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It is natural that persons with deli
cate, thin skins should suffer more or
1ms discomfort In the winter; and
when to a delicate skin Is added a poor
general circulation, the Buffering may
becomo a serious matter.
Much may bo done to reduce this suf
fering to a minimum, In tho caso of
persons who aro not obliged to oxpose
themselves to the elements In all
weather, and even thoso who are .much
exposed may help their condition by
observing a few simple rules.
The greatest annoyance In damp,
cold countries In England, especially
Is the chilblain. In most parts of
America the very cold weather Is also
dry, and this particular horror does
not flourish. The hands and feet are
the parts most generally affected by
chilblain, which Is a sort of miniature
frost-bite. Tho Intolerable Itching
which Is associated with It 1 one of
the most trying symptoms. It often
leads to such vigorous scratching that
the skin Is broken, and ulceration re
sults. But with the warm and dry
American domicile there need not be
great fear of this particular forni of
akin trouble.
Some persons always develop skin
troubles In a prolonged spell of vory
cold weather, and all very delicate
bVIbs will suffer from harsh and biting
cold winds. Tenons who aro subject
to any form of eczema are especially
liable to an attack In cold weather.
There are many simple precautions
which no one of ordinary Intelligence
should neglect Take, for example,
the simplest form of all cold weather
skin bothers chapped hands. Many
persons will say, "My hands always
chap dreadfully In cold weather, and
If cross-examined these same people
seem to regard the chapping as an In
evttable condition from which there Is
no escape. Let such persons try the
following simple treatment: Never
wash the hands In very cold or very
hot water. Use a simple, pure, super
fatted soap, dry very thoroughly, and
apply some emollient the old-fashioned
glycerin and roo water will
often work as well as anything. In
some cases It will be better not to use
soap In any form and to substitute
oatmeal. The hands should always be
well covered when In the open air.
If to this Is added proper exercise. In
erder that the circulation may be good,
there will be bo chapped hands.
The sasse rules apply to the face and
to the akin generally thorough pro
tection by the clothing, care In bathing,
with the use of an emollient all the
time, and a good general circulation.
Tenth's Companion.
HKfOHT OF WAVBS.
ATcmsr 30 Fet, Although Top
plntr lf" at 60 Are- Kiom.
Measurements and estimates from
mariners and observers at sea Indi
cate that the average height of su. the
waves running in a gale In tho open
ocean is about twenty feet, but tho
height of the Individual waves Is often
found to vary in the proportion of one
to two, says the Scientific American,
and there Is, in fact. In a fairly regular
sea a not Inconsiderable range of site
among the waves. In any statement
tnat we may make as to the size of
waves in a gale on the ocean we should
not neglect the mention of the larger
waves that occur at fairly frequent In
tervals. These, which may be termed
the ordinary maximum waves, aro per
haps what seamen really refer to when
they state the 'size of the waves met
with during a storm at sea. "About
forty feet" Is a common estimate cf
the height of the larger waves In a
severe gale on the North Atlantic, and
this estimate Is really not Incompatible
with a recorded average of a little
more than twenty feet. It Is difficult
to say what may be the greatest height
of the solitary or nearly solitary waves
that are from time to time reported
by mariners. The casual combination
of the numerous Independent undula
tions running on the sea presumably
sometimes produces two or three suc
ceeding ridges or two or three neigh
boring domes of water of considerably
greater dimensions than those of the
ordinary maximum waves of a storm.
Although these large cumulative waves
may be frequently produced, yet they
will be comparatively seldom observed,
because so small a fraction of the
ocean's surface Is at one time under ob
servation. There are seemingly relia
ble accounts of cases In which these
"topping seas" have reached the height
of sixty feet.
ANCIENT COPPEB MINE.
Deeoalte Found Ir Phoenician Near
fllbraltar 8,000 Ycara Asa.
The most ancient copper mine In the
-orId Is the Rio Tlnto, In Spain. Three
thousand years ago the Phoenicians
found Just beyond Gibraltar extensive
deposits of coppor ore, says the New
York Times. Copper was one of the
most desired metals of those days, and
the Phoenicians, skillful artificers, set
to extracting it. When their sea trade
was usurped by Carthaginians several
centuries later ore from the mine was
carried to the various ancient trad
lac wet. When Carthago fell, the
Romans took possession and worked
the rtto Tlnto for centurtos. Then
came Cloths, and later Moors, digging
more gold out of tho Iberian moun
tain side.
