. Good Sheep Barn lr On.
A good heep burn Is a poor one.
Tills nisy seem to be absurd, but the
facta support such n siiiteincnt. There
is no question hut that many flock arc
rendered unhealthy and therefore low
productive by reason of too close
housing. In few aeetlons do sheep need
tuoro than a windbreak and ralu hed.
Some of our best shepherd have kept
tlH-ir flock for decade with only uch
bod as would prevent the tWk belns
exposed to direct winds, ruin and inow
form.
The cut nhows the type of sheep
barn found on the farm of a aueee--ful
shepherd. which niltfht be copied
with success. In this Instance the
sheep are kept uion forage crop grown
In four adjacent lot. The flock way
be turned Into any lot at pleasure. ,
It Is well to have this building
fpilpiHl with a large ventilating win
dow In the end near the gable or two
small windows such as shown In the
sketch. These, however, should be
roiumj surer told.
equipped with a sash that may be
closed In severe weather.
Many farms where sheep are kept
are equipped with a barn cellar In
which the Bock has been kept with
varying success. The barn cellar Is
an excellent place for sheep If rightly
arranged. There should be plenty of
nenings to the south, allowing sun to
reach all parts of the stable so as to
keep It thoroughly dry. Thorough
drainage Is e-mentlal.
There must be ventilation at the
rear of the stable. A bad practice Is to
keep the sheep In stables on stable
manure, says Farm ami I koine. The
fermenting manure destroys the color
and texture of wool. A hint which has
been worth many, dollars to me Is to
use only long straw, hay or weels for
bedding sheep. If short straw or saw
dust Is used It gets Into the fleece and
Is an everlasting nuisance.
PraHtabla Caltla Keedl.
The Missouri Kxjierituent Station at
Columbia has Issued a very elaborate
and handsomely illustrated bulletin on
the most successful method of fatten
ing cattle, by Iean II. J. Waters.
This bullet lu summarizes the expe
rience and conclusions of about 1.0U0
of the most exjierlem-eil ami successful
cattle feeders of Missouri, Illinois and
Iowa, and contains also a summary of
the results of a large nnmlier of tests
with different kinds of feed, different
ozes of cattle, etc., condtMc,! by the
Experiment Station of Columtrla.
It considers audi practical questions
as the most profitable age to fatten" cat
tle, the proper weight, the best arason
of the year, the best method of pre
paring feed, the best of shelter, the
market demands, the best sort ' of
roughness, etc It Is Illustrated with
cots of the different tyie of beef
cattle, Including excellent Illustrations
r)f the fat steer herd exhibited by the
college this season at the Interstate
Fair, Kansas City, the Missouri State
Fair, Seilalia, the American Itoynl,
Kansas 'City, and the International
Live Stock Exposition, Chicago. These
steers won nine championship prizes,
seventeen first prizes, alxtct-n second
prizes, seven third prizes and two
fourth prlsses. Kvery steer won at
every show excepting one steer In one
allow.
C ulllvallon of Oafs.
'' At Cornell University oats were town
broadcast. In the usual manner, the
yield per acre being 37 bushels. On
another plot the oats were drilled In.
15, Inches apart, the Imndwbeel hoe be
ing, useil to work between the rows.
This may appear to some n giving a
large share of labor In that manner,
but the yield on the drilled and worked
plot waa 01 bushel per acre, the meth
od Is worthy, of attention. A man with
a wheel hoe can go over a large piece
of ground In a day, and It Is possible
that -the method will pay.
floota for Farm Aalmala,
If roots are stored In a pit In the
field a high, dry place should be
chosen. If the ground la clayey the
roots should be placed on top of the
ground. If It Is gravelly and drainage
la good a aha How pit about 5 feet wide
awi ai naceaaarr length may be ahov-
eled nm. The root ahould be carc-Mlly
placed In a gable lmvd pile about 3
feet wide and as long as convenient. A
thin layer of straw should then ha
laid over the pile and this covered with
six or eight Inch.' of earth. Another
and thicker layer of straw and a Html
layer of earth will complete the work.
