I
STARVE PORT
laivs Make fewer Assaults on
Port Arthur.
rncT np I IFF IS TOO GREAT
Sinking of the Russian Fleet
Main Object of the Recent
Desperate Attacks.
Was
Tokio, Dec. 12. In disabling the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur, preclud-
iag the possibility, of its being able to
reinforce the second Pacific squadron,
the Japanese have accomplished the
main object of the desperate assaults
arainBt the fortress which they have
mnkinff for the past three months
Thora ia nnw a strong probability that,
while continuing the siege, they will
avoid losses of the magnitude already
tndincr their efforts, and, instead of
assaulting will rely on starving out the
garrison until it is finally captureu.
nnnciiioiaii aatnniehment is ex-
vuunwwv
pressed here over the fact that the Rus
sians in no way resisted the disabing
of the Port Arthur fleet. In certain
quarters the opinion is expressed that
the Russians opened the seacocks of the
submerged vessels to lessen their ex
posure to the Japanese fire.
The recent cessation of mine clearing
was taken as evidence that the fleet did
not intend to make a sortie.
There was no sign of life on the Rus
sian ships during the bombardment,
and from this fact it is concluded that
the bluejackets took refuge on land or
TO RUSH LAND FRAUD CASES.
Nation Asks Appeals off Hyde, Ben
son and Dimond be Heard.
Washington, Dec. 13. Solicitor Gen
eral Hoyt, on behalf of the government.
today filed a motion askmg the su
preme court to advance for hearing the
ppeal taken by Frederick A. Hyde and
Henry P. Dimond from the decision 01
inAn Mnrrnw. of San Francisco, who
directed that they be brought to Wash
ington for trial on indictments for con
spiracy to defraud the government out
nf large tracts of public lands. In his
o- - . i
petition the solicitor general states wai
the appeals were "taken for purposes
of delay and to prevent the appellants
horn being 'removed to the uiBirici
Columbia for trial."
A similar motion was also filed in re
gard to the appeal of JohD A. Benson,
alan alleced to be a member of the San
Francisco land ring, who was arrested
in New York on a Washington indict
ment charging him with bribing offi
iln in the general land office.
Ttanann i nnt on $10,000 bail and
trving to escape trial in Washington
The solicitor general expects to be
aivpn a hearing todav in support of hia
- - . " I .1-
motion, and H tne couit aavanceu me
naano thr in ererv prospect that the
famous San Francisco land ring will be
placed on trial in this city during the
present winter.
DECREASE IN WHEAT ACREAGE.
WILL EXHIBIT
PEARY'S NEW VESSEu
Ship Which Will Sail i Quest of the
I North Pole.
A vessel Is being built in the old
Washington Is To Be Repre- yard r .t
sented at 1905 fair
PINE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED
Efforts WillBe Made to Expend At
Least 75,000 on Exhibit off
Oregon's Sister State.
purposes of trade. She Is to force ner
way as far as possible into ine ice
covered seas of the far north, carry-
Lieutenant-Commander Peary in
order that he may make another dash
for the pole. In the Peary snip, tne
stern, stern-post, aeeis, h-bbisuu am
frames are of carefully selected wnne
oak. The massive rrames wui ue uuv
-orn feet apart from center to center.
and they will be enclosed In a cage of
steel made of diagonal straps and cov
ering the inner fabric of the ship from
em to stern. Over tne straps win us
. . - flm-lnVi nlnnkinsr
a dOUDie course ui r
of yellow pine and white oaK, and De-
tween these two courses win oe uru
hemp or tarred canvas.
A guard strake of wnite oa our-
1 t 4-1 r.
rounds the vessel at tne ievei ui mo
main deck, projecting outward ior
a,ir.h a distance that when tne ice
presses against her sides and is forced
upward by the resistance, tne w
will actually rest upon tne guaiu
strake. More than tnat, snouiu. sue
frozen in, it would be possible to Break
Department off Agriculture Also Re
ports on Condition of Crops.