When Ferdinand and Isabella drove
tho Moors out of Spain tho crown took
possession of the lllo Tlnto mine and
leased It from time to time to adven
turers from various countries of Ku
rope; In tho seventeenth century It
was leased to a Swede and later to n
Frenchman; In the eighteenth century
to a company of Englishmen. During
tho French Invasion tho mlno was
abandoned to be reopened by tho crown
about 100 years ago. In 1S73 English
bankers offered a good round price,
and tho Spanish government turned
the property over to thorn; a public
company was formed and tho shares
offered Investors, Tbo yearly output
was enormously Increased, and slnco
the English took possession sotno ISO,
000,000 worth of coppor has been
mined. In 1906 and 1907 dividends of
110,000,000 were declared, tho largest
ever paid by any copper mine In tho
world. The steam shovel has added
generations to tho life of Klo Tlnto.
As the property has been entered
deeper and deeper the ore has become
poorer rich tires were all extracted
yean ago. Six; years since, when tho
Owners were puullng over mtntng the
low-grade ore at n profit, along camo
an American with an Idea, A few
steam shovels, he showed, would do
the work of thousands of Spanish
miners, and even though the miners
were paid only 6 cents a day steam
hovels would save much money. The
English timidly sent to the states for
two shovels; now American shovels
aro grunting and snorting all over
Rio Tlnto, within sight of the old slag
piles of the Romans, Carthaginians and
Phoenicians.
KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED.
Bat Did Xot Kno-r Kinrl'r How (o
Aek tor It.
"Next to a street car, perhaps, the
best placo to study humanity Is a pub
lic library," said a young librarian of
the Drexel Institute, according to tho
Philadelphia Record. "Librarians
havo to bo mind readers, bureaus of In
formation and depository of family se
crets all In one. Ono day last week a
rather nice-looking woman came tq me
and said: "Will you give me a nice
book on hyglener Thinking I was go
ing to aid a soul struggling after light
I fished out the best authority I could
find on that subject. She took It to
one of the side tables, and I saw her
scanning page after page, studying the
Index with deep frowns on her face,
but looking altogether despairing.
"By-ond-by, she came to me and
said: This won't do, I am afraid.
Have yon got a book on dermatotogyr
'Dermatology 1 I repeated. 'Yes,' sho
aid. 'A book that tells all about the
face.'
"Pros some of the dark, unexplored
recesses I did bring out a book that
dealt wtlh facial massage, facial blem
ishes and kindred subjects. ThlsJ
won't do at all,' she said, after she had
pored over It In the same manner as
she bad pored over the hygiene.
"'What on earth are you looking
for anyhow r I ventured to question at
last. 'Why,' she said, 'I I am Just
looking for a recipe for cold cream.' "
STORY OF INK STAIN.
On Canard lijr Archibald Forb At
tributed to 'apoleoaa Have.
Pens and furniture used In the sign
Ing of famous treaties and documents
recall Archibald Forbes' experience
after Sedan, the London Chronicle
says. After witnessing Napoleon's In
terview with Dlsmark at a wayside cot
tage and his subsequent surrender,
Forbes and a fellow war correspondent
slept at the chateau which the fallen
emperor bad occupied the night before.
The bedroom was Just as Napoleon had
left It and by the bed the open book
with which ho had read himself to
sleep. It was Lytton's "Last, of the
Barons." Sitting at the adjoining
writing table Forbes wrote his dis
patches, while his companion gnawed
at a bam bone, their sole remainder
of food. Irate at the little eating It
furnished, he flung it across the room
and upset the Inkstand Into which
Forbes was dipping. Whea
Forbes revisited the chateau a month
or so later the Ink stain was pointed
out as caused by Napoleon's rage on
learning the German terms of peace.
Front th Seat of tb Scornful.
Jack and Joey at the menagerie
watched the Hon eat sugar from the
trainer's hand with equal interest but
differing Inference.
"Oh!" gasped Joey, round-eyed.
"Pooh!" said Jack. "I could do
that"
"What! Your
"Ot course! Quite as well as that
old lion."
Bather Waralnsr,
Landlady (to lodger) Are you In
the bath, sir?
Voice (between the splashes) Yes.
What d'you wantT
Landlady I forgot to tell you I bad
It fresh-painted Inside last night, air,
and it won't be dry for two or three
days! Punch.
A Dreary Failure.
"Yes, ray life ls.a failure."
