W a s h i n g t o n SB n— -J g good condition for reeeiviU Hence it Is beneficial to i Helds in the fall so that the"'winter frosts may act upon the hard pirces A S c r n tc h in n P e n . of T " ‘- 10 th,f* w«y much ia b J r 2 saved and the natural forces do better work than could be accomplished by u i , " 1, T anK- A further advantage ' Balu‘‘<1 fron> the action of air ' on - - the •*- exposed soil. Fall Plowing for Corn. poultry houses ure now built ed wtHi" l ' y 0lt* SO<* ls t0 t0 l,e P*ant- ? : » y a r , it should by all fjn opeu scratching shed uttaeh- 1 |fhis serves very w ell fo r giving h done n " 1 " loW,‘'1- Th,‘ earlier this , loue the better, as it will g iv» time DS exercise in the open air in providing the w eather is all W°hieh wemdeCOmp08l“ on ,0 ,ak<‘ r,Ia,‘('- ! ! « ke *he s,,rlnB f ’Htivation abut drifting snows and cold, dull much i niuch less dlffleult. It will also enable Cfflake an open scratching shed o f e farmer to harrow the land two or kierviee and entail much labor in •ree times before winter sets in. It is r the snow cleaned out, and in often recommended to plow just bo- \ things In running order again. fore the ground freezes, and leave the • accompanying cut, reproduced land In the furrow so as to give frost l tbe Orange Judd Farmer, shows better chance to mellow the soil. But Lb more practical arrangement there is never any danger that frost [tbe open shed plan. It is a lenn- will fall to go down the full depth of ditiou upon the south side o f the the furrow in any of the Northern States. There will be a mellow seed­ bed to the depth of the furrow, if the fall plowing Is doue early. I f done late, there will he more or less glass roots living and ready to grow among the corn when warm weather comes. m i POULTRY SCRATCHING PEN. Shying. When a horRe shows a tendency to shy at anything, he should be held by u firm and gentle hand, and spoken to kindly. I f possible hold Ids head di­ rectly toward the object, and let him look at It as long as he will, then move him toward It. If the object is station­ ary, let him get acquainted with it, let him smell it and look closely at It. The moment a horse becomes familiar with the things that alarm him, and knows what they are, he grows indif­ ferent to them. This Is the only way to break a horse of shying at every­ thing he meets on the road. The man who uses the whip when the horse shies aggravates the evil. e, the windows o f the latter I above the roof o f the lean-to. twindows in this addition have a [ upon the outside, or w ire poul- |letting. In pleasant weather the I windows are all swung up to the (Inside and fastened, givin g an tance of pure air and sunshine [bens when scratching for grain plltter that covers the floor o f the Sun Bonnets for Horses. In stormy and very cold The suu-bounet for horses has been r the glass window's can remain lor nearly closed. A small door, introduced In England mainly by the |)ean be elosed at night, admits the exertions of Mr. Percy, a wine mer­ chant in Tower |llo the seratehfng room from the street, who has hor roosting room. used them for dinia TiirnipH on th e L a n d . some years for his finch is made o f the turnip erop own horses. Sun- (lish sheep feeders that Arnerl- bonnets are com­ nersare Inclined very nntural- mon in som e iImitate their exam ple. Hut we French towns, no­ fpown several turnip crops, until tably Bordeaux, »eluded that in this country In- where they can be ftom and other grains with wheat had for fourpence lilorded much cheaper nutrition each. It is three (lior sheep and cows than w e could years since Mr. mm any root crop. As fo r feeding Percy began to use TUB SUN BONNET. ^ fo r 0SVR toff in winter, it is not adapted ’ climate. Most o f the turnips horses, and eighteen months ago he i here are kinds that grow above sent one to the Society for the Preven­ , and the freezing destroys their tion of Cruelty to Animals, but It was ! value. Knglish farm ers grow only last summer that anything was turnips for sheep feeding, really done. The hats remind oue of a i are so deeply rooted that the Welshwoman’s straw tower. There I eat Into them without pulling are two holes in the top for the ears of • op. But they are large, heavy the horse to go through; In the - one Und will feed where our Amerl- one may place a damp sponge. A rib­ »de Merinos w ill not. bon at the hack attaches the hat to the harness, and It Is fixed to his bead by M odel D a i r y C o w . ribbons tied to his neck. A bune.i of [the last Southampton show in ribbons at the top of the cone are not 1 Jersey cows made a notable nietely ornamental, ns you would hi, both as to numbers and qual- think, but are intended to keep away [One of the Rothschilds Is i spe­ the flies. ller of these cattle at his couu- V aln e o f Good Brood Sows. hce, Tring Park, Herts. Lord Before beginning to feed the spring •child’s Jersey cow Gypsy Queen first prize at Southampton. pigs much corn it is well to select all the long-bodied.thrifty young sows.and keep them for breeders. We never knew even In most depressed times, when a breeding sow due to farrow In the spring would not sell for much more than her value for pork would have been. What is more, the breeding sows need and should consume very m . little grain. Some wheat middlings, with such refuse fruit anil vegetables as would be otherwise wasted, will on any farm keep two or more brood sows until they are ready to farrow. This ;s especially true In localities that are GYPSY OUKKN II. largely devoted to growing vegetables IWcture Is here given. A dairy and fruits. I * that beefy build would have Q u ick -M atu rin g H ogs. powhoro at a fa ir In the United There is no longer the demand for N hut Ideals differ. It w.is mat the heavyweight hogs which used to ^••Hd Itself, added to her unus- prevail when lard was what the hog ■ that helped Gypsy Qneen II. 'was mostly valued for. W hat Is most ■ l Prize. She is o f a faw n color wanted now are hogs that at seven or old. A description o f eight months old will average a pound P * 'n the London L iv e Stock ! d ,y or a trifle more, for each dav of praises her capacious udder, fhefr lives Such hogs as these are al­ i eye, however, her ways ^ l e . and i. Is very rare that i h the reverse o f capacious. they will not yield a profit to the grow- years American Quien S»be—who know— is a phrase in very common use among the Spaniards, »nd helps over many, many difflrultie». U '» expressive. What the weather mav he he coming winter, who knows? It may rnn". i l til cured : send for bopk. Dus. M AitsnBLft A POKTKKFIBI.I», ‘ 3K .Market hi., ban FranclMNk Diamonds have been discovered, in N. P. N. I . No. 44, * 9 7 . rare instances, in the meteoric stones J H K N w r i t i n g t o H i l v e r t i i s r s , | »ls s s t which have fallen to the earth. m e n t io n t liia p a p e r . w B u y Yo u r Fu rs DIRECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER- This Handsome Cape represented by this cut, a combination ol Electric Seal and Astrachan, with tw elve tails, regularly sold at fit), w ill be sold during this month for flft. Our stock of Alaska Heal (raw and manufactured) Furs, is no? complete. 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When Mr. Blank had completed his time In Utah he brought the rattlesnake back with him to N ew York and established him In a spare room at tbe back o f the house. One night he neard a great no.se, and, rushing into tbe snake's private apartment, found that tbe ani­ mal bad caught a burglar In tbe folds of its body and was rattling Its tall out of a window to call a policeman. T h e cause Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought, and ha.9 the signature o f CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Compauy o f which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. Match 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX A Cart-Load of Gold No C. O. 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