1IN FULL RETREAT
iliusslan Army to Mnko a Stand
at Tic Pass.
JAPS MAY DRIVE THEM FURTHER
Loft and Center Oeatan Japaneto
Draw Near Mukdsn and Camp
Follower Stamped".
Tiiklo, Mnrcli 4. Whlln n low olll
clnl dispatches from lliu army boforu
.Mukden linva lieon received, nothing
linn Ih'cii given out (illli'lnlly. Other
rojKirti) ntntu tlmt dm Japanese attack
iignlnnt tin) ltusslan loft and renter linn
boon entirely successful. Tliu right
wing "I tliu Russian has held bo far,
Imt It In believed tlmt, on account of
itlnr rwvcrfK, It in only u question of
n few hours until General Kuropatkln'
whole army will Ihi hi flight before tliu
victorious Japanese.
The ltusslan general's objective Is to
reach Tin mm In tlio hopo of establish
lux another lino of defense Micro, Tlio
elaborate nml complete campaign
planned by Marshal Oyiunn, If curried
out exactly as outlined, will make tlila
-extremely illlllcult of fulllllmenl, how
over. It In probable tliat Mukden mint
tx) entirely abandoned by tlio ltusslans,
or tlmt tliey must faro surrender event
ually. From tlio front Imvo romo rriwrta of
continued heavy lighting last night.
Tlio heavy cannonading could Ixi plain,
ly heard anil tho greatest confusion
rclgna In Mukden, according to tlio
llet rejiort". Kvery means of trans
IMirtatlon la being utilized liy tlio jx-o-pic,
who are hurrying nway In-foro tho
.Jawinere.
Heavy artillery tiring hna Ih-cii tho
feature of the lighting again, tho Jap-mii-so
continuing to lililu their move
nienta under tho niiioko of tho largo
guns. Tho attnrk developed under
till eover nml during tho night tluiu
Imvo Ihh'U lie no and In moot rase ef
fective. Admit They are Deaten.
Ht. Petersburg, March It la now
generally admitted tlmt after tho long
nml Heavy battle which Ima Iwen wag
ing Ix'font Mukden, General Kurnpal
kin haa Ihimi forced to almndonat leant
it part of hla mwt advanced position
under the llerco attack of tho enemy.
Tho next aland will proluthly Ihi made
ntTIo pais, and llttlodoiiht Iscsprciwed
of tho ability of the Ittiaalan cominamler
to bring hla forcen aafely from tho
rccno of the present ronlllct and firmly
establish himself In a new poaltlon.
FEAR RUSSIANS WILL FLEE.
Japsnete Eager to Decide War with
Preaent Oattte.
Imdon, March 4. A dispatch from
Toklo to tho Dally Telegraph atntea
that tho Japanese uro endeavoring to
force n dcclidvo liuttlo til Manchuria,
but it la feared (ienernl Kuroatkln
will retreat, lighting n rear-guard ac
ttou. j, I(pKtrtn from the Blmkho river indl
cote, wiy tho saino eorreiondent, that
tlio Hui-iilaii inonile la reriomdy Im
paired and tlmt there nro uuineroiia
voluntary nurrenderM, not only of Poles
nlid Jewa, hut of recently arrived Kuro
pcan ttoopa. They relate that them
morn nro current In tho army that
general Kuropatkln haa been recalled,
nml knowledge of tho Internal trouble
In Jtuiwilii muxes a deep Impression in
the iirmy.
ltejiorta aro current In Tokio, hut not
confirmed olllelally, that tho Japanese
have occupied Hakhallon.
Czar Welcome Stoeaael.
.8t. retemhurg, March 4. Cieneml
tUotwael, who waa given nn uudlcnco of
tho emperor yoBtenhiy and waa invited
to" luncheon with him, waa rtcelved by
Ilia innjoaty with a warmth which went
far to atono for the cool reception
which ho waa given by several of tho
newspapers and military factions, Gen
oral Btncsaol la being feted by eovloty.
A largo dinner waa given In hla honor
last night niter hla return from Tsar-Hkoo-Bulo.
