NOTES
ME&DOWBROOK
Sheep need some care.
Fall is the best time to prune.
The corn separator is a time saver.
Nothing like a few cows for the run
down farm.
* * *
Be careful how you handle the boar.
Keep behind him.
The keynote of the live stock breed
er should be quality.
There is no possible way of deter
mining the sex of eggs.
The best egg producers are not al
ways the best market fowls.
Warm wheat for breakfast makes
the Biddies shell out the eggs.
Do not feed corn to the ewes while
they are carrying their lambs.
Feeding spoiled meat , moldy grain ,
or any tainted food is not economy.
Hogs are in their highest perfection
from one-and-a-half to two years old.
Corn fodder costs less than timothy
hay , and makes a good change in the
diet.
It is generally estimated that broil
ers shrink a half pound each when
dressed.
No success can be obtained with
poultry unless the fowls are kept
comfortable.
At this time of year a good lock on
the poultry house represents money
well invested.
Aim for early maturity and keep
hogs growing by intelligent feeding
and good care.
All milk utensils should be heavily
tinned and as free from seams as it
Is possible to get them.
The late hatched chickens should
have a grass run to themselves , and
be given extra feed and care.
Warm drinking water on cold Hays
does just that much to keep the liens
in the laying notion in winter.
Keep sheep dry , giving breeding
ewes as much exercise as possible , but
avoid exposure to rains and wet snows.
Ingenius tackle has been devised to
make a tree that is being felled pull
its own stump from the ground with
it.
When hens lay soft shelled eggs
give them a very little raw linseed oil
once or twice a day , writes one ot our
Colks.
Fresh air is all right for the liens ,
but not when it is sifted through
knotholes and cracks between the
boards.
Young apple trees are injured for
the most part by freezing at the
ground line and by sun scalding on
the trunks.
It is not good for hens to dust in
coal or wood ashes only , some folks
claim , but we find that a few ashes
lighten up the dirt.
To clean all wearing parts of the
separator frequently and to use the
best quality of oil means to add to
the life of the machine.
It is just as important that every
horse should have his own collar
all the time as th t the man should
wear his own shoes
Whenever the weather is mild it is
\ well to leave all doors and windows
! open to let the wind blow through the
house for a thorough airing.
There never wan a year when all
feed failed entirely , and with winter
feed and a few cows the wolf can al
ways be kept at a safe distance.
Since the discovery in England of
the lawn mowing proclivities of the
guinea pig the price of these little
animals has increased forty-fold.
It is claimed by those who have
tried it that to put a frozen egg in
boiling water for a fewf minutes is a
better way to thaw it out than by the
slower process of putting it In cold
water.
According to a western journal , a
machine for wiping apples has been
installed in the Hood river valley ,
Jhat will save seven cents on each
} box of fruit. Heretofore all of the
apples have been wiped "by hand , but
this machine will wipe all of the ap
ples for 400 or 500 boxes. i
Trim the colt's feet.
Separate the ailing ewe.
The tank heater season Is here
again.
Farm manure IB too valuable not
to care for it.
Initiate the butter-fat test , and re
call the boarder cow.
If you plant pear trees in rich soil
you invite blight.
The early spring pullets make the
fall and winter layers.
Lambs should have one feed of good
mixed hay once a day.
There are more rabbits than sheep
in any state in the cornbelt.
Either alfalfa hay or bran will bal
ance a corn ration for the cows.
A tablespoonful of oilmeal a day to
each ewe will be found profitable.
Limestone land and red clay land
under good culture are most profitable.
A little pig loves sunshine and
needs it almost as much as he needs
food.
Ventilation is a good thing if proper
ly done but drafts are not good venti
lation.
Some feeders advise giving the
hogs medicated salt to drive out the
worms.
New South Wales is said to contain
more kinds of flowering plants than
all Europe.
The man who makes a success of
poultry is the man who starts with
the right aim.
The duck raisers on Long Island use
large quantities of fish to feed their
breeding stock.
With five or more cows a hand sep
arator ought to pay for itself the first
year of its use.
The weak sheep should be kept in
separate pens and the lambs separate
from the old sheep.
The hen that makes a good record
for herself in eggs for the whole
year is the hen to keep.
One sign of a good milker Is large
milk veins on the underside of the
mody. It doesn't often fail.
A heavy covering of manure over
the outdoor vegetable pit will give
frost less of a chance to get In.
