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morning. If the harrowing is done ,iudicioucly. and you have a good stand of potatoes. the shade will soon nerve to keep later weeds down in the row. and the 1'th may he done with the cultivator. Cultivate shallow and ine. and if your soil is inclined to ‘be any or wet. or if your potatoes. have mt been planted at e sufficient depth. fibrow a little dirt toward the now the lent time or two through. .811an mben may be made by almost, anyone upon rainy days; they will last (or. years. and Vi 1 be found very con- venient for handlingtheorop after digâ€" ging. While there are various styles of mass In use thou are most convenient which are mnde e little wider than deep. no that one may be placed endwiee with- lo another. end a third inverted covered over the top. trunking e neat nest .of momé done judiciou land of pota curve to keep row, and the the cultivate] no. and if 3 an or wet. not been plan throw : little ling. is to have a deep. mellow, well pre- pared seed bed. The disc. is a good tool with which to follow the plow. Set deeply. and “ lap half ” to prevent ridg- l'ng. and finish with the smoothing har- mw. Do not leave out seed exposed to the mm long before covering. l pre- fer drills to cheek rows. If you have no planter. a good way is to furrow with a shovel plow and cover with a eulky cultivator. In either case it is well 'to adjust covers so as to leave a slight rid . no that when harrowed crosswise he barrow will take abet- telr bold and leave the row entirely tree from weeds. The best time to har- mw is just before the potato sprouts long enough to be injured by the w teeth. and again when plants are well up and brace mobs are form- ed. If you must barrow when potatoes one coming up, do it in the middle of the day. when the ydung shoots are nytflas .ttle as they_ are in the cool I almost shrink from this very im- ports nt part of the subject, for in no othmrr farm crop are there so many and no varied practices employed. I would. however. advise doing everything by horse power that can be practically ac- complished themeby. Except in the gar- den or perhaps in a patch of extra ear- lies, the timeâ€"honored hoe is a relic of the past. The large grower will find the most improved planters, sprayers. and diggers profitable; but he who rais- 05 only a few acres can get on very nicely with more primitive tools. The pain thing in planting, orbefore plant- If we would have our stock pure and uniform so that we may command the highest price, we must assert our seed annually. throwing out all. so called. sports. i.e.. potatoes which certain can- ditions (sometimes manifestly of soil) have caused to vary in type and appear- woe from the seed planted; partaking, perhaps, of the characteristics of some ancient ancestry. While potatoes can- not possibly mix with other varieties in the hill. these sports will. if planted, be- come fixed, and your stock will soon have the appearance of being mixed. Especially is this the case with new va- rieties. The utmost care should be ex- ; excised in keeping our seed potatoes from sprouting until planted. that the plant may be produced from the first sprout (which is always the most vigor- ou<) and nourished by the full strength of unexhausted seed until it isable to draw its sustenance from the soil. It is therefore important that our cellars be dry and kept. at as low a temperature as possible without freezing. and the po- tatoes handled over during the winter and 5 ring. which will assist materially? in re arding the sprouting period. By deep planting and level culture we can produce potatoes, which will be smoother. less liable to disease. and more palatable and digestible. than can be done by shallow planting and billing. But it is a matter upon which we must use judggievnt. and even then we cannot always , ri ht, for we cannot foretell the seasons. f the soil is dry and warm. and we can be reasonably sure of its remaining so until the potatoes are well up, I would ea ,plant not less than five inches deep. ut if cold or wet there would be danger of losing the seed. Where we are anxious for quick growth, as an early crop. we must plant shallow and hill for_ a covering. i dressing the season previous. then pulmrize, and plow again, deeply, just. before planting. If a young clover sod, which is preferable. Iwould leave it un- til planting time, that a fresh spring growth of clover might be attained to nourish. not only the potato. but suc- ceedi ng nape, also. I! the moat of these conditions may be to other crqza. I wish to impress you with their special importance to mopotato, for no other farm crop var~ ion no mudh in yield. our