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When i Water Hogs. 'Always water hogs before feeding, and never afterwards. If this is prac ticed iand the animals are given ear corn on a feeding floor, fourteen pounds of corn will produce two pounds of gain. Ir. other words. every bushel of corn ought to produce ten pounds of pork. If this Is not being accomplished something is wrong. Fat in the Milk. The percentage of fat in milk from a single cow may vary, one day giv ing different results from the next. In an experiment with a choice Jersey tow the milk was found to range from 4.45 per cent. to 5.38 per cent. A sin gle test with a cow may, therefore, be of no value, as In the one case more milk would be required to make a pound of butter than in the other. Cost of Milx Production. You ask for the approximate cost of produ&.ng milk at the prevailing prices of feeds, etc. This Is a difficult ques tion to answer, depending on whether the cows are fresh or strippers: As suming that they are good, ordinary cows, and as the ordinary dairy goes, some fresh and some strippers. We will take a good average dairy, say of twen ty-five cows, all in milk, no boarders, and they will produce not to exceed eight quarts apiece, or 200 quarts per day. This is the average dairy, re member, not pure-breds. Corn and wheat feeds average $30 here; hay, $10; silage, $3 at least. We, will feed each cow a. follows per day: I Forty pounds silage at $3 would cost six cents; ten pounds hay at $10, five cents; ten pounds grain at $30, fifteen (ei:ts; hired labor, two cents. Thus making a total per cow per day of twenty-eight cents, or $7 per day for twenty-five cows. On the assumption that these cows produce 200 quarts of milk per day, the cost of production is three and one-half cents per quart. I have let the good farmer work for nothing and board himself, and have put nothing for the use of the cows, buildings, etc., considering only direct cost of feed and labor.-H. T. Coon, in American Agriculturalist. Geese and Ducks. 'Although many farmers refuse to allow ducks or geese to be kept on the farms because, as they say, they are too troublesome, nevertheless both are easily kept and exceedingly profitable when rightly managed. During the spring and summer months both will gather their food In any old pasture where hogs or cattle would starve. They do best when allowed a pond or stream of water to swim in. but they can be kept with only sufficient water for drinking. The young grow rapid ly, and after the first few weeks the require DO care except to feed. They . are never troubled with mites and need 4 no warm house such as chickens must have. They are healthy and seldom die from any disease.1 They do not lay during the winter I months, but from February to August2 will average from 100 to 125 eggs each.i Dressed ducks and geese always bringi good prices during the fall and winter < months, and the feathers, which mayi be p'lucked during the spring and sum mer, will more than pay for the cost of raising. They are great foragers, but any kind of a low fence will keep1 them in bounds. We are inclined to< think that the prejudice against them 1 is mostly due to the fact that farmers have not tried the pure breeds of the present day. Every farmer should pos- 1 sess a flock of both ducks and geese. Home and Farm. Uuing Weeds and Litter For Bedding. Such forms of vegetable production as weeds, vines, stalks, etc., if gathered and burned return but little value to the farm. If allowed to remain cn the ground they hinder plowing. Weeds will grow, and they are productions of our lands and have removed from the soil a portion of its fertility. How to return this to the soil in the most 1 convenient form and get other benetits from this refuse should be considered by every farmer. Near large cities straw has become almost too expensive an article for bedding.~ Shavings and sawdust are not entirely satisfactory. Upon the farm we have that which can take the place'of these for stable litter. By a little extra labor and care weeds and rubbish can be gathered and secured for bedding. Although not as soft as straw, they are clean, absorb much of the liquid manure, and soon decay in the manure pile. When the seeds of weeds havec matured they had best be burned, but rather tnan have the weeds scattered on the ground I would chance them In the compost heap, where a large portion of them will be destroyed. The leaves from trees can be easily gatl.ered and stored for stock bedding. These may be considered by-products1 of the farm that have been going to waste. Utilize them by returning them to