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%â-  â-  â€" a GOOD STOCK. Mr. T. Q. Terry tells how his son started with common cows, that is, Buch as could be picked up at a low price in the fall. No extra money was put into the business, except to purchase a pure-bred sire. He has raised some calves every year from the best cows. A record hai been kept of what each cow gave, sa as to know which were the best. As the half bloods came into milk the or- Pekin ducks is the best breed to keep when there arc no ponds. Too much and too rich food is of- ten the cause of apoplexy. CJood foraging is a great help to moulting hens and to growing chick- ens. A dry dust bath is a valuable aid ;exce,lent egg producer. i To prevent egg eating make the i nests reasonably high and dark. j The quality of the egg depends up- j on the character of the food supplied to the hens. I Cooked food fattens <iuickly be- cause it is more completely digest- ed. j Wheat is rich in material for j.crowth and stimulates the egg pro- idaction. Skimmed milk to which is added X AT TUT^ PriQX *•* TIk? captain was still on the bridge I Z AT TBE POST OF DUTY. The danger might not yet be wholly ;MEDICIjn: HAT SIEECHAWT Oir 'v . past; and his post was there. Some- ' A VISIT TO ONTARIO. ^S^ ' thing, it may be. w;is tugging at his ; .J, heartstrings, dragging him be- On the Lookout for Shipnients to .J. low to his boy's side: i •> but he stood tirm. The salety | <I.:„:..x..:..:..:~x~K..x.>:..:..x^-x* °' ^^'^ ^^'p- ^^^ '''"•â- ^ "^ ^^^ passen- •^•* i|e". were committed to his charge. Richard Taney of Medicino Hat. Things happen at seaâ€" things i ^»;C'"^''^y ^'s duty. lAssiniboia, is at prescut \->sitinir fraught with deadly perU to all on | ^J_° "•ffj^/^^t s^ny morning, when j Ontario. Mr. Taney ccnductii Western Assiniboia ajid Alberta- board â€" oi which the ordinary senger knows nothing at the pas-, iginal cows were sold oil from timeiryc Uour is good for fowU suffering to tmie. the poorest lirst. The old- Ir^^^ bowel trouble est cow of his raising is now live | ^ hen wants quiet while incubat- ^ Let" Vk^ probably about atij ^i,^^ i, ^^y stolen meats yield her best. The others are younger Uuo largest returns. and not up to their best yet. This Hens will never eat eggs if tiev 5-year-cld gave ,.427 pounds of milk li,^,.^ ,e„ty of broken bones, ground the lirst year, as a 2-year-old. She started in fresh as a 3-year-old and was only dry 17 days hefore she gave 8,163 pounds the second year and over 9,OfiO the third as a '1- year-old. This season, a 5-year-old, she has started out better than ever, decidedly, giving actually 594 pounds of milk in 24 hours and 56 8-10 pounds- average per day for a week, 21 days from calving. The oyster shells and clam shells Boiled oats mixed with coarse ground corn meal is claimed to be an excellent egg prodacer. Well fed pullets lay much eariier than those allowed to go to roost without a well-filled crop. A chick that is continually chilled never amounts to much because vi- tality is used up tc resiist abu.<5e. No otiier product of animal or calf that grew up into this cow was j ve^jctable life contains substance ex- sold to a man for S2.50. \.hen heiactly like the albumen and yolk of came for her she was not doing well, i^jjg g„„ and he made a change, paying 53 ! -j-jjg ^j for another one, a little older Mr. Terry concludes: "Good friends who keep common stock and think you can't afford to improve them. I wani to sa.v to you that the whole cost of this improve- ment in money has come back in this (me cow. and all other choice animals have cost nothing. There may not be any others that will pplication of sulphur sprinkl- ed upon the fowls while roosting or ctlierwise with a pepper box will de- stroy vermin. SHEEP DESTROY WEEDS. ' Of the 600 weeds and grasses growing in the Northwest, writes Prof. Thos the passengers strolled up on deck, lajge general store in 'the Northwest -â€" „- ..._ „ _. time: I *'''^!"f '^^s nothing to indicate the Territories and does some business never gets to hear of perhaps. In the I P?"' ^*^%, ^'^'^ escaped during the wjUi Toronto