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The Caiuel in War.
, The camel is a good soldier.
| It may be stupidity and it mny be
' bravery, but a camel is as steady under
fire as a tower. The Persians mounted
small cannon on the backs of their
camels, and called them zainb-wuhs or
'little "wasps." This fashion was
adopted in India, nnd after the battle
of Sobroaon 2000 of these artillery
earned were captured. In the Indian
mutiny the British had a camel corp?
of 150 beasts and on the back of each
camel sat a Scotch Highlander m his
kilt. In 1845 Sir Charles Napier had
a camel corps in Sindh, and in one day
he marched seventy-five milet, defeated
a brigand chief and marched
home again. In 1878 the British used
camels against the Afghans and the
Government paid for 50,000 camels
that died in those campaigns. Many
of these were driven to death by their
owners in order tkat they might claim
the Government bounty.?Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
Remarkable Deal in Dentistry.
A most remarkable story of a deal
in dentistry is going the rounds. A
banker's firm in London the other day
made an investment in teeth -which
was highly satisfactory, and in -which
,the money flowed the other way. It
seems that an ancient swindler, who
had cheated them out of some money,
was caught, convicted and sentenced.
While in prison he wanted a new set
of teeth, those he was wearing not being
all that could be desired in dealing
with prison fare. The governor of the
jail told him that the Government did
not provide false teeth for the prisoners.
Accordingly he wrote to the
bankers and told them that if they
would provide him with fake teeth he
would give them some valuable information.
They sent him $25, he got
his teeth, and in return he sent them
information that led to the finding of
$7500. All in all, it was a good investment.?Detroit
Free Press.
i*omebodv'? Good.
To make our own troubles the means of
helping the troubles of others is a noble effort
for good. A well illustrated instance or
this kindly sympathy is shown in a letter
>> m Mr. Enoch L. Hanscom, School Agent,
Marshfield, Me., an old Union soldier. He
says: "It may do somebody some good to
state, I am a man of sixty and when forty
had a bad knee and rheumatism set in. I
was l?vme three years and very bad most of
the time. I got St. Jacobs Oil and put it on
three times and it made a cure. I am now in
good health."
'State of Ohio, Citt op Toledo, ?
, Lucas Count*-. f
Frajhc J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner ot the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pav the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLT.ATts
for each aud every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh
Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
sworn to >>efore me and subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886.
i. . A. W. Gleason,
4 seal f ?
?? v?'' NoUiru Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and acts
directlv on the blood and mucous surfaces of
ithe system. Send for test:monials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. 0.
,|3F~Sold by Druggists, 75c.
For Throat Diseases and Coughs n?e
Brown's Bronchial Troches. Like all i tally
good thinsrs.they are imitated. '1 fie gtnuine an
told only in bore*.
Dr. Hoxnle's Certain Croup Care
Should be in every medicine closet. It cures
the worst of coughs and colds, and does not
cause nauBsa. 50 cts.
For Pneumonia, no other cough syrup equals
Batch's Universal. 25 cents at druggists.
Beecham's Pills are better than mineral waters.
Beecham'a?no other*. 25 cents a box.
" Two years ago 1 was taken sick with ca
tarrhal neuralgia and a complication of diseases,
including nervous prostration. I bad
four doctors here and then went to Boston,
where I was treated by two physicians. They
all said there was no help for me. 1 was run
down bo low there was nothing to build on.
They said I had catarrh of the bladder*
When I begun takinc
HOOD's* 8AHSAPARILL4
1 weighed 00 pounds; now 1 weigh 13U pounds.
I could not stand on my feet lone enough to
wash my dishes; now I can do all my work,
washing included, for five in tbe family. Mks.
E. E. Bnowx, Easton, X. H.
Hood'aPUU re all liver Ills, biliousness.
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'August
Flower"
"lam Post Master here and keej
& Store. I have kept August Flower
for sale for some time. I think it is
a splendid medicine." E. A. Bond,
P. M., Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
If it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. It assures a good appetite
and a good digestion. &
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Hob* Confinement of Its
fain, Horror andBitk.
