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Sofas, Single Chairs, Tables. Ottomans, Lounges THE MEREURY’S DIP WILWOODS g3”? 31% E?“ 0060A WE MAKEâ€"â€" Sewer and Culvert Pipes GKKTZRfi- COMFOWHNG .:_-i ~ :1“. dashed everywhere for 3;: {news}; of Flavour Superior (Ti-,2: :21‘.‘ y, and Highly Nutritive I coperdee. Specially grate- ful and. comforting to the nervous and dyspeptic. Sold only in g-lb. tins, labelled JAMES EPPS 00., Ltd. Hommopathic Chemists, London, England. 8" EAKFAST SUPPER THE UNTABIU SEWER PM 13'? 060 I-2 ADELAIDE ST. 6.. ACTORY AT mmco. , TORO‘S U Reminds us of the ap- proach of cold weather. we think of putting up stoves, and buying new ones. in both. He has a full line of Coal Stoves, Wood Stoves and Ranges. The finest goods in the m- - Also all the utensils used with stoves : Kvttles, Frying Pans and Boilers: also Wringers and dell- ing Machines.- Come and see my stock. All Sizes from 4 in. {o 24 to. 31:0 Connections. ed an increasing cus- mm- 4'We shall try tom. ‘VV"J 3“" to hold it. W determined t O crease it. With this in View we have put in an elegant stock of goods. Everything in...... KENT STREET. These are in the lat- est woods and styles. The prices are as low as any. WRITE FOR PRICES; 35$ BIGM are Some Introductions Intended to Aid Table Grape Culture. Mr. W. T. Swingle. foreign explorer for the department of agriculture. re cently returned from a trip through Mediterranean countries. In a report of results of his work occur the follow- ing interesting items: The fine table and wine grapes of Europe belong to a species (Vitis vinai- fera) less hardy than the American forms from which were derived the varieties now in general cultivation in the eastern United States. But. not- withstanding the great progress made in the improvement of the native fruit. we have as yet nothing approaching in quality or market value the fancy Eu- ropean article. in 1.1-- 15‘ nnnnnn n .v v-.â€" v r V The great enemy of the European grapes in eastern United States has been the dreaded phylloxera. The French vineyards were ravaged by this scourge some 20 years ago. but a rem- edy was found in grafting the Euro- pean vine on selected American sorts. which are almost proof against the at- tack of this insect. In this way the re- sistance of the American sorts is com- bined with the high quality of the vinifera grapes. The French viticul- turists have found that not only is the injury successfully prevented. but the vines actually yield more than they did before the phylloxera appeared. the American roots proving to be better and more vigorous stocks that the Eu- ropean. ‘ ‘ “ â€"‘â€"â€"L :“‘A The section of seed and plant intro duction has secured 2.000 plants of 119 of the best varieties. all grafted on American stocks especially selected for vigor and disease resisting qualities The grafted vines are being given a thorough trial in various localities in North Carolina. Florida, Alabama and Kansas. under the direction of the divi- sion of pomology. in order to ascertain which varieties are best suited to the local conditions of the difierent regions It is confidently hoped that the Euro- pean grape can be established in many parts of the south and that table grape culture can be greatly extended by the culture of the superior European sorts. A Fruit Novelty. The Logan berry resembles a long. large grained red blackberry with a dis- tinct raspberry flavor. The New York station in illustrating it says it has been found too tender for wintering without good protection in that cli- THE LOG AX BERRY. mate. and it is not very productive. as the berries grow singly and in loose cluster In cane growth it resembles the dewberry. requiring support GRAPES. FROM ABROAD. The berries. even when fully ripe. have been considered by some to be too acid for any use except cooking. On the other hand. the berry has been high- ly praised as a fruit of unique flavor. hardy, prolific and bearing transporta- tion well. with the additional advantage that the canes are strong. of low growth and destitute of thorns. so that the hands and clothing are not torn in pick- ing the fruit The. Logan berry originated some rmxs ago in California and is supposed to be a cross between an improved na- tive California blackberry and the red Antwerp raspberry. The Day of the Peony In Dawning. Among other revivals of old favor- ites the dawn of the peony is an- nounced. A writer in Gardening says. Park commissioners. cemetery superin- tendents. seedsmen and florists general- ly are apparently waking up to the im- portance of this grand old flower. Rais- ing peouies from seeds is the easiest thing imaginable. Gather the seeds from day to day as fast as they ripen. keep from drying and plant in open ground or. better. in a frame in the fall: cover well with evergreen bought: or any coarse material. be sure there are no field mice near the beds and you will be surprised to see how regular and even they will come up in the spring. Some keep the seeds in a closed vessel. covered in the ground. over win- ter and plant in the spring. Horticultural Brevltlel. In all sections loose coverings may be used to advantage for, protecting low plants from frost. and [damp smudge fires may be profitably employed in gardens. orchards and small fields. Meehan remarks that the only good thing in connection with the annual winter shearing of trees and shrubs. so painfully evident in most parts of our country. is that it furnishes bread