houses. His mission dead of night, when he is snugly I'^'Sht. The captains face, perhaps. i,i Ontario lii present is to ajranga tucked up in his berth below, death | '^'^'', ^'"'^ ^o^e deeply Uned and for the shipments of apples, peaches may come and take a runaway p *'"'*' graver than usual. They and pears from this section into th« knock at the ship without his being °°'"^^'*- ^°°- ^^'^^ ^^ ^^ paced the far Nortjiwest. la -addiuon he will bridge he fre.jucntly turned a glance make an eiTort to induce tJi£ Can- ait, as thouprh expecting someone adian pi.rk packers to ship into that And presently, as he saw the white- region immediately east of tlie moun. haired doctor coming along the deck, tains a line oi " bacon especially he quitted his post for a moment, adapted to the demands of tJBat dis- and met him apart. tant part of ike world. •'Well?" was all he said. ; "I have been in the Northwest now With hands thrust into his pockets, 'a dozen years in the niercantil* his face strrn and firm-set as ever, business," observed ilr. Taney, he listened while the kindly old doc- "and during that time I have taken tor explained to him that there was 3. great deal of goods out of tha little hope of saving his son's life. Province of Ontario. Of course for He took the blow without flinching, most of my reguiar stock I am sup- They were now in the channel, with pl'ed at Winnipeg, but I have been of passengers were at rest in iheir I ^hippinff on every side. His place b"yine. fruits and packing house pro- state-rooms, that a terrible element j ''»â- " ^^ti" 0° d«k. Without a word f""-"^ f this section lor years. W of destruction had laid hold on the "^e turned and went back to his post ^^e, of course, the demand for this one whit the wiser. The danger is known only to the officers: they see it, realize that an appalling disaster may result, and grapple with it quietly, secretly. Kor at such criti- cal moments it is vitally essential that the passengers :>hould be al- lowed to retain their sense of secur- it.v, lest they may break into a mad, unthinking panic. Who knew, for instance, on that dark night at sea. when the great Cape liner was heading up for the English ^.^hannel, and her hunch-eds ' heart of the ship'? They slept, those !°" ^^^ bridge. His usual impera- possengers. unconscious of the dan-!^"'* words of command rang out to ger; ignorant of the lile-and-death ^^^ bustling crew. lis of merchandise, as well aa all Shaw, it is estimated i terrUying word pered at sea. struggle which was being waged up there on deck. If one or two hap- pened to be disturbed by something trailing along above their heads, they probably turned round in their berths without giving it a second thought. And yet if they had known it was a fire-hose! Fire: the most appalling, the most that cm be whis- Of such stuff those that go down to the sea in ships are made. while horses consume but 82 and cattle only 56. The fact is, sheep prefer • many kinds of weed.s to grasses, and weedy fields and horse pastures are improved by turning a small flock of sheep into "them. When sheep devour the weeds they do not charge anything for the work. On ,_ ^ ^,^ by those that have made a studv of quite come up to this one, but there n_ t^at sheep will eat 576 of them are several probably that at 5 years old will give 50 pounds of milk a day or more. Any- one of them at 2 years old gave, or will give, about twice as much as ordinary dairies of full grown cows average, taking all there are in a county. Doesn't this pay? What a chance for the .voung men who read this, who are now get- ting perhaps no more than 3,000 or 4.000 pounds of milk from a cow in a season. But it will take some- thing more than merely buying a pure-bred sire. Yes. he must be a good individual, as well as have a good pedigree. The calves must be raised without at any time being fattened. They must be fed food that will make them grow steadily, but not such as will cause them to take on fat. They must be pro- perly fed when giving milk, and warmly sheltered and kindly treated. You must use your brains a little more, not going along in the old easy, rather thoughtless way. But, my. Ahink of the dilTerenK:!' in in- come, when you get about three times as much milk with very little, if any, more feed used. Oh. what a chance there is for the boys now. along suih improved lines of dairy- ing." ETISSIA XN ASIA. Japan M-.y Attempt to Check the Great White Bear. The,sxeady but gradual expansion of Russi,a. across Asia is constantly giving rise to reports that Japan will attempt to check the great White Bear in its designs ufon China. The present reason for The cargo down there was smolder- j alarm in Japa.n is the occupation by ing. .