the soil and let them carry in their tissue some fertility from the stable. -J. H. Bowerman, in New England 1 Homestead. r Sorting Potattoes. Good order and execution are mer itorious in any and every kind of work we have to perform, and invari- 1 ably they have their reward, yet a phase of neglect or absolute siouchiness seems to characterize much that many 1 do. and encroaches more or less on what we all do. To know an evil well is to suffer the inconven:ence of our own failures, so we feel confident to portriay the shortcomings of c:hers. D)uring the time of potato digging3 lelds where potato digging was going )n, and talk with several about theix :rop. I asked the quesilon of several, f they sort their potatoes when they 'ick them up. In most cases the reply w,'Oh, no I expect to have more ime when I market them:" This idea nay seem plausible to some, but if here are 100 bushels of small potatoct imong the 500 bushels put. away, the! :here are 100 bushels that must be handled over twice if they are not orted out in the field at the time of ?icking up, and is it not easier to sep irate them at that time than when In liscriminately mixed in the bulk of a At or bin of a cellar? Yes, and even vhen sorted in the field there wtll still )e enough to exclude when you come :o sell. Then, if you have your pota :oes in a bin with a floor, the end of ,hich bin is removable, you can shovel iut into crates a load a'nd get to market vith despatch, avoiding the inclemency >f the weather, while if you await a Ine day to take out your potatoes, it vill take you that day to sort and pre ?are your loads, and as you are aware, .n winter tihae the next day after a ?air one is apt to be stormy. If pota es are kept until nearly spring with >ut sorting, if it occur that they are xll mixed, it takes a pretty good eye tc ell this from the other, and the sorting vill be a little uncertain, so if a man >e not so conscientious as to what he ;ells, he is liable to injure hirself with vhat he plants. We think that there s one way to do work which is a little etter than any other way, and it ?ays well to learn which way that Is, ind while doing it, see that you hav( ,t done.-Farm, Field and Firen'. Handy Dumping Sled. Thea illustration, Fig. 1, ahows a umping sled for one or two horses, a ,onvenience that will be much appreci ited by many farmers for hauling nanure, dirt, etc. Take two pieces of ?ight-inch plank for runners, which yonnect with two cross-pieces of twc >y four scantling mortised into the )lanks. On one side of each runnei ail or bolt securely at required dis :ances apart, two uprights, of about ne and one-half by five inch material, I'he distance apart and length of these iprights will be dependent upon the ength of the sled box. Gouge out a V-shaped notch in top of each of the ;wo rear uprights, and make a square )r rectangular notch iz tops of twc ront ones. Make a box of the dimen ;ions thought most suitable for the )bject in view, a little longer than >road, however, in all cases. Put a wo by four inch crosspiece on bottom -. if box near the centre. Round off the >rojecting ends of this crossplece tc it in the tops of rear uprights of run iers. Put another lighter crossplece on ottom of box in front of the other, at Ight point to have its projecting ends -est In the top notches of the front up ights. Over the ends of the centre :rosspiece, that rest in the rounded othes, put iron straps, or clips, to >revent the" ends of crosspiece from oving out of place and yet allow them o turn In the notches. The front of yo can now be raised, the eentre :rosspece on bottom acting as a pivot y reason of Its rounded ends. - A framework Is put up Inside the our uprights, extending under front of ox, and being braced as is shown in he illustration. To keep box from lumping while the sled Is being loaded r In transit, the front end is fastened lown to this framework by a hinge asp and staple, such as are used to iold shut the lid of a chest, a door, tc. If the crosspiece which acts as >vot is placed a little in front of box ,entre, the sled when evenly Ioaded nl dump Itself as soon as hasp is lsengaged; if a little to the rear of ~entre, the front of box will have tc >e raised by hand when desiring to lump It. The exact location of the ivot crosspiece will, therefore, deter nine the ease of dumping, and the natter may be settled to suit the FIG. 2--DmFING Box INVERTED. vishes of th6 builder of sled. When the box is in its horizontal po ition and the hasp is fastened, insert twooden or other pin In the hasp taple in the place that would be oc ~upied by a padlock were the hasp