to [x 101' men The true white ash is an excellent street tree in many sections The Lobelia cardinalis. or cardinal flower. is the most showy of our native plants Its rich. cardinal red shade is extremely rare in flowers. Though growing naturally in rather wet spots. it takes kindly to cultivation. says Vick. Those varieties of plums which are denominated as American are natives of this country and, as a rule. are har- dier than either European or Japanese varieties, says the Ohio station, but they are less salable than the European varieties. Facts Drawn From the Experience. of English and American Growers. Large birds realize more per pound in proportion than the small ones. Care must be taken not to mix the meal too sticky or to'o dry, but just so that it clings together nicely. No stock pays better for proper feed- ing and a little extra care than young turkeys. says W. Cook in Poultry. Those birds which are intended for killing at Christmas should have a hot meal before they are allowed out in the mornings. Turkeys will drink occasionally dur- ing incubation, but usually decline much food, and consequently come out of hatching time rather poor and then need hearty food. I‘vvvâ€" __ ...... After turkeys are about 8 weeks old they do better if allowed to sleep out in the open, with no covering over them, than if put in a warm close house. What in the feathered creation is more magnificent than a fine flock of turkeys, Whether displaying their, gor- geous coloring in the sun or strutting through woods and fields in quest of food. Turkeys like to roost as high as pos- sible in the house. Therefore the perches should be on a level to pre- vent them from breathing foul air, as they are more subject to roup and cold than any other fowls. It should always be borne in mind that unless the stock birds are large it Is impossible to get the young ones to E goo}! weight. Therefore it is best to purchase the largest and finest stock obtainable to breed from. Many farmers allow their young turkeys to run in the stubble fields, which is a good plan, as they not only pick up a great deal of loose corn, but often get dainty morsels of green stufl, besides which they have plenty of fresh air and exercise. Let no novice in this 1 Jsiness sup- pose he can succeed without great care and prudence. Young turkeys are the most tender of all young {owls and need the most care. This care com- \mences with a good selection of the finest. earliest and heaviest turkeys for breeders. Old hen wives assure us that. as geese regulate the commencement of their laying by the feast of Candlemas, so turkeys always lay their first eggs on Good Friday, regardless of the may. ability of the fast. But it is generally found that they begin to lay from March 15 to the end of the monthâ€"A Few Hens. Mlunanaxenent. It is a matter of mismanagement that some farmers and poultry men will “keep over,” season after season. a lot of worse than useless fowls that are inferior in every respect. fowls that have outgrown all possible useful- ness. This practice may be considered. on general principles, to exist common- ly “among the people.” It is unfortu- nate, inasmuch as it is responsible for a great deal of the dissatisfaction among beginners and those inexperi- enced. It is more than probable, too, that a large share of the chicks come from the eggs of these greatly inferior (owls. as their brooding tendencies are generally quite well developed. It in quite obvious, therefore. that the soon- er this class of poultry is obliterated from the face of the earth the better. There is no better time to commence . cutting them out than right now. Ei- ther eat them yourself or send them to market. In this latter event it may ‘ be as well to fatten them a little it ‘ they are not already too tat. Shut them up in small coops and place in a darkened room. Feed them cornmeal. mash and cooked kitchen scraps in the morning. all they will eat up clean. and corn. wheat or buckwheat at noon and night. Avoid giving them onions in any great quantity or anything or a sour or stale nature, as it is liable to taint the flesh. Keep their coops in good sani- tary condition. and in a very short time they should be in a good market- able condition. Put them through this process and then sell them for just what they will bring. Endeavor to im- prove your flock in every possible way. Introduce new and better blood occa- sionally. Make up a breeding pen from the best birds and breed these exclu- sively. To allow your flock in any way to deteriorate is to invite inevitable loss and failureâ€"Indiana Farmer. Oven-fed Duckl In a and War. A correspondent writes Farm Poul- try: “I have looked over all my Farm i’ouitrys. but have found no disease resembling the one which has befallen my ducks. Being a beginner in the duck business. I will have to ask your advice. “The ducks were about 3 months old when three of them came home and lay down on their stomachs and began to quack as if in great agony. When i tried to drive them up, i found they could not walk. and in a few hours they began to gag. and a white film formed in their throats. The next morning they were dead and another one sick. i examined him and found that his Whole body was covered with small maggots and l immediately kill- ed him. 1 found another one sick on the ground. but no maggots on him. 1 immediately gave him castor oil and pepper and he is still alive and seems to be recovering. They have plenty of grit