Milly Jane's Romance
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ILLY JANE'S head was full
of semi-sensational - thoughts ,
'
notwithstanding the fact that
she was Engaged in the-unsentimental
occupation of washing dishes. The
contrast : between what she was doing
*
and thinking struck her in a some-
vrh'at amusing .light and she couldn't
help laughing- over ? it a little. It did
.seem , absurd , toi be sentimental at
' *
such a'time .She felt as If the mood
. . She wa's imbught to Invest her occupa
tion with a tind of poetical glamor ;
- < it would have done so in stories ; but
' Vsomehbw It failed td do so In real
(
life. In her case , at any rate , and Mil-
'
\ ] y Jane began to have misgivings
, about herself , because of It , the more
She thought about it Perhaps there
isn't enough sentiment In her make
up ; perhaps her Ideas about love
weren't what they ought to be. Any
way , she couldn't get rid of the idea
that dish-washing was destructive of
sentiment or that sentiment wasn't
strong enough to invest the daily task
with a romantic halo.
Milly Jane's semi - sentimental
thoughts were about their boarder ,
who was a young artist from the city.
He had come to the country to make
studies of pretty bits of scenery among
the Berkshire hills , from which to
work up pictures which he hoped
would bring him fame as well as
money , he told Milly Jane , in that
charming , confidential way which goes
Straight to a girl's heart when it comes
from some one whom she considers her
social superior. She had an innate
love of the beautiful , he knew. He
could read it in her face. She could
. ' , tell him where to find material for the
"sketches he was to make. He should
expect her to show him all the points
* of interest about the neighborhood ,
* and , help him with suggestions which.
he knew she was able to make , notwithstanding -
\ withstanding she was as ignorant as
'she ' professed to be about art in the
professional sense of the word. "A
i . person may be an artist at heart withc
' . 'out knowing the first thing about
, * painting , " he told her. "And you are
one , "I feel sure , " he added , and he
said'it in such a genuine way that
Hilly Jane couldn't help believing that
he 'meant it , and straightway began
to feel her ideas of the beautiful ex
pand , and to wish she might live in a
more , congenial atmosphere , by and by ,
if these ideas kept on expanding.
"I never dreamed I had so much
sentiment in me until Max Fielding
discovered it , and told me about it. "
Milly Jane said to herself , as .she
washed the inilkpaus , and washed
p
them well , too , let me do her the credit b
of saying. It wasn't
her way to shirk ti
' a prosaic task , even if it happened to tl
be a trifle distasteful. She was too
* honest and womanly to let sentiment
make her neglectful of her daily du CJ
ties , as many girls would be under *
similar circumstances , ii
"I used to think I could be perfect in
ly happy with John Clarke , " Miily
Jane said to herself , as she scrubbed j
. -.the milkpan till it shone like silver. re
"But now I don't feel quite so sure of rebl
it John's one of the best fellows in blb
the'world. . . He's too good for uie , inlets b
lots of ways , but he hasn't that that tli
well , I don't know what to call it , tlia
but anyway , he isn't like Max Field-
Ing. I don't think I could be happy eJ
with him fter knowing a man with
a soul of an artist and the mind of a
.poet"
> I JVIilly Jane wasn't responsible for hiU
this-winding up of her sentence. It
ni
- w s a quotation from Fielding.
