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RE-V..M. TA'LMAGE.
NTHE BROOKLYN -DIVINE'S SUX
DAY SMR3XOX.
SuDjeet: "One Thinjy Lacking."
Text: tlOne thing thou lackest." llarli
x., 21.
The young man of the tei-t was a splendid
nature. We fall in love with hi'n at the
first glance. He was amiable and frank and
earnest and educated and refined and re
spectable and moral, and yet he was not a
Christian. And so Christ addresses him in
the words that I have read to you, "One
thing thou lackest." I suppose that that text
was no more applicable to the young man of
whom I have spoken than it is appropriate
to a large multitude of people in this audi
ence. There are many things in which you
are lacking. For instance, you are not lack
ing in a good home. It is perhaps no more
than an hour ago that you closed the door,
returning to see whether it was well fastened,
of one of the best homes of this city. The
younger children of the house already asleep,
the older ones, hearing your returning foot
steps, will rush to the door to meet you. And
in these long evenings the children at the
stand v. ith their games, the wife plying the
needle and you reading the book or the
paper, you feel that you have a good home.
Neither are you lacking in the refinements
and courtesies of life. You understand the
polite phraseology of invitation, regard and
apology. You have an appropriate apparel.
I shall wear no tetter dress at the wedding
than when I come to the marriage of the
king's son. It' I am -.veil clothed on other
occasions I w:M bo so in a religious audience.
However reckless I may be about my per
sonal appearance at other times, when I
come into a consecrated assemblage I shall
have on the best dress I have. We all under
stand the proprieties of every-day life a.ad
the proprieties of Sabbath life.
Neither are you lacking in worldly suc
cess. You have not made as much money
as you would like to make, but you have an
income. While others are false when they
say they have no income, or are making no
money, you have never told that falsehood.
You have had a livelihood, or you have
fallen upon old resources, which is just the
same thing, for God is just as good to us
when He takes cjre of us by a surplus of the
past as by present success. While there are
thousands of men with hunger tearing at the
throat with the strength of a tiger's paw,
not one of you is hungry. Neither are they
lacking in pleasant friendship. You have
real good friends. If the scarlet fever
should come to-night to your house you
kuow very well who would come in and sit
up with the sick one; or, if death should
come, you know who would come in and
take your hand tight in theirs with that pe
culiar grip which means "I'll standby you;"
and, after the life is fled from the loved one,
take you by the arm and lead you into the
next room, and while you are gone to Green
wood they would stay in the house and put
aside the garments and the playthings that
might bring to your mind too severely your
great loss. Friends? You all have friends.
Neither are you lacking in your admira
tion of the Christian religion. There is
nothing that makes you so angry as to have
a man malign Christ. You get red in the
face, and you say, "Sir, I want you to under
stand though I am not myself a Christian, I
ion't like such things said as that in my
store;" and the man goes off, giving you a
parting salutation, but you hardly answer
him. You are provoked beyond alt bounds.
Many of you have been supporters of religion
and have given more to the cause of Christ
tii an some who profess His faith. There is
nothing that would please you more than to
see 3our son or daughter standing at the
alter of Christ, taking the vows of the Chris
tian. It might be a little hard on you, and might
make you nervous and agitated for a little
while, but you would be man enough to say :
"My child, that is right. Goon. I am glad
vou haven't been kept back by my example.
I hope some day to join you." You believe
all the doctrines of religion. A man out
yonder says, "I am a sinner." You respond,
"So am I." Some one says, "I believe that
Christ carae to save the world." You say,
"So do I." Lcokin.'- at your character, at
your surroundings, I find a thousand things
about which to congratulate you, and yet I
must tell you in the love and fear of God,
nnd with reference to my last account, "One
thing thcu lankest."
You need, my friends, in the first place,
the element of happiness. Soma day you
feel wretched. You do not know what is the
matter with you. You say, "I did not sleep
last night. I think that must be the reason
of my restlessness;" or, "I have eaten some
thing that did not agree with me, and I
think that must be the reason." And you
are unhappy. Oh, my friends, happiness
roes not depend upon physical condition.