Ventilators should be plwvd at Inter
vals of ten or lifted, feet, which should
be closed heti snouting ha ceased.
The pit should not be opened on warm
day In winter. A ditch for druln.KC
should be i'ut around the pit. Ko'.'s
stored 111 thla way do not keep as well
as when stored In a gol cellar: there
fore, they should N fed out as early as
possibleNew York Cornell KxktI
ment Station.
Max la Ike !rllwel.
The second factor maklm? for th-
new prosperity may tie termed "the dis
covery of flax." For year there had
lieen a few scattering ttax fields, but
It was only In the middle W that the
Northwestern pioneer awoke to the dis
covery that linseed oil was of more
truly' golden hue, not only than the
wheat field, but than any gold-tearing
quart California ever saw. And
so the endlcw golden yellow of the
fields In August and the tinkling bell
iu Soptemlier or the ttax Held.
Those who have never heard the
ringing of the flax bells have lulled a
truly wonderful sensation. The round
seed I"m1s. smaller than hn. which
omiain the seed, give a faint metallic
sound wjilch as one drives or walks
through a field, setting thousands In
motion, seem like myriads of Infinitesi
mal Mis tinkling so faintly a to be
all but Inaudible. Nor Is the men
sight of a flax field In the mellow Au
gust soon to In- forgotten. Imagine a
liXVn.-re field, filled with flower of a
blue motv delicate than violet Ami
of It profitable character one Illustra
tion will sulnee. In June. P.. Ole
Jannsen bought pm acre In the heart
of the great flax belt for P ao acre
on the crop payment plan, tile "broke
up" that fall and the next spring 135
aires and planted It In flax. In round
number, he thrashed In the fall eigh
teen and one-half bushels to the acre;
sold It for $1.3:14 a bushel, total.
l.ol; a little more than twice enough
to pay for his land out of hi Urst crop.
Not only was the flax Immensely profi
table Itself, but It removed from the
country the stigma, "one-crop couutry."
World Today.
Barlrd Seed.
The Department of Agriculture ha
utidcrtiik-n a aerlea of experiments In
tended to answer. If possible, the old
question. "How long can seeds remain
buried In the and still retain their
jsjwer of germination?"
Many extraordinary stories have
been told of the prolongation of the vi
tality of seeds during many years, and
eveu ccnturlc. but very few actual ex
periment have hitherto Ihiii made.
Dr. IVal ha rejiortcd that he has
found seeds that responded to germina
tion tests after having !cen buni-d
twenty year. The seeds burled by the
exert of the Agricultural Department
at the Arlington furni last year were
packed with dry cUy In porou clay
ts, covered with sam-vr and placed
at various depth from 11 lin-hc to
.'"'4 feet. There are "i complete !".
In 3,.V-t xts, representing I !
clea, SI genera and 1(4 families. Test
are to be made at the end of one. two,
three, five, seven, ten, fifteen, twenty,
twenty-live, thirty, forty and fifty
year.
Hire r'rania Sparer.
The arrangement here shown. If
projierly adjusted, I excellent; but,
says the Cleaning In lice Culture, In
the first place it Is di!!eiilt to lierid the
nails, and. In the ms-ond place, ll
'(EXT JIAII.H 15 raAUR.
wpuld be more difficult still to bend
them nil with exactly the same curve
for It would be important to have tht
be space alike. In the third place
one would have to bore a hob? In ordet
to drive them Into the frame for th
reason that the hammer bend would
strike one side of the line of penetra
tion of the wood, bending the nail
over, Taking It all In all, the ordinary
staple Is much easier to Insert and
far cheaper.
1 Y.oeaflon of fleehlve.
lieetjIVes should never bo fated to
ward lje north, lti a northern latl
tilde a northern exposure In winter 1
almost sure to cause the los of tli
colony, by the rigorous north wlndi
blowing In at the entrance, and tht
confinement of the bees, caused by the
entrance being shaded on mild, sunny
days when the bee In tb hives fuo
lug southward fly freely.
WINTER BUTTERFLIES-
A llardr Hrm.d for Wale f ro. I
.. !'... !b Terror..