ised as a door or lid latch. Make an nd gate at the rear of box. In FIg. 2, L shows the box Inverted in order to ~xplain fully the manner of applying he supporting crosspleces. While this kind of a dumping box ould be used on any sIze of sled so far L the main idea is concerned, It would mot be satisfactory If box were made oo large, as the Increased height of iprights in this case would make the led inconvenient to load and handle. )n a sled of a size adapted to one horse irdinarily or two horses in case of be g loaded with very heavy material, he sled is very satisfactory. It is specially convenient to have this sled tand where the manure from the sta e can be thrown into the box, and vaen full. hitch on the team ard haul tto the field and dump it.-J. G. Ails ouse, in Ohio Farmer. The atmosphere, if comnpressed, could make a sea thirty-five feet SPRINCTIME HINTS. New Designs For Warm Weather Silks Simple Tailor Gowns. The moire and pompadour styles will be favored in silks for spring wear, and transparent woolen goods, such as grenadines and etami -?s, will be in mensely popular. It is probable, too that the open meshed goods will made over silk of a different color instead of the self-color that has bee in use for a year or two. Fancy silks are promised for en gowns, as well as for waists. Th will be generally of soft finish, and d cided twill, rather than of taffe Printed Libertys are expected to particularly prominent, and Lyo goods are shown in a variety of eff For linings nothing can take the pla of taffeta, with its crispness and Silk warp goods also are becom somewhat popular. Extreme novelties in silk are p peau de soie and armure and e able grounds for fancy taffeta. The double skirt persists in i fort to obtain recognition. This demands a fitted bodice reaching waistline at the back, and exten a point in front. A new idea in trimming for el skirts is the use of two shaped fio widening towards the back, on edging of which Is a narrow and ruffle of bias velvet of the same s Cloth suits for street wear are simply made for spring, relying their distinction upon the fine of the material and the perfe fit. The extremely light weight cl } however, for calling and : ma gowns, will be made as decora as heretofore. A favored embe ment for these is embroidery, either ttike color of the fabric, or in con The color chosen for embroidery carefully shaded from light to dar*, and the effect is extremely good. One by one the cld styles revive. A late model, with tht-ront br'adth laid in narrow box pleats apdth gores finished by a flounce at the back and only about six inches where it meets the front, looks as If it might have been taken from a fashion book of at least twenty years ago. It is not likely to obtain great favor, however, as the bulkiness of the front is too great a contrast to the "straight front" teaching that has almost revolutionized the feminine figure and taste. Equally objectionable, and for the same reason, was a costume seen at a reception lately, which was of blue with the fulness run on three cor:ds1 at the knee, thence falling free.- The gown was evidently new and expen give, but was almost dowdy in its puffy effect.-New Yoi-k Tribune. Make the Childrea. Happy. If, instead of saying: "You may not do that now; wait until, you are a man," we would say: "You may do something else now while you are young; later, you cannot do it," -we would give children a certain valhed I sense of prerogative and take away I much of the envy which they feel toward adults. It is surprising how many occasions a mother finds daily for saying: "Wait until you are larger," or, "When you are older you will understand." In looking back upon childhood, many fail to see it as the hap,iest time of life, for, standing distinct for ever, are thoughtless words .which stabbed far deeper than they coup to day, and times of drsgrace ^ 'ch seemed more than we could - , ,~s the feeling that we were-really alit tie importance until 'we had full growth was not encouraging. We Were I always stuffing ourselves with oat meal because we were told that it t would make us grow, and submttting to twilight bedtime for the samai rea son. Realizing all this, it Is surely frorth a the e.ffort to impress upon our ch!ldren t the beauty and the privileges of, their golden days, that, whatever lat4r life niay ,hold for them, they can say: , "Never maindl, I have had a beautiful childhood with its happiness p:-essed down and running over." The early life of the child will- then have received its proper value and the whole char aeter will be enriched mn consegpence. Besides, we know well that some little lives are only with us through the golden days.