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FARH AND GARDEN. "What Made tbe Bntter Bad. A writer in Hoard? D liryman, find Irscr snmfthJnf?' wronrr about the butter ' r o from a herd of fifty-two cows, made a thoroun investigation wnn tne ionow-jn- results: "Every possible source was overhauled, till at last it was traced to the milk of one particular cow, which had been observed, when the cows were out at thir daily watering, to make per sistently for the dirtiest puddles in the yard, and drink these in preference to the running water to which she had free access with the rest. "When her milk was kept separate it was found that the milk of the other fifty-one was all right.5' Cheap Ensilage. A correspondent of the Michigan Far hut says the cheapest way to make a silo is to use the bay in a barn and make the sides tight. lie ues clover cut up and packed tight. After the silo is full it should be weighted heavily and cov ered tightly. Twelve acres of clover put in a silo make more feed than twelve acres of hay, and is better for cows in milk. A New Hampshire farmer says that the idea that the silo must be filled at once and immediately covered and weighted is being gradually disregarded, while the plan ol gradual filling is being adopted. This requires less help and is attended with much less expense. The process can be carried on for an indefinite length of time and no loss of time occur, and the work stop at any time for two or three days with no perceptible loss. Uy this method a good degree of heat is de veloped and the silo will hold a gieat deal more than when filled at once and clo-ed. iiesides, it is thought the ensil age is much better. How to Make a Good Lawn. Spring is the time to start law-ns, and, as they are usually permanent, the work should be well done. The soil should be deep and rich, not so sandy as to dry out quickly, or clayey as to crack or bake. The seed-bed should have a smooth, even grade, and may be nearly tiat, gently rolling, or both. Avoid, by all means, a di.-hed or uneven surface. A stout garden line stretched taut be tween any two points will show whether the land is level or not. If not, move the higher portions into the depressions. One accustomed to the work rarely needs a line, but for accurate work it is best to use it, and if space warrants, several at once. After leveling, spade it, if a small plat, or plow if large enough, and harrow or rake to a line Burface when it is ready for the seed. Sodding is the quickest way to get a lawn. This is done by placing thin layers of grass or lawn sod, evenly cut, on previously prepared ground, fitting nicely together, and rolling or packing down with a fiat rammer. It is desirable to spread a little good soil over the lawn to fill up the cracks between the sods and to give the grass a good start. 1'ruirie Farm r. How to Keep Cellars Dry and Cool. A great mistake is sometimes made in ventilating cellars and milk houses. The object of ventilation is to keep the cel lars cool and dry, but this object often fails of being accomplished by a com mon mistake, and instead the cellar is made both warm and damp. A cool place should never be ventilated, unless the air admitted is cooler thau the air within, or is at least as cool as that or a very little warmer. The warmer the air the more moisture it holds in suspension. Necessarily, the cooler the air the more the moisture is condensed and precipi tated. When a cool cellar is aired on ac warm day, the entering air in mo tion appears cod; but as it fills the cellar the cooler air with which it becomes mi.ed chills it, the moisture is condensed, and dew is de posited on the cold walls, and may often be seen running down them in streams. Then the cellar is damp and soon Le comcs mouldv-. To avoid this, the win dows should only be opened at night, late the last thing before retiring. There is no need to fear that the nidit air is nnhealthf ul it is as pure as the air at midday, and is really drier. The cool air enters the apartment during