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ssaSE?FE?S9 &Ktfrj tr " - - 5 -s ." ?X" - V " ,' v ' V, lx -V 5? ,rl-J "TS -- nr T-$rirr ' - If V Borrowing Kew. the very worst things that might happen, you know. Are the things that don't happen at all. We Meet and worry, lamenting and sorry, la the grasp of expectancy's thrall. Apprehensive forebodings encumber our souls. Depression weighs down like a pall. 1 we wear a lose face with a very poor (race Aid then nothing happens at all. Whea we prophesy storms it is sure to clear off, When- our aaeaey's cone, something As the thoughts of those bills which hare given us chills. Bvery saonth shouldn't make us grow thin jrzmnTznxscmsay' Mount Holly, N. J. Many a mother has saved her child from death. Here is a child who has saved her mother from death death tinder the grinding wheels of a locomotive tearing along the rails at 60 miles an hour. The child is 12-year-old Katie John son; the mother, Mrs. William John son. If it hadn't been for little Katie Mrs. Johnson would be in her grave now and Katie a motherless little schoolgirl. But Katie kept her wits where another child might have lost them. The train was the five o'clock mail from Philadelphia. It was behind time. The engineer was trying to catch up to his schedule, so he pulled the throttle out to the last notch. He took a chance on the curve near this city and was about to take the bridge - at top speed when he was horrified to see a little girl standing on the tracks. not 200 yards away. She was tearing along toward the on-coming train, waving something. It was red. The engineer knew. Stepped Just in Time. He threw over the throttle and jammed down the brakes the child's signal meant danger. The heavy train came to a stop with such a shock that a! I the 'passengers were thrown from their seats in the coaches. The pilot of the locomotive wasn't 20 feet from the little girl when the wheels stopped grinding along the rails. "What's the matter?" cried the en gineer, jumping down from his seat In the cab. followed by his fireman. The passengers piled out. too, curi ous to know. There in front of them stood a little girl, waving her red muf fler still, right in the path of the giant locomotive that would have ground her to pieces had it gone two rods fur ther. "Quick, come quick!" she cried, for answer. Then she started to run back over the tracks, followed by the train crew and scores of the passengers. When they got to the bridge they knew what the matter was. Woman Caught Between Ties. There on the bridge, which the. train would have crossed in five seconds more, they found a woman, badly hurt. She had tried to walk across the bridge and had slipped, falling be tween the ties. There she was tight ly wedged. Her head and shoulders protruded above the ties. Any loco motive that crossed would have de capitated her instantly. And she was a so tightly stuck in between the ties that had any train passed over, there would have been no chance for escape. It was Katie's mother. "I fell." she gasped, "while Katie and 1 were crossing the bridge on the way to town. I was caught fast" Gently the train hands and some of the passengers pulled Mrs. Johnson out of her perilous position. Then they found that her left leg had been frac- gJiiTTbLIKllfEP H BBBBBBBBBBBBsHsBBBB 4ss1WB$11tsfsftBTiBrV at aswBarwtua ml wsflassMBassaBcTS,s1'?a3sC b)sSSSSSS flv'Sf SBk-BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS BBt .53, C-V m sassasaaW I ssTbbbbbbbbI BsssssinM W BBBBUBBBBBBBBBa I VcSBBBBBBBBf SBBBBBBBBBUjlT tl iLSBBBBBr S H I fQaBSSSBBBBBBBV MBBBBBBBBBl'HW, BU jirr j-Lnnn rir-i iguTJUUT-TLrtn MMMyyyMMwsssywM insmj-)rM-rTf" - - - mmmmmmmm m www WHAT 18 A REAL SHAMROCK? Impossible to Say Which Trefoil is Ire'and's True Emblem. A newspaper the other day reported a ."prominent florist and horticultur ist" as saying: "There seems to be some strange fatality about the sham rock. It is essentially the flower of Ireland. Nowhere else except ia that little Isle will the plant thrive and whea transplanted Its death is paly a question -ci brief time. Irish it is and nothing can change it" This" statement is romantic, but hardly scientific Ia the first place, no oae knows surely what plant is meant whea the shamrock is mentioned. It is impossible to know, what plant this hertfculturist meant la one part of Ireland one plant is called the sham rock. In another part aaether plaat aad elsewhere ia the islaad still another. The name is perhaps most widely givea to cue of the hop clovers botan Icaily ajpaed-trlfoUaai minus. This -is the plant whfch Is commoaly exported tram' Ireland, especially to London, V . - - . . . W Trottbh For they fly down the past like the leaves on the blast. We settle up. somehow, and why Do we bother and fret over what we for get Before many days have passed by? We" were not carried off by that terrible cough. And la fact, 'twasn't much, come to our pains and our actios and our dreadful mistakes. Why. they too have sUd over the brink Of the gulf that forgets: yet we still wring ear hands. t Predicting abate ruinous fall. Approaching disaster we hail as our And then nothing happens at