The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, February 22, 1905, Image 6
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The Troopera.
Wg elt:re o the viliage street, ard
up> to the !Rose and Croei:.
And we reared a toast to the Tory host as
we to-sed his lis no:- down:
"Long li;e to (eneral Washington! He's a
centleman, we trow!
But death to a thing like a tyrant Ning.
and his vasaa, my great Lord Howe!"
Then we doffed the hat .as (o-.n we sat,
- and bade him fatten the board.
Ar.! when he whimpered and wheezed and
whined we gave him a clank of the
sword:
By his own wide hearth 'twas a matter for
mirth to see him bend and cow,
This eringing thing to a tyrant King, and
his vassal, my great Lord Howe.
We had ridden fast, we had ridden far,
and under the stars had slept:
Out of the night for the foray fight we
into the dawn had crept;
Long and late we had laughed at fate, and
had hungered oft, and now
'Twas a zood:y thing to feast like a King,
and h:s vassal, my great Lord Howe!
We had kissed our mothers and kissed our
wives and kissed our sweethearts
true:
As a grain of sand we had held our lives
in the work we had to do;
We were "Rebels" all, proud name. God
wot! because we would not how
Our heads to a thing like a tyrant King,
and his vassal, my great Lord Howe!
"To saddle. lads!" was the word we heard
leap blithe from the Captain's tongue.
So we raised a rouse for the Tory house as
out of the door we flung:
"Long life to General Washington! He's a
gentleman, we trow!
But death to a thing like a tyrant K ng.
and hisvassal.my great Lord Howe!"
-Clinton Scollard. in Leslie's Week!v.
THE ENGLISH WASHINSTONS
Where Family of Foremost American
Was First Known.
ASHINGTON'S Birthday at
the beginning of the iast
century was scarcely no
Wk ticed outside the United
States; to-day it is cele
brated everywhere, not ~
fly in America-"his country"-but inI
I parts of t"e civilized world. Of the
*k frasfhich sprang the founder I
*rican i comparatively lit
is known among i;e general public. I
'eorge Washington ''d* I
onm a Yorkshire family ~portan
w~ere also P'enn and Winthrop, the i
rst Governor of Massachusetts. These
ree were merely private English gen
meni, men of education and leisure, ~
t might have lived and died un- e
W , had their lot been cast in hap- e
knlo -nes. Fervent loyalty was ali- I
pier ,characteristic of the W~ash
ingtons,
himself fought for the Georges against
the Fretich. In Cromwell's reign an
attempt was made to restore Charles
11., and John Washmngton and his
brother were implieatedl. But they
were more fortunate than their com-'
panion-inl-arnms, the Earl of Derby.
They mainaged to get away to America:
but Lord Derby, less fortunate, was
captured and executed at Lolton: and~
the qu-linlt old house in Chester wvhere
he spent his last night is an object of
great interest to all visitors to the city.
The nephew of -John Washin::ton was
Church of S'.' Mary
and Vi1iage -C ross
et Great Brington -
Carved Pew End An
Sho"wing Em,lems h
of "The Pasion'' Chr
rir Ho:y ~5ah1:.rton, w!:o defendced
t!:e .i; 'r Worc:'ster' in the 'a::s:'o
c::::-es . ::: ::~:d e ci out to tihe
last wit o se:auty n1 cans. iie was
repeaedly ::(1 upon to surr'ender,
as~ i:: aiflirs were hlpeless, andi wa
promised th S is if shouild be spared;
ibut :e re: used to doi s) uutil lie had
the perm1iss.cion of ChatIries.
'ihe faily of Washin;:ton can be
traced. howeve',r. utch further back
thani this period. Forn erly they held
"states in Durham, and the name is
spelled variously. D)e Wessyngton and
Wessington. In the venerable library,
of Chester Cathedral Bondo Ee We&
syngton's name occurs in copies of
charters 600 years old. John Wessing
ton, as appears from Dugdale's "Mon
asticon," was the prior of Durham in
the reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI
But the more immediate ancestry of
George Washington must be sought in
Sulgrave. Northamptonshire. At Sul
grave was a monastery. and it was dis
solved by Henry VIII. at the same
time as the other religious houses. A
large part of its estates were granted
to the \ashington lanily. and in the
old church at Sulgrave. at the east end
or the aisle, is a plate -,f in :
serliel to Laurence Washi::ct ab.
