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LATE LOVE. -
I, 1 t f i '
: Lore came to me through the gloaming,
Tbe dew on hta wlngH lay wet, -.
And tha .oloe of hla wlstf nl greeting ,
Was wosrj with old n-grat.
' Oh, heart," he-slghed at my caaemenL
"Naat I wait for a welcome yelt"
Be bad come with theerly roaoe p
la the golden alilning of mora, -
Bnt I asked a gift bo bestowed not
' A flower that bean no thorn, r-i-"
So through the glare of the noontide
. He loft me to toll forlorn.
And now, In life's qalet even lag.
When long are the shadows oast.
- He somes with the few pale blossoms
He has saved from a hungry past.
And Into my heart, unquestioned, -
- I take him to rest at hut.
M. B. Martyn In Chambers' Journal.
A. SECRET KEPT.
"Why, sister, isn't this oar
birth-
dajrr '
"Yea, Igoppose itis.
"I declare, it completely slipped my
mind, so much happening, I never failed
before to stir op a oako. ' Did yon re
member it?" ,.;,
. "Qb, yea, I remembered it. Ipoaldn'l
well forget it) with soch a fine present
coming to ns." ij'--r --r
The sisters were sitting on either side
of a wido, open fire in high back chairs.
80. exactly alike were tbey in form and
feature and dress that only one who;
knew them well 00a id nave tola them
apart. - "..
Their fingers were Cubv with, knit-
tinff. Jane' work was a scarlet and
orange ufgban. Holds was rounding off
tbe toe of a pair of gray woolen a took
In the center of the room by the claw
legged table a yoong girl gat, apparent
ly reading, though her eyoa rested on
the two figures before the. fire.
- "What present did yon get, Jane?"
Hnlda stopped her work and looked
over her glasses. Jane smiled and nod
ded her head toward . the yonng girl
seated by the table. -
The tall clock that stood on the wind
ing staircase at tbe end of the long
drawing room struck 1. The three start
ed and looked around, and the girl
threw down her book and sprang to her
feet, langbing. , '
'Old Father Time has come to life,"
she said. "He objects to oar being so
quiet. Corner Aunt Hnlda; let as do
something to celebrate Aunt Jane's
birthday. Aunt Jane, what shall we do
to celebrate Aunt Hnlda's birthday?". J
The eyes of the two elder ladies were
still fixed on tbe clock, and they made
no answer. Tbe girl came and stood on
the hearth' rag, -and, stooping, took
Jape's faoa between bar small, plump
bands and kissed ber.. Then, catohiug
np the afgbau, sbo ran down the room
and np the stair and threw it over the
face of the clock. The sisters lnnghed
merrily.' . , .y
"'That was tbe hoar we two came
into the world," said Hnlda. "Yon
can't say bqt it was rather startling to
have tbe old clock ring out that hoar.
It hasn't made a move to my knowledge
sinoe you went away, Amy."
'Oh, well, it lust- Happened, A ant
Hnlda,' Amy answered, with the hap
py oarelessnoss of youth. "Besides, it
isn't 1 o'clock now. It is only 7:80."
She danced across tbe room and seated
herself at the piano. "Court,, A out
Jane; let us sing something." .
Why. child-1 can't sing. - f
'Too used to sing, beautifully,
'I'm afraid you forget that we've
grown old since yon went away, feo-
ple don t ring much as a rule when
they are 00. "
Tbe girl wheeled about on the moalo
stool and shook her finger at tbo oov
ered clock.
"Yon havo done .this." she said.
"Yon pretended to be sitting up there
doing ' nothing all these years, but
you'va proved tonight that you're up to
your old tricks, running away With tbe
years.
Tbe sisters laughed again.