Washington, Dec. 13. The crop re-
t i ?h. Una d, per. h. dep,rtot o.
f DBC8
With the Russian second Pacific
Agriculture savs
. ...... , t
Returns to tne cruel 01 tne Dureau 01
. . e . : 1
" . . 11. : tl-; stafiaticB of the department 01
tSSSSS the fa lure of the ture ndicate that the newly seeded area
cannot comprehend the lai ure o uw 31.155.000
?-SLr. dasa of 1.6 per cent from
pOBHiuio -6 -rr:TJ ... f' ,U o,ott aown in the
.. . . 1 tha a(. thp area sown in tne tail 01 no
even at e 01 Th condition of
fectivegarris :n. hflS winter wheat on December 1 was 82.9,
JNOW tnai me .run mi""' - 1009 qq 8 in
been disabled, it is deemed impossible as compared with 86.6 m 1903, 99.8 in
oeen aisaoieu, it b r & 1Q aVerage of 92.1.
ior ine rtuBHiauo m uicimo - - , ... .
lority of the .econd Pacfic souadron to The acreage as co-par d th last year
Togo's fleet, unless at present unioie
seen, the Black sea fleet should pass
the Dardanelles.
DEAL IS CLOSED.
i a 98.4 per cent. The -newly seeded
area of winter rye is provisionally esti
matd at 96.7 per cent of the area sown
in the fall of 1903. The condition of
winter rve on December 1 was 90.6, as
i-nmnnrrd with 92.7 on December 1,
1903, 98.1 at the corresponding date in
1902. and 96.2 the mean of December
averages of the last ten years
The percentage of acreage sown to
winter rye this fall as comapred with
that sown last year is 86.7, the average
edition December 1. 1904, was u.o
normonnnHirif averages for 1903 and
1902 were 92.7 and 98 1, respectively
and the mean of the December average
of the last ten years 96.2.
Th final estimates of the total acre-
nvv - - . -
v,;i.;t rV.i-h nee nroduction ana mrui vmura u.
ot notable ever principal crops for 1904 will be issued
Twl OQ. of A r'lrk P. M.
Jll lCLClli UOl A"- v w
WAR CRAPT TO GO ON LINER.
Stamp Mill to Operate During Lewis
and Clark fair.
Portland, Dec. 12. Negotiations
were practically completed with a big
Colorado mining company yesterday
for the installation at the Lewis and
Clark exposition of a stamp mill, con
centration plant and other mining ma
chinery, showing the treatment accord
d raw ore in converting it into bull-
Thia will form a valuable audi
tion to the mining
promises t,o be the m
made.
The company in question is the Colo
rado Fuel & Iron company, one of the
larsrest of its kind in eixstence. The
proposition wae made to the exposition d fi ts for Russia Shipped
management in the form of an offer to ,urPcu"
install the machine.y providing Ore- irwn new ...
Id furnish suffi-1 Nw York. Dec. 13. Nine torpedo
cient ore to keep the machinery busy boats, built at PertbAmboy, N. J., for
-during the exposition hourB. After the Russian government, have been
,,aa nf firocron nroducers the ex- Lorn nlted. and left the yards today.
4 i;auvioo x l " 1 ' - i
position managen-ent was able to aseure They were loaded on a barge and towed
ii. Pomnanv that no difficulty will be to New York. They will be shipped as
oTnerienced in supplying all of the ore merchandise on a liner.
...in u iw.uirp.d- Th tenth boat will cross the ocean
tuaii VT i w I . 11
it ;a Twwsihle that an annex to the llnder its own power. Two six-cy Under
viidin will he reauired for 9anl ine engines have been installed
the new working exhibit, as the space Each is expected to develop a 300-
in the main building is now well taken hotsepower, and drive the little boat at
and no great allotments can be made to a speed of 20 knots. The crew of eight
one enterprine since the interests of in- men i6 already aboard the boat, which
lividuals and districts which wish to
.mrtirinnte must be protected.