15 4. with efi:.ies of Ihimse:f. A:m ,
his wife. daughter of Iobert I:r'!en.
of (reatwo:th. and trlo**''ibien.
'Th(ey w'ere ::nc(esi;nrs iin 1the' zx.: re
maovet of ;eorge Washintgto:.
At the dissolution of th: e':: :jre,
in 15:9. La:e:e W hn n
Grny's Inn. Mayor of Nor:mt,!:nton in
15:;2 and 1545, who reil'd in ihe
MIainor IIouse and is h::.irl .:1 thr
corr. received from i ::: :::
of ('ertain lands whih Im i t
Priory of Canons Ashbv. T:- :nel
was sold at his death to !:;s s.,: t
a2
ad his grantson Laurence, and the
Ytter retired into Brington died there
a 1616. anid is commemorated by a
onument in Brington church.
Brington comprises Great and Little
rington, with the hamlet of Nobottle.
n the chancel of the church is a floor
eri\arms, to Laurence Wash
aon, 1616 (who removed here from
ulgrae. 'and Margaret (Butler) is
ife, and there is also inscribed brass,
ith the same arms. differenced by
rescent, to Robert Wasihington, young
r rothter of the above. oh. 1(22. and
iabeth, his wife. This Lauren ce
ashin w fthet Re.
grave, and rector of Purleigh.
1633-34, whose tw o sons. John ani
Laurence. emigrated in 10'V7 to Vir
ginia. Sutgrave is in a pleasant rura
part of England. not far from Banbur.s
and1 from Whittelbury Forest. Th(
mansion of the Washingtons was prob
ably at one time the priors' dwelling
and was altered for their use. Part o1
it still remains, and is converted into
farmhouse, ann in a buttery hatch is
piece of stained glass with the WVash
ington erest upon It.
John Washington, of South Cave Cas
etors Poppy-Head
ere Carving on the
stened End of .Bench.
oce,wa the 'qrrai-grandson of the ionf
of thle manor of Stigrave. South Cari
Castlec has, of course. undergone s:am4
modernizi rng sinace the Wa -h Ingtoe
ivedt thiere. Ibut the~ dimlienlsions are <
ae. and1( the pMasantt park is circu
scribed biy then samte bounda-ies.
In the cornier of the p.ark stand.
South Cave Church. a small but vener
able building, in the shadiest of church
yards. An embattled gateway, with
wrought iron gate, leads up to the hall
just out on the road, and one of thi
sides of the archway is extended into
wal- or the lodge .orms a boundary o
the cliurchyard, :.nd the whole group
is of exquisite he.lity. A private path
through the park leads into the chan
eel. where the f:lmily IOWS are. There
is : tine (oileetion of paintn:s here
amon; thm one of President Wash
in'gon. on w"hieh a great value is se .
S'Ilgrave is not in any sense a 'state
ly homi." It is a al)ed, ivy-eovered.
siXt(t'nth cent Ury f:'.rilhouse. with
aboiut the same nun1:h1r of rooms as
the ty pal suulrba!).n vi":1. To Aleri
'ai:s the most atiraTive .etil Of the
1: rse is the 1r:'sec(e. both wvilili -and
w\ithout the etranee 1ioreb. of the
Wa s thington arms. enrvel in Stonle'
%wo r:d Ihars a1Id ;hree trs upon a sil
v::_round. or :n the he:-ahlie tongue.
--a.e t. two bars. 'nles: in --hief, three
i:!!ets of the s 'i.' I re Itany
think v:e have the ori::In of the Stars
endStrposof the I'nit'l St:ites flag.