Now , Mjlly Jane , notwithstanding PC
her recently discovered vein of sentiment
si
ment , had a vein of\practical common be
sense in her which "cropped out"
i
now and then and the
every , idea beth
came close on the heels of the one bew
just recorded that perhaps -John th
Clarke's good sense and practical
ideas about matters and things might
th
"wear better , " after all , and prove
more satisfactory in the long run , than j
the more sentimental and poetic ones ! OKWi
of the artist "But I don't know as I WiOl
Ol
ought to think of things in that way , "
said Milly Jane. "There's such a ar
thing as being too
matter-of-fact One
th
may starve the mind and cripple the "
"J
soul in that way. " This was another
en
quotation from Fielding. enW
Milly Jane heard a whistle just
ga
- then , out In the road , and it brought
th
a fresli glow to her cheeks. It was thi
John Clarke's whistle , and there was
tt blithe and cheery ring in It that she SB.w
had liked to listen w
always to. She
hadn't heard it very much since FieldIng - to
Ing came to board with them. The te
fact she had almost if m
was , , not quite ,
snubbed her old lover since the advent As
of the artist , whom she was coming to br
consider as a new lover very rapidly. da
She felt a little disappointed because daWi
John did not seem to take her conduct With
a little .more to heart But then It M
was better this way. She had too i
strong a friendship for John to want th
him to be miserable on her account , cr
crHi
and yet she was too much of a wom Hi
an to feel perfectly satisfied to have an
him seem so indifferent about it Per
haps he hadn't cared as much for her
as she had supposed he did , but she I i
failed to get much satisfaction out of
that aspect of the case. Ja
She looked out of the window and qt
saw John ride by. He looked almost
handsome in his blue and white yb
checked shirt and brown overalls , and
-
broad-brimmed straw hat He saw
her , and gave her a friendly little nod ,
and sang out "Good morning , " but
didn't offer to stop.
"That young fellow would work in
to a picture well , " said a voice behind
Milly Jane , and she turned to see Mas
Fielding at her sideS "I must get him
to let me sketch him. Do you think
he would consent ? "
"I guess so , " answered Milly , with
a little extra color coming into her
face beneath the admiring glance of
the artist
"I'm going to sketch the valley this
afternoon from some point on the
hill , " said Fielding. "I wish you'd go
along and show me where the best
view can be obtained. You will , won't
you , Miss Milly ? "
"Perhaps , " answered Milly Jane.
"Well , then , I'll take that as a prom
ise to go , and I'll give the forenoon to
letter writing , " said Fielding , as he
broke off a cluster of June roses from
the bush at the kitchen window and
tangled them In Milly Jane's brown
hair. "You are charming , just as you
look now. and some day I'm going to
paint you as a nymph of the wood
land , or something like that , and I ex
pect the plcture'll makte me famous if
I do but half Justice to the subject"
Milly Jane felt sure that he was goIng -
Ing to follow up the compliment with
a kiss , and she made an excuse to get ,
away from the sink for a moment to
avoid it She didn't want anyone kiss-
mg her before folks , and her mother
might happen In at any time.
The artist went upstairs to his room ,
and Milly Jane went on with her
work.
By and by a page of note paper came
fluttering down from above. It whirled
about _ in the air like a feather , as if
uncertain where to settle ; then a cur
rent of air came along and brought it
in at the window and deposited it
squarely in Milly Jane's pan of dish
water before she could prevent the
catastrophe.
"Perhaps it doesn't amount to any
thing , " thought Milly Jane , as she
lifted the paper from its bath. Just
tjien she happened to catch sight of
her name on the page , and in a mo-
*
inent her curiosity was aroused. "I
presume he-threw it out of his window -
dow , " she said , "and if he did he
wouldn't care if I read It"
She did read it and before she got
to the bottom of the page her cheeks
were redder than the June roses at
the window , and her eyes fairly scin
tillated fire. She knew that it was a
page from some letter -Fielding had
been writing. It told about his flirta
tion with a pretty country girl "with
the euphonious name of Milly Jane
Potts ; " of the impression he had made
jn her susceptible heart , and prophe
sied an unlimited amount of pleasure
.