alL EUiott Walker, la Spare Moments. JC472E JCKM50irJ& lured. She never could have helped herself; she would have been killed instantly. Katie Not Excitad. The women passengers turned to lit tle Katie, who didn't seem to think she had done anything out of the or dinary. There she was, standing on the bridge trying to comfort her moth er, who was suffering intense pain from her broken leg. The women cov ered her with kisses, which Katie didn't seem to relish, because she was excited over seeing that somebody would get a carriage to take her moth er home. The carriage was called and injured Mrs. Johnson was taken home, glad that she had suffered only a broken leg. But after they got back to the cars the train hands began to tell stories of, old railway men who had forgotten to wave anything red when to do it meant saving lives. Katie is a slight child with flaxen hair, cold steady blue eyes, and clear waxen pink complexion. She has about her an air of one who thinks and acts quickly and with fearless resolution. How Accident Occurred. "We all had been to Philadelphia that day," said Mrs. Johnson. "I had with me a little four-year-old boy, Herbert Durand. and Katie. When we got back to Mount Holly I was pretty tired and thought I would walk home the shortest way. This led me over the bridge near the station. The children were ahead of me but a short distance, and were getting over the bridge nice: ly. We walked on a plank that runs across the middle of the bridge. I was about half way across. I think, when my foot slipped off this plank and caused me to fall, knocking down lit tle Herbert, and nearly rolling him into the creek. After I had pat him on his feet I started to get up, and in doing so made a misstep that plunged both my feet and then my body be tween two ties, until only my head and shoulders .were above the bridge. "I saved myself from dropping into the creek below by spreading out my arms when I felt myself going down. Child Thought Quickly. "I screamed as I fell and this at tracted the attention of Katie, who was a little distance ahead of me. She came running back and taking hold of one arm tried to help me up, hut I could not lift myself enough to get out While I was thinking what to do, whether I should drop into the creek below or try some other means of getting loose. I found Katie had left me and started for the station for help. "She had gone but a few steps when I heard a whistle, and, saw Katie, white as a sheet with big tears in her eyes, give one look at me and then turn about and fairly fly across the bridge up the track toward the train for St Patrick's day and often to the United States under the name of the shamrock. It may, perhaps, lay claim to being called the true historic shamrock, al though that honor might also be. claimed for several other plants. But it is not true that it will not grow elsewhere. It will grow wher ever it is properly cultivated aad does grow freely in other countries. Beyond that the white clover, tri folium repens. is widely understood to. be the common shamrock, and Is plucked and worn under that name In Irelaad aad elsewhere. It grows no where more freely aad abundantly than ia the United States, aad there is nothing characteristically Irish about it. The alack medic (medicago lupu lina) is also kaowa as the shamrock. So is the wood .sorrel (oxalis acetosel la). There is much historical evidence ia favor of the claim that this -last plaat Is the shamrock saag by the poets. It Is beautifully trifoliate and it grows la wild places. It may well be the plant referred to - , i - . MM M that was just visible around a carve "I could not understand what Katls intended to do to help me, ht some how I had absolutecoafideace that the child would save my life. The Mather'a .Agony. "Hardly had she esse off the bridge than she snatched from her Beck a red muffler that she wore and waved It frantically at the eaglaeer. at the same time planting herself ia the add dle of the track, appareatly with the belief that if the tag did not atop the engine she would. Whea I aaw thla I looked at the engine for aa instant. aad net beisaMevto. see that the traia was slowing down 'amy blood tamed hot aa ooM by turns, aad I shut Bay eyes, deteratiaed that I would not move, for I-knew that If the engine raa past Katie aad her sig nal it meant that death had to her, and might Just as well to me. "In that moment I lived over a good many years, before I realized that the traia had stopped aad I was being lifted from danger. "I remember thinking of an acci dent which I saw several years ago on this very bridge; whea. aa, old aua was killed there by a fast traia. I re membered that his heart had fallea right aear where I was standing, aad. that as I looked at It I could see It beat two or three Hates. The mem ory of this night came flashing over ate as I waited for the train, aad I think for a moment I must have fainted. Realised Child's Bravery. "I did not opea my eyes until I heard Katie's voice at my side and felt the strong arms of the trainmen lifting me and carrying me to the station. And there I wept, I guess hysterically, for I then realized just how brave