Good Sheep Barm Poor One.
A good sheep barn is a poor one.
This may seem to be absurd, but the
facts support such a statement' There
is no question but that many flocks are
rendered unhealthy and therefore les.
productive . by reason of too close
housing. In few sections do sheep need
more than a windbreak and rain shed.
Some of our best shepherds have kept
their flocks for decades with only such
sheds as would prevent the flock being
exposed to direct winds, rain and snow
storms. The cut shows the type of sheep
barn found on the farm of a success
ful shepherd, which might be copied
with success. In this Instance the
sheep are kept upon forage crops grown
In four adjacent lots. The flock may
be turned Into any lot at pleasure.
It Is well to have this building
equipped 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
SOILING SHEEP FOLD.
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 flock has been kept with
varying success. The barn cellar Is
an excellent place for sheep If rightly
arranged. There should be plenty of
openings to the south, allowing sun to
reach all parts of the stable' so as to
keep lt thoroughly dry. Thorough
drainage Is essential.
' 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 and Home. 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 weeds for
bedding sheep. If short straw or saw
dust Is used It gets Into the fleece and
is an everlasting nuisance.
Profitable Cattle Feeding.
The Missouri Experiment Station at
Columbia has Issued a very elaborate
and handsomely Illustrated, bulletin on
the most successful methods of fatten
ing cattle, by Dean II. J. Waters.
This bulletin summarizes the expe
rience and conclusions of about 1,000
of the most experienced and successful
cattle feeders of Missouri, Illinois and
Iowa, and contains also a summary of
the results of a large number of tests
with different kinds of feed, different
ages of cattle, etc., conducted by the
Experiment Station of Columbia.
It considers such practical questions
as the most profitable age to fatten cat
tie, the proper weight, the best season
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
cuts of the different types of beef
cattle, including excellent illustrations
of the fat steer herd exhibited by the
college this season at the Interstate
Pair, Kansas City, the Missouri State
Fair, Sedall a, the American Royal,
Kansas City, and the International
Live Stock Exposition, Chicago. These
steers won nine championship prizes,
seventeen first prizes, sixteen second
prizes, seven third prizes and two
fourth prizes. Every gteer won at
every show excepting one steer In one
show.
CaltlTatloa of Oata.
At Cornell University oats were sown
broadcast In the usual manner, the
yield per acre being 37 bushels. On
another plot the outs were drilled in,
13 Inches apart, the hnndwheel hoe be
ing used to work between the rows.
This may appear to some as giving a
large share of labor In that manner,
but the yield on the drilled and worked
plot was 01 bushels 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.
Roota (or Farm Anlmala.
If roots are stored In a pit In the
field a high, dry place ' should be
chosen. If the ground Is clayey the
roots should be placed on top of the
, ground If It Is gravelly and drainage
is good a shallow pit about 0 feet wide
ana ai namaaarT length may be shov-
eled out. The roots should be carefully
placed In a gable shaped pile about 5
feet wide and as long as convenient A
thin layer of straw should then be
laid over the pile and this covered with j
six or eight Inches of earth. Another,
and thicker layer of straw and a final
layer of earth will complete the work.
Ventilators should be placed at inter
vals of ten or fifteen feet, which should
be closed when sweating has ceased.
The pit should not be opened on warm
days In winter. A ditch for drainage
should be cut around the pit Roots 1
stored In this way do not keep as well
as when stored In a good cellar; there
fore, they should be fed out as early as
possible. New Tork Cornell Experi
ment Station.
Flax la the Northwest.
The second factor making for tb
new prosperity may be termed "the dis
covery of flax." For years there had
been a few scattering flax fields, but
It was only In the middle Wi 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-bearing
quartz California ever saw. And
so the endless golden yellow of the
fields In August and the tinkling bells
In September, or the flax field.
Those who have never heard the
ringing of the flax bells have missed a
truly wonderful sensation. The round
seed pods, smaller than peas, which
contain the seed, give a faint metallic
sound which as one drives or walks
through a field, setting thousands In
motion, m like myriads of infinitesi
mal bells tinkling so faintly as to be
all but inaudible. Nor Is the mere
sight of a flax field in the mellow Au
gust soon to be forgotten. Imagine a
100-acre field, filled with flowers of a
blue more delicate than violets. And
of its profitable character one Illustra
tion will suffice. In June, 1900, Ole
Jannsen bought 10 acres In the heart
of the great flax belt for $10 an acre
on the crop payment plan. Ole "broke
up" that fall and the next' spring 135
acres and planted It in flax. In round
numbers, he thrashed In the fall eigh
teen and one-half bushels to the acre;
sold It for $1.39 a bushel, total,
$3,500 ; a little more than twice enough
to pay for his land out of his first crop.
Not only was the flax Immensely profi
table Itself, but It removed from the
country the stigma, "one-crop country."
World Today.
Barled Seed.
