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SIMPLE AND DURABLE
RACK FOR SEED CORN
Unionists and Sinn Feiners Fighting in Belfast
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Can Be Made From Small Piece
of Welded Fence Wire.
As Near Mouseproof as A n y Devlca A B A R N Y A R D MEETING
Can Be Made Whsn Suspended
H E Turkeys In the barnyard
From Celling and Afforda
called all the other fow l one
Ample A ir Circulation.
morning to a meeting they were to hold
behind the barn.
A simple aDd durable rack for stor­
“ W e are called together,” said Mr.
ing and drying seed corn can be made Gobbler, “ to discuss a serious situation
from a small piece o f welded wire — namely, that o f getting rid of Mr.
fence. This rack when suspended on Fox.
a wire from the celling is as near
“ He has bothered all o f us lately
mouseproof as auy such device can be very much, but my fam ily In particu­
made, and afforda ample space for cir­ lar have suffered great loss, and now
culation o f air. As only about eight I want to talk over a plan for getting
inches o f fence Including one upright
rid o f him and I shall be glad o f your
wire Is required per rack, a large
help In the matter."
number of them may be made at a
“ I second the motion,” quacked Mr.
very small cost.
Drake, “ and I suggest that we tar and
To make one o f these devices cut feather him.”
the lateral wlrea o f the fpnce four
“ O h ! I think that fa r too good for
him,” said Mr. Gander. “ I propose that
we catch him and pull off his fur, one
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Street battle between Unionist and Sinn Fein factions In York street, Belfast, Ireland, during the recent rioting
In that city. The Unionists, shown In the foreground, are driving the Sinn Feiners back with stones.
Little John Carver Goes A broad
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PRINCE AS BLACKSMITH
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Homemade Seed Corn Rack.
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Inches from an upright wire and on
both sides o f It. ^Sharpen the ends of
the lateral wires and bend them
slightly upward so that th£ ears of
corn will not slide off. A piece of hay
wire can be attached to the upper end
forming a handle. Some fences are
made with the lower wires so close
together that It may be necessary to
cut off every other one to keep the
ears from touching and to allow good
air circulation.
SILAGE OF BIG IMPORTANCE
Prince Henry o f England, who
attached to the thirteenth Hussars
Use of Silo« Becoming More and More
Aldershot, Is undergoing a thorou
Common Th a n Ever Before—
course of training, one item of
Some of Advantages.
is horseshoeing. The prince takes a
One o f the most prominent passengers on the first 100 per cent American great delight In blacksmlthlng. and
liner, the Panhandle State, was little John Carver, e M it years old, a direct has already attained a high degree of
A t this season of the year, the ques­
descendant o f the first governor of Massachusetts. John Is going abroad to efficiency. He Is shown at work
tion o f silage Is always an Important
attend the Pilgrim's tercentenary at Leyden, Holland. H e Is shown In this lng his horse.
one. There Is less argument needed
photogruph with his mother.
fo r silos at the present time than has
been true In the past for their use is
becoming more and more common.
OLD TAVERN DOOMED
Some o f the principal advantages of
silos are, they require less space for
roughage than any other type o f stor­
age ; silage shows a good effect on
stock; It provides succulent feed in
summer ns well as In winter; there
Is no waste In feeding silage, for If
It Is o f good quality the cattle will
clean It up; It Is easier to handle In
winter or during a busy time than
shock fodder; Its value as a feed has
Increased In proportion to other feeds
so It Is Just as economical to use as
It ever was.
Experiments With Frozen Fruit
hair at a time, and then turn him
loose. H e will be sure to freeze, nnd
that, I am sure, w ill be a punishment
he would not choose.”
“ Let us try to think of some wny
not so distasteful to refined minds,”
said Mr. Rooster. “ I want him pun­
ished as much ns any of you, but can
It not be done with more dignity?
“ What do you all say If we catch
Breeder Should Aim for Early Matur­
ity and High Egg Production
for Beet Results.
F rosea fruit Is a comparatively new fact In the experiments o f the de­
partment of agriculture. The photograph shows several baskets o f small fruits
which have been In cold storage for three months without Impairing their fla­
vor or quality. The ex|>erlnu>nters believe the freelin g process to be more
economical as well as more satisfactory than canning.
