. Or
gandy gowns are ns elaborate as they
oro alluring. Tho pure white ones nro
especially beautiful. A lovely model
Just completed has a deep ovorsklrt
with bias lines of threo widths of
whlto satin ribbon ranging from one
quarter to ono-half an Inch In width
Theso groups meet down tho front
nnd back and form bias lines over tho
sides. The edgo of tho overdress has a
deep accordion plaited ilounco, llnlshed
by triple rows of satin ribbons. The
bodlco has a deep yoke simulated by
nnrrow Valenciennes nnd Swiss Inser
tions over tho top of the Bleoves. Tho
two kinds of Insertion aro Joined by
herringbone stitching. Over the shoul
der is n deep bias stripe laid In a series
of plaits, llchuwlse, the lowest edgo of
this finished by n ribbon edged and
laco trimmed ruille or organdy. Tho
waist band Is of white satin.
HutMit Frock.
A picturesque batlsto frock hn3 a
skirt laid In clusters of line plaltsabout
tho hips, which gives the cllcct of a
full round skirt. Tho blouse Is mado
with clusters of vcitlcal tucks, and Is
half covered by a deep, round collar of
embroidery. The sleeves aro full, nl
most baggy, and fasten into n llttlo
lace cuff at the wrist. Shirring Is scon
everywhere, and thero will bo moro of
It ns tho season advances. A lovely
model of white mousselluo do solo has
shirred sleeves that meet laco under
sleeves. The bodice Is built with a
sleeveless, short bolero. The skirt Is
chirred on the side and trimmed about
tho bottom with squares of laco llko
thoso making tho llttlo Jacket.
A I.aco ISoillrr.
The beauty and richness ot after
noon waists increase as tho season
grows older.
Tho bodice of an effective ono Is
made of the heaviest taffeta silk and
covered with rcnalssanco laco. Tho
back and sides ilt tho llguro closely,
while tho front droops slightly at tho
waist line. Tho opening is daintily
llnlshed with a box plait of taffeta
which Is trimmed with small mother-
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
C'nlf'n I.hrr ullli Kino Herb.
Tako n fresh call's liver and cut It
Into slices ot equal thickness and
shape, dip tho slices In seasoned flour
and fry thorn In a rounding tnblcspoon
ful of butter until a dark brown.
When done removo the liver from tho
pan, ndd a llttlo moro butter and a
tablespoonful each of chopped parsley
and onions and twe tablespoonfuls ot
mushrooms. Fry the herbs until done,
add a tablefcpoonful of flour, moisten
with n eoffco cup of stock, If you havo
It; not, with warm water, and when a
sauce of tho right consistency Is form
ed put In tho liver and let It warm
through; season with snlt, pepper and
a llttlo lemon Juice and servo very
hot
Drtlrj Notr.
Tho health authorities ot Chicago nro
linking war on tho usu of formalin In
milk nnd doing It successfully. A largo
number of milkmen nro pleased at tho
ulroctlon affairs havo taken, as they
did not wnnt to use tho preservatives,
but wero forced Into It by competition.
People that buy milk should not bo too
ready to discard a milkman because
his milk sours under adverse circum
stances. When ordinary milk keeps
for several days In hot weather it Is a
pretty good sign Hint there Is some
thing In It that should not bo thoro.
Of course wo reeognlzo tho fact that
hero and thero aro dairies ho perfectly
managed Hint their milk will keep for
several days under proper degrees ot
cold. Hut most milk Is not ot that
kind. It Is far better for pcoplo to
havo bomo sour mllli on their hands
onco In uwhilo than to have all tho
time milk that is drugged.
It Is difficult for us to understand
why Joseph 11. Wllklns should bo par
doned out of prison before ho had
completed his term of Imprisonment,
more than any other prlsouor. llo was
sent to pilson because ho had repeat
edly removed lovenuo stamps from
oleomargarine packages, contrary to
the revenue laws. Tho press dis
patches from Washington report that
he was pardoned a few days beforo his
sentence expired so that he might not
lose his citizenship. Why should wo
want to present tho citizenship of a
man that despises the duties of citizen
ship? Men tun havo tho Interests of
the funnel- at heart will certainly be
lieve that the act was In response to
tho Influence of tho great oleomar
garine manufacturers, who fought so
hard to keep Mr. Wllklns out of prison
that they bucceeded In keeping his
casn la tho courts for ubodt threo
years.
on It and keep In a laying condition
though confined In a snift.ll yard.
The North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion hns Just publlshod a bulletin on
lomo of its oxporlmcnts with fowls,
tt has takon up tho work In earnest
nnd has gone Into tho subject doeply.
