Rack (or Dehornlna-.
The illustration shows a rack to be
need either for dehorning cattle or
ringing hogs. For sills use three pieces
feet long end 4 Inches by 4 Inches
mortised for bottom of posts 8 inches
each aide of center to allow the sides
Four posts 4 Inches by 4 Inches and 5
feet 4 Inehea Inn and two nosts 4
inches by 4 Inches, and 5 feet 8 inches
long are tenoned to the sills. Three
cap pieces 2 Inches by 4 Inches and 4
feet 2 Inches long are mortised at the
ends to receive tops of posts. The caps
are of oak. One oak piece in front of
the cap, which holds the stanchion. Is
2 inches by 2 Inches, and 4 feet 2 Inches
long. The lower oak piece in front of
tho stanchion Is 2 Inches by 4 Inches
and 2 feet long. The lumber Is 2 Inches
thick and 7 feet long for sides. One
board 2 Inches by 17 Inches and 7 feet
BACK FOB DEIIOBNINO.
long Is used for the bottom. For
stanchions In front use one board 2
Inches by 10 Inches, 5 feet 6 Inches
long; one board 2 Inches by 10 inches,
6 feet 2 Inches long. For back gate
use two pieces 2 Inches by 12 Inches, 4
feet 4 Inches long, cut sloping to tit the
frame. It Is put on with hinges. The
stanchions in front are bolted at the
bottom between a 2 Inches by 4 Inch
piece, and the sill, leaving a space up
and down in front 5 inches wide. Two
and a half feet from the bottom of the
stanchion slope, cut a place for the
animal's neck. The 2 Inches by 2 Inch
oak piece Is bolted to the side of the
cap with blocks to allow the top of
the stanchions to open and close and
work with a lever. The lever, which
can be made of wagon tire, Is 5 feet 8
Inches long. A -lnch hole Is punched
' In the top of the lever, a second hole
13 Inches from top hole, and the
third hole 11 Inches from second bole.
The upper hole Is for attachment of two
lion straps, one on each side, which
art fastened to the left hand stanchion.
From the lower bole two pieces of Iron
14 Inches long go to the right hand
stanchion. When the stanchions are
closed bore one or two half-Inch, boles
la post back of lever, In which to use
a a Iron pin to hold the stanchions In
place. Montreal Star.
Water and Salt (or Com.
Eight gallons of water a day is the
average quantity required for a cow,
and the milk given Is about 87 per cent
water. In some pastures there !s no
water, the cows being supplied nlizht
and morning, which forces such cow to
drink four gallons at a time In order
to be supplied. As the cow does not
know that she must drink four gallon,
she may use less, and she will reduce
ber milk supply accordingly.
Extensive tests and investigations
have been made by the experiment stn
tions to determine the advisability of
adding salt to the ration of dairy
cows. As a result of these trials, It Is
recommended that dairy cows be given
at least one ounce of salt per day. Ex
ceptionally heavy milkers will require
more than this. The uniform results
obtained with all cows employed In
these trials Indicate that salt In addi
tion to that obtained In their food Is
absolutely essential to the continued
health of a dairy cow, while producing
milk. It is evident, moreover, that
the amount of salt which must be suih
plied directly will greatly vary In dif
ferent localities, It being more at high
eievatlons and at places remote from
the soa. Agricultural Epltomlst
A Kettle Support.
At butchering time and whenever
water is to be heated It is a bother to
set the kettle or to hang It with chains.
A simple hoop
with three or four
legs welded . on,
saves the time and
trouble. Any black
smith will make It
for a few cents If
you furnish an old
KETTLE II OOP, eart fire for
and legs. Order the legs the right
length to bold the kettle Just high
enough. It Is easily moved then from
house to barn, or to a neighbor's.
Farm and Home.
Kaffir Cora la Steilco.
Kaffir corn is belug cultivated suc
cessfully In the State of Oaxaca, Mex
ico, and Its cultivation Is to be extend
ed. This corn, which Is a native of
Egypt, requires only the moisture of
tho dew for Its wants, and appeals to
the farmer for planting during the dry
season.
Treatment of the Soli.
