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The HlflMr Obligations.
; Bcceat crests have made
tire iom consideration of the etalcnj
ef giviag testimony. Every om de
apises a talebearer. Em the children
call sack a person a "tatUetale," am
faotlaably look down apoa aba. TW
Saformer Is a spy, a breaker ef gooi'
faith, a violator of the sacred lavs of
hospitality. Loyalty to faadly and ta
friends is Che cement which holds so
slaty together. Trouble cosies whoa
awa act apoa a mistakes view of what
eoasUtates loyalty to society at large,
that society which is bat aa aggrega:
of families aad Meads. The ex-
of orderly government depesds
aa the observance of certala laws, en
psnished 'disobedience to which pro
daces anarchy. When crime is commit
ted, every person with knowledge of
It Is ander moral obligation, when
asked, to tell what he knows. la some
'sates the obligation extends so far as
to require him to volunteer Informa
tion against his friends. The malate
aaace of order and safe government
is of so much greater importance thaa
the protection of tew-breakiag friends,
that the state justly conceals the.
Crime or who assists the guilty to es
cape. This rule is the result of long
experience, and it Justice is nowhere
disputed. Yet, in practice, it Is dlaV
ult to enforce it, says Youth's Cost-
aaakm, because of the prevalence of
Tame standards growing-out of abhor
of the informer. There is aa.
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high, school principal or college presl
feat who has not come is contact
with these false standards in hie at
tempt to maintain diecipllae. There
)s scarcely a large city in the country
ia which members of the police force
have aot at some time or another
actuated by belief la the
aottoa. Ia the army aad the aavy a
rtmilarly false idea of the obligations
at company loyalty has away times
eoafroated the commanding ofltoers,
as if the aten regarded it as of greater
aaportaace that halt a docea Meads
should be saved from the coasequeaces
sf their aUsdeeds than that the body
tf national defenders should be pre
served from those who would under
mlae the foundations of all orderly
Institutions.
New Varieties ef SJn.
The real weakness la the aural aa
itioa of Americans is not their atti
tude toward the plain criminal, but
iheir attitude toward the ejuaatcrlauV
sal the "erladaakHd." Let a promi
nent awa commit some offense in bad
dor aad the multitude lings its
with a right good wilL. The
!yachias of the self-made
who pat away his faded, toil-worn wife
for the sake of a soubrette proves
that the props of the old morality have
aot rotted through. Sex righteous
ness continues te. be thus stiffly upheld
simply because man has not been in
venting new ways of wronging wom
an. So long ago were sex sins recog
nised aad branded that the public,
feeling sure of itself; lays on with
promptness and emphasis. The slow
tees of this same public ia lashing
pther kinds of transgression betrays,
aot sycophancy or unthinking admira
tion of success, but perplexity, says E.
A. Ross in Atlantic. The prosperous
evildoers that bask undisturbed In pop
ular favor have been careful to ahum
or seem to shun the familiar types
of wickedness. Overlooked in Bible
and prayerbook, their obliquities lack
the brimstone smell. Surpass as their
misdeeds amy ia meanness and cruel
ty, there has not yet been time
enough to store up strong emotion
about them, and so the sight of them
'oes aot loose the food of wrath and
abhorrence that rushes down upon the
Pong-attained sins.
Yeans win ef Harry Thaw, seen te be tried far the killing ef Stanferw
Whits. Before their marriage she was an actress and had become famous
he was the indirect cause ef the sensational tragedy.
A NEW STEAM TORPEDO.
to furnish the motive power for driv--tar
H thvough the water; This dis
penses with the use of the heavy air
task aad the latter is replaced with a
light castas ia which the motorlto is'
burned In the preseaco of water to
produce steam with which to drive the
torpedo eaglae.
"It ought to give una range at least,
twice as great as the present torpedo
with the maximum .speed that can be
got-from the propellers.
