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la winter sBontns the perspiratiea, so
fgofase in saatHier, almest cmm. Thai
throws back into the system the impari
ties that shoald have beea expelled
throagh tbe pons of the skia. Thisaad
other caases asakes the blood iaipare ia
sDriae. Boils, pimples, hi
ercptioas thea appear or
serioas disease may take its start. Hood's
Ssrssparilla k the remedy for Impart
blood in all its forms, as proved by its
marvelous cores of blood diseases. It is
therefore the medicine for yoa to take
in tnespriag. It ezpelhi sil hamors, aad
pats the whole system in good coaditioa
for warmer weather.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Sekt by all
druggists. gi;sixfarfA Get only Heed's.
vAi d:ii tne on,y p,8s to '
nOOa S flllS Wjtb Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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cause they're able to support a wife
nd half because they're not
Merit Means Meaejr Made.
You cannot advertise money out of peo
ple's pocket ail the time; you may do it
now and then, but if you don't give them
something of absolute merit in return, ad
vertising will never prove saccessfa!. The
kind of advertising that pays is advertising
a good thing. As it has 'merit the people
will use it again and again. Never has
this been better illustrated than in the
i. great success of the Cascarets, candy ca
thartic, that we have been lately advertis
ing in this paper. Ail druggists call Cas
carets, repeaters, that is, people buy them,
like them, and buy them again and recom
- mend them to their friends. Cascarets are
guaranteed to cure constipation or money
retunded, and are a delightful laxative and
liver stimulant; the best medicine ever
made. We recommend all our readers to
try thera.
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Moonshine has been found to have
a marked effect on stammering.
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"MY WIFE'S LIFE."
How I was the means
of saving it
When the lnngs are (attacked aad the
symptoms of consumption appear, then
bcjiius the struggle hetweca affection and
that destroying disease which slays its
thousand annually. It is a happy issue
to the struggle when disease is conquered
and health restored. Such an issue does
not always end the struggle, but it did in
the case of Mr. K. Morris. Memphis, Tcnn.,
who saw his wife wasting aad weakening
and physicians helpless, aad then sug
gested the itnp1e remedy that wrought
the cure. lie tells the story thus :
"Seven years ago, my wife had a severe
attack of lung trouble which the phy
sicians pronounced consumption. The
cough was cxtrcmciv distressing, espe
cially at night, and was frequently
attended with the spitting of blood. The
doctor being unable to help her. I in
duced her to try Itr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
and was surprised at the great relief it
gave. Before using one whole bottle she
was cured, so that now she is strong and
quite hcalthv. That this medicine avcd
iny wife' lite 1 have not the least doubt.
I always keep Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
in the house. Whenever any of tny family
have a cold or cough we use it, aad are
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Some time ago it was decided to
convey school children in Berlin to
and from school in special omnibuses,
on the theory that their morals and
manners were contaminated by riding
ia the public tram cars. But they
have been indulging in so many fights
and otherwise so misconducting them
selves that the special omnibus serv
ice has been discontinued. Among
other things they would constitute
themselves into a band of Corsaiis
and dump one or more of their num
ber into the street, They are now
r riding in the public tramcars and their
behavior is angelic.
Why isn't a vacation a sort of head
rest?
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ence of farmers who have become
wealthy in growing trheat, reports of
delegates, etc., and fnll information as
to reduced railway rates, can be had
on application to Department Interior,
Ottawa, Canada, or to W. V. Bennett,
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Jmat died ia Kansas Clay, wrote maay
icrcd soags under the pen name of
"TaTilaw." He was bora in Wales in
1M1, and began composing "songs
when a boy, many of his early efforts
taking prizes at Eisteddfoda He
came to this country in 1854, and with
his savings and with the income from
his musical compositions, bought a
large farm in Lebo, Coffey county,
Kansas. Farming proved an unprofit
able occupation for him, and he for
sook it in a few years and devoted
himself to the ministry, holding pas
torates in Youngstown, Ohio, and in
Emporia, Arvonia and Madison, Kan.
