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Next to hay and corn, no crop is prized so highly by the dairyman as the grain above mentioned, either alone or in combination with each other. These crops have three distinct uses. firm, as a green soiling crop; second, When cut and cured as hay, and third, when allowed to ripen, cut and threshed, and the resulting grain fed; While the Straw is valuable for pedding or to a small extent for feed- ing purposes. They are the earliest crops to sow in the spring, and follow rye and Wheat insuCCession for soi.ing. For this purpose they are only sur- passed by clover. They are greatly relished by stock of all kinds and have a comparatively high feeding value. Bordeaux mixture is now so gener- ally used in gardening and fruit grow- ing that its proper preparation be- comes all important. The surer and simpler ferrocyanide of porassium test is largely superseding that of the knife blase. Ferrocyanide of potasâ€" sium comes as a solid. According to a report of the Cornell station, one ounce of ferrocyanide of potassium dis- s:_-ived in one ounce of water will be sufficient for testing many barrels of lmrdeaux mixture. In making bor- deaux it is usual to pour the diluted milk of lime into the diluted copper sulphate solution. In order to ascer- tain When enough lime has been used, after pouring a small amount of it in- to the Sulphate solution add a dr0p of the frrrocyanide solution. If a brick red color appears where the dr0p strikes, more lime is needed. Con- tinue adding the milk of lime until no reddish color will be produced when the ferrocyanide is added. A little. surplus lime will do no harm. Fer- rocyanide of potassium is a poison and should he kept out of the reach of children and careless persons. A rusu' machine is bad; a rusy farmer is worse. ' Keep animals well-fed, dry and clean, and throw medicine away. Don’t scrimp food for man or beast. Better three thrifty calves than four tax-venue rants. To read about the right method is. good, to see it done is better, but is try anddoitisbestofall. Immu- Sloan’s hired mks been GIVE EGGS PLENTY OF SALT. Hugs should have free access to salt. When on pasture, put in some dry place under a shed where the hogs can get at it whenever wanted. Same re- :ommend Spading the salt into the oil, especially if it is clay, compelling the bags to root for it. ll hand to pay for one month’s provis- ions. a“ cting to make a living out of the business from the start. To the amateur poultryman we have this to say: Do not quit your job and ex- pect to mike a Living with poultry the first year; for if you do, you are cer- tain at the end of the year to be among th~$e who swear that there is nothing in keeping chickens. The best Way to start in the poultry L-usiness on a large scale is to start Wiifl only a few, learn all you can about chickens. and then try to breed at? the gwd uirds you can take care of W t:h ut trending the first year. If. at 2h:- enl of the year. you are Satisfied to go ahead and have enough nit-nz-y on mud to get everything ready for a larger breeding flock, as wei't as to carry you through the year tor an: necesuines of life, then you m uh? quit ynuz’ job and start in; but r; member that this first; year is “hat court's You learn whether you have a taste for the business and get a [retty good idea of raising poultry. The set-oni year you should be able to xtrmlure a flock large. enough to en- nth» mu 1:: go into it more heau y, and “ith ordi oats sutcess you should make a:gotd living off five hundred ready for a we“ (is to C Mr 11-: nec mign: quit rr'nember, What 8081115 have a {.1311 WHY THEY FAIL. A lot of maple rush into the poul- try business without any capital or ex- ure, Thev read of the success of others and imagine they can do as well wizhoux considering for one moment that They are not equipped for the venture. So many peopie start out on a scale that is nothing short of ridiculous. “'e have known men to quit joi_;s and szart in the poultry busi- tit-Se with hardly enough money on .%“’§â€" A GOOD TEST FOR BORDEAUX BARLEY, OATS AND PEAS. 0n the FARM F URRO\\'S. It is only possible at. present to col- lect data from the duration of lives of birds in captivity; evidence other- wise must be unreliable, and it is purely a matter of theory as to whe- ther the unnatural possible life is greater than that under the unnatural ,-ondi:ia.