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' a FARM AND GARDEN. 1 POULTRY BUILDINGS. A Clicnp Strut turo Adapted to the Noctla of tlio AvcraRo rnrm. Thcro'aro so many good Ideas tn buildings suitable, for poultry, that do telgns can bo made to meet nearly every taHtc. Moat farmers earo little for architectural beauty, but good substan tial comfort in its plainest, cheapest and simplest form is wanted. The building wo show will tend to givo them something abovo the plain barn like structure with no more cost, and add to the beauty of the farms by hav ing more modern buildings to grace them. Of course, the principal thing is to own good stock. Some of our iln cst breeds of poultry are kept in plain cheap sheds and yield abundantly; yet, with all this, a farmer who has taste and neatness must be abovo such ways, it gritting against his disposition to own rickety, cheap structures. Our illustration shows a very neat and convenient structure, one that adapts itself to the farmers' needs without costing him much to build. It has a set of four pens on either side of tho room in the center, enabling the breed er to have all the conveniences for properly handling fowls. 'The build ing is 40 feet long by 54 feet wide, al lowing for pens 10x20 feet each, and leaving a space 14x40 feet of a room. The height of the building need not exceed eight feet. Tho pens being long, the capacity can be made to keep 20 hens in each, but 15 would be better to avoid crowding them too much, or 120 birds to be the limit for the building. Colonizing Hocks is now becoming very popular, say building six small buildings or more, each with a capacity of 25 hens. There is more labor involved, but less chance of a serious epidemic. You can also retain their purity better. The testing of this plan could better tell you the wis- H '' HI I I II Tr im P ZEE H n U n i 1 1 1 1 n H & ii i am hi R TT E I Ml I J II Mi M in yrrr 'I HI II I I Hi E N n dom of it. I always believe in experi menting and finding out for myself rather than believe all that is told in many papers. Heading aud observation should be combined. The ground plan below shows clearly the plan of the interior arrangement. X indicates the nesting places, D the doors. Ii the roosts, E the entrance to the runs, P II the feed bins. When necessary the upper portion of the building can be boarded with a iloor in w hich a storage room can be located, of much use to the farmer or breeder in caring tor his Hock. The roof is either shingled, as shown in I'ig. 1, or covered with rooting paper; the shingles are usually the most durable, the paper a cheaper substitute. John AV. Caughey, in Country Gentleman. FOR STOCK BREEDERS. tlio First Itcqulslto Is to Know precisely What You Want. In breeding each animal stands not as tin individual, but as the representative of a long line of ancestors, each exert ing some influence in generation. If these ancestors are all substantially alike in tho qualities sought to be re produced, or better still, if tho totalities show an increasing development from generation to generation tho animal will almost certainly prove very pre potent in transmitting these qualities. On the otlicr hand, if tho ancestry is a mixed lot good, bad and indifferent of diverse and inconsistent attributes, no matter now perfect the animal itself may be, it is for breeding purposes a scrub. In breeding, then, the first requisite is to know precisely what you want. In cattlo whether milk or butter or beef, or all in somewhat less degree; in( horses, speed or style or 'Strength; in ' sheep, wool or mutton or both. It is essential also to know something qf tho various improved 'breeds, their charac teristics and their tendencies, their strength and their weakness.' Then select as your foundation stock, or if it is proposed to breed up from nature, cows, or common mares, select as tho head of your herd an animal in which tho qualities von seek are race charac teristics, or at least strong family traits. Afford tlie offspring every opportunity to full development, retaining only for breeding purposes those which do de velop in the line desired, and success is as certain-as anything human can be. It ought to be as easy to predict with accuracy the quantity and quality of milk an unborn calf will give when it becomes a cow as to know the color it will have and the general form it will attain. That it is not possible to do so is an evidence that our stock, even the best, is not bred up to its full capac ity for milk, nor so well bred in this respect as for the more