Illness had incapacitated him for act
ive worn during the last few years,
and at the time of his death he was
engaged in arranginghis compositions
in book form for publication.
A curious theory lately revived in
Italy is that the sap of a tree ebbs
and flows in sympathy with the tide3
of the ocean. A grower of vines gnd
fruit trees says that no tree should
be lopped or pruned except during the
hours of ebb tide. He has taken four
teen years to come to this conclusion,
and now always acts upon it The re
sult, it is said, is that his trees and
vines always exhibit beautiful foliaje
bear splendid crops and arc quite free
from the attacks of the insects which
devastate surrounding properties.
A Lobk look Ahead.
Politicians are even now weighing
the possibilities involved in the next
Presidential election. The papers are
full of predictions as to the future
which are somewhat too self-confident
But is safe to say that a systematic
course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
will renew health in the bilious, rheu
matic or nervous.
1
A wonderful fan is now being made
in Paris for the exposition in 1900.
Mrs. 'Wlnslow's HootMnje Synp
For child rrnteethlng.FortFnii the ?nDu.mlare! taflam
aullon, allays pain, cumirind coll?. 25 centcabotUe.
The calendar for the present vear
exactly reproduces that of 18S7.
Beauty U Blood Deep.
Clean blood means aclean skin. No beauty
without it. Cascarets. Candy Cathartic
cleans your blood and keens It clean, by Stir
ling uu the lazy liver and driving all Impu
rities from the body. Begin today to banish
pimples. Iioll. blotches, b ack heads, and that
sickly billons complexion by taking Casca
rets beauty for ten cents. All druggists,
satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 25c. 90c
At sea level an object 100 feet high
is visible a little over thirteen miles.
promptly cured." K. Morris, Memphis,
Tenn.
The question: "Is consumption cura
ble?" is still debated, and still debatable.
It is easy to say that this xas net a case of
consumption. Yet the physicians said it
was. They should know. As a matter
of fact. Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has
wrought so many similar cures that it
seems to argue the curablcncss of con
sumption, in its earlier stages, by the use
of this remedy. There is no better medi
cine for pulmonary troubles than Dr.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It gives relic! in
esses of Asthma, and Bronchitis, where re
lief has been heretofore unattainable. It
promptly cures Coughs and Colds. La
Grippe, and all affections of the throat
and lungs. Heretofore, Dr. Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral has been put up in full size
bottles only, at $1.00 per bottle. To meet
a world-wide demand for a smaller pack
age, the remedy is now put up in half size
bottles, at half price 50 cents. Write for
Dr. Ayer's Curcbook (free) and learn more
of the cures effected by Dr. Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral. Address J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell,
Mass.
The accidental generation of elec
tricity by friction of a hairdresser's
hand on a customer's htad produced
a spark which set fire to the vapor of
a hair wash containing kerosene.
Love is all right, but it makes a
man look silly to get a lace paper
envelope in his office mail.
Colorado Gold Field.
Colorado is the banner gold-producing
state in the Union. Production in
1897 over $20,000,000. This vear prom
ises to exceed $30,000,000. New strikes
are being made every day. Nothing
like since the days of '49. Would
you know all about these things?
Then send twenty-five cents for a six
months' trial subscription to the
"MINING WORLD," an eight-page
illustrated weekly paper. Regular
subscription, $1.00 a year. The news
iest mining newspaper in the world.
Address "World." P. O. Box 1611. Den
ver, Colorado-
Why isn't the false bang on a lady's
forehead a deck-lock?
Ban't Tebacco Spit ana Snake Year LHe Asa
AU 4Ulb lOIMVVV V40HJ ium awsa rw un
aetic. full of life, ntrve. and vigor, take No-To-
Bac. tne wonaer-wrraer. inaimasrawtakiiica
strong. All druggists, SOc or fl. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Cc., Chicago or New York.
Don't be witty. A man who says
a good thing always is expected to
keep on doing it
Star Tobacco is tne les&ing brand of
the world, because it is the best.
If a, man's single he's just as gocd as
married or just as bad.
llsos Cure lor Consumption is tne only
cough medicine 'used in my bouse. D. C
Albright, Mifflinrurr. Fa., Dee. 11, '93.
