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NEW CHANCELLOR OF THE
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
& Keen mi Aide, Woll-Known Michigan
Lawyer for Many Teata Hli Advance
ment lu the 1'ythlnn Order Not Vet
Forty.
It. Phillip T. Col
grove, who was
,W ntnntml nnnpnltnr
of tho Knights of
Pythias at Clovo-
land, was born in
Winchester, Ind.,
April 17, 1858. His
father's family
moved to Charlotte,
Mich., In 1863,
whore he lived un
til ho attained his majority. At tho
-ago of 14 years ho entered Olivet col
lege, where ho remained flvo years. He
spent one year teaching in a business
college and normal institute. In the
fall ho moved to Hastings, Mich., and.
entered into partnership with Judge
Clement Smith, with whom ho was as
sociated in law practice until 1893,
when tho latter wbb elected judgo of
tho Fifth judicial circuit. In tho fall
-of 1S82 Mr. Colgrovo was elected pros
ecuting attorney of Barry county and
was re-elected twice. In 18S9 ho was
elected to represent the Eleventh sen
atorial dletrict in tho state legislature
y upward of 2,000 majority. Ho bo-
P. T. COLGROVE.
eamo a member of Barry lodge, No. 13,
at Hastings, Mich., Doc. 11, 18S2, and
served as prclato during the year 1883.
Ho was elected vlco chancellor in 18S4;
chancellor commander In 1885, and rep
resentative to the grand lodge in 1885
and 18SG. Ho was elected grand master
at arms In 1886 and In 1887, and was
grand chancellor for Michigan for two
years. He has been chairman of tho
committee on law of the grand lodge
for six years. Ho entered tho supremo
Iodgo In 1889 at Milwaukee and was
elected supremo vlco chancellor at
"Washington In tho Besslon of 1894. In
August, 1885, ho Joined Hastings divi
sion, No. 19, and participated in every
national drill except tho competitive
drill at Washington.
THE TAAL.
I.anjrCaco Spoken by tho Iloor of To
d..y A Shrunken Vocabulary.
1 language spoken by the Boer of
lo-dci Js callod "tho Taal," says the
Fortnightly Review. It Is not French,
nor 13 It Dutch, nor Is It even in tho
usunl acceptation of tho word a dia
lect of Dutch, but it la a broken form
of speech based on that language. It
is usod at tho present day all over
South Africa by the Boers and half
castes cg their only speech; It is found
in its greatest purity in the Free State,
Transvaal and frontlor districts, where
it has been least exposed to scholastic
and foreign influences during tho last
fow years. To analyze fully this tlnv
but Interesting variety of speech would
tako us far beyond our limits. It dif
fers from tho Dutch of tho Hollander
not ha archaic forms of speech in
Europo often differ from tho literary,
aa Iho Itulian of the Ligurian peasant
from that of the Florentine, or the
Somersetshire or Yorkshlro dialects
from the language of tho London
newspapers; these archaic European
dialects not only often represent tho
earlier form of the language, but are
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often richer in varied Idioms and In
the power of expressing subtlo and
complex thoughts than aro their allied
literary forms. The relation of the
Taal to Dutch Is of a quite different
kind. The Dutch of Holland is as high
ly developed a language and as volumi
nous and capablo of expressing tho
finest scintillation of thought as any
In Europe. Tho vocabulary of tho Taal
has shrunk to a few hundred words,
which have been shorn of almost all
their inflections and have been other
wise clipped. Tho plurals, which In
Dutch nro formed in various and com
plex ways, tho Taal forms by an al
most universal addition of an "e," and
tho verbs, which In Dutch aro as fully
and expressively conjugated as In Eng
lish or German, In the Taal drop all
persons but tho third person singular.
t Thus, tho verb "to be," instead of be
ing conjugated, as in tho Dutch of
Holland and In analogy with all civil
ized European lauguages, thus runs: Ik
Is, Jo Is, HIJ Is, Ons Is, Yulle Is, Hullo
is, which would answer in English to
"I is," "thou Is," "he Is," "us Is," "you
is," "they is."
Tobacco In Amerlra,
Caricaturists in depleting a German
aro In the habit of putting a big pipe
in his mouth. The pipe Is national,
indeed, but tho Germans as a nation
aro far from being tho greatest Brnok
era. They do not smoke more than
Frenchmen, Russians, Swedes or Hun
garians. The men of the United States
and tho men of Switzerland are tho
most Inveterate smokers In the world.