obvious traits of form and color. llreed, then, so that yon will be able to predict the result. Do not be misled by individual excellence. Individual ex cellence is of course the end to be at tained. Hut let your breeding bs such that you can repeat it at will, and not as a mere chance. In this view remem ber that an animal from a breeder's standpoint represents its entire ances try rolled into one. If that ancestry is of uniform, or increasing, excellence in certain definite lines, the breeding qualities of the animal will, almost certainly, be true and satisfactory. If the ancestry is of heterogeneous and di verse character, no matter how pleas ing the animal itself may be, it is for breeding purposes, except to couple with one of stronger breeding, a scrub; and it will prove in the end a delusion and a snare. J. MeLain Smith, in Farm and Home. f U. S. Government Baking Powder Tests. The report of the analyses of Baking Powders, made by the U. S. Government (Chemical Division, Ag'l Dep't), shows the Royal superior to all other powders, and gives its leavening strength and the strength of each of the other cream of tartar powders tested as follows: LEAVENING GAS. P VJfJrfefe BOYAL, Absolutely Pur'o, Fer cant. 13.06 Cubic in. per oi 160.6 The OTHER POWDERS TESTED are reported to con tain both lime and sulphuric acid, and to be of the following strengths respectively, . . . 12.58 . . . 151.1 11.13 . . . 133.6 10.26 . . . 123.2 '0.C3. . . 114. 0.29 . . . 111.6 8.03. . . 06.5 7.28. . . 87.1 4.98. . . 65.5 Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure, and greater leavening power than any other powder. of PIG-FEEDING TESTS. ntoroitlng Cunrltitlonx llcncheil by Prof. Sltau, or Cunafl.i. In relation to feeding pigs, Prof. Shaw, of Cauada, draws the following conclusions: 1. That while (a) pigs fed for 12:i days on a suitable meal ration and housed in summer increase in weight at a rate of 24 per cent., (b) pigs fed on two-thirds the quantity of the same meal ration, the balance of the food being made up of green fodder cut and mixed with thu meal, increase at a rate of 50 per cent., nnd (c) pigs fed on one-third the quan tity of the bame meal ration, the bal ance of the food beingmade up of green fodder cut and mixed with the meal, in crease at a rate of only 13.3" per cent., the labor of feeding being also relative ly greater where g.'een fodder is given. 2. That when the price of food and pork are the same as jn this experi ment, the gain from feeding pigs, as in group 1, for 123 days in summer will be but 4.50 percent, on the first cost of tho animals, as in group2 but 2.71 percent!., and when fed in group 3 the loss will be 27 per cent. 3. That in pork-making the questions of market values and of the bebt season to market are of great practical impor tance. 4. Farmers should study to avoid marketing their pork in ttic months of October and November, when prices are usually lower than at' any other season of the year. 0. That a ration of which the major portion consists of green food, as in the case of that fed to the pigs in group 3, will fail to bring them into marketable condition. 0. That of the ration given to tho pigs in tho three groups in this experi ment, tho meal ration fed to those in group 1 has proven in every way tho most satisfactory; hence, 7. If feeding a bulky fodder along with meal to pigs is any aid to diges tion it must be given in a less propor tion than that Ubcd in feeding tho pigs in group 2 in this experiment. LIVE STOCK NOTES. If any of the ewes have poor teeth it will ulways pay to feed them ground feed. A siiKiH" kept thrifty will shear a heavier aud better ileeec than one poor ly kept. In providing racks for the sheep bo sure to arrange so that each will have a place to cut. By sclenting out the breeding ani mals early and feeding for this especial purpose a better quality of animals may be secured. In many cases tho farmer that can only keep u few sheep will find the mutton breeds the most profitable as they require the care tho farmer can best givo to secure tho best results. CATTLE FEED RACK. Comcnlcnt One That In CIieiii, Durable, iintl lanllj Sfarie. Our illustration represents a rack for feeding hay to cattle. It can be made long enough to suit the needs of the builder and about 8 feet wide, itnd 7 or 8 feet high. The inner pen A which holds the hay is made by setting heavy posts of suitable height firmly into the ground, and nailing fence boards, poles, rails, or whatever material desired on the inside of the posts beginning lfa to 20 inches from