-ns of capiiity. There are. records of a nightingale having lived -5 years, a thrush .17, a blackbird that was Still alive at 201-2, 3 goldfineh 23, and skylarks of 24 and :20. Ravens, owls and oockatoos are poxmlarly sup- posed to live to a very great age, and the following records appear to be an- :hentic; Raven, 50: gray parrot, 50and 20; blue macaw, 64; eagle owls 53, and one still alive at 68. Instrument Has Been the Cause of Much Quarrellng and Stuttering. The piano has been the cause teter- rim of quarrels that have sundered ancient friendships; it has wrecked many enterprises of great pith and moment; it has disturbed the finer ad- justments of the cerebral machinery in many literary and scientific works, has driven smdious men fnom their books to the bottle and has stimulat- ed peaceful citizens to the commission of violent crimes, says the British Medical Journal. These are among the evil effects of the piano considered passive. as the schoolman would say â€"from the point of view of the suffer- â€"trom the point of view of the suffer- er. But the operator does not come off seamless. A recent writer, Dr. \Vatezhodi, thinks that the chioroses and neuroses from which so many therefore urges that the "deadly" cus- tom of compelling young girls to ham- mer an the greyboard before they are 15 or 16 years of age should be pro- scribed by public opinion. Even at that age the exercise should be per- mitted only to those who, in addition 1: real talent, possess a robust con- Stitutxon. On the whole, we cannot but hope that the learned Dr. Scboull is mis- taken. Perhaps the g'uinea-pigs who were innobulated with the doctor’s “material obtained from beards and mustaches" were ailing to start with the germ from some external source, Or, possibly, the beard itself was real- ly like the old man’s in the nonsense rhyme, and a more had made her nest there, to- be afterward found by Dr. Schoull. - -, _____- .. -., UV...“ kuuvlosuu la umuc for this, his “Next, please,” will have very ominous sound. Mentally com- pleted, Lhe phrase would run, “Next candidate for tuberculosis.” step to be taken by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis is to require all persons who have been certified as suffering from consump- tion to be clean shaven, a well-skilled barber being for that purpose added to the staff of each one of the new sanatoria for tuberculosis. Who is to protect the well-skilled barber is a question on which we are not inform- ed, or even as to who is to disinfect him before operating on a patient who hasnot suffered from consumption. L'ntil, however, some provision is made But what are a few stray shreds of vermicelli compared wizh a whole army of able-bodied bacilli lying in ambush for their victims, and, what. is more, ready to make victms of any- body who happens to come within their range? No wonder Dr. Schouli insists Dr. Schoull of Tunis has discovered that it is simply a happy hunting ground of bacilli. He has proved it« upon the guinea-pig, whom he has in- noculated with “the material obtain- ed from beards and moustaches,” with results distressing do the guinea-pig and alarming to all those who had been in more or less close contact with: the beards and m'uSLaches aforesaid. This is a very disagreeable discovery, and may seriously affect th puiar- ity of a form of facial a rnment which has hitherto been regarded as open to no Other objection than that. it is a nuisance L0 its wearer when in the act of taking soup. â€"the apprehension thus realized being that the fowls of the air would build their ne5ts in the tempting thicket of» hair which depended from that old man’s chin. The heard of real life does net, of course, afford such ample: harborage for the feathered race as this. Its invasion and apprOpriation‘. by "two cocks and a ”hen,” "three larks and a wren,” is not really to be fear- ed; yet it my, it appears, have ten- ants of an infinitely smaller size, but of. inversely proportioned powers of mischief- Bm-xor Who llas Found a New Home for Them. In the eariiest and: perhaps the best of all "books of Non-sense” the reader was entertained with the embarrass- ment of a certain "Old man with a beard. who said it is just as I feared” Here's a sawing wood and hauling manure at; the first part of the season. He hopes to begin the regular spring work Don’t be content to tell your boys that farming is the noblest of the pro- fessions, and the one vocation a.man should follow. Make them see that there issomething for them in it and L‘hey'u stay with you. ‘â€" VIL RESULTS OF THE PIANO. MICROBES IN THE BEARD 9 AGE OF BIRDS. 