In theso tiro countries the consumption
of tobacco per head is three times
greater than In Germany. Exchange.
FAROO'S DIVORCE INDUSTRY.
It rays the Town About ft Quarter of a
Million Dollars Annually.
North Dakota has gained consider
able notoriety through the east for tho
caso with which divorces aro secured
within Us borders, says tho Minneap
olis Journal. Fargo has more fnmo in
this direction thnn any other town, for
various reasons. It Is most easily
reached and affords tho pleasure -loving
contingent greater opportunities than
any city in tho state, except Grand
Forks. Its hotels aro now and up to
dnto and thcro aro numerous private
boarding house thnt cater especially to
those who aro horo to end their marital
troubles. The modus operandi Is
simple. In nlno cases out of ten tho
defendant In the suit is as willing that
a decree should bo secured as the plain
tiff and aids In overy possible way by
accepting servlco and employing a local
legal light to look after his Interests.
In such cases tho decreo Is often se
cured within ten days after tho ninety
day probation haB expired. In fact, It
has sometimes occurred that tho di
vorce was granted within nlnoly-one
days after tho nppllcant arrived In
Fargo. In these cases, of course, per
sonal service was secured and there
was no contest in tho way of alimony.
In cases of desertion or in others, where
tho residence of tho defendant is un
known, six weeks additional 1b re
quired for tho publication of summons.
Tho attorneys' feo varies from ?50 to
any higher amount with the trouble
necessary to secure tho decree and the
nblllty of the plaintiff to pay. The col
ony includes people in an walks of
life. Evon laboring men come to Fargo
and work while establishing their resi
dence. Theso are the exception, how
ever. The seekers after single blessed
ness aro, as a rule, well supplied with
funds and able to pay liberally for what
they get. Somo distinguished people
have been temporary residents of the
state and aro men and women In nil
walks of lifo, and titled foreigners are
not an exception. Another noticeable
feature Is tho hasto with which somo of
tho plaintiffs again rush headlong Into
matrimony after having been granted
a divorce. One caso is on record where a
trip was mado directly from tho Judged
chambers to tho license room and re
turn and tho second marrlago per
formed by tho kindly court in fifteen
minutes after tho decreo had bcon
granted and before the ink utjed in
signing the dlvorco papers had time to
dry. Indeed, the majority marry again
within six months after being divorced.
All kinds of schemes are worked to
avoid publicity. Members of tho colony
often live here under assumed names
and do everything possible to keep cor
respondents of eastern papers from
learning their history. To deceive their
friends the contingent sometimes rents
boxes In tho Moorhcad postoffice, across
the, river In Minnesota, so eastern
friends won't know what they are do
ing out west.
A WOMAN AS AN ORATOR.
Voters of the Knit ltolnc Instructed by
Mrs. Sheldon Tllllnclnut.
Tho West has always had its full
share of women who spoko from the
platform on politics and other public
questions, but tho East has been a Uttlo
shy and backward In this respect. Now,
however, a full-fledged woman orator
has blossomed out on the Atlantic
coast and they are making much of
her. She Is Mrs. Edward E. Tilllng
hast, and Is better known as Elizabeth
Sheldon. - She speaks on tho political
situation and her audiences are exclu
sively men. Mrs. Tllllnghast Is 28, a
bright, intellectual woman who looks
better fitted to grace a parlor, and her
husband is a Yalo man. Their home
is at New Haven. When a schoolgirl
sho was noted for her brilliancy In rhet
oric, but devoted herself after gradua
tion to Interior decoration. Sho did
the decorations on tho Connecticut
building and tho interior of the wom
an's building at tho world's fair. Her
first public address was a political ef
fort before tho woman's council In
Washington and her first big audience
was tho women's congress at th
MRS. TILLINGHAST.
fair. Politics is not a foreign subject
to her, as her father was a judge and
used to discuss politics at tho family
table. Sho Bays It Is not embarrassing
to address audiences of men, for as soon
as tho men discover tho speaker knows
Bomothlng, though a woman, they set
tle down respectfully. Mrs. Tlllinghast
did not have to enter tho lecture field,
but she thinks If one has clear Ideas
and patriotic Impulses and does not
voice them he or she Is a coward. "When
one's convictions are strong enough to
sway others and to really count," sho
says, "one will work and speak because
tho inward moral necessity Is so great
that they must."
