Vfc" .sp v-".': r.-fc - -iSSP -en? 5?.a -.. -"vatfj-i -"W'sP ") -i v .. a - . : '. 'rf m S" ST' 5lt X 11! . my 'T t& 3f -?v !& ' ?1 . .ft ' r i-. l i f -, ;. . . ;i - . -' a :J i few-': -. h 5 m 8S n i m ft k !:&. -."- l i 15. 'i ? tr1?- - ir-i . fff is J l, ?&? i J-.-r -M -v.-r - wr 1 'trf'T "T - . l - Iatfce acriemUwal'liBe.TesaalMds all other states ia the variety of its products. CcttoB.cora.'andthe cereals prow aad are' raised ia erery saetkm of . the state aad ia the central aad south er portions sajrar caae aad sorghum caae are profitably cultivated, . On the Gulf Coast two or three crops of veg etables are raised each year. Berries are shipped six weeks in advance of the home crop in the north. Pears, peaches, pluau, oranges, figs, olives, aad auts all grow abundantly and can be marketed from two to three weeks in. advance of the California crops. Large quantities of rice are now grown. . If the land seeker, the home seeker, . and the settler desires to secure a farm larger than the one he occupies, on vastly more reasonable terms; if he ' wants more land to cultivate, a greater I variety of crops to .harvest, with pro portionately increased remuneration, at a less outlay for cost of production; if he wants an earlier season, with . correspondingly higher prices; if he , wants milder winter, all the year pas- -.turage for his stock, improved health, increased bodily comforts and wealth and prosperity he should po to Texas. ; Send for pamphlet descriptive of the resources of this great state (mailed free). Low rate home seekers' excur- sions via the Missouri, Kansas & Texas . railway on Tuesday, November 17th, December 1st and 15th, 1896. H. A. . . Cherrier Northern Passenger agent, 32G . Ufarquette Building, Chicago, III. . The Best Way or Fistula Balbs. After ordering your bulbs set about . getting a compost ready in which to pot them. As good a soil as any is one composed of ordinary garden loam, sands, and well-rotted cow manure in " equal parts. One-third sand may seem . like too much of a good thing, but it isn't Nowhere in the world are bet ter bulbs grown than in Holland,whose .soil is nearly all sand. Better bulbs can be grown in clear sand, properly fertilized, than in the richest of soil without sand. Mix your compost well ." and have it line and mellow. It is very important that the manure should be Void. Fresh manure is harmful to all bullmus plants, out or in doors. I Should advise the growing' of several bulbs in the same pot- Ladies1 Honia .Journal. Merchants Hitel, Oiafca. COKSIUC FIFTEENTH AND FAItXAM STS. Street cars pass the door to and from both depots; in business center of city. Headquarters for state and local trade. Kates S-' and S3 per day. PAXTOX & DAVENPORT, Prop's. Indianapolis Journal: "Happened to see your wife on a wheel yesterday. If . I remember, I heard you declare you would never allow her to ride?"' "Yes, I know, but she had a chance to trade off her pup dog for a wheel and I thought I would choose the least e'viL' TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT. Take Laxative IJrotno Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure, :5c "We're going to have an entirely new kind of writing in our schools this 3'ear," said Tom to his mother. "It's all to be perpendicular after this in stead of slantindicular. 1 guess it's because the slantindicular looked so lazy." Harper's Bazar. . Cascarets stimulate livcr.kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. Xo college graduate ever became old enough to lorgot all his college foolishness. Eyes Ers nose siro moro or 1c? affected t cstsrrh. which is c&uncd ty Impure blood, cure catarrh fcy parUylac tho blood. Itetnember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the lcst-ln fact the One True Wood Turincr Uv1 DSII0 are tast'!!". mild, effee tlOOd S PHIS uve. All drueglsts. 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An attractive sweet dish that is choice eaoarh to serve at a laneheoB, consists of tart baked apples covered' with syrup containing' nuts and can died fruits and serve with whipped cream. Peel aad core nice apples, lay them ia a baking dish and pour over them a half cupful.of cold water. Put in the oven, which should be hot, and when they begin to cook sift over them granulated sugar. Cook until soft, but aot until the sections lose their shape. Make a syrup of a cupful of water, half a cup of sugar and a tablespoon of strained lemon juice. Measure two table spoons of almonds, blanch them and cut in bits. Add these to the sy rup together with two tablespoons of candied cherries chopped with the nuts or raisins When the syrup reaches the boiling- point, let it simmer thirty minutes. Put the apples with a spoon in a low, fiat dish, skim out the fruit' from the syrnp and sprinkle around them. Serve very cold. New York Post. The