The cow should be studied individ
ually , and food supplied according to
each animal's consuming capacity.
With only three horses to every 100
person , Switzerland has the smallest
equine population of any country.
"More bushals to the acre , " is an
exceedingly good motto for any farm
er , even if it should mean fewer acres.
Two Paris department stores use
storage battery driven electric tri
cycles to deliver purchases to custom
ers.
Paint your tin wash basins on the
inside with a good white enamel paint
if you would prolong their useful
ness.
Many flock owners make a serious
mistake by disposing of the ewes that
are in a rundown condition at wean
ing time.
Soft-shelled eggs can be caused by
one of four conditions : Lack of suffi
cient lime in the food ; indigestion ;
overfat ; fright
Dairy farming is good business , but
is exacting as the cows must be fed ,
watered , milked and cared for every
day in the year.
The ability of the ewTes to feed and
nourish the lambs after birth will de
pend upon the care and feed given
them during the \vinter.
It pays to have the farm fenced in
to small fields and to have plenty of
yards to keep hogs of different sizes
and ages separated.
Those who are feeding bundle corn
to their cattle must make arrange
ments to have hogs follow them or
the waste will be too great.
Breeding ewes and store sheep will
winter well on good , bright , wheat
straw and stubble grasses and half
pound of corn given to each daily.
The best location for a new peach
orchard in this latitude would be a
north slope. There buds would be
later in starting and not so apt to be
caught by frost.
The number of pounds of food ele
ments we buy in a ton of linseed meal
are : 564.4 muscle makers ; 65.8 fat
forming ; 132.0 pure fat. In a like
quantity of bran we have 223.4 muscle
makers ; 1,085 fat forming , and 70.4
pure fat.
The dairy farmer who has any re
gard at all for his reputation ought
: o be especially careful about his wa
ter supply , for it is a matter of rec
ord that serious outbreaks of typhoid
have been traced to an impure water
supply vhere the milk is mad *
SURELY HARD MAN TO PLEASE
Artist Did His Best , but Somehow
Managing Editor Would Not
Be Satisfied.
An artist was drawing a cartoon
tvherein the flag of our nation played
a large part. He drew the flag , first
time , with five stars in the blue field
and took It to the managing editor ,
who promptly let out a yelp.
"Wadye think this country is , " said
the managing editor , "a trust ? "
"What's the trouble ? " asked the art
ist.
"Trouble , " bellowed the managing
editor , "why , we need more stars ,
stars , stars ! "
So the artist brought the picture
back and this time he had 117 stars in
It by actual count.
The magaglng editor felt his head
and choked slightly.
"What do you think you're drawIng -
Ing ? " he asked as last.
"You're the hardest man to please
I ever met in my life , " said the artist
Indignantly ; "first it's too few and
then it's too many. How many stars
do you want , anyway ? "
AGED.
Helen No ; I shall never marry. I
have borne too long with the sorrows
and trials of life alone to add to my
burden by
Ethel Beg pardon ; .you mean
you've been born too long , don't you ?
Quite the Contrary.
Being anxious as to his prospects in
one of the early attempts to enter par
liament , Herbert Samuel consulted his
agent , who said the chances were not
rosy , because he was a "carpetbagger. "
Mr. Samuel thereupon promised to
live in the division if he were success
ful , and bills were immediately posted
that "if Herbert Samuel is returned
next Tuesday he will come to live
here. "
Some of the other side , however ,
posted one of these bills on a pigsty.
Mr. Samuel did not win the election.
London Telegraph.
Sun a Lamplighter.
In the acetylene burning lighthouses
along the Panama canal will be in
stalled copper cylinders exposed to
the sun. When the sun rises in the
morning and the rays fall upon these
cylinders they will expand and close
valves that admit gas to the burners.
As night approaches and the sun's
rays diminish in power the cylinders
will contract and again turn on the
gas , which will be ignited by small
pilot jets. Scientific American.
The Commander.
"Does Mrs. Peck's husband com
mand a good salary ? "
"He earns a good salary ; she com
mands it. "
It's easier to look Avise than it Is
to deliver the goods.
A TROUBLE MAKER
Coffee Poison Breeds Variety of Ills.
