'k I k V L Hi DAIRY AND POULTEY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Encrciuftil Fnrmeri Operate Tilt Department of the Farm A Few Hints R to the Care of Live Slock ml Poultry. E BABCOCK test has conic Into pxtcnBlve use with in the past few years and Is llkoly to be used still more In determin ing the value of dairy cows and of the many different milks nnd creams brought to factor ies for the manufacture of both butter and cheese. As so much depends upon the accu racy of thlB te3t where thousands of dollars are to be divided among patrons annually, it Is of the utmost import ance that, inasmuch as tho sample tested is necessarily small, all meas urements should bo made with tho greatest possible accuracy In order to secure uniformly reliable results. It haB been found that many of tho Babcock bottles and pipettes now in use are inaccurately graduated. In view of this fact and of tho difficulty In securing bottles and pipettes which can be relied upon, the Pennsylvania Experiment station has undertaken to supply as standards to any resident of the state desiring them, a tested Bab cock bottle and pipette at a price suffi cient to cover the original cost and tho expense of testing and postage. In this connection, owing to the wide varia tion found in cheap dairy thermome ters, tho station will also undertake to supply to residents of the state desir- RESULT OF CROSSING ENGLISH ir' 'i-i.' ""' ', "". ' s-'" ' " Our Illustration Bhows a cross be tween some English cattle (presum ably shorthornB), and some Indian breeds. The United States consul in Ceylon says that these crosses are an improvement over either of the ing It a tested thermometer as a stand ard, under the above conditions. ' The station has also prepared a bul letin containing full and explicit direc tions for tho. use of the Babcock test which it will' mall free to all who may desire it. E. Hayward. Pennsylvania Experiment Station. Artichokes for Hogi. Hitherto the growing of thts valu able tuberous rooted perennial has been almost wholly neglected, and greatly misunderstood. During the past few yoars the "tame" or domes ticated sorts of the artichoke have been imported from Europe, and nre grad ually making their way to an exten sive cultivation in the United States, Canada and Mexico. It is in place in this connection to mention that there is a deep-seated, long-standing preju dice against tho artichoke among the farmers of tho United States. But thero Is "wild" rye and "tame" rye, "wild" onions and "tame" onions. "Wild" barley and "tame" barley. "Wild" lettuce and "tame" lettuce, etc. Almost every grain and vegetable cultivated and used as food by man has its namesake in a noxious and often tlmB dangerous weed. The artichoke is no exception to the general rule. The wild artichoke being Indigenous to most localities (wherever the soil is suitable) In North and South Amer ica. It is merely a bad weed a dan gerous peat, which produces few and Bmall tubers and spreads Its long fibrous roots out a long distance and deep down Into the soil, making Its extermination a difficult task. Many farmers who havo seen it growing un derstand it fully. But the same farm ers do not understand that thero is a difference a vast difference in the wild artichoke and the "tame" arti choke. In fact they are as different as is wild and "tame" lettuce, or is wild and "tame" rye. During the past few years the tame or domesticated sorts of. artichoke have been Imported from Europe and are to a great extent becoming known and cultivated on this continent, as a cheap, healthy stock food. The "tame" ar tichoke can be as eaBily grown aa corn or potatoes, and on land that will pro duce 50 bushels per acre of Indian corn, 500 bushols per acre of artichokes can be easily grown. Tho writer fre quently does this and has grown over 90 bushels per acre on ground that had never been manured. Their great value as a cheap, handy, healthy hog food has been so thoroughly aired In the press of the country the past few years that an enormous demand has been created for them. As a pork producer they cannot be .excelled. A good plan is to plant all your lotB to artichokes about May 1, ,or as soon as your stock Is put on T?JL9K uAd2CuriBMlk!'dl V .VTSLVIt-Bb tj lfij&j3JUtiSBfP thelr spring and summer pasture. ' Then when your pasture "playB out" i in mo ran, or nooui aepteniocr au to October 1, you will havo fine food in your lots for your hogB, whero they will root nt Intervals whenovor tho ground Is not frozen too hprd until tho following May, when they will havo received as much real benefit from one acre of artichokes as from five of corn, at a very conservative estimate somo Bay ton acres. Tho hoga