Beat Work. Generally good, useful work, whetber of the hand or head, is either ill paid or not paid at all. I don't say it should be so, but it always is so. People, as a rule, only pay for being amused. For being cheated, not for being served. Five thousand a year to your talker and a shilling a day to your fighter, digger and thinker, is the rule. None of the best head work in art, literature or science is ever paid for. How much do you think Homer got for his "Iliad?" Or Dante for his "Paradise?" Only bitter bread and salt and going up and down other people's stairs There is more Catarrh in this section of the ountry than all other diseases put to gether, and until the last few years wa- supposed to be Incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable. Science has proven catarrh t Ihj a coiistitiutlonal disease, and, therefore, requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., To ledo, O., is tho only constitutional euro on the market It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to u spoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. '1 hey oflVr One Hun dred Dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad. dress, F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists. 75c Gingerbread. The secret of making dark, crackly" gingerbread, shiny on top, is to bear in mind that the shortening must be poured boiling hot on the molasses, and that the mixture must be beaten as little as possible. The flour should be mixed in with a few deft turns of the spoon. Pour one-half of a large teacup of boiling hot shortening, lard and butter mixed upon one-half pint of New Orleans molasses, add two ta blespoonfuls of raillc ond one of ground ginger, then sift in a generous half pint of flour, to which a tcaspoonful of baking soda has been added, lastly, one well beaten egg. then mix, with out beating, and bake in one large tin plate or small dripping pan. Serve hot, and break, not cut, at the table. Do not use baking powder as the cream of tartar will spoil the cake, the molas ses neutralizes the effect of the soda quite as effectually. If a chocolate icing, such as is used on eauclaircs is liked, the glazed effect may be pro duced if this rule is strictly followed: Grate two squares of unsweetened chocolate, add a half cup of granulated sugar, a tablespoon ful of boiling wa ter and a teaspoonful of vanilla, boil fire minutes. While still warm, but not hot, spread on the cake. This may be eaten fresh, but not hot. An Kgg Cocktail to llrgin the Day. The man who wants a cocktail in the morning which does not contain any alcohol and which acts as a bracer can now get one if he applies at any well regulated cafe for an "egg cock tail' An egg cocktail is a very sim ple and harmless concoction. It is well known in certain sections of the city already. Here is the way it is made: .Take an egg and break it into a glass, put in pepper and salt, squeeze the juice of a lemon into the glass, and your cocktail is ready. The lemon juice is credited with the ability to re move any unpalatable taste the raw egg may contain. New York Times. Aa Important Difference. To make it apparent to thousands, who think themselves HI, that they are not afflicted with any disease, but that the system simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort home to their hearts, as a costive condition is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Company only, and sold by all druggists. Honored by Name. A little French woman. Mile. Cones don, who recently won fume for her self by her predictions regarding cy clones, has had named after her a tiny thing which women call a bonnet and men dub a folly. It is a bit of tulle gold ribbon and a cluster of diamond butterflies, and would seem to be about the size for theatre wear. Indeed, these gold lace and spangled effects look well onlv for such occasions. I I elicve my f roinpt use of Piso's Curt prevented quick tonsunijtion. Min. Lucy Wal.acc. ilaniuot. Kan.. Ie; l- 'LCi. Many ieop e want to move mountain? simply to attract attention to themselves Mrs. II. C. Ayer of Kichford, Vt,, writes: "After having fever I was very much debilitated and had dys pepsia so bad I could scarcely cat anything. A little food caused bloat ing and burning in the stomac with pain and much soreness in mj side and a great deal of headache. My physician seemed unable to hell? me and I continued in this condition until I took Dr. Kay's Itenovatci which completely cured me." Sole by druggists at -." cts. and 51. Sei advt. After a man asses fifty he never hojx.' to te out of debt. Mn. Wlatleir'e tiootbiaa; Rjrup For ohIldfnteethinp.)f!entliojrn ms. red ii ce inflam mation, allays pain, cures tiii,J coII-. Irfcrntsabottlc Amateur painters hate each other nearly as much as young doctors. Just try a 10c finest liver and made. box