Some of the happiest people I have ever
known have been those who have been
wrapped in consumption, or stung with neu
ralgia, or burning with the slow fire of some
fever.
I shall never f o;get one man in my first
parish, who in excruciation of body cried
out: "Mr. Talmage, I forget all my pain in
tne love and joy of Jesus Christ. I can't
tlrnlc of my sufferings when I think of
Christ." Why, his lace was illumined.
There are young men in this house who would
give testimony to show that there is no hap-pinc-ss
outside of Christ, while there is great
joy in His service. There are young men
who ha.ve not bc??i Christians more than six
months who would stand up to-night, if I
.should ask them, and say in those six months
the- have had more joy and satisfaction than
iu all the years of their frivolity and dissipa
tion. Uo to tiiecioorot tnac gm snop vo
lright, and when the gang of youug men
ct uie out ask them whether they are happy.
"1 113- laugh along the street, and they jeer
r-.id they shout, but nobody has any idea
they are happy.
1 could call upon the aged men in this
hov.se to give testimony. There are aged
men here who tried the world, and they tried
religion, and they are willing to testify oa
our side. It was not long ago tnat an age I
man arose in a praying circle and said:
"Hrethren,I lost my sTou just as hv graduated
f rem college, and it brose my heart; but I
am glad now he is gone. Ka is at rest, es
caj e i trom all orrow an i trom all trouble.
And then, in 1S57, I lost all my property, and
you see 1 am getting old, an I it is rather
hard upon me; but Tarn sure Go 1 will not
let me surTcr. Ho has not taken care of me
for seventy-five years now to let me drop out
of His hands."
I went into the room of an aged man his
eyesight nearly gone, his hearing nearly gone
and what do you suppose he was talking
about? The goodness of God and the joys of
religion. He said: "I would like to go over
and join my wife 0:1 the other side of the
flood, and I am waiting until the Lord calls
me. 1 am happy now. I shall be happy
there." What is it that gave that aged m m
so much satisfaction and peace? Physical
exuberance? No, it has all gone. Sunshine?
He cannot see it. The voices of friends? He
cannot hear them. It is the grace of God,
that is brighter than sunshine and that is
sweeter than music. If a harpist takes a
harp and find that all the strings are broken
but one string he does not try to play upon
in. Yet here 1 will show you an aged man
the strings of whose joy are all broken rave
one, and yet he thrums it with such satisfac
tion, such melody that the angels of God
stop the swift stroke of their wings and hover
about the place until the music ceases. Oh,
religion's "ways are ways of pleasantness,
andall her paths are peace." And if you
have not the satisfaction that is to be found
in Jesus Christ, I must tell you, with all the
concentrated emphasis of my soul: "One
thing thou lackest."
I remark, again, that you lack the ele
ments of usefulness. Where is your business?
You say it is No. 45 such a street, or No, 250
such a street, or No. 300 such a street. My
friend immortal, your business is wherever
there is a tear to be wiped away or a soul to
be saved. You may, before coming to Christ,
do a great many noble things. ou take a
loaf of bread to that starving man in the
alley, but he wants immortal bread- You
take a pound of candles to that dirk shanty.
They want the light that springs from the
throne of God, and you cannot take it be
cause you have it not in your own heart.
You know that the flight of an arrow de
pends very much upon the strength of the
bow, and I have to tell ycu that the best bow
that was ever made was made out of the
cross of Christ; and when religion takes a
soul and puts it on that, and pulls it back and
lets it fly. every time it brings down a Saul
or Goliath
There are people here of high social posi
tion, and large means, and cultured minds,
who, if they would come into the kingdom
of God, would set the city.on fire with relig
ious awakening. Oh, hear you not the more
than million voices of those in these two
cities who are unconverted? Voices of thos
who in these two cities are dying in their
sins? They want light. They want bread.
They want Christ. They want heaven. Oil,
that the Lord would make you a flaming
evangel ! As for myself, I have sworn before
high heaven that 1 will preach this gospel as
well as I can, in all its fullness, until every
fiber o" my body, and every faculty of my
mind, and every expression of my soul is ex
hausted. But we all have work to do. I
cannot do your work, nor can you do my
work. God points us out the places where
wo are to serve, and yet are there no people
in this house who are thirty, forty, fifty and
sixty years of age, and yet have not begun
the great work for which they were created?