apparently tom w alight a muse. Indeed, there possible. To do this. it is essential that the heavier soils should be under- drain- ed. worked only “hen dry and fri- able. and kept OLharw'iee loose by filling them with humus of which there is noth7ng hotter than decaying clover. If a tough sod or stubble field must be planted, it is well to plow slhnllow with In the market demands. tad of varie- ties which are mt past their prime of life and vigor; seasonable attention to the beetle; clean. line and frequent cultivation and the adoption of such methods as will reduce the cost of [towing and handling the crop to a minimum. writes E. L. Scott. Applicable If m will allow me to reverse um menu orda end summarize at the be- ginning. I will say that the whole sub- ject of successful potato Laltnre may be reduced to the following seeming- ly simple conditions. viz: a. deep. fer- tile. well drained. deeply worked and finely pulverized soil; strong, selected md well-preserved seed of such type TH E FARM. GROWING POTATOES I thought it might be because she was in astmnge place and that she would be all right when she become used to her quartersx {But this was not true, For some days she would)» erfeetly quiet. then without warmng er legs would fly. She was aatmng cow, and things moved when she kicked. Itried the plan of tying amps ebout her body em. Some e5 ht years ago I bought a. very goodâ€"loo i‘ng cow. six yem old. The owner told me she was gentle and free from bad tricks. I found that she was indeed very gentle at times. She would come up inane lot to be fondled, and. was ag'reat fnvorite with the chil- dren. But. the same wring I bought her. and before she had come in. she would stand in the stable and kick with bad:- hind feet at the cows each side of bet. using first one foot and then an- pathy with aheifer at this period that they hurt the udder unnecessarily, and pretty soon the habit of kicking may have been formed. With care. however. the tendency to kick may be overcome and. will never reappear. But there are some cowea which seem to be born kick- is not difficult to understand Why she should do her beat to escape the ordeal at milking. Some man, says awriteu' in an eastern exchange, have so little sym- a. fheifer willtzry to kick the milker away when she is not well broken to milk. 116ng and teats is then tender and it is not difficult to understand why she My experience with the cow born with an instinct. for kicking is that she can never be thoroughly cured. Sometimes ches long. This gives am inside dimen- sion of 12 by 13, 1â€"4 by 16 3-4, gr 2663 cubic inches. The ends are bound vn'Lh five-eighths-inch hoop iron. Your name neatly stenciled upon the end will dsO no harm if you have the reputation of growing good potatoes, and may assist in tracing missing orates. in her life. namely, at her accession on the 20th day of June, 1837, and within a few weeks of her jubilee in 1897. The first vignette, showing her on her coronation day. is from a well-known portrait of that period. It is a full- faced portrait, and her Majesty wears the crown. Looking at the stamp, this vignette is at the left side. To the right is a picture of her Majesty as she appears to-day, the face in profile. looking towards the vignette of 1837. The profile of to-day represents her Majesty wearing the Empress crown. Between and above the two vignettes is a beautifully executed copy of the Imperial crown of England. and under It is to the credit of the designer that adverse criticism will be at a discount in connection with the stamp. for the work in the design and the skill of the engraver have excited no- thing but favorable comment from those who have been privileged to see the first impressions. The design itself represents her Ma.- jesty at For some time past it has been un- derstood that the Post-office Depart- ment intended issuing this JuLilee Postage stamp, which, by the way, is not to be confined to stamps, but will also include postal cards; but no de- tails as to the stamp were obtainable at the department until yesterday. when the design was finally decided upon. The Dominion Will Celebrate the Sixtieih Anniversary oi ller Majesty's Reign by an Appropriaie Postage «unlitâ€"Wearing ilie Enlpri‘ss (row-0. The Postmaster-General has deter- mined to mark the Queen's Jubilee by the issue of a postage stamp of unique and attractive design, a stamp so at- tractive that it is questionable whether it will not rank as a bit of art work with any stamp that has ever been issued in the postal world. WILL BE ISSUED ON THE 10TH DAY OF JUNE NEXT. OUR NEW JUBILEE STAMP. T‘VO IM’L‘ORTANT TH’AT K [CKING COW. whiéh are at" m1}; 0 1 0 89M} .and