SHOOTING MESSAGES TO MAES.
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Sniintloni for Dairymen.
A good time to do your dehorning Is
to di'tiorn the ciiIvps with a good de
horner when they ore a few duya old.
Mark them with Hn nluinlnuin earmark
o you can keep a record of them.
Keep a reoord of the breeding of
each cow, so you will know when she
Is due to calve, and then allow her to
Ko dry six weeks before calving.
The dairy bull should be fed like a
working horse and should receive plen
ty of exercise. Work hi in In a tread
jiower.
The milking Is one of the most Im
portant pnrts of the dairy business.
Tte cows should be milked quickly,
cleanly and quietly. Do not excite your
cows or they will not let their milk
down. Don't abuse a cow because she
kicks. If she kicks there Is some cause
for It. Look for the cause and remedy
It. It mny be a sore teat. It may be an
Inflnmed udder or It mny he that she
has been misused and regards her milk
er as an enemy that she must flsht. If
nirh Is the case, treat her kindly nid
she will soon learn that you are not
going to harm her.
Clip the long hair olt the udder and
flanks and full, and wlpo off the udder
with a damp cloth before' milking, and
you will be surprised to see how much
cleaner the milk will be.
Weigh each cow's milk with an ac
curate scale nnd test the milk with a
Habcock tester and you will be able to
see how many of your cows are paying
for themselves. Dr. David Roberts,
"Vlseonsln State Veterinarian.
Wheat In the Cotton Pelt.
The first week In November Is early
enough to bow wheat throughout the
middle portion of the cotton belt. This
crop often succeeds well sown as late
us Dec. 1, provided the conditions shall
be favorable for germination for two
weeks after sowing (not too cold nnd
wet). Land covered with a thick
growth of grass or other vegetation Is
not considered the best condition for
wheat, for the reason that wheat likes
n compact, smooth surface soil. Turn
your land well, then harrow, then roll
with a henvy roller, then sow the seed.
A ono or one nnd a hnlf ton roller run
over a freshly plowed surface once or
twice will compact the three or four
Inches of surface soil. The wheat seed
should then bo put In with a regular
wheat drill, says a Southern authority.
I would not npply less than 400 pounds
of fertilizer per ncro nnd would prefer
ROO to COO pounds unless the land be
already rich. I recommend this for
mula: Two hundred pounds acid phos
phate, 400 pounds of cottonseed meal
nnd (50 pounds of muriate of potash
per acre, supplemented with n top
dressing of 50 to 75 pounds of nitrate
of soda In March If the appearance of
the plants seem to Indicate the need
of more nitrogen. Exchange.
Dnrnliln Cnte Illnire.
In the accompanying sketch A rep
resents a block of hard wood In which
a socket hole Is made, snys a writer to
the Prairie Farmer. In this socket
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OOOII HINUE FOIt OATE.
rests the gate piece, which Is of a suit
able size to turn ensfly. Through the
upper p:irt of tins past a two-inch hole
Is bored Into which Is driven one prong
of a hedge fork. A small hole Is bored
through the end of the prong au.l a pin
'userted to hold It In place.
How to I'nrk An:ilin.
Two layers of fruit should e placed
In the bottom of a barrel, with wtouis
down nnd lis close together r,s possible,
The.se will form the facii g. for this end
will be the top when opened. Kill In
with the same grade, shake often, and
when near the top put In two more
layers with Btems up, letting the last
layer stand n full Inch above the chine
of the barrel. Now put on the lid nnd
slowly press Into place, shaking the
barrel In the meanwhile. Farm Jour
nal. i
Snraylnic Potatoes.
Careful potato growers can no longer
-doubt the ndvnntages of spraying In
"blight" years; but some doubt whether
the practice Is profitable year after
year. Tests along this line have been
continued for Ave years by the Experi
ment Station at Geneva; and the vl-
dence presented In Rulletln No. 290,
giving details of the fifth year's test
and summaries of preceding ones, sperm
conclusive In favor of the practice.