'with the fair country maid who saw
u : him a hero just stepped out of a
lovel. "
'
"A hero , indeed ! " exclaimed Milly
fane , with scornful emphasis. "A he
o ! Not a bit of it rather a couteuipti-
le , conceited puppy ! Milly Jane
otts , I wonder how you could have
jeeu < fool enough to take a fancy to
hat thing ! Why , John Clarke's worth n
million of him. " n
Milly Jane finished up her dishes and n
duborated a plan by which to "get f
iven".with Mr. Fielding. c
When he asked her to accompany 0a
on his sketching trip that after- 0tl
loon she declined , pleading work that tla
nust be done. tlP
"Next time I'll be able to get away , P
jerhaps , " she said , .with a bewitching tl
mile : , and the artist was forced to
e content with that \v
va
She went on an errand to a neigh- a
or's that afternoon , and , as. luck P
vould have it , she met John Clarke on h
he road. a
"I should think you'd be along with ciJ
he picture man , " said John , with a J-
augh that sounded as light-hearted as Jsi
ne could wish to have it. "I suppose si
re'll be likely to lose you before long. siCJ
ld Mrs. Jones says we're going to , CJa
nd she's supposed to know. " a
"Mrs. Jones knows more about it a
ban I do , then , " said Milly Jane.
John Clarke , do you think" I'm fool ai
aim
nough to let that fellow pull the m
reel < over my eyes ? I suppose you te
ave me credit for more sense than tebi
hat" v bi
bid
"I had to be governed by what I d
aw and heard , " answered John. "I taw
wouldn't < blame you for taking a fancy w
him. He's and tl
good-looking , gen-
Bel < , and comes from the city , and tl
: amount to . tl
lay something , some day.
the wife of Max Fielding , the cele- it
rated artist you mij-r t cut quite a itci
ash in society , " and D' in eyes had ci
merry twinkle in them as he laT
matched the effect of his words on T
lilly Jane.
]
"John Clarke , if you ever talk like
cried
bat again I'll never speak to you , "
ried Milly Jane. "I hate-the fellow !
e's conceited , and hypocritical , and '
" rc
nd-
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"Milly Jane , " Interrupted John , "I
tl
render if you'd say that about me if tlW
W
asked you a question ? "
tl :
"I don't know , " responded Milly
ane. "It would depend on what the
uestion.
th
"Wejl , supposing it > WSLB one about
bur iriarrying me2" explained John.
"Ask it , and then you'll get an an- he
swer , but not before , " said Milly
Jane.
(
"Well , then , will you marry me , or
won't you ? " said John , in a kind of
comical desperation.
"I will , If you want me , " answered
Milly Jane , red as a rose , and then
John kissed her , and she forgot to
think it might possibly be "before
folks. "
"I really thought you cared a good
deal for the city chap , " said John ,
by and by.
"The idea ! " cried this deceitful Mil
ly Jane. "Why , John Clarke , you're
worth a thousand Max Fieldings ! " and
tbtu she gave him a look that made
him feel happy all over , and the only
\vay in which he could express his
huppiness was to kiss her again. Per
haps you think that this little epi
sode between Milly Jane and John
would naturally put an end to her
flirtation with the artist. But it did
not On the contrary , she made delib
erate efforts to be agreeable to him.
She exerted herself to the utmost in
being as charming as possible , and
Mr. Fielding congratulated himself on
the Influence he had gained over her.
One afternoon Fielding asked Milly
Jane to go sketching with him. She
went She felt as if her hour of tri
umph was near at hand. The "coming
event" seemed to "cast its shadow be
fore , " and she was in high spirits , con
sequently more charming than ever ,
Mr. Fielding thought , as he sat on the
knoll at her feet and looked up into
her bright face in an admiring way.
Suddenly
"Milly , do you think you could love
me ? "
Milly Jane gave a little shriek.
"W.hy , Mr. Fielding , what on earth
do you mean ? " she cried , evidently
more surprised than ever before in her
life. "Do you mean to say that tfitit
you love me ? "
"Yes , Milly , I do mean that , " an
swered Fielding , and he said it with
such a show of honesty that Milly Jane
wondered if he were fibbing , after all.