of Cascarets, the bowel regulator ever Cheerful giving alw ays makes the giver rich. yila ! A THOUGHT THAT KILLED A MAN! HE thought that he could trifle - with disease. He was n-a down in health, felt tired and worn out, complained of dizzi ness. bilioasness, backaches aad headaches. His liver and kidneys were cut of order. He thought to set well by dosing; himself with cheap remedies. And then came the ending. He fe!! a victim ta Bright's disease! The money he ought to have in vested in a safe, reliable ledy went for a tombstone. eggM is the aajy standard remedy ia the world for kidney and Hvar camplaints. It is the ewy remedy which waarveiaauBy prescrme. it is taeoMy remedy that is hack ed hv the testimony off thou sands whom it has relieved THKKE IS MOTHIIIQ CLE THAT CAM TAKE ITS PIA MMUMI AAAVVVW& m&& FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Seaae Up-to-date Hlata AWat CeUlva tloa ef the SU aa TfsMa There Hortlealtwre, Tltlealtare aa neai caltare. HE correct time to dig potatoes is a matter of consider able concern to tbe potato grower, aad especially if there are symptoms''? rot in the crop. A correspondent of the Country Gentle man made inquiry in regard to this matter, to which the following reply was made: "If the tubers have begun to show the discoloration of the potato rot, it is better to dig them at once. If the vines are dead or nearly so, the tubers will not grow any more, and by leaving them in the ground the sound ones will bo liable to be infected by the spores of the fungus which are yet in or on the ground, but which succeeding rains will wash down in the soil and bring into contact with the tubers, where they will do their hateful work. If the tops are not yet dead, they will only serve to increase the crop or. spores, which drop from them to the ground and which by the next soaking rain will probably be carried down and brought in contact with the tubers, thus increasing the destructive work. If the tops are not dead, and we could be sure of no more rain for a few weeks, it would, perhaps, do to leave the tubers in the ground, but this is not a certainty, nor is It desirable. If the tubers are dug and only the sound ones stored in a cool, dark, dry cellar, the surface having first been dried, they will not be likely to rot. Some times, however, the rot continues to de velop after the tubers are stored. This is brought about in two or three ways. The tuber may be affected, but the fungus is in such an early stage of de velopment that it has not yet produced a sufficient discoloration to be noticed. The rot in such cases will be likely to develop and make its presence known in due time. Again, there may be spores in contact with the surface of the pota to, but which have not yet sent their germinal threads into its flesh. If the potatoes are put in the cellar while yet moist or with moist lumps of earth ad hering to them.the dampness will cause these spores to germinate, and the po tato will, in due time, show signs of rot In the third place, an affected tuber may communicate the disease to a sound one with which it is ic contact. It is desirable, therefore, that they be stored in crates or in shallow bins, so that they can be more surely kept dry and more easily examined and any af fected ones that may appear be quickly taken out. Moisture is the friend of rot, dryness its enemy. -Last season there was little or no rot. There was not rain enough to carry what spore3 may have been produced into the ground deep enough to come in contact with the tubers. This season the case is different. Arc Wheat Varieties Degenerating; The general failure of the wheat crop in Ohio this year has caused many farmers to think that their wheat is "running out," and the desire to change seed is more general than it has been for some years past, judging from let ters received at the experiment sta tion. While there is undoubtedly a great difference in the vigor of differ ent varieties of wheat and their adap tation to various soils and climates, the tests made at the experiment station encourage the belief that a variety adapted to the soil and conditions of a given locality will tend to improve, rather than degenerate, if proper care be exercised in selecting seed from year to year. To illustrate: tbe two varieties of wheat which head the list at tbe Ohio station in a ten-year test, Valley, which has given the largest yield per acre, and Penquite's Velvet Chaff, which has given the heaviest average weight per bushel, are both varieties which originated or were first distributed from southwestern Ohio, fifteen to thirty years ago. These va rieties are not proof against all unfav orable conditions, and every season they are excelled in yield by some oth er sorts, but no one sort has yet been able to overtop either of them in the points mentioned in