"Oh, Henry, bow sad! Why should
you say thatr
"I spend all my time making money
enough to buy food and clothes, and
the food disagrees with me and my
clothes doa't fit"
"I have the automobile fever," said
a man today, "but fear I will die f
It" (Chart-Caa't buy oat.)
BOUND TO RISK.
Whon any one mentioned John Sib
ley, ,tho faro of John's grandfather
brightened, tor John was tho apple of
tho old man's eyo. "Tho folks thought
becauso ho was kind of undorsliod,
he wouldn't over amount to much," tho
old gentleman would say, with &
chuckle, "hut I guess they've scon bo
foro now. Youngest of tho lot of 'em,
and already sup'rlntendent of ono
branch of (ho railroad where ho start
ed In as coiMuctor only five years
ago."
"Ho must havo made quick pro
gress," said ono visitor, who had acci
dentally started Mr, Sibley on tho sub
tect of his frvorlte grandson.
"He did, certain," said Mr. Sibley.
"Fact Is, John has a lot o' horso-senso
nd a lovel head.
"Scorns the president of the road Is
most seven feet tail, and on day, Just
to try John, who didn't know him by
sight, he got on John's train, having
bought a ticket He put the ttcket In
his hatband, and when John cams
along ho was standing up at tho rear
end of tho car, talking to a man, and
watching to soo what John would do.
"John took a good look at him, saw
ho didn't Intend to pass down his tick
et, and looked as It ho'd make soiuo
game of John's site If a word was said
but there wasn't!
"John finished up the other fares,
then ho opened the llttlo store closet,
took out tho steps he used when he
lighted the lamps to go through th
tunnel, set 'em up against the presi
dent, climbed up, took the ttcket,
punched It and put It back In tho hat
band.
"Well, sir, there were a good many
In the car that knew who the presi
dent was, and when Joljn had gone
on, sober as a Judge, there was consid
erable talk.
"When he came through the car next
time the president was sitting down,
and he asked John a number of ques
tions, and tho upshot of It was thit
John got his first promotion the next
week.
"The president said that he'd shown
three things all at once, John ttad
that be was good-tempered, knew when
to hold his tonguo, and had resources
of his own."
A INitlto I'lvphanf.
That everything should be In its own
place Is a matter not only of conven
ience, but of necessity for some people,
and some animals, as the following ex
amples from John Augustus O'Sbea'a
"Leaves from the Llfo of a Special Cor
respondent" go to prove. Certain or
ders ot Intellect run smoothly In accus
tomed grooves, but have no ability to
meet any unusual occasion. The
author describes a visit to a traveling
menagerlo.
The showman was repeating bis les
son like a schoolboy. He was enlarg
ing on the peculiarities ot the ostrich
ot Africa, upon the uncanny form ot
which the visitor were supposed to be
gaslng.
"But, my friend," I remarked In an
undertone to that functionary, "that
Is not the ostrich of Africa; that It
tho pelican ot Australia."
"They're always playing Jokes on
me!" exclaimed the showman, plain
tively. "How can a cove tell which li
which, If they goes on a-cbanglng ot'
the cages when his back Is turned?"
In the other Instanco ot the value
of order It was the animal which was
not equal to the emergency. The show
man rose superior to suth slight vicis
situdes of fortune.
In the Illness of the regular show
man, a substitute was furnished w..u
a piece ot paper setting forth the ele
phant's tricks.
"The behemoth 'will now walk
around the ring on three legs!" shout
ed the showman.
Behemoth did as ordered, and the
audience applauded.
"The behemoth will now stand on
his hind legs!" the elephant perform
ing his tasks faithfully.
At last a mistake was made In the
order. Throwing his whip on the
zTound, the showman announced that
the behemoth would now lift the whip
with bis trunk. Nothing of the kind
happened. The elephant began moving
round the rldg backward. A negro at
tendant whispered to the showman:
"That's bis next number!"
The showman was equal to the oo"
caslon, and said:
"Ladles and gentlemen, my favorite
Is not .backlog out of bis engagement,
but be Is more polite than I, and
wishes to make bis farewell before he
goes. So polished are bis manners
that he retires as ho might at court,
and presently will follow with the
whip."
China Wax Farm I oar.
One of the best known Industries of
China Is wax farming, Harper's Week
ly says. A certain tiny Insect is culti
vated with groat skill by the Chinese
of a certain district, because of the fine
white wax It produces.