On Rapa the Women Feed the Men
Broad and W ater streets, New York
city, w ill soon be but a memory as
the building Is to be torn down to
make room for a modern office struc­
ture. The tavern was built lu 1746
and remodeled In 1S80.
During th«
revolutionary days It was frequented
by George Washington nnd others
famous In the history o f those times.
The Illustration shows the entrauce.
SHOE SHOP IN SITKA
Early maturity and high egg pro­
duction are the two essentials In
profitable poultry keeping.
I f the
standard o f the fancier does not make
for utility or Is a hindrance to con­
structive utility breeding, then the
standard Is In need o f revision.
Whether It be In cattle, horses, sheep,
swine or poultry, the score card that
discriminates In the least against util­
ity value Is a hindrance to the best
development o f that breed. O f course
there are certain distinguished breed
characteristics that must be main­
tained, but these, as a rule, are not
the fine points which are a continual
hindrance to the good breeder. For­
tunately, public opinion Is on the side
o f the constructive breeder.
ALFALFA DIFFICULT TO CURE
W here T w o Cutting* Are Made Grass
Is Green at Each Tim e on Ao-
count of Moisture.
When two cuttings o f alfalfa are
made, the grass Is very green at the
time o f each cutting. It Is therefore
difficult to cure, not only because of
the large amount o f water the leaves
contain, but a'so on account o f the
large and succulent stems. With very
good hny weather the first crop may
he put In the mow In about five days
after It Is cut. by allowing It to lie In
the swath and with the use o f a hay
tedder.* On the other hand, rainy
weather will result In a poor quality
o f hay.
POULTRY CONFINED TO YARDS
(C o p yrigh t.)
(C op yrigh t.)
Philosopher.
“ Lhave here a great invention,” said
Bagley, at the club.
“ Yes?”
“ You notice I have the switch-key
o f my car and my latch-key tied to­
gether?”
“ Surely.”
“ Well, you see when I ’m down town
In the car and I get ready to start
home and can’t find my switch-key,
I say to m yself:
‘I should w orry!
W hy should I want to go home any­
way, when I can’t get In the house?’
And so I just stay down town.”
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F IN N IG IN F IL O S O F Y .
A d v ic e is usually given t ’ th’
y o o n g , be som e ow ld coot that
th’ sam e ad v ic e was g iv e to
whin he was a b ye, an’ that he
has c a r e fu lly saved be n iver us­
in’ ut ’ m silf.
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BIG ESSENTIALS IN POULTRY
him and duck him In the pond, then
pull him out by the tall and drag him
around the barnyard fo r all to see. I
am sure he w ill be quite upset by be­
ing brought so low and will never come
around here again.”
“ Siss!” hissed Mr. Gander. “ A dig­
nified punishment. Indeed. But what
will he be doing all this time, may I
ask you, Mr. Rooster?
“ Mr. Fox w ill jump up and eat you
or whoever Is drugging him about. No,
I think the only thing to do is catch
him and shut him up lu a cage, feed
him on stones— nothing but stones—
and nothing to drink until he cannot
hold out aDy more, and then let him go
to the pond for a drink o f water and
push him In. That w ill be the end o f
him, as you all can see, fo r he will sink
at once.”
“ I wish you would let some o f us
talk a minute,” said old Madam Duck.
“ I think we should catch him and tie
his legs. That would be the best plan.
Then we who have suffered most from
his visits here can poke him with a
brier until he begs for mercy.”
“ Mercy I Would you be merciful to
that wretch?” screamed Madam Tu r­
key, who had lost nearly all her fam­
ily.
“ N o ; I would not. But I should like
him to beg for It, Just the same,” said
Madam Duck.
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‘“Oie plans are nil very good— very
good, indeed,” said Mr. Gobbler. “ There
remains only one thing to do, and that
is to choose which one It shall be.”
“ Yes, there Is another question
which you have not seemed to think
of. Mr. Gobbler,” said little Brown
lien, who had listened quietly all the
time, “ and that Is, Who is to catch Mr.