will also leave enough tubers in tho ground to serve as seed for tho next crop. It is a hog's nature to root. In fact, his hogshlp is never happier than when he is root ing. An artichoke patch can truly bo called a hog'B drug store. A hog's ob ject In rooting being to obtnln rootB, which his appetite craves, and which serve tho samo purpose for him as n blood cleaner or spring mcdlcino does for tho human being. Ayer, of sarBa parllla fame, can fully explain this. After a hog has eaten nrtichokes to his heart's content, the rooting notion will havo been put entirely out of his head and ho will not root up hlB spring or summer pasture. A wealthy hog raiser (Mr. Booher) of the writer's ac quaintance, and who has made 480 acres of $100 land from hog raising for the pork market, says he would not bo without n big annual patch of tho tamo artichoke, and that he haB had no hog diseases in his herds since he has allowed them to root In his artichoke patch to their heart's content. He claimed that a sow will never cat her pigs if sho has been previously given a good feed of artichokes. The artichoke (tamo sorts) is a wonderful soil enrlcher, fully as good as red clover. The writer cuts the tubers to two eyes per piece and plants precisely same as potatoes, and cultivates pre cisely same as corn. They grow about eight feet high and grow so dense that weeds have a hard time In an artichoke patch. The artichoke stands AND EAST INDIAN CATTLE. f r4 parent breeds, so far aa uso In India is concerned. They will stand tho pe culiarities of feed and climate better than the Imported cattle, and have more useful qualities than tho native Nellore cattle. drought much better than the potato, and there is no insect that infests them to the writer's knowledge, of sever alyears In growing three kinds of them. The "tame" or domesticated artichoke should be replanted every three years as they run out, or in other words, tho ground needs a rotation of crops. They are very easily and entirely ex terminated if the young tops are plowed under when about ono foot high. Artichokes are valuable, not alono as a hog food, but for any kind of stock and poultry, and also for horses. Poultry Just about live in an artichoke patch In warm weather, where they hide from hawks In th'e shade, and scratch out the young tubers. The tubers are highly prized for milch cows as valuable milk pro ducers. The writer feeds the tuberB to his horses every spring. Horses pre fer them to any other food after they have become accustomed to them. They completely take the place of oil cake and condition powders, making horses shed nicely and clearing them of worms. The writer has tried sev eral varieties but has finally settleu on the White Jerusalem, Red Jerusa lem and Mammoth White French as the most valuable sort to grow in the central west Illinois. l!rrot l'ljriuotit'i Ilorkat. For ten years I have been raising poultry. During that time I have kept the White and Brown Leghorns, White and Barred Plymouth Rocks, Of all the breeds, I prefer the Plymouth Rocks. My poultry house Is an ordinary framo building, but comfortable. I feed soft food In tho mornings and whole grains in the evening. I do not confine myself to ono grain but try to give a variety. As to the market, I can sell all the breeding fowls I want to dispose of In tho home markets I have nger failed to get eggs" In winter, though in the very severest weather they of course fall off some. One year I lost almost an entire flack from cholera. I was away from home when they took it, and in five days nearly all of them died. I lost but two chicks after I got home and could attend to them. I find lice the greatest enemy of young chicks. W. H. Reid in Farmers' Review. Milk In New York. The milk supply of New York Increases at a fair pace. The dally consumption by the city is In the neighborhood of 100,000 gallons. The consumption of cream is about 3,500 gallons per day, and of cpndensed milk in excess of 12,000 gallons for the same time. Care for the Crown. When setting strawberries, be sure that the crown Is not covered with dirt. A lltttle at tention in setting It even with the ground will do much good. Also see that it is so set that the water will not wash the mud over it. r - . . THE MOUFLON IS SLY GAME. An Animal WJtlrli Knowing 8portmin Flint on Cnntlrnu HUM. There are somo surprises nwalting the sportsman who visits Corsica, n few of which nrc told about In the Badmin ton Mngnzlne. Tho writer of tho nrtlclo was a British naval officer, nnd tho Ccrslcnn commnndant treated him nnd his party very politely, refused to look nt their hunting pormlts and passports, gave them a dinner with line clgnrs nnd wine captured from a brigand