and are fed mostly on cooked meats and cornmeal and have plenty of wa- ter. They ate an unusual amount or meat the day before they took sick. i'l‘hey are very fat.” TURKEY CULTURE; ‘\‘Vhereupon the editor remarks: “We would think they would be fat. and nothing but fat. You axe simply stuff- ing them to death. Put one- -halt’ bran (ShOItS) in their ration and a fourth green food The maggo’ts were prob- ably local to the one duck, and the too concentrated ration caused the trou- i5 A WE Wagon Gate Useful In Hacking Time. Crate For Roots, Apples. Etc. A sketch of a very convenient tail board or end gate, which can be at- tached to any wagon bed and which saves much time and labor in unload ing corn or coal, is sent to the Ohio Farmer by a correspondent, Who says: “The size of wagon beds varies, so much that it is useless to give dimen- sions, but make the part A B C D long enough to extend at least sir. inches TAILBOARD on END GATE. also wide enough so that the wings B E F and A G-II will be on the outside of the bed when the end gate is up. Have two books made as at 1 and 2 and bolt to the end gate with the hook turned down. Then have made out of old wagon tire two plates, 3 and 4, each about six inches long, with slots about two inches long and large enough to admit books 1 and 2. Bolt these plates to the under side of the wagon bed. with the slots extending out far enough from the bed to admit the books. This makes your hinge for the end gate so that it can be removed from the bed instantly. "Now attach two rods or chains. as at Fig. 5. at C l) and let' them pass through rings fastened at the top end of the bed. This holds the end gate up. so that one may stand on it and begin to unload. Have two rings, one on each side of the bed, fastened the length of the chains or rods from the end of the bed to hold the end gate up while the load is being hauled. Particular attention is called in the journal already mentioned to the crate shown in the second cut by a writer who describes it thus: As can be seen, all the slats composing it are upright. obviating thereby the use of corner supports, for, as put together, the slats lap at the corners and. being well nail- ed. afford great firmness to the whole affair. This is of decided convenience in that the crate can thus be made of dry goods boxes and the like. simply with saw and hammer. some nails and some leather straps for handles. one on each side. uâ€", The shape of this crate. remember. should be rectangular. for then it one wishes to load a number of them into a wagon box it can be done with per- fect ease. Indeed, it put to use'in this manner. the crate is indispensable for harvesting apples. potatoes. turnips. carrots. beets. and so on. By making up enough of them. which can be done on rainy days. to fill a wagon box load after load of vegetables and fruit can be taken from the field with a single handling. which not only saves much time. but lessens the danger of braises. and in case of fruits. like apples and pears. this is an item of the gravest FARM CONVENIENCES. CRATE FOR POTATOES. TURXIPS. ETC. importance. the enduring qualities of all such depending chiefly on their be- ing kept whole and nice. Provided there is only one man to handle them. crates holding half a bushel each are plenty large enough. but where two pairs of hands are pres- ent to take them in charge it is bet- ter to have them as large again at "least. Kept properly housed. such crates will last one a lifetime. use, says American Cultivator. all parties seem to be much pleased with the results. and it seems to he as good ,as clover or alfalfa for pasturing. he sides being more easily and quickly grown. The cost of the seed is small. being but about 10 cents a pound at wholesale. and but ‘21“.- pounds are 1"" quired for an acre. Not only will this food be valuable of itself. hut. being a substitute for clover pasturaac. it will cause more clover to he cut and cured for hay. Which will increase the ahility 01' many farms for dairy production and also for the raising of young Stock. We believe clover or alfalfa. which is of the clover species. as green feed or as hay is the best feed for those pur- poses. and in New England it is too valuable to be used as a pasture for hogs. The care necessary in turning sheep or young stock on rape to pre- vent bloating is not much greater than is required when turning them into a clover field. Rape always has been found a cheap and desirable green food for towls that are confined to yards. New England Likes Run: For Pan- ture. The sowing of rape as a pasture for sheep and hogs seems likely to work a revolution in farming in many sections. So far as we have seen reports of its 513' Time. For Pun- Evidence of Its Great Importance In Fruit Growing. Mr. Frank Benton, the bee expert at Washington, has cited for The Rural New Yorker the following data in re- gard to the actual amount of practical benefit in increased fruit and seed pro- duction by keeping bees: In “Langstroth on the Honeybee” it is stated that “a large fruit grower told us that his cherries were a very uncertain crop, a cold northeast storm frequently prevailing when they were in blossom. He had noticed that if the sun shone out for a couple of hours the bees secured him a crop.” Root says: “A few years ago the people in some parts of Massachusetts got an idea that the bees, which were kept there in large numbers, were prejudicial to the fruit. After some controversy the bees were banished from the town. In a year or two they found the fruit not only no better, but decidedly the reverse, for the trees blossomed profusely, but bore no crops. Unvuwvâ€" _ , By a. unanimous request our friend was persuaded to return with his bees, and since then the trees have not only blossomed, but borne fruit in profu- sion.” -__.