Plan for Feed-Box.
The illustration of a feed box Is
self-explanatory, and with the follow
ing list of dimensions should be easy
to build: The legs are made from
4x4's 34 inches on the high side, saw
ing a bevel at one end of 12 inches;
the sides are 2x12 inches; the length
of the box is 8 feet. The bottom Is
made by joining seven common floor
boards, generally using fence flooring
clear of knots as possible. The best
way to lay the bottom is to take
16-foot fence boards, laying the two
end 2x4 cross pieces 4 Inches from
the end. Across the center lay two
other 8 Inches apart, sawing the bot
torn in two to make the bottoms for
two boxes. The 2x4 across the center,
which is used for supporting the cen
ter of the bottom, should be made of
hard wood. Clamps go around this
2x4 and over the top of the box. Use
a 16-Inch clamp, such as commonly
used for building hay racks; bore
through the 2x4, place the clamp bot
tom side up over the side of the box
and draw it up tight. The Jower edge
FEED BOX.
of the 2x12 used for sides should be
planed to a bevel to match the bottom
of the box.
For feeding meal It would be well
to place a corn crib strip 1x4 inches
around the top of the box. This will
prevent the wind from blowing the
meal out, as it projects over on the
'nslde 2 inches.
Teeth Should Be Examined.
A great many of the troubles of the
horse come when the owner thinks he
Is treating him the best in winter
when there Is little work and the
horse Is turned out to pasture, or to
an alfalfa stack. There are a num
ber of points to keep In mind when
disposing of the horse for the winter,
says a Colorado bulletin.
First of these is the condition of his
teeth. Remember, if he has been liv
ing largely on chop feed, or other
grain that requires little mastication,
that his teeth may not be in condition
to handle the roughage of the pasture
or the poor quality of hay which is
usually fed to horses that are not
working. He may be parrot-mouthed
and not able to bite off the grass.
The teeth should by all means be
examined by a veterinarian, if the
owner is incapable. Rough feed must
be well chewed before it can be prop
erly digested.
Reducing the Meat Bill.
In many American families meat Is
eaten two or three times a day; in
such cases the simplest way of reduc
ing the meat bill would very likely be
to cut down the amount used, either
by serving It less often or by using
less at a time. Deficiency of protein
need not be feared when one good
meat dish a day Is served, especially
If such nitrogenous materials as egga,
milk, cheeae and beans are used In
stead. In localities where fish can be
obtained fresh and cheap, it might
well be more frequently substituted
for meat for the sake of variety as
well as economy. Ingenious cooks
have ways of "extending the flavor"
of meat; that Is, of combining a small
quantity with other materials to make
a large dish, as In meat pies, stews,
and similar dishes.
' Properly Braced Corner Poet.
The ordinary braces set in line with
the wires do not prevent the corner
post from leaning. A brace set in the
direction that a post would lean, or
a stay wire In the opposite direction,
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are either effective, but both are un
desirable. The two posts on each
side of and nearest to the corner post
should be braced, as shown in the cut.
A wire should run from the top of one
post to the bottom of the other to
tighten the brace, which will throw
the strain on five posts Instead of one.
C. C. Ormsbee, In Farm and Home.
Chlekeae for Market.
Old and young chickens to be sold
tor market purposes will bring much
more it they are confined in close
quarters for a week or more and fed
heavily during the time. A part of
the well-equipped poultry plant, there
fore, should consist ot a poultry fat
tening pen, provided with adequate
feeding and watering devices. Jour
nal of Agriculture.
How Much Seed to Bow.
The question of the proper amount
of seed to sow is never Bettled. Two
and one-half bushels of average oats,
sown broadcast, are not too many on
average land, average seasons; and
about one-half bushel less when
drilled in, is looked upon as about
right by most oat growers.
Many good farmers differ, however,
on this, many thinking a peck will
bring as good or better results. There
are varieties of oats with a very large
berry which would have to be in
creased to get the same number of
plants to the acre that the very small
be"rry oats would give. Still, as a
rule, a large vigorous seed will pro
duce a large vigorous plant and this
would need more room than a smaller
one. The season and soil make con
siderable difference, too, with the
amount of seed. Pasturing grain
with sheep or other light stock, tends
to thicken it, also to shorten the straw
and to prevent lodging, though it fre
quently adds to the length of time for
ripening. When there is danger of
oats lodging, thick seeding tends to
prevent it
A New Dip for Cattle.
