Qanllty of Grass Seed.
Flectric Farming.
Although
agricultural
machinery
Ia»s«o«»<l M»««bl>»ard.
highly approved finish j» that hand- ers in tjje sheath fitting effect of the originated in the United States and the
n endeavor to provide some embroidered collars are not cast-iron, hipfl. There is a deep belt that extenjls American fanner used patent mowers,
fi eaiM of h««»»-ui>ig tlw back-breaking and pins that »ill not tear a tautly- the entire depth of the hi[>s and from reapers and threshing machines long
labor every woman undergoes when streteh- <1 anti starched collar have not tills there falls a flat flounce trimmed before their Euro[>ean contemporaries
with Innumerable lflsertions or rows of in the same field of labor had put aside
washing clothes, a been invented.
»'pon removing ■ new collar and per ribbons. The bottom is finished with scythe, rs-ke and flail, the possibility
\'i-br;*sk.i woman
has »lislgned and ceiving it pierced with- holes, shV but little frills and. ruches-. Such a skirt, of lntroifucing electric power in farm
patented » . new tonholed tls-se rents Into ornamental takes up little ehough room and adds work was first recognized In the Old
World. •
irran'gement of the eyelets. Now. she avers that her collar Imperceptible bulk.
This .has probably been due to the
im longer tears, and. tttoreover, that It
a ashboartf.
Til* B»ain <ftrr Fifty.
fact
that the farmers of America,
is
pinned
strajght
with
much-
less
vex
Woiueu never
The brain usually stops growing at thrifty and far-seeing, recognizing the
it*- a waahlsKird ation of soul than hitlferto.
about .TO, and from '¡0 to 79 it is more .economy and reliability of the small
except on an In .
likely to decrease, It
1 has been related oil engine, failed to perceive how any
-line, not realizing
liy Cation MacColl, , says.the London saving 'could be effected by generating
hat
every Inch
Spectator, that Mr. Gladstone’s head electric current and distributing to Its
«oai/amiTAi. wash loser the rubbing
was constantly outgrowing his hats» motors In outlying positions.
(io«ai>.
surf.-tee is.brought
As late as the Midlothian campaign.
When, however, the luains from some
«•> tie- iqienttor .make* a groat »liffer
when he was nearly 79, he was obliged large electric power company pass with
«-it-r in flit- labor re»)Ulr«‘d.
In the
to have his heail remeasured for this in reach of a. farm or estate the condi
iilustf.-itlou tiie mishlxtard . in plaeed
Canon .Maj-Coll's conclusion . tions ar5 much more favorable, and
reason.
horizontally ai-rons tin- lop of III»- fui».'
that this 'continued' growth of brain this state of tilings must already exist
Mlnmt tlitee ini-ins In-low thi- e»fg»*. ami
contributed to Mr. Gladstone's peren in a measure .which will be largely ex
pot mi art Im-line Th»* usual [sisition
v great deal of colored embroidery nial youthfulness ap[»ears Hot unwar tended in the future. Current German
»if a woman tiemHng over tin* tub fo'
newspapers contain an interesting ac
on-white
ground and of colored hems ranted.
rea.-ii fi.,, rubbing surface is thus avoid
count of the application of electricity to
striking
on
white
pattern
robes
are
<
ItHl
Witfeoat
Hongt.
H»4
»»1. as tiie tub can In- ralwl upon a
If you want to look very pretty and a group of farms in Saxony. The elec
•»ipport bigi» enough for tlu- operator features of new pattern robfs.
of
<
re
have
red cheeks for a dance, you can tric current is brought from an adja
Jaunty
little
Frenchy
coats,
to move the arti les I»-Ing washed in a
horizontal to-and fr»> manmr wltlmut tonne and a parasol to match will be do this, says the Delineator: Rub cobi cent town by overhead wires carried
»«* mi mg the ba<*b
Tiie washlsiar»! i» «een with -white or colored linen and ereatn into the face, always with an on wooden pole« Two receiving sta
Hupl«»rte»l across ttir »vnter <»f tin-» tub' pique skirts ou rieit season'» summer upward rotary movement.’ Wipe that tion» are »«ranged, from which tiie »lee-
off. rub in more and wipe it off again. tricity 1» distributed to the farm build
by hi»ng»-rs at «etch end. If desirable - girl.
f«»rig sleeve« sec seen again In simp Then wash the face with hot water. ings and to convenient positions in the
to incline the washbtKird. hwblers «re I
field» for the purpose of driving thresh-
•ng and other machinery.
SOME OF THE NEW STYLES IN BATS.