If a man has once failed he knows
how to enjoy subsequent success.
fftee'u ITaa
la tae oldest aad best- It wUl break up a eo'd al
than aajtaing elae. It is always reliable.. Try it.
Why do lovers always want more
i u loves ursi. kiss is sweeiesi:
Why do fashion's leaders always fol
low it?
Go to your grocer to-day
and get a 15c. package of
Grain-0
It takes the place of cof
fee at the cost.
Made from pure grains it
is nourishing and health
art year rroeer sires roe GRaJCI-O.
" AAQTC To ret our new Cat-
WWW I W aioguc. Hundreds of
saaafa.aasiBa !- people save hon
IVJW I fllllv dreds of dollars se
tectiBS Farnitare, Draperies, etc from It,
Seed tor it. It gives prices and pictures.
OKCHAKD a: Wff.HfXM CAKPKT CO,
1U3 Dousias BL. Omaha. Neb.
RTe Mj S MRRTIfRff tocuredrspep-
sia. constipation, lircr and kidney discases.bj
lionsness. fcesilache, etc. Atdruggistsi3c&fl.
W fol.
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The White Bibhoners are lnaJgmaat
over the action of Mrs. Pickett in
breaking a bottle of whisky orer the
prow of the battleship Kentucky,
launched at Newport News on March
25. Mrs. Pickett k the widow of the
confederate Virginia hero of Gettys
burg, and was an invited guest at the
launching. It ia said that as Miss
Bradley poised the bottle of water
to name the ship. Mrs. Pickett broke
the bottle of whisky, for which she
Is censured by the temperance people.
INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM.
Froat St Lawrence Fteiaasfjbr, Caatoa, IT. T.
To safer f or y ears with a prevaiUag paia
fal aUateat, which bailed skillf al vediral
treatmeat, yet which was cured by a simple
bousehold remedy, is the lot which befell
Mrs. George IRogers,of West Mala Street,
Canton, N. T.
"Thlrteea years ago,' said Mrs. Rogers
to a reporter, "I was attacked with inflam
matory rheumatism aad a complication of
diseases. YoBcaajudgesomewaatofwaat
I endured, whea yoa look at these hands.
They were distorted, twisted aad swollen.
My foot, too, is so much out of shape that
the bigtoe lays across the others, the end
touching the little toe.
"Notwith
standing lam
i. years old,
II have a pleas
Nr"Bt home
I andother
"Ii comforts, life
i to me was far
from enjoy
able, for all
other things
pale into in
significance when yoa are
without good
health. I
GoestoCharch.
tried different doctors and many proprie
tary remedies, bat was not beneated.
Last March I tried Dr. Williams' Pink
POls for Pale People and before I bad finish
ed the first box I began to feel that they
were doing me good. I continued using
them and steadily grew better.
"Ihaveased thirteen boxes of the puis
and to-day feel better than for the past fif
teen years. My appetite is good, I feel
bright, cheerful and have a deslra to live
and enjoy society.
"I have been a member of the Methodist
church for many years, but for six years
was unable to attend. I am able now to at
tend the church services regularly and cer
tainly appreciate that privilege. I consider
Dr. Williams' Pink PUIS for Polo People a
wonderful medicine and am confident no
other medicinecould have effected the won-,
derfnl cure they have in my case." Dr.
Williams' Fink Pills for Pale People are
composed of vegetable remedies that exert
a powerful influence in purifying and en
rkhingthe blood thus curing manydiseases.
No woman ever has such perfect
confidence in her husband that she
never tries to catch him in a trsp.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
We, the undersljrned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac
tions ana financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
O.; Waldlng. Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale
Drugcibts. Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Trice, 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Hall's family pilis are the best.
Astronomers tell us that in our so
lar system there are at least 17,000,
000 comets of all sizes.
Edacate Tour Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic cure couBtipation forever,
Kte, 25c DC C C fail, druggists refund money.
Any demagogue can talk patriotism,
but it takes a man to live it and vote
it-
Shake lata Your Shoes.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. It cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting
or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it to
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for 25c in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen
S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. T.