The gain each year has been profitable;
and there Is already much more than
enough excess of gain over cost to pay
for spraying five years more. Similar
gains, though not quite so great, were
obtained by fanners under tests care
fully checked by the station ind by
much larger number of farmers who
sprayed Independently.
Red Tezaa Oats.
The strain of the Red Texas ORts
which has given the largest yield for
two s.asons and which stands third in
order of yield for the four years' trial
has been grown at the Kansas station
for four years and has seemed to Im
prove rather than to deteriorate In
qunllty nnd yield. Oats are not consid
ered well adapted for growing In this
State. It Is the general experience
that oats soon "run out" In Kansas,
and fanners consider It necessary to
secure new seed every two or three
years. The trials at the Kansas sta
tion, however, indicate that It Is not
only possible to malntnln the quality
and yield of oats, but also to even Im
prove them by good culture and by
sowing only the best grade.
A Nail Box.
Ry having a regular and orderly na!i
box always at hand In some convenient
place It may come la handy In an
emergency. The box with separate
compartments for the different sized
nails may be easily made bv Inserting
partitions In the box, the size depend
ing the number of apartment desired.
Twin IMaeaiea.
It may not be generally known, but
many twig diseases of trees are spread
by the pruning tools. One Tery . suc
cessful nurseryman dips his pruning
knives and saws in a solution
of carbolic acid before beginning to
prune another tree, so If any germs
are on the tool this treatment will de
stroy them. As soon as a' wound Is
made It Is a good Idea to disinfect and
paint It to keep out the moisture. There
Is danger of trees contracting disease,
as the germs enter the wounds and dis
eased places result, or the exposed parts
will begin to decay as soon as the mol
ture gets a hold. Apple Specialist"
Sarins; the Clover.
It is a failing of the American farm
er when a blade of grass or a stem of
clover makes a strong showing to try
to turn It into beef, Mutton or pork.
In this effort to utlllhze It he entirely
forgets thnt the plant may need a little
winter protection. He does not under
stand how little Is often sufficient to
save the plant from frost destruction.
Where the clover Is not pastured It Is
often allowed to perfect Its seed, which
Is as fatnl to the crop next year as the
winter freezing. Clipping would save
the crop where It Is so forwnrd as to
bloom and perfect seed. Rural New
Yorker.
Iteana Fed to Swine.
Beans can be med to swine only !u
the cooked form. The pig seems to be
unable to utilize beans which are at
all hard or firm, even though they have
leen boiled for some time; hence it Is
very esuentlnl thnt they be thoroughly
and carefully cooked, says R. S. Shaw,
Michigan. To supply a single feed of
hnlf-eookod beans to a pen of hogs robs
them of their appetites nnd rellBh for
their food, if Indeed It does not put
them off their feed.
The Aniinrnicna lied.
Rurn off the asparagus beds now ana
clean the ground thoroughly, applying
mntim-e plentifully. All bushes and
weeds that have not been cleared from
th.' ground will serve as harboring
places for mice nnd Insects. When the
materials on the surface of the ground
which have been destroyed by frost
are dry, nnd the grass also dead, it Is
not difficult to burn an entire bed over
nnd thus consume ninny seeds on the
ground.
Currant Cnttlna-a.
Tnke up the currnnt cuttings and
plant In nursery rows, and throw a
ridge of earth over them, so that they
are covered about two Inches deep. In
tho spring this covering should be re
moved, so that tho tips are left Just
below tho surface of the ground. In
this way currants are readily propa
gated from bardwood cuttings made
from well-rlpened shoots of on sea-
son's frowth.
HANDY NAIL BOX.
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SUGGESTED METHOD OF COMMUNICATING WITH MAUS.
That Mars Is Inhabited, scientists
are convinced, and for years efforts to
communicate with the planet, 35,000,
D00 miles away, have been made with
out avail.
That communication between our
world and the Martians will one day
be established, however, Is practically
agreed, writes D. S. Landls, a noted
scientist. Following the death of an
anny officer-scientist there came to
light papers dealing with Interplanet
ary communication, which suggest a
way of putting Into execution the long
dream of the scientific world.