\nd. at any moment, that mol- i Ku.ssaa of ilajichuria. To be sure. It had broken amidships. Smoke sluggish wreaths from the hatches out in the holJ was oozing in of danger, prompt to think and act the other hand, they pay the farmer j had mounted with steady step to for the privilege of pulling the j the bridge and taken charge. The weeds. They turn the weeds into | tirm-set face of him had mutton, fresh, juicy and crisp. A j looked down upon many sheep's stomach is the most perfect 1 scenes of devastation and ter- receptacle that was ever made for | ror when his strong, ruling hand der might burst into fierce, ravaging, i liussia has not added Manchuria to devouring flames. i ''^r map j-et. but as the most Im The captain, coo! in the presence i portions to our facilities in Western sAssiniboia and .\lberta. The Col- umbia River district is lUiing up so [fast tlie stock is hardly unloaded J from the trains before it is started |overland for the consumer. We have been belund with all om- orders for the simplest necessaries of life ia those districts most of this sunk- mcr. SMALL PACKAGES NEEDED. "I am more particular just at pre- sent, of course, in getting srtock in- to my house, but; I have made a per- sonal trip to Ontario province for the purpose of inducing some oi those who ship fruit to me to give us the line of stulf we require in that section. We can't use the bar- portant branch erf" th7 lYanl=-Sibe- "' ^^""^^ ^" adv.mtage. . They ar. rian Railway is built through Man- churia, running down to Port -•Vr- thur, so well called the Gibraltar of ; Asia, it is not at all likely that the 'â-  Ku!-siaus wilt vacate the province. When the Triins>-i?iberian Railwav foriu of weed life. No weed seeds weeds. It is sure death to every retain the power of resurrection af- ter having been buried in that living sepulchre, the stomach of the .sheep. SALTING IN THE CHURN. This is practiced by man.v butter makers and especially by farmers. The butter granules are allowed to reach the size of a grain of wheat, the salt is then added and the churn slowly revoh-ed. It will not take the salt long to become thoroughly incorporated in the butter. The maker will soon be able to estimate the amount of salt retiuired for any one churning. too bulky and cannot be sold in tin original package to advantage. What we want is smaller packages. Not over one bushel and the hall pu: .^bushel packages are the best for the trade. We can command a third more for the stock put up in this was first projected the Pacific ter- '*"':'" *''"° ""-"l^'-o '",'"'-'>," ,^''1 minus was to be Vladivostock. But ""^''P^' '^V^ t ""^ ^""^ '^ ^.^'S'K°^ in consideration of the fact that fPP'*^^ ^ believe he can get 9S.oO for i .!,.,» u„„K«, â-  .-..ii t â-  , , ithe same quautitv of apples put up sudden and starUing emergency, he 1^^^_, harbor .^ lull of ice for ^vera^^^^ smaller packages. The cost of had the .=aiue re.solule. masterful" f°"'^^°f '^'V V *" ?^"?^ the smaller packages is. of course, grip of the situation. ' t^u f '% w A ,h T '""'^^'' larger, but the profits are in prc^ The ship's olBcers oi every grade | fV^W^.^P Port Arthur, the great ^.^^i^., Then, loo, the proFos.ition were at their posts. Away aft the f^"'^^°j^„^^^. ^>": ^'^f^B'^y of the i^j refrigeration enters in,o ,n-ery- purser was on guard at the head of ^,f„t?^^^ peninsula was by one of u.