Were Not Karly Illrds.
A German savant finds, on investiga
tion, that most centenarians are peo
ple who have practiced tho lato to bed
and late to rise theory.
There must have been a Jubilee In
the pit when rum was Invented.
IN WOMAN'S CORNER.
INTERESTING READINO FOR
DAMES AND DAMSELS.
Jome Current Notes of the Modes for
Rich and !. Well-to-Ilo Folk Vew
Idea In Skirt Trimming Wide Hells
at 811k Household Hints.
OLEUO, Figaro and
Eton all throo will
prevail in modos
for tho coming au
tumn. Certain fan
ciful ones aro al
ready very popular,
as, for Instance, tho
TurklBh b o 1 o r o,
mado of bright
cloth and heavily
braided In gold. It
should be sleeveless and worn over a
bodlco of whlto chiffon or moilssellne
do sole. Theso Jackets are a truo index
of coming modes, since not only will
tho bolero bo very fashionable, but
braiding of all kinds will bo worn. In
general tho bodices will bo covered al
most entirely by tho braided design,
with tho sleovo loft plain. Tho front
or tho sldo panels only of tho skirt
should be embroidered, as to cover that
garment entirely would make It too
heavy. As a hint for summer work,
why not braid ono of theso gowns dur
ing tho hot forenoons on tho veranda7
A black or brown cloth of light weight
should bo selected and it should bo
nicely stamped with a design in long
lino effects, which prevent tho gown's
appearing clumsy. Thus embroider, if
a black gown, with black, If a brown
with green braid. For a scroll design
narrow braid Is usod, sowed on one
edge; but many of tho gowns will be
trimmed with towb of broad braid,
which should be sewed down on both
SIMPLE DINNER COSTUME
sldeB In order to make It Ho flat. A
charming Parisian yachting gown Is of
creamy white cheviot, adorned with
broad gold braid. A soft blouse of
whlto moussellne de sole peeps from be
neath a bolero so perverted aa to be
almost unrecognizable under that
name. It Is cut In a point which runs
up tho center of tho back almost to tho
neck. In front a similar though small
er point Is formed by extending tho
sides and crossing them. The neck Is
low, encircled by a broad sailor collar
cut pointed all round, while a twisted
cord about the waist hangs In two long
ends down tho front a cord twisted of
gold thread and ending with bunchy
gold tassels. Tho Latest In Chicago
News.
No Twentieth Century lllnndes.
"Scientific men seem to take pleasure
m finding out unpleasant things," said
a comely young woman on being In
formed that tho gentlemen referred to
ore coming to the conclusion that tho
blonde type of beauty Is slowly disap
pearing. Since time immemorial bluo
eyes and golden hair have formed the
theme of poets and novelists, as lndlia
tlve of beauty and gentleness of dispo
sition. On the stage the Ingenue's wig
in always golden, while tho adventuress
sports locks of raven blackness. And
now somo prophets declare that the
race of blondes Is disappearing and dy
ing from the face of the earth, and that,
except In the oxtreme north countries
of Europe, the blonde Is fast becoming
extinct. The end of the next century
these statisticians claim will find a
blonde man or woman as raro in th'
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part of tho country ns they are now In
tho east or In 8pnln. Whother this
shows a deterioration or an Improve
ment in tho human race Is a disputed
question among psychologists and stu
dents of tompcrament. Tho pootlo
qualities of tho fnlr-mlndod man or
woman havo not boen disputed, but the
actual worth of tho blondo bb compared
with tho brunetto Is often debated, tho
opinion reached being usually In favor
of tho latter.
New Skirt Trlmmlnc
A charming gown for tho last of tho
summer season la of palo-grecn muslin,
with tho bodlco entirely covered with
laco over bluo silk. Tho, tight-fitting
lower sleeves nro of tho bluo silk, with
green upper sleeves of muslin puffed
loosoly. Tho skirt trimming Is very
now. It consists of two pipings of bluo
Bilk down each seam, finishing about
eight Inches from tho foot, whero each
Bet of pipings 1b concluded with a largo
rosotto of bluo ribbon, In turn holding
a bunch of creamy lace. An old-fashioned,
box-plaited rucho Is arranged In
a wavy lino between tho rosottes. To
finish the gown bluo ribbon la encircled
about tho waist, and a green muslin hat
with a bunch of blutes. At last 1b tho
pointed shoo losing favor and n medium
too should now bo selected. It will
make fcot look smaller, for ono was al
ways obliged to wear a shoo soveral
sizes too largo If sho wlBhcd to havo It
sufficiently pointed. Shoes aro higher,
too, and that adds to tho small offect,
a very Important matter when ono con
siders how bicycling Is Increasing the
slzo of tho feet of our girls. Tho Latest.