Sixteen fil’d eleetrlc motors are in
stalled for chaff and root cutting, oat
crushing, pumping and for ojierating
machinery used in the manufacture of
potato spirit. In addition to this pow
er equipment, six portable motors are
provided, which may be used for driv*
ing pump», circular saws, threshing ma
chinery, and so forth, at any point
where their services are required. The
houses and buildings on the farms are
all lit by electricity. 9 ar* lamps and
about 1,000 glow lamps being used for
’he pur|«>»e.
It must be pointed out', however, that
this example could only lie followed In
the United States oa a very large e* .its
or s group of adj.-i-’cnt brins-. and it is
doubtful whether such .« scheme could
be made a commercial «meces» for the
operation, of farming machinery pure
and simple. It woul l H[>|>ear that .wood
sawing, pumping and other oiierations
rivjulring [«>wer must be in -luded If
tiie results are to compare favorably
with those nt present obtained by the
use of oil or steam engines. But the
Saxon etjwrlment I’ full of Interest,
and displays a curiously progressive
spirit in a country where 'arm fences
are almost unknown, ¡ittd shepherds and
cowherds are still living amid pictur
esque realities.
7]
Food
■JVKKlKc; HAT
. Tiie old-time, list of twenty years
ago the one that resembhsl an invert-
••»! kettle with » cockade Which stuck
Up in the air »everak feet -is to .la- tile
latest ctaze this spring. Tiie new cre
ation is called “Tiie Campaign Hat"
and will cost all the way from $51» to
$!.<■■» .tills in order that tiie common
[>eople may not wear them and render
them ordinary. Among the most popu-
lar Imts this year are the Campaign
hat, the Merry Widow sailor, the black
leghorn, and a new evening hat»- The
one thing that is barred in hats is th'e
big. wide headpiece so fashionable a
yi‘ar ago. Also there will bo no rib
bons worn on stylish hats. There will
he. howevyr, abundant quantities of
flowers and much tine lace worn.
provided by >»W.
*ne end. can Is* low of the hamlannrot .weddjng gowns and
ered so as to su[>port tiie «1 si)boa rd at a r<» ent w<slding not only tiie bride
wore Jong sleeves but the bridesmaids
«t in angle ms-essary.
also.’
Is Ik* Sick R«om.
Of ¡ill the »‘oilers offered at the ne»*k
Tkni't tell long stories.
wea’r coupters Just pow mi other is so
1 a>n't rehash oilier p»»»ple's trials,
generally popular as the strl[>t*»l on»«
1 »»n't tliitik up miserable possibili- i embroidered w ith »-olor»*d dots or ».-ol
tie.*'.
, ore»l pattern.
< rood cheer Is better than medicine,
Some of the most effective litth*
file Jest ha an important part tp play
blouse« art* ma'dt* of stri|ie»l voile anti
%s a renusly for irritability.
Order, observation and obedience arc have a »■''»Tni,| nt living them’ blond lace
three cardinal virtues in a nurse ., j Jaltots e»lged narrowly with batiste in
Add to tbies* tact, the want of which j tiie color of the stripe.
Then dash cold water over it and dry
it thoroughly w’ith a soft towel. To
adil the final touch take a small piece
of ice. caver »vitti a towel and rub
gently, three or' four times over I ho
»•liAek. bones. This gives a color which
will last for hours, and is really a mild
form <>f T»irklsh bath for tjie fn,r.
Many ladies before going to dinner use
leather sponges, rubbing the cheeks
first with wurtn water, then ho’ water.
an»J dry thoroughly. This gives a love
ly color.
(XlifrAIG'K
Sleeves of this smsoii *« gowns *hlch
are to *»■»* tt«e during the spring ami
1 summer will have to be cut down. There
HSnilh«*»eklrt < ■».
I is little fullness gathered Into tlie ami
Take a large handkerchief With a hole, sometimes none at all.
pretty bonier and fold in the ndddl»*
Skirts are plaited, clroulnr nn<l
Sew together at one end Ind roM-r-e gored, many of them wlth front pn nel
Titke the point where the seftui ami • -ffe -ts. A wide band at thè hem.
fold meet and bring It forward to th»* which tips upward at the back. Is one
front and ■ itch. Fold tit-* I obw ebr of the latest fad«. It has been eonsplc-
tiers at th»* bottom over for alsait two nous on th»* other side all winter.
