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BEES AND FRUIT. The following is an extract from ia paper read before the Arkansas Horti cultural Society: lBefore condemning t le bees let us briefly examine the evidence upon which rests this denunciation, and see whether it is just. T1hose who denounce them are free to admit that it is at particular times only that the fruit is injured by them-times when there is a great scar city of bee forage; when the flowers have ceased to yield honey, at the close of a hot, dry summer. It is found that they will then sometimes cluster upon and attack grapes or other fruit that has been damaged by birds or from other causes. It is said that, with their strong mandibles, the bees may tear open substances much stronger than the skin of a grape. lBut it has been shown by observation that, to get through, the skin has to be cut, not broken, by the bees ; and t hat is impossible, more imnpos sible, indeed,. for bees to bite a grape than for a person to bite, with his teeth, a large watermelon as long as it is whole. The bees wvill only remair. on such bunches of fruit as have been, by some chance, ruptured. Select a choice bunch of fully ripe grapes, open a hive of bees and lay the bunch onl the frames over the cluster of bees, then re plaice the cover. They will at once pro ceed to closely examine it, though there are no cracked or injured berries on the bunch. Wait 24 hours an1d again Openl the hive, wlen the grapes will be found pe'rfect. Now scratch or puncture some of the berries aind replace them in the hive over the bees. ''hey will iminedi ately commillenice sucking the jtice froml those which have been punctured, the perfect berries remtiing nt ouched. After thts leaving sound bunches of grapes for three days they will still be tound as perfect as ever. Aa in, perfect bunches of grapes have been dipped in honey (and placed in the hive or on the alighting hoard. The bees innmediately gather up the honey, and they will polish the grapes until they look like black beads. ''hough the grapes nay lay there tv.o weeks or more and unt it they have become shriv elled up, the skill will never be broken by the bees. If another bulnch, having about imi he grapes scratcled openl, be placed be side this one, tlie injured grapes will 50011 le devoured, except the skin and see(ds, while those not scratched will not be punctured by the bees. Sonic have objected that probably the bees of selected colonies had not vet learned to cut the skin of the grape. To dlisp)ose ofl t hiis objectionr, other bunches were selected that were most damaged and('mo1(st covered wvith bees. All the dtamiagedl grapes were carefully cut away atnd thle b)ees allowedl to return to lhe bunIIchles. Six hours later thle gra pes wee f ounud initact , not a bee hayv ig b)eeni ablle to cut t hem . "'le next <day all the (damailged gra pes were removed fromi othter bumnchles, and thle remii ing p)erfect gripe p)~junictured withI a jpin. At eveninrg thle putnctunredl grapes hiad a simalt depression at the place of punc ture, this dlepress'ioni being caused b)y thle .bees wvho had suceked thiroughi thle pin hole all thle juice they wvere ablhe to reach. tBut the pin hole hadt niot ben enihirged,. thuns shiowing not only that lhe bees are u niable to p)unctutre a sound( grape, but that t hey are unable to en ha rge holes altready made. Thiese and1( oither experimtient s hiave beeni repeated, arid have been carefully p)erformied b)y experienced fruit growers ; ando thle bu1nchies wvere select ed f rom thle ripjest ini the v'ineyardI. That bees are unable to injure sound( fruit, has been thloroughily ascertai nedl by a committee for that purpose, ap poinited by the Society of 1IIorticultutre andl Grape Cultutre (of Ilordeauix, France, anid thle Society of llee Cultutre of 1La G iroinde. Nearly all the members of thle last namiiedl society aren Owniers oif thle vinieyardls and arttie iamong thle produicers of' thle famnouis w ine ot Bor(ldaux, andl were interestedl in thle results of the ini vestiRgat ion. lIn t heir experimenits sweet cherries, pimiis, a pples, a pricots, nears