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Amongst the Trans-Missisaippi invest
ors who received pateaU the pest week,
Messrs. Sties Jfc Co., United States Pat
' ent Solicitors, Bee Itaildinfr. Omaha,
Nebraska, report the following: Dan
iel Harmon, Davenport, Nebraska,
road grader and ditcher; Clarence H.
Judson. Council Bluffs, Iowa, card
shooter; George Lamoa, Fort Madison,
Iowa, pas engine; George D. Fester,
Preston. Iowa, portable corn shock
press; John 11. Nelson, Omaha, Ne
braska, drink mixer: George R. Perk
ins. Schuvler. Nebraska, photographic
tank; Hans II. Sicli, Millard, Nebras-
ha, improved combination cart, and
Conrad Stroebel, Omaha, Nebraska, re
versible plow.
.Amongst the curious inventions is
- sued the past week are found the fol
lowing: a machine for weaving cross
wires in wire fences; an electrical en
ergy indicator; a fodder handler; a
button hole sewing machine; an anti
train robbery aparatus; an improved
pencii for arc-lamps; a mechanism for
converting continuous ro'tary motion
jnto alternate rotary motion; a pneu
matic fire alarm; a bicycle skirt com-
prising attached bloomers; and a spring
actuated saddle post for bicycles.
A copy of any of the above patents
will be mailed upon receipt of 10 cts.
IllrT Qatcr Freak.
Did you ever see anything as queer
s a robin trying to feed its own reflec
tion on a window glass? That sight
has. been going on at my house in Dor
chester for a day or two. The poor
deceived bird gets a worm in its bill
and then ruus up to a basement win
dow, where it has seen its reflection,
and there taps, taps, taps, at the glass
trying to feed its shadaw. I had heard
strange noises in the basement, and
had begun to think the house was
haunted, as at first I could not ascer
tain the cause of the sharp sounds,
like tapping on metal, but finally dis
covered the robin at its puzzling at
tempts to feed a ghost. Boston Trans
cript. limit's Catarrh Car
Is a constitutional cure. Price, 75c,
Give your neighbors rope enough and
iliej will eventually attempt to hang you.
IlejcriMan'a ('jtaaptMtr Iccwllh QljprerlN.
Cun-CiuiiiH'iIlaiiU' and Kac. Todr or SarrFvet,
Chilblains l'Uex &c C U. Clark Co, New Haven. Ch
1'nderewski. sweet as is bis mufcir, cannot
soothe himself with it.
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Statistics show that the French live
linger than the Germans.
FOR THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
PEOPLES PARTY
AT ST. LOUIS JULY 22ND.
The Waiiasii. the shortest and quickest
route Iibs leen selected as the line from
Net ra-ln for de"ente and their friends to
trave'. All trains are equipped with Re
dlining Chair Cars, Free, and Pullman
bice ing cars. Connecting Lines will sell
liccU over the Wntmsh at Half-Fake.
I'nrtie-i desiring through ears or Sleeping
car arroinnioriation can arrange same by
tailing at the IVAiiAbii ticket office. No.
!4ir. Farnaui St., (Paxton Hotel Block), or
write G. N. Cijotov,
N. W. P. A., Omaha, Nelr.
Thoe who favor revolutions only dig a
tomb for themselves.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me larce doctor Mils. C. L. Baker, 4-i28
Regent S., Philadelphia. Pa., Dec. i, 1895.
The Fclf-t-onceited man habtens
encmv to I o eaten. Wakatanki.
to his
If the llaby Is Catting Tceta.
3osnre ami nc thatoM an4 welt tried remedy.
R'ncsLow's Sootiiixo SrnlT (or Children Teethlnc-
When one is 'ow enough to insult you, lie
too high for him to reach.
One Thousand Farmer Wanted
To settle on one thousand choice farms
on the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
fc St Paul Railway in Dakota.
These lands arc located in twenty
different counties, and are to be had
now at prices ranging from 57 to $15
per acre: a few months hence their
value will be doubled.