A California woman who didn't
know for twenty years what kept her
ill , writes to tell how she won back her
health by quitting coffee :
"I am 54 years old , " she says , "have
used coffee all my life , and for 20 j
years suffered from indigestion and I
insomnia. Life was a burden and a
drag to me all the time , and about
once a year my ailments got such hold
upon me that I was regularly 'sick in
bed' for several weeks each time. I
"I was reluctant to conclude that j
coffee was the cause of my trouble , but J ,
I am thankful that I found out the \
truth.
"Then I determined to use Postum
exclusively for a week at first for I j
doubted my ability to do without cof-1 I
fee for any length of time. I made |
the Postuni carefully , as directed , and
before the week expired had my re
ward in a perceptible increase in
strength and spirits. j
"Seeing the good that my short ex I
periment had accomplished , I resolved
to continue the use of Postum , cutting
out the coffee entirely. This I did for
nine months , finding , daily , increased
cause for gratification at my steadily
improving health. My indigestion grad
ually left me , my sleep returned , I
gained 26 pounds in weight , my color
changed from sallow to a fresh , rosy
hue and life became a blessing.
"Then I thought I would try coffee
again , and did so for a few weeks. The
punishment for deserting my good
friend , Postum , was a return of my old
troubles.
"That taught me wisdom , and I am
now and shall be all my life hereafter
using Postum exclusively and enjoying - '
ing the benefits it brings me. " Name !
given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , !
Mich.
"There's a reason , " and it is explain
ed in the little book , "The Road to
Wellville , " in i/k s.
Ever rend .lie above leticr ? A new
cue npponr.t from time to time. They
: ! ' errmuai * , true , nati full oL Lciuati
COST OF GRAIN
GROWING IN
CENTRAL CANADA
A careful canvass made of a num
ber of men farming In a large way
indicates that even with the extreme
expense of harvesting the crop , which
has been caused by the bad weather
and difficulty in threshing , wheat has
been produced and put on the market
for less than 55 cents a bushel. The
average freight rate is not over 13
cents per bushel. This would make
the cost of production and freight 68
cents and would leave the farmer an
actual margin on his low-grade wheat
of 17Y2 cents and for his high-grade
wheat of 19 % cents ; and though this
is not as large a profit as the farmer
has every right to expect , it is a profit
not to be despised , and which should
leave a very fair amount of money to
his credit when all the expenses of
the year have been paid , unless the
value of low-grade wheat sinks very
much below its present level. A mat
ter of importance to the prospective
settler is that of the cost of produc
tion. The following table has been
prepared after careful investigation :
Interest on 320 acres , value
530 per acre , 3 years at 6
per cent interest $1,720.00
Interest on horses , machin
ery , wagons , ploughs , har
rows , etc. , to operate 320
acres say § 2,500 for 3
years 450.00
j Getting 320 acres ready for
crop first year , doing one's
own work , with hired help ,
, about $3.50 per acre 1,120.00
Getting 320 acres ready for
crop , second and third
year , about $1.25 per acre
per year , or $2.50 per acre
2 years one's own work and
hired help 800.00
Seed per year , wheat , per
acre $1.25 , 3 years 1,200.00
Seeding , 320 acres , 25 cents
per acre , 3 years 240.00
Twine , 320 acres , 30 cents
per acre , 3 years 288.00
Harvesting , 320 acres , 30
cents per acre , 3 years 288.00
Marketing , 320 acres , esti
mate 20 bushels per acre
per year for 3 years , 3
cents per bushel , or 9 cents
per bushel for 3 years 576.00
I Threshing 320 acres , estimate
20 bushels per acre per
year for 3 years , 6 cents
per bushel per year or 18
cents for 3 years 1,152.00
Total $7,834.00
Cr.
By wheat crop farm 320 acres
for 3 years , average 20
bushels per acre per year
for 3 years , or a total of 60
bushels , = 19,200 bushels at
"
80 cents per bushel. . . . . . $15,360.00
Balance to credit of farm aft
er 3 years operation , $2-
563.00 per year 7,526.00
"To operate 480 acres would cost
less in proportion , as the plant re
quired for 320 acres would do for the
larger farm , and the interest on plant
for the extra 160 acres would be
saved. "
The figures given may be open to
criticism , but they will be found to
be reasonably accurate , with a fair
ness given to the expense columns.
There are those who profess to do
the work at a much less cost than
those given.
Turning the Tables.
Having done his best , by every fair
and unfair means , during the last elec
tion to catch the candidate tripping ,
the heckler grew offensively personal.