"You used to stand and talk to that
clock when yoa didn't come np to the
drops of tbe weights, Amy." said
Hulda. - . ,
We'vtr a long account to settle,
Amy auswered, shaking ber bead.- "To
oome home and find : yoa both go 'qalet
and oomplaiiiing of growing old, when
we used to nave soch good times. Shall
I get some knitting and sit down in tbe
corner and grow old toor
Hnlda rolled np ber work and stood
1 gappoae we do geetn changed.
child, aha said anxiously, " What can
wa do to amuse ber. Jaoer
We might dose tbe mlnnet,? said
Jane, stand ing by ber sister's . side.
"That used to amuse ber greatly when
she was a child.
"Oh, do," cried Amy. "I'd fonrot-
tea about your doing that"
She tamed to the piano and began
the stately mnsio of the minuet Data
tily the two little old ladies stepped foe
ward in time to tha mnsio. Their small
faces at first were grave, with tha desire
to please, bat presently the melody eo-
lerr hearts, ' Their faces lost the
dull Una of years and shone with tha
aaeore of youth. -
Jane's hair fell oat of coil and bang
in soft silver earls a boat ber face. Hal
da picked ap ber skirts and tripped air
ily away, snowing ber trim little feet
la woe embroidered slippers.
"Yoa do it even better tbaa yoa aeed
to, ' Amy cried, clapping ber bs
the mosio c-uns to an end. 1
saw any 00a mora graceful and pretty
70a two are. . Sixty Isn't .old.
Why. yoa oooid go to Washing too and
be the Dalles of tb season yet U yoa
only wanted ta Yoa have tost staid
la the country, and yoa haven't
any idea bow lovely yoa are. "
The sisters looked at each other aad
niled. Jane slipped bar band Into
Hnlda's,
Wa haven't been dtamteated, or 1
suppose wa would have Bad a hum lias
at tats tbe arorld," aba amid. -
r wish yoa would aaaka vaalarg
this wtoter" said Amy gsrioaaty.
Tbr is ao aeed of oar ateylng? bare,
Unos JaoMsaays ha bag iavttad yoa eg.
paatadly to ecsna to WaabJngtna. I said
d stay aU winter, bat I ooa't balieva
can, it is ao ieaeAfS" - :
Wabavaaevar baea loaaly'aaM
Bolda after a short afleaoa. "bat of
eoares wa'va always bad tha trMCorbt
that yoa wees eatning M livgwlth as
wbeayon fluisbea sobooL It wlU be
diflarent wbaa yoa go away tfaJHtttaa.
Amy ran and tbfww bar
"It is a beaatif al
yoa know I love yoa boUae though yon
srere my -pothers, but it is so stU and
solemn here, and"yodknow 1 "haven't
been used to it "
"We might recite her some of the
plays, Hulda," said Jane.
"What plays?" asked Amy eagerly.
"Yes, I'm sure that would amuse
her, " said Hulda. "I hope yoa don't
think, Amy, that we are women who
settle down and spend all our time and
mind on our work?" .:; .
The two left tbe room, and Amy was
presently surprised by their returning
dressed in costume. With the first lines
he knew tbey were dressed to represent
Portia and Nerissa. With surprising
ability in lecltatiou and Roflon they
went throngb the well known scene
from the "Merchant of Venice."
Tbey could not have bod a more ap
preciative audience. . ' : "
Amy recalled them again and agjlia
with a storm of applause.
The two little ladies had used the
years of tboir solitude and leisure in
learning from beginning to end a num.
ber of the plays of Shakespeare and for
amusement bad bonght several chests of
costumes and before tbe long mirrors in
the drawing room had acted many parts
together
When tbey again appeared to Amy
from an inner room, they were In the
costumes of 'Rosalind and Cella in tbo
forest Of Arden. So perfect was tboir
presentation of this part that it certain
ly entered the borderland of art. -
"Bravo I" cried Amy in great exoite
ment. "We'll not go to Washington.
We'll have Wauhington come to aa
We'll send a lot of invitations and have
the gayest home' party that was ever
known in the country."