This little Insect which Is hardly
yet known to western science, .has
many peculiarities, one of which fs
that for the successful production ot
wax two stages of Its lite must be
passed In very different regions. The
esrllor stage, In which tbo females de
velop until almost ready to deposit
their eggs Is in tho Chlen-chang val
ley, In the western part ot China,
where grows a tree at an altitude of
6,000 feet on which tbo Insect passes
the first part ot Its existence. la May
It Is time to remove the colonies of
wax workers to the lower altitude of
tusc&waa province, where is found an-
other treo, feeding upon wntcn th in
seet makes Its wax,
This removal U ouo ot the most
plolurosquo features ot tho Industry.
Thousands ot porters nre employed In
It. The colonics ot Insects removed
from tho tree are wrapped In loaves
ot tho wood-oil treo, racktfd carefully
ta baskets they nro slung from the
shouldora ot tho porters, who must
boar them from 100 to 400 miles. Tho
way lies ovor tho rocky paths and
holghts ot tho Sicchwan mountains,
through sovoral cities and otuls at tho
farms, whero tho masters ot tho bear
ors awnlt them. All tho Journey must
bit madu at night, as tho sun's heat
would dovolop tho Insects too fast.
At that time ot year It la tho custom
ot the cities along tho way to l-mve
their gates open all night In order that
tho progress ot Uio bearers may not be
Interrupted. With tho baskets sus
pended from their shoulders, tho port
ors run In their weird procession nt
thotr top speed from dark till day
light Clad almost Invariably In rain
proof straw, they carry picturesque
lanterns which swing a sthey run,
throwing tho fantastla shadows of
their bodies all around.
At daybreak the men find some
dense shade for their burdens, prepare
thotr meals and go to sleep. At night
fall they are under way again.
At the farms whero the wax Is to be
formed the loaves containing Insects
are tied to tho limbs ot trees, whero
tho heat ot the aun develops them.
Crawling out, the males proceed to
form cocoons and the arc the sources
ot the wax. In n short tltuo the entire
tree Is covered with the shining white,
so that, but for the heat, one would
believe tho treo was hidden In frost.
This whlto coverlug Is sometimes a
quarter ot an Inch thick ovor most of a
tree. It Is scraped oft and refined, and
from it are mado candles for tho
household, objects for the temples and
many other things, and nn annual
tribute ot the best quality is seat to
the royal family at l'oklu.
SOYS' INTENSIVE FARM1NO. '
Shoirtua; How th Produrltreneaa of
Land Jta- H Inrreaaed.
More than 12,000 southern boys less
than 18 )ear old planted and cultl
rated an acre at corn each lost year
under the direction of the department
of agriculture, the Youth's Companion
says. Persons Interested In tho experi
ment In Arkansas, Mississippi, South
Carolina and Virginia ottered to pay
tho expenses ot a trip to Washington
for the boy In each 8tate who raised
tho greatest amount ot corn on his
acre. The winning boys will soon visit
the national capital.
The average yield ot corn to the
acre In 1909 was a little more than,
twenty-live bushels. Tho South Caro
lina boy, who mado the best record,
produced 1S2H bushels. The winning
Mississippi boy raised 14T bushels, tho
Arkansas boy 13S and the boy In Vir
ginia III. The average raised by each
of the 13,000 was sixty bushels.
The instructions given to those boys
by the department ot agriculture are
available to every farmer In the coun
try. It they should be followed exactly
the yield of corn to the acre could
easily be doubled In a single year.
Intensive cultivation Is worth while
on all crops. The average yield of po
tatoes to the acre In 1909 was 107
bushels, but the Maine farmers aver
aged 225 bushels, and some of the
most progressive of them dug 400 bush
els to the acre. The yield of corn and
potatoes depends more upon cultiva
tion and fertilization than upon tbo
soil, and there is practically no part
ot the United States In which these
crops cannot be raised successfully,
It Is beyond doubt that larger crops
can be produced from ten acres thor
oughly tilled than from two or oven
three times ten acres cultivated as
they usually are. The fact that the
South Carolina prize winner raised
more corn on one acre than the aver
age fanner produces from six tells a
story that should not be lost upon
those for whose benefit the experiment
was made.
Hather Venomoaa.
A tenderfoot who visited the Yosem
He In the old days thus related his ex
perience: The stage driver found out
that be was seriously afraid of snake
and Immediately proceeded to make
his hair stand on end.