Why shouldn't a rope learn some
thing when it is taut?
Ko-To-Bae for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weal
men strong, blood pure. 50;. 51. All druggists
If a fat man is anxious to lose flesh
all he has to do is to shave himself.
HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA.
Has a Good Fans, Lots of Stock aad
Fays Little Taxes.
Dominion City, Man., Jan. 17, 1898.
At the
request of
the Immi
gra tion
of
the Cana
dian Got
ernment, I
give the following information:
I immigrated to Manitoba in October,
1892, from Luvcrne, Rock County,
Minn., and took land in Dominion City,
Manitoba, where I now reside. I have
been very successful in Manitoba, and
have more than doubled my capital
since I went to Canada. I took about
12,500 worth of wheat, 200 bushels of
flax and 600 bushels of oats; I do mix
ed farming. I milk as many as ten
cows. Dairying and stock raising has
paid me well. I have on the farm now
44 head of cattle and 18 head of horses,
and sold during the past year, 1897,
425 worth of fat cattle. I have good
buildings and a comfortable house and
good stable. My children have had
better school advantages in Manitoba
than they had In 'Minnesota. The dis
trict schools are very thorough and
good. My son, now 16 years of age,
is teaching the public school In our
district, and receives a salary of $420
per year. All my children have done
well at school. I have $1,700 insur
ance on my buildings on the farm. I
also own my personal warehouse, and
ship all my grain through it to the
railway station at Dominion City. It
is free of debt.
I have no prejudice against the state
of Minnesota, as I. made a living and a
little more while in the state, but
would not take a farm as a gift in
Minnesota and leave Manitoba. The
taxation in Minnesota was too great
I paid taxes on my stock and chattels.
No such taxes have ever been exacted
in Manitoba from me, and my land
tax is about one-half or less than
it was in Minnesota. I am delighted
with my new home, and expect In a
few years to be In circumstances that
will enable me to take life easy. Yours
very truly, S. G. MATNES.
P. S. Any person that may take ex
ception to the foregoing letter will
kindly investigate, for I can back up
every word It contains.' I am not an
Immigration Agent, nor the agent of
any corporation, but simply a farmer.
S. G. MATNES.
The above letter was written at the
request of C. W. Speers, in the state of
Minnesota, where I am at present with
my wife visiting my friends in my old
home. It Is my intention to do what
I can to have them remove to Canada,
where I have done so well.
Having called upon Mr. Davies of SL
Paul, Minn., I was received with every
courtesy, and got some valuable in
formation, as well as literature per
taining to Western Canada.
SAMUEL G. MATNES.'
Why does the college year have Its
ccsimenceaent at the end?
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Cfcamtea, for Ida I
DAIRY AM) POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
f the Faraa A Few
Hlass as te the Cars aff Live
aad Fealtry.
Cattle.
Bulletin 41, Maine Experiament Sta
tion: Dehorning cattle has been ex
tensively practiced In many parts of the
country. In the dairy sections, the
need and advantages of dehorning are
not as well understood as on the ranges
where cattle run together In large
herds. The subject is attracting atten
tion just at present in this state and
the bulletin on dehorning now being
distributed by the Maine Agricultural
Experiment Station will be read with
unusual interest The following con
clusions regarding dehorning are tak
en from the bulletin: Dehorning is to
be recommended because dehorned cat
tle are more easily cared for than those
with horns, and because dehorned cat
tle enjoy life better. "A great deal of
suffering Is prevented by the removal
of horns." To dehorn mature animals,
clippers should be used that will re
move the horn perfectly at a single
stroke and in a moment of time. When
it is skilfully performed animals do not
give evidence of great suffering as an
effect of dehorning. The tissues in
jured In dehorning are not very wen
supplied with nerves and they are
quickly cut through. Good evidence
that dehorning Is not very painful is
the fact that cattle will resume feeding
immediately after being operated on,
and the yield of milk in cows Is not
perceptibly affected. Compared with
castration of colts and calves, dehorn
ing may be considered painless. Those
who are familiar with the operation of
dehorning and the results of it are its
most enthusiastic advocates. In the
past efforts have frequently been made
to prevent the practice of dehorning on
the ground that it caused needless pain.