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offered but little pain, and did not experience that
weakness afterward usual In such cases.?Sirs.
Anns Gaox, Lunar, Mo., Jan. 15th, 1891.
Bent by express, charges prepaid, on receipt of
price, #1 JO per bottle. Book to Mothers malted free,
WAPFlELDBEGULlTOa CO.,
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SKINS OF BEASTS.
ANIMALS WHICH FURNISH THE
MARKET WITH FURS.
London the Great Fur Market of the
World?Cats and Dogs Supply
Vast Numbers of Skins
for Garments.
"T* "T" C T ftITE has always been con\
/\ / 6idered a mark of distinc\
\ tion among beasts, said a
zoologist to a writer for
the Star. You will find mention of
that fact in the Bible, fifth chapter of
Judges. The Indians of this country
used to regard a white buffalo hide as
of exceptional value, and for one 6uch
they would give several horses. Nowadays
the aborigines of Alaska set such
store by a white marten skin that they
will -na-c- fivp fri-s skins for it. The rev
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erence -with which white elephants are
regarded in Siam is well known. In
Africa King Cetewayo, who was subdued
by the British, kept a herd of
royal white cattle. They were said to
be very beantiful. The zebu, or sacred
ox of India, is white. Blue, by the
way, is most rare in mammals, the
only species in which that color is
found being the blue-faced mandrill.
The so-called "blue fox" is rather a
deep drab.
The greatest fur market of the
world is London, where auctions are
held periodically. These sales, at
which pelts of a thousand kinds are
disposed of in vast quantities, are attended
by merchants from everywhere.
They are conducted in silence save for
the voice of the auctioneer, bids being
made by nodding the head.
The prices for skins of all sorts depend
much on fashion, and hence are
apt to fluctuate considerably from
year to year. A fine lion skin, with a
black mane is worth $300; but the
hide from a menagerie specimen of the
royal beast, being never so handsome,
will hardly bring more than $125.
Tiger skins cost much less than lion
skins, but the hide of a white tiger,
which is an albino and extremely rare,
will fetch a small fortune. Tiger
claws are mounted for pins by jewelers.
They are worth $1 or even more
apiece in the rough. There is awooly
tiger of Mongolia which has a fur of
great richness. The length and thickness
of the hair is due to the fact that
the animal lives in a cold region. Domestic
cats contribute largely to the
supplies of the fur markets of the
world.
Wolves furnish many skins to the
fur market. In Russia about 170,000
of them are killed annually, a reward
of ten roubles a head being offered for
them. During 1889 80,000 of them
were slain in the province of Wologda
alone; the number or persons killed
by wolves in the 6ame province that
year being 203. The Eskimo of the
Arctic practice an ingenious method of
slaughtering wolves, planting a stake
in the ice with a blade of flint fastened
to the upper end. About the flint
blade they wrap a piece of blubber,
which freezes hard. Presently along
comes some wolves and lick at the
KlnVil-wvr until fhp pdcrps of thft flint
cut their tongues. Tasting their own
blood, they become frantic and attack
each other, the fight continuing until
the whole pack lies dead. Next day
the artful hunter comes along and
skins them. That is one reason why
wolfskin rugs are so cheap to-day.
Chinese dogB, belonging to a peculiar
breed native to that country, supply
much material for robes, a good one
requiring eight skins. They are exported
by way of Shanghai to London
and New York. In color they are
black, white, fawn and mottled. About
75,000 of the hides are sold in England
annually. In Manchooria and Eastern
Mongolia are thourands of dog farms,
_t- -t- _ n ?i I
WlllCfl rear *U1 llitJ wajr iiurn o otuxc
hundreds of these canine beasts for
market every year. The skins take a
brilliant black dye, and make excellent
sleigh robes. They are used
to a considerable extent for making
men's coats in Canada. The skins of
Siberian dogs are likewise utilized as
fur. But the Siberian animal which
yields for its size the most costly of
all furs is the sable. It is only about
nine inches long, including the tail,
and in order to trap a single specimen
the hunter must often endure many a
hard day of exposure and toil. From
12,000 to 25,000 sables are caught annually,
many of the pelts being em?fllA
wUoo r\4
piUJ CU 1JLL VUiU? 1VJL vuu i\/MW V4
mandarins.