Wide Itelts of Ilrleht SIIk.
Belts, more or less wide or elaborate,
aro a fcaturo of tho moment. They
contrast with tho costume, and aro usu
ally of a bright color. Motnlllc belts are
much HUed for moro or Icbs Informal
wear. The best aro mado of spanglci
WITH RIBBON TRIMMINGS.
mounted on strong webbing. Webbing
bolts aro certainly a great Invention.
They yield to the contour of the figure
and fit well, which rigid ones never do.
Somo years ago everything Russian had
an immense vogue in Paris. That was
tho season of tho Russian blouse, which
mot ono at every turn and at all jorts i
of places. This fad has not yet entirely
disappeared, one of the latest Parisian
motlols showing a skirt of white taffeta
under a bodice of white chiffon batiste.
The full gathered skirt has a border of
Russian embroidery on tho extromo
edge. The bodlco, which is bouffant,
has a yoke of Russian embroidery
pointed upward to the middle, while
tho deep sleevo caps of Russian em
broidery nro tight to tho arm. From
them escapes a full puff.
Ilou.elintd Hint".
To be really and truly "awell," which
Is tho ambition of everyone whoso
pockctbook outbalances his brains, ono
must have servants who have been In
the family "for years and years."
Rub a curtain pole with kerosene oil
until It 1b perfectly smooth, using a
woolen cloth for tho purpose. Tho pole
rings will run much moro easily If the
pole Is treated In this manner.
From time immemorial eggs have
been the resort of the housekeeper sur
prised by unexpected guests. An ex
cellent way to serve them is with a
cream sauce. Aftor tho eggs are hard
boiled dash oold water over them, and
when cooled take off the shellB. Th
cream sauce should be seasoned with
chopped parsley or curry powdr.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Sucreskfut Farmers Operate This
Department of the Farm A Few
Hint as to the Care of LWe Stock
Mnd roultry.
WINTER fcodlns
experiment with
-JjiK. J&S? unrv cowb is ro
yj. (S Ported In detail In
iJUlietln No. 43 of
tho Utah experi
ment station by F.
B. Llnfieltl. Tests
wore mado to de
termine tho value
ot Utah fodders In
finding dairy cows;
also as to how much grain It would pay
to food with tho fodders, used; and,
third, to dctermlno tho offect of feed on
tho per cent of fat In tho milk. The ex
periment wns conducted during tho
winter of 1894-C. Full details nro giv
en In tho bullotln, nnd tho results, as
far as can yet bo determined, are sum
marized as follows:
1. This test adds but another Item to
the fairly well established fact that an
IncrcaBo In tho quantity of concen
trated food in the ration ot a cow, doea
not Increase tho richness of tho milk,
provided tho cows are well fed to start
with.
2. Any increase in tho grain fed over
six pounds per day Increased tho cost
of tho dairy products almost without
exception; and the test Jndlcntos that,
with tho fodders usod, eight pounds ol
grain Ib tho highest limit for tho great
eat profit.
3. Considered from tho point of prico,
lucerne hay and grain soem to bo a
moro economic ration than ono of mix
ed hay and grain, but considering the
weight of food, there Is very Uttlo dif
ference, though the results aro slightly
In favor of lucerne.
4. It Is evldont from theso tests that,
with tho prlco of lucorno as reported
(?3.7G per ton), cows may bo fod at a
food cost In winter of less thnn nlno
cents a day per 1,000 pounds live
weight, oven with cows that will pro
duco ono pound of butter or moro a dny.
6. Tho teat also shows that, with tho
right kind of cows, butter fat may bo
produced during tho winter at a cost
of not moro than nine cents per pound.
0. Tho cowb which wero tho largest
eaters per 1,000 pounds llvo weight,
wero, without exception, tho largest
and most economic producers.