For a home or for investment no
luckier chance in the West has ever
before licen offered. Now is the time
to invest. No better farming land ex
ists anywhere. No greater results can
be obtained nj where.
Schools ami churches abound every
where. Nearby markets for all farm
products. Huth and North Dakota
are the banner diversified farming and
stock-raising states of the West
Everything grows in Dakota except ig
norance and intemperance. A new
loom is on. Take advantage of the
tide which leads to Dakota and to for
tune. For further information address or
call u;wn V. E. Powell. General Im
migration Agent. 410 Old Colony ltaild
ing, Chicago. Ills.
Thought That aeht to Settle Them.
Old Negro Woman (pouring coal oil
among a nest of cockroaches) I jis
reckon I's goin to fix you dis time. 1'sc
tried lime, insect poddah and hot wat
tah, an hain't done no good; but now
you'd jis as well gib up, fer you can't
buck ne Slan'ard Oil company. Truth.
An empty head and a rattling tongue go
well together.
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MATTERS OP INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Sana Cp-te-Dat Hbtta Atteat Cmltlvw
tie off the SsU and YlsMs Therff
Hsrtlealtara, Vltlcnltars aad nrl
ealtar. T this season of the
year cut worms do
more or less dam
age to nearly all
crops, especially to
tomatoes, cabbages
and corn. When
ever sod or grassy
land is left until
spring before being
C RQf plowed, any crop
W which mav be
planted on such land will be
damaged by cut worms. The reason
of this is that the worms are nearly
full grown in the spring, yet they
need one good meal before forming
Into pupae, a short time after which
they come forth as night flying moths.
The life history of the cut worms is
about this: The moths lay their eggs
in grass throughout the summer
months, and after a few days these
eggs hatch into small worms which
feed upon the grass. The worms cast
off their skin from time to time to ac
commodate their increase in size, and
during the cooler weather of winter
go deeper in the ground, being dormant
for a time if the weather is very cold.
Upon the approach of spring, the
worms come forth for a finishing touch
of growth and soon form pupae in the
ground just below the surface. Some
time after this the moths are produced.
and, after mating, the females lay the
eggs for another brood. With most
species there is thus but one brood a
year. Most farmers are beginning to
realize the many advantages of fall
plowing, and where sod land especial
ly is plowed in the fall it will greatly
lessen the number of cut worms and
other insects on such land the follow
ing spring. A good remedy for killing
out the cut worms in the garden is to
make up a mixture consisting of a
quantity of bran or corn meal moist
ened with water, to which Is added a
little Paris green and a little molasses
or sugar, to give a sweetish taste. It
is the Paris green that kills the worms,
and this should be very thoroughly
mixed with the bran, so as to have a
uniform mixture. A spoonful of this
mixture should be placed near the
plants just before night on the day the
plants are set out. The cut worms
work at night and will be killed by
eating of the poisoned mixture. It is
much better, however, to place the
mixture about in various part of a field
a few days before planting, as it will
then kill off the worms before any
damage is done. H. E. Weed,
Entomologist Mississippi Experiment
Station, Agricultural College, Miss.
Origin of the Cabbage.
Cabbage (Brassica oleracca) is one of
the vegetables brought into use at an
early day, and although not so indis
pensable as the potato, is nevertheless
an esculent highly esteemed and has
assumed an importance that gives it a
prominent position, not only in the
horticultural catalogue, but also in es
timating the productions of our coun
try. I have no statistics by which to
estimate its value in this country, but
when we learn that in London about
one hundred million heads are annual
ly sold, which, at five cents a head,
would amount to S5.000.000 we may be
prepared to estimate the amount
raised in Illinois at a sum worthy of
being taking into consideration In es
timating the value of our productions.
Just when and where it was first
brought into use it is not possible to
state now with certainty. A compara
tively recent article in Hardwicke's
Science Gossip says that the plant from
which the varieties in use in England
originated is to be found along the
southeast seacoast of England. But it
is certain that some of the varieties
were early in use on the western side
of the continent; also that kales or
coleworts of some kind were long in
use in Greece and Rome, as they are
frequently mentioned by Greek and
Roman writers and even directions
given for their cultivation. It is also
certain that various species of Bras
sica are found in different parts of
the world. Cyras Thomas.