No stops Imvo Iwen taken
jet toward an Investigation of tho
Burrender of l'ort Arthur.
Cannon Roar on All Side.
Mukden, March 4. The thunder of
urtlllery la heard from nil positions,
l'outlloff Sutl Novgorod hills aro hidden
liy tho sihoko from tho guns. Tho
bombardments woro resumed nftcr tho
repulse, of an Infantry attnek by tho
-Japanese. A heavy bombardment la
Jilso In progress In the neighborhood of
tlio Blmkho liver, apparently In pre
paration for an attack In that quarter.
The weather continues lino and warm.
Tho Chinese, nro preparing to sow grain.
Know Nothing of Arid Land Qrab.
"Washington, March 4, lloplylng to
u resolution of tho houso, tho eocrotary
of tho Interior today-gave tho Informa
tion that tho general land olllco had no
know led go of tho "surreptitious" ao
ipiisltlon of land sot apart for Irrigation
lines, as alleged by resolutions ot the
National Business league, of Chicago,
AT LEVEL OF SEA.
Panama Canal Commltiton'i Plan for
Isthmian Waterway.
Washington, Kelt. 28, Tho first dell
nlto enlgneerlrig plana for tho construc
tion of tho I'amimii canal Imvo juat
been laid beforu tho Isthmian canal
cominlaalon by tho engineering comll
teo of that Ixxly, consisting of Com
mlsslonora llurr, Parsons and Davis,
Tho principal recommendations aro
auinmed up III Mils resolution!
"Resolved, That this rouimltteo ap
prove and recommend for mloitlon by
the cominlaalon n plan for n seii-lnvo.
canal, with n bottom width of 1150 feet
and a minimum depth of water of .in
feet, nml with twin tidal locks at Mira
tions, whoso usable dimensions shall
he 1,001) feet long and 100 feet wide, at
a total estimated cost of f 230,000,000.
"Huch estimates Include nn allow
ance for administration, engineering,
sanitation and contingenclea, amount
ing to $:H,40,000, hilt without allow
ance for interest during construction,
expense of xono government and collat
eral costs anil water supply aewora or
paving of l'aiiainn or Colon, which last
items aro to lie repaid by tho Inhabi
tants of those cities."
Tho committee estimates that a sea
level canal can Ihi completed within 10
or 12 years from tho present time.
These recommendations aro tlio con
clusion of u roxirt to the committee
prepared In the canal r.one under data
of I'ebraury 1 last, mid based on com
plete engineering reports on all of tho
problems Involved.
Tho committee decided that, under
no circumstances, should tho surface of
tho canal be inoro than 00 feet alxive
tho sea, and estimates that this level
the cost would Ihi $178,01:1,00. A 30
foot lavel la estlmat.il to coat $10,213,
40(1. MINERS LOSE LIVES.
Twenty-Three Killed In West Virginia
Mine Explosion.
Illiiellel.l, W. Vn., Feb." 28. Aa a
result of mi explosion In abaft No. 1
of the United Blates Coal and Coke
company, at Wllcoe, today, 23 miners
aro supposed to have lost their Uvea,
and It la possible that tho number will
exceed this.
Up to 8 p. in. 10 Imdlcs had been
taken finui the shads. A largo rescu
ing party la In tho mines tonight. It
la barely posslslblo, but not likely, that
some of the remaining entombed min
ers will lie rescued alive.
Tho explosion was of terrific force,
and shattered windows a mile distant.
Immediate!) after Hie shock great num
bers of miners, who were off duty,
rushed to the shaft to llnd great clouds
of smoke and dust gushing from Its
mouth. Mothers, children and othei
relatives soon worn weeping and plead
ing for the rescue of those dear to them
oiiIoiiiImiI In tho mine. Tho oMlclals
ot tho mine were soon on the scene.
Tho company usually work In this
shaft about 75 miners, but today the
men woro not all In, and the small loss
of life can bo attributed only to thla
fact.
VICTORY IS DARREN.
Russian Were Able to Retire from
Position In Oood Order.