-Ge:zrude Sherman'?row bridge, in Good Housekeeping. :- h Adopted the Greek Dress. t Free from the thraldom of the d starched collar and corset, a colony ~ of men and women have established s themselves in a garden spot of the South Seas, which they have named 1! the Island Beautiful. It is a modern i Greece, so far as costumes are con- i1 cerned, for the men and the women I: dress in flowing robes, and they de- a clare that they find this dress one of a the most comfortable as It is undoubt edly one of the most picturesque fash- ,s ions of clothing. Miss Adelaide Kidst t ono of the women who foreswore the 3. delig: :s of classic Boston to join th& t cojlny when the first contingent went h out to the Island Beautiful about a f year ago, writes describing the Intense- e ly interesting life of the community: "W eiv in a doctri:ne of beauty: not only (10 we strive to attain physical g beauty, but we have freed ourselves t from the sordid1, hideous things thatn Icurse so-called ci':1lization. We have b. making music, An ises, important factor ough we women dres -omen, our position i: ctly modern. We hay political rights whic n craves. The childre: ave an advantage ove y are being brought u onditious, while we ar e years of Improper liv Record-Herald. g a Good Hostess. may possess wealth ur ay have the kindest o he brightest of minds, bu as absolute control of he re will be some time in he ostess that she will displa; or flurry, and the contagion o her guests, will die out i: ised failure. hostess must to all appear made of stone, so far a le happenings are concerned gh a guest or careless waite nly breaks a bit of chin: an never be replaced, she Ile as though the loss of th et would but emphasize th of the evening. Her well-brei Ires her guests with a feelin, dence, and, thczgh in her hear y be very dubious about cer portant details of her dinne ce, if she does not show he everything will pass off to conclusion. urried hostess or nervous hos countenance but badly conceal orry felt can do more towar gthe guests uncomfortable tha: soup were served stone cold if the salad dressing was ruinec too'bountiful quantity of vinegai imperturbable calm and a read; are the two important factors it making of a model hostess. Se these, by hook or crook, and yo ever fear for the success of an ur entertainments.-Washingto: Beauty and Breathing. Correct breathing is the first art t tiTate in the pursuit of beauty. jus i it is the first step toward Improve nent in health. As a woman breathe o she is; for the poise of the chest i he key-note to the whole figure Vhen the chest is in proper positior he fine points of artistic wearing >pparel and all the little frills o shion are seen to best advantagt en humble materials assume a cer ain elegance hitherto unknown. Du f it is carried badly, the figure droop Lnd falls into ugly 'angles. Nothin: ets well; no garment seems right. I s always wrong to make the boa tructure do most of the work in keep ng the body upright. The muscle hould hold it in position, otherwis race is out of the question and gooi ealth dffelt. To breathe correct ; ep the chest up, out, forward, as I Iled up By a button. Keep the chit 5"lD9"tfreehest, -on.JLline. Holi e shioulders on a line with the hips L'e observance of these direction 111l Insure to golf skirts and rainy ly costumes a real dignity and p1.: resque effect. Breathe upward an itward, as If about to fly, drawing I: e air with slow deep breaths arn tting It out gently. This consciou ep breathing repeated ten or twent; nes at Intervals during the day tend oexpand the chest permanently, t lie It classic poise and style. RE ated forty times, It is said to be re for worry.-Dr. L. F. Bryson, i: ~arper's Bazar. SFAS%I@!'S PaintIng silk and satin for milliner: nd dress purposes Is a fancy tha eases many women just now. A dainty evening headdress Is comn sed of very small ostrich feathers rith bright silver frosting decoratini e tips at the extreme end. Something of an Oriental effect I ien to a muslin which has stripes o ack In a conventional pattern,- no olid, and between these other conven moal designs in many colors. One of the most attractive of th evy cotton materials Is the embroid ed polka dot canvas of a very fln esh. This Is seen in shades of blu d in tan, with large black dots. Most conspicuous among stocking a pair of a violent flame red, havin large plain medallion of black ove e instep, and upon this embroiderc< few red flowers, a little less brillian an the body of the stocking. An elaborate and showy stockini s a long Insert of