and grapes wvere successively plhacedl ini sidle several hivyes of bees and rema~ined there safely. Yet , ini France gra pes have very thin skins, t hinni,er than those oIf the gritpes of this count ry. It is at fatct well kniowvn amoiig fruit growers thaiit somie variet ies of grapes are liaulite to burisit whlen there is it spell of wvet wvettier a botit thle t imen t hey arne ri pening. StichI is thle case withI thle Conicords. The D)ebiwamtres very of'teni tiurst , biecautse thle tbunichles are so coin pact that they have niot room to grow; and1( they aren ailso so verny sweet thait the birds arie iiore destrtuctivye to t hem. One gratpe gtowter reporteod thle loss5 of neartily his ent ire crop (if Coiicords oni geccounit of t wo or thlree days of rain before t hey wvere nuite ripe enomgh for wine. The sane report says : "We have twelve acres in grapes and about 120 stands of bees, blacks and hybrids, and we do not think we have ever had a grape punc tured by bees." A report from Thaddeus Smith, of Pelee Island, Ontario, some years ago, says: "aving been a grape-grower and a bee-keeper for twenty years, and now having charge of thirty-three acres of grapes .and keeping from twenty-five to forty hives of bees, it is quite natural that I should take an interest in this dis cission--' I)o bees eat Grapes?' "My father planted one of the first vineyards in Kentucky, and he was also quite a bee man for those times. Vhen our first crop of grapes was ripe, I well remember his coming to me, when I was but a boy, and saying that we would have to give up our hees, as they were destroying the grapes. But being re luctantt to part with them, Ie decided not to brimstone t hem without investi gating the inaatter ; and this investiga tion led to the conclusion that the bees fed only upon the grapes that had been punctured ; and he discovered that a small bird was doing the mischief. Our bees and grapes were both saved." The report fu: t her says (hat one of his neighbors was troubled by having his early grapes-e.pecially the IIhart fords and the Delawares--punctured and that they had not left him a perfect bunch of Ilartfords. By careful watch iag he discovered tihe depredators to be the beautiful Baltimore Orioles, which were passing over in large flocks. In a day or two he killed forty or fifty of thei, and saved tie remainder of his grapes. Another fruit-grower, who had sixty acres in fruit, reported that his apiaiy was in his vinevard ; and Ilat he had for years made careful examinat ion ; and that he had never known sound fruit to be attacked by bees. And still another says : "I' y my own experiments I am forced to the conclusion that, instead of (lie honey bee dest roying the Fruit , she only gathers 1he juices of those pune tured." Further reports of t his character might be cited, but the foregoing are decieed sullicient and I will not wrtry your pa tience with them. It is universally admitted, I believe, by comup!tent observers, that bees are never injturious to any plant while gatlh ering honey or pollen from the flowers. On the other hand, it is fully proven that, by aiding in fertil i.ation and cross fertilization, they are of great benefit to plants. They are ail)mng nat tie's great hybridizers--.iding inl tle fertilization of flowers and rendering fertile many barren ones. Nearly all orchiihtceous plants absolutely requir the visits of bees or insects to remove the pollen masses. The great nat ion of Russia, findinlg they could get more clover seed with the fertilizing of the blossoms by bees, imported bumble-bees to fertiiize their clover. Itf the whole genus of' bees biecamte ex tinct , 0or very rare, thle heart's ease and lhe redl clover wou)tld become rar'e or' wvould dlisapplear. I low is t hat ? lle cause biees pr'~iomte thle growth oi(f those flowers, amid they are alm1iost indisp~ensa ble to (lhe fert ilizat ion of' the heart's eaise. hi a word, no( beres, 1no seed ; no seedl, no increase oh' flowers. Th'le mlore v'isit s fromi tIhe bees, thle mior'e seed fromt (lhe flowers. Twventy hleads of' unmpro (eeted D)utchi clover yiel(dd 2,900 seeds; (lie same nutm