::: is k,OW:10to have worn
f the Io:i11r. who was
:wie .\ yr. of Nx-thtmin:l t 1-hire in1
:!: llt!m of I:i ry V'III.. fro;u \"11: flim1 whiom !
hte 1:ndl reeev zrant of 1:1n1 s which
,-t
ti
SIl
.1I .1
j]1
had eloged o te proryof Cnon
so d th a u y m g - ti g t r n t n
po u relagedtionthe
althore auee the fs.Wshingt h
of .ure foroe ofwuegavety
ter hs doft the .ite t Iwic
110W lfl name.tStoa20 eira tombe
heoadr.he family wastigtoBintn
Iver pr ielto
thdrel iue Laureecr, ofgae
ent r hildren,e- aod his ugrandson,s
tes fte. of Brington, Cseventh.
Yae ork Triue. al hi ob
from e ergna otrait, pnthepos
vessio of hers a.sip e arilyn was
"depha Canvas,(lril nintn by twen-lof
y-orices. o Dringthe seeinteen.
them cnetiornalorfraeta Constitution
for the United Staites, which met in
P'hilad1elphia, Mlay to September, 1787,
IWashingtonl enters in his diary three
sittings to Peale, "who wanted my plc
ture to make a print or metzotinto
(sic) by." The print from this por
rait is among the rarities of early
Americanl engravings, and the paint
n ig was reserved by Peale for his own
allery. wiee it was soldI In 1854
and purchalsed tor 31r. Harrison. Fromn
it Charles Peale Folk, a nephew and
/1
;1'/~1
- /
wAsmIN-rOs rs 1787, ?GE 55. c. w.
PEALE.1
lose imitator of his uncle, made mnl1fy
copies, generahy extending it to half
length, but oftentimes markin~g the simf
pe bust. 31any of these coplies were
Carriedl to Eturope on speculaition. where
tey were bought with avidity, anld to
day comle hack to this side of tile oceant
as5 ori ginal portrits p)resented by
Washington1 iiimlf to tile otic-er an1
(PstUr of the present owner. 8o much
fr the value of tradition, that base
less fabric of a dIream. Tile pictures
atr:bhuted to .1:; mes l 'ena. in inde
pedence 11:11 and thle Lenox Galiery,
re from this ilead.
'1o gall'1tant hi:c: i1ose gloritus name
II lth st il adora the Booek of lame;
Wh o--e deeIds -ha:! live whoile frelee iz
Th ea.e for11 wichl theO Patriot dies,pre
L og to Coaumbia may'st thoui be
Tez Jaiete:=.
T ja ckets are in lh1a11.iing i. l 0
ig 1 1tle (..),ts tha!it)bun.'t all U pe
or of tie stm.i:ing h th'iir; wrn ,
.otls. X I\. The ireferred, mhitr.:ii
re br'.)ad and Pi( ompa-lo tafet:
lie latter beig the jmire snar:. %a
rally other i:iterials may hg-ire. TL
Ia is to arrive at rda::In" elleel
rills of lace. t the ends of t he sletve.'
lid 1 jai; .t. are the moIisi linish.
A Delicate Throat.
For a throat that seells not to b
eriou:sly affec"ted, mnerely irri1 tt
here is no simpler way of curing il
rouble than by frequent gargling wit]
iluRted alcohol-use a tablespoutl i:
half glass of warm water.
Use this every day or two. gur.Ulin
boroighly. Learn to throw the 'gurg!
ery far back in the throat.
I)o not bundle up the neck.
Take a cold sponge bath every morn
1g in winter as well as summer: rul
fter it until you glow: wear a anio1
uit of wool. and walk in the open al
ithout heavy furs at your throat.
'hiladelphia Inquirer,
Most Women Want Home Li:e.