Sliver 9 U and It is definitely settled that the style of parasols known as the “Marquise." that were popular in 1840 and during the Second Empire, are to be largely carried this spring. They are very light and extremely pretty. They are made in all col rs, in all materials, plain or figured. trimmed with very deep fringe 01' 1306'. have folding handles just in front of the be , and as long as l the rope was kept. on ghe was quiet. As ? soon as the rope was left off, trouble; was likely to begin at; any time. I never ‘5 was sure that i would get way with my l pail of milk. After a thorough trial.g running through a numb-er of years. I l berame (onv need that. she Was imurable g and disposed of. her to the butcher. This a cow raised several heifer calves while 1 ' had her, and every one of them was. light-footed. Right down through the whole race that, fault extended. [have gradually weeded them out: until I have only one two-year-old heifer left. She is half Jersey, and gives promEse of be- i ing an extra cow; but i slhe develofns; the habit. of kicki she will go; for of 3 all demoralizing ings in a dairy a‘ kicking cow takes the lead. Life is too 5 short to spend breaking kickin cows. There are just as good cows which do 3 not kick. and why not have them? ' OJ ination in black letters on a white ground. " R. I.” in the fork of the “ V.." the three letters meaning Victoria Reâ€" gina, (Queen) Imperatrix (Empress). In the semi-circle or upper part of the vignettes are the words “Canada." “Postage." and underneath them are respectively the dates 1837â€"1897, and between the vignettes an ornamenta- tion of maple leaves. while in the lower corners of the stamp are also maple leaves, and between these and at the base of the stamp 13 its denom- it the letter “V," with the letters PA RASOLS. 31) settled that the style npire, are to be largely spring. They are very A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION. The blooms of the sum ' CON VFR'I‘L‘D AT LAST. " You remember Johnson, the dry' I goods man who would never advertise?" “ Yes. He used to say that it xx as a mere waste of money to aglvertise. ” “He wasn't won over. der the head of ‘Sheriff’s Sales.’ " Inasmuch as the department is al- ready receiving applieation for the purchase of Jubilee stamps. it may be stated that the department will adhere to the established practice of supply- mg them only to post masters, and through them to the public, who mav purchase them on and after the 19th June, 1897. ‘ On the 10th of June the Poslboffice Department will proceed to supply Jubilee postage stamps to the principal post-offices in Canada. and through them the minor post-offices will obtain their suptply until the issue is ex- . 1 this 'ubilee issue were to wholly displace t e ordinary postage stamps it would supply the ordinary wants of the country for between two and three months, but as the use of the ordinary postage stamps will pro- ceed concurrently with that of the Jubi- lee stamps it is expected that the Jubi- lee stamp supply will last beyond the three months. 'Ueneral that sets of these stumps be fprinted and numbered and a set given :to each member of the Senate and ?House of Commons of Canada, bearing i thelautograph of the Postmaster-Gen- 3 era . Total value of a complete set of one stamp of each kind, $16.31 1-2. Assoon as the total number of stamps mention- ed in said mdule is issued theplates from which they will 11-1“.'a.l)99n en- graved will be desu‘oyeu m Lhe pre- sence ot the head um two officers of Lhe DepaerenL. The first set of stamina will be sent to HRH. the Duke of York, who is an enthusiastic stamp collector. The sec- ond set will be presented to her Excel- lem'y, Lady Aberdeen, and the sugges- tion has been made to the Postmaster- General that sets of these stumus be THE ISSUE WILL BE LIMITED S'I‘RAINED RELATIONS DATE OF SUPPLY. he's too give me ES 5 hp dripd as qufiekly .as nt'iseilln. Fume ‘n- l hmnsekeeners prefer Iropnirr tlmir finnâ€" ~p,- ; nels while damn. lintt If N wally Inn- of neeesatriry work to iron flannel unrer- gnrments at all. The l‘nlnrnrl clothes should also he washed in stronar soap. suds, rinsed in clear wnti'rr to wliir‘h a ice little salt. has been n'lflei wn'l «iried ily ! eni-klv. in the shade, if noeei‘la. f‘toek- iali inns. if turned wronrr side out. v.~1'l not gh‘ f'lrle so badly. and the dust slmu‘vl he ,inithoron'rhly shaken out of the"I fir-t .x- ‘ if washed by themselves they" will lrm‘w'. to mnoh hotter than if not in with thw gel other elothes. ry l R'Wr'ir of load has heen re‘momenvlevl v0 ' f0" t y'ng‘ ’h“ "olor: 'n Ufll'mt'" t'< win l. of' 8"“ WWW to fade when weslie'l. A ten- -0-.l snoonf'il adderl to n pqil'ul of writer 1‘ ,i- ! sniff? 