The enormous range of the Maxim
torpedo is a great desideratum, for it
will then bring the range of the tor
pedo up to that of the guns which will
be opposed to It
"Summing up for the aew motorlte
propelled torpedo, I am sura of pro
ducing a greater efficiency due to long
er range, more uniform speed aad
higher speed during the entire run;
inexpensiveness, as the high cost sir
flask Is done away with; greater safe
ty on shipboard, as the highly charged
air flask 2,250 pounds to the square
inch makes the torpedo a huge bomb
if struck by a shot from the enemy.
and the great item of saving the ex
pense of 'sir compressors now Instslled
on torpedo boats.
"Filled with motorlte, the Maxim
torpedo will always be ready for dis
charging like a shotted gun."
THE LATEST IN TOWELS.
CAN HARDEN PURE GOLD.
SEA TERROR WITH TWICE RANGE
OF OLD ONES.
Little Vessels New Able to Defy Big
Battleshlea--Msy Launch Dead
ly Missiles Without earn
ing Under Fire.
New York. By devising a torpedo
propelled by steam generated la the
burning of high explosives carried
within it in concentrated form, Hiram
Maxim has concluded experiments
from which he asserts that the range
t naval torpedoes will be doubled aad
naval warfare revolutionised.
To meet the demand that torpedoes
must have effective range equal to the
gunffre to which the attacking torpedo
boat would be subjected, Mr. Maxim
bums motorlte. a aew explosive, to
generate steam at a high
and by this means the regulation naval
:orpedo Is made much more efficient
than when driven by compressed sir,
he motive power now generally used.
In his home in Brooklyn, Mr. Max
m told of his latest invention.
ENORMOUS SALT DEPOSIT.
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Found in Utah.
Wide
The Chinese have long been credited
with the invention of gunpowder, but
Prof. E. O. Von Llppmann, of Halle,
has collected evidence to indicate that
this is a mistake, and that the Arab
nns did aot, as commonly stated, in
troduce gunpowder into Europe dux
lug the eighth and ninth centuries.
jProfr Von Llppmann believes that the
manufacture of the first gunpowder
was based apoa the 'Tire-book" of
Marcus Graecus. which appeared la
Constaalaople about the middle of the
thirteenth century. This was the
source from which Roger Bacon, Al
bertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas
derived their knowledge of gunpowder.
The first use of gunpowder to drive
projectiles is ascribed to a monk,
Berthold Schwarx, whose discovery
was made accidentally while preparing
the mixture for medicinal purposes.
A St Louis typo, employed on oaf
of the dallies of that city, put In type1
a paragraph describing the dress of s
bride at a fashionable wedding. It
caatalaed the amazing statement that
:Mfhe bride's train, five years long,
swept the aisle."
Denver, Col. During 1906 wonder
ful progress was made oa the con
struction of the new Pacific coast line
of the Denver ft Rio Grande Thirty
nine tunnels are being bored through
!he mountains. There is one 75-mlle-stretch
of track that will cost $ltf ,f00
at mile to build. The object of this
sxpenditure in construction is to obtain
i direct and low-grade route through
the mountains.
Track Is already laid from Salt
Lake City nearly to the Nevada state
tine, a distance of nearly 90 miles. In
California the track is laid Into Oak
land and Stockton. It is believed the
sntire. line through to the coast will
be hi operation by January, 1909.
Among the curious things encoun
tered in the construction work is .an
enormous deposit of pure salt found
on the west side of the Utah desert
pot far from the Nevada state line.
This singular deposit is 15 miles long
and eight miles wide. Excavations to
a depth of more than six feet are still
In solid salt The salt that has been
found is suitable for stock, sad can
be readily refined for table use.