With every worldly equipment, "One thing
thou lackest."
Again, you lack the element of personal
safety. Where are those people who asso
ciated with you twenty years ago? Where
are those people that fifteen years ago used
to cross South ferry or Fulton ferry with
you to New York? Walk down the street
where you were in business fifteen years ago
and see how all the signs have changed.
Where are the people gone? How many of
them are landed in eternity I cannot say, but
many, many. I went to the village of my
boyhood. The houses wera all changed. I
passed one house in which once resided a man
who had lived an earnest, useful life, and he
is in glory now. In the net house a miser
lived. He devoured widows' houses, and
6pent his whole life in trying to make the
world worse and worse. And b e is gone the
good man and the miser both gone to the
same place. Ah, did they go to the same
place? It is an infinite absurdity to suppose
them both in the same place. If the miser
had a harp, what tune did he play on it?
Oh, my friends, I commend you to this re
ligion as the only personal safety! AVhea
you die, where are you going to? "When we
leave all these scenes, upon what scenes will
we enter? When we were on shipboard, and
we all felt that we must all go to the bottom,
was I right in saying to one next me: "I
wonder if we will reach heaven if we do go
down to-uight?" Was I wise or unwise in.
asking that question? I tell you that man is
a fool who never thinks of the great future.
If you pay your money yon take a receipt.
If you buy land you record the deed. Why?
Because everything is so uncertain, you
want it down in black and white, you say.
For a house andlot twenty-five feet front by
one hundred feet deep, all security; but for a
soul vast as eternity nothing, nothing! If
some man or woman standing in some of
these aisles should drop down, where would
you goto? Which is your destiny? Suppose a
man is prepared for the future world, what
ilxerence does it make to him whether h
zoes to his nome to-day or goes into glory?
Only thi3 difference If he dies he is better
off. Whore he had one joy on earth he will
have a million in heaven. When he has a
smili sphere here he will have a grand
sphere there. Perhaps it would cost you
sixty, or one hundred, or one hundred and
fifty dollars to have your physical life in
sured, and yet free of charge I offer you in
surance on your immortal life, payable not
at your decease, but now and to-morrow and
every day and always.
My hops in Christ is not so bright as m.my
Christians, I know, but I would not give it
up for the whole universe, in one cash pay
ment, if it were offered me. It has been so
much comfort to me in time of trouble, it
has been so much strength to me when I have
been, assailed, it has been so much rest to me
when I have ben perplexed, and it is' around
my heart such an incasement of satisfaction
and blessedness that I can stand here before
God and say: "Take away my health, take
away my life, take everything rather than
rob me of this hope, this plain, simple hope
which I have in desus Christ, my Lord. I
must have this robe when the last chill
strikes through me. I must have this light
when all other lights go out in the blast that
somes up from the cold Jordan. I must
have this sword with which to fight my way
through all those foes on my way heaven
ward." When I was in London I saw there the
wonderful armor of Henry VIII. and Ed
ward III. And yet I have to tell you that
there is nothing in chain mail or brass plate
or gauntlet or halberd that makes a man so
safe as the armor in which the Lord God
clothes liis dear children. Oh, there is a
safety in religion ! You will ride down all
your foes. Look out for that man who has
the strength of the Lord God with him. In
olden times the horseman used to ride into
battle with lifted lances, and the enemy fled
the field. The Lord on the white horse of
victory and with lifted lancas of divine
strength rides into the battle, and down goes
the spiritual fee, while the victor shouts the
triumph through the Lord Jesus Christ. As
a matter of personal safety, my dear friends,
you must have this religion.
I apply my subject to se eral classes of
people before me. First, to that great mul
titude of young people in this house. Some
of these young men are iu boarding houses.
They have but few social advantages. They
think that no one cares for their souls.