„j ^J;.,^ ;, .shipped to the North- .u„ . _._>_ ... .. ! those Lne strokes characte, istic of i ,,^^*; ^.,,4^ fruitT not dispose.', of KusKian diplomacy added in 189S. '1 - had made itself fjit and quelled the panic amongst the seething, strug- gling mass below. And now. in this | USING DAMAGED FEEDS. Bleached hay or straw' hiiS not the feeding value of hay or straw hav- ing its normal color and strength. Bleaching, caused by exposure to weather, robs hay of its sweetness and succulence, leaving a sort of dead roughness possessing compara- tively little feeding value. This lo.ss Ihi-ough exposure to the elements likewise very materially injures giains. e.Ktracti-!g the soluble com- pounds contained in them and ren- dering tiieni almost devoid of uulri- tion. Just now many questions are be- injc asked as to the advisability of i SMOKl.VG SOLDIEIHS. Is smokinj; .going out cf fashion with officers in ihe Army and Navy'.' The number of high-placed officers in both services who do not smoke is at least notable if recent statistics on the subject are reliable. It ap- l-ears that the majority of Naval oHlcers are contOnt. like the French and the Russians, with an occasional cigarette. Of course there are ex- ceptions. The Army has no officer who is such an inveterate smoker as the. late General Gordon, who was miserable unless he had an ample supply of cigarettes. Thus among A HAP.D TASK. would die for a thousand fieJing grains injured in the manner , non-smokers we find Lord Roberts, indicated. The answer to tho.se 'â- â€¢â€¢'nera' Sir Hed\ers Buller. General questions must he general ratlier ISii' AVilllain Duller, General MacKin- than specific, as so much depends I non. and General Gatacre. Sir Wil- upon the degree ami also upon the ] Ham White sn.vs the smallest possible nature of the in.iury that no answer i quantity of tobacco supplies his sim- ian he given that will meet the j pie needs in the way of burning in- iieeds of every ca.se. it may be .•;aid [cense to M.v Lady Nicotine, with safety. however, that wheat ot with safety, however, that wheat or other grain that is badly musted or mouUled is much injured for feeding. Such mould is quite injurious when fed in large quantities. Of course j any process that will tend to re- 1 move mould from it will les!.-en llie j injury, but no after treatment can ; make srch grain a lirst-cluss food again. Sectmd. if the grain is simi>- 1 ly badl.v wrinkled with the wet and discolored, its fettling value for stock would not seem to be lessened. Third, if the wheat is small and the grains so diminutive and nnevj-n in size in addition to the discoloration. It still makes excellent food for , . .. „ , , â- ,, live stock. It has a large amount ^l IT"^, V /T^' f^'-^'^V^ "^^ f'."-^ of bran relatively, and this makes it "â-  ' ^^l^"" ' teU yon bright and .n- u .-^fe fcK>d when fed alone. Dam- : ^"''^tant moon that >« Kljnting the aged wheat mav be fed to sheep i "'"-tops with her light that she without being ground. For cattle 1 •"""*; , "f ,,.'*'"'"' ^^" ^^>" f'^"^'' *"" and swino it ought to be ground, iro'ighl.v lia. If such wheat has in it oily seeds of 1 -^"' '••*^orgc. weeds, its feeding value is properly the saloon stairs ready to reassure any timorous passengers who might catch the alarm and induce them to return quietly to their berths. The doctor â€" the "father" of the ship, by virtue of his gray hairs â€" had slipped out on deck and made his way for- ward, for at sea men do not pause to count the cost when called upon to face danger, and his ser^•ices might be needed at any moment. There was no noise, no fuss, no con- fusion. If an order came from the bridge it came in the lirm tones of command, never once raised above the ordinary level. Grouped around the burning hold, where the lanterns swayed with the roll of the ship, the men. headed by one or two officers, were steadily fi,ehting the Ore-liend. They had got the hatches oti and were pumping streams of water down upon the heated cargo. Hut that was not enough. lilinded by the smoke, not knowing where the fire was seated. It is, apart from its value as a ter- minus for the gi-eat railway, a point of great sUategic value, and since its occupation by the Rus- siians has been more securely forti- fied than ever. A KUSSIAN G.VRRISON. A garrison of 15,000 troops kept there, and near at hand S.OOO more. not to mention troofs whose especial duty it is usual calmlS'-'-'u "'<? railway lines. >wo igo. when it was announced before cold weather. In tiiat way ;we get a much better figure for i«« i but it must therefore te a sound- particle, such as we are capable of iC.