"Venomous reptiles? You bet. i
don't know WAat reptiles Is, but them
snakes you can Just bet your life It
venomous. .Why, ono day I was comln'
down here drlvln' a wagon when I
catches sight of a snako In the brush
all ready for a spring. My horses
starts, an' I whips 'em up fast to clear
the snake, don't you see, afore be could
spring. He makes one clear spring,
tbo snake does, an' be misses the
horses."
"That was lucky. But you you" -
"Lucky? You bet your life It was
lucky. He missed the horses, the snake
did, but he stuck his fangs clean
through tho wngon,"
"You don't iaylM
"I do say, and maybo you don't be
lieve It, but It's a fact He stuck bis
fangs clean through that wagon, an'
that wagon Is swelled up so bad that
we had to leave It by the wayside and
take the horses home."
What He'd Tab.
The Lady What would you expect
me to give you If you'd split that wood
for mo?
The Hobo Some new kind ot anes
thetic, mum and yer'd batter give It
before I started. Cleveland Leader,
Fears of oeople up In airships art
grousd'su
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BsMg.
:o
Farmer ami Utah l'rle.
Tho farmer Is not guilty. Ho Is n
rery small factor In tlin high prices
now being paid for products. A tludy
of prices paid In Chicago for hooves,
sheep and hogs and for produce will
show that tho farmer Is not gottlng
more than his share. ltocently
the writer purchased a hind quar
ter of beef, dressod and delivered on
his farm, for D cents a pound. This
samo piece of meat would retail In
Chicago for twice that amount Any
one can buy dressed meat from the
farmers for that price 7 cents a
pound tor foro quarter and 9 cents
for hind quarter.
Our hogs sell for nearly 8 cents a
pound on the hoof and can be pur
chased from farmers, killed and
dressed, at 12 cents. There Is no
waste In either dressed pork or beef
purchased from farmers the sains
kind as that you get from your local
butcher. The fanner Is paying high
prices for everything he uses and his
land must earn an Income on an In
vestment of from $100 to 1200 an acre.
His farm machinery and horses have
doubled In price.
Don't blame th farmer) he Is work
Ing hard for very ordinary wages. I
am farming 180 acres. I will be high
ly pleased If I get 120 an acre for
my crop, or $3,200 tor ths year. The
landlord gets one-halt the crop for
rent (saving me $1,400 for a year's
work for myself, wit and son, and
$2,800 worth of horses and machinery.
To earn this $1,600 we work from 4
a. m. until 8 p. m, eight months ot
the year, and during the other four
months put In moro than eight hour
a day at hard manual labor It Is not
all milk and honey on th farm, and
the writer believer, that the farmer, as
a consumer as well as a producer, Is
buying too many automobiles for mid
dlemen, paying dividends on too much
watered stock and being the "fall guy"
as well a th cliff dwullers of tho city
A Farmer.
Hraev for Feneo I'aal.
In about four cases out of every ten
sagging of wire fences is due to poor,
Improper bracing. It Is not enough to
staple th separate strands secured to
each post that Is splendid as far as
It goes. To have a welt-stretched
fence and keep It taut. It Is absolutely
necessary that a good brace or anchor
post be used and that the fence be
stretched from these anchors. A good
brace is Illustrated. The construction
Is very simple and th cost la as mod
erate as any,
Th end post should be of good
sit and perfectly sound. The brace
post need not be large, but must be
In good condition It It Is to wear.
Other polls may be easily reset with
out Interfering greatly with th fence,
but this Is not the case with either
of th bracers. The 4x4 running from
the top ot one post to the base of the
othsr should be well selected, as con--Idtrable
strew Is placed upon It It
Is best to mortise the ends of the cross
bar or brace Into the posts, as blocks
nailed on give way In time. A fairly
nc.tcs rosT tuicr.
soft wire Is better for the binding
strand than one more liable to break
with winding.
T(itu Lamp for Forma.
Th introduction of tungsten lamp
Is doing much to advance the use of
electricity on farms. It Is possible for
the farmer with a small plant driven
either by a gasoline engine or by
damming & small stream, to obtain
sufficient current to light his house
and barn with this economical type of
Incandescent lamp, The use of elec
tricity on the farm, by the way, Is
growing, and, as pointed out by the
Electrical World, farmers will In tlmo
corao to consldor electricity a neces
sity. Then It will be found profitable
to establish central generating stations
for farming districts to take the place
of Uio small Individual plants now be
ing Installed.
LIT Stoek Hnlld Uo I...