Many of them are on small salaries, and they
are cramped and bothered perpetually, and
sometimes their heart fails them. Young
man, to-night at your bedroom door on the
third floor you will hear a knock. It will be
the hand of Jesus Christ, the young man's
friend, saying, "Oh, young man, let Me come
in; I will help thee. I will comfort thee, I
will deliver thee." Take the Bible out of tae
trunk if it has been hidden away. "If you
have not the courage to lay it on the shelf
or table, take the Bible that was given to
you by some loved one, take it out of the
trunk and lay it down on the bottom of the
chair, then kneel down beside it, and read
and pray and pray and read until all your
disturbance is gone and you feel that peace
which neither earth ncr hell can rob you of.
Thyi father's God, thy mother's God, waits
for thee, O young man. "Escape for thy
life!" Escape now! "One thing thou lackest."'
But I apply this subject to toe aglno?
many here not many in any assemblage.
People do not live to get old. That is the
general rule. Here and there an aged man
in the house. I tell you the truth. Youbave
lived long enough in this world to know that
it cannot satisfy an immortaltaature. I must
talk to vou more reverentially than I do to
these otaer people, while at the same time i
speak with great plainness. Oh, father of
the weary step. Oh, mother bent down
under the ailments of life, has thy God ever
forsaken thee? Through all these years who
has been vour best friend? Seventy years of
mercies ! Seventy years of food and clothing!
Oh, how many bright mornings! How many
glorious evening hours ycu have seen ! Oh,
lather, mother, God has been very good to
you. Do you feel it? Some of you have
children and grandchildren; the former
cheered your young life, the latter twine
your gray locks in their tiny fingers. Has
all the goodness that God has been making
pass before you produced no change in your
feelings, and must it be said of you, not
withstanding all this, "One thing thou
lackest?" , B
Oh, if you could only feel the hand ox
Christ smoothing the cares out of wrinkll
faces! Ob, if you could only feel the warm
arm of Christ steadying your tottering
steps 1 I lift my voice loud enough to break
through the deafness of the ear while I cry
out, "One thing thou lackest." It was an
importunate appeal a young man made in a
prayer meeting when he rose up and said:
"Do pray for my old father. He is seventy
vearsof age, and h9 don't love Christ."
That father passed a few more steps on in
life, and then he went down. He never gave
any intimation that he had chosen Jesus. It
is a very hard thing for an old man to be
come a Christian. I know it is. It is so hard
a thing that it cannot be done by any human
work; but God Almighty can "do it by His
omnipotent grace; He can bring you at the
eleventh hour at half-past eleven at one
minute of twelve He can bring you to the
peace and the joys of the glorious gospel.
I must make application of this subject al
so to those who are prospered. Have you,
my friends, found that dollars and cents are
no permanent consolation to the soul? You
have large worldly resources, but have you
no treasures, no heaven? Is an embroidered
Eillow all that you want to put poor dying
ead on? You have heard people all last
week talk about earthly values. Hear a
plain man talk about the heavenly. Do you
not know it will be worse for you, O pros
pered man, if you reject Christ, and reject
Him finally that it will be worse for you
than those who had it hard in this world, be
cause the contrast will make the discom
fiture so mucn more aDDallins:? As the hart
bounds for the water brooks, as the roe
speeds down the hillside, speed thou to
Christ. "Escape for thy life, look not be
hind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain;
escape to the mountain lest thou be con
sumed !"
1 must make my application to another
class of persons the poor. When you can
not pay your rent when it is due, have you
nobody but the landlord to talk to? Wtien
the flour has gone out of the barrel, and you
have not ten rents with which to go to the
baker, and your children are tugging at your
dress for something to eat, have you nothing
but the world's charities to "appeal to?
When winter comes, and there are no coats,
and the ash barrels have no more cindei's,
who takes care of you? Have you nobody
but the overseer of the poor? But I preach
to you a poor man's Christ. If you do not
have in the winter blankets enough to cover
you in the night, I want to tell you of Him
who had not where to lay His head. If you
lie on the bare floor, I want to tell you of
Him who had for a pillow a hard cross, and
whose foot bath was the streaming blood of
His own heart.
Oh, you poor man ! Ob, your poor woman !
Jesus understands your case altogether.