To this plan Hnlda and Jane gave
slowconsent
A month later every guest chamber
in tbe fine old- country house was occu
pied. The news, of his sister's wonder
ful accomplishments drew the beloved
brother in Washington to tbe home he
-had not visited for 80 years. 1 ,
They: were mostly,' the brother's
triendsfnnd Amy's, who made tbe plaoe
gay with laughter and song.
Bnt one room was reserved for. a
guest whom Hulda and Jane had spe
cially invited. It was late one evening
after all tbe others had retired that be
arrived.' Amy was greatly amused and
surprised 'the next morning when she
met on tbo stair one of the nearest
neighbors on old gentleman who lived
jasi across the country road. "
"Why, Mr. Weston," she exclaimed.
"Are you the gnest of honor?"
, He was a. tall, handsome man, with
a most dignified bearing;
"I've always been an honored gnest
in this bouse," he replied, holding out
bis hand. "The girls thought I couldn't
really be ono of the party unless I closed
my bouse and came over bag and bog
gqge. Now, if yoa don't mind, Amy,
just keeping it to yourself, let tbem
think I'm a dignitary from some remote
quarter of tbe globe, and tbey will ap
preciate me, bnt if tbey know I'm John
Weston, who lives across tbe road, I'll
figure for a simpleton. "
: "No, indeed, you wouldn't " Amy
laughed. "You'll bo the lifo of the
party. I hoped you'd come over every
day, as yoa always do, but it will be so
much nicer to have yoa in the bouse."
Half an hour later, when tbe merry
party had gathered at tbo breakfast ta.
ble, the guest of honor was presented.
No one bad ever a truer gift of conver
sation than John Weston. He naturally
assumed the position of his long friend.
ship with the family, and it was noticed
that Hnlda and Jane deferred to him in
all things, as though they were used to
depending oh bis judgment ; '
The following day it waa rumored
that the sisters intended giving the bal
cony scene from "Borneo and Juliot"
in their first appearance before their
g nests.
Amy bad been ont sleighing all the
afternoon With a nam ber of tbe yoang
people and bad not known that her
aunts intended representing those ju
venile lovers. Tbe drawing room was
being aet in readiness for tbe amuse
ment when tbe party returned.
John Weston, acting as stage archi
tect was banging a painted acreen
against the winding staircase. ' "I'll
have to run over home and get my
screen with the woodbine," he was
saying to tbe man who. was assisting
him,; - ; - " :- f ' ". .:
There waa a burst of merry laughter
in the doorway.
i'Qb, Mr. Weston, what are you do
ing?" Amy exclaimed, running for
ward. "Aunt Jans' and Aunt Hulda
sorely can't act Romeo and Juliot "
"Can't tbey? Wait till 70a tee them
try it Yod beard me say that I live
across tbe road, didn't yoa?" be added.
smiling at tbe young people who bad
followed Amy into, the room. ''Well.
wa need both houses to elrclo round in
any way. - - -
, With a girl on each arm John Weston
presently , went down the anowbeaten
path and across the road to bia own
gome among tbe evergreens.
"I asked Amy who. lived ber the
other day, " said one of .tha girls, "and
aba said, 'An old gentleman, who spent
all nis time with his books.' I've been
to interested wondering what yon were
like. What made yon keep it secret
that yon lived nerer
Oh, last for sport I didn't really
expect to be able to keep it all through
tbDontn."
eat Ibis is soon a Daanttrai boron.
There isn't a finer interior la the
gonatry. " said John Weston proudly
"Do yoa Hrs berg all alooer
"Wall. I'm over the way 1
deal, aad tbey are over here. "
Oh. bow artit" tha other of the
rlrlsexoUlmed aa tbey entered tha hall.
Yon' been abroad. Only venule who
travel have bouses that look like this. "
"I have bean in every country that 1
rvar baard of," John Weston replied.
''Now tost roara arouad and
tnakg roumeivee at home.".
On of tbg girt wandered away, bal
tha other aat down and fixed her bribl
he erect old maa before bet-.