Any ono interested In this experi
ment enn obtain tho bullotln, free of
coat, by applying to Luthor Foster, Di
rector Utah Experiment Station, Lo
gan, Utah.
Indoor Dairy Work for Women.
Mrs. E. R. Wood writes to tho "Jer
sey Bullotln" that woman's place In tho
dairy is indoors because she has a finer
senso of smell and taste than man.
Most men uso tobacco, which of Itself
unfits any man for handling butter or
standing over tho cream vat. Many
men absolutely do not know by their
own sense ot taste when butter Is right
and when It is wrong. The uso of to
bacco In any form destroys tho finer
sensibilities of smell and taste, par
ticularly tho latter. Nolther aro men
naturally so cleanly as women. They
boo no Benao In "everlastingly scrub
bing" a thing. Almost anything will
"do," according to a man's Idea of
cleanliness. Of course this Is not truo
of all men, but taking the country
through, Mrs. Wood asks how many
men can you find whom you would
trust to do the fine work of butter
making in your dairy? It Is no placo
for a man, moro than to turn the churn
handle by force of his superior muscu
lar strength. The proper placo for a
woman is in the house, not about the
barn, and milking should not bo classed
as woman's work on any farm, unless
whero dairy maids are hired for that
special purpose. To this plan, where
tho dairying Is extensive enough to
warrant it, I have no objection, but I
do object most decidedly to making a
milkmaid of tho house-mother, who
has already more than she ought to do,
and keep within legitimate boundaries.
Let her do the indoor work of tho
dairy and lot tho men folks do the
outdoor work. Thla will bo dividing It
more evenly.
Poultry Science.
From bulletin No. 5, of Wisconsin
Farm Institutes we republish the fol
lowing, as a part ot an address by Mrs.
Ida E. Tllson:
Since "liko produces like," neither
tho largest nor the smallest eggs are
best for setting, because neither giants
nor dwarfs are desirable. Medium sizod
eggs should bo cultivated, as they best
fill shipping boxes and cooking rules.
A flat or Ill-shaped egg will break
easier than tho perfect oval, Nature's
arch. If a sitter accidentally breaks
an egg, her nest must be repaired, and
smeared eggs washed In warm water
and wiped, as closed pores will suf
focate the embryo chick. I am as ex
peditious as possible and otherwise
never disturb a nest, not even to test
tho fertility of eggs. To sprinkle egg
may be necessary when a sitter Is so
confined that she can never bathe her
feet and trail her wings In dew. One
enterprising hen made a stolen nest of
a disused horse collar, lying on a
bare board shelf, and proaented me
eighteen chicks. Another proud
mother marshaled sixteen from the
hay mow. Both locations were cer
tainly high and dry. Even if that akin
lining the shell dries. In Incubation,
the shell itself grows brittle, and It
would seem that any chick worth rais
ing might make his own way out, and
wo have "the survival of the fittest."
The eggs of a mature hen, two years
old, are moro satisfactory for hatching
than those ot a pullet, and I prefer the
layers not to have been unusually stim
ulated. Though fredb igga are always
zjn
fJfraKVTClii
proferablo, they will retain fertility fot
six weokB If packed In bran and set is
a cool plnce. Our grandmothers said
points down, philosophers Bay heath
down, and biddy leaves her egg side
down, My own experience rovcals no
great dlfllcrenco la results. Soma
recommend thnt tho Infertile eggs left
after hatching bo boiled and given U
tho chicks. Other poulterers pronounco
them very unwholesome. They always
seomed to mo a dangerous subject for
Investigation. Until overy hen-houso
has an almanac, nnd biddy 1b educated,
sho will sometimes sit unseasonably. A
humnno euro Is confinement In a com
fortable Jail; without vestige of n nest,
but with Just enough egg-producing
food to mako her scratch and long for
moro.
Onco I ralsod nil but one of 200 chicks
hatched, and generally being success
ful, was Inclined to think others care
less when they complained of weasels
and rata. After a long procession, how
over, of right-minded, rat-hunting cats,
which slept In tho hennery if they
chose, my dear kltton proved an aris
tocrat, fond of spring chicken. Lator
three hawks selected my downy darl
ings for family supplies. Grown thin
and almost domented, from long watch
ing for them, I called in ray neighbors
and acquaintances, and sold 1C0 fine
chicks. "How aro the mighty fallen!"