Talk it right out to Him to-uight. Get down
Dn your floor and say: "Lord Jesus Christ,
Thou wast poor and I am pool. Help me.
Thou art rich now, and bring me up to Thy
riches!" Do you think God would cast you
off? Will He? You might as well think that
a mother would take the child that feeds on
her breast and dash its life out, as to think
that God would put aside roughly those who
have fled to Him for pity and compassion.
Yea, the prophet says, "A woman may for
get her sucking child, that she would not
have compassion on the sou of her womb, but
I will not forget thee."
If you have ever been on the sea you have
been surprised in the first voyage to find
there are so few sails in sight. Sometimes
you go along two, three, four, five, six and
seven days, and do not see a single sail, but
when a vessel does come in sight the sea
glasses are lifted to the eye, the vessel is
watched, and if it come very near then the
laptaiu, through the trumpet, cries loudly
across the water, "Whither bound?" So
you and I meet on the sea of life. We
come and we go. Some of us have never
met before. Some of us will never meet
I again. But I hail you across the sea, and
1 with reference to the last great day, and with
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reierence to wie two greai. wonus, x ji.y
across the water: "Whither bound? whither
bound?"
I know what service that craft was made
for, but hast thou thrown overboard the com
pass? Is there no helm to guide it? Is the
ship at the mercy of the tempest? Is there
qo gun of distress booming through the
storm? With priceless treasures with treas
ures aboard worth more than all the Indies
wilt thou never come up out of the trough
of the sea? O Lord God, lay hold of that
man ! Son of God, if thou wert ever needed
anywhere, thou art needed here. There are
so many sins to be pardoned. There are so
many wounds to be healed. There are so
many souls to be saved. Help, Jesus! Help,
Holy Ghost! Help, ministering angels from
the throne ! Help, all sweet memories of the
past! Help, all prayers for our future de
liverance! Oh. that now, in this the ac
cepted time and the day of salvation, you
would hear the voice of mercy and live!
Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.
In this closing moment of the service,
when everything in the house is so favorable,
when everything is so still, when God is so
'oving and heaven is so near, drop your sins
and take Jesus. Do not cheat yourself out
of heaven. Do not do that. God forbid that
at the last, when it is too late to correct the
mistake, a voice should rise from the pillow
:r drop from the throne, uttering just four
words four sad, annihilating words, "One
thing thou lackest."
A HOEEIBLE ACT.
An Insane "Widow Kills Her Two
Children and Herself.
A dispatch from Horton, Kan., says:
"News reached here of a horrible act of an
insane woman who has been living on a farm
seven miles west of here. Mrs. Henry Wy-
song was left a widow two years ago, with
three children, the youngest four years of
age. This winter sh9 has been almost desti
tute. The fear of starvation so preyed on
her mind that she attempted to kill her
children and herself. The oldest, a boy of
twelve, escaped, from her after she had cut
his throat with a knife, and then ran to a
neighbor, giving the alarm. The neighbor
hurried to the house, which he found in
flames. The woman had killed the remain
ing two children, and after inflicting fatal
wounds on herself had set fire to the hous?.
The three charred bodies were found. Tka
boy who escaped will live."
THE FA1I3I AND GABUEX.
EARLY CTIICKENS.
At one of the New Jersey Farmers' In
stitutes a practical woman poultry-keeper
declares that: "It is more important to
have a good male than a female bird.
January and February aro the best
months for the batching of early chickens.
I have not been, successful with chickens
hatched in March. Avoid making the
food too wet. I have not succeeded
with incubators, but have had good suc
cess with brooders." Xew York WtrrlJ.
FEED FOn FATTEN LNG HOGS.
Indian meal, buckwheat bran and
skimmed milk make excellent feed fcr
fattening hogs. If milk cannot be sup
plied, the meal and bran will make a
good diet if mixed with water. And if
the water is sufficiently hot to partially
cook the grain the feed will be made
more digestible and the return which it
will yield will be largely increased. Of
course the mixture must be cooled be !
fore it is givea to the stock, a point
which boys who are intrusted with feed
ing sometimes forget. Used in this way
buckwheat will be more profitable than
it will if fed to jouug cattle or to cows
which are kept for the production of
butter. American Dairy m a n .
SEVEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH SILOS.
Seven years' experience with silos at
the Michigan Agricultural Station leads to
the following conclusions: The silo
should be built of lumber and located as
near the feeding-place as possible, and
on the same level. A silo twenty-two
feet deep, ten feet wide and fourteen
feet long will be sufficient for six
months' feeding of ten cows weishincr
1000 pounds each, which will consume
600 pounds of ensilage daily. For the
silo the corn should not be harvested un
til well matured. A great dear of the
feeding value has been lost in the past by
cutting while too green and succulent.
Silage corn should never be fed alone to
obtain the best results, nor in too large
proportion when combined with other
fodder. Silage and clover hay com
bined make a most excellent mixture for
coarse fodder. These with bran, shorts,
corn-meal, etc., in proper proportions,
make the most economical food for young
cattle, and for making milk and beef.
Chicago Times.
SAVE TIIE POULTRY FEATHERS.
A Vermont woman who has made
poultry pay says : "I save feathers not
only from ducks and geese, but from
chickens and turkeys. I have two big
bags, one for the geese and duck and one
for chicken and turkey feathers. "When
enough feathers have ben collected to
make a pillow or cushion I cut the shajie
out of bed ticking and stitch closely all
around the edges, with the exception of
a small opening left at the top in which
to put the feathers. Before filling I turn
the bag or case inside out and rub what
is now the right or outside of the bag
well with common bar soap, then put in
the feathers, tic up the whole in the bag
and place it with its contents iu a clothes
boiler and boil for a few minutes, mov
ing it about with a stick and lifting it
up and down. Finally, I take it out,
drain and squeeze out the water as well
as I can and hang uo in a litrht, airy
place to dry. In a few days the feathers
will be light and fluffy and free from any
unpleasant odor." Farm, Fijld and
Stockman. 0
TEACHING A COLT TO LEAD.
The Breeder and Sports-nan indorses
the following as the easiest, safest and
most sensible way to teach a colt to lead,
its degree of efficiency being dependent
upon previous training:
Put a halter on the colt and halter
break it. Harness a gentle horse in a
cart. Procure a slender stick like a
broom-handle (the sprout of a willow,
locut or elm is as good) about four and
one-half feet long; use it as a jockey
stick. Fasten one end with a thong of
buckskin to the colt's halter at the chin.
Make the other end fast to the centre of
the breastplate of the harness. Then
fasten a long strap or cord to the halter
at the chin, and tie the end back so that
it will hold the colt about abreast of the
horse. The jockey-stick will hold the
colt off from the horse about four feet.
The strap will hold him from going in
front. Start the horse off in a walk. If
the colt fails to come up to place touch
him with a whip. In five minutes the
colt will trot alongside of the horse,
more or less agreeable to 3-ou as he is
well or otherwise broken to halter, or as
he likes the company of the hcrse. You i
can turn either way without danger.
You can fasten the jockey-stick to the
shaft where it goes through the strap if j
you prefer. Then your stick would ;
answer if four feet Ioiig."
POINTS IN SHEEP BUYING.
There is doubtless more desire on the
part of farmers everywhere to purchase
sheep than there was two or three years
ago. Relatively to other stock they pay
better now than' then. But those going
into the business without mueh experi
ence can hardly be too careful in buying.
Old sheep, if thin in llesh, are worth
only what their pelts will fetch.
Younger sheep, strong and lively, are a
good purchase where they are to be kept
on hay and straw, and turned out to
pasture next spring. But these thin
sheep of any age are not profitable for
winter fattening. Only sheep that are
in good condition, almost fat enough for
the butcher, will bear grain feeding,
and even they should be f ed very lightly,
not over half a pound per day.at first.
The fatter the sheep or lamb the mora
flesh and wool it will put on from an
equal amount of grain feeding. The fat
ness of the animal indicates gadd di
gestion. A sheep thin in flesh has al
ways had its digestion injured, and a
sheep with poor stomach is as poor an
animal to keep as a horse with poor feet.