"Wall, what la it my child?" be
"Will yoa think I am vary rude if I
ask yoa aoaueingr t ' f '
'Bo, ladcwd, Yos away tat a aay-
tJbixvr yoa ptoses.
"Do yoa lova both of tbaa Jaattbg
John Weston's taos flashed Ilk a
boy'a SmllUc, be shook bis bead.
'is that amaa aoflW-iaatr ' he aafcad.
'Bat bow do 70s kaowf Tby era
joat alike. Hon of far eaa leQ thee
apart
"TTvy at a nsore alia tbaa yoa
d I," be replied gravely.
"I eappcee I shall know which it is
Ifl wait patiently' the girt said, with
a pert little loss of her hosCL'
"Nevorl" Johu Weston . answered
quickly. "But if yoa live long enough
yon may know what friendship is when
it is tree from selfishness. '
" Tbo Boosts out bered in tbe lona draw
Ing room that evening 'were prepared
for nothing more than amusing melo
drama. , What could Jane know of Jn
tiet's supreme surrender of love? How
could a little old lady of 60 be other
wise than amosing aa the ardent young
Montague? ...
The room was bat faintly lighted
when from oat the garden thicket young
Borneo stopped. Bia first words held
bis listeners' best attention, "He Jests
at soars who never felt a wound.".
If Jane and Hulda Wainwrigbt had
employed their years in earnest efforts
to win the attention of an admiring
publio, tbey could not have succeeded
more completely than tbey bad In prt
rate study tor tbeir own pleasure and
improvement The old bouse rang with
applause as tbe scene came to an end.
This was the beginning of a eerie of
entertainments. Sorely a month like
this bad never been si.ent In tbe conn
try I The sleighing was- perfect The
wind had swept the river bore for miles.'
Every morning party of skaters wero
seen gliding in aud out between : the
wooded banks. j ,t-
Jobn Weston was the loader of the
outdoor snorts. Skatinff was t Dastlui
that he had clung to with tbe entbusi
asm of bis boyhood. It was good to seo
tbe hale old gentleman in his fur trim
med coat and oapglidingon before with
an ease of motion that only years of
river skating can perfect.
.., The mystery of untold love tbat ho
vered about him mado him of continual
interest to the young people. Tbe girl
wbo had dared to question him wove
many pretty little romances, in which
Jane and Hulda alternately appeared as
heroines. Sbe watched the sisters close
ly, hoping to read tbe secret in one
their faees, bnt tbe brown eyes of each
wore the some gentle confidence when
ever they spoke with their friend.
One evening, when tbe moon was
full, several of tbe party had gone down
the river to Skate for an hour or two.
The later hoars were to be spent in
dancing, and the drawing room was be
ing pat lu readiness. While tbey were
buckling on their skates Amy proposed
a race..
I'll raco the party," said John
Weston. "Age against youth. If one
roaches the bridge before me, I'll pay
any forfeit he may ask. "
Tbey rounded the wooded point and
were off for a clear half mile to the
bridge. After tbe first few minutes tbo
competition rested between two.
Amy and John Weston were speeding
on together. ' Shouting and cheers fol
lowed tbem. Tbe whito arch of the
stone bridge was bnt a few rods ahead.
Now Amy was in advance, waving her
muff above ber head. A moment later
tbey had reached the bridge and were
testing in tbe shadow.
Well, little girl what is my for
feit to be?" John Weston asked, laugh
ing.
"Oh" sniri Amv. hrMthina hard.
"whom do yoa love best, lb. all this
world?"
"Thallanf!!-.'' '
"Yea, Ills' she laughed. "If 70a
bad won, I should bare paid any for
feit you asked. " - '
;; " wnen yon are as old as 1 am, yoa
will not make-a jest of love. I'll pay
my forfeit but I'm disappointed in
you, Amy."
He leaned forward and whispered tha
name in her ear, then tamed about and
skated under tbe arch of the bridga
The poor little victor flew after him. ..