Another small and valuable furbearing
beast is the marten of Canada
and Alaska. For centuries the trapper
has sought to capture it in the forests,
its precious skin going far to repay
him for his long winter's tramp and
toil. The pelt, made up into muffs,
capes and boas, is commonly but
erroneously known under the name of
"sable." The tails are made up
Bcpm atcij JIUI/V ^Uiuiviii/n, ttjl11VU ivvvu
very high prices. They are also used
in the manufacture of the finest
"sable" paint brushes. No part of
the creature is lost. Even the skins
of the paws and throat are sold by the
pound to traders, who make them into
coat linings and tobacco pouches.
The Hudson Bay Company exports to
England about 70,000 of the pelts annually.
Yet another little animal,
mostly taken in Siberia, furnishes the
ermine fur, which is worn by the
Queen of England, and i6 also utilized
for the state robes of British peerB.
Nevertheless, it is no longer so fashionable
an it used to be, and hence is
much less coBtly than formerly.
TJaclcpr Kleins a.r? lar^elv used now
O ??o ?*
adays for shaving brushes. For-that
purpose the hair is out off close to the
pelt and sorted into lengths, being
then tied up in neat bundles and sold
by weight. The bide itself is employed
for glue. Skunk fur has come much
into favor of late years. In 1891
nearly 700,000 skunk skins were sold
in London, though not long ago they
were considered valueless. The highest
priced skin is thai of the sea otter,
a single pelt sometimes fetching $1000.
This fur is principally used in Russia,
for the collars of gentlemen's coats.
Mn/ntr tVimicnrxl mole skins are nnl
lected annually and made into waistcoats.
Squirrel skins are taken for
taxes in parts of Siberia. A fur most
extensively employed is that of the
mnskrat, from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000
skins being marketed in England
yearly.?Washington Star.
In Germany twenty-nine towns have
municipal gas works.
Incapable ol Feeling Pain.
An extraordinary case of insensibility
to pain occurred a few weeks ago
in California. John Molloy, a railway
employe, was run over by a train
of thirty-two freight cars. .His legs
were crushed between the knee and
thigh 60 that they merely hung to his
body by a few ragged fragments of
skin and tendon. He was conscious
when picked up, and remained so until
his death five hours afterward, yet in
all that time he felt no pain whatever.
After an examination it was
determined to amputate the man's
legs, and the surgeon who performed
the operation said, in an elaborate report
of the case:
"Molloy did not suffer from the terrible
accident which resulted in his
death. He told me he felt no pain
frnm hpinnr Rt.rnnk and run Over bv
the train, and that he did not suffer
thereafter from the effects of the
frightful shock. When I saw him he
was not in any apparent misery,
though his legs were hanging in a
mangled condition and the blood was
fast ebbing from his veins. His
friends asked whether he was so badly
hurt that his legs would be lost,
and he answered them with the serenity
of a man smoking a cigar in a
rocking chair. He said that a few
strokes of the knife would settle the leg
question with him forever.
"I then proposed to amputate his
legs, and he watched me put the instruments
in the antiseptic bath. He
said he supposed if he didn't feel a
train of cars he wouldn't feel a little
thing like a knife, and on making examination
I found that he was still insensible
to pain. There was, therefore,
no occasion to give him chloroform,
and I amputated his legs while
he watched me. He knew something
was pressing against his legs when the
knife went in, but there was no pain.
He watohed the knife go through the
muscles and nerveB -with as much indifference
as if I had been cutting into
a beefsteak. A few hours later he died
from the effects of the shock.
"There is no theory for the eccentricities
of the case. All we know or
all we can Bay is that the peculiar insensibility
to pain he exhibited
in some way arose from the
Dervous shock. In some manner the
injury paralyzed the sensory nerves
and left the nerves of motion intact,
for he could talk all right and move
himself readily. Such a case of frozen
nerves might not occur again in ages."