Toklo, Feb. 28. Tho report that are
arriving from tho front Indicate that
tho severe engagements of tho last few
days aro tho prelude ot what now seems
will provo one of tho bloodiest battles
of tho war. A largo ortloii of Oenoral
Kuroki's army has been engaged since
Thursday, and tho latest reporta Indi
cate that the fighting still continues,
with the advantage on tho sldo of tho
Japanese.
Tho capture of Ilercancft by tho Jap
aneso, while a brilliant exploit, was
practically barren of results, In that
tho ltusslans were enabled to retire in
good onler, ami concentrate nt Tzenti
puss, which Is now being attacked.
According to tho latest reports from
tho front that tho public la permitted
to have access to (ienernl Kuroki's col
umn has lwon heavily reinforced, es
eclally with artillery, and many of
tho slego guns of heavy caliber which
woro used by the ltusslans at l'ort Ar
thur, and fell into tlio hands of General
Nogl's men lifter the fall of the "Gib
raltar of tlio Kast," aro now licing
trained against General Kuropalkln's
forces.
Troops Moving Slowly.
Imdon, Feb. 28. The correspondent
at Bt. Veteraburg of tho Times says that
the government is making concessions
to tho railway men and placing tho
railways under martial law with n view
to expediting tho transportation of
troops to tho F'ar Kast. Tho Bouth
rltlo brigade, which left Odessa, two
months ngo, la still near Omsk. Tho
latest units ordered for service Includo
soiiio 20,000 men and 48 guns from
Caucasian garrisons. Thoy cannot
roach Genoral Kuropatkln More April,
at tho earliest.
Prince of Walos to Visit India.
I-ondoii, l'eb. 28, It has been ofll
dally arranged that tho prlnco and
princess of Wales shall visit India In
Novcmbor, ami stay until March, mak
ing a tour of tho principal cities anil
natlvo states, receiving the chiefs and
princes on behalf of King Kdward,
who, aftor consultation with tho vice
roy, has directed that for this occasion
tho exchange, of ceremonial presents
shall bo dispensed with. Consequently
no prcaonts will bo nccptod.
Deacon Await Their Prophet.
Moxlco City, F'ob. 28. Prophet
Dowle, of Ion City, Is expected to ar
rive hero tomorrow from Cuba. Ilia
llvo deacons now hero refuse to talk on
tho Zionist's plane, but it la understood
i Zionist colony will bo Bottled In tho
hot country, and dovoto Itself to raising
sugar cane, coffee and other products.
WILL IGNORE LAW
Western Railroads Decide Upon
Livestock Rates.
WILL MAKE TEST CASE IN COURT
To Oboy Decision of Interstate Com
merce Commlaiton Would Mean
Heavy Lo To Road.
Chlciigo. March 2. Kxccutivo offi
cial of Western railroads today decid
ed to Ignore the order of tho Interstate
Commerce commission requiring them
to charge no higher rates for livestock
than are charged for tho transportation
of the products of livestock, ly tho
ndvlco of general counsel tho matter
will Im tested In tho courts, aa tlio rail
roads have determined that It will bo
liniKMilhlo either to lower tho livestock
rates or to Increaso tho rates on pack
ing house products. There Is an in
clination to do the latter, hut tho con
tract which tho (Irrat Western road lias
with tho packers for nil 18-cent rato
between Chicago and the Missouri
river makes such action impracticable.
A reduction in livestock rates In
compliance with tho decision of tho
commission would mean a minimum
reduction of 3U cents tier 100 iiounds
and a maximum reduction of about 8
cents, and tho reductions would affect
fully 40 h.t cent of all tlio livestock
tralllc west of Chicago. A compliance
with the commission's order by a re
duction In the livestock rates would
mean, it is now estimated, a loss to
western railroads of at least $2,000,000
annually. They say that such a loss,
in view ot tlio contention ol too rail
road oMlclals that the rates are even
now unreinuncratlvc, is not to bo
thought of.
POISON IN VIAL.
Mrs. Leland Stanford Drink a Fatal
(Ooto and Die In Agony.