' "Oh, forgive me," sbe cried, cling
ing to bis arm. "It was all in fan. 1
didn't expect yoa to tell me. "
' Ho fat bis arm siouud beg. as tbey
still slutted on, bnt made no reply. Aft
er a few momenta they were overtaken
by tbe rest of tbe party, and all, joining
bands, skated back up the river.
' When, tbe bouse waa reached, the
Utanejug bad already begun. Amy stood
at one sido. with John Weston's ooufl
donee heavy at her heart, watching ber
aunts in tbeir pretty lilac silks as tbey
glided by ber, Tbey seemed mora alike
to her than ever before, but aha knew
even better than John Weston bow an
like they wem . -v,-'-
h Sbe knew, too, how Inseparable waa
tbeir love for each other. It was like
reading glory unfinished and very aad.
gbe thought
, -1 Bat afterward, in thinking about tbe
near friendship tbe three enjoyed and
their Ufa of study and close interest, it
did not aaetn so gad after all.
- Before another year bad passed the
names of Jane and Holds Wainwrigbt
were widely known, and their heme
came to be in time a Mecca to all artists
and students of Hbakerprare. Gertrude
Smith In Chicago Record.
, . The Ealelduseepa, :
Hare you any idea what a won
derful thingl Iraluidovcope really
ial Did you ever cntcbyoui self won
tiering bow many different kinds
nf patterns could be formed by tbe)
little bits of colored glass which the
Instrument contains and which ad
just themselves with such remarka
ble facility when tbe Instrument is
turned in tbe band! A calculation
has been made by a noted mathema
tician which we are sure will aston
ish readers. He sbows that a kalei
doacope containing 12 bits of glass
maybe turned rapidly enough to
make 10 change a minute day and
night for 91 years and 49 days with
out exhausting the different combi-
BatioBSor tb pownUytiea of got-
ting new figure on tbe next turn.
If tbe numb-- of piece of glaawbe
increaand to to, a calculation shows
that 482, 80, 899, 671 yimrs would be
aeceaaary to go through nil of tbe
changes of which it would be capa
ble, tbe bolder of tbe instrument
turning all th while so as to get
ten changes m minute and woriang
day and night thoae minton of
years. 8t Loom Bepublicj
Te Car A CaM as Owe Bey.
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Tablets. All dronrisU refund the
inonej If it fails incurs Z'te.
W.rrsi Tauaiwortfcr a4 srMve sea-
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estaMbbed bouas la nertb Cetollaa, Mnefb-
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; HOUSING CHICKENS.
in Arrangement Combining Convealeuee
jrWItb Stedesate atsaease. -)
Waldo F. Brown, writing' in The,
Country Gentleman, says: I make all
my poultry houses long and narrow and '
running east and west, for the poultry j
house is especially for winter use,- and
we want large windows on the south to
admit, as much suushiao as possible.
Ten feet by 94 or 96 is a good size for
a colony of 60 hens, and' if there is a
yard to let them out into for exercise or
they can have the run of the barnyard
in pleasant weather 70 hens oan be kept
healthy in a house of this size, as I have j
proved in several cases. I prefer to moke (
these houses with the root sloping but .
one way, and if the bouse is built inde
r pendent of the other buildings the roof ,
snoum siope to tne nonn, so as 10 nave
tbe high aide of the sun, bnt often tbe
building can be located at the south end
of a barn, thus saving lumber and secur
ing a warm location. '. I, have two built,
in this way: There is no need of a high
building for the laying hens, and we use
posts six feet high at the lowest side and
trine or ton feet at the highest side, aoas
to give sufficient slope to the roof. "'
: The walls should be lined with build
ing paper, to make it warm, and tho
windows welt fitted. ' Our engraving
shows the interior arrangement of the
building. I like the plan of patting tho
roosts high apd a sloping floor under
them to catch the droppings, as it makes,
it easier to clean and the bens like a
high roost This sloping floor serves as
a ladder for the hcus to get np to their
roosts by nailing small cleats to the
boards at each aide. It also enables us
to utilized the room under the roosts,
and we use it for a dust bath in winter
when the bens are shut In, and in the
summer we use it to set eight or ten
hens at s time, or when nott needed tot
this to shut up broody hens. ; ' .