Tho experiments Includod tho produc
tion of eggs, and cost of producing
tho sanio. There wero throe pens ot
Mediterranean fowls, seven of tho
American class nnd six of tho Asiatic
class. Tho period was for six months.
Wo presume thai tho other six months
will bo reported on later. This work
Is 'loiind to havo its effect on the agri
culture of tho South, a locality that
Is particularly adapted to tho produc
tion of eggs, on account of its mild
winter ellmnto and cheap lands. Thero
scorns no good renson why largo areas
of land In tho South should not bo
devoted to poultry farms with largo
ranges for fowls. The transportation
question Is probnbly tho only ono that
will have to bo Bolved, outside of the
details ot poultry management.
Stuffed Turnip.
Select one quart of medium sized
turnips; peel and boil them In salted
water until tender, drain, cut a slice
from tho top of ench, scoop out half
tho middle with a teaspoon, mash tho
part taken out, with salt.pepper, butter
and the yolk of an egg, nnd till the tur
nips with the mixture. Put back tho
slices cut off, brush over with tho
beaten white of an egg, set them In a
baking dish and brown in a hot oven.
Serve hot.
l-U'Ci Nmiiiort Klj'lr.
Soak one pint l broad crumbs In
ono pint of milk; beat eight eggs very
light and mix with tho bread crumbs.
Havo ready a soticepan In which you
havo melted two tnblespoonfuls of
butter nnd pour in tho egg mixture;
season, as the eggs are scrambled, with
salt and pepcr. Cook as quickly as
posslblo without burning. Servo on a
hot plattor and garnish with small
triangles ot buttered toast.
Tiimmcr Iloloro.
A high turnover Is the latest featuro
of tho bolero. A modal of gray nun'a
veiling, made with a full, ro'ind skirt
lias a boloro laid In plaits that lorni
inverted Vs in tho back, which is cut
up In tho back to show n hlch bolt of
black satin. Tho sleeves and chemi
sette nro of embroidered whlto muslin.
Tho collnr of this Jacket Is coat
shaped, high and turned over. The
elbow sleeves nro also llnlshed with
turnover cuffs, rid tho undersleeves
nro full. As the season advances tho
bolero Is moro popular tha.i ever, nnd
tho mnjorlty of tho summer frocks aro
built with them. Their variety Is end
less. Porhnns tho lato3t phasa of this
nccPEsory of fashion Is ono ot rich bro-
four
A VICKY KICH I10DICE.
of-nearl irittons arranged in
groups of four button each.
A very charming featuro of the
'waist Is a deep yoko 6f taffeta laid In
the tiniest box plaits and flulshcd with
lapels Heated In tho same way. The
Inputs nre bordered with a narrow
band of grcon-bluo velvet, nnd thoro
! n imlt of thesamo ribbon at tho
waist finished wTh a stylish bow.
Tho sleeves nre pointed over the
hands nnd nro also bordered with the
ribbon velvet. Tho neck Is completed
with a stock of plaited taffota, which
rises in round points Just back of the
pars. Tho bodice Is becoming to both
old and young and can be worn with
any handsome skirt at formal after
noon functions.
Doughnut.
One pound of sugar, yolks of four
eggs, one tablespoonful of butter, ono
tablespoonful of molasses. Mix to
gether; ndd ono pint of sour milk or
buttormllk, ono tenspoonful ot soda in
a llttlo water, and enough flour to stiff
en Into dough ot moderate stiffness.
I'ulntcd I'untcniiiln.
Rainbows In tho cye3 lndlcato lovo
In the heart.
An empty purso Is responsible for
some matrimony failures.
Unless a man keeps moving the
world will soon throw him down.
You can seldom Jiulgo a man by his
action when ho is nway from home.
A gem Is not polished without "rub
bing nor is a man perfected without
trials.
Every Hmo a woman loses nlnoty
eight cents she worries a dollar's
worth.
A married woman sayB that dead let
tors aro those a wifo gives her husband
to mall.
Sleep is said to bo n grcnt beantlfler.
No wonder St. Louis is noted for its
handsomo policemen.
A man Isn't necessarily Intoxlcntcd
because ho mistakes ono of tho new
spring bonnets for a flower gnrden.
The man who permits himself to bo
baffled by an advorso current will nev
er mako much headway In tho voyago
ol Jfo.
Prosecutions under the food lnws nro
not always decided ou their merits.