The Department of Agriculture has
undertaken a series of experiments In
tended to answer, if possible, the old
question, "How long can seeds remain
burled In the soil and still retain their
power of germination?"
Many extraordinary stories have
been told of the prolongation of the vi
tality of seeds during many years, and
eveu centuries, but very few actual ex
periments have hitherto been made..
Dr. Beat has reported that -he has
found seeds that responded to germina
tion tests after having been burled
twenty years. The seeds burled by the
experts of the Agricultural Department
at the Arlington farm last year were
packed with dry clay in porous clay
pots, covered with saucers and placed
at various depths from 6' Inches to
.34 feet There are 32 complete sets,
in 3,584 pots, representing 100 spe
cies, 84 genera and 34 families. Tests
are to be made at the end of one, two,
three, five, seven, teu, fifteen, twenty,
twenty-five, thirty, forty and fifty
years. "
Hire Frame Spacer.
The arrangement here shown, If
properly adjusted, is excellent; but
says the Gleanings In Bee Culture, In
the first .place It Is difficult to bend the
nails, and, In the second place, it
BEirr nails i it nun
would be more difficult still to bend
tbem all with exactly the same curve
for it would be Important to have th
bee spaces alike. In the third place,
one would have to bore a bole in order
to drive them into the frame for the
reason that the hammer head would
strike one side of the line of penetra'
tlon of the wood, bending the nail
over. Taking It all In all, the ordinary
staple Is much easier to insert and
far cheaper.
Location of Beehlvea.
Beehives should never be faced to
ward tbejiorth. In a northern lati
tude a northern exposure In winter It
almost sure to cause the loss of th
colony, by the rigorous north windi
blowing' in at the entrance, and th
confinement of the bees, caused by tbi
entrances being shaded on mild, sunny
days when the bees in the hives fad
ing southward if freely.
TO BE-EXTEB PULPIT.
The first woman to be ordained a
clergyman in the United States, Rev.
Antoinette L. Brown Blackwell, now
83 years old, is about to resume active
work In the Unitarian church. She
gave the site, and with the aid of 30
adherents is having built the first Uni
tarian church In .Union county, New
Jersey, near her home, in Elizabeth.
Every fourth Sunday she will accupy
the pulpit. (
About 60 years ago Rev. Mrs. Black
well preached her first sermon at Hen
rietta, N. T. She was one of the first
women In the UnWed Stntf-s to receive
a college degree. In 1853 she was or
dained a 'Congregational minister at
South Butler, N. Y., accepting the pas
torate of a church there. She is a
noted woman suffragist
THE AST OF BEGGING..
There are tricks In every trade, but
the professional beggar Is about the
trickiest individual at large. His suc
cess depends entirely upon his ability
ARMED ONE-ARMED BEGGARS.
to awaken sympathy. Years of mis
fortune alone are not always suffi
cient so he resorts to deception ' In
make-up, usually running toward de
formity of some sort Playing cripple
ts a favorite ruse.
In the larger. cities, where begging
still flourishes under the guise of ped
dling, this deception Is resorted to
dally. It Is an old dodge to pose as
a one-armed man. A false stump is
attached to the shoulder and the real
arm is tied to the side of the body.
A loose-fitting coat or a full blouse
does the rest
A Little Retouching.
The wonders of photography are
ever on the increase. Nevertheless,
there are still some limitations to the
power and skill of even the most ex
pert photographer.
Mr. Hall Is an amateur of no mean
attainments, and when his old Aunt
Hannah from Bushby came down to
the city he secured a picture of her In
her most characteristic pose arms
akimbo and mouth' slightly open. '
When Aunt Hannah saw the first
print she looked at it, t held it off,
drew it close again, and then sat down
to write her nephew. '
"Dear James," -wrote the old lady,
"yours with photograph taken during
my late visit Just received.- In reply
I would say, I'm well enough pleased
with it for myself and your folks. But
in the one you send out to California
to Emma, I'd rather you'd straighten
out my elbows and let my arms hang.
Affectionately, Aunt Hannah.
"P. 8. Perhaps you'd better close
my mouth a mite more, as Emma's
husband Is a stranger to me."
No Recourse.
"John, I think I hear a thief in the
dark closet beneath the stairs."
"I don't doubt It; I have known it
was there for some time."
"Telephone for the police 1"
"What's the use? You can't arrest
a gas meter.' Houston Post
After the Prom.
Ethel Was he satisfied with one
kiss?
Gladys Humph, I think he was sat
isfied with all of them. Yale Record,
An Alphabetical Propoaal.
She Do you like tea?
He Yes, but I like the .next Vrtter
totter. Wisconsin Sphinx
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Impure or effete matters accumulated
in the blood during the winter cause in the
spring such disfiguring and painful troubles
as boils, pimples, and other eruptions, also
weakness, loss of appetite, that tired feeling.