To the woman commanding a con
Drtabie salary marriage and retire
tent to domestic life not infrequentl2
1volve a financial sacrifice. and it i
ot difficult to understand why youn;
'omen able to support themselves it
:tse should be less susceptible to th<
ttacks of Cupid than others less for
intely situated. although it is be n(
:ans certain that such is the cast
t least to any appreciable extent. No)
there that evidence of a growing dis
iste for home life and the tendenc
nvard a pursuit of the pl:e:sure: u1
ngle blessedness that pessilaist2
-o)ild have us believe exists. Ther
:Iy le those in whom such senti:a:ent:
e gaine( a stronlg hold. but with th
C:t mass of American women hom
still that sacred institutiton of yore
:ainst which all the financial allure
erts of commercial or professionl
[e are as naught.-Detroit Free Press.
Walk, Don't Ride.
Doctors who have closely studied the
atter unhesitatingly assert that walt
g is the best exercise a woman can
gage in for the development of ner
lysical charms.
The woman who is in the habit of
king a car ride every time she wishes
travel a few hundred yards ' , e
le who has a bad co Xion and
mplains growin stout. She will
it you spine troubles her,
d er feet are r'ieumatic: that
ca not walk-positively must no!
to so. -~
If you among the number. take
twalk every. " ive up the car
iabit, unless you e real rid
ng to do or time is a and
'very day walk a little further, S
Voman's Life.
An excellent thing is exercise, anid
*ou do not find walking ag-ees wit
'ou then take to the gyminasium: A
er you have tried all the indocr pty.
cal exercises try the open air ones.
Dainty Detail in Skirts.
So much color is now liked that eve
vith all white gowns the underiun
neries are tinted, though for the ma
er of that the whites are tinted to<
;hades of rich cream, oyster and bi;
nit tints are seen much more tha
ure white, which mahes the blendmn
vith color an easier matter than if th
vhites were of chaster quality.
Dainty and becoming details wit
>oth street and evening skirts are sfo1
;ash elfects, attached to high-girdle
)odices. These seem to give just ft
inish a tailless waist requires, and- tt
~race of a skirt seems increase
hereby tenfold. If the gown is (
~loth with velvet trimmings, the sas
mnds are also of velvet, cut bias an
snotted or trimmed with ornaments 1
stimulate bodice tails. They am
;carcely ever over half a yard long
)t the device is an excellent wayc
iiding a defective skirt cur, or th
igly flatness of a figure.
With the evening gowns the wid
iowered ribbons which are sometimc(
ised! for the high girdles inay dro:
antastically bowed and- knotted end
t the back. A splendid slidec
uekle- is the tinish at t.ie waist it
md tihe girl with short sash tails sen:
wice as well off res the girl wvith
all::ss girdle.
Stunniing 1s30 Frockr.
G;owns wvhih azre exact rep;rodh
ions; of the 1S8( modles are s ill uii
ng their appearance, and the wome-1 <
o-day arie gettinlg more and :more 1
ook like the charming helles of thou
tOOdI0( lays. Pa:le latvendcr tafTet:
,vith velvet ribbons, four s:hades dbe:
3r. running into the most delicate
ink, constitutes a most c':ermi:!g a
!!Teetive costume. TIhe sr.i't iZ Cui
>lain, excepting for v:hree graduate
founces which are shirred on t'he ski:
imply have three rows of the ribbo
~or a finish at the bottom. About tt:
ips the skirt is sutficiently full li
ause of the empioymnent of two i'on
>f shirrs which go into the belt. FC
lie bodice point d'Alem:con lace is use
or the yoke and bottom part of ti
leeves, and a wide graduated rutfie
he material across the sinulders llk
b ertha, whichi is apliedl by titan
ittle rows of shirrs tupon the lace. Til
leeves are simply aii'airs of luce an
:hirrs and( ribbon. They are elbow
ength. The girdle is made of the ta
eta, trimmed with all the shades
lie ribon a nd is entremely wide. TIi
-ek is cut square. wijch makes til
;vwn appropriate for both afterntoo
1 evening wear.
his style would he charming pr'
In -"d in black and white. l'erl:a:p i!