5“» UV"â€"'â€"- regular spring wbrk is given on the authority 6f :11“. l Eamnly doctor} and, though it $011ng golgen hair was hanging, in th which has been celebrated in 30:3 23% an'rv tin“ ‘1... L- -L A _ _ â€". “G.“ U““ his parents shiftless, to say the least. Another point to which painstaking parents are invited to give their at- tention is the care of the eyebrows. A judicious and persistent application of vaseline to the arch where these de- sirable items should grow is said to work wonders. 'As children do not wear long and heavy bangs, another piece of advice is, perhaps, not neces- sary just at present, but it may be stowed away for fntnre. reference. It ‘9 ":"n- An. ‘LA ‘ r It is no such easy going for parents to-day. Moulding character is some- what out of date in these days of new- fnngled child culture, but moulding noses has supplied a new outlet for parental energy. “A tiny, little nose,” says one authority, “may be changed and much improved in shape. it. can be enlarged by gentle and per- sistent massage. It can also be lengthened by a series of gentle pulls, steadily and continuously applied," This authority, however, admits that he should hesitate at the nose-pulling in the case of boys, as they generally get plenty of it sooner or later. "A nose too generous in size,” he con- tinues, “may be compressed by means of an ingenious little instrument a good deal like a clothespin. If pro- perly applied it cannot injure the nose as it acts simply by diminishing the flow of blood to the nose." Of course, the ear question is settled now. If a peraon grows up in this day and generation with outstanding care he will be at liberty to rise up and call The responsibilities of parents seem to be increasing. Formerly when a child was born with a pug nose and grew up with the same style of nasal appendage the father and mother were sorry if the nose didn't please, but their conscience was easy. Likewise if their young hopeful's ears were of the aspect which is delicately called alert, they were grieved but not re- morseful. And right here is a hint for the wo- man who does nOt like to have the men eat in their shirt-sleeves, and she is right, as those sweaty shirt-sleeves play the mischief with a clean table- cioth. Haven’t we all noticed the in- voluntary shiver of a perspiring man when a little refreshing draft strikes him? And how many colds and how much rheumatism is contracted by the habit of farmers sitting down to eat and rest while wet with perspiration will never be told. But a heavy coat is-out of the question, so either invest in! a light alpaca or pongee coat and keep it hanging near the sink where your lbefioved washes, or cut off an old line-n duster and keep it clean and handy, and you will find he will enjoy putting it on after a time or two. And the men will follow his example pro- bably by getting a ectton blouse for meal-time use. About hot or cold food each family must be a law unto itself, but 1 be- lieve hot dishes are more easily digest- ednas well as more palatable, and the harvest work is so exhausting that hearty food must be furnished in quantity as well as quality, with good strong coffee for breakfast and din- ner and tea for SUpper. For the coffee be sure to use a good big tableSpoon for each person, and one or two extra for the pot is my rule, and my men all say that my coffee does them as much good as the rest of the meal. 1 always give them good cream for it. The cof- fee served at so many farmhouses is so: much like lep that I mention this item particularly. Now as to pie. I made none while strawberries last- ed, using Shortcake, berries and cream instead, but the delight of the men and children at the first mulberry pie made me realize that there is a void in the manly stomach that nothing but.“ pie can ever fill, and when made with tender, crisP crust and served truth: I can’t see why it is more un- wholelsome than rich puddings. Any- how, a harvest hand can usually get away with a good-sized section and look longingly at the empty plate, so I try to make them often and can mince meat eSpecially for hearty, har- vest pies. In the first place, have a good gaso- line stove on which to cook, bake, wash and iron writes Mrs. Frank Metâ€" calf. Economize anywhere else neces- sary, but insist on this one thing. The cost doesn’t begin to equal the com- fort to be derived from it, and al- though We! have a fine piece of wood- land, my husband thinks it’s cheaper. to 4burn gasoline than to cut wood. If your kitchen is large and airy you can set your table the‘re with the gas- oline, thus saving many steps; but mine is small, so