ber' protect ed froim thle bees p)rodutced niot oneC seed. Oneii hun dired hieads of unpirot ected c lover yielded 27,000 seeds ; while (lie same numbn er p)rotected f'rom (lie bees v ielded not a seedl. Bees, thlen , mnust be conisidlered (lie friend(s niot only3 of' thie f'ruit-gro)wer, but of thle florist, thle seedsani and thle agricuIt urist., as wvel I ; atid t here should be no anitagoniism of' ir.t erest bet ween thle be e-keeper' an th(I(le frutit -gr'owera. When a party of rniddle aged( wonit en get togethei 4 themne of conversa. iceal atiiueints. It__ would be better if these disenssionis of the aihnenits peculiar to wotnen took plaIce twenity yearsii eatllier iu life. If a little of thie plocdery of uto'd. ern society were banished, so that younig woiuneii talke d th ese suibj ects over' tnolg thenmselves, there would he less sufferinsg atonig womnen in muiddle life. Good health is the best endo(wlinenit that a lhntanl beinig casii hlave. Good genieral health anion,g wontett is largely depenadet ,nptoit goo<, local health in a wvonaaunly way. 'Iliroughi Ignorance and( nieglect it has b e coie such att oid inarv', co Itilntoni - lalce tliig for wonietn tol suffer fro,n weatkiiess and disease of the delicate and i iupjortatit femninte orgattisiii, t-hat nsiany womnen h:ave coniie to look 111pott these trioubles as-an unavoidable inheritatnce. Tlhmis is a tuis. take. .All troubles of this Itatuire liuay be cured i the privacy of the hinite, withutt tindergoinig the obnoxlious " exalnittions" amnd "'local tieattniet '" itisisted uploni by the average phlysician. D)r. P'ierce's Fa vorite Prescenption gives health, e'lastic stre.ngth, antd vit ality' to the sentsitive organta concern,ed. It al lays in flainttittio, heals *a ti1eeration and free's frotn painl. It tonest the nerves and builds tip the nerve centters. It muakes a wont healthy and stronig, antd thus prelAlreR her for br:ahv w ifehonod, capable tuotherhiood and a safe transition at the chainge of life. "I wan:t to testify to the great becnefit derived fromn iiting D)r. Pieres Fnavorite Pres"ription,"' writes Mrs. It. Mason, of siwt:keruvi. wVvo utitg co., N'. Y. "I coninienice'd using It abol,nt three nmonths b)efore confiineanen,t. wVith, lny fornie, conifaniniient I suffered greatilv. while th , oeii niIiarnt,Ively, easv. ,owthig to the use1 Exhaustion of Soils. The effect of continuous cultivation is noticeable upon many of our soils where some special crop h is been grown for a series of years without intermission. In parts of the Ohio Valley soils that twen ty years ago produced amazing crops of corn without any fertilizing have deteri orated to such an extent that a fair crop cannot be grown very well. Sumne droughts injure these inferior crops much more than the luxurient growths on bet ter soil. The same is true in' the North west, where wheat has been raised con tinuously fol .any years. 'T'his exhaus tion of the soil has induced some farm ers to claim that it is impossible to raise either wheat or corn in these regions as cheaply as a few years ago, and that farmers cannot make a living wvith ihese grains at present prices. Years ago Eastern farmers, or at least sone of them, learied the lesson of ex haustion of soil through continuous cul tivatiotn, and adaptation to the change has Ieen slow but sure. Today we find Eastern farms that have been in clt iv - tion three Iimes as long as some of these Western farms yielding better crops than those in the Ohio Valley or in the Nortliwest. A recent examnination1 of the soils of these old farms and the comi paratively new Western soil showed that the former were richer in plant food and humus. A chemical anatlysis showed that potash, nitrogen and lime were more abundant in the well cultivated Eastern soils than In the corn or wheat lands of1 tle West. This mav seem surprising t.. miany Western farmers who have looked upon their soils as the richest in tlie world, Capable of yielding large crops wvit hoult fertilizing or very much cult ivat ion. Iutt lte fact in miamv cases is overlooiked that soils in the \West are rapidly dete riorating tirough ihe