Coming lu one day from a walk m a
heavy snowstorm. I dropped upon the
veiling table some triangular brown
ish hit that looked at llrt slk'IU "
tlakc of dried bark.
"What are those chips'
-No llutlisrtllc."
Such a reply with a font of smov ot.
the grou.nl and great probability of a
foot more Isfore morning accept
ed a a pleasantry and not to ,,k"
-...i..-ie Ttie Idea of catching bolter-
tile In a snowstorm s.vme.1 loo "fishy"
tot serious consideration.
,1.. 11,., .ir.uicti of winter moat of
the buttertlles. th.4 delicate little
creature of fair weather, natural. .
die. Hut among tlu-lr number there I
whole hardy brood for which the
rigor of winter k..-m no terrors,
lb.- are the angle wings, or vane
Ids. They are fr.jueutly called "thaw
butterflies" from the fact thai during
the warm sll of winter they awake
f... it,..ir i.irihir nu.l may frcpienll
K seen sunning thems. lv.-s near their
pla-v of hlU-riiatlou or If the w earner
I mild and pleasant flitting lightly
alsnit In the os-n plii-i-
Thi-se insula pass the winter !"
ns chrysalis mid as mature hmtcrnlea.
Normally Ck-v ri-maln In the ehrilH
.,rr ,uilv !llt two .-.-k. but It 1
probable 'that the scM-re cold overtake
hoiim- lief ore they are fully dcvriop.M.
which may account for some of tln-m
hibernating as chrysall.-M. Mc no
bis.
COl'RTISO DEATH.
Vh Work of Mi 4 follea at
(aaada la rlkl.
The Northwest -llc -man's first duty
Is to die If that should be iici-iooiry
He Is not allowed to hi.t depcrd-i,
go up, lt on hi carcass, roll a cigar
ette and then r-nd Hm- wsrratit. He
must not hiit. At all rvent be iiiust
nol sh.s.t first, which Is often fatal,
for If there Is a time when delay l
dangeroii It I when you are entering
an outlaw, a rlic Cy Warmaii In the
Sunday Magsulnc
Number of the force hati t--i
known to ride or walk Into the very
mouth of a cclii-d t.'. C-lt and nen-r
flinch tn Nit i lnety eight cn.-a ut
of every hundred the man la-hind the
gun weaketieil In the other two .-.
he extenip-d his !. of life, but made
bla going doubly sun-. When mount
ed pollcriiian falls, the n-ti piv to
leave I Immediately cl-nu-il. f-ir 11
of him sttiii'ls the iMnhsli'i; govern
nient mid 11 '-atloi! the lr'!:h tin
jtire. So the dr-pen-lo who thicks he
can kill and gi t aw.iy lias a hard tln.e
If file polbv clinw hi.-u out of Hie
mlnloti back to tin- islands, be : I'kelj
to fet.-h mi at S.-oihuid Yard If his
native vlllagf lie smith of the forty
ninth, the I'mkerruti tnlc u-i !H i-:il
and when all t!iec f -r-i- ore after a
man hi day are girling :;: i 1.1
BATTI.VO EYES TO ORDER. "
The I'tilverslty (,f Peims) Irntit l,,tw
bn!l team ciindldnlea nre ,b,lh .-arfr
work dully. In 13 il) i t ! ii to frylnn; out
the batlerymen, the i-..ii.-ti Jm . hem..
to put nn edue on baliltijj eyes tint !
r'-Kiiribil ns wonder by uil who bnvo
sn It.
The ii.,nr;itn coiihIm of n up
rlht, with horlzoiit.il urms nt top nn.)
iMittom, U-twii-n wbiih, n an eti,
cord, I a bull. The ball tuny In- hlfti
to ony di-alred heifhf un, ei,ii,er
ble practice I ne-.b-d t ,.out It rint r-
When hit true the bull iirlti)
strnlKht abend, but If struck l.,,w or
above the center It Jiniin ilo-.tn or nil.
The men w ho hare u-M the di-vb e
clulni It Is the lrt-st ever for Hue drive.
I'oi-Mililen on Trlephiinr.