(.ieneral interest ia being dieplayed
in the Lewis and Clark mining exhibit.
Miners and mining men all over the
country are preparing their choicest
nrH for shipment here, and judging
from the number of offers of minerals
now on tile at exposition headquarters
there will he more ores on hand than
can possibly be shelved. This will ne
cessitate the selection of choice speci
mens, although it will not cause any
exhibit to be ruled out, as all exhibit
ors will be given a chance.
Portland, Dec. 9. The Washington
ofofo nommiaaion tor tne lwi uu
Clark exposition will ask the Washing
ton legislature for an appropriation oi stem to stern.
$75,000 to carry out WaBhirgton s par
ticipation in the Portland world a fair
Thia was decided upon by the com
mission last evening after a day spent
in inauiiing into the scope of the expo
sition and inspecting the exposition
cronnds.
Th commission agreed that not a
dollar less than $75,000 will be suffi
cient to make a suitable Washington
exhibit, and immediately upon their
rotnrn to their state the commissioneis
will commence their campaign for the
appropriation, which they anticipate
nn CTTPat, difficulty in securing
f . . ' . . i-.j
The commission, lour strong, reaciieu
Diiond vpatpTriav morning lor ine
XVAV.Muv.
purpose of making an official investiga
tion. A meeting was held at exposi
tion headquarters during the forenoon,
at which H. E. Keed and V. u. rree
man. reoiesenting the exposition, ex
plained existing conditions. upon
learning that the exhaustive drains
nnon exhibit space have left no great
surplus for late comers, the commis
sion at once decided that a separate
Vmiidincr will be reouired in
which to houee the Washington, ex
hibits. ..... ! A-V.a ina. lw the nse of hV'
i , x- 1 i,J h lrTB 1 IU EilU KJi. uic av.- j
l-resioent reasiee Du ,0 ndpr the strake,
l i 1 4-l-t.n.iB AnnlltlAnQ I 1 1 I lllli: liuv'-v -
!rani.?aa Z S Naturally, so important a part of the
.CfUVKAKJg,
are such that there will undoubtedly
be a tremendous attendance at ihe fair.
In consideration of this fact he felt tnat
Washington's interests demanded a full
renTesentation of the state's resources.
An adeonate exhibit cannot be made
without, a fine state building in which
to house it. This idea was afterward
omhdiad in a TesolutlOU Which WSS
unanimously adopted by the
pi on.
After deciding that a separate exhibit
building was a necessity, the commis
sion adjourned to the expositon grounds
for the purpose of securing a suitable
site. In company with Mr. Freeman
they visited every portion of the expo
sition, beinoffered their choice of any
of the unclaimed building Eites. A
hrond strip of land a short distance
south and east of the Agricultural pal
ace, fronting on Lewis and Clark boule
vard, was finally decided upon.
Th Pnnltrr House.
Thore i more or less objection to the
scratching shed on the part of poul
try raisers and it is admitted that in
sections where the fowls can have con
siderable time out of doors during
the winter, this shed may not be nec
Msaarv. But' when the birds are raised
in localities where there is consider
able snow on the ground during the
winter the scratching shed is certain-
- ti
I
" - "
j HOUSE FOB SMALL FLOCK.
TO SAIL IN QUEST OF THE POLE.
PROGRAM IN THE SENATE.
fift feet long. Helow oecK it is nuv
possible to stand erect, for there is only
a fire foot bpace. Should the passage
h Btormv. the crew will be almost as
piffpi-tiiallv bottled up as it in a sub
marine. The only entrance to the
compartments below deck is through, a
conning tower, from which the bo at is
navigated.
Each boat will carry one torpedo
tube. One of the live watertight com
partments into which the hull is di
vided will contain the spare torpedoes.
The
todav to the effect that
plans for establishing a school of social -iom.