continuous cult iva tion of single crops, while in the lEast a systematic rotat i.1n of crops is not only retaining the fertility of' the soil, but actually adding to it. This, of course, does not apply to all farmls, but to tile majority of the best cultivated ones. Long ago Eastern farmers discovered that it 5was4 ncccss:ary to adopt rotation of crops or abandon their farms alto gether. They took the only vise course, and their farins are paying investments even in these hard times. About a year ago the Minnesota Sta tion miia de a series of chemical analvses of I -o d!fferent soib, in the \Wcst to de ternine.the effect of coatinuouis cultiva tion. The top soil and subsoil were used in this test. 'he result of the cx periments showed that after eight to twelvye yearis of coti inuouis cutlti1vat ion thle niit rogen in thle soil was red<hiced f'rom oiie-thbird to onie-hialf aid thle potash and phlosphiates almnost ais imuchI. Th'le original supply of humusu ws" re (laced f'romi 30 to 9> per cenlt. , in thle samiie t iime. If' lie process contiiued thle soils would be brought to t lie p)oint where they (could niot lie cult ivaated priofit ably. It was hurthleirmiore shown that the exhiau st ed soi ls suffered great ly f'romi droughits, wh'lile the land irich ini humuas andi( nitro(gein stoodl the diry wecathber v'ery sat isfaactoriiily. Th'lis pro~ce'ss, hiowvera, is just rec v'ersedl wher'e a rotaitiOn of cropis, ini which grass and1( clover' figure promi ineat - ly, is practIiced. Inistecad oIf (leteriiomit iing, t he soils graduIallyI gaini iin Iihiess, so t hat in t ime the commiier'cialf fert ilizers are' neededl hut v'ery little. Th'le true su1ppfly of' fei't ilit y comies fromi thle gr'ass and v'eget able material suppl)1ied by good cult i vat ion and1( thriioughi thle al pplicat ion of' bara il 1rd muantiurie. If' larmercis would1( aill reailize t his, thle fertilizer qulestilon of lie futur ie would1( be readi ly solved by many whlo today~ predict diire dlisaaster's to f'ariniig, whleni thle cost of f'ert ilIizinag lie soil will eat up aill the fproits. '[here is -mio spehl condit ion of' aaffai rs to comeC, if' tri'ie rot at ion of cr'ols is pra':c ticed-Prof R. I'. Maisoin in Amiericani Cultivator. SOW PEAS. T[hose who ai'e so f'or'tuniate ats to hiav e suiflicienit seedl peais shaould( plamt e'very aicre' frioii whlieb smialI graini has beeni removed in t his renovat ig crop. If' tlhe faamd is i'eason b Iy f'erit ilec so~~ w broad eiast at thle r'a te of' one baishl lper1 aicre. half11 fee t a parit , eighit to teni peas to thle hill ev'ery two f'eet. Th'le f'ol lowing is aan ecoommical wvay of phianitinig them. Mharuk off thle rows w~ith Iaa biulbtonigue, followedl by a large shmovel1. Droi'p lie pleas in thlis f'urriow and covecr withI two f'urows of' a good ane- horuse turni'i plow withI .thle bara side nex t t o thle,.peas. EICnough earith wi~~ill Ibe thlrown uipoi thle pe'a seed to ensure ger' niniat ion, wh'lile thle plow slice wilf be br'own into the midles, Coveiing the rassi5 bet ween the rows. Af'ter thle aeu are hai'ge eiioaigh to ble p)lowed, one hlovel f'urrow~ will br'eak thle middles. lhe plow~ sl ices t hirowni ovei' the saurfIace re veiit it friom i bcom)iin g har id anmd at be saime time kills any' graiss which is *roin~ig in thle stubble. Garden Calendar. In the Flower Yard.--Keep the sur face stirred between the plants. Use the garden rake after each rain or wa tering, and no other cultiyation will be necessary. Cut back the bedding plants, such as Salvia, Coli ns, Argeratin, etc., to ill duce at dense, stocky growt b. Clip the flowers from the rose bushes as soon as they are full blown, to prevent the ex hatusting process of seed-making. In the (arden-.Continiue to plant Corn, beans and tomatoes for succession. Plantit a few squashes and eucumbers, se lecting coipar-'itively lmoist locations, if available. Sow collard seed cither in beds or permanent rows where the early crop of peas gre'w. sow rttalbaga tur nips upon lhoroughly u1)llveri.ed soil. For the ipper half of the cotton belt Sow cabbage seed to secure plants for the fall crop. The