-u'rying in cold storage f.or several (mouths. Tlie same fruit that is i placed on the market fer daily con- ! sumption will not do for this trade. is iOur fruit must be packed green and ai« I above all it must be sound. For the 'instance, our trade can handle only to 'that line of peaches that has been ycai s ; carefully thinned in its earliest that growth. Of course. " every fruit Japan was ready for war Russia grower thins his peaches, but for the quickly mobilized at that point 32.- j Northwest trade they must te thin- Ot>0 troops within a short time, and i ned uinisually early and cnusually it would have been pertectl.v easv to 'well. Then the fruit is sounder and that not at aie ;very firm. It will keep a long tiiiA if properly packed. It may be a. â-  surprise to some p-^jple to know ' that we frequently expect to keep isome of this fruit a year. It goes add very considerabl.v to nunibtr in a foritiight. The march across Asia has been ma.de without strife, for every few hundnxi miles there met savage tribcK of man.v difierent |up the Columbia River country into races and creeds, but the railways ; lliC exlrcrno Nortiiwest. Ttiore the had to be built and the {People weW people crave fruit to an e.xtraordin- thcy were lighting m the dark. It ! conquered. The most remarkable i ai-v degree. In transporting this was necessary to grapple with the, thing, however, has been the almost i fruit a barrel is too heavy for the danger at closer quarters to get out perfect control Russia has been able best re'iuhs. T'he peaches ordinari- to exercise ovvr the conquered iriLvee. ly are better packed than the apples In a maiiiur they have become with- and we use a hundred barrels cf ap- out much (liiliciilly integral parts cvf !ples to one box of vcaclies. the great cnudre. tor while thev em- j W.\NT FAT BACON, brace niajiy vastly juivrent tribes, of j .-The matter of bacon I will vastly citTei-eni chnracteri.aics. bi- ! the packers in reference to. liefs and custom.^, tliey are after all ; trade dc uands the heavic-sl the great Slav race. the smoldering bales hefore they hurst into Bame. Someone must go down â€" down there into the foul, stifling air of the hold, the scorch- ing heat. And he was ready: a young fellow in the ship">j uniform. the uniform of an officer. He had bravely pulled j only parts ot olY his coat, and was binding a wet j This, no doubt. -explains the Kussiun towel around his mouth and nos-i success in -Asia. trils. while the.v lixed a sling at the! end of a rope to lower him into that 1 black, reeking cavity. | UNIQUE HOTEL RULES. Up there, in the darkness of the Following are the rules and regu- "And you say you me. George"?" "Die for ,vou! Yes deaths." "You are a noble man. Georsre." "My darling, you do not know me yet." "Well, dearest, 1 do not wish you to. die for me, but I will tell you what Jou can do for me to show your affection." ! 'What is it. my darling'i' ....... ., ,,., .j..,. i pluck the stars from the cerulean j "'^^'''" ai-'Knowledged on bmvrd shipâ€" | have seli-rnisiiig Hour for lunch dome"? Shall I say to the sea, 'Ha! tnir fat It Th« the bridge, the captain stood and look- ed on. perhaps, with a sudden tight- ening 01 the heart, though no trace of it was visible upon his hard-lined j at :g,>ods the market will iitTord .must be corn fed and heav.v. â- lean article does not answer â-  purpo.se in the extreme Northwest. It I does not contain the heat qualities i which the severe cliuuvto demands. I ikuow some farmers feed their hogs lations posted in a Western hotel:~ !split beans In order to produce the Board. 50 cents per square foot: i so-called Knglish breakfast bacon meals e.xtra: bivakfust at 6. supper .line. It gives the bacon a very lean streak. Now it is the reverse of I for me to show •••'-- -^ - 'â-  "•â- ^- .....i.