Australian Salt Bash.
In view of the great interest now be
ing taken in Australian salt bush
(Atriplex semibaccatum), the new for
age plant for alkali soils. Director Devol
of the Experiment Station at Tucson.
Arizona, sends the following brief
method of growing it:
The seeds are flat, somewhat heart
shaped, about 1-10 inch long and of a
brownish or reddish green color. If cov
ered In wet soil when fresh they are apt
to rot, but sown before a rain and light
ly covered with soil, or preferably cov
ered with grass or weeds and kept
moderately moist they will germinate
readily. They may be started in
boxes or hotbeds and transplanted
to the field; but plants grown in this way
do not resist drought so well as those
planted where they are to remain.
While young the plants require water
ing two or three times, but when well
established they will resist quite severe
droughts. Although a perennial plant
it grows so rapidly that one cutting may
be obtained the first season, and two the
following season. It will grow in soil
having more alkali than any other plant
valuable for forage, and unlike most
plants growing upon such soil it has a
prostrate habit, growing to a height of
but 6 to 12 inches and spreading over
several square feet of ground. Single
plants have been known to reach a
spread of 16 feet, this, too, upon very
alkaline soil. It is estimated that from
3 to 6 tons per acre of dried hay may
be produced. Sheep and hogs relish it
green and when mixed with about 1-3
its weight of other hay horses and cat
tle eat it dried.
Varieties or Strawberries.
It is almost impossible to advise the
beginner what variety to plant. A
variety which is very productive in
one locality may prove the reverse in
another, sometimes even in another
field, soil, exposure and location being
different. No variety will do equally
well on all soils. Reports in regard to
varieties are very conflicting in differ
ent localities. While one grower is
satisfied and recommends a variety, an
other is disgusted and is going to dis
card it. In general, we may say that
those sorts which are successfully cul
tivated over a large territory are most
reliable; but he who goes a long ways
from home to get advice in regard to
varieties and treatment makes a seri
ous mistake. These problems are
purely local. The purpose for which
we plant should be considered, i. e.,
whether for home use or for market.
For home use we may consider the
characters of a variety in this manner:
1. quality. 2. yield, 3, hardiness. For
market, this order sbould.be reversed,
thus: 1, hardiness. 2, yield, 3, quality.
For market we want a firm berry of
toed sise aad color. Of the varieties
grown oa the Experimental Farm at
Madison last snmmer, Warteld led
them all la productiveness, yielding a
third more than any other variety.
Then came Haverland, Cloud, Eureka,
Lady Rusk, Van Deman, Wilson and
Bnbach. This was the second crop
taken from these vines. A. M. Ten
Eyck.
sVeagwvlty ef
C. Davenport says in Gleanings:
"One summer I had a strong second
swarm issue from a large box hive. I
do not remember the date, but it was
just before basswood blossomed. The
queen of this swarm was lost, on her
mating trip, or in some other way, for
I am certain that they did not have a
laying queen at any time during the
summer. I thought I would let them
do without one, to see what they would
do. They were hived on combs that
contained considerable honey, so they
did not have much room to store below;
but they filled up what room there was,
and then, instead of working much in
the sections, they took the world easy
In the fall I thought I would unite what
few of them were left with some other
colony; but on coming to examine them
I was surprised at the amount of bees
there was left. There seemed to be
nearly as many as when I hived them;
so in order to experiment further they
were put in the cellar where the rest
were. They came out in good shape In
the spring. A queen was given them;
and although they dwindled away very
fast, they pulled through all right.
Now, in this case the workers lived
at least ten or eleven months, not only
a few. but thousands of them. If the
same thing had been tried the past
summer I do not think there would
have been a live bee left after they had
been in the cellar a month."
Chinch Bag Liters FUt Land.