The best medicine to take is Hood's
Sarsaparilla, which thoroughly cleanses the
blood, and effects permanent cures by giving
healthy functional activity to the stomach,
liver, kidneys, bowels and skin.
SarsatabS are Hood's Saraaparllla in
chocolated tablet form. They have Identically
toe same curative properties as the liquid form,
besides accuracy of doia, convenience, economy.
Do loss by evaporation, breakage, or leakage,
!, of druggiiu or promptly of nibi mall.
i U. 1. Hood Co., Lowell. Mala.
Preparing to Faeo It Alone.
"Children," hastily exclaimed Mrs.
Sklmmerhorn, "your father la coming !
Run out and play awhile!"
"What do you want us to run away
from papa for?" asked the children.
"I don't want you to hear what he will
tay when he finds that his safety razor
ease has fallen on the floor, spilled the
bldes out and mixed them all up."
His View of Them.
First Visitor Most Interesting coun
try round about here. Have you seen
the ruins?
Second Visitor (who has Just paid
his bill) Yes; I suppose you mean the
guests leaving this hotel. Detroit
News-Tribune.
Eclsoei ef Wt,
Arlitldes was lamenting the ingratitude
f the people of Athens, to whose service
ne naa devoted the best years of his life.
"Still," he said, "I want it distinctly
understood that I am not going to make
a noise like an unappreciated philanthrop
ist."
Picking up on of the current maga
sinee he looked it over to see whether or
net Tom Lawion was still throwing fits.
Naturally.
Elvers was walking the floor with the
baby. '
"I wish," he muttered sleepily, "this
youngster wasn't so so blamed egotis
tical." "I guess you'd be egotistical, too," said
the Indignant Mrs. Rivers, "it you were
cutting your I teeth 1"
"Republics," said v the disappointed
itatesman, "are ungrateful." t
"Well," answered Farmer Corntossel,
''It's so hard to tell a patriot from an
office-seeker that I don't blame a re
public for gettin' kind o' suspicious."
Washington Star.
Horrors ef the Saaotam.
Rivers was writing a caustic review of
the political field.
"Brooks," he said, "give me a new
aame for these chaps that go around the
country presaging all sorts of financial
disasters."
"Calamity's ' presazents," suggested
Brooks.
An Awful RfaU.
Oyer I hear your friend Matchem
it married again.
Myer Yes. This Is his fifth wife.
Oyer Well, as a friend, you should
advise him to be careful.
Myer Careful?
Gyer Yes. Some da1 he'll marry a
woman who will live to become a
widow.
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No failures. A cake made with
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Mrs. L. Blckford. Gossville, N. H., says;
"Every spring I was completely prostrated,
run down, from dyspepsia and that tired feel
ing. But I have found Hood's Sarsaparilla
helps me from the first dose, completely
restores good health and strength."
The Modera Way.
"Fifth grade next year, Johnny?"
"Yes, sir."
"Ah, you'll be in fractions or dec!,
mals then, no doubt?"
"No, sir; I'll be In beadwork and
perforated squares." Pittsburg Post
St. Vitas' Dance and all Nervons Dlaeaaee
nermAuentlr cared br Dr. Kline's (iree
erva Restorer. Bend for FREE (Stria! bottle and
treatise. r.lL H.IUlae,I4,UAichBL,Phlla..l'a.
ITeeeaaarily.
Byers Seems to me furs are priced
excessively high.
Shqplelgh Yes, the fur trade is ad
mittedly a good deal of a skin game.
Kansas City Times.
Mst?T? tM Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing
Byrup the best remedy to nse fog their cOUOrea
during the teething period.
The Madera Way.
Scribbles How would yon go about
getting a play on the stage?
Dribbles I'd first write a novel.
Shake lata Yoar Sheet.
Allen's Foot-Eaae. It eurea painful, swollen,
tmartlng, sweating feet. Wakes new shoes easy,
told by all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Don't
accept anysubatitute. Sample 7JL Addreaa
A. 8. Olmsted, Le Boy, N." Y.
Always Talklaar.
"My wife tells me everything she
does," said the benedict, proudly.
"Shi is Hke an open book,"
"I wish mine was like an open
book," sighed the nieek little man with
the chin whiskers.
. "You do?"
"Yes; If she was like an open book
perhaps I would be able to shut her
up." .
There Is more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all other diseaaea put together,
and until the laat few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many yeara doctors
pronounced It a loeal dlieaae and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling t
cure with local treatment, pronounced it in
ourable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall'a Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market. It is taken internally in doses from II
drops to a teaspoonfuL It acts directly on ths
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case II
falls to cure. Send for circulars and testi
monials. Address: F. J. CHENEY t CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Bold by Druggists, 75o.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Oh tha Tea Party Lima.
Suddenly the alarm clock went off.
The sleeper, half awake, listened.
"It's only one ring," he said. "Ours is
tour rings,"
Whereupon he went to sleep again and
missed his train.
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