The Oklahoma State Board of Agri
culture has adopted a new dipping so
lution for cattle. The crude oil meth
od has been abandoned on account of
Its often injurious effect on steers.
All cattle shipped in from Texas must
be dipped in order to keep out Texas
fever by killing the ticks, which carry
the disease. The new dip is an arsen
ical solution, much cheaper than the
crude oil, just as effective and less in
jurious. It is made by boiling 10
pounds of commercial arsenic, 24
pounds of sal soda and 1 gallon of
pine tar in 40 gallons of water. It is
then increased to 60 gallons by adding
water, and this solution is enough for
450 gallons of water when mixed with
it. The cost Is about a cent a gallon,
or about 25 cents per steer in dipping.
The only danger from the use of this
dip is that a steer might accidentally
swallow some of the solution, a quart
of which would cause death.
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Vain ot Oalaea fowl.
The guinea fowl Is growing In favtor
as a market bird, the flesh coming
Dearer to the flavor of game than any
f our domestic poultry.
A Novel imect Catcher.
Only people who have had crops or
plants destroyed by insects can appre
ciate what a pest these little things
are. Always except
ing, of course, the
victims of the vora
cious mosquito. In
the country all
sorts of homely de
vices are used to
catch the bugs and
kill them, and an Ore
gon man, who prob
ably had his apple
orchard overrun by some destructive
species, patented a trap for the pests.
A barrel has pieces cut out of the up
per portion and is half filled with rot
ten or bruised apples or some other
odoriferous fruit. On top of the barrel
Is placed a pan partially filled with
water, oil or some poisonous liquid.
From the apex of a tripod that keeps
the basin from falling oft the barrel
hangs a lantern. In the daytime the
Insects will be. attracted by. the odor
of the fruit, and in flying up to feast
many of them are likely to fly into the
water. At night the lantern is lighted
and bugs will come from afar to flut
ter against It and meet their death in
the liquid below.
Hlnta About the Farm.
Avoid extremes in everything.
Refill the salt box in the pasture.
Give the horses a bran mash twice
a week.
Money invested in land cannot eas
ily be lost
A good swing stanchion la not un
comfortable to the cow.
Gratifying the appetite adds great
ly to the thrift of the flock.
No ups and downs in care and feed,
but keeping everlastingly at it.
Set the strawberries in rows four
feet apart and two feet in the row.
If the pump bucket leaks, take it to
town with you. ,The tinner will fix
It while you wait.
The plan ot hay farming with chem
icals has Its attractions, especially for
the oldish man, who desires to get rid
of the care of live stock, and to cut
down his labor outgo to the lowest
possible amount
Milk from unhealthy cows is not
safe to use and only cows in good
health can make profitable use of the
food given them. The herd should be
inspected at regular intervals by
competent Veterinarian.
A garden of an acre, well tended,
will produce vegetables enough to sup
ply an ordinary family year in and
year out as well as to teed a flock ot
fowls whose eggs may be traded for
groceries at any country store.
The man who puts the finest pro
ducts on the market is the one who
reaps the bountiful rewards. Be sure
your products are In the most accept
able condition before marketing if
there Is a desire to win new customers.
Bolated.
"I understand that Frallman has
come to the conclusion to contest hli
wife's will."
"Well what is there courareoua
about that? She's dead, Unt sher
Although the United States Govern
tnent supports but one national mill
tary academy it encourages military
training in a number of other schools
and colleges by detailing to these Insti
tutions officers of the army and navy.
These subsidiary military schools are
of three kinds. There is, first, the state
school which receives financial aid
from the state government and is re
garded as a part of its military estab
lishment. A notable example of this
class of schools is the Virginia Mili
tary Institute, famous as the West
Point of the Confederacy, and now en
joying the distinction of having more
of its graduates in the United States
Army than any other school or college.