the night, and circulates through it. The windows should be closed before sun rise in the mornfng, aud kept closed and shaded through the da v. If the air of the cellar is damp, it may be thoroughly dried by pla ing in it a peck of fresh lime in an open I ox. This quantity of lime will absorb about seven pounds or more than three quarts of water, and in this way a cellar or milk room may soon be dried, even in the hottest weather. Health and Hom. How to Grow Asparagus. I commenced my thirty years' experi ence in raising asparagus for market with one acre, writes V. II. Teele to the New York Herald, and have set out duriug that time twelve acres. I find the best soil for it is a sandy loam with a sandy sub-soil not gravel. I find only one kind of asparagus, difference in soil and location causing the difference in looks. I would never set two-year-old roots if I could get good one-year-old. I have set from six to fourteen inches in depth. Jly best beds to-day are those set twelve inches. I find that after two or three years it produces fully as much and grows more evenly by not being affected so much by the heat and cold; it is easier cultivated and is less liable to injury in cutting. I have used nearly all kinds of fertil izer, stable manure, phosphates, ground bone, potash salt and bones prepared with acid. I find one ton per acre of dis solved bone, 509 pounds of muriate of potash and ten bushels of salt gives me the best results. Plough under the fertilizer three or four inches deep and sow the potash and salt on top. The salt acts a double purpose by draw ins moisture and also stunts the weeds The Value of Good Seeds. A correspondent of the Xew England Farmer writes: Few farmers give enough attention to the proper selection of seeds. The price is of little import ance provided one gets just what he want-, pure, true to name and of good germinating force. Take cabbage seed for instance. Every year there are acres of cabbage stumps set and the seed put on the market which is comparatively worthless. The seed should be grown from cabbage heads carefully selected in the fall ; those which least resemble the true type of the variety should be cast aside and sold, only the true stock being kept for resetting for seed. Xo farmer who proposes to grow onions for market should buy seed that he knows nothing about. Price is no object. If onion seed is selling at one dollar per pound and some grower has by careful selection, hand shelling, etc., produced seed that is worth really twice as much by the labor and care be stowed on it, ought he not to ask two dol lars per pound. Some buyers will refuse to pay it, thinking the cheapest will be good enough. But suppose the seed fails, proves to be of some inferior variety, full of scullions and with a tendency to "stiff neck," the labor and seed are both lost. I have grown 1030 bushels per acre of white globe onions from selected seed for which I paid $8 per pound, while an adjoining planting immediately beside the first on same land and under the same conditions did not produce bushels enough to be profitable; the seed cost only $"2 per pound. I have grown bSO bushels red globe per acre, and 778 "NVethersfield large red, and I have seen over 1200 bushels of the latter on a single acre. Many seeds that go through dealers' hands are mixed with old or cheaper seed, the germinating power of which has been destroyed by heat, so that they will not come up and expose the fraud. The farmer wonders why his seed did not come up well, but does not think it was tampered with. Buy your seeds of some expeit grower or seedsman who has a reputation, or grow them yourself. Miss Homersham, who is lecturing in England on nursing, recommends that the sick room should contain only twe chairs. 