?New York Herald.
Railroads in Japan.
The railroads of Japan are solidly
constructed and carefully run. The
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gauge is tnree ieei aix iucubb, t?uu iuc
cars are generally eighteen feet long.
There are first, second and third
classes, and the fares are for several
classes?one, two and three sen (cents)
a mile. The Japanese are great travelers,
and more than nine-tenths of the
travel is of second and third class.
The rate of speed is uniformly about
twenty miles an hour. The trains are
run on what is known as the "staff"
system, and a train is not allowed to
leave a station where it meets another
until the conductor has received from
the conductor of the other train a
symbol called a "Btaff," which is his
evidence that he is entitled to leave.
In the first-class carriage, which is
either one room, like our drawingroom
cars, or in three compartments,
like the English, one finds cushion
seats, wash hand bowls and water clos*
ets, and generally a tea pot and cups,
the former occasionally replenished
with hot water. If this is lacking the
passenger can bny on tne piauorm ai
any station a teapot fall of tea and a
cup for two and a half cents. The tea
pot is pretty enough to bring a
quarter in this country, and the cup
would be cheap at ten cents. You buy
the whole "outfit," and could carry it
away if you pleased. As a rule, the pot
and cup are left in the car, and about
sixty per cent, of them are recovered
by the vender.
The railroads in Japan are partly
owned by the Government and partly
by private stockholders, but the rates
and rules of the Government roads
govern the others also. At all the
stations are overhead bridges, and
crossing the track at grade is prohibited,
as in England. The stations are
roomy and neat, the platforms ample,
and at both ends of the platform the
same of the station is conspicuously
posted. The passenger shows his
ticket on going through the gate to
his train, and surrenders it at the gate
on leaving. No conductor enters the
cars. "We also miss the familiar visits
of the enterprising young man who
Bells newspapers and popular books,
and who loads our seats at home with
lozenges, photograph albums, comic
periodicals, vegetable ivory, matches,
chewing gum and other merchandise.
?Philadalphia Telegraph.
"Meteorites in Iowa.
Two remarkable meteorites have
fallen in Iowa within the last twenty
yearR. February 12, 1875, an exceedingly
brilliant meteor, in the form
of an elongated horseshoe, was seen
throughout a region of at least 400
miles in length and 250 in breadth,
lying in Missouri and Iowa. It is described
as "without a tail, but having
a flowing jacket of flpme. Detonations
were heard so violent as to shake the
earth and to jar the windows like the
shock of an earthquake," as it fell
about 10.30 p. m. a few miles east of
Marengo, Iowa. The ground, for the
space of some seven miles in length by
two to lour miles in breadth, was
strewn with fragments of this meteor,
varying in weight from a few ounces
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On May 10, 1879, a large anil extraordinary
luminous meteor exploded
with terrific noise, followed at slight
intervals with less violent detonations,
and struck the earth in the edge of a
ravine near Estherville, Einmet
County, Iowa, penetrating to the
depth of fourteen feet. Within two
miles other fragments were found, one
of which weighed 170 pounds, and
another thirty-two pounds. The
principal mass weighed 431 pounds.
All the discovered parts aggregated
about 640 pounds. The one of 170
i pounds is now in the cabinet of the
State University ol Minnesota. The
| composition of this aerolite is peculiar
in many respects; but, as in nearly all
aerolites, there is a considerable proj
portion of iron and nickel. ? iowa,
State Kegieter.
| AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
OPEN SHEDS.
Every poultryman Bhould provide an
open shed, facing south. It is one of
the greatest conveniences, if not necessities
in the poultry business. A shed
twelve feet long by six feet wide,
closed on the ends and back, will make
a splendid shelter for the fowls, and
i nrotect them from rain and snow.
During the breeding season it will
make a splendid roosting place for the
young chicks, and by closing it at
night it will be a safeguard against the
destroyers of the young broods. Build
it so that rats, minks, weasels and
others of this class cannot enter.