"Well , I'm sorry , very sorry , " she
said. "If I had known about it
sooner I might have saved you the
pain of a a refusal. But the truth is ,
I'm engaged to John Clarke , and have
been for some time. And John's just
the best fellow in all the world , I
think. Why , I wouldn't give him for
a thousand like like you , and I pre
sume some women might think you a
prize. It's all a matter of taste , of
course , but my taste goes in John's di
rection , so I shall have to say 'no'
to you , you see. I'm much obliged fie
for the honor , and so forth , all the
same. "
The look that came over Max Field
.
ing's face afforded Milly Jane a world
of satisfaction , as she thought about it
afterward.
"Sold , " growled the artist , as he
turned his back on the beaming face
of the country maiden , "and by a girl in
by the name of Milly Jane Potts. " 71
"I got even with the puppy , " thought
Milly Jane that night "How could I IIm
have been such a fool as to take a m
fancy to him , after knowing John CI
Clarke ? Why , John's an angel com
pared with Max Fielding. " ai
Magazine. fe
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CATCHING TROPICAL FISHES. P
of
Captured in Bermuda Waters and
Shipped Alive to New York.
Collecting of tropical fishes for va
rious aquariums throughout the world ,
id
and especialy for the New York
aquarium , is now a recognized industry Ih
df
try in the Bermudas. It is carried on
at all seasons , though for obvious rea su
sons the fish are shippe'd north only
in the summer months. As there are
more than 150 varieties of fish in Bermudan -
Sere
mudan waters , and every variety is
found in abundance , it is not a diffi re
cult problem to secure good specimens.
Only a few varieties reach New York , CO
according to the Post of that city , for sp
the reasoa that tropical fish , as a rule , di
are unable to stand the trials of trans ne
portation. The ones on exhibition are ho
the finest that can be caught a
The native fishermen go far and a
wide in search of specimens , for the m
aquarium will pay only for the best mi
Possibly the most voracious fish they Fi
have : to deal with are the groupers reu
and : morays. The groupers have pe go
culiar habits. During the month of howe
June , which is their spawning or we
"snapping" season , they gather at two ba
spots on the south coast , known as
"grouper grounds , " and rarely are
caught elsewhere. At this period they
nre ; ready to bite at anything , from
bare hook to a live dog.
The home of the spotted moray Is
among the coral reefs , but the green
moray lives in deep water. The lat
ter is exceedingly powerful , with a
jaw as strong as a steel trap. To
bring a green moray ashore without
doing < it serious injury is no easy
task , for it fights like a boa constrictor
svhen taken out of the water. One of
the earliest specimens captured for
the aquarium bit a large piece from
the end of a two-bach board before
was subdued.
Not many tropical fish are as fero
cious as the moray , but most of the
arger varieties are truly sporting fish
rhe hogfish , chub and bream are par-
icularly game , and always fight to a
inisiT. The fishermen sometimes go
far beyond the outer line of reefs to ing
secure the rockfish and red snappers ,
rheir boats are provided with well *
'or preserving the catch , and the fish ,
ilthough the confinement weakens
iem , invariably regain their strength II
ivhen put into the resenre ponds at eb
he aquarium station. mei
hiiSJ
It costs more to keep a chafing dlsfc SJ
han it does to keep a horse and buggy.
What numerous lies are told uodet ml
title of "previous engagement ! " ria
ST. PAUL CHURCH NOW A WAREHOUSE
The fact that It had served as a place
of worship for fifty-four years did not
save the oldest church In St. Paul from
falling into the despoiler's hands and
being converted into such a place as
once urged the Master to rid the temple
of the money changers and to say :
"Make not my Father's house an house
of merchandise. " It Is already doing
duty as a furniture warehouse and
bids fair to continue so for years to
come.
In 1849 the church was erected by the
Methodists of the village , and until
OLD CHURCH , NOW A WAREHOUSE.