I'lllli-nci , j eVl,r ,,f J()ir J(i.
fot (N-ak over tin- telepboiiirV
I'lilrlce Or, ye; mice.
"Whnt wn tin- p-suliy"
"They t,,k out the telephone the
next duy!" Vonker KlHi-miian.
W bleb I
It tiike a woman to nii,recnie a
womiiti nt what she think I ,-r true
value. Hon rvllle Journal,
Tlie atone ami Iron Bre thliis of
the pt, and It remnliiiil rr the muck,
rakera Ui dlacover tlmt U10 ateul aue .
now on.
ifl ... ;
Spring
Impure or t lTcte matters accumuiatcU
i the blood cturintf the winter cause in the
uprinjr such fl!.sfiuttn(? painful troubles
as boils, pimple, nnd other eruptions, alno
weakness, los of appetite, that tired feeling
The l est medicine to take is HikkI'i
S.irs.ip.uilU. whieh IhorouRhly cleanses the
ldood.aiid effects permanent cures by Rivinjf
healthy functional activity to the tomach,
liver, kulneys, bowels ami kku
Barantnb
It 1
HouKiiKa la
1 l.I K-s l.l-iill-li
rlH.-.a4
11,. ,. -is"' l-r-M-""" " V
tluiilJ f-IMI,
v. t ari.w . rj-yVo . I
. V as.
Ml
l-r.aarlra la rar U aloaa,
-Clill.lrrn.' taaatity .,.-llnl Mra
Ullmnwrlwin, "von' ''' bluing I
p.tni out l iUt lnlr
"Whsl Jo t.. asul to '
fr..m I-.I- t-"' '" "' cMI'""'
I don't rar ahal IU
Mr .Un h. M 1 " ' '
r... ho f:trn '"- si'"
lUJ' "Ul tl notrd Ibria ll uo."
Ill of Tkaas,
rirt Visit-r M-t lilrr!lii( ciMin
try huiwl sls-nt here. Hive you an
tit ruin'
Sei-oitd Visitor I!i1 s Jut pbt
hi Mill e; ui'a oi ineail til
giH-ata b-atlng till botal Iwrull
Sea Tribut..
Krhaaa af Ik lal,
Arialidm IsetwtiUiig lb lutlilu.w
f Ihr ii.i'l of Ashr, l ab-wa rrU-a
ti. lis. I .lriiit-,1 ih fa of tin Ufa.
-Still." b said, "I anl II alIIrtly
urch-rsttvod that t aw 00 rdn la mak
noirr oka tn t)da(tir-ialrd pailnthra(.
I'Uktag up of ( corfwil mt
nor k Uwkrd 11 or la ahrlkr af
sot Tota la -11 silil (tifowlnf BIS.
siaiarallf.
Klrrr atiklug laa (foot Ua lb
bUy
'I Uh." ka Bio'lrrrd ttrapltf. "tbi
founfrlrr aio'l -ao b:avrj rgutl
tl l "
- i-ira o 4 ti rgniuilral, loo." aald
tb iobol Mfi Hi , "if yaa
rutting Jour I Iratb '."
"ItrptiMii " Hid thr dlptittlt4
ltaf.-amn. "rr untratrfnl
"Well," oaerr. larutrf IVratiavarl,
"If so hard to tail patrsol from n
orri'-aaeekrf tbstt I don't blma r
public for jett'n' k'.od o' nispUloU."--V'alilnri?on
Star.
Harrara af Ika
Itlrrra artttis a rulir rata) el
thr (iltu-al 6!d.
lru..k." h l't "lit m
f-ntr fur tti-a t-hi) bat 1-1 armtn-4 thr
rouuirt r-sB(iiii al af nnsartal
Jiati-r4 "
"l'slml!i prnai'nt,' u(ui
llroois.
total Hl.h,
liter - I lo-nr your frlmd Mat. farm
I n-.rrtrtl ila.
Myer V.a Tht I hi fifth lfa
lijer Wrll, a n friend, you ahotilJ
advise biui li m carrftiL
M;rr I nrrfiilj
iJrrr- Ye Soma rt y he'll rrarrr a
Hointu nbo li Hi to bn-otna
widow.
