WHEN A SILO IS INDISPENSABLE.
The silo is indispensable for a winter
dairy. And this makes necessary &
series of crops most suitable for the
purpose. As the main reliance is on
corn for the ensilage, there will be
little else grown, but the summer feed
ing of cows is a simple matter. This
should be by pairing, which is the
cheapest mode of feeding cows and by
far the most convenient, as there will
be no time taken up in driving them
back and forth, as they will remain in
the pasture during the three summer
months. It is thud seen that the
winter dairy ie most economical in
every way, and more profitable than
ordinary dairying as well. New York
Times.
PRTTNTyG GRAPE VINES.
Many agricultural writers insist that
grape vines should only be pruned in
the fall or beginning of winter, and
undoubtedly that is the best time, but
we have pruned in the spring, after
the leaves were half grown, without
any injury to the vines. We did not
cut back as closely as we should have
done in the fall, and sometimes one
or two of the last joints died, probably
from bleeding, but there was no ex
cessive bleeding, and the main vine
did not seem to be hurt by it, or the
fruit lessened in size or sweetness. It
was thoucht better than to allow a
neglected vine to grow too much
wood. But we would not care to prune
between the formation of the fruit
buds and the ripening of the fruit,un
less to nip off the ends of branches
that are making too much growth.
Boston Cultivator.
MAKE BEST BUTTER.
If dairymen will bear in mind tha
the best butter pays a profit and the
poorest insures a loss, they will have
one large foundation stone of dairy
economy established. The average
grade just pays the cost of production ;
the poorest grades fall below and the
better grade rises above. The profit
accrues from the better grades of but
ter produced from the better, grades of
cows. For while it is entirely prac
ticable to always make a high grade
butter from a low grade cow, it is not
possible to secure a profit, because of
the small quantity. Neither can a
profit be obtained by making large
quantities of poor butter. First we
need a good cow, then give the cow
and her milk good care and success is
certain. There is comfort in the fact
that it is just as easy to make good
butter by good methods as to make
poor butter by the "old granny"
methods, in fact it is very much easier
and ten times more satisfactory.
Orange Judd Farmer.
STEEL OR IRON NAILS.
Since the introduction of steel nails
the iron nails have been slow of sale,
yet the latter are often palmed off on
the purchaser unless steel nails are
especially ordered. The wire steel
nails cost a trifle more than the square
cut steel ones, but are enough better to
pay, as the wire nails do not split the
timber, or mutilate the fiber of the
wood, as does the common nail. A
wire nail, 'if notched, 'clings to the
wood, and for clinching is preferable
to the common form of steel nail. As
to durability, both will rust away if in
an exposed position. Iron nails break
when under heavy strain, or when bent
at right angles, while those of steel
hang with a most wonderful tenacity,
and for fencing, and like purposes,
should always be used. For shingling,
wire nails are best. They do not split
or tear away the underside of the
shingles, as do the square cut nails of
both iron and steel. When driving
large steel nails into hard wood, they
are liable to bend unless struck squarely.
American Agriculturist.
.TOW TO GROOM A EOESE.
The few stable hands who know how
to groom a horse j:roperly are gen
erally too indolent to do it. It is quite
an art to clean a horse as he should be
cleaned, and it is no easy job. For
that reason he is seldom groomed as
he chould be. A groom must be ac
tive, strong and experienced. Every
inch of the horse, beginning at the
head, should be gone over thoroughly
with brush, comb and rag.
A man who would not much rather
take care of his own horse, provided
he has the time, has not true love for
the horse. No animal will repay one
for care and attention like the horse.
He will show it not only in appearance
externally, but in health and spirits.
Good grooming will do as much in im
proving the condition of a horse as an
additional four quarts of oats per day.
In grooming a horse properly hfe
should be tied from side to side so that
he cannot throw his head around and
work himself all over the floor, which
he is sure to do under the comb if he
is not of a disposition too phlegmatic
to feel the scraching. A good brush
and comb are required, as well as a
broomcorn brush for aianc and tail.
Never use the comb on the horse's
head. If he has any spirit at all he
will not endure it.
Take the brush in the right hand
and the headstall in the left, steady
his head while brushing gently, and
then with the comb in the left hand
curry the neck from behind the ear
and the entire right side. Go through
the same process on the left Bide ;
leave no space untouched. After cur
rying take the brush and brush the
hair the wrong way, scraping the
brush at intervals with the comb to
clean it. Then govtbe right way with
the brush; follow the brush with a
woolen rag rubbing the hair up and
then smoothing it. Don't spare elbow
grease, and the horse will show hi
keeping and act as he feels. Kansas
Farmer.
CTOEBrSG.
Cribbing, otherwise wind-sucking or
swallowing air, says the English Live
Stock Journal, is' a vice peculiar to
horses alone. It is a vice which may
be checked by mechanical appliances,
but is rarely entirely eradicated. The
removal of the manger and placing the
horse's food upon the ground will not
prevent a determined cribber from
swallowing air. The sides of the stall
he will sometimes utilize for the same
purpose, and some horses will crib on
their own bodies. Others learn to crib
without any support at all. It has been
clearly proved that what is known as
cribbing is not, as was once thought,
an act of belching and expelling gas
from the stomach and swallowing air
into it.