The second class comprises the agri
cultural and mechanical colleges which
have received donations of land from
the government and which under the
terms of these grants are required to
give instruction in tactics. Private
military schools may be considered as
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forming the third class. These schools
use military training because of its
value as an educational instrument.
The course of instruction in the classi-
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PYRAMID OF CADETS.
fled schools varies from the two or
three -hours per week of drill or lec
tures in schools and colleges with mil
itary departments to the daily routine
of the essentially military institutions
In which the cadets live in barracks
under constant discipline, . march to
classes and to meals, and receive a
course of theoretical and practical mil
itary training which takes as its mod
el and approximates as closely as can
be done in a private or state institu
tion to the superb course' of training
at the National Academy at West
Point. Even in colleges in which the
course is most limited a large number
of young men receive each year at
least a general idea of drill, discipline,
and the art of war,- while. from thi
essentially military schools some hun
dreds of cadets are turned but annual
ly who are thoroughly disciplined and
well instructed in the care and hand
ling of troops and who will in time
of war prove thoroughly competent
officers of volunteers. Thus somewhat
the same results are obtained from the
military schools, though, of course, on
a smaller scale; as from the compul
sory military training of European
countries. Great attention is paid to
horsemanship. Indeed, there is noth
ing that could be more delightful for
a boy than to have a horse of his own
and to be taught all sorts of feats such
as these pictures illustrate.
Suez canal has proved to be one of
the most profitable commercial under
takings in the history of the world,
and the Manchester ship canal is now
accomplishing all and more than was
promised at first.
Engineers and scientists are making
exhaustive studies of the recent floods
in Paris, to devise a system which will
prevent a repetition of the disaster.
It is planned to keep the Seine within
its channel either by constructing
higher embankments or by carrying
the surplus waters around the city in
a by-pass channel.
That the steel car is of great value
as a protection to passengers, in the
event of collision was demonstrated in
a recent clash of two trains in the
Hudson tunnnel, New York City. There
was no telescoping, as would prob
ably have occurred with wooden cars,
and the injuries were merely such as
resulted from the passengers being
thrown down by the shock of the col
lision. ;
The latest report of the Geological
Survey shows that the value of the me
tallic products of the United States for
1908 was $549,923,116, as against $903,
802,244 for 1907. The'only increase
was in the case of gold $94,560,000,
against $90,435,700. Yet in the case of
copper the quantity was greater In
1908 than in 1907942,570,721 pounds,
against 868,996,491 pounds. The value
of the non-metallic products also
showed a falling off from $1,167,705,
720 in 1907 to $1,045,497,070 in 190a.
The unspecified mineral products, how
ever. Increased from $100,000 to $250,
000. Petroleum showed an increase in
both quantity and value 179,572,479
barrels, against 166,095,335 barrels, and
$129,706,258, against $120,106,749.
A tew petroleum field is being de
veloped on the northern slopes of the
Caucasus, about fifty miles from the
seaport ot Touapse, on the Black sea,
in the district of Maikop, South Rus
sia. It Is reported that the thickness
of the oil series indicates that the
district will take a prominent place
among the world's oil regions. The oil
is found in Oligocene beds of Tertiary
age, and a fact of great interest is that
the oil beds are everywhere associated
with a vast abundance of fish and veg
etable remains. In one cliff no trace
of petroleum is found except in a layer
of sandy clay, which alone is full ot
ancient fish remains. This is regarded
as making the inorganic theory of the
origin of petroleum inadmissible so
far, at least as the Maikop district Is
concerned.
At least two Brazilian travelers have
described an extraordinary phenom
enon connected with the nests ot white
ants, or termites. Dr. J. S. da Fonseca,
who saw the exhibition on the head
waters ot the Rio Verde, describes the
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' "A series of aeroplane trials which have been taking place at Issy-lea
Moulineaux, the well-known aviation center in France, have been marked
by the novel feature of a combination of the dirigible with the gas bag, and
the trials are being watched by aviators with the keenest interest The
above illustration shows the tandem biplane belonging to M. Cesar making a
flight. It has a cigar-shaped envelope and is fitted with a 50-horse power
Prissi and Bertahud motor. London Sphere.
appearance as that of tiny stars, giving
the nest the look of a miniature tower
brilliantly illuminated. When the nest
was struck with a stick the lights went
out, only to reappear again little by
little. Castelnau, in the middle of the
last century, beheld a similar specta
cle near the city of Goyaz. He says
that the lights were produced by an
immense number of small phosphores
cent larva, which withdrew into the
galleries of the mound when an at
tempt was made to capture them. Prof.