Qualityiafc-k-
The
Behind the Dotigh!
ff BAKING
POWDER
'r--f-:-ii,j
23 Ounces for 23 Cents
A real power that raises nnd sustain!
the dough with nbsolute certainty.
No ffillures. A cake made with
K C cannot fall
We Insist upon
money if a trlul
Ur,
vinco
i"AS
f nr nil
r...r"".i ron ivrav -
siEjr Bty
-y . aaaa ISO CHILD!,
ZLbPfStA " aaM aMMsataar-A
in "'SIS ANOCHILOajIN
JpJ "- anrf ,.M iraaesr
aa. gtrVf." ,Hm .-'- thmU
ZZf i-'i" a.-, anaf
wr
. L Bouglu 14 ind IS Bill ! tf r...
S-IS 11,, JJ, .?, .Zii.'.'.'J "" - aal.aaira aa bMIa, Takr
kWiarjaraMa Laal aaikJlaT rj TlU-'
Humors
drill mr fi.on th. 2
rMlurM aood brallb ana Mn...i.
tfca M4rra
-rifth grd nan fUt j.
"Yes. air."
"Ah. youll l l fradlen-J
mala Iban. no doubt V 1
-N.1, sir; I'll be in I
ta Spiral aa.4 aK 1 1 at feu fki.. .
yr.. .-a ""I'.UM( N
"MaaihrrajhJ
?l . jt fr lb a a... '
"aaaartln,
llyara-H-em. to us4 If
eti-vaattely high
Hh.l'lelgti Ira, (ha fur tnb
BilltMlly a (,hI drl ef HI J
1 117 t intra,
Moiaar atll WB4 Mr Vtw k-J
ayiae ik Wai ra,nl to aaiian!
1.1 laa tka immlLA buiul S,
w w-.rm.
--a war.
K-r1btita Unit mil4 fo p tk
.1 a 1 & ,.I.m - - 1 L . ...... 1
-Hiii a ,Mny inv aiafrr
Urlbblaa I'd DM flt hit
aaa ka. Yaar kkrak
anaa rM !. l rm iwl Mvf
a-tl ki all l-Mttua4 ! nr 4-I--,-!
.01 mteuui,. aaykaa, la
Alwar Talkla.
Vjf lf tall ma rwrrtk, af
dos." aald the ban ! let anj
J -Sha Is Mb an on lwi.
1 - nn nun a in u
twiok." alfhait tb nsrrk lllU tjal S
I lb rhla arbiakar.
"Von doT
-Vra; If aba lib fa b
per h 11 I wtmld b b M (tM hi
iup.-
Tkria Ir exit Ca-atik ' ikHaaSM M
aioj ntu tr laal I rrais vaiair
Inciakta f.r gioal aaaf t
pfoftmi II ft I. t 4SMt ft4 tsw
,,rl rai-tM. aa4 kt i,Milt V J
raoa auk 1'wal liaral. ewsa t
r-iM tb-laiu-a bar sttut r 1
-m.Mtlli,at l'aaa al lfcris aia
M.all'iiltriailfalairt,l lt;lll
iaaalamr-l b r ' I nt !
loo., w Ik entr r,nntOlnmal aot a
.! ll M lakaa lawtKall, laawaWa
trot hi wal'l-il ll aft it
ttflW-l BMi MtlMMI 'lllar l ,g f1
tbf ear ka-lt! i l M M m-
f.ii. ia aula. aa iiart aata
7X"!! r I rrirviTifl..fi
inll br tociraltl
Ta liail r ramllf rili
a Ika Tra r-ar Ma.
Hqtblmlir lb imi ! i
t-t .t.. . l.iI ..,n,. Iilari
i It" iivri, w'i " - -
-ll oulf os iii; b i4 w
for rmi.
Vbrriii ba ii t !f Ml
atiatad bi train
"" XJ-vPw'ity
Power
refunding yoar
does not cocv
you.
s. r....iM 1. 1. Ptksj.Ia.
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