1875 it remained the principal sauctu
ary of the sect. Benjamin P. Hoyt oc
cupied the pulpit as its first pastor.
He was not a minister and attended to
his -worldly duties along with his re
ligious matters.
The church was built with the first
batch of bricks made in the State of
Minnesota and was used at various
times as a place for the getting of the
"Almighty dollar. " At one time even it
was used as a drilling hall for the mili
tia. There is hardly any doubt that the
edifice has been accorded its last chance
3f ever being again sacred to the uses
for which it was intended.
Cats and other beasts of prey reflect
Sfty times as much light from their
syes as human beings.
In Belgium there are no extensive for-
ssts or timber lauds , and wood for all
purposes must be imported.
The river span of the Brooklyn bridge
s 1,595 feet long ; the Forth bridge has
wo river spans , each 1,710 feet long.
Of the 8,500 rural free delivery routes
n operation June 30 last Iowa led with
71. The other States having the larg-
sst number of routes were : Ohio 741 ,
llinois 70G , Indiana G54. The average
mmber of pieces of mail handled on
ach of the routes each day was Io2.
After several unsuccessful attempts
tud three years labor , the unparalleleJ
eat of cutting a ring out of a single
liamond has been accomplished by the
atience and skill of Mr. Autoine , one
f the best-known lapidaries of Ant-
irerp. The ring is about three-quarters
f an inch in diameter.
In case both President and Vice Pres-
lent die or become incapable of acting ,
he Secretary of State becomes Presi-
.ent , if eligible'after ; him , the line of l
uccessiou runs through the Secretary e
f the Treasury , the Secretary of War , "
be Attorney General , the Postmaster v
reneral , the Secretary of the Navy , the 01
ecretary of the Interior and the Sec otw
tary of Agriculture. w
It has often been urged that man
ould not travel at a much greater .
peed than sixty miles an hour , as no
river could stand the strain upon the
erves. An experienced engineer has ,
owever , it is said , declared that when
j
man is running his engine at a mile
minute he has reached the limit of
lental < strain , and an extra half-mile a
w
ilnute could not add to his task.
urther , the same authority gives the be
assuring information that , if a train
SQ
sing at a rate of one hundred miles an .
our were wrecked the
, consequences at
ould be no worse than if the speed
ar
id been sixty miles.
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Ir. Howell What's all- that scream- ma
; hi the parlor ? av <
Irs. Howell Carrie is singing till yef
orley comes , just to kill time. ;
[ r. Howell Time seems to die hard. heifer
fer
t an old maid ioves children , and ctr
a as high as $40 a. month , every ma
rchaut she meets sells
her some- yes
car
hortlj after a married woman inner-
one
money from her kin , her husband
as
barks on some new business enter-
In
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To Train Grape Vines.
It may be said that there are a dozen
systems of grape vine training in use ,
all of which have , their good qualities
and each , perhaps , superior : to all oth
ers under certain conditions. The sys
tem of training from a single upright
growth is , however , admitted to be
after the most approved line $ , and it
certainly gives results. The illustration
sh ws how the vine is trained in its
iiist year. It Is cut back to two strong
buds at the time of planting and Is
set so that-the buds will be just above
the surface of the ground. A slight
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TRAINING THE GBAPE VINE.
stake is pressed into the ground near
the vine and the vine Is fastened to
It with cord of a waterproof kind. If
the trellis is built during this first year
this cord Is run to the first wire ( the
top one ) and fastened. The vine will
make the growth about as shown in the
cut during this first year. The trellis is
an important feature of the plan. The
posts should be set _ eight feet apart ,
and so that they will stand about six
feet out of the ground. Two wires are
used in the p'ositiou , as shown in the
cut , the wires being fourteen inches
apart. In training the vine for the
second year cut off all that portion
above the top wire , and as the lateral
canes grow select the strongest opposite
each wire , one on either side of the
main stalk , and train them along the
wires ; this gives us two arms , so to
speak , running along each wire at the
end of the second year from planting.