A board of instructors has been
paToTfhesVoO 000 "appro: appointed, consisting of Morris Hil-
din and John Sparge. The school term
. i e . I. woaIt in Tan.
is to extena irom iuc mc-u ... -
1, 000,000 Tor Improvements.
Denver, Dec. 12. The News today
iavs: Plans to spend $1,000,000 in im
provements at Pueblo have been an
nounced from the office of the Colorado
Fuel A Iron company in Denver
money is
priation under the recent reorganiza
tion scheme for extension of proper-
The big tin plate mill and the
meichant mill, both of which are in
complete, will be finished at once and
the latest machinery for the manufac
ture of all sorts of merchant steel is to
be installed.
To Rush Fraud Case.
Washington, Dec. 12. The attoiney
general will make a motion in the su
preme court next Monday to advance
the case of Hyde and Dimond, under
indictment in the district of California
for land frauds in California. They
strrrina Committee Decides Legis
lation is to Come First.
Washington, Dec. 9. The steering
n,mittee of the senate today framed
the program of the senate until the
hiidav recess. Ifour matters win ue
given attention during this period.
Thev are the Philippine bill, on which
J - -. . . T
the senate today agreed to voie Leceui-
hAr ifi: statehood legislation, the nom
ination of William Crum to be collector
of fiharleston. S. C, and
JM. IUV v w r
th nneston of tilling vacancies on ecu
.t .ommittfips. JNo enort was mau
to outline a program for the session
nor to hasten action on urgent bills
which failed in the last session of con
oiess. Matteis advocated bv the nresi
dnt in his message to congress have
been discussed at informal meetings of
senators, and the understanding reach
ed that some of them should be kept
i 1 J 4-11 1 rt 1 ri tVio DOQ.
in the oat'Kgrouiiu uuui m.c m .uv u.
sion. Notably this is tiue in the spe
cial legislation granting tne lmersiaui
commerce commission supervision oyer
railroad rates. It is said several bills
will be sent over from the house before
long, and as is usual in short sessions of
congress, nothing of a disputed charac
ter will be allowed to stand in the way.
It is believed by senate leaders that
there will be no substantial opposition
to the statehood Din in us prereui
form admitting Oklahoma and Indian
torritorv as one state and Arizona and
- ml
vessel's protection is securely fastened
to the hull and in addition n is ;
strengthened by an angle bar of steel i
on its under side. I
The interior of the ship will be al
most completely filled with heavy tim
bers. Starting at the center of the
decks, these braces will extend diag
onally downwards and outwards, the
commisd lower ends resting against the frames
and helping them to withstand tne
pressure of the ice. With a hull thus
filled with timbers, provision must be
made for living quarters above decks
and here there will be two houses, so
constructed that they may be removed
and set up on shore. For the rest, the
vessel will be rigged as a three-masted
schooner with an exceptionally large
spread of canvas and will also be pro
vided with steam power, bhe win oe
of about 1,500 tons and will be ready
for service early next summer. u
the explorer's plan to go m the vessel
to the northern shore of Grant land,
.. . 11.. V.4i.a o
place in which they may scratch with
nnt helnir exposed to wind and wet.
An ideal house is one that is four
f in the rear, eight feet high in
fr. tih hnnao ten feet wide and
J. J. Ulll, TV mw
fifteen feet deep and a shed attached
of the same area. If built new one
roof will cover both house and shed.
The window may be piacea in me
front of the house with the door, or the
door may open into the scratching
shed, as preferred, in coia wraiu
the fowls in the scratching shed are
protected from wind and storm by
a curtain made of heavy muslin which
is let down over the opening. All
feeding is done in the scratching shed,
the house being reserved for roosting
and laying. The cut shows the sim
plicity and utility of the house described.
... -
bother the meat if Kept m a ligm
smokehouse. A large baking powder
can with holes in the top is a good
thing with which to apply the borax.
