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Dairy cows do pay.
Muck boIIi are generally acid.
Ducks love to stay out all night la
their runs.
Pekin ducka are good breeders eves
at four years of age.
Roughage fed In considerable quan
tities will result in the production of
beef.
Good, unadulterated milk should
contain about 87 per cent of water
and 13 per cent of solids.
Even the hired man now rides where
he once walked and he gets higher
wages than when he walked.
Watch the breeding sows. If they
get too thin it Is had for them and If
they get too fat it is for the unborn
Pig. . .
The proper feeding of poultry Is a
science and one that not only affords
pleasure in Hs investigation but profit
in Its mastery.
Some men don't seem to realize the
Importance of manipulating the ud
der with the hand at the same time
they are milking.
The cow with the good appetite Is
apt to be the cheapest butter producer.
Cows that are "flnnlcky" are not apt
to be profitable.
A coop 14 by 18 feet is large enough
for 60 bens. Give them light warmth
and plenty of air. Let the last filter
through a canvas window.
Fewcow keepers know anything
about the theory of dairying, but a
good one has got the practice down
' Cne, and this is what counts.
Clover that is vigorous will put more
plant food into the land than clover
that is not vigorous for It has more
power to draw on the nitrogen in the
air.
Skim milk, which Is whole milk,
minus part of Its fat and which costs'
only half as much as whole milk, fur
nishes protein about four times as
cheaply as beef. -
A special bee-cellar in which noth
ing else is kept is certainly desirable,
but many bee-keepers cannot afford
this and yet can well spare room in a
good house cellar.
To .protect the trees from mice and
rabbits, screen wire., veneer, or tarred
paper may be placed around the
trunks. This Is, indeed, a good pre
caution for all young fruit trees.
' The chickens should be encouraged
to run and! scratch in the garden Jn
the winter after the frosts have de
stroyed the tomatoes and other vege
tables the fowls might damage.
Horse manure Is very dry and loose
in texture and difficult to mix with
litter. Hence it beats rapidly, fer
mentation sets in and the ammonia it
contains escapes Into the air and Is
lost -
' The best war to fatten vounz stock
lo secure a oiuiiuuui yruui is iu ieea
them well from the. start Whether it
be young cattle or lambs, they should
be liberally fed. from the beginning
of the -feeding period. "
.. Good timothy hay has about the
same feeding value as good, bright
well-cured corn stalks. It. Is not con
- sidered as good for milch cows as the
.. corn stalks; though the analysis xrf it
4 would seem to Indicate that It Is crao
-tlcaiiy as gooa. -
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' ' la- experiments conducted at the In-
dlana - station In 1893 milk cdws ex
, posed to the weather in winter, but
i nrovided will shelter, "made a -very un
favorable showing, as compared with
those given shelter In the stable ex
cepting for brief airing. hea '.the
weather was suitable. The exposed
rvwm nte more rood, iobi in weigai ana
aviso In milk yield, while the sheltered
' ones gained In weight and made a
letter showing. At tne Kansas ex
periment station. similar results were
Ilogs need to be fed often.
A special bee cellar is desirable.
Manure spreaders are all right If
used enough. ;
Bees winter poorly on honey dew,
fruit Juices or cider.
' It's a sure sign that a horse's teeth
need looking after if he voids whole
grain.
Incubator chicks are never Infest
ed "with vermin when the- are
hatched.
Blow decay Is Just what proves best
for a supply of potash, phosphorus
and lime for the trees.
"Limberneck?" In chickens. Is
caused by the absorption of a poison
found In decayed animal food.
Sorehum. cut and cured when the
heads are slightly brown " and the
seed in dough, makes a fair winter
feed.
As to the best time to market young
stock, it is, as a general proposition,
when they are In a finished maraei
condition.
A handful of oil meal given to the
horse once a day will keep him In
good condition and' makes his coat
soft and sleek.
Ten cows that average 300 pounds
of butter fat per 'year produce as
much as 20 cows that average only
150 pounds per year.
Oil meal Is being shipped by the car
load to Europe, where it is fed by
dairymen.1 It would be to our advan
tage if this were fed at home.
A man should have a good strong
hand and he should know how to use
It In order to get the milk out of the
udder and get it out rapidly.