The third season the fruiting buds
must be handled , and it is a good plan
to select every other bud to supply the
canes necessary for the upright growth
from the arms. This upright growth
is shortened in from time.to time dur
ing the growing season , so as to throw
the strength into the fruiting canes ,
Ihis system of training requires labor ,
but it gives" most excellent results.
Temporarily Blinds the Horse.
It has long been known , and put to
practical test time after time , that to ;
? et a horse put of a fire the best plan
is to blindfold him , e :
and many an ani-
inal has been saved
in this way which
it was impossible s <
to remove from the cl
burning stable in
any other manner.
It is now proposed r (
uy a JNeoraska m-
O PREVENT FRIGHT
ventor { o a p p J y
ractically the same principle to con- be
: -ol fractious or vicious horses and to
va
top runaways which are caused by th
ae animal taking fright at some ob-
pr
? ct on the street or road While the
av
Under In common use on bridles pre- th
< ents the horse from seeing objects is
a either side , there is nothing to shut isW
at the view of anything approaching m
hich might tend to frighten the ani- in i
uil , and it can also turn its head if it
ears a noise ; but with this new deice -
ice the driver or rider has only to pull
cord lying parallel to the reins and cu
cuI
bellows-like curtain is drawn over
3th eyes to shut out the sight com- in
letely. In this condition the animal
in only stand and tremble until the ize
jject causing the fright has passed , (
hen the curtain is lifted by releasing tw
le cord , and the horse travels on as twI
jfore. The I
curtain is housed in a
nail semi-circular leather casing pass- weI
.g over the animal's forehead just I
jove the eyes , and the operating cords a
e inserted in the bit rings before soi
soiI
issing back with the reins. I
effi :
Small Farms to Be the Rule. wh
In the future small farms will be the
car
lie. More and better products will be
soi
.ised on GO acres than are now on 120 soiI
res. There are farmers to-day who
ant a 40-acre field in corn who could an
ke the same amount of manure they bei
ed and put it on a 20-acre field , and of
tha
it a greater yield and of better qual-
r. Besides this , It will take only half fru
e time to plow and cultivate the 20- proS
re field , which would further add to S
e profits. What a lesson the market me
irdeners are constantly giving to us plh
rmers. Why , some of them use more of
irnyard manure on 20 acres than wil
me farmers do on 120 acres. The int : <
ops the gardeners get are enormous , nur
id their land Is constantly Increasing at 1
fertility. It
Cost of aa Acre of Strawberries. iy
For plowing , $3 ; harrowing , $3 ; var
irking , 50 cents ; plants (8,000) ( ) $25 , a g
erage price ; plants are scarce- this Cor
ar. Trimming and preparing plants , fat ,
setting plants , ? 4 ; cultivating with the
rse , $7.50 ; hoeing sir times , $18 ; groP -
riilizer , half a ton , $15 ; four tons of P ;
aw , $20 ; applying straw , $5. This eas (
ikes the coat about $100 for the first deal
ar. Of oeone the incremse of plants are (
a be used to Mt a new bed the fol- thai
ring year , which will make the cost is n
e-fourth lam. The straw is worth oft
much as it coats almost to the soiL shoi
these figures we are actually giv- no i
-what it would cert the farmer to of t
hire the work done by mon who
how to do it. If the farmer does thi
[ work himself , he does not feel the cos )
i any more than were he putting in f
' crop of potatoes. We advise settinj
the strawberry bed near the building !
so It can be attended to without golnj
far. The usual gross sales from ai
acre of strawberries are about foul
times the cost of the acre for the firsr
year. Rural New Yorker.
Connecting Pastures by Causeway.
It frequently becomes desirable t
have the pasture so arranged as ti
let stock pasture on both sides of i
highwaj- . The pasture Is sometime !
located on one side of the highwaj
and yard and watering place on thi
other. Much time is required to drivi
cattle back and forth.