44 One, a very comfortable one for the nurse, and a very uncomfortable one for visitors who stay too Ions." for a while. In the spring I mow, rake and burn the old tops; plow and harrow with an Acme harrow. Do not use lev- eler or brush, as the high winds are apt j to blow the sand and du't against the stalks, causing them to crack. Cultivate between the rows. The first week in June plow two liht furrows onto each row, thus burying the weeds. Then rake lightly to leave a level surface. When through cu. ling split open the rows and harrow. Keep out a 1 the weeds with cultivator and hoe during the season. Do not cut the tops in the fall, as they pro tect the roots and keep on the snow; the fine leaves that drop off also furnish fer tilizer for the roots. A good bed should yield about K00 dozen bunches per acre, each bunch weighing 1 lbs. I have raised as large stalks as any that I have seen or heard of, weighing from $ lb. to 1U oz. on a single stalk, 10 inches in length. They are caused by a number of heads developing into one as they start from the root, and are seldom seen again on the same root. Poultry for Farmers. F. "W. Gaylor in a paper read before the New York State Farmers' Institute, held at Chatham, N. Y., said: The first thing to be considered under this subject is: AVhat relation does the poul try interests of this country bear to other products of the farm? In answer to this 1 have prepared a few statistics taken from the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture. I would ask you to go back with me to the year lSo9. and compare the statistician's reDort of the poultry product of the United States with the ! I..-,. r. -.. .1.! other leaa:ng larm products up to uate, so far as we are able to procure them. In the year the poultry product of the United States amounted to $7o, 000,000, corn 3GO,G0.87y, wheat $124, 5o."),."4o, oats 4o, 100,700. Thus it will be seen J y the above figures that the poul try product of the United States for the year 1851) was about one-fifth of the corn product, and considerably more than one-half of the wheat product, and nearlv double the oat product. Now we will pass from 1850 to 1871'. In 1870 the poultry product was $180,000,000, which is nearly 2 h times what it was 20 years previous. The corn product was :5G04,blv.'04, which is considerably less than twice what it was 20 years previous; wheat 4:30,008,40:5, which is nearly :U times what it was 20 years previous. The oat product was " 140,820,240, which is a little more than ii times what it was 20 years previous. We will now pass to 1882, in which year the j poultry product ol tne Lnitea states was $500,000,000, the corn pro duct $783,807,175, the wheat product 444,002,125, and the oat product $182,- Thus it will be seen that the poultry product of the United States, in 18S2, stands second to corn only. After comparing these figures, who can say ih-t the much-despised and often times abu-ed American hen does not play an important part in the farming industries of this country? One would suppose that when the poultry product of the United States had reached the enormous sum of $500,000, 000, as it did in 1882, that we were pro ducing eggs enough to not only supply our own demands, but to also furnish half of Europe. But such is not the case for in the year I860 there was im ported into this country 16,002,583 doens eggs, valued at $2,173,454, and we only exported 252,202 dozens, valued at $47,105: the excess of imports over exports being 15,810,381 dozens, valued at $2,127,340. Reliei Infrmontn twrniT rr.lnutr tivt fall to m l!v Pain with one tbrvich a; jllat.in. No mat ter r-w violent or noructatlnc tr jln. the Ktieo nifitic. IVO ridden, Infirm. Crlpllei. Nr-rvou. Neural eic or prostrated with llM-a' mar uf?rr, T.Iwit'i Kady lU Lf will afTonl tntaxit row. It liuiAuii rl;rv- and on curt- Iltetitnatimiit, C'oii0i, Cold in the rj, A? hum, M'lieu mania, ileatlaehe, roofinrir, 3 etiralyia, Colitm. Sore TJtront, II ro it chit In, Sriatira. Infiatmnatio Hr t'ongemt ionm. EXAMINE BEFORE YOU BUY. When in a grocer's store you stand And cakes of Ivory Soap demand, Be careful not to be misled And imitations take instead. For dealers oft will praises sing Of that which may more profit bring. Let not your senses clouded