beds im,ay be pro.. tect :d by a covering of old sacks until the seed germinate, when the sacks should he lift.d and stretched over the beds three feet I'ron the ground. After (lie plants are well established, the pro teclion nay be entirely removed. Thin the 1)eachts to protect the trees 11o1 breaking ault to inlcrease tle size and quality of t hose leFt. I )est roy fallen fruit to prevent tlie propa gataion of dce structiye insects. Cout inute to spray the --lple and pear trees and the grape vines with i,rdealx mixture. Tie up the new caines and pinch back those hearing Fruit to within t wo joints of the last btnchI. Remove inferior canes even if they have small bunches 11)o11 them. l'rolong the grape season by bagging the best bneblies u11pon sone vines. The Ives is e"spccially henefited by bag ginmg. 'l'lie I)clawatre usually cither rots or makes raisins in the bags ; Linlley, lhart ford, Bhlack la gle, Niagara and some others are proteeted Iy 1ie ags and nuch) ilnprovedc thereby. iee p tie sqitashes an1d ec ctumbcrs closely gal hered to p'olong t heir bearing seasonl. Destroy the old strawvber-v beds whicb ha Ve borie th1ree full Cro)5, utnless it is desired to keep them longer to grow sets. After the mneloni vines grow Loe long to be 1)lowed, keep dowi the grass with hoes, bit do not move the vines. Poultry Points. "Pullets excel for eggs, hens for any thing else,'' says a writer f1:r l'rn I'ouiltrty, we~h'o explains as folhc ws :Start inig out in thei. spi ng of' thle ye ar, puillets ill thle avceraige case lay many nmore eggs hana hiens and1( are nt seo persistenmt ill *;et t ig. l I i sumer i thle b :a mee is ia bout even, and ini the Fall thle lien asa rule, vas thle fi rst part before she moclt s, it usiually being the case that the pullet is ihe first ni.olter. Tlhiis leavyes t lie chan tces in the favor of the' pullet as a winter layer. WithI thle sp)ring hiatchle I -ilet a1 great dleal lie's ini thle indtividui.al, for' sonie ar~e niaturally more enterpiing han others, and takeni mIiscelbmileouIsly they would not do a bit better duitntig the wviinter t h:an anm equal nuimbeler ol ear' lv miolters at anyv age. I lens growv st ronger an mr, n~re v igoroeuts chiic k ens han puillets, are mor Ie e xpceiced anmd less foolishi. Illence a greater per cent. of their eggs will be fert ile. Thecy are bet ter miot hers an usu ~ lIally bet ter setiter. lIn a word, puillets for layers, ol Fowvls for b)reders. Crippled by Rheumatism. Those who have Rhueumatismn find themsiuelves growin s~ tead1i ly worse al11 the while. Ono( r'eaoni oft this is thiat the remiedies pruescri bed by t he d ctor's conitami mercury and1( potashi, which ull t.imtely intensify the dliseaise bcy c.aus ing theo joits to swvell and1( stiffen, producinig a severe ach ing of' the bonies. 8. S. S. has bieen curing Rhleumiiat.ismn for,twenty yemars--eveni the wori1st casesC wvhich secmied almost inleurable. C~apt. 0. E'. ITughes, thce p o p uc l a r ncrnoa onduii(cr, of Goicclum ila, S. (2, h-:l ane m thi a I Ihorc' h' l 0:.lv .ca (lce ier thatd pciai ils case. iIe sacys: "I wac a gaiIt sufflereer fromc mta:s cailar R(heumicatism1c focr twoc yearso. 1 (could get ~ ~ 110 pe'rmanenlOd 1. relef '/~)' i4 from an iy mcedilelie pri *aer heed by3 my)i hysltttan. Itooek abouti a doze bioite. -. 11iescof youric 8. S. .5., andci ncow In am as w1ell as t iC.IsNl4,,~ suare that4 your mcedliccno Crcm d i t to any1( 1 n W eIl11. 'iro\' e o .4 sadiseacsedl stat(e of' t he blood , and1( onyablood re'medy isa the onily properia' S.S.S.Blood beig Purely Vegetab)le, goes direct to the very ciause oif 1he( discease andie a per-. manien t cure aalwcays resul ts. IR is thlo onily blood( r'emed'ay gulcaanteed to on tain 1n0 potaish, maercuray 0or other dani Blooks mailed( free by Sw;~ift SpecifIc Comnany. A .Innti, _ Gerrin CORN CULTURE AGAIN. As a rule, corn is, not laid by carly' enough. The yield of corn in the Cot ton States is reduced at least ten per cent(. by improper cultivation and proba bly tell per cent. imure by defective prep aration of the lanu. We have written so often pointing out the folly of deep cultivation