It is a plain inhabiting insect, but it
may inhabit very limited, flat areas, in
terspersed among more broken and ele
vated areas. As illustrating this habit in
Ohio, it may be stated that in 1891. it
was found quite abundant in Cham
paign, Logan and Hardin counties, with
its greatest abundance in the latter and
Wyandot county to the northeast, the
two latter being of a more level topo
graphy than the two former. This is
fully illustrated by maps in Bulletin 69.
of the Ohio Exp. Station. In 1895, the
area of greatest abundance included
only Wyandot and a portion of Hardin
counties, Champaign suffering little,
while to the south in Green and Clark
counties, where, in 1894, it had been
found sparingly, it did not occur in
abundance at all, thus showing that it
had drifted to the lower and flatter
lands to the cast, except in Wyandot
and a portion of Hardin, where these
conditions already obtained, and over
run a wide range of practically flat
country having a clay soil. A portion
of the state laying to the west and north
west of Lake Erie, being the ancient
bed of the prcglacial lake, and the soil
sandy instead of clayey, was little if at
all infested, whereas, the flat clay lands
to the south and west were, in some
localities literally overrun with these
insects. Ohio Bulletin.
Pointers to Shipper.
Keep pregnant stock at home. Don't
ship in any diseased, badly bruised
or emaciated stock. Don't load your
cars too heavily, especially of hogs or
sheep, though in fact of any class of
live stock. Watch out and don't ship
in any stock that has sores, abscesses
or other indication of unsoundness or
unwholesomeness. The government
inspectors are "the goblins that will
get you if you don't watch out" and
Keep back unsound, diseased, or far
advanced pregnant animals. Beware
of calves you ship in. Anything on
the "Bob" or "Deacon" order that is.
less than one week old or weighing
under 75 pounds is pretty sure to be
thrown out and find its way into the
tank. Don't ship any scabhy sheep to
market, as they are very liable to be
condemned. Lamby ewes should also
be held back, as where they are pretty
far advanced they cannot be sold, un
der the inspection rules, and will either
have to go back into the country or be
slaughtered and in all probability con
demned here. Live Stock Report.
Good Saddle aad Harness Horses,
The American Horse Breeder says,
that a well-known Western horseman
took two car loads of fine saddle and
harness horses to Boston a few days
ago, and among them was one of the
most elegant saddle mares ever seen in
Boston. She bad all the saddle gaits,
and could trot in single harness or to
pole in about 2.40. Those who think
that horses are cheap will be surprised
to know that this gentleman laughed
at a man who offered him 11,000 for
this mare. She was bought by Frank
Kennedy of "cracker fame," and
shipped to his residence at Windsor,
Vt. The price is not made public, but
it was probably considerably more than
$1,000. Men are willing to pay good
prices when they know they are get
ting first-class animals. Good horses
of this kind have always commanded
good prices.
The Strawberry Bed.
The new strawberry plant should not
be allowed to bear fruit the first sea
son. Pick off all fruit stems as soon
as they appear. Three methods of train
ing the strawberry are in use. The hill
system, where all runners are removed.
The narrow row, where only part of new
runners arc allowed to form plants; and
the full matted row, where plants are
allowed to fill all the space, excepting a
narrow path between rows. AH have
advocates and all have special merits.
depending on soil, climate, variety and
grower. The full matted row is most
used, being easiest to manage. Guard
against too many plants in small space.
They consume moisture, suffer from
drouth and produce small berries. Each
plant should hare from four to six in
ches square space in which to grow and
mature its fruits. M. A. Thayer.
Extent of Tree Roots. It is common- t
ly said that the roots of trees extend
each way as far as their branches. But
this is a very uncertain and unreliable
rule. There are trees like the chestnut
and pines, which grow in
sandy soil, which send their roots
far down into the subsoil, and have so
few roots near the surface that the plow
can be run nearly up to them. The elm,
which grows best on low, wet land, has
most of its roots near the surface. But
it can send roots down to a depth of a
three-foot tile drain, as we once learned
to our cost, a large elm near the upper
end of a newly-laid tile drain com
pletely filling it after two or three
years, so that the tile had all to be
taken up. The tree was cut down and
the new tile laid, with the result that
the drain suffered no further obstruc
tion. Ex.