Unquestionably this section was
once the bed of the great Salt lake,
and even now may have a subterran
ean connection with that mysterious
body of water, more than a hundred
miles distant -
"In spite of the wonderful things
that had been expected of the automo
bile torpedo as an auxiliary arm In
naval warfare," he said, "disappoint
ment has been the result when it has
been relied upon. The cause of this
failure. and disappointment is because
the deadly quick-firing gun has been
developed to such a degree of perfec
tion aad such great range that when
the torpedo boat of an enemy comes
to the attack it is sunk long before it
can get anywhere near enough to be
within torpedoing distance of a bat
tleship. It is met with a storm of
projectiles irom quick-firing guns
which fly toward It with frightful ac
curacy, and the range of these pro
jectiles Is so much greater than that
of the automobile torpedo that the tor
pedo boat is destroyed In not much
more time than Is needed to make this
statement
"In outward appearance my torpedo
is no different from the regulation
type, but a self-combustive material
called motorlte. similar In composi
tion to smokeless powder. Is employed
Mmban Vince
Alabama Man Accidentally Mads Re
markable Discovery.
Montgomery. Ala. Alfred Weaver,
of this city. has. in collaboration with
John Edward Carney, and while en
gaged in laboratory experiments la
search of a aew coherer material for
wireless telegraphy, discovered the art
of hardening and temperiag the
precious metals, such as platinum,
gold and the like, without alloying
them with other metals.
The results obtained by Mr. Weav
er's process are the eaormous reduc
tion ia the fusing point of those metals
and the Imparting to them of a degree
of hardness In some iastaaces surpass
ing that of the best tool steel when
hardened. Platinum, one of the most
refractory of metals, heretofore re
quiring for Its fusion the oxyhydrogea
flame, or the voltaic arc. is, after be
ing subjected to the new process,
easily melted before an ordinary gas
oline blowpipe aad may be cast again
melted and recast Indefinitely.
So great a hardness Is imparted to
these metals by Mr. Weaver's process
that a piece of gold or platinum, for
instance, can with the greatest diffi
culty be abraded by the best steel file
and a sphere of either of these metals
of say two millimeters diameter, when
placed upon a hardened steel anvil
aad struck a sharp blow with an eight
ounce steel hammer, will resist such
a blow aad suffer only the slightest al
teration in shape.
Recently There Has
Change la Styles.
' While a few oklfashiqned folk cBag
to the damask towel, the great major
ity demand the hack, bleached by aat
aral processes out of doors. Maay of
these come ia damask figures aad
fancy weaves, sach aa the fleur-de-lia
r chrysanthemum woven la. Fringed
towels, are a thing; of the past The
hemstitched borders are attractive,
hut not durable for everyday usage,
hem and body beiag toe, apt te part
company in the laundering process
There is a demand for head embroid
ery ia towels, even for everyday use.
but the plaia hem answers for most
people. The marktag. for towels should
be clear .aad distinct If a single let:
ter Is used It should be- about, two
inches ia sue. While family pieces,
are better embroidered ia white, la
dividual towels for different members
of the family are more quickly as
sorted after the wash if each iadivid
ual has 'his own color. The laother
of two boys who are of tea off oa camp
ing and yachting trips, where they
carry their own towels, has oae set of
towels marked In blue aad the other
In red, so that it takes but a momeat
to separate them.
For those who do not like hucka
back for face towels, saudl lengths of
diaper linen buttonholed on the ends
makes a good face cloth.
TRIO OF POTATO DISHES.
Genius of Mixed Blood.
The late Hamilton Aide was a cu
riously versatile man. He was the
author of many novels, verses and es
says; he was a more or less popular
composer; he turned out divers suc
cessful dramatic pieces and he painted
landscapes described as pleasing. The
blood of antipathetic races was in his
veins. He was the soa of an English
mother and an Armenian-Greek father.
(Directions for Preparing Rlessies,
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Potato Rissoles Mash aad
Ithe potatoes alcely. thea whea coM
enough to handle, shape them Into
small balls; dip ia beaten egg, dredge
with bread or cracker crumbs aad fry
them in -deep hot. fat Drain ia a
colander aad serve with a garalah of
parsley.
Potato Cones Prepare aad season
mashed potatoes that have been beat
en very light Whea cold enough,
shape into small cones; brush over
with beaten egg yolk, arrange oa a
flat paa and brown in a quick oven.