Fox and how w ill It be done?”
Everyone stood quite still, nnd then
they all suddenly remembered that It
was time to eat, and off they all ran to
the barnyard as fast as they could go.
Old
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Mottoes
Remedied W hile You
W alt.
Spartacus— I see the waistline has
moved again.
Smarticus— S u fe i The motto o f the
fashion-setters Is: “ H ew to the style,
let the hlps'fall where they may.”
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In Merrie New England.
Young Man— Fine morning.
Old Man— (Silence).
Y. M.— I say It’s a fine morning.
O. M .- (D itto ).
Y. M.— I say, sir, It’s a fine
morning I
O. M.— Well, be ye wantin’ t’
git into a argument about it?
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Maybe So, Mayb* So.
“ W hat causes the breaking o f a
man’s powers?”
“The bending o f his energies.”
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EEMA lika everybody desa coun­
try gonna bugahouse houta basa-
ball game. You know I go veesit dat
game little while ago and ees too
moocha meex up fo r understanda ver
good. I dunna fo r sure, but I tlnk eef
anybody go craze over dat game bees
mudda gotta foolish keed fo r starta
weeth.
But plenta people aska me wot’s
matter I no learna how dat game ees
play. Some frlen come taka me one
more game other day and he say he
gonna cxplaina everyting.-
When one guy whosa play weeth
other town come up weeth greata
beega stick my frien say he gonna try
knocka ball backa home. But lie rnissa
everyting so mooch I gotta idee he no
leeve ver far. For way he sweenga
da club I tink he hava hard time heet
liees mouth weeth a spoon when eata
soup.
I dunno, but seema lika everyting
cos talka backward een dat game. One
guy knocka hall over da fence and my
frien say he maka home run. But he
Jusa run een da rink lika no can flnda
hees place. And when he come back
he seet down and no go home at all.
One other guy run like devil nnd fall
down and my frien say he stenla base.
I say dat feller run too fast for steals
somating. I sure lika square deal, so
I tella my frien I betta seexa bits eef
searcha dat guy he no gotta somating
wot no belongs weeth heem.
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Preety soon I getta mad and go
home too moocha foola da publeec.
One feller I know seence was leetle
cuss sinasha da ball, and everybody
say was goods seengle. And for flva,
seexa years I know dat ees married
weeth beega family. I gotta deesgust
weeth Idee man can be seengle and
hava half dozen keeds sama time.
W ot you tlnk?
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Ancient Nostrums.
Among the predecessors of modern
patent medicines were such astonish­
ing nostrums as Goddard’s drops, a
formula In vogue during the reign o f
Charles n, which consisted of a dis­
tillate o f “ human bones or rather
scales” ; dried mummy, a gruesome
preparation that unscrupulous persons
frequently Imitated; and a medicine
that one Joanna Stephens prepared In
1739 fo r “ the cure o f the stone” by
calcining egg shells and garden snails.
— Youth’s Companion.
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What the Sphinx Says.
By N E W T O N N E W K IR K .
The rond to a man's heart Is through Ills stomach, la a well-known adage
that has reached even the w omen of the Island of Rnpn, one of the most Iso­
lated places In the world. The men on this Island are outnumbered seven to
one, ns there are ISO women on the Island nnd only ‘JO men. Men are In such
great demand that the women Invent ways o f serving them so as to win them
fo r husbands. Feeding the men, ns Illustrated her», Is one o f the common
An Eskimo woman disposing of san­
methods employed by the charm school of Rapa. The Island la In the South dals In her open air shop In the streets
1’aclflc, between the Cook Islands and South America.
o f Sitka, Alaska.
Fow ls Should Alw ays Be Supplied
With Green Feed— Good Rang« !*
Best for Chickens.
Chickens confined to small yards
should always be supplied with green
feed, such as lettuce, sprouted oata,
alfalfa or clover, but the beat place to
ralao chickens successfully Is on a
good range where no extra green feed
ate— then
“ I f you want
a thing done
to suit you
please have
the goodness
to explain It
In detail to
a
subordin­
do It yourself.”