0 :t p)art of thiis p)a:-;icular frock:
lie leiigt h, which is citt stra igl
rm:nd. Thiiis one t hing many wo:n
opy, and they would prefer a skimp~
frock to short lengthm to :1a.ot elal
>rate gown which possesses a 10)1
:rain. Frills on a gown hatve a gre:
u,dcnc-y to give inmn the old fas)
i') ti lllook.a::~I( 11:a I ohld Stye (:s~
tendewy to give tilem tie old fa li
!ila')le 1y the aI))ii(atil O t lIany
- rutrlles and frills.-Newark A.dvcrtiser.
Little Essentials in Dress.
- !is the small thin's which make
" the Vell-01ressed womla:I. One may
haVe on a WVorthl rodl:. a l'aris h:,I
s and a pound of (liamon(ls and yet not
look really we!l1 dressed. if one's veil
is frayed and soiicd. o:e's glov are
out it the tips. one's petticoats are
(it aggle(i. one's be!t off c"olor. an1d one's
shoes are shabby. You feel as if you
L want to lake such a woman to pieces
1 and put her together all over again.
3 On the other hand. a girl can make a
very s:mple costume look smart and
dressy by the addition of a lot ot
small "fixings" dear to the feminine
heart. This year it is the stock which
makes the style.
Once upon a time there was a real
girl who knew how to dress her neck
I properly. She was a sort of fairy
r princess and could transform any old
shoppy suit or frazzled frock into a
dream of beauty just by touching it
up with a new collir. She could make
her collars herself and make then to
fit! She could take a piece of linen
and turn it into a beautiful embroid
ered collarette, or a piece of lace and
transform it into a jabot. She was al
ways delightful to look upon. When
she married a nice man she lived hap
pily ever afterward-"because she did
not have to spend every dollar he ma:e
on clothes in order to look well.
The girl who is going to wear one
plain, dark. neat broadeloth suit the
whole winter through can relieve the
aching longing for lovely things and
the (lesire for variety which tills her
heart by having at least a dozen stocks
with which to transform it. For the
(Iressiest occasions she will have an
elaixorate jabot of lace, robbed from
her last years bail frock and dyed
coffee color. This jabot she will build
upon a foundation of mousseline and
attach to a collar of lace over mousse
line. Where the two are joined she
will wind a little. smar,' French Low
of pale blue chiffon. Then she will
embroider or spangle the collar to suit
her own fancy or her own complexicn.
She will not pay .14) f he
fancy lace and ' e collars and cuffs,
but wil and embroider them her
! , and will then attach to them
the plisse mull frills now so smart and
fetching. Out of scrim, butchers' linen
and other heavy fabric she will manu
facture herself a dozen turnovers, to
be embroidered or tatted in different
shades to match her shirt waists. She
will not neglect to provide herself with
a set of mode kid collars and cuffs to
be worn with her riding habit, and
with a fine, soft scarf of English crepe,
so diaphanous and fioating that each
breath of air will mean possibilities of
grace in every line of i.. Every waist
collar to match or harmonize with it
bin color and texture; and these she
will keep fresh and dainty i-1 a satin
lined box. When she has quite com
pleted her own inlay of collars, col
larettes and jabots she will begin Inak
ing other fancy collars and collarettes
a for her girl friends for Christmas,
knowing that, like gloves and hand
kerchiefs, nobody can have too many
Sof them and that they are invariably
a welcome gift.
nThe prettiest fancy collars have rows
gof tiny chiffon roses about them. These
e are made by cutting strips of the chif
fon, folding it and gathering in rosette
Sshapes. Other collars have rows' of
satin alternating with lace inserting.
The satin strips are dotted with French
e knots.
e A beautiful collar of tine white lawn
c is embroidered in heavy padded fleur
de lis of white silk. In front a flower
h overlaps a plisse frill of the lawn, while
da longer plisse frill hangs down In jabot
0 effect to the bust line. The euffs are
e finished in the same manner, omitting
"the jabot.
Before attempting to make a collar
e of any thIn or diaphanous material buy
a collar foundation which fits perfectly
C or you may waste your material. A
s~ badly fitting collar is the most unbe
coming thing in the world. It makes
s tihe face look like an old-rashioned
nosegay with a cheap paper frill about
'it.