This officer knew that a rifle ball
driven by army powder traveled 1,000
feet per second, and the projectiles of
large cannon much faster. But they
fell after a time, due to the attraction
of the earth.
He estimated that If a projectile
could be fired that would travel 20,300
feet per second it would overcome
gravity and travel round the earth at
a fixed height, returning to its start
ROYALTIES IN ENGLAND.
tittle Prince of Norway Dlapated
With Knlaer In Popular Favor.
Seldom before has there been a
greater gathering of royalties In any
European kingdom than that which
was seen In England recently. There
were, besides the members of the
Rrltish royal family, the Emperor nnd
Empress of Germany, the King and
Queen of Spain, the King nnd Queen
of Norway, nnd the heir apparent, lit
tle I'tince Olof. Queen Amelia of I'or-
,:;.!:: ,rWki.".Jj.tf
I'rtlMt uut-b' OF NUKV'A.
tugal and the Infanta' Isabella of
Spain, the two last being present to at
tend the marriage of Prince Charles of
Bourbon to Princess Louise o Orleans.
Of all the visiting royalties, the
Kaiser is the most important and his
mission to England is Interpreted ns
official and political. The visits of the
others are purely social, 'ihat the
meeting of William II and King Ed
ward will conduce to European peace
and to a fuller understanding between
the two countries Is taken for granted
at all the chancellories of Europe. It is
an Interesting circumstance tbat amid
all the numerous wars of European
history there has never been a breach
of the peace between England and
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M,skt yjgi: toy
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ing place In one hour and twenty-three
minutes.
Going farther, he learned that If a
velocity of 87,000 feet per second was
achieved, the projectile fired from a
cannon on the world's pinnacle would
putts straight lulo space, eacupe the
earth's attraction, and instead of fall
lug to the earth, would drop upon the
planet nearest It at the time.
This theory, If executed, would make
communication with Mars possible. A
speed of 37,000 feet per second is not
Impossible. When the gun and explo
sive capable of such velocity are dis
covered, scientists can drop a projectile
uion Mars, beyond doubt
A non-fusible projectile, partially hol
lowed, could carry messages from this
world to any toward which it was di
rected. The motions of the earth and
Mars being known, It would require but
little calculation to so fire the pro
jectile that It would, when stopped, be
attracted toward its intended destina
tion. Germany, or between England and
Pnissla, and the meeting between
Kaiser and King will undoubtedly bind
the two nations more closely together.
While the Kaiser was the center of
attraction for statesmen and diplomats
and the great of the land, the little
Prince of Norway drew the plaudits
of the people. IYInce Olof is a manly
little chap, now a little over 4 years
old, nnd dressed In his sailor suit, as
becomes a representative of the Scandl
navian race, he appealed strongly to
the English Imagination nnd to English
sentiment. His father is Haakon VII,
who as Prince Charles of Denmark
was elected to the throne of Norway,
In 1005, and his mother Is the Princess
.Maud, third daughter of King Edward
and a popular English prlnoess.
A Caprlclona Appetite.
"Its awful trying this catering to a
sick girl," Mrs. Dousrlns confessed tn
the friendly visitor who had called to
inquire ror Amy.
"I believe this convalescent hnslnnca
comes harder on me than her real sick
ness," continued Mrs. Douglas, with a
deep sigh. I'm that put to It to get
something that she'll eat with a relish,
I get all riled up sometimes trying to
tempt her."
The visitor murmured something
sympathetic, and thus encouraged, Mrs.
Douglas went on.
"Only yesterday." she snld. "T mt her
- ' ' n
a pork chop and five cents' worth of
marshmallows for her dinner, and If
you'll believe me she turned up her
i nose an' snld she couldn't enr n mltot"
A Sfew Trade.
In a New York school a teacher was
asking the children what trades their
fathers followed; but one little girl at
first refused to tell. "Come, Rosle, you
must tell," said the teacher.
"Well, ma'am, he's a worm-eater,"
said Rosle.
"A worm-eater?"