of corn, that we approach tile subject with ai feeling of reluctance. We would not write on the subject at-this time but for the suggestion of the necessity for it in an editorial in a recent issue of the Southern Cultivator, the distinguished editor of which rarely teaches error. Ile writes: "\lilst a deep working of Corn1 in its earliest starge is advisahlc to encouitage deep-rooting, this is not ad visable at its second working." In our opinion, based upon results of our own carefully conducted cxperimeris and those of experiment stations in i itttnl)er of other States, "deep working'' of corn is not only not advisable at any stage of its growth, but is positively in juirious. So far from inducing deep rooting, deep working de.,troys the first roots which th corn puts forth--the seminal roots-which are deeper in the soil than any whic are put out later. Deep plowin;g when the corn is young destroys t e seminal roots which are neve ."er -)elaced. Corn roots (11) not bratnclh when cut as cotton roots do, but new roots are put. forth from t he joints above. TI'he nc"'w roots are tiherefore neareri the surf;ace tli;n those which were cut :nuld ence have le;s (routh-resisting power. If a cotton root is cut tihe limbs grow, but corn roots have no limbs. only root hairs. No cottont roots are atarted from hie radical after, t he plant vegetates. (Corn on the contIrar can re new its roots only by new ones froI the joints of the stalk. C'o'n should be so llnted, in a fur row, that e:athi maS"y ie drawn lo t lie stalk luring; cultivation, but no bed should be raised. There is no advantage in drawing earth around the cotton stms as no new" 'oots are formed. I'arth drawn to thecorn1 plant facilitates t'c new r;oot growt Ii. Smue plhow deep to throw dirt around tle stalk to sup port it against being blown down. i this proces: the danger of being blown down is increased b' cutting the Sup porting roots. I.ver, variety of corn hms a dcfiinite period of g!rowtVIi beyond which its life cattnnot be c.xtedclecl. The '(ilt ivat ion should be given early and rapidly ma should ce;tse 1efore" the corn "'bunches' Io tassel. \\'hIein corn is lid by thlie sillr tace( shiould be level. \\'e often1 see 'orni upon01 dry uplland( cullt iva'ted( upon0 high beds. It' is cullti vated often21 upon1 b)eds in bcit toms to se cure thle niecessar'y drainllage where thle land is 1(oo wvet . It is c'ertalinly not wise to drlaini by bieddcingp the Iiha 'wich ar'e alrecady too( drv'\. Cotton Mi'anufactur'ing in the So:.thernu States. The lIrbit ish consuls at New ( )rleains :11md(L CI (llo refer', iln thleir repor0lts tor' lie past year,. to the gr'owthI of' t hel. Soumit hieirn S tat ea. I.aist yem-', t hey say, for' ihe fir st ime' ini its hlistorv, ie con-i sumipt ion oif coton 'in ti Ihe SouthI ex ceed'(ed I.01, 00,xx lahe.; ; imd1(, ini spite oif 114 wo scce(ss5ive seaon o515(f conuner11 lc ialI de spinles' iln thle (cottin millsk has inicrealsed by abuout 6;7 ,(Xo 0or 21 peri cen'lt., whlile lie 'on'smnpilt tin of cot toa hat, inicreased by 20 per cen'lt. liIn iro-<;0 t he( 'oin SmInlption of(i thle loca l spinning mills wm~ 5.j6,Soh bales; iS9y-e1 7iS,'W h ales. and ini S9-<b7, I ,; 6pI bales. Th<Ii toital Inumbiler of apinldIe is now1 3,851, 991 , and while' thi S.mith1rn spinnoers took List 4ve:ir, ls Ia been ailread(l statted, i,' 1,67 I bakta, Ithose of' thI North Iioo1(k 1 ,So.,,685 hales. T1he consl at Chiarlestoni says t hat this indutstry is miostt ivein Smin i b(Cairoliai ; Norit b had, at the endii (f 1 g. em h abLout a mIlion 1pi idles and.! . ,oo ma. ini ae-' g2'ods. ( 'mrgia Ihas a1 numbe~ 4r 'if spen hase als( Augu4 a a1 . Cohnnbes,!s ~vll and, 3,oo pind b .1 : iWa .2' IC b ImS ; I wenity-' five co'(on hos l~'>'via dlis, aind 1,g io k nit - It' igmachine ,c and su ndry' othe li'Ill s for1 varii. us5 b,-an h.as of t heitxt ile induts <11. v.-ry.