we use the sitting- room always to eat in, as it is the pleasantest room in the house, and the men’s only resting time in hot weather is meal time, and it is right they should have these said meals where they can enjoy them. NEW DUTIES OF PARENTS. HINTS FOR HOT DAYS. v to xise up and call 35, to say the least. which paigstpking POTATO CROP FIRST. Of all the staple crops of the world the potato takes the first place, the annual crop being more than 4,000,000,- 000 bushels. against 2,500,000,000 bush- She then returned to Cettinje and told the whole story to the authori- ties. who sent some men to. the scene of the adventure. At the foot of the precipice they found the mangled re- mains of the would-be-assassin and in his pocket the money of the brave The frightened woman complied. and begged to me allowed to continue her journey without further molesta- tion, but disregarding her prayers the man produced :1 long knife, and point- ing to the precipice, said, “Now you must take your departure from this world. If I allow you to live you will denounce me. If you don’t jump over I must throw you over. The woman begged and prayed to no purpose, and was about to give herself up for lost, when the mans attention was momentarily attracted by his turning to look at some object on the ground. Like a flash the .The had gone but a short distance. when their road led them to the edge of a deep precipice, and here the man halted and. confronting his companion. demanded the money which she had received in payment for the bull. Seeing that she was in his power she handed over the money and the mis- creant then ordered her to give up everything else of any value on her The heroine of the story went to Cettinje recently for the purpose of selling in the public market a bull of which she was the owner. The transac- tion satisfactorily accomplished, she set off to return to her native village, when she was accosted by a man, who represented that he could show her a much nearer way home than she proposed to take. Believing in his sincerity ahd hon- esty, she consented to be conducted 'by big, apd_they left the town. The chief topic of conversation at Cettinje, Montenegro, is the extraor- dinary adventure which a woman from a village a few miles distant has just passed through, and which reads more like a page fromf‘xa “penny dreadfui” than a record of unvarnished fact. mothers who stand by the 02 d theories. Instead of sending a child supperless to bed, he could be condemned to wear a cloth-espin on his nose for an hour. Instead of giving him a foolish spank- ing he could be required to undergo fifteen minutes of nose-pulling, and so on. This method would have the ad- vantage of combining practical and beneficial results with moral discipline and could be indefinitely extended to include such faults of physique as flopping ears, pigeon toes, round shoul- ders, stubby nails and so on. This is the day of the anti-spank movement. Advanced mothers talk learnedly of allowing a child to de- velop spontaneously, of not checking and controlling him, but of letting his individuality come up as a flower, without interference. Some mothers are trying to live up to these beauti- ful theories, even though their child- ren seem to come up more like 3 vol- cano than like a flower. To this varie- ty of mothers the nose culture is es- pecially recommended. If their small imp of a boy, developing his own ego a la the lily, theoretically, grows too obstreperous, they can take him by the nose and pull him, “steadily and con- tinuously” around the room. If he protests, or if any apostle of the new child culture surprises her in the act, she can scout the idea of having pun- ished her boy. She has been simply doing her duty in the line of nose cul- ture. So with the Clothespin method. In fact, this physical tr'aining may readily be made to supersede old-fash- ione_d forms of punishment even with -v-â€"wâ€"â€" use of vaseline is good for the eye- lashes, as well as for the eyebrows, and when it is judiciously applied it will have a very perceptible effect on them, making them less likely to fall out or be rubbed out. It is the reck- less way in which peOple rub their eyes which is to a great extent respon- sible for the scarcity of lashes. It is almost always the lower lid which bears the brunt of this rubbing, and the result is apparent in the much smaller quota of lashes which the low- er lid always has. This is another di- rection in which parents are expected to look out for the physical well be- ing of their