inches, and then put several, plaits In
T ie h»'U fa»l of tin* rnomont Is a plain
tlis ba» to it the geek. This will ft» ike
«trap of leather to a»*»*rd with the
a well fitting, dainty “dii*ting cap." I
«own an»l■ Listen» with a monogram
and one licit Will slways look bright
rnSJe The*- ¡ire gold or silver, quite
ami m at. ami can lx* easily launder» I I rquFtd. tlir w»-Arer « initials being set
i • itHift j tine rint. The clasp 1« pr»*-
It»-e follnr» !>• Nof Te«S
is»ly fl«» jvldth of fl»»' bolt ami so aff-
One bright w -man has solved th it
problem which vbxes every feminine ,Ju«* d ib itx it n»iy be put on dlfferrtit
who pins her linen collar across thef I »and«. ,
all otb
it»e ««test p»i:i »ut
front. The objection ta thia trim and^ I
Is the base of nearly every sin .1 1111 rm*
may commit.
«
»
' leniti»« (linen Silk,
It is advisable white glace silk is
drying to shake It rej>eatedly and get It
smooth by this process, so that ft niav
not require Ironing, as the application
of hot metal removes the natural crlsp-
ne»s from the silk and entirely spoils
its apfiearance.
All -ott silk«, howisfr. look better it
ironed, but this should not be attempt
ed until till the iH-nzine Inis passed off.
as the beat of the iron might ¡.,-nite tin-
spirit ¡uni tin- silk I»- destroyed.
Worth Knon-lnw,
Here are some of th« things which
will tend to keep colors from fading:
For blue use a handful of salt, for
green a lump of alum. <>x gnll wjJI
keep gray or brown from fading. When
washing tail, brown or linen color use
hay water, which Is made by pouring
boiling water over bay.
An English Journal, The .I.¡meet, in
discussing the comparative food value
of roast beef and turkey, says that it
.may I* said that, weight for weight,
' the flesh of the turkey is more nourish
ing than that of beef;'lnit the hitter is.
generally speaking, cheaper than the
former. The moisture in beef, how
ever, exceeds the amount present in
the flesh of the .turkey, anil the latter
contains a better-¡»ereentage of prott'id
or flesh-forming substance. In either
case the percentage of moisture is sel»
dom less than 70 per cent.'.
. In lean bt'ef the amount of fat Is
much the same as In a not too well-fpd
•turkey, but it- must be pointed out that
the flesh of poultry differs froip that
of beef and mutton in not liaving its
muscular fibers permeated by fat, and.
moreover, the fibers in the flesh of the
fowl uire short and rarely yield to the
disintegrating action of the digestive
¡irocesses. A large amount of fat in
either case is apt to interfere with the
digestibility of the meat. The fat of
beef is more digestible tliiin the fat of
the turkey. The fat of birds, in fact,
is harder, and owing to its tendency to
become rancid, it unsuitable for the
dyspsptic patient.
The Lancet believes- that the most
Important difference from a dietetic
point of view between beef and turkey
Is that, whereas beef contains a high
percentage of extractive matters, tur
key contaiirs hardly any at all. The ex
tractive matters in beef account largely
fob its peculiar and marked flavor, and
'owing t« their absence in poultry gen
erally, and In the pheasant and part
I ridge. the flavor of the*» meats ,1s deli
cate. But there is no doubt that the
extractives of beef, as well as mutton,
are valuable, fo'r not only are they
flavoring agents, 'but they also act as
•perhaps the most powerful stimulant
to gastric digestion.
■ .earned by
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the grain. He can
now dispense ■ with
one saw, hs -it is
possible to put the
two blades having
different teeth on
two rnor«.
the one saw, a*
shown In the Illustration.
The smooth top edge always Seen on
saws is changed to a cutting edge, simi
lar tq the regular cutting edge, the
saw thus having t<-eth on the two longi
tudinal opposite edges. The handle is
hinged to the blade instead .of being
rigid and can be reversed as it becomes
necessary to use either blade., This
saw is also an economical saw. as It
saves the expense of purchasing two
saws.
<■?••• B»lo» than lira»«,
A famous veterinary surgeon <1<
clares that grass Ix-ats all drugs in'
creation as a Cure for sick horses atid
mules. Horses should have a few
quarts of cut grass daily, from spring
until1 fall
Tin* prevalent notion that
it is harmful is without foundation.
Grass is to horses what fresh veget-i
hies'and fruit ¡ire to the human family
hih I
Fnrin .Wotea..
The profitable J ¡ tip of product ion Is to
maintain good health with early ma
turity.
More than half a million emigrants
from Russia have passed into Siberia
the past year to engage in wheat rais
ing,
A fanner near McEwap. Tenn., is dis
playing an ear of corn twelve inches
long, weighing three pounds and con
taining 1,380. grains. .