I have never had any complaint from
customers, and the hams do not
show that the borax naa Deen useu.
and it is not injurious. All the farm
ers in this section of the country use
this remedy, and there is very little
loss from skippers. Alexander Black
j in Southern Planter.
To Care for the Horse.
Speed horses are always trained
down before they center races. Foot
ball players train and diet for months.
in order that they may be in prime or
condition; that their muscles may be
hard and their endurance extended.
but how many farm horses there are
that are not even given a thought
about conditioning before entering the
heavy harvest and fall work, saya
Farm Review. Where horses are wont
ed more or less continuously there
should be no trouble whatever in
bringing them into good condition and
keeping them there, but with tnos
that are turned to grass the problem
is not so easy. Grass is good ror
horses, but when turned on, and this
accompanied by feeding at random,
with a little work now and then, will
not get or keep a horse in condition.
If on grass the horse, if he works
more or less, should be given his grain
feed regularly. In any case paina
should be taken to have the horse
hardened and In condition by the time
hard work begins. If such is the case
both man and beast will enjoy the
harvest more than if the horse is poor
and. soft.
"Water for the Dairy.
A simple method of keeping a water
pipe clean, where water is piped from
a spring to a house, dairy or other
farm buildings is shown in the cut.
A T is placed at a, instead of an
elbow, as commonly done. When nec
essary to clean the pipe, a suction
pump is attached as shown and a plug
is screwed into the elbow at b. After
How to Feed Corn to Hosts.
While the majority of farmers who
i have a range ior tneir nogs urniug
the summer cut off the corn supply al
most entirely, it is questionable, if
this Is the best plan. On the other
hand, it will not do to feed corn en
tirely. In feeding corn to pigs the
best results come when it is given
to them once a day if they have grass
to run on during the day, or if they
have skim milk or middlings once a
day. Gluten meal may take the place
of the middlings if desired; it will do
quite as much good and is cneapei.
Thpre is no auestion about the value
winter there and make his dash for the 0f com at the fattening period, but
mistakes are sometimes maae nere iu
feeding the hog too long; that is, after
it has reached about the top notch for
market. Corn fed beyond that penoa
pole during the following summer,
A MUNICIPAL CLOCK SERVICE.
School to Teach Socialism.
isrw York. Dec. 13 Inspiied by the
national vote of 600,000 for Debs at the New Mexico aa one state.
last election, the New lorx secum oi
the Socialist party issued a Biaiemeni
it has laid
Ten-Inch Gun Explodes.
Newport. Dec. 9. Lieutenant
Colo
nel J. H. Willard, of the United States
oTKrinPPrinff corns, and Lieutenant Colo
nel Frank W. Kawlston, oi tne uuneu
States artillery, were injured today by
the premature explosion of a ten-inch
!SLL Isl
is simply wasted.
Ratproof Corncrib.
a correspondent asks how a corn
m J.. V A
sk moir ho constructed bo as 10 w
uu. w
proof against rats. We give reply to
41
j
PUMP AND ATTACHMENT.
cleaning, the pump Is removed and
the plug screwed into the T at a.
Farm and Home.
A BATPKOOF CORNCRIB.
this by the cut of a crib in thrs column.
The crib may be built cneapiy, auu ui
any size desired. The cut tuny ex
plains the construction. It is set eitner
on wooden posts or DricK luuuuauuui.,
put J5 inches in the ground as snown
in th cut and 2 to 2V2 feet from the
ground to the crib sills, xwo-tniras
ground to the
Ui U1C U!OH"iVV
eiii ro e-alvanized iron hoods, project-
o .
out and downward arouna m
4 inches in widtn.
over tms nooa
THE MUNICIPAL CLOCK.
Berlin has instituted a series of mu
nicipal clocks, seventeen in number.
which give the omciai time m eve jn
part of the town. This is only another f oundation posts
oTomnip of the socialism on municipal -Roto pan never pass
lines which is practiced throughout whiCh they would have to do to reach
the Fatherland.