lace extending fron e toe well up above the Instep, th< sign having a plume-like effect. UJn r several of the leaves of this de n are set pieces of violet silk. he new importations of stockings e all other accessories of undercloth , are elaborate. Embroidered stock s are now deemed a trifle more mod h than the open work variety. Blaci d white effects are very fashion Slowly but surely the coiffure iF hifting its position from the top o: e head to a point anywhere betweer e crown of the head and the nape o: e neck. This tendency to lower thE not is especially noticeable at th< tinxable dancing parties and w;her er full evening dress prevails. n the United States armuy and navy wri rank with am:irals, lieu mnt-generals withi vice-admirals iadie-:one-ls wi ith: cminu dre CU A. D. 1902. r And the airship goes up, up, up. And the submarine boat goes Iown; And the automobile has succeeded the wheel As the speediest thing in town. -Puck. Advice. "Would you accept him, if you were I?" "I certainly would-if I were you." t Chicago Post. K eeping HIm, Busy-. "You ought to be more economical," said young Mrs. Torkins's mother. "Pt"thaps I oight,'' was the answer. "only, you know, I'm afraid it might be a temptatioa to idiencss for Char icy." Sv.Mclent Cause. "The extra's about some society [dude, boss." "What did he do?" "I dunno; but he did something! That's why they got out an extra!" Puck. t Time is Short. "I don't see how you breathe in here," said Gummey, who had entered r the stuffy newspaper office. "I don't," said the editor briefly. "Haven't time to breathe." - Detroit t Free Press. 1 Conservation of Energy. 1 "You say you never gossip?" , "Never," answered Miss Cayenne. I "When I feel disposed to hear my neighbors discussed I merely mention a name and proceed to listen."-Wash ington Star. Willing to Concede It. "Don't you think she has a queenly 1 figure?" "I never saw a queen, but if they weigh 200 pounds and have double chins, I guess she has." - Cleveland Plaindealer. t+ Native Ability. "Riches cannot accomplish every thing," said the philosopher. "That's right," answered Senator Sorghum. "It isn't necessarily the man with the most money 'who man e ages to progress. It's the one who knows how to spend it."-Washington Star. t - - Coming to the Point. Mr. Grogan-"What a power o' fun t erals they do be havin' at the church , these days! Shure, it's shtarted me to . thinking." Miss Casey-"Thinkin' av what?" Mr. Grogan-"That whin it come toime fur my funeral would you be the widdy?"-Philadelphia Press. Thwarted. Borroughs-"Say, old man, can you Phoxy-"How clever and witty you are!" Borroughs-"Hey? What?" Phoxy-"Oh! don't deny it. You saw I was going to strike you for a 'flyer' and you just anticipated me. Very well, I'll ask some one else."-Phila delphia Press. In the Nursery BusinesS. Mrs. Flanigan-"Oi see as how yer in th' nursery business an' it's meself thot wants t' know how much ye'll charge t' take care o' these two while 01 do me shopping?" - Newr York World. He Knew Them. Kind Lady-"Do you know your let ters, little boy?" Boston Prodigy (aged seven)-"If you mean to ask, madame. whether or not I am able to recognize at sight the twenty-six fundamental characters upon which the English language is based, I should .reply to you that I learned those when I was a mere child."-Ohio State Journal. Ho Knew Better. "But two,'' protested the young man, "can live as cheaply as one."~ The old man looked at him pityingly. "Before a young man marries," he said, "he ought to have a little expe rience." "In what way?" "He ought to bring up a family of girls, and then he would gain an ap proximate idea of how each individual woman adds to one's expense account." -Washington Post. Opportunities. Mrs. Pastel - "I was talking with your neighbor, Erkman, in connection with a matter in the line of your call ing, and you will be surprised when I tell you how he spoke of you." Mr. Pastel-"Indeed! What did he Mrs. Pa stel-"Why, he called you a connoisseur." Johnnie (rising from a corner where he had been unobserved, and mutter. in as hIe moved toward the door) "That settles it; I've just been waitin' for an excuse' to !kill his dog"-Boston CHEAP FOOD FOR IDRSESand CATTLE . Clemson College Makes an Important Suggestion to The Farmers. The following communication, is sued by the Assistant Agriculturist of Clemson Agricultural College, is of so much value to the farmers of this State on account of the present high price of all Feed products for farm animals and stock, that I have de termined to get you to publish it: As some of the products made -up In the ration as made by