Chonned onions are very good for all
kinds of poultry. Onions are not only
Invigorating, but are excellent wnen
the fowls are subject to colds.
The precaution against possible
danger, where work is pressing and
farmers want to get their corn in
out of the way, is ventilation of the
crib.
Onions must be kept in a dry, clean
place, although protection from cold
is not so necessary. In fact freezing,
with moderate thawing out, makes the
flavor milder.
A nail of milk standing ten minutes
where it Is exposed to the scent of a
strong-smelling stable, or any other
offensive odor, will imbibe a taint that
will not leave it
Well fattened young stock always
sells at a good price, and it Is general
ly better to let the condition of tne
animal rather than that of the market
determine the date of selling.
With good milking cows, well fed
and well kept, milk can be produced
at a cost of 65 cents per hundred and
butterfat for 16 cents per pound. This
is an average for the year round.
If some of .the brooder chicks are
not Quite so thrifty as the others they
should be put by themselves lr pos
sible, where the stronger ones will not
run over them and rob. them of their
feed. "
There is so much -difference in the
comnositlon of milk from different
cows that. many large butter and
cheese factories now test all the milk
they buy, and pay for it according to
its butterfat content
The automobile has not spoiled the
horse market nor has the incubator
spoiled the demand for Biddy. One
Nebraska firm alone 'reports the sale
of 38,000 incubators the past season,
yet hens, are higher than ever.
Sometimes a pullet wishes to lay
but cannot because her egg organs
are weak. They need strengthening.
Add a little oil meal to the soft feed,
and give a little chopped rawmeat in
addition to the regular ration.
The legumes draw nitrogen, from
the air and store it in the soil for the
succeeding crop, thus making good the
loss of this element through the pre
vious crop grown. These means are
at the command of very man 'who
cultivates the soil and if he will avail
himself of their good offices be may
view his crops with much - pleasure
and great jiroflt. v. . ,
X tree, in order to go through our
usually dry winters, heeds to have a
wall developed root' system, such as
takes at least one growing season to
produce. young trees are planted
in autumn, they must endure the most
trying period of the year with littlk
or no root growth to tale up in some
measure the moisture lost by evapora
tion; hence wlnter-kilHSg by drying
out Is the usual result .
GREAT LOVE STORIES
OF HISTOKY :" t
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By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
DEAN SWIFT
ICopjrrltfht h
"Matrimony has many children.
They are Repentance, Discord, Bad
Temper. Loathing, etc." .
So wrote a crabbed, cynical clergy
man early In the seventeenth century.
He was not the sort of man whom the
average woman would be supposed to
care about For he was homely, and
of awkward, slovenly aspect. His
temper was savage; his satire hit like
vitriol. He was not rich, nor of high
birth. He was a bully and lacked all
that women. most admire. Yet he is
the hero or at least three famous love
stories.
The man was Jonathan Swift, dean
of St Patrick', Dublin. His youth
was passed in poverty and struggle.
His pen later won for him a deathless
reputation as a satirist and -enabled
him to rule his fellows by fear and
ridicule. He rose Blowly from post to
post In church and politics until he
became dean of St Patrick's.
It was while Swift as a youth was
secretary to a statesman named Tem
ple that he became tutor to little
Esther Johnson, the eight-year-old
An Early Love laughter of his
A ' employer house-
Affair. keeper. The child
was not only clever and lovable, but
beautiful as well. Swift wrote of her:
"Her hair was blacker than a raven
and every feature of her face Is per
fection." The name "Esther" means
"star." So docs "Stella." Swift ad
dressed the child as "Stella," and al
ways afterward called her by that af
fectionate nickname.
When Stella was older she and an
elderly chaperon came to live near
Swift in Ireland. For years she and
the clergyman had kept up a constant
correspondence. As she grew to wom
anhood their early friendship deepen
ed into love. The girl adored Swift
with ber whole intense nature. He,
on his part received her worship as
a deserved compliment flattered or
neglected ber, according to bis whim,
r.nd bullied her unmercifully. All his
caprices and domineering ways Stella
bore without complaint
Meantime Swift had earlier fallen
more or less in love with a Miss
Waring. It was an age of poetical,
high-flown nicknames. For Instance,
a man named Peter Jones would sign
his lore letters "Eugenio," while John
Smith would call himself "Roderlgo"
or "Amyntas." Swift called Miss
Waring "Varina." and Is said to have
proposed. ' She rejected him. This
was in 1694. when he was 27. Two
years later "Varina" became so
enamoured of him that she actually
begged nlm to be her husband. Swift
who had had time to change his mind,
rudely avenged himself for her earlier
neglect by writing her so brutal a let
ter or refusal, that the acquaintance
ship was ended then and there.