H J TIFCIV 111 w M I I ,
. tt- -it-i.i,-1 1 .t Timm nvn.
uary to the last week in May, and there gun a, Ja KeJoort the
will be one lesson eacn wees, or " . ' ' M hnv. The
lessons in all. ua,;c n hoth officers
eVcMtU l- OUU
nuropatkin Reports Encounters. l-a eK- :
. oeneral elllwl,JU l. ' K y
the gun irom ii8carnagBauui""j
St. Petersburg, Dec. 13
Kmooatkin reports some unimportant
encounters during the night of Decem
vir R Rnssian sharpshooters recon-
mA-tarinff aon th of Bentsiapu. attacked
wrecked it.
Where the Bad Kge Go.
A. poultry farm, whether ducks,
geese, chickens or turkeys be the spe
cialty, accumulates a large and malo
dorous surplus of eggs that refuse to
develop into fowl. The average person
would suppose that if there is any-
triino- on earth that is utterly worth
less it is a rotten egg. Millions of
stale eggs are used every year in pre
paring leather dressing for gloves and
bookbinding an industry that is
largely carried on in the foreign tene
ment houses of New York and other
lorm cities. They are aiso usea m
To Reclaim Great Tract
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 9 The Inter-
O
v a. 1 a -v ri s-i j-vT
a Japanese post, oayoneeu - :: ' 'ant. 'at Washington has filed
prisoners, w iwj" . . .. . .
.Tananese and TOOK II
- r . - ...
whom only four were wounaeu.
- i . , . i r T.n.niiu
annealed from the order of the Federal same a.gu, - North Platte river in thia
-ourt in California denying them writs JLSi Thev BUteC. aggregating 545,595 acres. tobe
ox naoeaa corpue, huu mo & nU Mu-w1
Wen? ai & ii
The application with the engineer of Wyom-
at- ing for water ngnts ioi ianus tyiug
eral is anxious to have the appeal ae
cided in order to go on with the trial in
Washington.
Denies She Offered to Buy Ships.
London, IfC. l--. ine urel(!u . h Jnan gun fire
avs there is no foundation ior tne vnuuuu .
!rV thlt Great Britain has offered ia regarded at the admiraltj bg
Turkey money to buy
can hold out until
May Have Sunk Own Ships.
Rt. Petersburg. Dec. 13. The state
ment that the Russian warships at Port
Arthur were sunk by the Russians as a
reclaimed under the national irrigation
t and called the Pathfinder pioect.
The state engineer estimates that about
tnn noo acres will make profitable
- -
farming lands which will oe reclaimed
under five canal systems
Chilean warships in
cessions which would permit Great
Britain to erect a Becond Gibraltar on
the coast of Yemen, which would give
Great Britain control of the lowei en
Killed in Mine.
Tacoma. Dec. 9. Meager details of
an exoiosion m a twi mii.D " 1
- I .. -ii. Ti . n 4 . n intarnrAt.
i : nnitnivwsiDie. u u.ro, itu
irieuuuD Pr ssfal he-
return for con- ed aa a ku u ; .7 "
ht tArTTOBH fit II nClltl UU.I UU V
i . . j T.:aA anarl. roTPivMl here
the arrival oi tne eeconu r. - TV" , m5dn5nht and it is
rr a (hat r no ar- i ihkcu uui a l ujiuuj-,
sa rtaortwTll kme "6
ron.
rieon,
about' 50 m'les from Tacoma, have been
Ten bodies bad Deen
posi-
th crib. Such a crib is aDsoiuteiy
no.nint rats. It is constructed
t innh-inmber. open for air to reach
the corn, but with flaring sides for
protection against rain. St, Louis Re
public.
Turpentine for Corn.
I have used kerosene on seed corn.