Potato Canapes Shape cold. masV
ed potatoes Into round cakes about
one-fourth of aa Inch thick. Brash
each with beaten yolk of egg aad
spread the top with adaced chicken
3r veal; sprinkle lightly with salt aad
pepper, dot with butter and brown
In a rather quick oven. Arrange oa
small, hot plates,, for ladivldual serv
ing, and garnish with parsley. This
makes a particularly acceptable lunch
eon dish.
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stock. Some ef the. ears which were.
favorably caaawrsd were
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been asked to make the coffee, using
half an egg to settle it The problem
was too much for the little girl, who
came running to her mother, a knife
in one hand and an egg in the other,
and asked: "How do you cut an egg
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German Apple Shortcake.
This is another form of 'shortcake
we give for variety sake. Take a
pound of fresh unsalted . or -well-washed
abutter and work it very well,
with the hands, into a pound of sift
ed flour. Add half a cup of sugar, a
little grouad cinnamon aad autmeg
and the beaten yolks of two eggs.
Knead well, then cut the paste ia two.
Line the bottom of a round cake tin
with one half. Stew some apples,
sweetened to taste, and when the ap
ples are cold put them over the cake.
Roll out the other half of dough and
place over the apples. Bake for 30
minutes, then let stand until cold;
then turn out of the pan and cover
with a soft icing, or meringue, or
whipped cream. It may also be
served hot with'plain sweet cream.
If It Is a question of the sheep or
the dog, let the sheep stay aad the
doggo.
A company of Russian Christinas
is to locate oa a farm ia Aaae Arun
del county, Maryland.
Tea, admitted Farmer Wise, the
dual purpose cow Is sll right except
for the aai who wants to produce
skilk beef at a profit
Collect the scions from fruit trees
now for sprisg graftlagv They amy
he kept ia moist saad or stuck iato
potatoes-aad put ia the cellar.
successful oaloa grower uses
about 1,800 pounds of fertiliser per
acre. It is asade up as follows: Four
parts of aausoala, eight parts phos
phoric add aad eight parts potash.
Aad now the frog Is comiag la for
protection. The New York State
League for the Protection of Fish aad
Game recommends a law making it
illegal to kill frogs betweea December
1 aad May 31.
Experiments have showa that wa
ter glass solutioa properly made the
first year may be used the second
with good success. It should be heat
ed to the boiling point, however, to
stetrilize it before the second use.
The Ideal farm, after all, is aot
the oae that, shows the greatest net
returns in dollars aad ceats, but the
one where father, mother aad chU
drea have fouad the greatest amount
of happiness aad growth ia charac
ter. To destroy the little white worms
which do injury at the roots of
plants take a piece of perfectly fresh
lime as large as aa ordinary sized ten
cap, put ia a pail of water aad allow
to dissolve. Pour off the clean water
aad apply enough to the soil to thor
oughly saturate it
Scotch Haggis.
In a quart of water boil one pound
of calfs liver until thoroughly done;
chop it up finely with one pound of
beef suet free of skin and fibers, one
pound of lean beef from the rump, one
pound of onions; add an ounce of salt
an ounce of pepper, one pound of oat
meal and the water the liver was
boiled in. With this preparation fill a
well-cleaned sheep's paunch, sew it up
with strong thread, and wrap it In a
buttered cloth, plunge it into boiling
water and cook gently for four hours;
prick it several times while cooking,
with a trussing needle, drain, unwrap
a few moments later, and turn on to a
pot dish.
Beefsteak Pic
One quart of cold cooked meat two
slices of breakfast bacon, one table-
spoonful of butter, half dozen potatoes,
thyme, bay-leaf and parsley. Salt pep
per and cayenne to taste.