band by hia own gendarmes, and sent for tho best rtutie guide to bo put at their disposal. What Is more, he put a small squad of cavalry nt their service to ren cuo any membor of tho' party bo un fortunate as to bo captured and hold for ransom. The goatherd who served as guide was a good ono. Ho knew tho moullon, or wild mountain sheep, perfectly, and it was through hlB offortB mainly that tho party wns successful. The writer carried a 38-calIbre, double-barreled express rifle, shooting a hard-head bul let. A long, hard climb In the steep mountains, with frequent pauses for using tho telescope, resulted In sighting the quarry moving In a patch of heath er, which frequently hid them from view. All but the old ram were feeding in a restless, shifty manner; ho was perched on an overhanging ledge look ing out for hunters. The mouflon knows a thing or two, nnd when a flock are feeding they always hae some keen old ram or owe whero it can seo the country below best. They are as wild as, perhaps wilder, than any of their kind, whether found In Europe, Asia or America; but, like others, they may bo approached from above, wind nnd ground permitting. No bungler need hope for one, aa they aie so constantly hunted by natives as to be always on tho lookout. Tho natives kill at all times, and kill all things from lambs to rams. Tho first kill was by good luck, not by reason of skill, for tho animals ran past ono of the party, who shot, at eighty yards, missed the big ram, and hit another, which happened to be just beyond, in the neck. Tho throat shot Is a right good one to make. It kills quicker than either head or shoulder shots, which are somewhat easier to make. The guide refused to dress the killed animal. "Why should he waste the best part?" he asked. So ho carried tho seventy-three pounds Ave miles to camp, where he got his choice and the Englishmen got theirs. Their camp was an attractive place, at the edge of a clump of trees, at least 320 feet high, near a babbling trout stream, just fifteen miles from Corte. They bought somo fresh milk, a loaf of chestnut bread, and some goat milk cheese, just to get acquainted with the herders of a big flock of goats and a few sheep. Later they were welcomed to huts of the herders, which shows tho best way to treat tho natives of any re gion, more especially In a region where native cavalry Is put at one's disposal by good-natured officials. If they had put themselves on pinnacles for tho herders to look at, half tho fun of tho trip would have been lost, or gained, In man hunting. Coyote unci Jack llnhntt. The Hon. H. H. Sapplngton was in the city Friday and brought up Beveral coyote skins to bo punched by tho county clerk, says the Boyernan, Idaho, Chronicle. Mr. Sapplngton relates an incident, to which ho was an oye-wlt-ness, that proves tho coyoto to bo a sharp-witted beast. He was out in the hills near his ranch, when he noticed a coyote chasing a jack rabbit at the tn of his speed. Away they went, the rnb blt gradually curving his course and fin ally coming back to the starting point. Now suddenly a second coyote sprung out of hiding and took his turn at swinging around tho circle, the tired coyote resting. They kept the perform ance up until they wore out tho poor Jack. Mr. Sapplngton was of the opin ion that tho coyote, in order to secure a dinner of jack rabbit, hnd entered into an arrangement with a brother coyote to join him in the hunt, for no wolf can singly run down a Jack rabbit, and If the latter should run In a straight course no number of wolves could possi bly catch it; but the rabbit nearly al ways runs in a wide circle, because It Is its naturo to return to its native slope or pasture. Fragrant ICimh Jura. Rose Jars are made by putting a layer of petalB of any fragrant variety of rose In the bottom of a Jar. On this scatter somo coarse salt; close the Jar tightly and place In the sun. Next day, or as soon as you havo enough material to make another layer, put in more petals and another sprinkling of salt. Con tinue this as long as you havo flowers. Then add cloves, cinnamon, orris-root and other fragrant articles, and mix the whole mess well. Keep tho jar well closed. Ladles' Home Journal. ot Will Men, lit I.e.mt. West Virginia has produced what might bo called a superBcrvlceablo in ventor, who wants to take out a patent for a bicycle screen to hide tho feet und ankles of women who rldo wheels. It is doubtful whether this device can ever be made popular with either sex. Church Unltjr. There can never be a union of the denominations excepting upon tho basis of consistency and consocration. When all sects live alike close to Christ in practical, everyday living, thon union will bo