the child's act was, for I knew that when Katie started up the track waving the muffler she never intended'to get-off the track until she had stopped the train." All that Katie would say about her part la averting a' tragedy was: "Ton see, the engine had to stop, for I had a red signal. You know that always stops a train, aad I waved it at the engineer because I didn't know anything else to do to make him stop. I couldn't lift mother out and so I just had to stop the train. I don't think there is anything funny m that "No, I wasn't afraid. What should I be afraid of? Didn't I have the red muffler? Don't trains always stop when the man at the flaghouse waves a red flag? Well, then, what should I be afraid of?" That's the kind of a girl Katie is. She knew no fear. She had absolute confidence that the red flag controlled the motion of the wheels of the pon derous "iron horse" "and made her mother's life perfectly safe. EFFECT OF WOMEN VOTING. British Writer Tells of Conditions in New Zealand. "New Zealand was the first British colony to adopt women's suffrage as far back as 1893." says a writer In the London Chronicle. "The New Zealand woman was given universal adult suffrage. Though she had not sought it she iminedia'tetly used It Out of 140.000 women 109,000 had placed themselves on the register in a few months, and 90,000 voted in the general election of November, 1893. They voted peacefully and in order during the day while the men were at work, and left the booths to the men in the evening. They have voted with similar regularity and orderli ness ever since. How do the women use their powers? Very calmly, by all accounts. Roughly, women make' very much the same use of the fran chise as do men. The result has not produced either a new heaven or a -new hell. Men have not been de prived of their rights. There hat been no disorder or unseemly behav ior no strange revolution in dress or manners. Enfranchisement has led neither to divided households nor dl Tided skirts. "The effects, in fact, have been rath er social than political. Women seem to e treated with more real respect and not merely at election times. There has arisen between the sexes that sense of equality which is per haps the only permanent and enduring social basis. Speaking generally, they have simply become, citizens., whose part in public' affairs is not sharply distinguished from that of men. New Zealand women have simply stepped into equality. And 14 years of polit ical life have shown them equal to that equality. Working side by side with man, woman still keeps her place 'not like to like, but like la difference.' "The word pictures of which colon ists used to have so maay given them of domestic discord, of children for- gotten, husbands uacared for, dinners uncooked, dress and appearances neg lectedhave already almost passed from memory. It is the commonest sight to see husband, wife and grown up children walking or driving- cheer fully to the polls together. The head of the family has become a more im portant factor la politics, than of old." ' A0t00m00mmmmmmmm0mm0t00Www&w by the horticulturist above mentioned, because itwould be difflcult to Bsaka it thrive ia any sort of cultivatloa which did not approximate closely to the conditions under which it grows naturally. -However, these natural coaditioBS are aot found ia Irelaad aloae. .Thla. oxalis grows ia England as well aad i Is there locally known as the sham 1 rock. It flourishes in the United States, carpeting the ground for square nriles together. The "true shamrock" to aa Irishmaa is the plant which Is kaowa by that name around the spot of his or his father's birth. Bat the botanist has as much trouble ia identifying it aa he has la identifying the "Bsaylower" of New England, a aaase which la ap plied ia dUfereat localities to the trailing arbutus, to the saxifi-agev to the.hepatfca aad to two or tares other plaits. Ia spite, of the fact that the trailing arbutus is the asayflower ef .New; England literature the word is much more commoaly aad popularly applied to the saxifrage than it Is to the arbutus. Chicago Chroaicle. - -- - MMMMM ROAD TO SUl PUBLICITY It THE MAIL-ORDER MAN'S GREAT WEAPON. aCRCHARTS MUST ADVEITtSE "Fight Fire with Fire" aa? the Dol lars New Ghtg Cityward Will Stay fai the Heme Community. The Bserchant who would wage suc cessful warfare against atall-order competltkm should study BsaU-order Bsethods. The same tactics that takes the dollar out of the community will keep it at home. Aad what are mail-order methods? The keynote ef it all Buy he foaad la the one word publicity. The mail order house advertises. It does not advertise better goods at less Bsoaey thaa the home merchant gives, hat It advertises persistently. It pats its propositloa before the public constant ly. It recognises no dull seasoa in its campaign for. publicity. It sever lets ap. At a gathering ia Iowa soate time ago a mail-order maa explained some of the system followed la the cam paign of publicity. According to this explanation the mail-order house seeks the line of least resistance in its search for business. Whenever they caa find a town ia which the mer chants are not active advertisers they flood that community with their liter ature. When they find a town In which the furniture dealer, for exam ple, is afraid to use printer's Jnk they pay particular attention to the subject of furniture. They are searching for the weakest link in the chain of home defenses. Something of this is explained by the conditions the writer saw ia a mill town in northern Wisconsin. The local paper carried practically no local advertising when the size of the town was considered, and the stores of the town were but small affairs. In talk lag to one of the merchants he com plained that more than $25,000 was ssjl i v y K':i.tiBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBKBn.- ''i'S&&$:.'s-1 II IH' :.M:..A5&:-'?.::'7:-::-Vji&b Sn S5"53f-SSBBBBSSSSSaSJi':u-xL Ijw.-.."-javy.v.y:a.'V."r 'Vf S"'"'H 4 BKSSv&jMjiijf owJk BBBn fc. t vCvMSfiOnsn'f Intelligent advertising means "s icing "the bulldog power and te nacity of the local press on the competition offered the home merchant by the catalogue houses. Intelligent advertising means the employment of mailorder methods in combating the mail-order evil. sent from that community to the Chi cago mail-order houses each month. "That is easily twice the amount that is spent in all the stores in this town put together each month," he explain ed. "Merchandizing don't pay in such a place as this." A few hours later the writer was talking with the publisher of the local paper, and the conversation turned to local advertising, or rather the lack or it "I was very much tempted to accept a proposition which I received from one of the Chicago mail-order houses a few days ago," said the publisher. T still have the proposition here oa my desk. They offer me a cash con tract at my regular display rates for 1,500 Inches, to be used during the year, and in addition to the cash ad vertising they offer me a small com mission on all the new business se cured in this county during the .life of the contract They say their bust Bess In this county during the .last 12 months was approximately $8,000 per month, and I would secure a small percentage on all, business done over this amount during the next 12 months." "Have you shown that proposition to the merchants of this towa?" I asked. "I have, aad it didn't move them " he replied. "They simply say it doa't pay to advertise. I would, jump at the offer if it were not for the fact that I cannot bring myself to the point of doing that which I know will help to kill this community." There was an illustration of mail order methods. The wide-awake mall order man proponed to reap a golden harvest from the field the very-much-asleep local merchant would not cat tivate. Does it pay to advertise? The more than S200.0M.0M that tads its way to the Chicago mail-order houses each year is garnered by a campaign of advertising, ton, Mr. Local Merchant claim, and rightly, that you can sell the sanie goods for the same, or less money, thaa the mail-order houses offer, but at the amtvtlBin you complain because the auUl-oreer ssaa gets the basinese. Why do they get it? Because they advertise. They aot only advertise, but they, advertise la your field, and they ad--rertlse la your field because yon do " v 1 aot They select; towns, or spedal) llaes where they do aot have to asset! the competition that is offered by lo cal advertlsiag, aad they Bsake "adver- ttsiag'pay. We wait the people to trade at home; we waat them. to build up the home coauMBity; we waat to see the dollars kept ia-; circulation ,here' that oae aad all of Nthe local people may prosper. We doraot-waar. to see the fortaaes of the city atall-sraer bmj built at the expense of the local com muaity. bat we know aBeoIately the value of publicity, and we know the mailorder houses will capture the dol lars If the local merchaats will aot fight Are with lire; will aot show, the public what they caa bay aad at what price. Let us go hack to this aortslera Wisconsin town aad see what oppor tunities the merchaats there were sac riacfc It was a mill town, aad ia ao way aa"' agricultural community. There were not 2s farms withla a ra dius of as many miles. The iadustry was lumber, aad the Bsoaey to raa the mills came from the city. The aearly l.Ot employes were paid ia city BBoney, and with a little effort oa the part of the merchants la that towa this money might have beea kept la the towa. It might have been made to build a permanent prosperity. But ao, the merchants left a wide field for the mail-order houses which they im proved, and the money that might have built a town that would have stood after the lumber interests are gone and the mills' are closed has been allowed to return to the city from which it came, aad now every lofty pine that falls but drives another nail in the coffin of the town, aad all be cause the merchants did aot believe it would pay to advertise. WRIGHT A. PATTERSON. Child Turning Purple. Mary Eighotz, three years old, of New York, Is turning purple. The doctor says she is suffering with a dis ease known as purpura heatorrhagica. The child's mother first noticed the changing color three weeks ago. While bathing the girf she detected