We have but little more definite
knowledge of the soil and the principles
Involved In Its treatment than we had
slity years ago, says the scientinc
American. Fertility is not nitrogen,
I-liosfhorus, and potassium alone,
though the potential value or any field,
or State, or country, from the agricul
tural standpoint. Is measured by these
constituent elements In its soil ; yet It
has been demonstrated that goils'whleh
contain an abundance of these elements,
and which are potentially capable of
producing crops for centuries perhaps,
are not capable of producing prodtable
crops without the addition of further
amounts of these constituents. The
chemical Investigator is, therefore, com
pelled to take Into consideration other (
fr.cts than this. He must. If he wouia
J w the whole field, know something
ot geology, of botany, of physics, of
biology, of bacteriology, and of the
other natural sciences, because chem
istry alone Is not capable of fully com
passing the problem ; thus, the oppor
tunity for specializing In any branch
Las been very great, and It Is because
of the broadness of the subject, and
the opportunityas already pointed out,
and the necessity, also, for giving imme
diate help from the knowledge that we
have that has prevented In a degree a
broad study of the fundamentals essen
tial for enabling genuine progress to be
made. - ' -
Alfalfa a Swine Tonic.
Raising 1,000 hogs a year without
eer having any sign of cholera in the'
i . it -1-1 i ..ji. i 1
herd la the claim put forth by M. Bar
ber of Bloomlngton, Neb. He makes a
sreclalty of this industry and has 300
acres of alfalfa, where the hogs are
raised.
"My hogs are raised in the field from
the time they are pigs till they are
about 8 months old, when 1 put them
on a feed of corn," said Mr Barber to
a representative of the Kansas City
Drovers' Telegram. "If fed In summer
time I soak the corn. But the alfalfa
is. the most Important feed they get,
and is the one great thing that keeps
them healthy all the year around. In
all the years that I have been raising
and handling hogs in this way, I never
had a case of hog cholera on my farm.
This Is due to the alfalfa, which keeps
the- hogs healthy."
Improved Bolter Cuorn.
The old-fashioned hand butter churn,
so long associated with fresh air and
country life, seems destined to be
overtaken by other
up to date churns
and which require
less labor to oper
ate. The old-fashioned
churn was a
clvrasy affair, and
not a little "elbow
grease" was re
quired to manipu
late it In the Il
lustration is shown
one of newer hand MICW churn.
churns, which nevertheless contains
most of the principles of the older
churns. The only change Is In the
application of the power mechanism.
In this machine the power Is so placed
that little effort is required to operate
It. A foot pedal Is added, and the
hand power Is entirely different from
the old method. Instead of forcing the
paddle up from the churn after every
descent with the hands, springs are
placed beneath the hand grips which
do the forcing automatically. It would
be possible to operate this churn and
at the same time read a book or news
paper.
Young Farmer Going to Cities.
A recent news telegram from York,
Pa says: "With the return to the
county commissioners to-day ot the last
registry assessor's book it was shown
by the totals that the population of
voters In the county has decreased In
hx months nearly 400. The shrinkage
In the male population Is attributed by
the commissioners to the desertion of
tb farms by young men, most of whom
have been lured to Philadelphia and
other cities under the Impression tbat
they can speedily make fortunes. '
. "In the borough of Red Lion sixty
voters have gone to the city within six
months. The decrease In population is
greater than in the boroughs. The total
registration In the boroughs and town
ships of the county last spring was SCi,
802, The present registration shows
383 less."
Renovatlnc Worn Solla.
Prof. W. J. Splllman, In bulletin No.
on the renovation of wornout soils,
sajs:
"To build up and maintain fertility
In the soil, feed a large part of the
crops, and return the manure to the
land. If manure Is not available, plow
untler crops grown for the purpose.
TIow deep, but do not subsoil. Grow
leguminous crops for the nitrogen they
add to the soil
"Commercial fertilisers and lime may
be Important means of Improving the
soil but the fertilizer requirements of
different soils and different crops In
different seasons are so little under
stood that we are not yet In a position
to make positive recommendations that
are of general application."
Tho Doelln of the Peach.
The Introduction of new varieties,
budding, and the attacks of insects, as
well as diseases formerly unknown,
have curtailed the usefulness of the
peach tree and contined It to certain
localities. Budding or grafting the
trees, whether apple, peach or pear, Is
now but a reproduction of the original
variety, and may Introduce all the Im
perfections as well as the advantages
of the variety, to every portion of U
countrr. -
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MSTORIAH
VTi 1,1111,1
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15GD First English lottery took place.