SA nice white li:caen erdniue Ascot
a stock is~ an1 absolute essential in dhe
wvardrob)e of every girl. A\lwvs have
liea:, of simpile wa shab!h' collars and
cutVs and y a w ill always i3c' nJt and
datint.
dJrocades and silver and gold tissues
'strike the highest uttes of elegance for
Sevenmng wear.
e A novel opera wrap is madec of er
mine fur, which is trimmed with quani
s titles of lace and velvet.
r MIahogany broadcloth is worn exten
d sively, and many handsome costumes
e are fashio:ed of this gorgeous weave.
tPale p)ink silk andi line lace forms a
e most exquisite niegligee, and with the
y assistance of shirrs, tucks. etc., noth
e' lng prettier cotuld be wished.
Evening coats of light coloredsik
nand satinsI "re amuo'n the prettiest of
iashions, and there is n1o "xp)ense overl
looked which igh t add a touch of
smiartness to their aope:irance.
n(Gowns for evQning trimmend with ar
tilil . uwvers5 :r j'uite the style, and
nmny 1:a ve tiny 'sprays ofviolets, roses
and earnationas. 'I.- c xemely:
b ieau!tfiul oUi i0:any of the new Ina
t 'c225
a Smaart aecessories of the season are
y the Ia ce ando silk manmt illas which are
y- lecoming~ fashionable. They are ox
atremecly ela'.borate and:0( blcoinhg and
it come in very handy al. times when a
i atr cnnot be worn.
Picking Up Shock Cori.
Wlhie huskers anl shredders are
Quite com1mon, the bulk of the shock
Corn is still ihusked hhand. Any, one
who has tried it knolws what a back
breaking job it is to pick up the corn
and throw it into the wagon. A bet
ter way is to take a wid-nouthed
bushel basket. till it. then enmpty into
wiag;:on. Better still. wlcce two men
are working to ether. take a good-sized
zinc wash tub and when tilled. empty
by eac1h manaI: t:aking hol o: a handle.
Try it. and you will be surprised at tie
t!:1e mit labor saved.--'rent l'olk, in
The Ei..am::ist.
Killing Weeds.
Killing weeds by spraying is now
practiced in 1 ra iee. A iive per cent.
solution of su!phate of Copper has been
tfound destructive of vilid mustard and
sonic other weeds. without injuring
grain crops. It is probable that it will
lot injure certain kinds of weeds.
Spraying has been found of advantage
in France, however, in destroying
wuids, the cost being about .32 per
acre. It is doubtful if such a measure
Will ever be adopted in this country
as the harrow, cultivator. weeder and
hoe can be used more e fectively where
crops are cultivated in rows, and even
if weeds are growing on broadcasted
plots it is probably cheaper to pull the
weeds out than to spray.
li
How Milk Helps. ]
Milk as a feed. when combined with
ot'her feeds, has a vely much larger
feeding value than when fed by itself.
It also increases the value of the
other feed. Just how this is, the
scientists have not yet worked out.
Thus an experiment was made in feed
ing 100 ponnds of skim milk to pigs
weighing about 125 pounds. That skim
milk, when fed alone, made five pounds
of pork. Then 100 pounds of corn was
fed alone, and' that made ten pounds
of pork. That would indicate-that 10)
pounds of corn would make fifteen
pounds of pork. But when the two
were fed together the experimenters
were surprised to find that they made
eighteen pounds of pork. or three
pounds more than could be explained.
Thus it is evident that milk in bal
ancing a food makes it po-sible for the
animal to use it to better advantage
than when the grain is used alone.
Practical Poultry Points.
Keep your fowl stock youn;: oid
hens are wholly"unproiltable to keep.
Cocks as well as hens eat a,.:t'of
food, and no cock is necS2ry except
uiiig the j td'1eason.