This Is illustrated by tho caso nnent
piocess butter that was tried at Jack
son, Mich. The laws of tho state of
Michigan provldo that nil process but
ter must bo labeled process butter.
Armour & Co. havo been shipping proc
ess butler into that state, labeling It
butter. The state of Michigan began
prosecutions on a caso that camo bo
fore a police Justice at Jackson. Tho
stato brought tho best chemists, who
averted that they had examined tho
butter and analrzcd It and found it
process butter. This testimony was
backed up by tho highest chemists in
tho hist. Hut other chemists testified
on the side of Armour & Co. that they
wero susplcloiiB of tho reliability of tho
other chemists, as they did not know
that their processes wero reliable, not
having used thoso processes them
selves. Tho finding of tho police Jus
tice was "no cause of action." It all
the testimony of noted chemists Is to
be set aside In that way, what are tho
chances for tho enforcement of tho
law?
Somo of tho Chlcngo papers nro tak
ing up tho agitation to compel the au
thorities to raise tho standard of milk
from 3 to 4 per cent. Somo of tho
newspapers have articles so headed
that one would supposo the city of
ficials to bo opposed to all reform in
tho question ot milk supply. They
blame tho olllcluls because they suy
that 3 per cent Is high enough. Tho
oillclals are right, and tho dally papers
by tho stand they appear to have taken
show how little they know about tho
facts in tho caso. Wero tho standard
raised to 4 per cent the pcoplo ot Chi
cago would get very thirsty for milk.
Thero aro multitudes of cows, prob
ably a majority ot thoso supplying
milk to Chicago, that gtvo less than
4 por cont milk. Then, too, cows vary
greatly betweon any two mllklngs,
this variation being sometimes a full
ono per cent. Thus a cow that gives
4 per cent milk nt ono milking mny
give only 3 per cent at the next, this
condition depending on numerous cir
cumstances. Tho purchaser that gots
3 per cent ot cream In his milk has
no reason to complain nt his treat
ment. In most of our states the stan
dard Is 3 per cont, and in our most
progressive cliecscmnking states the
requlsito for cheesumnklng Is 3 por
jer cont milk. Tho fact Is that much
of tho milk being sold lu nearer 2
than 3 per cont.
Tim (Iroitt mil.
Dairymen and all friends of the
Grout bill were much encouraged by
the action of tho House of Representa
tives last week lu adopting a resolu
tion calling upon tho Secretary of the
Treasury to furnish Information
concerning tho kinds nnd nmoiints
of Ingredients used In tho man
ufacture of oleomargarine. This
resolution was opposed Uy the majority
of the Ways and Means Committee,
who contended that tho information
had been furnished tho government
under a promise of secrecy. Hut tho
houso refused to tublo It, nnd tho res
olution was passed by u vote ot 1315 to
82. Wo assume that readers of Tliu
Farmers' Review understand what tho
Croat bill Is, since it has been thor
oughly explained In tho columns of our
Dairy Department, but we will risk a
brief capitulation, viz., that tho bill
would Impose a ten cent tax on every
pound of oleomargarine colored In Imi
tation of buttor, und would gtvo to
every stnte police power over all oleo
margarine brought Into tho stato In
original packages, thus removing from
oleomargarine the protection of tho In
terstate commerco laws.
Tho frlundly spirit shown by the
vote on the resolution above mentioned
should not deceive tho advocates ot
tho Grout bill concerning the opposi
tion to tho measure, which Is so strong
that It may bo kept in the hands of
the agricultural commltteo and never
come before the House. Now Is tho
critical time, nnd every mnn Interested
In tho bill should write his repre
sentative at Washington urging him
to stand by it and demand mat
bo taken from commltteo of agricul
ture and brought to nn Issue boforo
tho House. Nothing but tho strong
pressure of public sentiment will se
cure Its passage and dairymen, as well
ns all friends of pure food, should do
their part and not shirk their reuponsl
bllltles, ns they frequently do, com
plaining loudly the whllo about tho
Indifference of congressmen to tho
vltnl interests of their agricultural
constituents.
Anltiitt Food In loi ttrf rcilltij,
Report of tho Now York Agricultural
Station at Gonova: It wan found In a
number of feeding experiments with
chicks, ducklings nnd lnylng hens that
rations containing animal food gnvo
Almost Invariably hotter results than
did thoso consisting entirely or very
largely of vogotnblo food. For conven
ience "animal moal" wns mndo tho
principal animal food. Mnny gram
foods wero used; but when rations
wero so arranged Hint tho proportion
of protein was alike for two rations
tho ono with tho animal food contained
generally moro fat and always a much
Inrger percentngo of minora! matter.