It would seem to us that efforts can
now better be expended by endeavoring
to have the last relic of a horn removed
from our domestic cattle, who ceased
to need them when they came under
the protection of man. Horns may
sometimes be ornamental, but it is evi
dent that they are usually useless, ex
pensive and dangerous luxuries.
Utah Poattry Experiments.
Bulletin No. 51 of the Utah Experi
ment station has been received. In it
are reported results of poultry experi
ments conducted at the station during
the year ending November, 1897. A
number of experiments are reported
and in some cases the results are very
positive. They Included tests of old
hens and pullets for egg production;
of the value of exercise, of the value
of crossing pure breeds, of the relative
egg-laying qualities of Brown Leg
horns, Barred Plymouth Rocks, Light
Brahmas and a Brahma-Leghorn cross.
The annual food cost per fowl of the
different breeds and the yearly produc
tion of eggs per hen were important
features of the experiments. The rela
tive value of old eggs and fre3h eggs
for hatching was also tested. An in
cubator test was conducted. A num
ber of half-tone cute are reproduced,
which include one of the poultry build
ings, several photographs of fowls and
of two baskets of eggs, one a very large
basket representing the laying of the
pullets, the other a very small one,
representing the work of the old hens.
The latter is a striking lesson of the
value of "young blood."
The bulletin, a copy or which may
be obtained free on application to Di
rector Luther Foster, Experiment Sta
tion, Logan, Utah, is summarized as
follows:
1. There is little profit in keeping
hens three and four years old at the
market prices of food and eggs in Utah.
The profit in feeding young hens, or
pullets, was six times greater than in
feeding old hens three and four years
old. This conclusion does not apply
to two-year-old hens and hens more
than four years old.
2. Leghorn pullets hatched in April
gave better results than those hatched
in late May. The profit was about one
and a half times greater from the April
hatched than from the May hatched.
3. The exercised pens, 4. 5 and 6,
produced twenty-six eggs per fowl
more than the pens without exercise
1, 2 and 3.
4. The three exercised pens pro
duced eggs at a food cost of 5.3 cents
per dozen; the pens without exercise
at a food cost of 6.5 cents per dozen.
5. The three exercised pens aver
aged a profit per fowl, during the year
of 84 cents; the non-exercised pens 53
cents.
6. Pen 1, representing egg produc
tion under the most unfavorable con
ditions, except as to ration fed, cleared
2 cents per fowl during the year on
the cost of food. Pen 4, representing
egg production under the most favor
able conditions, cleared, during the
year, L26 per fowl; this would have
been increased considerably had the
eggs laid before the experiment began
been counted. In the one case there
was a profit on feed of 5 per cent; in
the other 203 per cent
7. Exercise had no apparent Influ
ence on the weight of the fowl; the
lack of exercise did not add to the
weight of the fowl.
8. The non-exercised pens produced'
eggs weighing about 3 per cent more
than the exercised pens.
9. The eggs produced by the old
Leghorn hens weighed about 5 per
cent more than those produced by the
Leghorn pullets.
10. The eggs produced by the light
Brahma pullets weighed 11 per cent
more than those produced by the Leg
horn pullets.
1L The Barred Plymouth Rock pul
lets' eggs averaged about the same as
those of the Leghorn pullets.
12. In two out of three pens exercise
produced a larger consumption ol
food.
13. The exercised pens made a bet
ter use of the food than those with
out exercise. It required 22 per cent
less food to produce a dozen of eggs
with exercise than without it The re
sults are strongly conclusive that exer
cise aids digestion aad assimilation of
food. The chief value of exercise,
therefore, seems to be in preventing a
waste of food.
14. Exercise apparently reduced the
percentage of fertility in the eggs.
15. The percentage of fertility was
highest with the early hatched pullets
and lowest with the old hens; though
the results are not conclusive.