Honolulu, March 1. Mrs. Jano
Ijilhrop Stanford, of Ban Francisco,
widow of United States Benator Inland
Btanford, died at 11:40 o'clock last
night, 40 minutes after she waa taken
ill, at tho Moano hotel here, under
suspicious circumstances, pointing, in
tho opinion of tho physician who at
tended her in her dying hour, and
seemingly in that of others, to poison
ing by tho administration of strychnine
In a vial of bicarbonate of soda given
Just before retiring.
An autopsy on the remains showed
that the cause ot death waa tetanus of
tho respiratory organs, but how this
was brought about will not be known
until after an examination of the con
tents of tho stomach.
Mrs. Btanford built the children's
hospital, Albany, N. Y., costing $100,
000, and suportcd by an endowment
of $100,000 more. She also gavo $100,
000 to kindergarten schools In Ban
Francisco. Bince the death of her hus
band Mrs. Stanfonl had devoted her
attention to the development of tho
university, and had been residing at
Palo Alto, Cal.
TALK OF RETREAT.
Japanese Have the Rutilan Army In a
Very Tight Place.
St. Petersburg, via ""tho frontier,
March 2. Olllclal circles at the Itus
slan capital Imvu been seized with great
alarm, owing to tho ominous news
from tho Far East, and a conference
has been held of tho military experts,
who discussed tho Japanese movement
and debated at length what action the
ltusslan government should take at the
present time to uphold General Kuro
patkln. It is felt that tho Japanese Imvo him
in a very precarious position, and ono
in which it may bo necessary for him
again to onler a general retreat. It is
recognized that the Japanese movement
at this time is prompted -by a desire
to crush General Kuropatkln in the
belief that a Hussian defeat at this time
would compel the czar to sue for ieuco
Waiiso of internal conditions in Hub
sia. Ice Tearing Thing Loose.
Imlavllle, March 2. Drifting with
the ice, the steamer New South, one
of the largest passenger mid freight
boats on tlio Ohio, was today sighted at
Ciirrollton, Ky. A mile Mow Milton,
Ky., men Dually succeeded In getting a
lino nlmard and tying tho boat up to
tho bank. Tho local harbor authori
ties, on being advised from Cincinnati
tlmt 110 barges and 60 coal boats, all
containing mora or less coal, wire com
ing with tlio ico, despatched four tow
boats up tho river. They will attempt
to rescue the boats.
Bombs Imported as Orange.
Bt. Petersburg, March 2. Vastquan
titles of hand liombs aro being Imported
into Itiissla. The discovery was acci
dentally made by tho customs authori
ties nt Wireballen, ltusslan Poland, on
opening an ordinary fruit box marked
"oranges," which was found to contain
100 small iHimbs, Scores of similar
boxes Imvo been coming In for weeks,
and tho authorltlca fear they are already
distributed. The bombs aro not of the
typaof thoso used by the terrorists.
More Strikes In Poland.
Lugansk, Poland, JIarcli 2. Tho sit
uation is growing woiso. Today 4,000
men struck at tho Hartmanu works.
A general strlko of 200,000' miners in
tlio Donetz coal fields Is expected on
March 0.
NOW COIIELEBB APPLE.
After Year of ISiperlmant New
Hilles Fruit Una llccn 1'rfMliiced
The corelesa apple has been pro
duced nml It In full of posslhllltlr-n.
The new fruit Is regarded ns "tlio
world's greatest discovery In horticul
ture," says a writer In thn Nineteenth
Century mid After, and In fruit-growing
circles Is called "the wonder of the
age,"
' Its flavor la beyond question. If It
proves ns largo ns Its rival trees pro
ducing the now wonder, which Is n
winter variety, will bo planted by the
million In tin, commercial fruit fields
at home and nbrnnil. There Is little,
likelihood of Its Impeding the profita
ble sale of ordinary apple of high
grade.
The new apple, which Is both core
less mid seedlma, was Introduced by
mi old fruit raiser. For twelve yeara
ho experimented to obtain the fruit.