Make a nice pie crust Line a bak
ing pan with this and bake In the
oven. Cut the meat very fine into dice
and season well, rubbing with the
minced thyme, parsley, bay-leaf and
salt and pepper. Let the meat steam in
a saucepan for a few minutes, then
place the pie pan with the potatoes,
which, in the meantime, have been
peeled and boiled. Place over all the
slices of bacon and lay the pie crust
on top. Bake to a nice brown.
It is the man behind the manger,
and not the cattle, who Is responsible
for the spread or the prevention of
tuberculosis. A good airy old-fashioned
stable Is better thaa science
which Is not reenforced by the full
est supervision of all the conditions
under which the cattle are kept
While it may not be advisable on
the large farm to compost manure,
the same being drawn directly to
the land as fast as made, the small
farmer and the truck gardener can
greatly increase the quantity of avail
able plant food by having a well ar
ranged compost heap.
Success with early lambs depends
upon the milk capacity of the ewes,
and this depends in turn on the prop
er variety of food to be fed at such
time. The grain should be supple
mented by a generous portion of
sliced beets, turnips, carrots, etc.
ef clean sta
aad deaa saint vea
.arm aew wen mmersfooa ay ever
farmer who takes his arodact te
creamery or consigns it to a city deal
er. What has aot been so well known
perhaps, is the ao less important fact
that milk to be kept free from barm
ful bacteria, mast be cooled imme
diately after beiag: drawa from th
cow, aad kept cool until used. The
bacteria do aot readily multiply is
cold milk, but they lacrosse ia th
billions la milk which is allowed. t
stand with the animal heat untem
pered.
Here is the way oae farmer care
for his manure: In oae comer of the
barn lot he has a shed closed oa oae
end, both sides aad part of the front
into which he puts the ataaure. Any
offal, leaves, trash, etc he finds on
the place are put ia there with the
manure. This compost pile is left
to accumulate from oae year to an
other, aad whea well rotted is takea
out aad spread oa the mad. There
19 some doubt as to whether this
method Is as good 'as the oae ia
which the manure is spread at oace
oa the land, for experts cuatead that
the highest value of amaare is whea
it is first nude.
The farmer who is satisfied with
the same results year after year is
goiag backward iastead of forward.
Keep posted oa the latest develop
ments in agricultural science and
then adapt as assay of the aew ideas
to your farm as possible. Ia this
way yoa win be constantly improving
your methods, increasing the fertility
and productiveness of your farm, aad
securing larger returns for your la
bors. Aad also yoa win find that de
lightful stimulus in your work which
comes from a coBscfoueaess of beiag
master of your work instead of being
a slave to conditions.
In aa experiment in feeding steers
in Nebraska, while making oil cake
ten per cent of the grata ration did
not caeapea the production secured.
the finished product sold at an ad
vaace of 15 cents per 100 pounds live'
weight This goes to show that the
value of food whea used ia fattening
cannot nlways be accurately esti
mated from the increase directly re
sulting from it Corn is considered
to be worth eight per cent asore ia
making increase of pork thaa barley,
aad yet in growing; high quality-
bacon, it Is possible so to feed barley
that a higher return relatively will b&
obtained from it than from feeding
corn.
rtaieoc imi. eeyrlgt, hj Caderwood Cadcrwood, H. T.
The Nawab Muntaz Jurg of Hyderabad, his ten wives and four children.
This Is the first. time that this Indian prince permitted his family to be photo
: Lilian Langtry's name has been
changed again, but the astonishing
feature about it is that it was the
death of her father-in-law, and not a
aew matrimonial venture, which
caused the change.
It is now possible to hear and see
plants grow. In the apparatus of two
Germans the growing plant is connect
ed with a disk having in its center an
Indicator which moves visibly and reg
slarly, and this movement, magnified
SO times over a scale, shows the prog
ress in growth.
' Five years ago the oldest Primitive
Methodist preacher in England, Rev.
James Boultonof Norwich, lost bis
sight Now, at 92, a successful opera
tion has .restored it to him.
A HORSE GETS A LIFE PENSION.