16. The fertility of eggs averaging
Ive days old was 308 per cent- higher
than of eggs averaging twenty-two
days old.
17. The results noted above were se
cured from what was considered a
good ration fed alike to all pens. Prac
tically the same ration was fed
throughout the year. The conclusions,
therefore, must not be accepted it a
different ration is need.
11 The results aeam to Indi-
eate am average capacity for a Leg
horn pullet of Mw eggs per year, with
Intelligent care and feeding.
It. No advantage was discovered 19
crossing the Brahma and Leghorn.
Daby Calves.
How shall we train and mature the
dairy calf, Is a question of much Im
portance, aad, in my opinion, one.
which will to a great extent determine
the usefulness of the dairy herd; writes
W. J. Gillett in Breeders Gazette. The
trotting-bred colt is gradually educat
ed up to Its work, and It has been well
established that better results can be
reached by beginning that education at
a very early age. The youngster takes
to Its lessons from a natural instinct
which Is born and bred characteristic
The development of the dairy calf pre
sents a similar lesson, and she must be
trained, not to conflict with nature's
laws, but to that end for which she
was born and bred. She is like the colt,
in that by unfavorable training she
may never reach her best, yet that
function, endowed by nature, must crop
out In some form, showing her willing
ness and ability to respond, perhaps
proportionately to her education, to
her true nature. How this education
should be conducted is a question upon
which we are not infallible, and I can
only give a method which has brought
to me very satisfactory and flattering
results. My practice Is to allow the
calf to remain with the dam only about
six hours. This for the reason that the
early removal excites less anxiety of
the mother, and I think the calf takes
more readily to drinking milk from the
pail. I have roomy box stalls for my
calves and unless crowded for room
each one has a separate stall. Here
the education begins. I feed liberally
of whole milk for the first six weeks,
after which the youngster Is gradually
weaned onto sweet skimmed milk,
warm as It leaves the separator. At
this time I think it necessary to add
some substitute for the butter fat found
in the skimmed milk, and for this pur
pose I use old process oil meal, scalded
to a jelly, and mixed with milk. There
is soon developed an appetite for grain,
and while they will consume at first a
very small quantity, it must be re
membered that this small amount does
the calf just as much good as a propor
tionately large amount does a matured
animal. I aim to feed all they will eat
of ground oats and wheat bran, mixed
equal parts by measure. They also
have access to good hay, clover pre
ferred, and a small amount of corn sil
age as soon as they will eat it I pre
fer skimmed milk, oil meal and this
grain ration, because they are bone and
muscle making foods, end I consider
whole milk, containing butter fat
worth 20 cents a pound, an extrava
gant food, when we can do the work
effectually with oil meal worth only 1
cent per pound. Bone and muscle and
early maturity are what I seek to de
velop in the dairy calf, and with the
foods mentioned I push them, realiz
ing that there is no time in an animal's
life when the food cost of 100 pound3,
live weight, can be produced so econ
omically as when they are young.
But growth is not all to be consid
ered, and another point of no less im
portance Is health and constitutional
vigor, which is promoted by good sani
tary treatment, free from exposure,
cleanliness of pens, plenty of fresh air,
sunlight, exercise, occasional grooming
and kind treatment My fall calves are
kept in their pens until the warm, sun
ny days of early spring, when they are
daily given a frolic In the yards. In
June they are turned into a small pas
ture, but are stabled nights and inclem
ent days, and are fed throughout the
summer. Spring calves are stabled
during the summer, but are given open
air exercise. In the winter they are
given an hour's airing every day, which
develops a fondness to be with the herd,
so when turned out in the spring, they
have learned to rustle among the older
ones, take readily to eating grass, and
soon grow independent of stable feed.
Those twelve months of age I think
thrive and find sufficient nourishment
upon good pasture and should be fed
milk until about this age. I desire a
calf to always be in good thriving con
dition, but do not encourage any dis
position to taking on flesh, for if beefy,
she is out of her place, and we arc de
veloping a fictitious nature for which ?
she was not created. I believe there is
to-day an existing evil in the Amer
ican show yard, in judges giving too
much encouragement to beefy dairy
cattle.