Grade your eggs as to size; it im
proves the sample, and consequently
the price. e
Large, loose-feathered hens of the
Cochin or. Brahma type lay small eggs. S
and but few of them. They are also
large eaters and poor ringers.
Close-feathered, medium-sized hens
of the Leghorn type are non-sitters,
good rangers and great. layers.
It costs nearly as much to keep a hen
that lays eighty eggs in the ycar as
one that lays 130).
Fowls should not be fed near the
door of your dwelling hopise, or they
will stand about all day looking for
Fowis roosting in trees and open
buildings seldom lay manny eggs. and
those they do lay are often laid astra.y
and lost.
Clean Grain and Chopped Fodder.
In preparing food for horses it is
important that grain should be properly
cleaned. In a ease in which. after a
severe droilth, it was unavoidable to
feed oats containing tares and other
leguminous seeds, symptoms of lathly
rus poisoning were noticed in a number
of horses. The attacks were frequent
ly severe and sometimes fatal. When
the oats were properly cleaned this
trouble entirely ceased.
Cleaning further increases the dens
Ity of the oats by removing mineral
matter and dust, which may sometimes
induce attacks of intestinal obstruc
tions, colic. etc. No advantage appears
to be gained by grinding the grain, as
horses, excepting old ones, prefer to
crush It themselves.
For the last five years a prominent
horseman has chopped the coarse fod
ders, using a ration of equal parts of
hay and straw, and this practice has
been found tlye iost protitable for sev
eral reasons. Thus, straw may be
made to foral an Integral part of the
ration, and the proportions of hay and
straw may ob' accurately regulated.
Horses waste much less of such fodl
der. especially if some other material
than straw is used for the tcddin:g.
American Cultivator.
Thine of Sk im 3111k For Ptb:.
The experiment station at Ccrnll
University. New York. has recently
made a test on the fedeing of skim
milk to growing pigs with a view~ of
determininig its value for pork p)rodlie
tion.
It shows that skim milk when fed
with a ration of grain v:as worth t2,
the feeder about three per~ cent. more
than using it in cheesemuaking.
.rihe pigs were fed in additic:i to '''e
skim milk, pen No. 1, cornmeal orly;
pen No. 2, cornmeal and gluten teed
mixed half and half; pen No. 3. corn
meal and wheat middlinigs l:alf and
half by weight. The pigs were fed
twice a day, morning and eveninlg. Tihe
grain was put dry in the feeding trough
and thle milk poured upon it. Thle pigs
were given all they would drink un
cleain.
In the test It was shown that milk
was worth fifteen cents per 100) potinds
fed to hogs from wecaning up to a
weight of 125 pounIds.
It was shownt also that elrar corn
meal is perfectly satisfactory as a
single grain feed. when fed in cotnnec
tion wuith skim mlilk. It was also
shown that weanling pigs in close quar
ters (during the cold wveathler can be
made to gain a1 pound live weight per
day for tiree mnthtts.
im milk canl i)e fed economically
at thrle p''Ioundis of milk for one pound
of grain. Skim milk makes a balancer
a1ndt increases tile value of the g:ain as
avell .s th milk upon comabining.
Things Not to Do.
. A' iry writer tells at contemporary
somne things that are not done on his
farm:
1. We do not consider that we know
everything about butter making, as
something. new is being discovered
every month. Not only from our own
work are we coatirually learning, but
also from the observation and research
of others.
2. We do not keep a cow that makes
less than 200 pouni of butter a year.
3. We do not put the dry cow on
a starvation ration.
4. We do not keep our cows is an
icehouse. hogpen or dungeon.
5. We do not allow them to go a
whole year without carding or brush
ing them.
6. We do not depend on pasture
alone for a summer ration.
7. We do not allow the milk to stand
very long in the stable to -abaorb foul
Ddors.
S. We do not urix sweet cream with
cream to be churned less than twelve
hours before churning. * The cream is
ripened in one vessel which holds the
cream for a whole churning.
U. We do not add scalding water to
the cream; nor guess at the tempera
ture with the finger; nor take two or
three hours to churn.