Horses killed after cribbing have had
the gases in their stomachs and inten
tines subjected to chemical analysis,
with the result that pure air has been
found. Moreover, other experiments
have been made which lead to the same
conclusion. An empty bladder inserted
in the gullet in a prescribed way is
found to be distended with pure air
after the act of cribbing. The vice of
crib-biting, in the way it is most usually
performed, is destructive to the teeth
of the horse, and so interferes with
the proper mastication of his food.
Swallowing air, however, in any way
frequently results in serious intestinal
troubles indigestion, flatulency, co
licky pains and other ailments. The
owner of a cribbing horse is in posses
sion of a troublesome, undesirable ani
mal. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
If pollen is kept dry it will last for
years.
Whitewash is a good purifier for the
cow stable.
Keep the trees growing if you wish
them to succeed.
The harrow is a grand tool to use
early in the corn.
Keep the cultivator going every day
possible in season.
If honey is kept in a warm, dry place
it will never spoil.
In starting an orchard it is best to
have only a few varieties
It is suggested that catnip will repay
cultivation for honey alone.
An application of hardwood ashes
will supply the potash .necessary for
the. berries.
Ayrshire and Holstein milk does not
cream as readily when set as Jersey or
Guernsey milk.
A good corn crop will produce more
than twice as much food per acre as a
heavy hay crop.
The quality and quantity of the
milk will be improved if cows are fed
and milked regularly.
Crowd the cultivation of corn now
on till haying and do not let the grass
get too old before cutting.
Fine manure, raked or cultivated in
near the suriace, will add fertility to
the soil and make the plants grow.
At a late honey show in England a
large manufactured hive, which could
be taken apart, attracted much atten
tion. One German paper recommends dip
ping the new queen in liquid honey
and then dropping her among the
bees.
It is not too late in most parts of
the country to get in corn and have it
make a pretty fair crop for silage or
fodder.
Two crops of hay from the slough
will give a hay better relished by stock
than one. Cut one early, the other
before frost.
Every sheejman should attend the
farmers' institutes. If the fair asso
ciations do not give sheep a fair show,
attend the meetings of the board and
tell what they want.
Many people do not like the honey
gathered from buckwheat. It is
neither so white nor so delicate as
clover honey, which, however, it sur
passes in richness. Alsike honey has
a slight amber tint and is said to taste
like basswood honey.
Every mutton raiser, and all are
going to be who are not now, should
study the local trade of his neighbor
hood and then go to the city stock
yards, slaughter houses, and follow up
the carcasses to see where they go,
who buys them and who eats them.
No man can tell another how to do a
thing that will certainly make as much
as it did for him ; but almost anybody
can tell something that will suggest a
new idea that may be turned to advan
tage. This is what sheep raisers need
now a little more than any other class
of live stock men.
Persian 5eedle-Worfc.
The difference between Persian and
the needle work we are accustomed to
bee seems to lie in the thoroughness
sincerity, an artist would call it
of the former. Every stitch is taken
with mathematical precision, and there
is no slighting at any point. The
wrong side of the work is as admirable
in its way as the right side. In some
specimens the stiches cover the design
on both sides, the needle Teing carried
across underneath, as it is in the em
broidering of China crape shawls. On
other pieces the needle is put back
toward the wrong side close by the
place it was drawn through thus
throwing all the work up on tne rifrht
side and leaving what looks like beau
tifully regular outline-work on the re
verse. This is the method used in
working sofa pillow?, table covers, or
anything which only exposes one side.
But for curtains, handkerchiefs,
shawl?, etc., the double-faced em-
! broiderv is invariably used.
A favorite method of this Persian
worker is the introduction of texts or
sentences upon the border or centre of
her pieces. The lettering is so quaint,
angular, and disconnected that at the
first look it seems like a geometric
pattern. On one whito linen table
cover, heavilv worked in flowers and
foliage with gray silk, was a borde of
lettering wrought in gold thread. The
characters were about four inches tall,
and the sentiment they conveyed,
"God is great ; Good ie good." took
up a very short space ; but me text
was repeated again and again. Har
per's Bazar.
Missouri has 9301. school districts,
11,744 school house?, 13,677 school
teachers, 822,430 persons of school age,
and 610,550 in the public schools.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is doe to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly frea from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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article. 'No Competition. Exclusive Territory,
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If one vriil take the trouble to gc
through the names of the bravest peo
ple in history, he Trill rind that ther
nearly all suffered from some supersti
tion or other. Napoleon Bonaparte
xvas simply eaten by superstition?, and
bo was the Duke of Maryborough.
Literarv men have always been noto
riously superstitious, from the days of
Dr. Johnson, "who would go back half
u mile if he remembered that he had
omitted to touch any one of the lamp
posts on his daily walk, to Dean Swift,
who would never change a garment if
he found that he had to put it on in
side out, and Lord Bvron who would
use the "Roval." It will make the
food lighter, sweeter, of finer flavor,
more digestible and
wholesome.