Diphtheria Among Fowls. Domestic
fowls have two diseases of a diphthe
ritic nature, according to a report of
M. Gallez to the Belgian Academy of
Medicine. One is a contagions catarrh,
called also morve, or fowl glanders,
which is very contagions and fatal to
hens and may give diphtheria to hu
man beings. The other, though called
fowl diphtheria, has nothing save the
name in common with human diph- I
Iberia.
DAIRY AND POULTRY
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
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MONG the most
economical winter
coarse feeds for
dairy stock can be
mentioned corn,
barnyard millet,
hay and soja beans.
On natural grass
land not easily af
fected by droughts
the farmer will
naturally grow a
considerable area of hay, and depend
upon this crop to a large extent for
coarse feed. Such land should ba
made to produce three tons of
hay, equivalent to about three
thousand pounds of digestible mat
ter per acre. Similar land planted
to corn and equally well manured
would probably produce fully four
thousand pounds digestible matter per
acre, but the increased cost of growing
an acre of corn would in the writer's
judgment fully balance the Increase in
yield. There are, however, consider
able areas on every farm that are not
natural grass lands. Such lands are so
easily affected by frequent droughts,
that from one to one and one-half
tons of hay per acre are maximum
crops. Land of this kind is far better
suited for corn and will yield fully
three times as much digestible matter
per acre as when in grass.
Ensilage: Corn or any crop put in
the silo is not improved in quality.
The various fermentations which such
materials undergo, decrease to an ex
tent their nutritive effect, i. e., a ton
of fodder before being ensilaged would
have a greater nutritive value than
after being ensilaged. The writer does
not believe In putting any crop into the
silo that can be properly cured. Un-
vn this page we ive an illustration
of a Ceylonese team of buffaloes hitched
to a cart common to that country. It
will be noticed that the tongue is fas
tened to a yoke bound to the horns.
Thus the weight of the pull is on the
horns and not on the shoulders, as with
us.
Consul W. Morey, of Colombo, writes
of these animals as follows: The com
mon buffaloes also inhabit Ceylon, and
are found both wild in the interior and
partially tame in the Singhalese vil
lages, where they are kept and used to
trample the paddy (rice) lands after
fortunately it is very difficult to cure
Indian corn fodder. It is also difficult
to cut or shred it and preserve it out
side of the silo in quantity for any
length of time. For these reasons, the
silo all things considered is undoubt
edly to be preferred for preserving the
corn plant, and practical experience
has demonstrated its value. For those
who desire corn meal during the win
ter for feeding horses, pigs, and poul
try, it is a very good idea to remove
the ears from the stalk just previous
to cutting for ensilage. They can be
thrown upon the ground and allowed
to remain for about two weeks to cure,
and can then be husked. If it were not
for the increased labor involved in re
moving the ears and in husking and
grinding the same, the writer would
not advocate putting any of the grain
into the silo, for it has been clearly
shown that the loss during fermenta
tion is considerable. The medium green
soja bean is a valuable crop to put into
the silo with corn. The method of
cultivation has already been described.
One part bean fodder and two parts
corn fodder is a good proportion. It
should not be put in in layers, but both
corn and bean plants run through the
cutting machine together. Thus mixed,
the bean fodder will keep better, and
will aid in neutralizing the acidity of
the corn. The advantage of this mix
ture for feeding is, that it increases the
percentage of protein in the ensilage
from 1.4 or 1.6 per cent (corn alone) to
2.6 or 2.8 (mixed ensilage). If this mix
ture could be fed as an entire daily
ration, but very little concentrated
feeds, rich in protein, would be re
quired. Corn for ensilage should be
cut when the ears are fairly well
glazed. Beans planted about May 25
will be ready about the same time.