What you will save in one season thifi
way will build you several of such
sheds.?American Farmer.
FOOD TO FATTEN A HORSE.
It is not a good thing to keep a
horse fat. Fat is only an obstacle to
work, as it adds to the weight of the
animal and reduces the ability of the
muscles to do work. The be6t condition
of a horse is that in which the
Tnimf?lpH n.rA waII dfiveloned and keut
firm and hard. Too much fat softene
the muscles and disables it for hard or
rapid work, causing profuse sweating,
which weakens the animal. Good
judgment is necessary to feed a horse
properly, and it is the reverse of this
to make it fat. A standard daily ration
for a horse of 1000 pounds h
made up of sixteen pounds of mixed
corn and oats ground together with a
bushel of cut hay, or half hay and hali
good oat straw. The cut hay is wetted
and the ground meal is mixed with it,
a handful of salt being added. If the
work is extra hard, four quarts of good
oats may be given at noon with a little
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given alone at noon. The horse should
be watered at least ten minutes before
feeding.?New York Times.
ECONOMY IK GOOD FARM BUILDINGS.
Good farming implies warm shelters
for stock in inclement weather. Warm
stables prevent loss of flesh and
vitality from cold or wet weather, and
at the same time enable the farmer to
effect the greatest possible saving
of animal excrements for manure.
The increased amount and value of
the voiuings of sheltered animals will
pay a large interest on the cost of the
T^n ooirinrr in fofifl TA.
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quired for maintenance will go far
toward paying rent on the structuree.
Good economy requires that the farm
buildings be built of sound, substantial,
durable materials, and that
they be well built. Then the cost of
repairs will be reduced to a minimum.
The farmer's dwelling should also be
well built of the best materials, and
so conveniently arranged as to make
the housework as light as possible.
This is a question of economy as well
as a question of justice to the weakei
sex who are part of the working force
of the farm. The farmer's dwelling
should be well lighted, well ventilated
and well sewered, so as to preserve
the health and efficiency of its inmatep,
and the idea of beauty should
have full effect in the location and
architecture of the farm dwellings
and all of its environments, including
its ornamental grounds, kitchen and
fruit garden and orchard. ?Americau
Agriculturist.
FEEDING WHEAT TO MILCH COWS.
It is claimed that many Pennsylvania
farmers are holding old wheat fox
higher prices. Also that the presenl
price of sixty-five cents per bushel if
ruinous because farmers should receive
from ninety cents to SI per bushel tc
make wheat growing pay. And again,
that wheat, oats and corn are about on
a par, or worth, say, one cent pel
pound. These conditions, it is averred,
have induced the farmers to "chop'
their wheat for feed. That word
"chop" is misleading, perhaps,because
it does not mean cut up, in and wit!
the straw, but having it ground coarse.
It would do the stock more good anc
be in better shape for assimulation,
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ground almost as tine as for flour.
Wheat contains more starch in proportion
to bulk than corn. If on<
splits a kernel of corn lengthwise, h<
can, with the naked eye, see a fair pic
ture of the elements, to wit: Starch
oil and phosphate or the chit. The
more oil the more fattening, while botl
starch and oil favor the production o.
rich milk as well as to increase th<
quantity. Taking the three grain;
mentioned in equal quantities, it woulc
constitute a very rich ration and shoulc
be carefully given. There would be i
tendency to sickness or surfeit among
the cattle until they had become usee
to it. If green food could be given ii
would in a measure counteract thai
tendency by keeping the bowels loose.
Give salt regularly, at least once a day,
Give water freely, and if the excre
ments are "redolent" with sournesi
decrease the rations immediately oi
withhold the grain entirely. There it
not so much danger with swine if fee
little and often. If cattle bloat, th<
skilful use of the trocar is often tin
best and safest cure.?St. Louis Ke:
public.
CORN FODDER.