10. We do not gather the butter till
the "dasher stands on top" and then
lip it out of the buttermilk.
11. We do not add coarse salt by,
;uess; nor work the butter into grease.
12. We do not send our butter to
narket wrapped in old rags that may,
lave seen othc"r Frvice in the house.
Horse Talk.
Feeding should not be suspended be
mause the days have come when the
york horses have less to do.
Manage to give them some work
rvery day, or turn them in a yard or
>addock to move about.
Feed enough so they will not run
[own or get soft. as it will ccst much
nore to get them in good condition
gain if allowed to fa!l off.
They should have at least two feeds
f grain each C7. Cern and oats
,round. from four in c!ght pounds, fed
n cut hay. in tv. -:calo, is a good
ation.
Always put a c:::3t en a _orse if
t is kept stardi: , :1 a short time.
L blanket to a o Lke na overcoat
o a man.
If a horse is hea.; Ly 'iring never
save it standing c:::.ed to a piercing
rind. Keep it raoring or get it is a
arn, and wu-dry and blanket wrmnly.
Never leave ice and mud frozen on
he horse's ankles. it is conducive to
heumatism, chapped heel and mud
ever.
Rub the legs Cr with a wisp of
traw or a piece of old gunnysack.
'heap Turkish toweling is handy and
ifective; it is easy to wash out when
oiled. I always keep a supply in the
table for rubbing.
Never allow the smith to pare - the
oles or frogs; during the winter, es
ecially.
Make the calks as low as - possible,
nd let the frog prevent injurious con
ussion of the sensitive inner part of
te foot, on the frozen ground and ice.
t also acts as a r-:'-bc, pad and prne
ents siippinig.-Far::m .iourmal.
Cheap Double Hiot Pee
ii d -'bed is not an ex
pensive one to constru
swers the purpose of a pen
several times as much built on other
plans. * This pen may be -of logs with
poles for the floor or be built of sawed
lumber, as one desires. While the pen
may be of any dimensions desired, a
length of sisteen or e'ghteen feet *rifl
be the most economical. The plan here
described provides for a pen twenty
four feet long and e'rht feet wide, thus
giving one, when d!vided, two pens,
each eight by twelve feet. Or, it may
be arranged, as shown in the cut, Into
three compartments for each pen. One
a room with board floo:-s for a feeding
room.
One with earth near for a general
living room and one with board floor
to be used as a sleepir.g room. At
the end of the feeding roc the trotgh~s
are made which may be pasrtitioned oft
or not as one thin.ks best. Thie plan
of arrangemient with 2. general' livinl
rooi in the middle, betweenl the fe
ing rcomu and thme sleeping room,
ables the hogrs to l:-.:e consit.erabl
ercise, and with s:e'3 a room wi
earth floor they will m.ot be lik
soil the beds of t1:e steeping roo
the illustratiorn 0 0 illustrat
troughs, B the feeding floor,'
earth floor and D the sleeping
The complete pe n is shown at t
tom of the cut.-Ilndianapolis N
A Sure Caro..
A gentleman from Scotland
visit to one of our large towns
at a fashionable hairdresser's<
hot day and inquired the chare
shaving. On being told sixpenc
took his seat, but thought he was be
overcharged. The hairdresser, w
shaving him, complained of the num
ber of flies i his shop. "Il can tell you
how to get rid of them." said the gen
teman. "Take a cloth and drive them
all into the back room and then into a
cupboard. When they are all in, take
them o.!t one' at a time, shave them,
an: ch: ::::-:-.: sir e each. They
Will never conme agaiu"-Birmninghaml
(Englan.d) Post.
Modestly Kteminded.
Will the lady who forgot to pay on
Friday for a pair o1 shoes in Rt- street
kindly remit for same. and her old
pair will be returned.-Londonl Express.
Roast swan wa.s a holiday dish in
Engand this year, .with those who
could afford 11. A ~tteen-pound bird
cost at out $10. Thse~ ?avor of the flesh
is said to be a blend o~ goose and hare~