the average of a long continued test. Farmer's Garden in October. Not a weed should be left in the berry garden this fall. Destroy nox ious seed and insect eggs by burning all weeds, dead brush and vines thus saving much labor another season. Let the ground be clean and apply a liberal dressing of fine manure over the entire surface. Having nursed the infant plants into vigorous growth and pro tected them from insect enemies and disease do not now neglect the most important part of successful berry ! growing. As heretofore stated. Win ter protection is an absolute necessity for growing small fruits successfully in a Northern climate. It should be practiced in every locality where the temperature reaches zero, or below. Even in localities where plants show no injury, and among those considered most hardy, the vitality is often af fected, and the succeeding crop very much reduced. The best winter pro tection for blackberries, raspberries and grapes consists in laying them down and covering lightly with dirt. If plants have been well mulched in sum mer with green clover, clean straw, or coarse manure, as they should be, less dirt is required by using this mulch ing. In laying plants down (the rows running north and south), commence at the north end, remove the dirt from the north side of the hill about four inches deep; gather tbe branches in close form with a wide fork, raising it toward the top of the bush and press gently to tbs north, at the same time placing ths foot firmly on the base of the hill, and press hard toward the north. If the ground is hard, or bushes old, a second man may use a potato fork instead of tho foot, inserting same deeply, close to south side of hill, and press over slowly, bending the bush, in tbe root until nearly flat on the ground. The bush is then held down with wide fork until properly covered. The top of. suc ceeding hill should rest near the base of preceding hill, thus making a contin uous covering. This process is an im portant one, but is easily acquired with a Jittle practice. In the spring remove the dirt carefully with a fork, and slowly rrfse the bush. With hardy varieties, and in mild winters, suffi cient protection may be had by laying down and covering the tips only. Grapes, being more flexible, are laid down without removal of dirt near the vine. There is no more important work on the fruit farm, or garden, than winter protection, and there is no work more generally neglected. Let it 'be done thoroughly, after frosts have some, and before winter set lev , Color la tke Gardeav What one chiefly needs te ttEdy In the color effects of our flower garden! Is gradation, says a writer in Haraer'i Bear. It is to plant our comparative ly small spaces so that one tint ma lie softly against another,, each on leading up to or melting into solidei and deeper and more compact blossom leaving fringes of color to mingle an lose themselves in lighter or darkei tints and tones. If this gradual in tensiflcation of color is possible in wll? masses, and with only one tint to dea with, it is still more easily posslblf with the various colors which are at the command of the flower-gardener, who can control a greater variety and bring within small space flowers and species from all distances and lands. One can produce the effect of. grada tion and Intensification of color by number of tints instead of breadth of space, Just as a painter, within the small circle of his palette, can arrange the Infinite gradation which leads from the upper blue through all the clear light green spaces which lie be tween it and the orange and crimson parallels of a sunset sky; and certainly if he can do this, we can produce with in the bounds of a garden wall, in tints of nature's own manufacture, something akin to the sweep of color made by the painter-hand of nature. Of course these color effects must be changeable ones, for flowers vary with the months, whole tribes of them elect ing to blossom in June, and perhaps other tribes in July, and others again in August and September, or even, like the chrysanthemum, come to their crown in late October weather. So for this reason, if for no other, we must know our flowers well before we at tempt to juggle with them. We must understand their times and seasons, and not undertake a gradation or a contrast with flowers, one species of which may have chosen June for its season and another have elected to blossorr in September. In this assem blage of friends, where we wish to get the most beautiful result of friendli nessperfect harmony we must take careful thought about our invitations, and try to pair the habits and prefer ences of our guests. Stmv Silo In New York. A seed firm in western New York is sending wagons through the country advertising seeds, and offering to put up round or tub silos for farmers, says Rural New