1610 Galileo discovered Jupiter's satel
lites. 1044 Archbishop Laud beheaded.
1806 Cape of Good Hope surrendered by
the Dutch to the British.... Vienna
evacuated by the French.
1813 William Jones of Pennsylvania be
came Secretary of the Navy. -
1815 Gen. Andrew Jackson defeated
British at Battle of New Orleans.
lR4ft Ppnnir Pnot Intrnrlnnarl In WntrlanA
u t,,., nu..: si-
sw,im VnaUA
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1541 Samuel Scott, daring American
diver, accidentally hanged himself on
Waterloo bridge, London, while giv
ing exhibition.
1842 Francois Coppee, French poet,
born.
1844 Sir Hudson Lowe, governor of St.
Helena during Napoleon's captivity,
died.
1S54 Astor library, New York, opened.
1861 Steamer Star of the West fired
upon at Charleston. . . .Jacob Thomp
son of Mississippi resigned as Sec
retary of the Interior.... Philip F.
Thomas of Maryland resigned as
Secretary of the Treasury. '
1803 Metropolitan Underground Rail
way, in London, ceremoniously open
ed.
180G Steamer London, from England to
Australia, foundered in Bay of Bis
cay; 220 lost.
18G8 -Chinese government appointed
Burlingame its special envoy to all
tho treaty powers. v
1S71 Paris bombarded. . . .Prince Fred
erick Charles gained victory over
Chanzy at Le Mans.
1889 Upper, suspension bridge at Nl
. agara Falls destroyed by wind storm
, ....Thirty-three persons killed and
scores injured in whirlwind at Read
ing, Pa.
1893 Princess Marie of Edinburgh mar
ried to Crown Prince of Roumania.
1895 Royalist outbreak at Honolulu
suppressed by Dole government....
Great street railway strike in Brook
lyn. 1897 Count Muravieff appointed Rus
sian minister of foreign affairs
Anglo-American arbitration treaty
.', signed at Washington. .. .National
monetary conference met at Indian
apolis. 1899 Railroad wreck at West Dunellen,
N. J. j seventeen lives lost.
1900 Chicago drainage canal opened.
1901 Twenty-six lives lost in orphan
asylum fire aUtochester, N. Y.
1902 Seventeen lives lost in Park ave
nue tunnel wreck in New York City
Lewis Nixon chosen nominal
leader of Tammany Hall.
1904 Chinese Emperor ratified commer
cial treaty with the United States.
1905 Flvo killed in railroad collision
near Ripon, N. M.
The upper house of the Austrian, or
Disleithan, reichsrath has accepted with
out amendment the bill establishing uni
versal suffrage, which previously had been
passed by the House of Representatives.
London papers reported that James
Bryce had refused a peerage and would
go to the United States as ambassador
without changing his name, and thus be
the first plain citizen to represent his
country at Washington.
Just as it came from the French Cham
ber of Deputies, the new church and state
separation act was finally passed by the
Senate, 190 to 100. This was directed
against those churchmen who had re
fused to accept the original separation
law of 1905, and all clergy who refused
under orders from the Pope to give over
possession of their residences and church
properties to the state do so on penalty
of losing pensions. While the priests have
disregarded the law providing for re
ligious associations, the laity have made
the necessary declarations to protect the
churches and other places of worship.
It is presumed that the other ecclesi
astical buildings will be rented to the
bishops and priests at a nominal figure,
just as the clergy who have said most
without making a legal declaration to
hold a public meeting have had only
nominal fines Imposed upon them.
The French minister of finance has
ordered the mints to substitute on all
coin the words "liberty, equality and fra
ternity" for the old device "God protect
France." Minister of Education Briand
announced that the church buildings taken
possession of by the state would be de
voted to educational and museum pur
poses, the seminary of St. Sulpice at
Paris becoming part of the Luxenbourg
museum. The expelled sisters of the As
umptionists order left Paris for Bel
gium, in the midst of a throng of sym
pathizers, who shouted: "Down with th
Free Masons."
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