small purple spots on various parts of the body. Alarmed, she applied home remedies, but the spots continued to spread. The child's body presents the appearance of being tattooed. Almost the entire body is covered, with the exception of the face, which thus far has not been affected. While most df the time the blotches are of a mellow purple, they occasionally change to a deep plum color or a dull red. Some blotches are as large as a penny, oth ers are no larger than a pinhead. The disease is probably caused by a rhetv matic germ. Applied Theology. Little Willie Trundy. of Searsport, Me., stood at the window one day. watching his grandfather mow a piece of grass near the house. After watch ing him a few minutes, he turned to his grandmother and asked if God was everywhere. "Yes," said she, "God is everywhere." "Is He here in this room?" "Yes." Willie pondered a moment then "Is He out in the field where grampj is?" "Yes. Willie, He is everywhere." Quick as a flash camcrthe response: "That He'd better be careful or grum py Ml cut His legs off." Only Believe. Be aot downcast if difficulties sur round you in your heavenly life. They may be purposely placed there by God to train and discipline you for higher developments of faith. If he calls you to "toiling in rowing," it may be to make you the better seaman, and to lead you to a holier trust in Him who has the vessel and its destinies in hand, and who', amid gathering clouds and darkened horizon, and crested bil lows, ever murmurs the mild rebuke to our misgivings: "Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of God?" Rev. John R. Macduff. Newspaper for Financiers, v M. Rouvier. the ex-premier and the greatest authority on political finance in France, is about to start an impor tant daily newspaper, for which he has already raised 9600,000 out of the total capital needed, which he has fixed -at $1,400,MO. This paper will be both , political and financial, and will serve as the organ of the Banque de Paris et des.Pays Baa. mws. jDamaw ., w Aksmaaj BBmf, wwJsIsV EVRM toa&tffir Make the brood sows take exerciser: Clover, of whatever variety is the farmer's best friend. Meat fed to the sow which eats her pigs will keep her from doiag so. New starters may be used every year aad the old' comb melted into wax. To-day is the time to do good; to morrow is soon enough to pay the grudge. Let the cloth which is ' used la washiag the aUlk uteasiis be used for nothing else. Common sense is the best medicine you can use in treating the sick ani mal on the farm. The percentage of profit which the farm returns is proportionate to the kind of management which it has. There are vacant places on every farm where trees ought to begrow ing for the blessing of future genera tions. The old canes pruned from the berry bushes should be burned, for in their destruction many insect pests perish. The bath which the hen likes best is the dust bath. Give her the dirt and she will supply the spraying ap paratus. Nest boxes should be movable so as to take, outside' and cleanse or they should be so constructed as to be easily and thoroughly cleaned inside the pen. Get in a little work in the orchard while the-ground is too wet to work. A little time and a good pair of eyes will see lots to be done to help the trees into healthy condition. There is little excuse for the blinds on horses, but no excuse at all for the blind that is loose and flapping back and forth against the horse's eyes. The farm is a big place to lose things ou. which the man who drops the tool where he happens to use it last finds out often to his sorrow. Ac quire the habit of putting things in their places. The feeding of the pigs intended for fattening should differ from those which are to be developed for the breeding pen. Force the growth of the pigs that are to be marketed and fatten rapidly by the fe'eding of rich carbonaceous foods. Begin to prepare now for the short pasture problem which may confront you next summer. Raise some fod der crop that will help you over the critical period. Remember that what the cow shrinks during such period is almost impossible to recover, even by the most generous feeding. A beekeeper urges the importance of leveling up the apiary, marking out the paths, etc. This work pays in more ways than one. and should not be neglected. Have everything in readiness so that no time may be kst when time becomes valuable in a pecuniary sense. This is good man agement, and absolutely essential to success. Siberian alfalfa introduced in this country to supplement durum wheat in a rotative system so as to avoid summer fallowing may mark another epoch in the agriculture of the north western prairie regions where rain fall is slight and the winters are ex ceedingly cold because practically the same conditions exist in the steppes of Siberia where this alfalfa is native' and where it grows very successfully. Give the seed potatoes a bath in corrosive sublimate solution made up in proportion of one ounce of the sub limate to seven gallons of water. This will kill the scab germs, and if the planting is on land free from germs, the crop will not be affected with scab. The