Barnyard millet is also recommended
to be used in connection with soja
beans for the silo. It requires fully as
much plant food to produce a crop, as
does corn, and will not stand dry
weather as well. On fairly moist land
from 15 to 17 tons can be grown per
acre. The seed can be sown broadcast,
and the crop needs no further atten
tion till cut with a mowing machine
early in September for the silo, thus
effecting a considerable saving of labor.
Millet for ensilage should be planted
about June 1.
The hay of vetch and oats, peas and
oats, and of Hungarian grass makes
good coarse feeds for winter, equal to
an average quality of hay. The peas
and oats can be cut when in blossom
early in July and followed immediately
by Hungarian grass. One is thus en
abled to grow from 3 to 3
tons of these hays per acre. On lands
that cannot be made to produce two
and one-half tons of English hay
yearly, this method might be followed
with advantage, if labor is not too
costly. By planting a variety of an
nual fodder crops, many farmers are
so situated as to be able to sell English
hay to advantage.
Canadian Matte.
It is without doubt true that the
prime, active factor in the problem of
the Importation of sheep into the Unit
ed States from Canada is the quality of
mutton. There is bo doubt that great
er pains.is taken in Canada to produce
a fine "quality of mutton than in this
country, and there the English methods
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more generally adopted than here. It
Is said to be true that the English
sheep farmer regards with considerable
indifference the importation of sheep
from all countries except Canada, for
with that one exception no country
sends any sheep to England to compete
with native mutton except at very
much lower prices. There is. of course,
no good reason for Canadian mutton
out-selling that of the United States,
cither at home or abroad, but it does do
It, and simply because more attention
and skill are devoted to the work of
making it There is nothing in the
soil, climate or feeding-stuffs of Canada
that necessarily make better mutton;
the materials are at hand here In as
great abundance and of as fine quality,
and therefore the only thing lacking
is the more skillful combining and feed
ing, and possibly breeding, to make a
quality of meat as fine as the world
can produce. Ex.
Streaks of Blond la Ksc-
The blemish referred to is a sign
that something is amiss with the egg
producing organs of the fowl, and I
should be inclined to say that the faul
ty eggs are all laid by the same fowl.
If this be so, and she can be distin
guished, I should advise "Leopards
town" to confine her for a time, feed
ing sparingly the while on hard corn;
so as to check the production of eggs.
It may be that matters will right them
selves under this treatment, but noth
ing more caa be done. I think it ex
tremely probable that the blood-spots
are the outcome of high feeding. On
more than one occasion I have noticed
that the spots are most frequent in
cases where a high percentage of eggs
is obtained, and that the eggs arc most
numerous in the spring months, when
hens lay more freely than at other
seasons. It by no means follows that
the hens have been overdone with
food, so far as mere feeding is
concerned, but it cannot be denied that
in the spring and early summer fowls
obtain much animal food in their daily
rambles, particularly when they have
free access to manure heaps or to plan
tations; in either of which there is al-
CEYLON BUFFALOES.
plowing, and to be sometimes milked,
though not often, as they are fierce and
troublesome and their yield of milk
small and of poor quality. Their flesh
is almost inedible. It is different, how
ever, with their cogeners from Southern
India, which are larger and tamer, and
are often Imported for dairy uses in
large numbers, for they are fairly tract
able, and give a good supply of whole
some milk. Being kept in the neighbor
hood of large towns, they are allowed
to feed upon the commons, where they
present an interesting sight to strang
ers, who arc astonished at their almost
ways a large supply of such food to
be had for the asking. Ex.
feriline.