possible. Rev. Dr.Euster, Meth odist, SpoKane, Wash. Morn Willi Hnlr uiul Troth. A baby boy, weighing seven pounds and having a heavy head of hair and two rows of taeth, was born to tho wife of Samuel Meglonn, a merchant of Lexington, Ky., a few days ago. Ornwforcl Mnrlor. English papers say that Crawford Mnrley, who recently tiled In New Zea land at the ago of 83, wns the Inst sur vivor of thoRo who hnd a ride on Ste phenson' No. 1 engine when tho Stock ton and Darlington railway was llret opened. It was about thirteen years of ago at tho time, and, with two other boys, he went to see tho iron horse, which was brought from Newcastle on a dray by eight horses. When tho lo comotivu hntl been placed on the line, Geortrc Stephenson's brother Joseph, who was in ehnrge of it, asked the Inds to run td a farmhouse for some buckets, nnd the boiler was filled from a spring near at hand. The lire having been lighted and Btcnm raised, tho boys, in return for their assistance, were in vited to have a ride. (limn for n (llrl (Iriiiliiiitc. A dress of white crepon mntlo with a five-yard skirt interlined with stiffen ing to a depth of fifteen inches. Round waist in buck, pointed in front, largo leg-of-mutton sleeves, bolt uud collar of five-inch tnitetn ribbon bowed at tho back, lloxplaid of tho poods down the center front of tho wnlsU llretel les of ribbon from belt to shoulders, back and front, with short baw of four loops nnd four ends. Ladles' Homo Journal. Ilnlt'n Cutiirrh Curo Is a constitutional cure. Price, 7Gc. I'ntlltOFH III (Mil Titnrft. Gerard knew the potato ns a dainty, and it Is recorded that the tubers wero sometimes roasted nud steeped In suck, that is sherry and sugar or baked with marrow and spices, and even pre served and candled. Shakespeare mentioned them, but ho evidently re garded them as a mere curiosity. It tho Haliy IS Cutting Tcotn. lotiire ami ue that oil anj ell tried remcOjr, Mrs. Atasiott 's Kooimxa Brnur- for Children Teething. Vlliy Kipling Uccl.no. Rudvnrd Kipling declined nn offer of 1,000 'for a 1,000 word article telling "Why America Could Not Conquer Eng land," on tho ground that no true llrit ton would botraystato secrets. Thus Rudynrd Ingeniously avoided confess ing that no reason exists why America could not whip tho British, und inci dentally ho is getting moro than 51,000 worth of free advertising. Boston Globe. 1 Lolleve my rrouijt uso of Fiso's Cure prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lucy Wain e, Marquette, Knns., Hoe. 12, lMtt. Dlftponlttmi of tho CorimtnlkH. Whether stalks nro to be cut and plowed under or raked and burned is a question every farmer must decide for himself. If tho land is "heavy" and zompnet, and tho corn crop was free from insect pests, it will bo wise to turn under the stalks, ns the mechan ical condition of the soil will be im proved. But on tho other hand, if tho loll is already light and mellow, and If ;hinch hugs wero abundant the previ ous summer, by nil means rake and burn the stalks. TITS -tlFlttopioIfr "ly Dr.Kllnr'nOrrU Nrrtn ltrRtiirvr. f,i,Kltntti-rtli'itirtilnj hum. Uiirrlou'iiirti. Tri-allMJiiiiil V-trrtillioiilchv. ti Whum.. bunl tour. Kllut.sai. VI .usi.,FI.Ua.,l'u Tho pearl fishery discovered on the south oiiht of India is vcrv rich. An able nnd suggestive symposium ander tha title of 'The Knginecr in Naval Warfare" is presented ub tho ipening feature of the May number of .he North Americnn Review, the con tributors to it beintr such eminent uu .hurltU'S as Commodore Ceorgti V. Ml rille, engineer-ln-chief of the I'nited Stutes navy; W. S. Aldrich, professor of mechunicul engineering in the Uni versity of West Virginia; Ira N. Mollis, rrofessor of engineering in Harvard University; Gardiner G Sims, of the American Srocjciy of Mechanical Knpin crs; and George Uhler, president of the Marine Engineers' lieneficlal Asso ciation. N'imv uiul Cnrloua Intention. The United States Patent Ofllco Is tucd 406 patents last week, the most noticeable and curious of which em braced a scrubbing machine patented to a Kansas woman, operated like a carpet sweeper and embracing a set of revolving mops and brushes. A New York inventor received a patent for an apparatus for dispensing fojrs with which he hopes to realize a fortune in London alone. A I'rovidenco inventor cot a patent for a pin and a New York inventor one for a needle having a thread opening in the shape of the figure IS. Then follows a method of producing photographs in colors pat ented ton Washington inventor, u de vice for utilizing tho power of waves, a removable armor for pneumatic tires, a curious fly catcher comprising n reservoir hung to tho ceiling having n depending string, upon which string the flies