the ground as shown in the cut. Nail the boards on 4 to 0 inches apart near the bottom, wider spaces can be left near the top. Outside of A build another pen 14 feet from it as represented by B in the illustration. The spaces between the rail:, for the first 20 inches is narrow. The top rail of this pen is made of a 2x4 inch scant ling or a strong pole that it may not be broken by the cattle in reaching through for huy. The top rail which is IS inches above the upper rail of the u An Experienced Doctor. r4" kNew Patient Do you think you can help me, coc:or? Doctor Well, I ought to. ihave had experience enough. I have been at tending a man with the same disease for the last twenty years. Yankee Blade. Tlio World's Inn. There can bono doubt that tho "World's Inn,"underthemanngementof Mr.Chas. E. Delano, (or tue notea i.cianu iamuy ot notei keepers) is one of tho reliable, exposition hotels in Chicago. The appointments ore perfect, tho location unequaled, and, in view of the fact that tho building is absolutely fireproof, tho rates $3 per flay for each person, two persons in a room are remarkably liberal. Scores of hotels erected la thu World's Fair terri tory are veritable firetraps. Tho "World's Inn," on tho other hand, affords security to life and property. Ttie location, directly op posite the Fairgrounds, nnd in close prox imity to steam aud street cars, adds to its attractiveness. Although it contains S00 commodious rooms, it is only three stories high, an advantage that will be appreciated at once. Rooms may now be secured by mail or telegraph" to Chns. E. Lel.md, Man ager, Tho World'slnn, GOth St. and Mudison Ave., Chicago. "You are not entirely French, are you, Count FoUyvool" "Oui, inauame. 1 am French through and through. Why do you ask?" "I am certuin you have a Roman nose." Harper's Bazar. An Appeal for Assistance. The man who is charitable to himself will listen to the mute appeal for assistance muue by his stomach, or hi3 liver, ia tho shape of divers djspeptic qualms and un easy sensations in the regions of tho gland that secretes his bile. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, my de.ir sir, or rn.rf.im as tho case may oe is wn.it you require. Hasten to use if you are troubled with heartburn, wind in tho stomach, or LOte that, vour skin or tho whites of your eyes aro taking a sal low hue. Tnc secret of success in tho coal business lies more in winning weighs than in good looks Buffalo Courier. When Traveling WhcAeron pleasure bent, or business, take ou every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly nnd effectively on the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches and other forms of Bick ncss. For sale in 50 cents and SI bottles by all leading druggists. The Reason Why. Raz "Say Jcems. what do yo' wear dat short coat outside lo' l" deems "do yo' R'poso rso gwine to wear it inside so people caln't see it!" J,JfeSI t mi aiasmi nnnnwmmr m mil m "i.mnsniHPHn I with I'ikWk. Enamels, amt Fnlntn irldcll ataln i i: Urn hands. Inline the Iron, and burn roil. I II The ltlslna Sun Stove relish la million t, Odor-1 U loss, Durable, and tlio consumer pnya lor no tin I u or glass package with every purchaio. I 1 1 fflHARTSHOl'S sSS n I iM-iTiTr i -ir """ '"ii SPURGEON WROTE Skm Mn. Coiramtvx : Aa a rule I have no faith In advertised remedies ; but It must now bo f no twcnty-flo years slnco first I snw In tho person of one of my students tho effects of your remedy, llo seemed ntdesth's door, but he lives now, strong, hearty man. Since then I have seen In many, cry many Instances, tho mosthappy re nits foliowlneyourmedlclne. I do notRO by hearsay, but! testify to what I h ivo ecen with my own eyes. I believe that you havo saved numbers from Con sumption. I hava friends with coughs and weak luiiR", who speak of your medlcino With clncero gratitude. Personally, 1 find it most useful In tho cato of wearing cough. Very reluctantly do I give tenf monliilsfor publication: out I send you this nsyonr due, What I hae seen of God's heiilingpowcr through you, demands of mo that I speak for tho good of others. I havo those around mo whoeo health I value, nnd they aro living witnesses that yours la a ery beneficial preparation. Tours heartily, (Hev.)C H.8PUIIGEON. " Westwood," Bculah Bill, England. CONdREVE'S BALSAMIC ELIXIR can now bo obtdned from his own depot, 4 Woostcr St., New York. If your case Is a serious one send 35 cents for my boolc on Consumption and dis eases of tho Chest; or send SI 00 for my boolc; a SO cent bottle of linUamlc Elixir and a SO cent bottle of 1111. as recommended in my treatment. QEO. THOS. CONQREVE. K3 Mention this Paper. -irJr- I da Beware ol Imitations. NOTICE AUTOGRAPH J -tr Tl Um p Aim HIT 1 OT ABEL. THE GENUINE opli Mo Smith, Gray & Co.fs Monthly, Hale's Honey of Horehound'and Tar re lieves whoopitijr couph. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. All that hns been said so far against the crinoline is nothing. Just wait and see tho wind blow it up. Buffalo Courier. Beecham's Fills quickly euro sick head ache, weak stomach, impaired digestion, constipation, disordered liver, etc. THE WAY SHE L00K3 troubles tho woman who is delicate, run-down, or overworked. She's hol low -cheeked, dull-eved. thin, and pale, and is worries her. Now, tho way to look well is to be well. And tho way to bo well, if you'ro any such woman, is to faithfully use Dr. Pierco'a Favorite Pre scription. That is tho only modicino that's guaranteed to build up i. Oman's strength and to euro woman's ailments. In every "female complaint,"' irregularity-, or weakness, nnd in every exhausted condi tion of tno lemaio system u it over 10113 to benent or bock. fHIR'fri&lffl Y Wa && a a U y& a WM U V w& oat eating. Cures Constipation, Kentore Complexion, bares Doctors Bills. Snmplorreo GaMIxldTeaCo lS19V.i.MliSt.,N Y. Orercotnes results oe ins. Dampioireo u abjisld ijia uu m it , wui gu, Cures SiclcHeadacne iow iTks j sTViwii 1llA0tt!i -, tfflt!wfc' month. lirm UClBf JIDTlICJanj. ilOirTiuj. v -w Thatuftnitirnffiri. Semi Be In iLuntnV 1I I r VTF Lt unrtrniKi -w .! V "It fi V. aC Cll J Jrjls. 11 W XJtf ill 141 L JfUJIa . SloVlckor Tltoator. Cl&lcajto, 111 ARMSTRQNG-McKELVY LEAD & OIL CO. ESTABLISHED 1S70. PAINTS AND PAINTERS' SUPPLIES. Wo manufacture ami ileal In overythhitf in th tmlnt line. Quality of all (rood iniaranteeit It will pay you to correnpoiul wltliu. will mall our CntaJou to rppponHltilo partlefl. lift WOOl ftTIHUCT, Cor ner Itud Avenue, PITTS II VllU II. PKN.N. SSB3HES Consumptives and pooplo who have weak bines or Asth ma., should uio Plso'a euro tor Consumption. It has enred tbamands. It nas not injur- ea una. ibisn'b uan iniaKe, itistno Destcougasrrup. Hold evcrrtthore. Sac. ic a U47. tVHEX WnXTIKG TO ADVEItTISKKS I'LEASB tato that you uxr tho AdvcrtUcmcut In tlds BDr. .-1 aJj,T&TtW?SvWi?CTVA The next time you BUY a piece of Chewing Tobacco. deeus' k k k k k IT WILL PLEASE YM. mMnwanxsmwrmm-fW cure, you havo your money There is only one medicine for Ca tarrh worthy the name. Dozens aro advertised, but only tho proprietors of 1 Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy say this : " If we can't cure you, we'll pay you i S500 in cash I " A FEED HACK FOR CATTLE. manger should be of the same strong heavy timber. Hay is thrown into pen A and the cattle draw it out from below. Any dropped while they are eating falls in bide the manger and is not wasted. After a day or two it will need to be pushed down the sides from above as the cattle cannot reach entirely across. The amount of hay the rack will hold varies with its length. This rack will hold hay enough to last several days and obviates tlie need of daily hauling. A loaded w agon or sled can be driven alongside in filling. The rack is cheap, durable and little hay is wasted in its u'-e. Any farmer can build one after seeing tho illustration given above. Orange Judd Parmer. The Apiary In Spring. To secure the best results in honey crops, careful management is required during spring. All weak coioniee. should be united with others. It will iot pay to btart mere handfuls of bees, us the most valuable part of the season will be consumed in building up such into fair colonies. After- uniting until all are fair colonies, they should be stimu lated by feeding. By this means only can wo get the best results. Tlie crop of honey dependb upon tho force of bees on hand when tho 'season opens. This kind of feeding is merely giving each colony, daily, a small quantity of sirup of houoy. (Queens that are not de fective, when fed thus, will produce brood to the utmost capacity. Farmers' Voice. llnloliiff Carrots. A New York state farmer has raised carrots six years in succession on the Bamo land without tho usu of a spoon ful of manure pr fertilizer, the half acre giving him 300 bushels and some times more. Ho sows rye ab boon as tho carrots are harvested, plowing it under in May, using one und one-hali bushels iu tho drill. Net cost for rya und time of getting it into the ground, 19 for blx years. SiiKiii" seem to require more mineral elements in their food, than uny other kind