"We recommend the Royal
Baking Powder as superior to
all others." United Cooks
and Pastry Cooks A ssoci
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" The good
things of this lifei
.Are riven tis In order that life may be as bright
land happy a a terminable thing can be," Uut toi
jenjoy them all with a thorough reiisa we must'
'not neglect the demands oC nature lor sleep and!
I rest. Obtain a
rim
ring
Bed
iAnd secure that peaceful Bleep whicu alone caui
igive to weary morrals the lull bense or the en-
' joyment of a healthy life.
The " PIIAtRIM is made of higlilv tem-
ipered steel Mire, Is tne PERFECTION ofl
EASE, anrl will last a LIFETIME. Beware off
leheap made, common wire imitation?, for "they'
are not what they seem.
Exhibited at No. 31 Warrea Street, New York;
So. 2 Hamilton Place, Boatoa.
Jbor sale by all reliable Dealers.
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See Brass Tag Registered Trademark on all I
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bend for Money baring Primer. Free.
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WITH
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SLOTTED
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No tools required. Only a hammer needed to drive
and clinch them easily and quickly, leaving the clinch
absolutely smooth. Requiring no ho:e to be made in
the leather nor burr tor the Rivets. They are itronr,
touch and durable. Millions now in use. Ail
lenrths, uniform or assorted, put up lu boxes.
Ask your dealer Tor thera, or send 40c in
stamps for a box of 100, assorted sizes. Man Id by
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO.,
WAL.TII.4JJI, MASS.
AN IDEAL FAMILY MEDICINE!
For Indigestion. Vuioasneaa.
If eadacbe, vonetipauon, Xiaa
Complexion, Offensive Hrcath,
and all disorders of tha Stomach,
Liver and Bowels,
RIPANS TABULES
act greatly yet promptly. Perfect
digestion follows their ue Bold
bv drufirg-ists or sent by mail. Box
(8 vials ),. 6c Package ft boxes), $2.
t or iree s&mpiefl-aaaress
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If any one doubts that
we can euro the most ob
stinate case in 20 to 60
days, let him write for
particulars and inreU
frate our reliability. Our
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i-v:lide potassium, sarsaparilla or Hot Springs fail, we
!g-uarantee a core and our Mario Cyphilene is the only
thing: that will cure permanently. Positive proof sent
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A Fair Face Cannot Afone for an Untidy House."
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get n; rr. i leave a ulnr.T arty in
stantly if atjybctly spilt the "suit.
Statesmf n have not I een exempt from
suerstiticns either. Lord lUacons
lield would always take especial care
to enter the house with his rieht foot
foremost when he wa going to ruako
a big speech. Mr. Paruell bid a stroug
prejudice against sitting in a room
with three candles. William Pitt
would return home at onc however
important his business, if met a
cross-eyed man in the street while Sir
Kobert Pet 1 -would always make the?
sign against the evil eye with his ring
ers and thumb under similar circum
stances, Chicago Herald.
N EVERY Re
ceipt that calls
for baking powder
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Do Not Be Deceived
with Partes. Enamels and Paints which stain he
bands. Injure the iron and barn red.
The RiRing Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor
less, Durable, and the consumer pays Tor do Un
or glass package witn every purchase.
i Delicious Drink.
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COLD.
WINTER
HOT.
PURE
FRUIT
JUICES
Quiets the Nrrrrs. Ald Di2"tion.
Cools She BUxd. Prevent Trrrtt.
Quenches Thiru. Temperance Xrink.
Put up in fondenl form, 10. 25 nd iO cent
bottle. Aik i uur (.K'k or urn n.lfT. To be
ure you etthe genuine in.w jour dca er thi
ndvei'tiseriient : or tend 1 H tr ui and will
(wild by exprrr, prepaid, enourh to make teveral
gallons. At who.eJe ouly Vy
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235 Washington St.. Boston. Uiu.
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Send 6c in stamps tor lOODtn
illustrated catalogue of bicycle, guns.
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fabric (animal or j.iant life; k lis ait infct(. One
box. 10 pinte, 15c. Lzeu boxes, Mend money
order. Fllnu-Dunn Co.. 1 Rant 14th St., X. Y. City.
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Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Is the
Best. Easiest to I'se. and Cheapest.
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without a lawnf Almost as forbidding- aa
one without a "mother. " Protect it from
trespassers by erecting- a HARTMAN
STEEL PICKET FENCE.
We sell more Lawn Fencing tlian all ther
manufacturers combined, because Jt Is the
HANDSOMEST AND BEST FENCE MADE
CHEAPER THAN WOOD
Tho now TT A PTM A V WTPr T A VrT r?Trvrr
Ijcosts lessthifi barbed wire, and la lluciaac,
cuui?, visiuie anu cfrnameniai.
ui -'-1 i icntu urates, i.ree ana t lovrrr
Guards, and HoiiLle Steel W5re Door Mats
nneaualed. A 40-na.?R iilimtrfitori ntfV.-w.i.f
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inaSled free on application. Mention thla Darxir.
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