Had I owned a harp, might havo hung
It on a willow tree, but instead girded
on my big apron, that was at hand,
and raised 25 moro chicks, which sur
vived, protected by tho higher grass.
Thcro are no Bafer foods for Uttlo
chicks than milk curd and bread and
milk. Hard boiled egg perhaps once
ovory other day Is good, but cheaper
corn meal must gradually replaco these.
Soon, one-third ot bran, ground oats,
ryo or beanB, and two-thirds corn meal
will be relished. To nolther chickens
nor hons do I ever glvo any sort ot
meal without scalding it. Salt, popper
and ether Bplcea, when used, aro mixed
dry through tho dry meal before wet
ting. Wheat la a safe food, to bo fed as
soon as it can bo swallowed, and meat
may bo given with care that It does not
prove laxative. Corn Is pre-eminently
tho fattening food.
Work in l'oultry Raising.
In ono of tho United Stntcs consular
reports, tho consul has this to say of
tho raising of poultry In Franco: "It
Is estimated that tho French farmer
realizes a profit from his poultry rang
ing from 17 to 50 per cont; In somo
cases it has gono as high as 85 per
cont, though tho average Is not much
abovo 20 por cent. This Is an excellent
Bhowlng for a pretty, easy and Interest
ing industry, where a man can nurse
his laziness and at tho same time make
monoy. It has been estimated ""by
Frenchmen who havo Investigated the
matter that ono hcu can lay in three
years 450 eggs, or 150 per annum, and
that by doing this she pays for herself
twice in tho time, lcnvlng a double
profit on tho eggB that sho has given
her owner and returning him tho cap
ital originally invested in her purchase
at tho end of the time, when sho is
sent to market, as It is supposed that
aftor passing tho period of usefulness
she Is fit for tho table of the citizen."
Wo take exception to the above as
to ono item, that relating to tho sup
posed soft Job hold by tho French poul
trymnn. Imaglno a man engaged in
tho poultry business nursing his lazi
ness. Only the novlco would do that,
and ho would soon find himself out of
pocket on account of It Tho man that
raises poultry successfully, whother In
America or France, must work and doea
work. There aro a thousand details
that cannot bo neglected. He is en
gaged in a constant warfare with dis
ease and vermin. The health of the
fowls is his constant care. Thoy more
than any other farm animals need to
bo rightly fed. Of all poultrymen that
look after the little things the French
probably lead.
Value ot Sheep.
It does not require n largo farm to
keep a small flock of sheep, which ev
erything considered is the best, Bays
the Missouri Farmer. It should be
well fenced so that thoy can bo kept
whero wanted. Many a rough, worn
out farm might be brought up and
made valuable by raising- blicoy. There
Is no stock bo well adapted to rugged
hillsides or rough pastures, or to pre
vent tho growth of weeds and bushes.
Where sheep have tho range of a field
very few weeds will go to seed, and
bushes will bo so thoroughly cropped
that they will either dlo or bo kept
back. When a farmer can thus easily
turn the weeds and bus) sofa farm in
to excellent manure, and at the same
time have them converted into mutton
and wool, it is certainly a good thing.
Sheep will thrive In a pasturo and get
fat where cattle would almost starve.
They also scatter their droppings ovei
tho field and never fall to enrich lands,
whero kept. Feed them extra, for this
additional food works to the profit ot
tho raiser in two ways it not only
insures a goad growth of flesh, and
wool, but It makeB the manure richer
and more valuable.
To make the most profit out of Bheep
thoy should be well fed and cared for,
A sheep must be fed to make tho best
mutton, but few conceive that a well
fed sheep produces moro wool than ono
poorly cared for. Wool is a product
from feeding, the samo as fat, and
many farmers lose halt the profit from
neglect to feed properly. Sheep should
have, besides good teed, dry. clean
quarters, sheltered from rain and
storms.
Panslea. Some follow the motbod. ot
sowing pansy Bcd lat-i lu tho sum
mer, as late as the first part of Sop
icinber. These are kept well watered
illl frost comes, when tun young plants
are covered with several inches ot
straw or leaves, which covering is held
down by rnrans ot boards not too close
ly laid. The pansles will :hua get a
good start in the spring aud bloom,
long before the spring sown 4ead,
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