For practical purposes it is not pos
sible to weigh out the coarse feeds,
and a great deal will have to be left
to the judgment of the feeder. If hay
alone is fed, give all the animal will
eat up clean twice daily. One-third to
one-fourth of the coarse fodders can
consist of straw. It is hardly economi
cal to feed over fifteen pounds of roots
daily. From 30 to 35 pounds of en
silage daily is sufficient. More than
this will disturb the digestion of some
animals, and also make many ccv.s
lose in flesh. Nine to twelve pounds
of hay or other coarse feed of a sim
ilar nature, together with 30 to 35
pounds of ensilage make sufficient
coarse fodder for an animal's daily
needs. It is not good economy to feed
over one-half of any leguminous crop,
either green or dry, in the total daily
coarse fodder ration. While the coarse
feeds can be fed according to the feed
ers' judgment observing the general
rules given above, it becomes neces
sary both for the sake of economy and
health, to weigh or carefully measure
the grain ration. The coarse feed will
furnish from 1.00 to 1.50 pounds of di
gestible protein and we add the con
centrated feeds primarily to secure the
extra 1.00 to 1.50 pounds of protein
necessary, to properly balance the ra
tion. Fcetlliifr and llroodlnest.
There is no doubt that feed has much
to do with the broodiness of the hen.
Corn fed as a nearly constant ration or
a part of that ration gives fat that helps
the tendency to sit. During the last
fallwinter and spring.a correspondent
of the Farmers' Review fed his hens
a very nitrogenous ration because he
wanted to get egg3. He has about 28
Plymouth Rock hens and his experi
ence with them in previous years had
been such that he did not doubt that
he would have all the broody hens he
wanted this spring. So he fed oats for
his main food, with bran and some
wheat. The eggs came all through No
vember, December, January, February,
March, April and to the present time
in May. But when the hens got through
laying one clutch of eggs this spring
they simply took a rest till they began
laying again. Not more than five hens
have wanted to sit this year, and they
did not seem to care whether they sat
or not One of them even refused to
cluck. When too late be awakened to
the fact that he had been feeding for
eggs and bad got them at the expense
of the other desired quality. Now he
has commenced to feed corn entirely,
hoping thereby to yet produce some de
gree of broodiness.
Nitrogenous Fertilizers. When a
soil is rich in humus it is seldom neces
sary to make any further application
of nitrogenous fertilizers, and as all
nitrogenous fertilizers are very quickly
soluble, and are soon lost to the soil
by both leaching and volatilizing, they
should never be used until the crop
has made a considerable growth.
The newest petticoats are dreadfully
expensive but lovely. They are made
of ribbon and lace alternating in inser
tion strips.
Health at ths Hems.
Mrs. Emma G. Foster, addressing
the Missouri Poultry association, said;
Roup has become a common disease.
The symptoms are swelled eyes, dis
charge from nostrils, and frequently
a rattling in the throat When none
of these symptoms appear it Is shown
by offensive breath. It usually comes
from dampness, and is to fowls what
heavy colds are to human individu
als, and results in diphtheria or cank
er. When roup appears in malignant
form, which makes its presence known
by a peculiar disagreeable odor, a most
excellent remedy is a sharp ax. Kill
all such affected birds and burn them.
There is no satisfaction or profit in
doctoring roupy fowls. Then work to
prevent the well fowls from taking the
disease. Keep, them dry and reason
ably warm; use asafoetida and car
bolic acid in drinking water, and thor
oughly clean and disinfect. Cleanli
ness is the key to success. If the fowls
do not have access to grael and sand,
this must be supplied. Grit is as es
sential as food, and they must have It
in some shape. Broken crockery and
glassware afford excellent grit. Coarse
ly ground oyster shell, ground flint,
etc., can be purchased by the barrel.
River sand is good. A flock of fowls
will soon devour a barrel of this; yet
sand is not a substitute for gravel.
Keep sharp gravel before the fowls and
they do better. Digestion will not be
complete unless the food is fully masti
cated. England Kxeladea Foreign Cattle.
The British parliament has at last
passed the bill making permanent the
exclusion of cattle from foreign coun
tries except such animals as shall be
slaughtered at ports of entry. The
Canadians are most concerned, for it
strikes them hardest. Many English
farmers have been accustomed to pur
chase live cattle of the Canadians and
fatten them on the English pastures.