Pete of Fairbanks First Horse in Tan
ana Valley, Alaska.
Seattle. Wash. Pete of Fairbanks
Is probably the first horse in Alaska
to be retired at the age of 12 years on
a life pension. Pete is also the .first
horse ever taken into the Tanana val
ley. Pete arrived in the city from the
north the other day in charge of H.
E. Gardner, of Fairbanks, who brought
the horse down .for his owner, Ed.
Rocker, of Cleary Creek. Pete was
one of the original discoverers of
Pedro creek, the find which made
Fairbanks and helped to found Beck
er's fortunes.
When the Pedro and Gilmore party
went into the Fairbanks country from
Circle City in the fall of 1901 Pete
was one of the expedition, lioned as a
pack horse by Mr. Becker. For this
consideration when the famous Pedro
creek was located a claim was staked
lor Becker. This was the foundation j
of his fortunes. Later he acquired a
fraction between 11 and 12 on Cleary
creek, and to-day Mr. Becker Is worth
$150,000.
Everybody in Fairbanks knows Pete.
He is a fine horse and just in his
prime. He has been used for pack
ing ' and odd jobs about Becker's
claims, but now his master has de
cided the horse has- earned enough
for both, and intends to give him a
good time for the rest of bis days.
Pete was tired from his last long
trip. Mr. Gardner drove the horse
376 miles, and arrived on the coast
just in time' to catch the Pennsylvania.
Dog Went to School.
A little Indian boy who attended the
government schools at Keshena had
a habit of going to school every morn
ing at eight o'clock with his black
dog. "Nigger," and returning home
every evening at four o'clock. One
tfy the little boy became sick and
was unable to go to school, but "Nig
ger" was on deck and went alone at
eight o'clock and back at four every
day for a whole week. Kaukauna
Correspondence St Paul Dispatch.
How to Clean Cloth Coat
A lawn cloth coat or waistcoat can
be cleaned satisfactorily at home by
rubbing the garment over with pul
verized fuller's earth, using a small,
dry sponge or rubber skin brush for
the purpose. When every inch has
been gone over carefully the garment
should be put away in a box, taking
rare to leave the powder in it and
should be left untouched for three or
four days. At the end of that time
it should be taken out aad well
brushed and beaten.
An Artist's Discouragement
"Why shouldn't the stage be made a
great educational influence?" inquired
the earnest man.
"There is just one insurmountable
difficulty," answered Mr. Stormington
Barnes. Whenever you cive neonle
anything that is""realjy instructive they
go to sleep."
, Fitness.
"Do you believe in -the survival of
the fittest?"
"Certainly," answered Mr. Dustin
Stax. "But it takes a lot of financial
training these, days to keep a man
fit" Washington Star.
Cheese Biscuit
Roll some putt paste out thin and
sprinkle over it a dash of cayenne
and dry grated cheese to cover it;
double up the paste, roll it out again
and cut it with a small round cake cut
ter, says a writer in What to Eat
Brush over the biscuit with an egg,
lay them on a floured tin and bake in
a hot oven to a very pale brown. Any
stale bits of cheese may be pleasingly
used in this way.
Wanted a Rest.
"I heard of a man who laughed so
hard at a story that he lost his. voice,"
.declared Jackson.
-"What was that story?" asked Fam
ilyraan, anxiously, "rd like, to tell it
to:my wife."
- Worth Remembering.
If you have a splinter in your finger
don't poke about with a pair of tweez
ers or a needle, but make a plaster by
crushing some soap on to a piece of
rag, sprinkle a little sugar over it,
mashing it together with the end of a
teaspoon. This plaster applied to the
wound at night will draw the splinter,
however deeply it may have entered,
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A clay soil which has been pro
ducing good crops for any number of
years may be seriously injured by
one injudicious plowing in a wet
time as to ruin it for the growing of
crops for two or three years. This
Is due to the puddling of the soil
which so modifies its physical texture
as to lock up the plant food which it
contains.