I have also used turpentine for many
years on all of my seed corn. We
usually use a pan or dipper to fill our
planter boxes and in each dipper we
use turpentine freely, stirring the corn
with the hand until all the corn Is
wet -with turpentine. We like turpen
tine best, as it evaporates about as
large cines. iuej ai u iu i fast as the planter boxes are nnea. it
manufacturing disinfectants and in the I worms or grubs from eating
I still in the mine.
T,rann ration of shoe blacking, and even
the shells are made into fertilizers.
The eggs that have not yet lost their
virtue also have other uses besides the
more common ones for culinary pur
poses. It is estimated that fully 55,-
000,000 dozen are used oy wine cian-
flers, dye manufacturers and in tne
preparation of photographers dry
plates. Brooklyn tiagie.
Ireland's tt8.
Sir Richard Sankel estimates that
Ireland's bogs contain the equivalent
of 5,000,000,000 tons of coal, and he
advocates creating power for varied
industries by converting the fuel into
electricity on the spot.
If a girl has her eyes on a man.
and a Hallowe'en charm says that he
is to be her Very Own, he couldn't es
cape if Mercury loaned him his wings.
corn on soddy land. You can aiso u
freely on your seed beans as soon as
you see indication of weevils, either in
spring, fall or winter. It will ki 1 all
of them. Don't be afraid to use plenty
of turpentine-try a few kernels of
.rvnnd seed corn by saturating
and planting same-testing vitality
after treatment so as to
self H. H. Keeley, Indiana, in r arm
en' Voice.
To Prevent Skippers in Ham.
t voral inauiries in the South-
Diontor to keeping skippers out
, , iVkT Hixteen years I have
Ui. iiauio.
mm ioo to 150 hams per year,
and have not had a skipper on any of
them. When you take tne meai
the salt to hang it, clean off the loose
salt and apply pulverized borax to the
cut parts freely. Skippers will not
Cleaning of Milk Cans.
In most farm homes it is not con
venient to use steam for cleaning milk
cans, but where it can be obtained it ia
by far the most effective cleansing
agent In Germany an experiment was
made to determine the relative value
of the ordinary methods of cleaning
milk cans as compared with live
. U1 nrnflh.
steam. One can was tnorouguij wa
ed and scrubbed out with hot water.
Another can was rinsed and wasneo
and then subjected to live steam ror
thirty minutes. After both cans were
thoroughly cooled, milk was put into
them and the results watched, in tins
first can the milk soured in twenty
three hours. In the other it soured in
twenty-eight and a half hours. That
not all. An examination oi tne
contents of the two cans showed that
the first can contained twenty-six
times as many bacteria as the otner.
The experiment referred to was made
in the summer time. A similar experi
ment made in winter showed that tne
sterilized can kept milk sweet nine
hours longer than the other can. It
was further ascertained that if pas
teurized milk was put in these cans
it kept sweet twice as long in the
steamed can as in the other. Prairie
Farmer.
Poultry Pickings.
A good scratcher means a good lay
er. Pullets do not fatten as readily aa
hens.
The more active the breed the leal
liability to fatten.
The poultry house should not open
to the north or east.
Build the poultry house so that it
can readily be cleaned.
The perches should be not more than
two feet from the ground.
Success does not depend so much on
breed as on care ana attention.
Youn" fowls need crushed bone in
some form to develop good blood, bone
and feathers.
Rusty iron kept in tneir drmmng
water is said to be an excellent remedy
for looseness of feathers in fowls.
One way of preventing hens from
eating their eggs is to make nests in
small, low, dark holes, to be entered
from the sides.
A flat perch is best because of being
more comfortable to the feet and best
support to the breast when the fowl
is sitting down.
The poultry may be a source of
considerable income or an intolerable
nuisance, according to the way they
are managed and the treatment they
receive.
If you wish to keep eggs for any
length of time store in a cool, dry
place and turn them half over every
other day. Unfertilized eggs keep
best- By packing in dry sail anu sit
ing in a dark. dry. cool place they can
be kept for some time for cooking purposes.
trance to the Bed sea
Liao li forts.