The treo Is descrilicd ns blossom
less, the only thing resembling a blos
som being a small cluster of tiny
green leaves which grow uround the
newly form Ml apple and shelter It He
Ing derold of blossoms. It la claimed
that the fruit offers no effective hiding
place In which the codlln moth may
lay Ita egga, which It usually does In
the open eye of tlio fruit. Moreover,
there la nothing to fear from frosts,
Tlio color of tho new apple Is red,
dotted with yellow on the akin. As
with tho seedless orange, so with the
seniles apple, a slightly hardened
substance makes Its apiw-nrance at the
mivel end. Hut this can be obliterated
by culture. The originator of tho core
lea; apple states that the further "we
get from the original Ave trees the
larger and better the fruits become In
every way."
Apple culture la more Important
even than orange culture. In the Uni
ted Htntca there aro 200,000,000 apple
trees In I (earing, from which 250,000,
000 bushels of fruit ore annually har
vested. In ten years these Uirea will
glvo a yield of 400,000,000 bushels.
At the present time the apple con
sumption of tho United States Is eighty
poundsa bead of the population o year.
Ily bushel measure the American np
plo crop Is four times greater than the
entlro wheat yield of Great Itrltaln
and Ireland,
Illltlons of apple trees are grown In
tho orchards of the world, and millions
of them are still being planted each
year. Tho apple Imports of Great
Ilrltaln alono range between 4,rj00,000
and 5,000,000 hundredweight In ad
dition, the writer estimates the census
of our apple trees at 20,000,000.
There nro now 2,000 of these core
less apple trees available lor propaga
tion to supply the orchards of tho
world. It Is estimated that by 1000
2,000,000 of these trees will be put up
on the market.
Tho 8pcncer apple Is not the first
seedless apple that has been grown.
During tho last sixty years about hnlt
a dozen such claimants nave made
their appearance. Hut In no Instance
was It found possible to reproduce
trees from them which would bear
seedless apples.
Though no blossom Is at any Urns
visible on the Spencer seedless apple
trees, when budded or grafted they In
sure trees that will produce coreless
apples. They are great bearers, and
crop freely In any country where the
ordinary apple trre will fruit
In 1820 Abbo IX Dupuy, professor
of natural history at Auch, drew atten
tion to the Don Chretien d'Auch pear,
which produced fruit without seeds,
though when removed to another lo
cality the seeds reappeared In the fruit
In the usual way. This fact up to
that period had led tho fruit-tree dis
tributers to treat the pear In one local
ity ns the Hon Chrctln d'Auch and In
nnother district ts the Winter Hon
Cbretln. Hut the Spencer apple re
mains seedless In any soil.
Tlio coreless apple will produce as
grent n sensation when brought before
the public as the seedless orange did a
few years ngo. The ornngo Is a lux
ury; the aromatic apple has become an
absolute necessity.
Chinese Food.
A German epicure comes to the res
cue of tho Chinese In regard to their
alleged habit of eating rotten eggs.
The eggs, he snys, are simply pre
served In lime until they get a con
sistency llko Hint of hnrd butter, nnd
the) tnste somewhat like lobster. Ho
declares them ono of the choicest deli
cacies he has ever eaten. He thinks
there nro no better cooks In the world
than the Chinese. When ho Went to
llvo among them his friends predicted
he would starve, but he had n good
time, nnd gained weight more than
he wauted to. New York Tribune.
Hoot heil to Itest.
-The story Is told of n man whose
wlfo had nrrnnged an "authors' even
ing," and persuaded her reluctnnt hus
band to remain nt home nnd help her
receive tho fifty guests who wero nsked
to partake of this Intellectual fenst.
Tho first author wns dull enough, but
tho second was still duller. The rooms
were. Intolerably warm, nnd on pro
tenso of letting In some cool sir, the
unfortunnto host escaped to the hall,
whero he found tho footman comfort
ably nslecp on tho carved onk settee.
"Wnfco up I" ho said, sternly, In tho
man's enr, "wake up, I sayl You must
have been listening nt the keyhole I"
Kitchener's IVny.