The nest boxes are located at the aids
opposite the windows, snd a small seo-
CONVEK1BHT ClllCKEK HOUSE. 1
Jion of them shows in tbe engraving.
Our boxes are all made movablo aud mo
slid into the spaces mode for them.
Tbeso spaoos aro not floored, bnt havo
inch cleats nailed at the sides for tbo
boxes to rest on, as a floor would mako
s breeding place for Hoe. It is an ad
vantage to be able to carry the boxes
outdoors when the bouse must be oloan
ed, and as we do not allow tbe hens to
sit In these booses we want to put tbo
eggs under them odd carry box and ben
together to tho new place, as the ben
can be moved in this way with less
risk of her leaving the nest than if sbo
is oarrlod without the box.
The loss of young chicks is very great
on most farms, amounting to one half
or more of all that are hatched, and
nine-tenths of this loss is clearly pre
ventable Tbe causes of loss are ninny,
aa, for example, gapes, drowning or chill
ing In wet dows aud rain, the depreda
tions of rats, hawks, skunks and other
prowlers, and then the giving of im
proper food or failing to furnish grit
and to keep tbe coops clean. Nearly all
these losses are preventable by furnish
ing a suitable place to keep tho chicks
for tbe first five or six weeks, and then,
if they must bo moved, have safo
house to put tbem in. I have found thai
young chickens do very much better on
floor raised considerably above tbo
ground, and I now make all my coops
snd tbe booses to put tbe chickens in at
weaning time with s floor raised so
high above the ground as to give a free
circulation of air under tbem, so that
tbey will not be damp, and there is no
place for rata or other enemies to And
shelter. . .-
Eggs Froes Fat Baas,
All tha experiments show that eggs
from very fat bens will not batch well.
This is not always because tbo eggs aro
not fertile, for very often the process of
batching will be started all right but
the embryo will die sooner or later,
sometimes as early as the third day and
at others not until fully formed and
ready to leave tho ahelL The lack of.
vitality in tbe eggs from a flock of very
fat hens Is noduuLtdue to lack of vigor
in the ben, which is transmitted to th
embryo in the shell. Farmers' Review.
' Base Sieeegli Masts,
l is not nnt i 117 to bnve' aa many
nests in the henhouse as there are hcus,
bnt It la better to have too many than
nut enough, and three nests are not too
many for four or five bens. If there are
than this, several will toy in one
nest, and often in tbe strugglo fur two
or three to get in It at one time eggs
ill be broken, not only causing the
loss of the broken ones, bat daubing the
others, and perhaps teaching tbe bens
to aat tbeir egg and the
greater loss. .
If bene are getting too fat tha la
ao better way of reducing tbeir flash
tbaa to change tb character 0 the ra-
t. It Is aot often the oaantlty of
food that fattens, bat the character of
It and to give mora clover aud green
foods aad to substitate brut' and oata
iuv tarn awwTicr grains wui 00 asca,
tboogb omiuing a meal or giving leas.
tor few days might ajwist sod also
Mf to giv Iben a batter appetite for
tbtm -
There is a sanaiag trait that ws
prise higher thaa the corny called tbe
farly KicboMad. It ie a suss bearer,
ripens jost site strawb-rriea, end is-
heavy sisin, I have grown : th mm tor
M years, and tbey caa be rctjed oa to
prodoes a. crop four years oe of flva
Tb trees ara a4 long lived, aad to
aaaka sure of a family supply a few
arm aaoald be 4aated eewty six or
&rft years WMo r. Urowa la
arirariv . -.1, f. ,.l
years, .WaMoK Drow
ialloma
itej-sl ssakss the food pare, It
wbelssssteaaddsllilsas.