Dairying; In March.
Dorothy Tucker, in Farm Journal,
says: No month is more trying to all
kinds of stock than March. Remem
ber cattle are chilled by March winds 1
just as you axe. When the sun shines
brightly the cows will enjoy a sun
bath in a sheltered barnyard.
More young calves die at this season
than early in winter. May it not be due
to sudden and extreme changes of tem
perature? Make blankets of old r T.in sacks,
and sew them on tbe young calves.
They will save more calves than pare
goric. Regularity in feeding and watering is
all essential.
We usually water cows at 10:30 a.
m. to 12 m. One clay when there was
a delay of two hours there was a
shrinkage of fifteen quarts of milk
from thirty cows.
Our young calves are provided with
whole oats in a box before them, and
are thriving nicely.
Whole Jersey or Guernsey milk Is
often too rich for young calves; dilut
ing one-half with water of same tem
perature improves it.
Tbe thermometer used intelligently
would transform many a churn now
making poor butter into a scientific
wonder, that would churn both quickly
and well. The resultant butter would
also be of superior quality.
Hogs and Pumpkins. J. C. Senger, in
Rural New Yorker: "Recently, while
feeding my hogs their ration of pump
kins, it recurred to my mind that many
of the ills with which humanity is af
flicted, particularly some of a parasiti
cal nature, are due to our domestic ani
mals. More prudence and a little fore
thought might avert much disease, not
to say death. Tapeworms and other
parasites find the swine, sheep, etc., a
congenial breeding place. The both
humane and wise course to pursue is
to see that our animals arc kept in good
health, especially so just before
slaughtering. Pumpkin seeds are about
the only vermifuge used in some house
holds, and they are among the recog
nised 'official' articles enumerated in
the 'United States Dispensatory.' and
are held in high repute as taeniafuges
by practioners of high repute. It is but
reasonable to suppose that, when fed
to our animals, they will exert a sim
ilar sanitary effect"
Use only first-class stallions if you
desire to raise colts that can be sold
for a profit
The Babcock tester is as necessary
to the cheese factory as it is to the
creamery.
Horses received at the Union stock
yards, Chicago, last year numbered
nwn. " v
Thett are now store deiijsian tm the
United States than there ever were be
fore. 1 nteaa that among the grant
mass of men who own cows aad naan
lpnlate their teats twice a day. there la
at present a greater proportlom
lag the name of -dairymen." A
may live on a tract of land cultivating
it after a fashion, malntaiaintT cows aad
imagine himself both a fanner and a
dairyman, when by rights he Is neither.
This term "dairyman" should cease to
be applied indiscriminately, as it then
becomes too often a misnomer, casting
unjust refections on men who are real
ly what the term Implies, says George
E. Newell In American Cultivator.
A dairyman hi a maa who knows
how to properly breed, rear, care for,
feed and milk cows, and also subse
queatly preserve the quality of that
milk perfectly till It can be placed In
the manufacturer's hands, or manufac
ture It himself Into a first-class product
To do this he must understand cows
as a tanner does hides, or a miller
grindstones. I otten.think that a cer
tain adaptability to dairy work Is worth
more to the individual than anything
else. Certain it Is that those who find
cows and their surroundings distaste
ful, will never make money from the
business except by selling out. One of
the most encouraging signs for an in
creased improvement in dairy methods
in the future is the number of farmers'
sons who are taking courses of learn
ing in our agricultural colleges. Even
a farmer's son, however, If he Is not
adapted to the pursuit of his father,
should not be encouraged to take it up
for a livelihood.
A man's trade or profession makes or
mars his life, according as it Is suited
to his capabilities. And by this rule I
see a great many dairymen's lives
marred. Let every one who owns or
milks a cow strive to be a true-dairyman,
for only such dairymen can hope
to make money out of milk produc
tion. Remember that grass only, and
not weeds,' are needed in the pastures;
that cows bred at haphazard are about
as likely to turn out profitable as other
haphazard arrangements; that milk is
now valued by the percentage of but
ter fat it contains, and that breed and
feed control this condition; that many
a run-down, almost abandoned farm
has been reclaimed and turned Into a
prosperous dairy' place, by dairymen
who had learned their trade well, and
daily practiced all that they had
learned, and that just now while agri
culture is the most reliable pursuit in
the land, intelligently conducted dairy
ing is the most profitable branch of
agriculture.