They bought them at ;i rate low enough
to allow a reasonable profit on the
transaction. American cattle have
been long since debarred from this
privilege. The bill has been passed
really in behalf of the cattle raisers of
Great Britain, but the pretext is that
disease exists in Canada.
hairless, uncouth forms, the very ex
emplification of ugliness. The wonder
is still further increased when the awk
ward beasts, to avoid the mid-day heat,
walk deliberately into the neighboring
ponds, submerging their bodies until
their noses, raised almost perpendicu
larly, protrude above the waters, pre
senting the appearance of a shoal of
alligators. No successful attempt at
crossing these buffaloes with true cattle
has, I believe, been made, the mixed
progens whenever any appeared, hav
ing died young. From the Farmers'
Review.
IIn Vary aa Ijtrera.
In regard to the number and size of
eggs I remember two pullets that laid
much larger eggs than others of the
same age and breeding, and more than
the average number. One of the pullets
was somewhat undersized. There were
also two other pullets laying very
small eggs, and much more than the
average in number, blank days occur
ring at long intervals. These observa
tions extended only during the few
months of hatching, not for the entire
season. So far as breeds go, itahas been
my experience to get the fewest eggs
from hens laying large ones. From
Houdans, laying very large eggs, very
satisfactory numbers were obtained.
Leghorns gave more of considerably
smaller size, and Hamburgs produced
a much greater number of very small
eggs. The Houdans, howeer, were
confined much of the time. The Leg
horns some of the time, while the
Hambmgs had almost unlimited run
most of the year. This was fifteen or
20 years ago. and I cannot now give
more specific records, for I did not then
appreciate the importance of collecting
them. Later experience with Minorcas,
which laid very large eggs, was to the
effect that they were less prolific than
the Leghorns.
Eggs from nine Leghorn hens, laying
on the average for the jear, 113 eggs,
averaged 1.90 ounces each, while eggs
from nine other hens fed the same, and
whose average egg production was a
fraction over 93 egss, averaged 1.91
ounces each. Two hens averaging 114
eggs each during their second year,
produced eggs that averaged 1.93 ounces
in weig'it, and two other similar hens,
whose egg production was 72 eggs each,
laid eggs averaging exactly the same in
weight. A Ccchin hen w hose eggs aver
aged 2.22 ounces in weight, laid 122
during the year. Another (same breed
and food) laid 130 eggs, averaging 1.90
ounces. Of two Leghorns whose eggs
averaged the same in weight, viz., 2.01
ounces, one laid 132 eggs and the other
62 eggs during the year. Individual in
stances show such variations as to indi
cate no general relation between num
ber and size of eggs, and enough data
are net available to justify conclusions
from the averages. I have always
thought, however, that the hen laying
very large eggs, as a rule, laid fewer
than the average. William P. Wheeler,
in Rural New Yorker.
An Egg Sample. In Bayport items
the Sayville News says that from a
careful record kept by Miss Cornelia
Snedicor, her 100 hens laid during the
year to March 1, 1896, 10,299 eggs, or
an average of 103 eggs to each hen.
There have been larger averages for
individual hens even so high, we be
lieve, as 150 or more, in a few In
stancesbut for so large a number of
fowls these figures are remarkably
good. If we assume that these e?gs
sold for an average of 20 cents per
dozen, and that is a moderate esti
mate, they brought $171.65, or ncariy
$1.75 to a hen. Surely not a bad show
ing, merely as an egg sample.
A Pig and Lamb. A pig will awaken
the neighbors with his squeal when
fast, but a lamb will lie still and die.
Often they crawl off into some hole to
rest, and have not enough sense to find
their way back again, and there they
soon chill and die, when very youug
They need care in numberless ways.
Exchange.
Better Than IStel.
A person went to the poatoflce the
other day and asked what a money
order for $2.50 woald cost The deputy
said three cents. He said he would
take one. Writing it oat and giving it
to him, he handed over the three cents,
"Yon owe me $"-'.50, please," said the
other. "Why, yon said it was three
cents." An explanation set in. He
gave up the order, but will always
wonder why the man changed his
mind. That happened in Roanoke,,
and dates and names can be given, as
several were standing by. Armstrong
(Ma) Herald.
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