Mr. Connor may not be available to every planter I suggest that any such planter write to Mr. Connor and state what Food products are available to him, both rough forage and concentrated food, and Mr. Connor will take pleasure in making up a ration to suit his needs as he has done in this instance. Yours truly, C. FITZSIMONS, General Manager of the - Southern Cotton Oil Company. Columbia, S. C. To the Editor of The News and Courier: Farmers from various sec tions of the State have been writing asking about the advisability of feed ing horses and mules on cotton seed meal and hulls, and also asking for a cheaper ration than corn. The following prices are given in a letter from Scranton, S. C.: Corn, $40 per ton; oats, $45 per ton; wheat bran, $25 per ton; cotton seed meal, $25 per ton; rice meal, $20 per ton. Of course, corn and oats are out of the question as a food for horses and I mules at the above prices-so some thing cheaper must be looked for. The analysis shows that rice meal has about the same composition as corn meal, and we have found that it is just as good for feeding pigs. We have fed it to horses with good re sults. I think we are safe in saying that it may be used in place of cdrn, pound for pound. If no hay or fodder is used in the ration and hulls are resorted to as roughness, some nitrogenous food,' such as bran or cotton seed meal, must be used to supply protein. Hulls may be fed without any fear of injury to the animal. Should they refuse to eat the hulls a little corn meal or bran sprinkled over the surface will help to break them to it. A good ration may be made up as follows: Cents. Six pounds of rice meal, costing..6.G Four pounds of wheat bran, cost ing..............50 Two pounds of cotton seed meal, costing.. .... .---.--.--.---2.5 Ten pounds of cotton seed hulls, . costing.. .. .. ..f -- ---;--. Total cost of ration per day 17.1 The above ls for a horse or mule of 1,000 pounds live weight. It is evident that a ration made up* of corn and fodder and containing the same amount of digestible matter as. the above ration would cost muchi more than the above. The North Carolina Experiment Station has fed cotton seed meal and hulls to horses with good results, but A the experiments along this 'ine have not been extensive epough to E that cotton seed meal can be fed 2 unlimited quantities for any lengthM of time without injury to the anlm al Numbers of farmers, however, have reported that they have fed cotto3 seed meal and hulls to mules and. horses with good results. I ~ C. M. CONNOR, Assistant Agriculturist South Car lina Experiment Station. Clemson Collega. PROMINENT PEOPLE.I . -. CrScurz has just celebrated his seventy-third birthday. The King of Greece habitually speaks English, using Greek .only when neces sary. President Roosevelt's visit in Garrett - County, Md., will begin April 18, and he will fish for trout ut Delawder's. The Duke of Devonshire, on behalf of the Liberal-Unionists, has repudi ated the leadership of Lord Rosebery. Former Governor Hogg, of Texas, has emphatically declined to wear knee breeches to attend King Edward's leee. The Czar of Russia has sent 150,000 roubles for the relief of the victims of the recent earthquakes at Shamaka~ TransCaucasia. Andrew Carnegie has offered a gold medal to the American telegrapher do Ing the speediest work In the coming tournament at Atlanta, Ga. Vassili Verestchagin, the Russian of batle scenes, has arrived1 in Cuba, to paint a picture of the battle of San Juan for President Roosevelt. Colonel Picquart has been victorious. in his suit for the restoration of the papers belonging to him that were seized at the time of the Dreyfus affair. Prince Henry is an Inveterate cigar ette smoker. Many of his presents to Washingion people were cigarette cases, somec of i;old and some of gun metal and silver. P'rofessor Basil Lanneau Gld*ersleee of Johns Hopkins University, has had presented to him by his former pupils a volume of original work done by them during his p)rofessorship at the University of Virginia and at Johns Hopkins. Emperor William and the Empres ae celebrated the anniversary of their wedding by a dinner, at whicla Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chan-. eeilor and other members of the C3.b int were present. "Is he afraid of automobiles?" the :derly' lady asked the liveryman who ad the only horse that could be found 1 town, for it was the year 1'-16. -Not a bit'" responded the livery an reassuringly. "The only thing t i:tht n-ak' him shy a little would ato stdder.ly come upon some ye ile being drawn by a horse, but that, isn' a :l v '~y-I'rockayn Eale