"Yes, ma'nm. A worm-enter In an
antique."
The puzzled teacher made a Journey
to Rosle's home, and found It was all
true. Her father's work was boring
life-like worm-holes in Imitation an
tique furniture, to make It look genu
ine. Not Eligible.
Miss Terner I do wish tha VnnGllts
would Invite me to share their box at
the opera Just once.
Miss Wise Nonsense! Ton can't ex
peet them to. They know you're not a
loud talker or dresser. Philadelphia
Press.
At Their Second Meeting.
"May I call you Mabel?" lie askei,
pausing in htsperusal of the menu.
"If you wish to," she said, "but my
name Is Gertrude." Plck-Mo-Up.
Some men need a big humiliation
about so often to keep them reasonably
modesti
Because we make medicines
for them. We give them the
formula for Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral, and they prescribe It
for coughs, colds, bronchitis,
consumption. They trust It.
Then you can afford to trust
it. Sold for over 60 years.
" Ayer'i Cherry Pectoral U a remedy that
liould be In every home. I hMve need a frreat
deal of It for hard couirhi and colda, and 1
know what a splendid medicine It Ifl. I can
not recommend It too highly." MABK .
CoUBif, Hyde Park, Man.
Q A KadTbTTo. Ayer Co., TowtUMaa.
U ya Alao manutaoturera of
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a& JLUwO UAittT'lOOR.
Ayer's Pills greatly aid the Chorry
Pectoral In breaking up a cold
A Fellow Feeling-.
"Still rooting for the Carlisle Indians,
are you? What's the secret of your
fondness for the noble red man?"
"I'm one myself."
"So? You don't look It."
"I beloDg to the Improved Order of
'em."
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The only breaks In the monotony of
a model married man's life are those
caused by death and the season's
changes from peas to corn and beans.
The cows udder is kept in a clean,
healthy and smooth condition by(wash
ng it with borax and water; a table-
spoonful of borax to two quarts of water.
This prevents roughness and soreness
or cracked teats which make milking
time a dread to the cow and a worry to
the milker.
End of the Vacation.
Influential Parishioner Doctor, when
do you start up the works again?
The Rev. Dr. Fourthly (with great
sererity) Divine service will be resumed
next Sunday morning, Mr. II igg worthy,
at 11 o'clock.
It Cures While You Walk.
A 11
aucii ruot-tase is a certain cure for hot.
sweatinB,callu,aiii swollen, aching feet. Bolrf
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Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Uoy, X. T. ...
Curioalty Appeaaed. t
"I notice you are prematurely bald,"
bgerved the inquisitive passenger. "May
I ask how you lost your hair?"
"I lost it by doing too much butting
into other people's affairs," answered the
nthar nasserr-"''.
Only One "BROMO QUININE."
That is LAXATIVE BKOMO (jl'ININE. Look
lor me signature oi r.. . UKOVE. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold iu One Day. Jixs,
Merely Filler.
Tarry (reaching for bis blue pencil)
Anything in this story about a railway
sar?
Graff Yes four lines.
State ot Ohio, City of Toledo 1
Lucas County. J8"'
Frank J. heuey makes onth that he lssentot
partner of the firm ol F. J. Cheney t Co., doina
buBinessintheCity of Toledo, County and StaM
ftf..aJid.'""1 ,hRt snl,t ,irra will pay the aum
of ONE HfNDKKD DOLLARS for eaeh and
every case ot Catarrh tliat cannot be cured b
the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
o . v , FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn to before me and su bscribed in in y tire -ence,
this 6th day ol December A D 186
(Seal.) A w- GLi ASON
tt ii. . .4 Notary Public
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Take Hail'i Family Pills for constipation.
Reformation.
"Geoffrey," she (aid, nestling closer to
him, "mamma thinks you're a bit wild
and boisterous. You're not, are you?"
"No, love," answered Geoffrey. I
used to be, but I'm not now. You can
tell your mamma I quit playing the xylo
phone; long ago."
Constipation
May he permanency overcome L proper
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which enables one to form regular
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nature and not to supplant the naW
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