"Tho Hrst series of experiments did
not definitely Indlcnte tho cnuse for
the superiority of tho ono ration. It
appeared that Hie moro favornblo re
sults when nnlmn! fond wns fed might
bo duo clthor to tho moro elllclcnt
forms ot tho nitrogen compounds or
with the rapidly growing young "Irdu
nnd tho laying hens to tho much larger
proportion ot ash consisting largely of
phosphates.
Subsequent experiments hnvo shown
that whllo- ducklings require n certain
amount of animal food, hens nnd
chicks nro nblo to do well on wholly
vegetable food, supplemented by ubIi
rich In phosphates. In these experi
ments, rntlous of vcgctablo food, to
which bono ash was added to make up
the iiBsumcd dellclency of nsli, In grow
ing chicks gave Identical results with,
thoso from rntlons containing nnlnuil
food. With laying liens tho rntlons
wero equally elllclont for most of tho
time, but good results wero not sus
tained quite so long by tho vcgotnblo
food ration. Tho uddltion of bono ash
did not, however, enable ducklings to
make as good uso of a ration wholly ot
vegetable foods; such n ration being
decidedly less elllclcnt than onu con
taining unlmal food.
Hurplli-B llodlro,
Sirpllco bodices for summer havn
the fullness from tho shoulders grace
full shaped Into a pointed yoko by
cade to be worn with laco frocks. An drawing very narrow saMn or velvet
effective ecru lace gown berulllod nnd ribbon through a slightly wider open
inserted from hem to walstbani has work insertion. These are carried
A Tlmrly Obarrviillou.
Myer "Those chorus girls aro cer
tainly well trained. .They keep step In
such excellent time."
Oyer "Oh, Hint's easily accounted
for. Thoy have clocks in their hosiery."
J'oiiltry Note.
General rules nro usually faulty and
unrellabls nt somo point. A writer
snys that exorcise Is tho great requi
site If eggs aro required. Tho exor
cise question, like somo other ques
tions, is given too much promlnenco.
Thi hen may bo healthy nnd not exer
cise nnd she mny lay eggs without ex
ercising, Just ns tho cow will give milk
through a whole winter without ex
ercising. This Is not nn argument
against exercise. Exorcise is good for
the hen, nnd for tho corn-fed hen It Is
a necessity, or else sho will got too
fat to bo of any value ns an egg pro
ducer. Every fowl must bo dnnlt with ac
cording to tho circumstances In which
she Is plncod. Those clrcuinstnnces in
cludo kinds ot feed, amount of rnngo
in yard, amount of green stuff in ynrd,
manner of feeding, ngo of fowls, nnd
breed of fowls. There nro hundreds
of combinations Hint ran ho mado in
tho feeding rntlon. A ration mny bo
to compounded that a hen may bo fad
Horr Ht III lii llonmnil.
Professor Nelson of the ngrlculturnl
thwart menl, in discussing tho effect of
new Inventions on tho uso of horses,
says: From 1887 to 181)1, n period
marked by great activity in street rail
way building iih1 also the lncreiised
manufacture und 'use of bicycles, tho
number of horses Increased from 12,
4015,744 to 10,081,139. This shows Hint
ulthough tho Ubo of the horso decreas
ed in particular directions, yet thero
must hnvo been a healthy growth m
their use In other directions. During
this period tho selling value of horses
gradually declined from 572 to 18 por
head. Hut this decrcaso was certainly
not duo to tho number of horses thrown
on tho market as a result of displace
ment by electricity in propulsion of
street cars and tho general introduc
tion of tho blcyclo, becnuso wo find
that tho vulues of other Hvo stock
mules, milch cows, mid other cuttle
decreased from 30 to 40 per cent dur
ing tho snme time. During the preva
lence of tho great commercial depres
sion from 1803 to 1807 the number of
horses In Iho country fell to 14,3G4,G5r.
At the sania tlmo tho value per hend
suffered n further derrense, the same
being the enso with sheep, swine, nnd
enttlo other than milch cows. The cat
tin Inteiest wns tho first to recover,
being followed n year later by the
other stock Interests. It is likely that
thero will bo a continued demand for
tho right kind of horses. A great deal
hns been wrlttei. about the probable
displacement of tho horse by the au
tomobile, but It hardly seems probable
Hurt It will produce any moro serious
effect thnn havo tho elcclrlc street caw
and bicycles. Each has its sphero of
usefulness, and each will continue to
huve.