alight and nro held and pois oned and a German invention compris intr an electric plow. Kreo inforran-' tion relating to patents may be had of Sues &. Co., Patent Lnwers, liee lluild Ing, Omaha, Nebr. A w fitch which Is in good tunning order in ono j ear's time ticks I.'iT.Cj'JU.UOO tics. Tcoplo ah a rulo hear I otter with thoir right than with their lo t ears. Houghion, Miiilin it Co. have ar ranged for the American publication of the unpublished leitersot Victor Hugo. These will probably be comprised in two volumes, tho us,t containing Hu go's letters to his father while study ing in Paris; a charming group writtun to his young wife; an interesting series to his confessor, Lamennals; letters about some of his volumes, "Hcrnnni," 'I.e. Uoi b'ninuse," etc.; to Itis little daughter, l-popoldlne; and u very in teresting series to Sainte-Houve, who was in love with Madame Hugo. The second will include his letters in exile to I.edru-Kollin, Mnrzlni, Garibaldi, und I.amartime, with many of curious autobiographical and literary interest. Half Fare lUciirmiin ilu the Wulmali, Ihe thort line to Bt. Louis, and quick route Katt or Kouth, Kxcurblons to u ipoiuts Kouth atone fare for tho round trii with Ci.W added. JU-XK ICth, Xntioual Hejiuliiloaii Convention nt St, Louis. JULY Sd, National Eduaitiounl Association at Huirulo. JULY Uth, Chiietinn Knduavor Convention nt Washington. JULY 2and, Nntionnl People nnd Silver Convention nt St. louis. l'or rate, time tsl es aud further infor- Uintiqu. call at the Wnlash ticket olllco, 1416 Karnum St., Pnxton Hotel Mock, or write Guo, N. Ci-aytox. Jf. W. Pas Agt , Omaha, Neb. Ktrjrchtilno for l'rnlrlo tine. I will glvo you a rcclpo that is a dead shot on these pests. Three parts corn meal, a part of granulated sugar; mix with wnter so that it can bo molded up In llttlo pieces one-half ns largo m hulled hickory nuts. Feed these three days, nnd tho fourth day ntltl one eighth ounce of strychnine crystalliz ed, l'rairlo dogs havo a tnsto for gran ulated sugar. February Is tho month to give this to them. 4 gavo ono doso to tho dogs nnd picked up twenty-six outsldo of their holes nt ono time. Kansas Farmer. The ltork of (lllirnttrr 1h not steadier tliim n system lltiaratoil from the sliiu-klos of chilli nud fovor, blllouu re mittent or (hmiUiipiio by lloMottei's btom uoh Hitters, a pot feet antidote- to mulnrhil 1'olsoti In nlr orwuicr. UN also an une nmph'd remedy for bilious, rliotimntii' or klilney e "inplultits, ilyniuipila nnd nerwiui new It ttuprou uppetlto ami sleep uud hastens coiiwilescmicit. Dulnc thn Ilrnt. Lady of the House What do you mean by sitting there all tho nftcrnoon and doing nothing? Didn't yon tell mo when I gave you your dinner that 1 had only to show you tho wood pllo and you would do the rest.' Weary Wrnggles Oat's wot I said, and I been restln ever since, lady. Now York Press. When Nut urn Needs assistance It mny bo best to ren der It promptly, but one should remem ber to uso even tho most perfect reme dies only when needed. The best nnd most simple and gentle remedy Is the Syrup or Figs, manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Company, To Mnkct It l'opulnr. "I'm afraid tennis will not be ns popular as usual this year," said tho dealer in all that pertains to outdoor sports. "I think you nro right,"' admitted his chief clerk. "The girls and young women arc losing Interest in it." "And I have a large stock of tennis goods on h ti lid," sighed tho dealer. "If wo could only get tho interest of tho girls" "That might bo possible, If" "Well?" "If you can devise a bifurcated tednls costume for them." Chicago Post. Cm'i Cough Ilntiam Imlir olilet ftml b't. It will hrcak up nColuqulolc trtiiaaanitliltiirelsu. It It ulways reliable. Trylw Your idol is protably n prent boro to other J eoplo Billiard table, Forond-lumd. for sa!a cheap. A J ply to or address, B.C. 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KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXDURY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy tint cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. lie has tried il in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except In two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred tertlficales of Its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit Is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war ranted when the right quantity Is taken. When the lungs are affected It causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Dowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Lit the best you ca.i get. and enough of It Dose, one tablespoonful In water af bed time. 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