children. iThere was a time when even cross-eyed peepie did not dream of reproaching their par- ents for negligence. Those were palmy days for parents. In future, when young people come of age they will be counting their eyelashes and taking a whole Bertillon system of measurements of their ears and noses to find out whether their parents have donethe square thing by them. the doctor declared that if the bang was allowed to hang over her eye- brows it would be at the cost of the latter, because, as he said, “hair eats hair." Maybe this is the solmion of the problem of baldness. - vâ€"v ‘â€" However that-may be, the fact re- mains that few persons see‘m to haxe any idea that the eyebrows and eye- lashes should receive especial cere. The A BRAVE WOMAN. so‘ pleased with a]; unless 's “'13 there be tho 9 and the!” are a bit in this was, my: are endless possii.»iiiuesf01‘ 'ch JabOtS) fan 3. of nice ideas. . lace insertions and appllq‘ies-nd lover’s knots or fie at (16 11391 and embroidery, can be - '. Each girl at the shirt “'3‘“ asked to bring a c010 d8 : confectionery of the 6637. a” ”d prevails one afternoon, 1‘” 1 green another and 80 0“- ’ J silk, drawn into “,Powh over her arm. like Opera bags $315112: the . commas ' poet 3 thread 3; cases, scissors, terns. __- 1 lv 1 The hostess E9 sewing circle W!“ cream. SHIRT WA Shirl waist pa” entertainment. 7 way to pass an girl friends. And many of these 11‘ the summer outfit several of 111989 i Chatting, the m" of the girls has” the hardest parts ' guests. One by one the boys m [cm the master, but eacl he knew nothing about 1 ates. At last. Cyrus am asked whether he knew the robbery. _ _ A A for being a thi f. yo 1 must not ask me was thcir King. and am ; them." p1 “VI-LIV VIII.“ “VJ-o As Cyrus grew into boyhoofl? seemed in some way different from OLher boys around him; and fao,“ ever they played at soldiers, 1t W89? ways Cyrus who was General:I whenever they played at Kings,m always Cyrus who was King, and‘1 were his subjects. ‘ . "n LuJ '5 u Invnl Aluvkltlwo "TLC, U‘“ scattered or er the organdie com “ And as for the dressing mat. , added, " I’ve got something now to into my bag when I travel. All for my sponges. tooth brush, etc. mat is going to be a comfort tom more ways than just keeping my. et table tidy." - at the surest and safest. ways of ' rich beyond the dreams of ' would be to possess a few acres din the heart of the city of Lon- or,infact a single acre would 'e-e one wealthier than the mom a miner that ever starved in J ohm n- nurg. .This was proved conclusive- me other day. when the freehold :sz . 54 Cheapside was sold (or new), '. . is equal to £60 per foot, or :42,- 600 an acre! 2 highest price ever asked for land ndon was at. the rate of Lhirleen lion pounds sterling per acre. The in spot was in Bermondsey u here HE WOULD NOT TELL A Lil. There was once a little baby born in Persia who was called (, His grandfather. who was a - thought that when the boy gm he would want to he a King hm so he had the poor little babyca' out into the forest; and left 1th! be eaten by the wild beasts. But a kind-hearted woman wasl ing after her sheep that dayand - "a! “min“? for £1,250,000. No found the little baby, which she der the railway company declined But a kind-hearted woman was ing after her sheep that dayam found the ittlc baby, which she home with her. 1 .AJ “ And as for the dressing m“ added, “ I’ve got something now to; into my bag when I travel. AUII' for my sponges. tooth brush, excl mat is going to be a comfort to uni more ways than just keeping myi et table tidy." 3 ‘ ‘Well, they do show up better,“ ~ girl admitted, as hand glass. in brushes, cut glass bottles andan ray of silver novelties were txi scattered over the organdie cove. “ Now you’ve got a chance straighten things out andmah brave showing of your really aim et articles.” â€" vvâ€"u “U“ for everyday. use. as well as thatt‘ ter of boxes with nail powder and tras. Tuck them into thesepoc then you can roll up the little and put it in the drawer of your ing table. A day 61‘ SO aftelv‘vtfiivs‘l‘overml vided with numbexless pocketgb‘i little. Some of them had £13m buttoned down, but most of than open and roomy enough (0110M number of articles. “ There,” said the girl’s my, be able to slip away some offing. toners and the plain comb and}; 0‘ But, auniie, there a many things a. girl coll¢ dressing table nowadag and polishers and scissox jars andâ€"0h! dozens an trifles. She wants them " Yes, and some of the] very pretty. 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