Then began his famous flirtation
with Hester Vanhomrlgh, a London
girl of good family, at whose mother's
house Swift had often been an hon
ored guest He called Miss Vanhom
rlgh "Vanessa," and In his poetical ef
fusions addressed to her signed him
self "Cadanus." When he went back
to Ireland Vanessa followed him and
settled In his neighborhood. She was
18. He was 44. He seems to have
cared tittle for her. She loved him
with all her heart; so absolutely, In
deed, that she was deaf to his hints
that he was tired of her devotion.
Swift was at his wits' ends to keep
Stella and Vanessa from meeting and
to guard the secret of each from the
other.
In 1716 he privately married Stella.
The wedding ceremony took place at
Finally Served the Paper
Wily. Bailiff Had Hard Workbut at
' tast Scored Victory Over the
Cardinal.
Some time ago a very rich old Ital
ian lady died leaving to her heirs a
colossal fortune. She was very pious
and, first of all. laid upon these heirs
the obligation to remit to the Vatican
2.000.000 lire. The heirs were greatly
embarrassed by this bequest. They
obtained a decision which should put
the Vatican In possession of this leg
acy .'but neither the pope nor Cardinal
Merry del Val-would accept It A bai
liff was charged with the duty of giv
ing notice of the Judgment to the holy
ee. He was unable to place this pa
per in the hands of Pius X. or in the
Lands pf his secretary. He could not
approach the holy father and entrance
to the apartments of Mpnsignore del
Val iras prohibited. - . :
..He then devised a scheme. f He
eainetf that tbcardlnal had gone to
obtlie in Lake T3racciano. some dls-
n;e from Roire.-" At the moment
AND "STELLA
it
tit aatbor.)
midnight In a little summer house on
the deanery grounds. At Swift's pos
itive orders Stella kept the marriage
secret for his sake bearing patiently
all the snubs and coldness of her
neighbors sooner than to disobey her
husband's command. Meantime Swift
continued to correspond with Vanes
sa, not having the murage to tell her
he was married. At last Vanes m, hear
ing rumors of the wedding, wrote to
Stella asking if the latter was really
Swift's wife. Stella replied, telling
ber everything, and forwarded Vanes
sa's letter to. Swift The dean was
wild with rage. He galloped to Va
nessa's home and furiously confront
ed the miserable woman. Describing
a n...ki. th scene after
A Double ward Vaneia
Heartbreak. Bft,d hfl wag .,.
lent but awful In his looks." He
slammed her letter down on the table
without. a word and rode away. Va
nessa's heart was broken. A few
weeks later she died.
Five years afterward, Stella, worn
down by Swift's capricious behavior
and by the need of keeping secret her.
marriage, fell ill As she lay on her
deathbed Swift at last consented that
their union should be made public.
But she murmured: "It is too late
now," and died.
Stricken with remorse, Swift turned
to literary life for solace and won
great and greater renown. HIs sav
age temper and cynicism dally grew
more unbearable. Finally he went In
sane and, after three years of lunacy,
died. "'
. He Was Reserving Himself.
Martin W. Littleton, the New Tork
lawyer, described at a recent dinner
the music of the bag-pipes that he had
heard at Skibo, says the Washington
Star.
"But all this word painting," Mr.
Littleton ended, "won't give you as
good an idea of this strenuous music
as you may get from a story.
"At a 'Highland gathering one Don
ald McLean had entered for a number
of events. The first of these was the
quarter-mile. Donald certainly didnt
distinguish himself In the quarter
mile. Of eight runners he was last
" 'Donald, Donald,' cried a partisan,
'why did ye no run faster?'
"Donald sneered.
'"Run faster!' he said, contemptu
ously. 'And me reservln' mysel'for the
bagpipe competition!'"
Among Autocrats.
"Mr. Cumrox used to say he wanted
to get rich so that he could be his
own boss." -
"Well, he succeeded."