-T.a ,e I-'rmer. II t-i e..me ithi at reasonabllly slow~ < h m u .g pr-,dutes he: L-r rt suhs thban 1f m i i ni that th(ere will b.e less f'at l.1n ill tno hontterld:i Health and D soase Indications. Massachusetts l'loughmtn. Wh'ien fowls are judiciously fed, made to take exercise, and their quarters kept clean and free from lice, there is com paratively no trcuble with sickness, ex cept in case of contagion. \When the combs and wattles of the fowls are of a bright red color it indicates a coid'tion of health. \Vhen the fowls are busy scratching, the hens laying and singing tnl the cocks crowiiig, these are signs of good health. When you can enter the lien house aftcr dark and hear n. wheezing it proves that there are not any droupy fowls in t he flock. \Vhen the mtanuire is hard and a por tion is white, it indicates a healtliy con dition of the digestive organs. When the edge ot the combs and wat ties are of a purplish red and the miove mcnts sluggish, there is something wrong. When fows lie arountd, indifferent to their* surroundings, they are too fat and death from apoplexy, indigest ion or liver complaint will result unless tihe t rouble is corrected. \\' hen the fowls are rest less and con tinuaily picking their feathers, they are in'erested with vermin. When voting poultry, especially duck lings, appear to have a sore throat and swallowing is dillicult, it is t he symptom of h olge gray lice on ie neck. If a I'owl has a bilious look, wit I alter nate at tacks of dysentery and costiveness, it is suffering with liver complaint. A lack of grit, overfeedii g and idleness will cause this trouble. A hospital should be a part of every poult ry yard. As soon as .i fowl gets ill, reiIloye it to the losplai and coimneiice doctoring it at once. The trouble with far too niany is that they wait until the disease is ini its adv"atced stages before griving imedicine. A very sick fowl is ditlicult to cure, and wlien cured it is sel doml of an" value afterwardl. A Prolltable Combinat.io,'. Tile drliinnmer stepj)cd into a store ini a \Vestern town where the proprietor mat a stock of" guns and musical instru ments. "Isn't that a rather queer combit iot ' ie asked. "Tere's iunmev inl it fI' me,' Ieplied the proprietor. "I don't see how. "That's because y"otu ain't ill in our wilvs. .. ell. puit e Ill) . "'It's this way,"' exp)lainied thle pro pr'i et or. " I sell a man~ i a corn et , a lbanmjo or fiddle, or somneting like that, and by lie timie lie has pra'ict iced a wveek Ihis neigh bor comies in anud buyvs a shotgun or rev'olver or somieting hike t hat , andc I .\ Iusical record. Dairy Notes. 1 f the cow is not milked ceani she will gradIuallyv fail ini her milk flow. Feilled cheese is jutst ais great a fr'a..d as butter'inie. bith shiould be comnpelledl to sell for what t hey aire. Learn thle proper temtperaiturie for buit - ter to comie and keep a1 thlermiomieter for trinig t he teimpeinatutre. It will fre qutently save miuch labor ahid annioyanice. oN( cililer fariin rodliet (cOlnniiaiids as Widhe a ranhge oif pryces in the nmarket as butter, and1( ini nothlinig else is the value inii ma rket moruie compl 'etel y in thle hanids of theii inufactuzrer 0 fmeaningv and about which such tender and holy recollections cluster as that of " Mo-ri:n "-she who wvatched over our hel pless infancy and gnid ed our' frst tottering stcp. Yet the life of every Expectant Moth, er is beset wvith dlanger and all ef fort should be made to avoid it. I~ ,y so assists nature 180 oiiQerinthe change tak Mother is ena bled to look for wvardI without dread, suffering or gloomy fore bodiings, to the hour wvhen she cxp)erienices the joy of Metherheod. Its usc insiures safety to the lives of both Mother and Child, and she is found stronger after than before confinemcnt-in short, it "makes Childbirth ugatural and easy," as so many have said. D)o n't be persuadled to use anything but MOTHER'S FRIEND " My wife aufTered more in ten mnin utes with either of her oilier two-chhl dIren thant she dId altogether wvith her last, ha~vini pr"vioumsly used four bot Llies(of ' Mother's Frienid.' It j it blessinig to any onIe expti~tng to be come a MOTPIIERt," Says a cuistoimer. II x Daiusox l). ,u, Carmni, Illinois. Of Druggistis 'it S1.00, or s-,nt by orpress on receipt of prlen. , iato for .oilk coniini t tOutimonh,a and valualllO iniformatuoun for ail Motitors. froo.