Yorker. One of our readers describes this silo as follows: The silo they erect is built of pine about two inches thick, grooved or matched. On the ends of the staves, where more than one length is required for the height of the silo, a piece of iron is used, by sawing into the end of each piece. They use heavy iron hoops and screws that may be tightened as re quired. Coal tar is used in putting it toðer, and a metal roof also. A silo 12 feet in diameter and 20 feet in height is put up for $72, which seems very reasonable. We are investigating this manner of doing business, and shall, doubtless, have more to say about it As to the value of "tub" silo, reports are largely in its favor. Herf is a note from Prof. Clinton of Cornell that is worth reading: "This price for putting up the silo of the dimensions given can be lowered by any farmer. There is not the slightest necessity for having the staves grooved. The success of the tub silo is unquestioned. I have just visited one that has been in use the past year, and the ensilage kept per fectly. The dimensions of this one are 13 feet diameter by 30 feet high. Tho charges made against the tub silo that it will fall to pieces in the summer I found utterly false, for this one was standing in good condition. I shall recommend the building of tub silos aa being tbe best and cheapest for the farmer." Crace for Lhlpping- Fowls. I have shipped a large number of fowls to breeders and fanneis in all the western and southern states and never had but one injured, says Col man's Rural World. For one Ply mouth Rock cock I make the coop 16 inches wide, 18 inches long and 20 high; for two or three hens, 16 inches wide, 16 high and 24 long; for cock or two hens, same width and length, but 20 inches high. The bottom is tight, one-half inch stuff with one strip across each end and one across the middle underneath. Sides, ends and tops are made of plastering laths placed one-half inch apart No cloth, paste board or paper is used. The only bird I ever failed to land safe and sound at its destination was placed in a coop lined with cloth and open only at top. It met with disaster in a warm express car and arrived looking weary and sad, and soon after it turned up its toes. I use lath coops to conform to the new reduced rate rule of the express com panies and to secure good ventilation. A fowl that can't stand ventilation is of no value as a breeder. In a proper ly constructed coop a fowl will go to the farthest corner of the country as safely as to roost Unsuccessful Spraying. On the sub ject of unsuccessful spraying, the Mis- souri Experiment Station Bulletin says: results from spraying, but these experi ments show, while all diseases cannot be immediately ami totally eradicated, that continued spraying will cause the fungous diseases mentioned to grow less each year. One intelligent fruit-grower sent word to the station that he had carefully sprayed according to direc tions, but that there was more scab on his sprayed than on his unsprayed trees. A careful examination of apples from his orchard revealed the fact that they were badly burned (probably by impure chemicals or too strong a mix ture), but there was no trace of fungous disease in his fruit. The Home Butter ?Iarket After all it is the home butter market that is of the greatest interest to Americans. The annual increase of population, if that population be in a position to sup ply its wants, means an increase- of more than 2 per cent demand each year. The expansion of the market to such an extent will probably con sume all the butter and cheese that can be made, provided that those articles be good and honest and have the confi dence of the would-be consumers. Leaving the Farm. It is generally a mistake for the farmer's boy to leave the farm, and in quite as many in stances it is also a mistake for the old man to leave and move to lov.n. It is a m.stake for the boy to think he knows as much as his father. Tho latter may not be the more intelligent of tbe two, but he at least has the benefit of a great deal of experieacc that the boy has not acquired. Ex. The supply of pure water for our barnyards is very little regarded. Cowit are compelled to drink foul or brackish water, or that which is tented from the yard. The effect indirectly must be injurious to ourselves by poisoning the milk; but think also of the snnoy anccand suffering of t&c animals. I it is estlaiated that GISCvO sheep S were killed by dogs last year. DAIKY AND POULTRY. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READER9. How Saccessfel Farmers Operate This Department ef the Farm A Few Hints as te the Care of Live Stock aad Foaltrjr. WISCONSIN ex periment station agricultural report says: An effort was made at the close of each of the per iods of the experi ment to ascertain whether the cows, of their own choice, would take water at one temperature in preference to that of another. The trial was made by tak ing two pails of water, one at the tem perature of 32 degrees F., and the other at 70 degrees F., and placing befoe the cow, first the water whose tem perature was that which she had been taking during the period just closed. After allowing her to swallow two or three times this pail was replaced by the other and after she had tasted It the two were placed side by side be fore her. The results were these: Gov.'s Heifer, whether she had been on warm water or on cold, invariably ;hose the iced water in preference to he warm, and so strong, vrere her preferences that she tried to get water from the barnyard on one day when the snow was melting. It must be noted, however, that this cow gave most milk and solids on the water whose temperature she disliked. The other cows always preferred the water at 70 degrees to that at 32 degrees, but if they were just going off a cold water period they would usually drink in differently from either pail until thirst was p'artly slacked, after which they trould always refuse the iced water. The cows going off water at 70 degrees would always refuse the water at 32 degrees. The cows' preferences for water at the ordinary temperature of water in the well, as compared with that for water at 32 degrees and 70 degrees, were also tested with the re sult that, except Gov. Heifer, the water at 70 degrees was chosen by all the cows at the close of the second period. On the 26th of March, as the cows were taken off the experiment and when the temperature of the air was 18.7 degrees F., the cows were offered their choice between water at 32 de grees and 43 degrees and between 70 degrees and 95 degrees. On this trial Rose drank indifferently of water at 95 and 70 degrees, Dollie showed a slight preference for water at 70 de grees over that at 95 degrees, and Jes sie refused the 95 degrees and took 13 degrees in preference to 70 de grees. These three cows had been taking water at 32 degrees. Emma, Queen, awl Gov. Heifer, which had been taking water at 70 degrees during the last period disliked the water at 95 degrees. When water at 43 degrees and 70 degrees were set before Emma sae drank first from the coldest but returned to the warmest. Queen took water at both 43 and 32 degrees, show ing a preference for that at 43 degrees, but when water at 70 degrees was of fered her she took that at 32 degrees instead. Gov. Heifer manifested a slight preference for water at 43 de grees instead of that at 32 degrees. Using the cows' preferences as a basis for judgment they appear to indicate that, in the majority of cases during cold weather, cows would prefer water at 70 degrees to that at 32 or 43 degrees, but some like it best at 32 degrees. When the weather becomes warmer and reaches 48 to 50 degrees F their preferences for water at 70 degrees are less strong, and at such times only exceptional cows, if any, would choose water at 95 degrees F. The fact that two of the cows which had been taking cold water during the last period chose warm water instead, and that the three cows which had been taking warm water cither preferred cold to warm, or showed but slight preference for it, suggests that even should it be finally settled that it pays to warm water for cows in winter, it may also be desira ble to have cold water where the cows can have it for a change. There is another set of facts which may be presented as indicating both a preference on the part of the cows for water at 70 degrees F. over that at 32 degrees and a possible advantage to be derived from a change of tem peratures. They are these: If we de termine the average amount of water drank daily by each cow during the first five days of each period and com pare these with the averages of the last five days of each period we shall find that while the cows were on cold water they took on the average nearly five pounds more water each, daily, during the first five days than they did during the last five days: while when on warm water the average for both sets of days is sensibly the same, suggesting that these cows tired sooner of the water at 32 degrees than of that at 70 degree F. Successful Feeders. We have never been able to enume rate all the qualities that are necessary to make a successful feeder. At first sight it would appear that fPgive cattle sufficient food for a long time enough to make them fat should be simple enough, but as a matter of fact more than this is required, and few men make a steady and uniform success of it, says Colman's Rural World. There are, however, men who almost always make money at it The reason is that few men are good judges of cattle, which is the main point. During these last few years it has been necessary to make cattle very thoroughly ma tured and