When farmers sell their flocks they often
sell the whole, good and poor, together.
They might as sensibly run the cullings
in with good apples in selling them. At
the large sheep markets the dealer as
sorts the sheep, picking out the best for
a high price to those who fatten. The
farmer who goes to one of these markets
thinking that any sheep rightly handled
will pay is sure to lose. He may buy
culls at a very low price, but these aro
worth more to kill, just as they are, for
their pelts, and convert their carcases
into manure or soap-grease. It is cer
tain that such sheep on dry feed will not
live until spring, and the pelt would
not be worth more- then than it
is earlier in the season. Boston Cuiti
tutor.
CALVES IN WINTER.
At first thought, any loy who has
been brought up on the farm would bo
able to tell, if questioned, what the
young animal needs the first winter of its
life. So many poor, undersized creatures
we see standing out-of-doors on a
sunny day, late in winter or early spring,
would seem to show that the farmer
himself did not put the knowledge iu
practice. If the calf, when cold weather
comes on, is in a good, thriving condi
tion, it is of great importance that it is
maintained until the animal is turned
away in the spring to seek its own living.
Warmth is the first essential, not only to
comfort, but to development. If there is
any difference in the stables, give tho
calf the best and warmest place. Water
it regularly, and keep it housed all the
day. What one farmer said in regard to
his daiiy, "He never saw any good in a
northwest wind for his herd," is equally
true of the calf. Calves are usually shy
in the fall, unless they have been fed and
handled through the summer. Win their
confidence, and keep it. Call them into
the stable, instead of forcing them with
rod or dog. When they are there, let
them expect something appetizing.
Apples, roots, or vegetables, of any kind
will be .appreciated. Of course the daily
ration of grain will not be omitted. The
old way was to keep and feed young
stock together with the few sheep kept
on the farm. All were turned out in tho
morning, and fed in the yard. It was
the "survival of the fittest," the strong
selecting the best and trampling the bal
ance. It is sad to say that this practice
is still continued, to some extent. An
thrax, or "blackleg," frequently breaks
out. always attacking the best and most
hearty of the herd. As a preven
tive, give sulphur, mixed with salt, add
ing a small quantity of saltpeter. Lico
are the pest of the young animal, and
must be got rid of. If there are any
among the herd that show signs of
disease, take them out and isolate them.
Keep by themselves apart from tho
o th e rs . American Agr ic ulturut.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Tarred paper will drive away lice.
Leg weakness is often caused by too
rapid growth.
Straw is better than hay to put iu the
nests of laving hens.
A hen likes to scratch and should be
given the opportunity.
Lime is cheaper than roup and fumi
gation better than lice.
Sand is not a substitute for gravel and
should not be made to take it1- place.
It i. never good economy to feed the
hens more than they will eat up clean.
Until the chickens are six weeks old
sweet milk can be used instead of water,
and the poultry will thrive better.
A dry dust bath is very essential tc
the health of the fowls during the win
ter. Arrange it in the corner of the
house.
On the farm, where she can have a
good range, sixty pounds of grain will
keep a hen a year in good, thrifty con
dition. The oose, if properly managed, lays
about as many eggs as a turkey, and can
be raised to maturity at about one-half
the cost.
Unless willing to pay attention to lit
tle things it will hardly be advisable tc
go into the poultry business as a
specialty.
Ordinarily it i3 not a good plan to try
to hatch ducks too early. They will
thrive bet-er after the weather gets warm
and settled.
Young fowls when first hatched do
not lequire any kind of food for twenty
four hoars. Bread soaked ia milk ii
good for the first feed.
If the fowls a healthy to begin with,
and they are well fed and cared for,no
artificial preparations are necessary U
maintain good health.
It ha3 been thoroughly settled that thi
hens will lays more eggs, and the eggj
will keep longer and better, withou
roosters than with them.
During the winter every effort shouii
be taken to give the fowls all the sun
light possible. Let them out wheaves
the weather will permit.
YGung chicks need the best of cara
and the most nutritious food to gir
them a vigorous start to grow. Onc
well started it is comparatively easy tc
keep them growing.