The time is at hand for winter feed
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cheapest feeds, and usually the mos
abundant on most farms, it is well t(
know how to feed it most economically
and to the very best advantage. Sine*
the hay and fodder cutters have beei
so much improved, the cutting up o
the coarse feed is a much easier mat
ter than it formerly was. If the fod
der is to be fed dry, it is best to cut i
in two-inch lengths. On the otbei
hand, if it is to be fed mixed witl
millfeed, it should be cnt from three
quarters of an inch to half an inch ii
length.
There are three ways of feeding it
First, by giving it as the mid-dai
i4- m a rcmlfu nn/1 o 1
metu, it iu vusj x ? **,.* ??
lowing half h bundle to each animal
The cattle eat all they want, and th<
long stalks are scattered over the yardi
and tramped into the manure. Thii
is still followed by many practical mei
ae being the best and cheapest plan
If the cattle are fed upon clover ha^
and millfeed night and morning, thei
will eat up every bit of the fodder thai
ie worth eating,
The German plan, followed by those
having email farms and hut few cattle,
is to cut the fodder up into halfinch
lengths. They mil a half bushel
of the fodder with two quarts of millfeed,
adding a little salt to season the
mess, and then scald it with two gallons
of hot water. Cover it up with a
bag, and let it soak for several hours
before feeding. This softens the hard
stalks, and makes it a palatable and
nourishing feed. If the fodder is just
mixed with the millfeed and cold water
and fed at once, the cattle will not eat
the hard stalks, but will leave it.
"Fnrlrlpr chrml/1 altrn-ra Tip in COIl
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nection with mixed timothy cr clover
1 hay. Fodder alone "will not make a
' largo quantity of milk, neither rziil it
1 be rich milk. The three combined?
that is, the hay, fodder, and millfeed
and corn chop?will give the co:7 all
the feed it needs, for the cow's
1 stomach, being large, must be filled.
She. will repay this generous treatment
by giving a large quantity of rich milk
daily, and keeping in excellent order
at the same time. If the fodder is first
cut into two-inch lengths, and is to be
, fed in boxes, feed it dry.?Baltimore
American.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
i Now is a good time to top dress the
orchard.
1 A feeble young tree rarely amounts
xo anvthincr. esueciallv if crowded.
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The main force in the dairy is the
man or woman -who superintends it.
Whenever the weather will permit
all house-plants should be well aired,
i It is said that a tree is not properly
1 set unless so solid you caunot pull it
up.
Give the ewe flocks the best pasturage,
particularly late in the fall and
early winter.
! The churn should not be filled nearly
1 full of cream. If it is butter will not
1 come quickly.
Scions for grafting may be cut at
| any time now when the temperature is
above freezing.
In purchasing breeding stock, buy
of reliable parties upon whose word
you can depend.
1 The oiirrftnt ncpdn ft flften. rich soil.
rather moist, in order to make large
crops of choice fruit.
By tramping down the snow around
the stems of the trees girdling by mice
may usually be prevented.
Make your hens thoroughly comfortable
and they will make you some
i money and make you happy.
A good coat of whitewash with a few
handfuls of wood ashes stirred in it is
a good remedy for bark lice.
The team kept in working trim
through the winter is the hardiest one
for the heavy summer's work.
Pumpkins are now known to be
good feed for dairy cows, as they form
good milk-producing fodder.
Did you raise a patch of sunflowers
for your fowls? Sunflower seed is the
[ nicest feed you can give them.
Irregularity in feeding and milking
i is as bad for the pocket of the owrer
as it is for the comfort of the cow.
1 Not all registered stock is good.
1 The registration is simply proof that
they ought to be, not that they are.
I Butter cows should not give as
much milk as milk cows; we want
J concentrated milk in the butter dairy.
Grape vines should always be pruned
t in mild weather during the winter in
order to avoid bleeding in the spring.
A white duck always looks cleaner
when plucked, and is consequently
more salable than a darker hued one.
i
The floors of corn cribs should be
Ij raised far enough from the barn floor
, to prevent rats harboring under them.
> Pumpkins are an excellent feed for
> hogs &nd cattle of every kind. They
"are particularly good for milch cows.
1 Corn meal and barley meal mixed
' form a good pig feed. Barley is the
great pig-fattening food of England.