finished to get anything like a respectable price. In fact, it is a hardship for feeders to be put to the expense of these finish ing touches, for it costs a great deal and it seems to us that several dollars a head are often wasted for the sake of looks. The appearance of the cattle on the market, their uniformity of size and condition, cuts a great figure. Ani mals of fine quality showing plainly the points of the great breeds sell eas ily at the top, while what the stock yards people call old-fashioned cattle, short of body and with upright horns, are habitually murdered on the mar ket even when very fat These old fashioned cattle, the common natives, do not dress well, and certainly arc not attractive to look at; and it is in this that the westerns have an ad vantage, for they kill exceedingly well and yield a greater proportion of eat able flesh. Heavy Horses. A Michigan correspondent of Coun try Gentleman, and formerly an advo cate for medium weight horses, writes as follows: About five years ago I bought a team of heavy horses, weight about 1,500 pounds each, more because I could not find what I wanted in light er weights than from any good judg- j ment of my own. I had not bad the j aTfcr?vSSjL team a week before their superiorl over the other teams on the farm was proved. They moved off with a plow with much less fatigue. They drew heavy loads with far greater ease in fact, they were masters of the situation wherever put at work. I found that it took nn trior to keen them than tne lighter horses, unless it may be that !jnXnu fat SM-,re i7 .. - ii,i mnra hiv for in the'r condition. This naturally in- they consume a little more hay. , terested them and kept them on the they receive the same grain ration a3 Uptoe of cxpcctatjon For several days the others. And as for road work, we , bgfo,. the removal their excitable na do not need to put the farm horses be- tures were all wrought up, and on the fore a carriaee. and when it comes to day of removal their excitement was takine loads to town thev walk faster than the others, besides hauling con siderably more at a load. So great was tho change in my opinion on the sub ject of heavy horses for farm work that I have since bought another team of the same kind. These two teams do the hardest, heaviest work on the farm at all times, all the heavy plowing, which it would require three lighter horses to manage. For certain kinds of work the smaller horses are all right For cultivating, mowing, light dragging and certain other things en any farm they answer every purpose, or to the small farmer who has not work enough at any time of the year to hurry him. He can take his time and not rush things as they have to be rushed on a large farm, but when it comes to a big day's work on disk harrow or plow, or where great strength Is required, give me the heavy horses every time. A heavy horse is not necessarily a slow one, nor need he be an awkward one. A horse of heavy weight should not be so fat as to be a burden to himself either, but in good, fair condition, with no pro truding bones. More grain and less hay should be the rule on most farms. Where the farming is extensive enough to warrant keeping two teams let one of them be heavy. They will take all the heavier work off the smaller team, and these may be used for light road work when required. The ltees of Nebraska. Some of the finest honey in the United States comes, and is coming in larger volume every year, from Ne braska, says a contemporary. Though only in its infancy, bee culture in Ne braska Is getting each year more im portant, and in 1895, 300,000 pounds of strained honey was marketed in Ne braska at the averaee nrice of 10c a pound. In California, first among the states in the product of honey, the number of beehives by the last com putation of the department of Agricul ture was 60,000, and the product amounted to 2,000,000 pounds of strained honey, 200,000 pounds of comb honey and 30,000 pounds of beeswax. California has nearly 15,000,000 fruit trees, besides 200,000 acres of vineland; but Nebraska may, at the present rate of progress, overtake it for with an area of less than half that of Cali fornia it had, by the last agricultural census, 4,000,000 fruit trees, besides grape vines to the number of 1,000,000 and fruit and flower nurseries cover 20,000 acres. The claim is made by Ne braska horticulturists that the nectar in the trees, flowers and clover lands of Nebraska gives a clearer, more staple and more marketable honey than that of any other state, and this is coupled with the declaration that on every farm of the state where honey is not produced, from 300 to 500 pounds of nectar is annually wasted which might be saved if bees were kept The cost of honey culture is nominal, ths outlay being limited to the purchase of the queen bees and the hives. The