"Is it true that your mother
washes " he began , but before he
could add the word "clothes , " the wit
ty candidate called out smartly :
"Of course she does. Why , don't
you ? "
This raised a loud laugh at the heck-
ler's expense ; but , still undaunted , he
returned to the attack.
"You can't deny , " he said , "that your
father was a rag-and-bone man. I
bought some clothes of him thirty
years ago. "
"And I see you're still wearing
them ! " was the candidate's lightning
retort.
There was no more heckling that
night.
Dental Operation on Pony.
A remarkable operation has been
performed by a Wanstead ( Eng. ) vet
erinary surgeon on a pony which had
a bad fracture of the lower jaw. Aft-
er injecting cocaine and wiring the
teeth together , the surgeon drilled a
hole through the jawbone , and the
broken parts were then firmly drawn
together by strong silver wire. The
pony is expected to make a complete
recovery.
Self-Sacrificing Essential.
"You don't claim to be a party
leader ? "
"No , " replied the quiet citizen.
"Everybody wants to be the leader of
the party. It strikes me that some
body ought to be willing to be the
party. "
The true man is one who will neith
er seek an indirect advantage by a spe
cious word , nor ts.ke an evil path to
secure a good purpose. Scott
\Vhoever serves his country well has i
> need of ancestors. Voltaire.
PECULIAR LINE OF COMFORT
Most People Who Have Been Afflicted
With Colds Will Recognize This
Type of Human Hyena.
Sinks Got a cold , I see.
Jinks Yes , a little one.
"You ought to be very careful. That
cold needs attention. "
"Think so ? "
"It has a regular graveyard sound. "
"Good gracious. "
"Awfully dangerous time for colds ,
influenza , pneumonia and quick con
sumption everywhere. "
"Eh ? "
"Yes , a friend of mine took a cold ,
not half so bad as yours , last week ,
and in three days he was dead ! "
"My stars ! "
"Fast. The doctor said my friend
might have pulled through if he hadn't
worried so much. Take my advice
and try not to think about it. "
What the Copy Boy Wrote.
Representative Dan Anthony of
Kansas , publisher of the Leavenworth
Times , once had a office boy who
yearned to know how to use a type
writer which accomplishment , the
boy figured , would make him a regular
reporter.
Anthony turned an old broken-down
machine over to him , says the Wash
ington Herald , and bade him learn to
run it.
"What'll I write ? " the boy asked.
"Oh , just take some sentence , any
sentence at all , " Anthony told him ,
"and see how long it will take you to
fill a page with it. "
The boy set to work. An hour or
two later Anthony chanced to notice
the page on which the lad had been
working. From ( op to bottom of the
sheet , and from margin to margin , the
boy had written one sentence over and ,
over again until there was scarcely a i
white spot visible on the paper. The
sentence the boy had selected to practice - t !
tice with was : "Who the invented - ! j
ed school ? " ' ,
Unjustifiable Suspicion.
The colonel had caught Rastus red-
handed , coming out of the hen coop
with three fat pullets under his coat.
"So , " he said , "I've caught you at
last stealing my hens , have I ? "
"Whut , me , suh ? " replied Rastus , in
pained surprise , "Why , Marse Colonel ,
suh , I hain't a-stealin' no hens , suh. "
"Then what are you doing with
them under your coat ? " demanded the
colonel.
"Why , Marse Colonel , hit look to
me so like it war gwine to snow , suh ,
dat ah went out to de coop to bring
dem hens in by de kitchen fiah , suh ,
to keep 'em from gittin' froze , suh , "
said the old man , with a deep sigh , to
think that his honor had been sus
pected. Harper's Weekly.
Bostonese.
Hokus So that Boston girl said I
wasn't worth my salt , eh ?
Pokus Well , she did remark that
you were in inverse ratio to our chlor
ide of sodium. Puck.
A pretty girl doesn't have to pro
pose during leap j'ear , and a homely
one is afraid to but there's the stren
uous widow.
Constipation causes many serious dis
eases. It is thoroughly cured by Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative ,
three for cathartic.
Referred to the Lexicographer.
To Renege Not to follow suit.
To Reno To begin suit. Life.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BUOMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggistsrefund money if It fails to cure. K.Y. .
GKOVK'S signature is on each boz.
You can flatter silly girls by calling
them flirts.
[ Most people look at trouble through
a microscope.
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Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief Permanent Cure
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The editor of the Rural New Yorker
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