of stock. "" V p - Frompr Cure? Are You Going to the World's Fair? If so, why not arrange to be comfortable while you are there by securing now your room at Please know, remember and appreciate that it is Convenient being located nt Madison Ave. and 6oth St. (the Midway Plaisance), directly opposite to the 6oth Street entrance to the World's Fair, is within 3C0 feet of the 6oth Street Station of tlie I.C. RR., and one block from the street cars. Chas. E. Leland is its Manager, which should -b sufficient guarantee that It will be well managed. Write him at6oth St. and Madison Av. for particulars Fireproof Built of Steel Beams and Fireproof Tile. Only three stories high. Has 8oo Rooms Each room completely furnished. Light, airy. Comfortable rest as assured. European Plan, Restau rant attached; that its rates are Reasonable $2.oo per day each, and that it Is" EXPOSITION MAP AND PAMPHLET ON APPLICATION r AH forv HjiUvflisy Ss rJl ttlfii I Bk i ah an home IvBAoUN & HAHILIN uses i -. i ..-I. !! i Homes Need All Dealers Sell a carton of Home Nails all sizes, a carton of Home'Tacks all sizes for all home uses Cures Consumption, Coughs, Croup, Soro Throat. S"!d by all Dnirsijtn on Guarantra. h RUBVIELYa TRACTION AND PORTABLE Threshers and Norse Powers. Wrlto for Illustrated Catalogue, mailed Freo. M. RUMELY CO.. LA PORTE, IND. M-&u. Ulia l'Ai'U...rj uat jraaciu. 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That "the best is the cheapest" la true of organs aud plunos If anywhere. Tlie Mason & Hamlin Piano, constructed on our Improved t-T a "JVT f a""" aD'l patent ed rnefftoiio V- I f ll jVafrjHur.is declared by A A' vvJpiano -perts to be ' ''the great est improeracnt In pianon of the century." Sfnd for Illustrated CATALOGUES, sent free to any ad drees. Where no ile Ucr is representing our Instru ments, w e sell to the public direct from the factory. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN Ai F1ANQ CO,, Tremont St., Boston Firth five., New York Vabash Ave., Chicago) Walnut St., Kansas City. City of Toledo, Lucas Co., State of Ohio. S. S. $0 arxnno thu Latest Stvles -IN- L'ArtDeLafVlode. T COLUKED I'LVIES. lUTUULATIST 1'itlIS 10 3EW loan tusmuxs. (TJ" Order It of jour Ntwa dealer or aeud Sa rente for lateit number to V. J. UOItSK.l'ubllahcr, 3 t-H.tllumL,anT Vork. rnttiUE this rifin mn umeiau ante. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. Sworn to before me, and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1889. f'SS't A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. a o HALL'S CATARRH CURE IS TAKEN INTERNALLY , and acts directly upon the Blood and mucous surfaces. t jrjgtnp-rTvr-ivnr i- .fa. E. B. WALTHALL, & CO., Druggists, Horse Cave, Ky say "Hull's Catarrh Cure cures every one that taltcs it." CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMIS, Detroit, Mich., Buys: " The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure is wonderful." Write him about It, REV. H. P CARSON, Scotland, Dale., sayst " Two botttea of Hall's Catarrh Cure complete ly cured my little girl." J. C. SIMPSON, Marquess, W. Va., soyst " Hall's Catarrh Cure cured mo ot a very bad case of Catarrh." vJ itaHuave-" fsMirte "R08raan'ff Cure" Is unfailing In the rnre or Jumnir. lflliid lllredlnic Piles, Hatula and aud ull . i skin dUeaaes. All drugicUU, A. JJtKINSTUY H SOX, Hudson, N. T, rHIKZ THIS WER e.rrj Urn, jouwnia. WESTERN FARM LANDS A parophlot descriptive of the fnrra lunrts of No brnsko, N6rtliwot Kuiinas and KiiMcrn Coloruilu, with sectloim! inup.irlllbe mailed f rev to uny utt dress on application to I'. . KUti'l'Iti, (Iuiiitk! l'nanenKor Agent O., II. &Q. It. It.. Chlcuiru, III. UTNAMttTiitsi-ArKB every tliuoyou rlto. rumt .W1.7? Morphine Habit Cured In 10 cu iu mays, no tiny tut cured, Ull. J. brEl'HEJVS, Ltbuon, Ohio. Noiiity till cured. t9-tUXl WIS plfjta eecr aaae Ju nil $0WB !? . rf'W rSH n.uitrted Catiilojruo BR This Trade Mark Is on the beat COAT In the World I J. TOWCR. BOSTON. MASS. WK HANUFACTUBB BEST MACHINERY ltHllaliln vinrit a..iira.l. Catalan. Froo. LOOMIS 4 NYMAX, Twin, f UO, 3-aAXX I1U3 fAIXft etn baa jesmlta. BORE DRILL WELLS i "itl TOOLS hi tli a world, Hall's Catarrh Cure Is Sold by all Dealers in Patent Medicines. PRICE 75 CENTS A BOTTLE. THE ONLY GENUINE HALL'S CATARRH CURE IS MANUFACTURED BY i F. J. CHEff Y & Gi Testimonials sent free on application. 'Sf TOLB3DO, O- BEWARE OP IMITATIONS. THE POT INSULTED THE KETTLE BECAUSE THE COOK HAD NOT USED Sa Jm I g IL&EB 1 5 GOOD COOKING DEMANDS CLEANLINESS. SAPOLIO SHOULD be used in every KiSTCHEMi