- h Mr. ’1‘. W. Cowan, editor of The Brit- ish Bee Journal, has recently said: “It is useless increasing the area under fruit cultivation Without at the same time increasing the number of bees 9-”- kept. As an instance I would mention Lord Sudeley’s fruit plantation in Engâ€" land. About 200 acres of fruit trees were first planted, and for several years there was such poor success that it was a question whether the enter- prise should not be abandoned. Lord Sudeley was, however, advised to in- troduce bees, as it was found that not many were kept in that district. Two hundred colonies, in charge of a practi- cal beekeeper, were introduced, and the result was magical. Thenceforward .the trees bore fruit properly, and the former failure was turned into a suc- cess. Since then 500 acres have been planted with fruit trees, and a large jam factory has been started close by, both undertakings being in a prosper- ous condition." -- V'_I.A.- THE BENEFICENT BEE. Ulla vvâ€".â€"-v The following case also adds weight: For several years the cherry crop of Vaca valley, California. had not been good, although it was formerly quite sure. The partial or complete failures had been attributed to north winds, etc.. but in the minds of the owners these causes did not sufficiently ac- count for all the cases of failure. It was remembered that formerly, when cherry crops were good, wild bees were very plentiful in the valley. and hence it was thought that perhaps the lack of fruit since most of the bees had disâ€" 1 appeared might have been due to im- perfect distribution of the pollen. To test the matter several hives of bees were placed in an orchard in 1890. The result was striking, for the orchard bore a good crop of cherries, while oth- er growers in the valley who had no bees found their crops entire or partial failures. In 1891 one orchard had 63 hives of bees in it, and the owner ‘ wrote: “Our crop was good this season, ‘ and we attribute it to the bees. Since we have been keeping our bees our cherry crop has been much larger than formerly. while those orchards nearest us. five miles from here, where no bees are kept, have produced light crops." Changes In Eastern running. Without much question the growing of any grain crop. at least for the value of the grain itself. has long ceased to be profitable in any of the eastern states and to a great extent in the states west of Lake Erie. There are good reasons why corn should be; grown for the value of its fodder as food for cows. The small grains may also continue to be sown as an auxilâ€"' iary crop while seeding with grass or clover. but usually the small grain is grown to be fed on the farm. as this use of it with good stock pays better than selling it at the market price. Grain- for sale as a source of revenue has had its day in all the older sections of the country. What shall take its place that will be equally reliable and more profitable?_ Diversion of the farm from grain and grass to fruits of all kinds is the most widely popular an- swer to this question, though near ; cities and large villages the keeping of cows and the selling of milk and the growing of vegetables of all kinds for market nearly or quite equal it in pop- ularity. The difliculty with market gardening is that it requires much rich- er land and much more labor per acre than the old fashioned methods of tannin". This involves a much greater expenditure or money ,on less land. The reduction of large landed properties and their subdivision into many small farms are pretty certain to be the popu. lar policy within a few years. Most of the farmers who till 50 to 100 or more acres would make more money it half the capital DOW invested in land were devoted to tilling in the bqst manner from two to ten acres. using part of it in the building of greenhouses and growing fruits and vegetables under glassâ€"American Cultivator. Legnminons Forage Plan“. Leguniinous forage plants are of vast importance to those farmers who would adopt scientific methods. They are the cheapest sources of crude protein. Other crops. in order to man- ufacture crude protein. must have the full equivalent of inorganic nitrates present in the soil. These plants alone can draw nitrogen from the air as well as from the soil. By the use of legumiuous crops the farmer may pro- duce upon his own land fodders which approach in feeding value the various meals and oilcakes and a; the same time be growing a fertilizer crop that will supplant the expensive nitrogâ€" enous saltpeter. guano. bone. fish scrap and animal wastes that other- wise must be purchased. I n Eastern Farming. Christmas 0r New Year’s... to say we fill/51:03 something NE“. 4 and at MOST REAs’ow PRICES We have‘ carried a large a and from our a1 sson , inc“ busmess we must satisfaction. Rm we do one of thel businesses in theC. Our Repairing an gravmg are even Increase. Bring us any kind of Repairing our line and we will give sat isfa tiou or refund the money THE JEWELER‘ Bell Next the Daly House. S. J. PET Int-Liver Pills cure Cs: tion and Dyspepsw. Do no: iii-ice 25¢. 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