. The man who begrudges a ripe
cherry to a robin or catbird ought to
! be at the mercy of the insect tribe for
1 awhile.
[ Any man can successfully wage
warfare against oleo by making a gooil
[, brand of clean butter and letting the
people know it.
Plants do not receive all their food
3 through the roots, but take a consiu;
erable portion of it from the air
- through the leaves.
, When the ground is frozen hard is
s the best time to move a tree of any
i size, taking it up with the earth and
f moving all together.
; Picking the potatoes over and re
i moving the rotten ones about once a
month during the winter will lessen
' the loss from that course.
I For their fruit and other attractions
j one or more mulberry trees should find
t a place on every farm. They thrive
t best on deep, rich, well-draired land.
The colder the weather the more
attention should be given to the
. stock. Keep them warm and in close
3 quarters when the thermometer drops
f below zero4
> The kind of food which may be sufl
ficient to keep grown animals in good
i condition is not sufficient for young
J ones. An extra allowance must be
- made for increase of bone and muscle.
frostbitten hay and poor marsh hay
slioula not be fed to the cows in large
quantities, as it will affect the quality
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hay is good, and makes a fine relish
for them.
In arranging an orchard it is a good
plan to plant the apple and cherry
trees on the outside of the fruit garden,
especially toward the prevailing
winds us a protection to the move deli:
cate kinds.
j It is not what is eaten, but what i*
digested, that benefits and fattens the
; animal. With a balanced ration and
i some bulky food it will eat more and
I retain its appetite than when fed only
I on fattening food.
Horses should always be fed a
limited amount of hay. Beyond about
. twenty pounds a day hfiy is injurious,
i This amount, in connection with a
? 1 liberal allowance of grain, in sufficient
3 for the ordinary work animal.
b Freezing milk or cream changes its
1 I nature, so that different handling is
. i required than when it in not frozen.
f i For this reason creameries should r?>
i , ject all frozen milk, for when iuixe.1
t i with unfrozen aud treated the same
j it would make inferior butter.
a .i
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Bread Making Machines.
In the manufacture of the breadmaking
machines of the last few years
the great object has been to obviate,
an far as possible, the handling of the
dough. The materials themselves,
having a sort of life imparted to them
in the process of fermentation, require
entirely different treatment from that
to which other materials are subjected,
while necessitating machinery of
powerful construction to obtain
thorough and rapid mixing and the
stretching and folding motions essential
to the increase in elasticity of the
dough and the development of the j
gluten in the flour. An improved
machine possessing all these features
has been constructed. Its various
movements are controlled by the turn
of a hand wheel. In the working of
the mixers the materials are. brought
from each of the four corners of the
receiving trough to the centre o! the
machine, incorporating the flour and
liqnor thoroughly by evenly intermixing
them, but without rubbing them
against the side of the trough. The
machine has two speeds ? one for
breaking the sponge and for quickly
mixing the materials, and the other
for the kneading operation. The gearing
for producing these speeds is actuated
by means of a hand-wheel,, which
acte quite independently, without
stopping the machine. The arms of
the machine upon one vide are made
to act in the opposite direction to
those upon the other side, or to work
in the same direction by the -simple
movement of a hand lever. The trough
can be tilted while the beaters are
either in motion or at rest. All the
shafts revolve in split gun-metal bearings,
and the kneading arms are provided
with cone bearings of special
rnnHtriifitinn. The pearini? and work
ing parts are carefully covered so as to
prevent any danger of accident while
working the machine.?Chicago Record?
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Salem has originated a novel scheme.
With the citizens of the capital city
the tramp problem is on a fair road
towaru oemg soiveci. a nuge took.
pile has been formed on \he vacant
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Liberty and Ferry streets. A largoshed
has also been built. Hammer?
are in abundance. Hereafter whe?
aid is asked for by the tramps they
will be referred to a certain wellknown
firm, who will issue \o the
tramp or tramps a ticket admitting
them to this rock pile free of charge.
Each of these tickets will be signed by
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stationed a man who is overseer and
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