work of tending bees and saving the honey is light. The claim is made that the soil of Nebraska is especially well fitted for honey culture in connection with the farming and horticultural interests of the state, and certainly the farmers of Nebraska are in no respect backward in tho matter of 'tree planting, in which they have been, in fact, the pio neers. Arbor day had its origin in Ne braska. It was suggested as a day of Universal observance for farmers by a Nebraska man. It first received official recognition from the Nebraska state board of agriculture in 1874, when the second Wednesday of April was se lected as the day for tree planting, and this day is now a holiday by act of the legislature in twenty-one of the states, besides being a legal holiday in Colo rado, Kansas, North Dakota,Minncsota, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Texas, Montana, Utah, Rhode Island, Idaho and Nebras ka. Forty years ago Nebraska was a treeless prairie; now it has more than 75,000,000 trees of more than 100 varie ties. A state law exempts from taxa tion for five years in Nebraska $100 of valuation for each acre of fruit trees, and ?50 for each acre of forest trees planted, and at the last celebration of Arbor day in that state there were planted between sunrise and sunset, 1,600,000 trees. With the increase in the number of fruit trees and of flow ers, the possibilities of bee culture, for which tbe climate of Nebraska is espe cially well fitted, are constantly being enlarged. Kggs on Exhibition. At the Illinois state fair last week different breeds of fowls. They were of interest to all poultry scientists and others engaged in the study of poul try subjects. There were great dif ferences apparent in the shape, size and color of the eggs of different breeds. Probably we have not yet reached tho- point where the form and color of the egg cuts much of a figure in the eye of the public, but that such a time is coming is apparent. Such ex hibitions are commendable, as they present an object lesson easy to under stand. A close inspection of the eggs showed that the biggest fowls did not lay the biggest eggs. This is import ant. There is an impression that the larger the hen the larger the egg. The there were on exhibition eggs of the idea is not correct. It is not the large cow that gives the most milk, neither is it the largest hen that lays the largo egg. It was noticeable that the eggs of the White Leghorn were larger than some of the eggs of the larger breeds. When we consider how many more eggs a Leghorn hen will lay man the others asd how much less it costs to feed her, the extra profit is apparent. The egg producing hen is as much a special pur pose creation as fcie special butter mak ing cow. It lias been said upon good authority that scarcely a commercial seed is en tirely free from foreign admixture, owing either to accident or design. The practice of adulterating clover seed with fine stones and sand is common in France at the present time. In one sample from that country examined last year was found y.69 per cent of artificially colored yellow quartz stones, and 13.26 per cent cf uncolored brown ish sand. Similar instances have been reported recently from two of our American experiment stations. Some years ago a firm was discovered in Bohemia which was engaged in supply ing seed dealers with both colored and uncolored quartz sand for purposes of adulteration, at prices ranging from $1 to 2 per hundredweight. An eastern stockman says he used to grind corn and other grain for pigs, but that years of experience have i taught him that the most he got out i of it was hard work. Excitement Kills a Weaker. It is believed the monkeys in the zoo c new they were to be removed into better Quarters before it occurred, sav the Philadelphia Times. They had, no doubt, heard the new monke'y-housc talked about as the finest in the world by visitors and keepers, and realized almost nncontrolable, showing plainly iipcjr nau ucpb pusicu rejourning me eventful day. When tiie hour arrived a favorite monkey and splendid speci men of his kind was taken by his keep er from the old house to be quartered in the new one. It was seen that he was in a highly excited condition, and on the way to his new home he sud denly expired in the keeper's arras. It was a clear case of heart disease, brought to a fatal termination by the excitement thA !. I... . .-.1 ,.. . , A Suspicion. "I wonder why so many telephone operators are women?' said the man who cultiuates an idle curiosity. "I don't know," replied the misan thrope, 4unless it's because the occu pation puts them in a position to have the last word every time." Washing ton Star. Left Destitute! Xot of worldly goods, but of earthly com forts, is tho poor wretch tormented by ma laria. 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