^i..-. .m- i i-<iiifM>.-u noi 10 speaK 1 vvas goin.g down: and the young fel-Jto the dumb waiter: guests wishing f darling"? Shall l|lo^'- though the relationship was} to get up without being called cou^s improved rather than itijur«Ki. The oil in tie seeds is sliRhtly la.\ative. But it would be eo-sily possible to have too much of this element for the best nwults. rOTJLTUY NOTES. Feeding sunflower seed gives no," she smilingly said, "I do not wish you to at- tempt such impossibilities. All I ask of you is thi.">â€" â€" " "Yes, my darlipg." "All I ask of you is thi»â€" don't call again." TITF KING'S HOROSCtlPR. bri.ghter luster to the pluinnge. Tie reports of the continued im- jirovement in the King's health have For eggs si>cure hens from a good create*! the greatest satisfaction laying strain. thi-oUHhont India. Certain Hindu As far ns possible keep blrd.s of a astrologers predict another fifteen size and tlisposition together. [years' life for His Majest.v. It now No more than fifty fowls should be hrnnspires that several predictions ke.'t in one room together (wete recorded long ago foretelling Curds, squre/.ctl, dry and crumbly danger to the King between June makes t jjood turkey feed. 'ci.st and 2bth. face. It was the fourth officer who i t;uest.<5 are ro<iuested not to speak that we require. We want a very fat bacon. The demand for this section in all lines of merchandi.^e is something enormous. h\ a settled it Was alwa.vs captain and fourth! Not responsible for diamonds, bi- community the extraordinary de- c>fticei' â€" was his own son. cycles and other valuables kept on ,mand cannot be reali.-ed. .\ line c^f Armed with a lantern, ho got into I the counter, they should be kept un- i freighting outfits are in Medicine the sling, and was lowered into the | der the safe. | Hat every day handling overl.ind unseen depths of the hold. And; The othce is convenient to all con- loads at one and two dollars a hunt- there, working with feverish energy. Inections: horses to hire, 23 cents a dred pounds for freight." he pulled the cargo about until he]da,v. j ^ got at the smoldering bales, and nt- | C.uests wishing to do a little ririv- ' tached them to the tackle which hadi'^S will find haumier and nulls in CHUKCHES KOU SALE. been lot down to him. One by one the.v were hauled up on deck and tosse<l into the foaming sea. Not until his work was done, and he had cleared out every smoldering bale, was he drawn up himself â€" scorched, blackened, drippin.g with water, but with a ghastl.v whiteness showing through the grime on. his face. No the closet. If the room In Denmark, parish churches can gets too wnrm open I be put iqi to public auction like any the window and see the fire esca4>e. If you are tomt of athletics and like good .umping. lift the mottress and see the bed spring. Basebaili,sts desiring a little prac- tice will lind n pitcher on the stand. If the lights so out. take a soda other chattels. Two have just been sold on the Island of Morsoe. They formed p.nrt of the estate of a h.iuk- rupt feudal proprietor, and without any sentiment or fuss were just di8- i posed of under the hammer. A post- â€" P. â-  - -â- -,.1 • .- V. w • ; oflice receivei- bought one for 3.>.0(>0 sooner did his feet touch the decki"'^'^ "* '"K"^ ^"L'! . '°'', '^">' ""'"â-  crowns. The bargain had more to than he collapsed-fell in a huddled ;_/^"i;_^;";^ J'.Jl'^^'â„¢ ,^J^'.^h "'Khtmare i recommend it than some would heap before the.v could stretch out a j hand to his assistance. The doctor pressed fprward and | took charge of him. With limp andi'-" i The largvst cut di;'.mriiH :» the trailing limb.«. ho was carried down! -world is that belonging to the Ra- N'low. and laid in a bunk. The d«k | London hn.<! 24 centenarians, 19 of jjah of Maltan, in Borneo. lt» Was tidied up. tb« men quietly dis-l^«hom arc vvomcn. ( Weight is 376 car«U. I Will find a halter in the barn. , ^,,j„^ ^^^. j,^^^ ^^^ proprietor ha-^ , ^.. \v iZ\...^ '^""""" P"j^"'"« 'tithing rights over the pari.Khioncrs. i.vour bill: the house is suppftrtod by : jits foundation.