One of the London dallies tells the
following characteristic story of Lord
Kitchener. "On ono occasion the Gov
ernor of Nntul wired to the Com-mander-ln-cblef,
'My ministers and
myself consldor we should bo vouch
safed further uowa.' This wns Kitch
ener's reply: 'I do not ogroo with
ltner you or your minis tors. K.1 "
A Fine Table Fowl.
For some years tho old Kugllsh game
fowl of England has been coming to
tho front We hoo much In print about
the revival of the old Kngllsb game.
This fowl occupies n foremost place
as table tKiuItry. They nro most deli
cate mid One flavored fowls, a well-
known fact to thoso who havo feasted
on what we call pit game. In fact It
Is said that they outrank the pheas
ants In delicacy when served on the
table. They grow very fast and are
always plump and ready for the spit
any time after they are six weeks old.
The colors bred are black breasteu
reds, brown breasted reds, duckwlngs,
blue reds, piles, black, white and span
gles, the latter the most popular. As
shown by tho Illustration, these fowls
are beautifully built and free from
the long shanks of our standard games.
OLD E50LISH OAUES BPAHOLED.
They have full, plump breasts and
longer bodies than our exhibition
games. In fact, they are the same ns
our pit games, only they are bred to
exhibition form and color and not for
the pit Country Gentleman.
Cure for the Dog I'.tII.
The Rural New Yorker says: Tho
only euro for the dog evil Is a law re
quiring the owner of one male dog to
pay a small sum for a metal tag, with
the name and address of the owner
and the date, placing a practically pro
hibitory tax on additional dogs and
female dogs, making It the duty of the
proper officers to kill all dogs not tag
ged. When a dog Is killed while wor
rying sheep or other domestic animals
or fowls, the tag would show the own
er and recourse could be had for dam
ages done. A law something like this
was on the statute books of Indiana
several years ngo nnd worked well;
tho revenues from that source were
trebled, and the dog population de
creased two-thirds, but for some rea
son it was repealed. If a majority
of farmers could be Induced to put a
small flock of sheep on their farms
sentiment would soon be molded in
back such a law. Now the dog owners
are In the majority and sentiment
trends the other way. The same com.
plaint may be made In most sections
of the country.
Practical Bhasp Barn.
The plan shown Is Intended for a
sheep barn, although It would answer
equally well for cattle, and Is arranged
In such a manner that hay la stored
A 7500 BABX.
over the pens at the sides, aud this
apace Is filled directly from n wagon
driven through the center alley.
The space at each side of the alley
Is' divided up Into separate pens by
tho feed racks and each pen has a sep
arate window and door. This gives
AUnANQF.UEST OF TUK DARK.
plenty of light nud permits egress to
yards outside. While this barn Is only
ten feet at tho Bide, It gives nmple
storage for hay and a largo amount of
room without any waste spaco. The
cost will not exceed $500.
Draft Colts on the Farm
Groomlug Is all lmportunt The colts
should be well cleaned twice a day.
Hefore breakfast tbey should be thor
oughly brushed, the currycomb not be
ing used too freely, especially In tho
summer when the hair Is short After
the day'a work la dono and the team
ater has bad bis supper tho horses
will be dry then they should receive
their second cleaning, lie sure to re
move all the sweat nnd dirt nnd lenvo
the horses In shape to tako n comfort
able nlght'a rest. The manes and tails
should be well brushed, and, above
oil things, do not cut oft any ot the
tuano or forelock. The mano Is some
times cut oft under the collar and
bridle and doc not look ao bad when
Pi Wt H Mm
lf II tit tt'H
nn fri
Hki mu nf
ftiw
tho harness I on, but suppose a buyer
comes to look at the colts on the hal
ter, what do they look llko bcsldn
thoso with full manes? Ilreedcrs' Gazette.
To Prevent Hniut In Wheat.
Wheat should not he sowed without
being first treated If It has any Indica
tions of having been exposed to smut
Tho trouble can be obviated by dtp
ping the seed wheat In a solution that
Is sure to prove effective Hmut Is car
ried over from year to year on tho
seed wheat The motto of treatment
Is ns follows; Dissolve one pound of
copper sulphate hi twenty-four gal
lons of water. Koak tho seed In this
solution for twelve hours, after which
It should bo drained off. Then tlio
seed should be soaked for ten minute
In lime water made by slaking ono
pound of lime In ten gallons of water.