A grain farm at Murray. Iowa, ship
ped twenty-seven carloads of timothy
seed 'last fall, for which the farmer»
received from $1.50 to $1.75 a bushel.
A Kansas man claims to have.Invent-
e«l a fence-weaving machine, run by a
two-horse power gasoline engine, which
will weave and set a m-ile of fence a
day. ,
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• The United States produced 14.000.-
000 bushels of rice last year on a half
million acres. The culture of rice is
gradually creeping north ami some very
good grain is reported In Arkansas.
Holland has set engineers to work to
pump' tije water out of the fajnous
Zuyder Zee and turn it into dry land.
Wheh this work .is accomplished there
will rise where 4.000 fishermen now
sink their eels fafms and homes for
50,000 .Hollanders.
A Washington dispatch says ».genius
has Invented a do[>e which when used
as [stint for farm machinery will pre
vent rust and decay. This might be
goo«l news for those farmers who ,11 se
the fen<-e corners as storehouses for
their farm machinery, but the primu
blllty la they are too lazy to apply the
dope.
It. W. Crouse, a graduate of Iowa
agricultural college, has been appointed
State lecturer on animal husbandry for
Virginia. Another Iowa boy has gone
to the Massachusetts agricultural col
lege as assistant In nnimal husbandry.
The demand for college graduates in
the high class agricultural lines at sat
arles ranging ironi $1.090 to $2,000 s
rear la larger than the supply.
< Chin**« Oplvm D*n.
An opium den usually takes up one
I floor of ¡i building. Ag.-iinst the walls
is- a continuous wooden [flatform, per-
. haps two feet high ami extending out
j seven or eight feet into the room. This
, platform is divided at intervals of five
or six fis-t by low |i.a rt It ions, sometimes
but a few inches in height, into com
partment's. each of w hi h m-i-onnmslates
two smokers, with one him,» lietween
them. Sometimes a rug or a bit of
nnitting is laid on thia lull'd couch,
somi-times not: for tiie Chinaman, ac-
i-ustoim-d to sleeping on bricks, prefers
his »-ouches hard. A man always Iles
»low ti to smoke opium; for the porous
[till, which is pressed into the tiny orl-
I lice of the pipe, cannot be ignited. but
Is held direi-tl.v over tin- liinq'» and I lie
•lame drawn through It.
The first den we entered was on the
‘»«•olid floor of a rickety building. We
» limbed tin* sti*ep. infinitely dirty stair-
w.av. crossed a narrow hall and opcmsl
it door. At first I foilml it difficult to
sen distinctly in the dim light and
lliroirgh the tliiik blue luize; and the
ovci | h > w ering, slckish fumes of the drug
got into my nose and throat and made
breathing a -noticeable effort. There
was a desk by the door, behind which
sat the keejier of the den, with n lifter
of pipes and thimble-like caps before
hiu'i. In a corner of the desk was a
Jar of opium, a thick, sticky substance,
dark brown in color. In appearance not
unlike molasses in January. There were
twenty smokers on the corn-lies, some
preparing the pellet of opium by knead
ing it and pressing It on the pipe bowl,
some dozing off the fumes, and a few
smoking. An attendant moved about
tiie room with fresh supplies of the
drug. For each thimbleful, enough for
one or two smokes, the price was fifteen
cents (Mexican). Samuel Merwin, tn
Success Magazine.
Only
One.
“At- the unveiling of Rodin's bust of
Hehley in Westminster Abbey," said a
New York editor, “a number of good
stories were told nbotlt the groat poet.
II. G. Wells praised Henley's conduct
of tiie New Review. Of course tbit
periodical failed, yet undoubtedly It
was the best-edited magazine of the
last century. In It Henley "introduced
to .the world new writers of such dis
tinction as Joseph Conrad, Kqnneth
Grahame. W. B. Yeats, Mr. Wells him
self. and so on. One day as Mr. Wells
and Henley sto»si In the office of th»»
magazine, dlscussitig rather sadly its
gloomy projq>ects, a funeral wont by
•titIt slow [Mice.
“Henley loaned out of the window
and looked nt the funeral anxiously..
Then he turned to his companion ami
said with a worried frown:
“‘Can that l»e our subscriber?”’
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Mnn's 1.1 in 11 n 11 o n s.
Mnn can drive wild horses, gofern
a nation, settle mountain [»eaks and
win a war. bitt when he tries to rule
a woman be known that be will meet
defeat
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i>s«»is-r.a*«4 ■**.