Spaco for Ileus. All of our readers
aro familiar with tho advlco not tj
crowd hens Into spaco only lnrgo
enough for half their number. On tha
other hand it is sometimes a dcrtlmeut
too give them too much space, when
that means giving them access to all
tho grain bins and corn cribs. Truu,
at this tlmo of year tho fowls will bo
moro eager to get glass nnd Insects
than grain, but a llttlo later on thoy
aro likely to fall back on tho gralu
bins us u baso of supplies.
In Raising Chickens. Clcnnllness Is
tho first requisite for successful chick
en raising. They should havo n vari
ety of grain, llko whent, oats and
ground corn, with ground bono nnd n
plenty of grit, especially for winter
layers. Tho housing should be com
fortable Under this kind of feed poul
try give good returns, If properly
cared for. Tbo Plymouth Rocks aro
my favorites for all purposes.
Artli'lmltr for Hoc'.
Artichokes aro pro-omlnoutly a hog
food, Hint la, nro moro easily nnd suc
cessfully fed to hogs than to any oth
er class of animals. Tho reason Is
that tho hog Is constructed nnd or
dained by naturo to hunt his food
lurgoly lu tho ground. Ho dollghUi lu
digging for roots. Rooting is us much
n delight to him ns it Is to tho small
boy to go fishing. Tho Joy that a boy
feels when ho pulls a goou-sizou iron
out ot the wntur Is paralleled by tho
Joy n hog must feel when, in his root
ing in an artlchoko Hold, ho conies
ncrosa a big Bucculcnt urtlchoko. Of
courso tho nrtlchoko Is not a food to
bo compared to grain In Its service to
man us a hog feed, but without doubt
tho food of tho churncter of artichokes
has In it something moro than la rep
resented in Its food nutriments. It is
adapted to servo dlgcstlvo purposes
that aro not found In grain. Man is
accustomed to feed too heavily ot
grain to till of his nnlmnls, and lighter
foods lessen tho strain on tho dlgcs
tlvo system. Wo would bo pleased to
hear from our readers as to tholr
experiences lu feeding urtlchokes to
hogs.
Mlltlonitlrc In tho Oittln Iluftlnm.
The boom in tho live stock murket
has had tho robult ot muklng stock-,
raising popular with somo of our rich
eat men. Reports say that Nelson Mor
ris, tho Chicago packor, hns stocked a
ranch In Texas with Galloways, and
a range in Nebraska with Aberdeen
Angus enttlo. P. D. Armour is said
to bo buying heavily of cholco Hero
fords, uud Mr. Rockefellor to bo inn Ic
ing largo purchases of Shorthorns. Llvo
stock breeders uro Inclined to crlti-
cIbo tho way In which these men aro
going into tho business, saying that
their operations aro not warranted by
tho amount of experience thoy havo
hud In tho business. Thoy predict ul
timata failure for somo of them. It
may bo however that tho wealthy mon
will havo learned caution from past
experiences, mid will conduct tholr
operations ou a safe basis. Tho worst
effect they can hnvo on tho llvo stock
Interests will bo the unnatural stimu
lation of the uiurkcts for pure breds
for a tlmo.
Teaching Spraying. At a recent
farmers' Institute held in Illinois, Pro
fessor HIair of tho Stato Agricultural
College gave a demonstration on spray
ing. This is tho best way to Htlr up
an Interest In spraying. Farmers will
read about spraying and will let it
go to another time. Hut an actual
demonstration stirs them to activity.
The precedent that has been establish
ed should bo followed extensively. It
la probablo that the mnkers of spray
ing apparatus would bo willing to send
their sprayers to any meeting whero
it was posslblo to mako a demonstra
tion of actual work.
Lectures on Forestry. A plan has
been arranged by which the section ot
tree planting of the division ot foi
cstry will comblno lecturing with Us
practical field work for tho purpose ot
interesting the public in tho subjects
When nn official, ot this section of tlio
division is called to any portion ot tho
United States where planting is espe
cially desirable, ho will arrange for a
sorles ot meetings ot land owners, to
whom ho' will explain tho objects ot
the division nnd tho free assistance of
fered to thoso desirous of making a
trial of planting.
Recognition of Women. Tho west
ern stairway of tho Capitol at Albany
has boon recently decorated with u
bas-relief of the heads of flvo of our
most illustrious American women.
Thoso selected for this honor aro vet
oraiiB In tho world of famo, namoly,
Mrs. Harriot Heecher Stowe, Miss
Frances E. Wlllard, Mls3 Clara Bar
ton, Miss Susan D Anthony, nnd Cap
tain Molllo Pitcher, of Revolutionary,
fame.
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