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: aad Basking. ....
i Not every 'man knows bow to stand
up a shook of com which will not twist
or lean into an unrecognizable mast
after it ha had time to season, says a
writer in the Iowa Homestead, from
which the outs are reprodoced. When I
put op corn by hand, I always use a
jack like that seen in Fig. 1. Full the
yOB SIIOCKIKO AMD TTIXO.
jack along to tbe place where tbe shook
Is to stand, so that the round pin
throngb tho 9 by 4 piece Is directly over
the place for tho shock. Set np font
armloads in the four recesses of the jack
made by the pin running through at a,
b, 0 and d. . When tbe shock Is half ot
two-thirds made, remove tbe jack by
withdrawing tbe pin and finish it with
out
Tie tbe shock when done by means of
oontrivanoa shown in Fig. 9, eont
I posed ofa pole, five , or . six feet long
with rope put through an auger bole
in the pole.- This is thrust through tbe
shock two-thirds of the way up, and the
rope drawn around the shook at tight
as it can be drawn and made fast to the
pole fchlle tbe shock is being- tied, A
shock made in this manner and prop
erly tied will stand a long time an j
will stand well. If tbe 00m is to be
busked oat before it is fed to stock, a
husking bench, shown in the second
cut Will be convenient This is carried
np alongside of a shock which Is tipped
over on the bench. The busker seats
himself on tbe seat and begins word
ing tbe stover toward him, and when
be gets a bundle of convenient size It is 1
bound snd laid aside, and so on until
sll is basked. This prevents missing
sny, and it is far more convenient to
sit than to kneel down in tbe mad or
mow, ,. ,
In hauling In the bundles I have,
found it very convenient to load from
tbe rear part of tbe wagon by walking
op running board, which bangs on
tbe rear of the rack and Is dragged
along to the next shock all tbe time.
The rear post of the hayrack should bs
HDSKIMO BESCS.
removed, and two abort, stoat corner
pieces nslled on jast high enough to
not interfere with loading, bat which
will prevent the corner bunches of fod-
-der slipping off. I have never shredded
any fodder and know nothing of Its
value from a practical standpoint bsv
ing fed sll my fodder In tbe pld fash
ioned manner, I have seen tb earn
harvester at work, which seems to me
to be s very good thing for I boss wbo
maks a boainecs of using much fodder
annually In tb feeding ration.
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I1111I ev Seeker Cres ef T.bans. ,
In tbs oaas of a loss of part of tbe
first growth of tobacco by aansoald,
owing to heavy rain and botsan follow
ing a period of drought the second or
sachercrep may be made to ooatrlbat
an important addition to tb output
For this reason the Florid Farmer
and Fruit Grower gives the following
hint! aa to tbs best methods Of saving
and bringing this crop to perfection : la
hot, showery weather great ear most
be take in cutting off the old stalk
which has been stripped. If it is out off
and the wound left naked, tb chances
ara that tb sun will kill tb plant.
root and branch. There snenld be a
clomp of leaves at the bottom of tb
plant gofflcieat to shade sod prosed th
wound, and this la especially tree U tbe
wowad has its slops facing tb south.
so that the ana woold ahia right toto
the hollow center of the stall la thla
eaae II Seams to poison orsomld thepllh,
and tbe. soared sap probably strikes
right down the center and; kills tbe
plant le tbe extremities of its jooia. It
Is Important to eat tbs stall) with tbs
slops facing th north, "tat Is still more
important to have tbe wound shaded.
If there are no leaves growing la tbe
right place and It to. high tint ta eat
tbe stalk, a baaeb of leaves stay be laid
ewer thewoaad, bat Ue wmd will be
likely to blow thesa off. If tbey retaaU
on, tfaev should be removed la few
days, else tbey will rot now la tb
rain and create mold. j .
On Mlante Cough Car, care.
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