A one-year test of Jersey cows by
state experiment stations has shown
that the average time the cows were
ta milk was 347 days, the average
milk yield of 115 cows was 7,521
pounds, the average per cent of fat
In the milk was 5,382 per cent, the
average yield of fat 402 pounds, and
the average of cows was three years
and nine months.
Here is a sure cure for cholera in
chickens .recommended by one who
has tried it: Mix a half-pound of
smoking tobacco in dry ground feed;
moisten a little and then feed. This
will be sufficient for 50 fowls. We
have had cases so bad that it was
accessary to put the feed down their
throats; but it cured them. Feed
twice a week or oftener if necessary.
A Wisconsin farmer's method of
getting a good stand of clover is to
sow a nurse crop in the spring with
his clover seed on finely pulverized
land worked down solid. He plants
from two to three quarts of Alsike
clover seed to the acre and from four
to five quarts of red clover seed to
the acre. After the crop is seeded
during .the first year he leaves it en
tirely alone, keeping stock off and in
the fall the grain is allowed to come
to maturity.
A campaign of education is going
on In Missouri and great things in
the poultry line may be expected of
that state in the near future. A poul
try special of two railway cars is
traveling to all parts of the state,
where free lectures on poultry top
ics are given in connection with the
display. The object is to stimulate
the production of more and better
poultry and to introduce more eco
nomic and effective methods 'of caring
Lumpy jaw, so called, is a tumor of
more or less rapid growth that does
not always occur on the boviae jaw
or head. It Is fouad frequently ia
other parts of the body. It is not
considered contagious aad is aot rap
idly fatal. In some cases iodide of
potassium, one aad a half to two aad
a half drams, dissolved in water-ana
administered in a drench daily, has
been beneficial. The amount must
be adapted' to the size of the animal
It is not wise to give this treatment
to cows in'milk. A full description of
the disease and treatment may be ob
tained free by readers of Meadow
brook Farm Notes by addressing the
Bureau of Animal Industry Washing
ton, D. C, and asking for Circular 96.
The Association of Pork Butchers
in Holland has recently published the
results of some trials conducted at
several government experiment sta
tions with the object of testing the
relative value of different meals, es
pecially maize, barley meal, oatmeal
and buckwheat meal, for the fatten
ing of pigs. The trial was made with
48 young pigs, all of the same age
and weight, divided into fear lots.
The animals of each lot received, re
spectively, as much as they would
eat of the different meals, aad ia ad
dition they all had dally a supply ofJ
skim milk and some potatoes. After
they were killed aa examination of
the carcasses showed that the flesh
of the pigs fattened oa anise was
not as firm or salable as that of the
pigs fed on the other "meals.- This
result is the same as has been report
ed from trials in America aad Can
ada, and Is worth noting. It would
appear that maize Is a good food for
growing pigs, but that other meals
should be substituted, either in part
or altogether, during the last month
or two of the fattening process.
In setting out trees the following
method will give good results: Make
the hole two feet or more ia diame
ter and eight to 12 inches deep, as
size of tree may indicate Place rich
top soil la one pile and the subsoil
in another. Cut out all broken or in.
jured roots from the trees to be set
and freshen the ends of the sound
roots with a slanting cut from be
low upward so that the fresh sur
face will rest on the soil. Whea the
roots are ia their natural position, sec
the trees in the center of the 'hole
and carefully fill in around the roots
with the best of the top soil taken
out sifting it from the -edge of the
shovel and working it betweea the
roots with the fingers, shaking the
tree meanwniie to get the earth in
every crevice between the roots
Whs the roots, are fairly covered
tramp firmly, then fill in with the
poorer, .or subsoil, tramping it firmly
as it is put in place. The tree when
set should stand little, if any deeper
than it grew in the nursery row. The
firmed earth should be banked around
the tree to shed water. About a
third of the top should be cut tak
ins out weak and unsuccessful limbs
shortening in the good ones so as to
balance the top with the roots that
have been cut away.
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