The seed should then be Arlcd as soon
as possible. Care should then be taken
that the seed wheat Is not eaten by
chickens or other stock, as the aulphato
Is a deadly poison. It Is the experi
ence of fanners that land that bore
smutty wheat the previous year will
not bear smutty wheat if the seed Is
properly treated, the smut spores In tiro
ground having been all killed by the
cold weather.
Profit In Bwln.
A young, thrifty, growing bog will
turn grain Into money qnlcker than
any other kind of farm stock. Every
farmer who ha not nn extensive range
for his hogs should sow rye to gtvo
them a green winter feed. Rake up all
the corncobs, burn tbem, and when In
the form of bright coals, throw water
on them, thus making charcoal for tho
hogs. A little salt may be added. Try
to feed young bogs regularly; never
feed late, especially the evening meal.
Watch the hogs closely to see It their
digestion Is good, for If they are not
healthy they will not thrive well. To
get your hogs ready for market tbey
should be on full feed of corn: but
after they are as fat as tbey can be
without detraction from their comfort,
put them on the market at once, for
they are unsafo to keep, because bogs
fattened on the corn diet nre very ten
der nnd cannot stand any abuse or dis
ease. The hogs kept for breeding pur
imses should never be put on corn diet,
but require feed that has more bone
and muscle-producing quality. Keep a
few more good brood sows; tbey will
prove to be the best Investment on
the farm before another year is gone.
Don't waste good corn by feeding It to
hogs In the mud. Your bogs will bo
coxvmzirr noo-BCALDixa otrrriT.
worth the extra cost of a feeding
trough. Try keeping an account with
your hogs; charge them with every
thing they eat and give them credit
for everything they bring In, and you
will be surprised to see how much bet
ter they pay than any other animal on
the farm. All kinds of stock are a
aourca of profit on a good farm. And
the farmer who thinks be can leave off
stock growing Is sure to find his mis
take. The pasture must be utilized
and fertility of the farm maintained.
Agriculture Kpltomlst
Whltewoahlniz the Trses.
Whitewash may often be applied to
fruit trees, especially apple trees, to
good advantage. For this purpose tho
brine may bo slaked In the usual man
ner with cold water, though hot water
Is preferable for that purpose. By add
ing some sklmmtlk to the wash It can
be made to adhere better to the bark.
To make It adhere still better, soma
people ndd n thin solution ot glue to
the wash. This whttewnsh should bo
of such a consistency ns to be easily
applied with a spray pump, nnd the
application should be made In tho
spring. It aids In keeping oft fungous
diseases and Insect pests.
How to Kevlve Meadovra.
Where meadows show Indications of
falling, give nn application ot manure
this winter, lenvlng It on the surface.
In tho spring apply fifty pounds ot
nitrate of soda, 100 pounds of sulphate
of potash nnd 200 pounds of acidulated
phosphate rock. This should be done
hi April, the bare places to be seeded
with seeds of n vnrlcty of grasses.
Keep the cattle oft until the grass
makes considerable growth.
Pin Feathera.
Do not expect eggs when tho hens
are moulting.
If the fowls bo stinted In food tbey
cannot lay up material for eggs.
Aside from the question of eggs a
warm quarters Is a great Bavlng ot
feed.
Chickens that are of a marketable
size should be fattened now as Boon as
possible.
In bavlng food constantly before
fowls tho great risk run Is of having;
them too fat
Ten days after tho hens are cooped
up with a cockerel the eggs "Will hatch
true to the mating.
From this on chicks cannot be ex
pected to grow very rapidly uuless
particularly well boused and fed.
Kerosene on tho roosts prevents Ilea
on the fowls. An ounco ot kerosene
Is worth more than a pound of lice.
Tho purity of one bird is not Im
proved for breeding purposes by being;
bred to another of a different breed.
Now Is the time to store a good lot
ot dry earth. None Is better than drain
ed and dried peat or muck, and nou
will absorb more gas and liquid.
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