"Not entirely. He's rich; but he
does not dare take a chance on talk
ing back to his chauffeur or the man
iu charge of his steam yacht"
Pipes from Gourds.
Through the office of the foreign
plant introduction, the United States
department of agriculture has shown
a very useful plant in the calabash
gourd. The demand for gourds is now
a great deal above the supply, pipe
bowls being made' from the fantastic
shaped gourd. The plant came from
South Africa, and It was found that
it would grow very well In this coun
try. The calabash greatly resembles
the meerschaum, so popular In Ger
many. It is claimed that the Boers
first used the gourds for pipe bowls.
The gourds take on a very high polish
and give a cool, sweet smoke. They
also color the same way, as a meer
schaum does. The gourds are nearly
Lalways the same size and shape.
when the papal, secretary reappeared
on the surface of the water, after a
plunge, the bailiff was before the min
isterial officer to place the paper un
der the nose of his eminence. But
the cardinal, who Is an excellent swim
mer, made a dive, disappeared, and
next took refuge in .. a . bathhouse,
closing the door behind him. " -
AJialf hour later his eminence was
breakfasting at .a restaurant .The re
past ended, he asked for his bill. The
garcon brought It to him and upon
the same plate the cardinal found the
official paper. -. The garcon was no
other than the bailiff. His last trick
had succeeded. The paper was served
. Precocious Schoolboy. '
A schoolboy of 13, named Paul Du
ard, whote one-act play was presented
as a curtain-raiser at the theater in
Cbainpigny-la-Batallle,'. France,
shrugged his shoulders when the audi
ence applauded him and explained
that he only wrote when he felt lored
during tte holidays. "
(ICR WEIGHT INCREASED'
FROM 100 TO 140 POUNDS.
Wonderful Praise Accorded i '
Perunathe Household Remedy
' Mrs. Maria Ooertx, Orients, Okla
homa, writes t
My husband, children and myself
have nsod your medicines, and we al
viti Vn them in th house In case of
necessity. I was rostored to health by
thlrwediclne, and vr. uartmsn-s in
vftlnibla advice and books. People ask
about me from different places, and are
surprised that I can do all or my nouse
work alone, and" that I was cured by the .
doctor of chronio catarrh. My husband
A ' SB
was cared of -asthma, my aaugnier ox
eumche and catarrh of the stomach, and
my son of catarrh of the throat. When
I was sick I weighed 100 pounds ; now a ,
weigh 140.
"I have regained my bealtn again, ana
I cannot thank you enough for your
advice. May God give you a long life
and bless your work."
Natural.
"What Is loaf sugar?" inquired Mrs.
Justhlcht.
"Why, If sugar in the form of
loaves, I suppose," answered her
spouse. "Why?"
"I was wondering." said Mrs. J., "if
that was what they made sweetbreads
of." -
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I'JESTEEin GAnADft
Senator DoiUvcr, of Iowa, sayai
Th rtnam of nniimnta from lb United BtetM
' -. Hwittor lol liver recvntlr Pld a
rl.lt ta WMtern Canada.
and pam "Then it a
land buiimrin the haarte
of KnulUb iDeakinc pm
plat th la will account for
ha removal of ao many
Inwa firmer! to Caaadi
Our pool" ara piaaara
wilklu GoaraBaat and
tba xcelltmi adminis
tration of lair, and war
ara coming to oa la
tena of thousand, ana
Uy araatiil cominc."
loam eontrl bated iaif.
It ta tha 70.WK) Ameri
can farmers wtrowada Canada
thalr noma dnrlnar J
Field erop raturra alona
duri tig-year added totltawaalth
oftUeeountrr upward of
$170,000,000.00
Grata Trowing, mtzed farm
trig, ratUa mining and dairying1
ara all profitable, tree Home
st ends of lftO acres ara to bo
had la the Terr best districts.
100 acre pre-emptions at S3.00
per acre wtUilo certain areas,
bcboula anB rburrbes In arery
settlement, climate unexcelled,
BUtherk'uest,wood, water and
building material plentiful.
cor particulars as tolocatlou, low
settlers' railway rates and desrrlp.
tlYS 1! lustra ted pamphlet, ."las
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ttofarunaut Agoni.
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Bad Breath
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