To make one saw take the place of
two, and at the same time preserve .Its
recent Invention of
durability,
an Indiana man.
Every carpenter
includes two saws
A Miracle *»( Medicine.
Colonel William C. Gorgas, chief san
itary officer of the isthmian canal zone,
lias lately told the Inspiring story of
, how his department has ronverted one
of the most deadly regions of the world
into a place of habitation as healthful
as any American city.
The story really begins with the re
markable work of the army board in
Havana In 1901, by which It was aliso-
tutely established that the mosquito Is
not only a means, but the sole means,
.by which yellow fever and malaria are
transmitted to human beings. By vir
tue of tills knowledge, Havana was rid
of txith these tropical scourges.
The task at Panama, although simi
lar, was much greater, but it lias been
accomplished almost as completely.
Colonel Gorgas. w ho. was at the head
of sanitation in Cuba, has lieen In
charge of the task of making the canal
zone habitable since the beginning of
American occupation, and to him more
than to any other man is due the credit
of making the construction of the <wil
pissible without a terrible sacrifice of
human life.
Yellow fever lias tieen absolutely
eradicated, and malaria has been so
thoroughly brought under control that
the sick rate among the 32,000 laborers
is less than that of similar itodles of-
workmen In the United States. Pur
Ing the last year it was only twenty
nine In the thousand.
The result has been acrvimplished by
the simple exjiedfents of screening the
sleeping, rooms Of the men and oiling
the surface, of breeding places of the
mosquitoes for a space of 200 yards
from the barracks.
The anopheles,
which transmit malaria, can fly only
about 100 yards.
Tb the person who views these
achievements with the scientific Imag- •
Inatlon there is an outlook far beyond
the conquering of malaria and yellow*
fever. He gains a new' conception of
the growing dominion of medical sci
ence. It seems almost as if ttie world
stood u|H>n the very threshold of that
temple of knowledge In which disease
shall be stripped of power and the af
flicted of all the earth shall find sanctu-
a ry.—Youth’s Companion.-
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Hard Knncka.
So long as the home market »s not
fully supplied there 's no gain In ship-
ptng away.
As a rule the offspring of Immature
and psmpered animals are predisposed
to disease.
A proper rotation and wise tillage
will do much to keep the soil supplied
with available fertility.
Hotter methods, better stock and bet
ter tools hnv« don >’ed tin productions
of more Utan one farm.
Oats contain largely the mineral
properties requisite to fbnn and grow
bone and ths protein that makes mus
de «nd v -tsr lHwiwa
The Maine la* regulating the sale of
agricultural sml* requires that grass
see»l shall be sold under a guarantee as
to purity. Bulletin 138 of the Maine
agricultural exi>erimeiit station, which,
doubtless, many of your readers have
received, gives analysis of the sedila
which were collected by tiie inspector
and those sent to the exp»-riw'-nt sia-
tiou by corre*«mdenee in lissl.
l'b>*
dealers are very generally conforming
to the law and the purity of most seeds
is now guaranteed. The question nat
urally arises In the mind of a farmer,
should a seed be strh-tly pure, and, if
not, how nearly pure should it be?
The purity of seeds varies greatly
with their kind. It •* liossible to grow
timothy seed so clean that It shall car
ry practically no foreign weed seeds.
It Is not as eady to grow any of the
other grasses on clovers so clean. There
is no need for the sower to ever buy
timothy seed that Is much less than
99.5 per cent pure. Samples have been
e'xamlned by tiie station the present
year .which contained not a single for
eign harmful seed.
,
The ' best red elov.ér -seed will-fre
quently carry as much as 1 per cent
of foreign matter, although these im
purities are usually
comparatively
harmless. It Is, however, poor, policy
for the sower to buy a red-clover seed
tiiat is less' than 98 per cent pur'e. The
best grades of alsike clover will run
about 98.5 per cent pure on the average.
I't Is doubtful 'if the purchaser should
buy an alsike whose purity is less than
97.5 [»er cent,
RtAltup Is the most difficult seed of
all. It will, of course, contain more
or. less chaff. It Is difficult to grow red-
top free from timothy, and the seed
cleaners find It difficult to separate tim
othy seed from redtop after It has once
been introduced.
Samples of redtop
carrying ms high a» 12 or even 15 per
cent of timothy are not unusual. If
one could be sure that ths Impuri ties
were harmless like chaff and timothy
It might be safe to buy a redtop even
as low ns 85 per cent pure. Unless one
is assured of the character of the im
purities, it Is unwise to buy a redtop
less than 95 per cent pure.
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