Training Grape Vlaes.
At the beginning of the third season
the vine consists of a root system three
years old, and of two canes growing
from the upper portion of the stem
each one year old. These canes should
be cut back so that they will not extend
further than one-half the distance to
the next plants in the same row; weak
growing varieties should be cut back
still more, the important point to ob
serve being that tbe amount of wood
shall be reduced to such an extent that
the vine will not overbear. In case
the canes destined to form the arms are
cut so short that they do not extend to
the canes of the adjoining plant, the
shoot springing from the last bud
should, tho fourth season, be cut long
enough to fill its share of the vacant
space between the vines.
The trellis should be put In the vine
yard during the second season, al
though it need not be finished. The
use of the lower wire, which should be
from 20 to 24 inches from the ground,
is desirable, as it allows tbe shoots
which are to form the permanent arms
to grow in the position they are to re
tain, and the pruning also can be more
easily done. Two other wires should
be added some time before the begin
ning of the next, or third, growing sea
son, tne secona wire on tne ireuis
should be about 20 inches above the
first, and the third an equal distance
above the second. These distances
may require some change with varie
ties which are exceptionally weak or
strong growers. 'Either number 10 or
number 12 ungalvanized iron wire will
answer; the former is of special value
when the posts are set far apart and in
positions where an extra strain is put
upon the trellis. All the wires should
be firmly stapled to the windward side
of the posts, yet the wire should be
allowed to slip in the staples.
Babbit Traps.
One of the incidents and expenses ot
orcharding on a large scale not like
ly to be thought of by the casual ob
server is the constant warfare which it
is necessary to wage on the rabbits so
likely to work great destruction to
young apple trees. This is illustrated
by the operations of Wellhouse & Son,
of Topeka, Kan., who are recognized as
the Apple Kings, as reported by Secre
tary F. D. Coburn of the State Board of
Agriculture. For their orchard in
Osage county they used a carload ol
lumber in the construction of 1,700 rab
bit traps; for their three orchards In
Leavenworth county they have 1,600
traps, and in a Miami county orchard
400 traps. These consist of a box 22
inches long, made of ordinary .6-inch
lumber, 1 inch thick, closed at one end,
and with an inward-swinging wire, gate
in the other end, which is shut by con
tact of the rabbit with a trigger after
he has fairly entered. About four feet
of lumber and four feet of No. 12 gal
vanized iron wire are consumed in the
making of each trap, which costs, com
plete, from 12 to 15 cents. This trap,
as now constructed, is considered well
nigh perfect, cost and efficiency consid
ered, and is the result of twenty years
of experimentation in making traps,
and studying the nature and habits ol
the rabbits. In this connection the
word rabbit applies only to the ordin
ary cotton-tail and not to the larger
jack-rabbit, which the Messrs. Well
house say Is not especially troublesome
to the apple trees.
Demand Fat Cattle. The strongest
demand at the great markets has been
for fat, well finished cattle, and the
market, until recently, seemed to have
extremely few such animals. Feeders
seemed disposed to rush all their stock
in from the feeding pens with their
work half done. There was much com
plaint of this at the market centers,
and it has caused every depreciation
of prices that has occurred during the
month just past For prime cattle,
suitable for export, the demand has all
along outrun the supply, and prices for
such stock have not at any time drag
ged along low levels. Just now the
supply of such animals has grown
somewhat larger, and the number of
these that have not been fed to a fin
ish is proportionately smaller. Ex.
A pavilion to cost 1459,000 will be
built at the Paris exposition for a re
ception hall to be at the service of the
Emperor and Empress of Russia dur
ing their visit in 1900. The coming
Paris show will be the greatest of the
European international exhibitions.
The receipts of calves at Chicago last
year numbered 122,978.
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heart of xbld." "So I have been in
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