'ient. Allow the g'irnwnotx‘ to soak )i- : in it for an hour before wnclnmr them. he ' and never hang (leli 'nte‘yvul'ire'l dress:- es in the 9117). Very thin garments and ]. |emhroilleries Silnll.'ll'l lie irone'l on the be‘wromz svle, and If a {riotsv Snrfm-e 13 be ; desired on Oralleoes and ginvlmms tliev re‘shomltl he ironed on the r-rrp‘it 9140.." V- . shirt hosoms. collars an lrnf {are (lip- idgperl in hmled stareh lv'fore lmmrr. lany W l out. nnrl then thoroughly rnhlierl 111 vol :1” star-eh when dry thev Will he very stif . If rolled in aeloth for an hour or hVO before ironing, after l‘einr1r oo‘ri storeh- eri, they will iron eneilv. Very hot irons are nenessary for them. If theelothes are dampened in the evening they will y ‘ he: in niee shape to iron the following ,, .mornintz. and one can start in early l without, delay. a l T“onrlv made et'ir'h is often th” more 'of mumh trouhle when ironing. If the l" .‘ iron stir‘ks there iszalwnvs en unsightly ,‘soot or streak left on the linen. One V , way of making a. prowl start-h is to mix l the mmntitv of starrh nem‘erl with MM -‘ a water until 7ti= thetonsifit‘ncv of thi L: cream. then pour briskly-imi‘inc: water over it mntil it becomes a thiv‘r. trans- parent. liquid: add asmnll pier‘e hi 1 ;White wax. and stir until it. i~< ('iSSolV- zed. For white shirts the following for- l Wanted for use it shoulrl be stirred well from the bottom. Dip the article into it. wring and wrap in a towel for a few minutes, when it may be ironed. This branch of laundry work is not. 'talwaoys given the attention it. should - receive. or .6158 ' ' rolled up and put into the laundry has or coffee as spilled durin- a meal the when it my contract mifd stains my sully be remo ad with hot done more than once. and y being on re- fill. '0 little dunp will. read beyond the ltl . Ipot. A tons? with a hot glltiron (30%! “It.“ wellh in. ll‘VIie" noun: m cm s ' w M “‘Vhth cloth. ”noun“ 0qu to m h finalists”. After the din- ‘ur tho um.- .sy ho aha out mth VIN or hot milk. Fruit stains , _. . ~ the nuns manner- ... «1.__s..‘ “ The washing may beexpedited hy the useofafluid made after the following: recipe: To one pound of sal-soda mm one-half pound of stone lime and five quarts of water. Boil for a short. time. and then allow to settle. Pour an the clean liquid into a stone jar and keep it covered carefully. Use one t-en- cupful to a boiler half full of boiling? water; stir and put the clothes in it. ‘allowing them to boil for half an hour. The clothes should have been soaked over night. and all places badly soiled should he rubbed with soap first. All stains should he removed before the clothes are put into the water. unless they are such which soap and water will. take out. Of course. flennels and m}- ored clothes cannot be treated in tide manner. The table and bed linen are washed first. and then the other white clothes. followed hy the towels. wash- cloths. etc. If the clothes are given this treatment they require very little rub. hing, which is about the he rdest pa rt of the washing. After the ru‘hlvimz they may he thrown into a tullwful of clear cold water. and when full! they may he wrumg out in the hluing water. The clothes that are to he starche’i should he laid aside and starched l'efore they are 11ng out. This will save time and extra work. Flannels should he shak- en thoroughly and washed in warm soapsuds to which a little ammonia has been added. \Varm clear water should he used for the rinsing, and they should TEE WASHING. The hon-swife who has to do an the work with her own hands has a cum“ M 0‘ W88!) day. and. well 5110 Knigln for laundry work is most lawrious, It. pays well.. so far as the saving of strength is concerned, to simplify the work and get it done as quickly as P06- sible. Eh" the. cooking on “fish Cu“ most simple. A“bo-iled dinn. r'“ isofte}, associated with wash day in mm. homes, and as it takes the least atton‘- tion it saves work for the weary hung“ wife. As mm!) of the work should hp arranged the evening before no war. tivable. The tube and bench may in: put in place and all the necessary mmmnp for the washing may be hrou-ht up. th- er.thua saving steps and timv when they count for much. Many 1101189“in where the washing is large. rise an hrur earlier on wash day, and so do rm ml- erable before breakfast. One alwny~ has more ambition to attack anything so formidable as a great twaul 0f Foiled clothes atabright and early hour than if commenced after breakfast. AbOllt the House an we W“ ”labella m‘ifled wt visit“?- t m 1gb? mu. W9} um § don 0%? to ”m S!” a that BM tifv int (brim 3 'isibed h: yrQ gt , \I u: left Gnu Ht in» ere