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matism, 61 that st. right, £3 which is which y-one and at smaller ingredients nonly used. in' of nitro, phorie- acid | L Rotash. kam sat trogen as. from that they purchise Vearhees, 141s worth yand it should and vontribute : to the production of Taw material, If i does nob do so, it 13: because At is mot handled 'properly wor il is nob used properly. We have ly. | made" some' experiments. on this line, We allowed the manure to leach ims the milter and out ol 107 pounds found we | had" in "three. months lost 44 pounds in the process of leaching and the best portion 'of nitrogen 'also. went out in leaching process. | In order 10. show the relative dberease in the crop which we might expect by. applying the waste product 'in (Its original state so coms: pared. with 1s leached state: we applied Lolth fo corn and oats. : Upon corn the fresh: manure increased the yield 59.420 tons per: acre; upon corn the leached } manure increased the yield. 36 per cent. OLS IN . THE RUSSIAN oh il life in Sy bub: Russia gan" now lay ) &. prize, if there is one, for 46 worst red' tape: blunder in: all the wird, writes a Sh. Petersburg corres acts have Been told me by.a man DOWs, I was scarce 'more than v4 'The scene was a flice -on' the 'outskirts The branch offices are quite hese in this. country, exept. buildings dre much: larger lusively lop - 'government led here, (here 2a -Much * money is liandied all branches 'of ~ government ted in le place; and noon was. strik- erks were just' ys: for their din- 1g all. departed. 'séore of men walked Quietly They were armed to the Hed rai 1 Ih i ation al thew 8, while. the nder, with. 'revolvers CQ rehedl behind the railings and 'goverfiment employees into 'e they were compelled ed at the On oats the inerease: was 26: per cent. from the use of fhe fresh manure; the leached manure' 9.2 per cent. We lpst sfthe 'nitrogen' ifseld in 'the leaching pro. cess, "The matter is an impartant one to-consider. = We should apply the. manure fresh and as fast as it is:made 4s the preferable~®ay.. This matter of leaching is mot"so bad. where the tem: perature is not high egough- to. ¢ause "fermentation; but! i all has a bearing upon the cost 'of predycifig' the milk, Rid t Bi 4 THE HORSE'S FEET.» It is a8 {rue to-day as when the say- ing first gained currency, 'No foot, no horse," tyriles Harold ILeeney, M. R. Co V.'S,, in the English Livestock Jour- nal. If we go back fo the days of Alexander the Great, and fo the ear: lest accounts of 'horsés' used 'for way, we find whole divisions | placed: hiors de combat by wear of the feet, broken hoofs; "rated soles," and' other rou: Liles not clearly: defined by ancient writ: ers, "In. his. marches through Asia, Alexander had to, abandon vost num- bers of footsore 'horses, and uninten- tionally: left "plums". to be. picked up behind him, although his. hosts com- manly "cleared everything in a man- ner only to 'he. excelled by locusts, Some of, these derelicts were the means ol impraving the. local breeds, as cas tration: was not 'general, so far as we can gather, 'and the arched neck and impressive 'manner of : the entire ac: ocrded wilh the views of miliary glory, 'until ib was found necessary 0. pur: 'Sue "different tactics, and - avoid 'the risk © of discovery. by the' nelghing of sle i #5 A WEA The mportance 'of good feet reed' hardly "be. insisted van, did. we: nal Trequently meet wilh, horseowners who |. L ut giving * due : fo the, of use of Ahe' sasp during 'the first ie jonths of the animal's lile, a little p: g here or there, may save a turnédc out -fetlack ~ and: an - awkward gail Which will influence (fo horse for: life. : BRISTLES. Hogs that are fat should be sent. ia narkel as soon: as possible, Tt does not pay to feed too long. ? Féed them Hberally how and round them 'wp quickly, Young boars of medium size should be used: for sires, and: the sows should be larger and more growthy. It -is mol 'a fact - that all hogs are Rogs any more than it is that all men are, men, but you can make: hogs "out of tiie best of hogs if you set oul about it only sows of Kind dispositions shoud be retained, for breeding purposes... The "pens = should be whitewashed and the floors put in Tepair, Provide for good ventilation, bul be sure: there are no drafts. Weak legs in pigs shéw that the bone-making, material in {heir diet: is! lacking, 'and 'they need<to be given o* chance fo get out on the ground. Pens where the fiith is two or {hres inches. deep are a disgrace to the man: who lets them be so. The pigs caw not help : themselves; they . would "it they, could. When you have a-ruplured pig," do 5 not castrate him: carelessly, but. ask a velerinary Surgeon or some expeni- enced hog raiser how fa do it skill fully, so as to effect a cure. Cement : floors; in 'hog, houses are not justithe thing. They gel slippery, and there is danger of the hogs hurt ing themselves. by ng abaut. Wood #5 better than cement; and the bare' earth best of all, ¥ The farmer will do' well to store car- pats and turnips in, the cellar to be. fed to the sows and fall pigs next! winter; Succulent food makes a great difference. in wintering swines. Some, farmers have doggedly insisted that fall pigs do not pay. This is gener- ally true Because proper methods have nob been emplofed in coring for sows! and pigs. We have a fine lot of car: pols 'and turnips coming on for- win. ter: use: x - \ Pete HR. AUSTRALIAN COAT Since the. Hispano-Anmerican ang Russo-Japanese wars, the question "of coftlsupply "in. the for East has as- sumed. a new. importance, and the search for the black mineral is pursued In all promising quarfers; Aniong' the great Oriental 'coal deposits 'are {hose of New Soul Wales, 'and "particular atlention is now paid to their develop: ment. 'Twa of them' have ben: known for' more than 100 years, and: {he story ol their discovery is interesting. At Coal Cll, south of 'Sydney, shipwrecie. ed sailors were as'onished io find elifts 1. pure. coal bordering the 'Sea. ot Hunter River: ihe coal deposits were er of an Engh | So ew Pc "i fie