usual way is to put the potatoes into a bag and immerse them in the solution for an hour and a half. They are then spread out and dried before planting. Another good scab" remedy is to soak the seed tubers for two hours in a solution of one-half plat formalin in 15 gallons of water. A new fruit packing law goes into effect in Oregon in May and provides that the name and address of .growers must go on all packages of fruit This will regulate the marketing of the 1907 crop of berries, cherries, pears, apples, peaches, etc The law is com prehensive aad holds a careless or willfully negligent grower strictly to account The new law provides that every Oregon buyer must upon pack ing fruit for market whether intend ed for sale within or without the state, msrk plainly oa the outside of every package his aame and post-office address. No one must falsify or conceal the origin oi tne rruit Morei, -over, dealers found with falsely maftl , ed fruit in their possession will be held liable. Violation of the law will he punished by a fiae of not less than S5 to $500, or by imprisonment or both.v i I, Sk . i an- aT -. aHBBsW9BssVsSpBJS Bf jjsjWjsBMIsygtjlMBBgssyMttg E'mBBSIIflBBBBBaiRl S Bre&jBBBBBSSBlSBB5&Sf'!'HBMS! 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The successful peaHrisssa says It is aot a case of beiag able to afford a greea bone cutter, hat rather, that he can't afford to he without Sharp edges on the grinding teeth; of a horse prevent proper am sti ration of the food aad result la an unthrifty condition of the aaiaud. File these edges off. The accumulation of maanre ia the barnyard is aot going to help yon grow your crops this season unless you get it on the fields. A ton of manure on the ground is better than two in the barnyard. Does your interest ia folks extead ao further thaa the Hmlts ef yoar own household? Doa't be Barrow aad sel fish. Neighbor sick or in trouble, visit him. It will do yon good and wiir cheer the 'other fellow up and help lift his burden. There is likelihood that the Illinois university will establish a great vet erinary college -at the Chicago Union stockyards to be run aa oae of the departments of the agricultural col-, lege. It must be remembered In testing that the same germinating power which is indicated under the favorable conditions of heat aad moisture obtained in the test may aot be secured whea sown In the open field. Director W. A. Henry of the Wis consin experiment station has hand ed in his resignation to take effect next July, and while he will thus sever his connection with the ex periment station he will continue with the college of agriculture as pro fessor emeritus. The government has distributed to about 2,000 fruit growers in the gulf states and in Oregon aad Washington specimens of the new citrus fruit known as citrange. This fruit is es pecially valuable for cooking and In the making of acid drinks and can be grown in regions slightly too cold for the ordinary orange. Preparation of seed bed aad the time of planting have much to do with the success of the bean crop. The ground should be plowed early and then harrowed or dragged every week until time for planting. In judg ing the conditions under which the seed should be planted it should be kept in mind to have the beans start promptly after planting and to keep them growing to maturity. It is possible to produce good beef on the small farm and there is -no doubt that much of the beef of the future will be so produced. The big cattle ranges of the west are becom ing a thing of the past and the beef industry which has been largely monopolized by them will daring the coming years fall more and more to the share of the smaller farms. Look out for chilled eggs during; the early spring. Once chilled they; are done for. Pays to take a little pains in keeping the eggs carefully before placing under the hen and the hen appreciates a nice warm corner in which to incubate her eggs. No practical remedy for cabbage rot has yet been discovered. The re moval of diseased leaves, which was at one time advocated, has provea to be useless. Rotation of crops will help matters some. However, it fre quently happens that aa excellent crop may be grown where rot was de structive the previous year. Much depends on the weather conditions. Sometimes the disease is transmit ted through Infected seed. Trouble from this source may be avoided by soaking the seed 15 anautes ia a weak solution of corrosive sublimate, one part corrosive sublimate to 1,000 parts of water. Corrosive sublimate tablets for making disinfecting solutions are sold by druggists. A Holsteia cow on the farm of W. J. Gillett of Rosendale, WI&. has ia . a test conducted under the direction or the Wisconsin experiment station made the following remarkable show ing: The test began December 24. 1906, and closed February 24, 1907. and shows a production for C3 days of 5529.6 pounds of milk containing 217.207 pouads of batter fat. The highest world's record for seven days was made February C to 13. whea the tests showed 615.7 ponds of milk containing 28.176 pounds of fat, aa average of 4.32. 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