The difficulty can be overcome In i
very convenient way. Select a placi
where there Is a little rise in tht
ground , say from 2 to 4 feet , the menthe
the better. Construct a wide ditch
from 10 to 12 feet , so it will easily ad
mlt a team to work with scraper dowi
at bottom of it Make it from 2 t
4 feet deep , as the natural couditloi
of ground will admit. It must be con
structed In such a way that It will hav >
natural drainage at lower side , other
wise It would fill with water after ver ]
heavy rains and be of no practical use
A plank bridge is built across tin
opening and the sides planked. I |
should be made 5 to G feet high t <
admit the passage of all kinds of stocl
or even horses , below. The earth takei
out In digging is used in constructinj
the grade on each side of bridge. Th {
bridge , as well as grade or dump , musi
be made as wide as required by law ;
The deeper It is practical to make thi
ditch , the less it will be necessary t <
dump upon the grade. A tight fenc
CAUSEWAY FOR CATTLE UNDER BOAD.
nust be constructed from the pastun
> n each side of the passageway closi
ip to the bridge. I have seen such i
mssageway constructed on the levd
> rairie , but in such a case is onlj
H-actical in everj * dry seasons , becausi
n a rainy one the ditch will fill uj
vith waten Lewis Olsen , Kandiyohl
n Farm and Home.
Brets or Ensilage.
Corn ensilage and sugar beets wen
ested at the Nebraska station as ti
heir value as succulent feed whei
iven to dairy cows. The herd was dl
ided into two lots , the same as in th
xperiment for testing alfalfa and wild
ay. The results shown by this expe.
iment were a little in favor of ensilage
ut the difference was very slight. II
eems to be more a question of IIOM
heaply the two succulent feeds art
reduced than of their feeding value
loth foods gave good results and wen
? lished by the animals.
Wool Not the W ole Thinj- . ,
While the wool crop is an element ti
e considered when estimating th
alue of the sheep it must not bi
lought the whole thing , and when'ths
i-ice of the fleece is low do not tun
way from the flock or turn them ofl
le farm simply because that product
not up to what it formerly was , sayj
'ool Markets and Sheep. Think of th
lany other advantages to be derived
sticking to our white fleeced friends.
Ajrricultural Notes.
Eggplant is a gross feeder , but easilj
iltivated.
Interest In the
apple box grows apact
the east
Bone Wack is said to be good fertil *
er for parsnips.
Give a good , thorough cultivation be-
reen the rows of strawberries.
Beets will stand considerable cold
eather and may be planted early.
In A cold frame or sprout hotbed is
good ! place to start lima beans OB
ds.
ds.n
n butter and cheese making every
ort should be made to suppress dusl
hich , according to a dairy authority ,
rries more infection than
any othei
urce.
Bees carry pollen from one flower to
lother < while seeking honey. The real
nefactors are the bee keepers , manj
whom keep bees for pleasure rathei
an for profit But for the bees many
ait trees that blossom out full would
educe no fruit.
Such crops as squash , cucumbers and
jlons should have all fertilizers ap.
ed by broadcasting over the surface
the i ground. If manure Is applied ii
11 also give good results if worked
o the soil , although well-rotted ma4
re in the hills will assist the plants
the start.
t has been demonstrated
conclusive *
that when an animal is fed on a
dety , instead of on corn exclusively ,
greater gain In weight is secured !
rn will excel in the production ol
but bone and
lean
meat sell ia
live animal aa well as fat , rapid
iwth being a fain In "weight
'reventing the spread of fungus di
ies could be
accomplished
better bj
rtroylng the bnmchea and Tines that
cut away from tr . and busbe *
n by the UM Of other methods. II
iot sufficient to rw ve tbe portion *
trees affected with black knot Thej
uld be consigned to
the flames , at
remedy is as sure in tha deatructioa
the spores SLM fire.