It is very well known 'that HftSs
old agricultural districts 4Js)was9
whero land has been undef'M)lratlM
for 2,000 years there Is a hKruMluf-
tenaency io expana live efeek
try. It Is now recognised ,Mt
husbandry la a wonderfutJksi
only maintaining tho ferittltj
soil, but also live atoesj- ,
buiiqs up mo iana, uermeaty
10,967,000 milk cows, as
800,000 in the post eern.r
total number of cattle fc: tits
agregaiet xu.qh.uud, a gals.
6,000,000 since 1883. ,H
147,000, as against 9,304,f4)1
Th only class or live
hows a decrease Is skep,
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Different Matliiiita,
It is gei-ornlly rom-odiid by tho best
stockmen and farmers, as well as by
authorities of soma of (he experiment
stations, that meat animal ot tho fu
ture wilt have to bt fed and Mulshed
lu a different manner from what they
havo been. Is corn and moro nitrog
enous feeds In the form of clover, cow
pons and alfalfa, supplemented with
better paatures, must bo used In order
to mnko the production profitable and
at the same time make more and bet
ter manure for maintaining the fer
tility of the land.
Corn fodder and stover have In tho
past been used to a considerable ox
tent In steer feeding, thus utilising
nearly all the corn plant Feeding
silage to beet steers la gradually gain
ing In favor, and by the use of silos
and allago In beet production all ot
the corn plant can be used to good
advantage.
The legumes, Including clover and
alfalfa ot the north and cow pom of
the south, have been found very profit
able and economical In feeding; both
steers and hogs. Careful experiments
havo shown that a steer will make
more economical gains on about halt
the corn usually fed with about nn
equal weight of alfalfa hay than on
a diet ot corn, with the drsscd meat
of a higher grade. Alfalfa on the
farm before It I baled and marketed
Is worth only about half as much as
corn, pound for pound, hence the gain
to the grower In using the hay as a
part of the finishing ration.
Orowlng an1 finishing bogs has al
ready been radically changed over
wide sections. More of forage crops
such as alfalfa and cow peas are being
Used, with less corn.
To Clean th Well,
It Is well to make on ot thrt de
vices against time ot need Th dry
season Is the best and only time to fig
SIKVK TO CUU1 TIIC WZU.
and clean the farm well, write J, L.
Itlsley. Any floating cittr ravy be
removed by using an ordinary hand
slave. After marking off th rim Into
three parts attach a wire to any of
thai parts or points, and for a handle
us an attached rope. Fasten th end
ot th rope to th third point In th
rim and a weight to th slave, so It
will sink attar lowering. In using
sink th stave dgwls In th water,
pull th rop with a single attachment
lifting out of well all the floating
sticks and other debris from the sur
face of the watar.
Keenlua Areauals.
It ha only been In rcnt years that
farmer hav been awakening to the
fact that by taking an Inventory once
a year and by keeping an accurate
book account that many valuable les
sons could bo learned and that by so
doing they could place their fanns on
a more profitable basis. With business
men, competition Is so keen and profits
necouarlly so small that without keep
ing an accurate book account they
would soon be forced out ot business,
but with farmers more alack methods
do not necessarily result In bank
ruptcy, due, no doubt, to th fact that
the farmer gets most of his living from
the farm without any cash outlay,
whereas the merchant must pay cash
for everything be aU and wears. Not
withstanding this fact, howerer. th
farmer who keep a book account will
find It Just as profitable, If not more
so, as the merchant
Fattening! Favrl.
A fowl should always be fattened
quickly as possible. Ten days la long
enough, but It should be confined
elthor In a coop or a number In a
small yard. They must have a con
tinual supply of fresh water, and
should be fed four tlmos a day, the
first meal being given early and the
last on late. A recommended mix
ture It three parts corn meal, one part
ground oats, one part bran, one part
crudo tallow, the entire lot scalded
and fed for the first three meals, with
all the corn and wheat that can be
eaten up dean at night Weigh the
artlclM given,
Milk Fredaatlen, "
Where help can be obtained to oper
ate th dairy, milk production Is one
of the best paying branches of animal
husbandry. The farmors operating
their holding with milch cows are
enabled to market all the roughage
and grain proUuced on the farm la
milk, butter, cream or cheese. The
dairy Industry Is especially adapted to
build up and Increase the fertility of
the farm. It Is popular among farm
ers because tho farmer realizes ft
monthly Income on his Investment.
As a rule, dalrymtn are thrifty and
prosporout ogrlculturltU. Drertra'
Jours