be Because a snowy cake you see, For villainy is not confined To darkest colors, bear in mind, And oft the sham is not remote From fairest face or whitest coat. Examine well with carjeful eye The cake until the name you spy, And always thus be well assured That Ivory Soap you have procured , And should a lingering doubt remain, 'Twill vanish like the darkest stain, When in the tub on washing day That cake of soap is brought in play. vifficul rr.it ;. I Till so. Itadiray'm Ready Relief im a Ctirer for every i'ain. Sjtrniitn. ttrnimem. Mainm in the Hark, fhemt or I.imbm. It ram the Jt'irmt ami im the Only i.virv IIKMKDY That lnt.mtlv Urw the iijoh: evrrU'-istlnc v.A'n. xW Inflammation, and rtir.- ConMtion. whether or the l.unir. i. unarh. ItoweU or oti.rr Un,U or orjr.m h .i.e j j.lirat . -n. I.NTKKSAI.M . a hftlf to a tnM-nful In half. tnmMrr t at r will in a lew minut.- cure ('rn. S$ am. SMir Stomach. Nun-a. Vomltlnc. Heart rairn. Nervoii'n--, M--.Ifjn-. Sick Mi-.idvha I:rrhcK, Colio, Flatulency Anil all Intcrri-tl i-aina. MALARIA IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS CURED AND PREVENTED. There J not a remedial a.-eir. m th worH that win cure t oxrr and Arue and all .t)ifr MUr1 Hih-Mja and ether lecr. aidd iy K A IIWAY i'l 1. 1.. o quk-kly a iCAIlUA It KA 1C 1.1.1 UK. R. R. 1C in it imlT cure tle patient -Hied wiu I Laria. but if people Mci to the Malaria! rUo will every mornln take . r :U lr'i. of lleady Relief In water, and eat. mv a cracker, l-efor -uiod out. they will prevent attack. i rui- iuvui, i-r o.tile. Sold b ilruUtv .13 A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps, each represented to be "just as good as the 'Ivory';" they ARE NOT, but like a!i counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities of the genuine. Ask for "Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it. Corvrrieht 1W). hv Procter Gnmhle. HERBRAHD FIFTH WHEEL KaSSa'SltB Improvement. HEIt Jt It A X1J CO.. ireniont, O. V to a day. S.mpies worm $1J50, tRE3 lues not "iMer tne horse s reet. vv nu rewster S ilety Rein Holder Co.. Holly, Mich Kone Pennine -VnlefiR fetampd vita the aLove TRATJB MAP.ff. fnN is m Jiest , W Waterproof Goat ill Ever Male. lot h:lVO 1 !lO ' Don't waste year money on a pram or rulber coat. Th FIPEI EUAND FLICKER is Rbsolntelvtvr and trfnf proof, and will keen von irv in the hardest etorraJ As'ilortheFI;II BRAND" SLicKiaand takeno oilier. If vour rtorekeeperdoeJ fish uratd pena tor n5rrimivefaTfllonie to a. .i. l )v r;n. 21 tmmriyi'? m.. nofr.ti. .a iimi iiim'J iu. ! iiijwiu-i mimi ji.-.mi mil i li 'in iJI riiiiii - i'miiiiii HiHlliUli RADWAY'S PILLS The Great Liver anJ S:o.th;'i Hem if F"r thf rurr of all dirdt -p f thf mijm-Ji. t.I liowel8.Kldi.evH. Bladder. Norv-Mi Itwv, Km! . oniplaii.L-. L m Ai'H-tite, HAdche. i'ontlp- lion. Costiveuews, Indit-sti llU'U4ti(M. reror. Inflammation of the HowcU, nl-M ii.J l! ler'ii: mentm.f tne Iuterual Vimcr.v 1'un k ver-t,:rt, cn tainintr uo mercury, mineral or delctn udriiir. PERFECT DIGESTION S'LtSiiJS Riild. hy mj diiu SICK HEADACHE, PyprtfT''''. Fnul Sfoinaoh. Rilii'iisni-cs will luv,,i,lNl. and the food that Is cati-ii i-oiitr;tsuti' Its nourthln priiitertles for the suMrt of the natural waxte oc the txxly. Zf Ulis-rre the following ymrtni n Milting from dlseascof the llgetdlve Organ-. Constipation. Inwardi Piles. Killings- if the Rlood In the Mead. Aridity of the Stomach. Nausea. Heartburn. llHgu-t of Food. Fullness or Weight in the Momavh. Sour Kructallora, Sinhlng or Fluttering of the Heart. Choking or Suffo. rating sensations when In a lying ixsturt llmneiof Vision. Dot or Wen liefore the Hfght. Keverand Dull Pain In the Head Deficiency of P ril ration. VHlow IieBtiOfthe Skin and Eyes. Pain in theSi.le.Chest.Llrnt and Sudden Flushes of He-it Hurtling In the Kieah. A few dose of U AIMV.VV'N 1111. wl.l fre tr svi-tcn of a'l the alove named disorders. Prlee'H cents oer l -x. 8ldha!l dr:i.:rit. tfSend a letter stamp toDK. 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