J. C. Branner of Stanford University
remarks that this exhibition Is prob
ably confined to some particular spe
cies, or to some special occasions or
conditions of termite life, since be
has lived and traveled ten years in
Brazil without seeing It
HOUSE OF CEMENT.
Bfalae Maa Made Himself a Ham
After aa Entirely New Pattern.
In Belfast Me., there Is a house,
built by Frank Hoag, believed by the
builder and citizens of that place to
be the only one of the kind on earth.
Aside from the blasting and digging
for the cellar, the house was built by
Mr. Hoag himself. The entire outside,
the Boston Globe says, is ot cement
the mixing of the component parts
being undertaken after long Btudy of
the subject Mr. Hoag finished the
inside of the house first This being
done, he lathed the whole outside with
wire screen stuff, such as Is used for
fencing chicken pens. This was firmly
fastened. The studding was close, and
when the wire was on it gave a rigid
surface on sides, ends and the slopes
of the roof.
Over this layer of wire he spread a
first coat of cement. It was well
pressed on. so that It oozed through
the meshes of the wire for a clinch
ing hold. When this first coating was
thoroughly set another and a heavier
one was spread over the surface.
Shingle effects were fashioned on the
gables, and on the roof the cement
was shaped and lined, to give an ap
pearance of slating. Then over the
whole outside was laid a finishing
veneer of cement paint .
The house Is as tight as a bottle. It
is impervious to heat or cold, or leak
of rain; and, as its foundation is a
solid ledge, it can defy the front t
rwrestle with it Mr. Hoag says the
cost ot building was about the same
as wooden construction would have
been, but he says there is no great
number ot repairs
Top (who has dined off hashed mut
ton) Bill, waiter. Walter What did
you have, sir? Top (sarcastically) I
haven't the faintest idea.
"Did you get in without your
wife hearing you last night?" "No,
and I didn't get in without hearing
her, either." Houston Post.
"Who is the gentleman seated in
the large touring car?" 'That is the
poet laureate of a well known biscuit
factory." Birmingham Age-Herald.
"Do you think there is really any
such thing as platonic love?" "Yes.
It exists between most husbands and
their wives."-HChicago Record-Herald.
'Papa, what is faith?" "Well, my
boy, they say your baby brother sleeps,
but I've never seen him do it Yet, if
I believe he does, that's faith." Life.
She (as they dance) I'm afraid I'm
tiring you rather. -He Oh, not at all.
I used to be attendant in the elephant
house at the zoo. Meggendorfer Blat
ter.''";".,;;';:'' ;-;;"';; .-;
Knicker Jones is all the time want
ing more money. Bocker No won
der; his father was a college president
and his mother was a woman. New
York Sun.
"Do you really believe this aviator
will come back to the starting point?"
"He won't dare do otherwise. His
wife is waiting for him there." Flie
gende Blaetter.
Vicar And what .induced you to
send for me, Mr. Russett? Russett
What's 'e say, Betty?; Betty 'E says:
"What the deuce did you send 'im
for?" M. A. P. " . '
"Why don't you teach your son a les
son by making him live without his
allowance for a while?" . "Goodness!
I can't even make him live within it!"
Cleveland Leader. ;
-- Lady My cooking always tastes so
good to you, and it never suits my hus
band at all. Beggar Well, why don't
you get a divorce and marry me?
Meggendorfer Blaetter, .. .
"I am a plain-spoken man," said the
applicant for a job. "I'm afraid you
won't do," replied the railroad official.
"We are advertising for an experienced
train announcer." Philadelphia Rec
ord. "Father," said little Rollo, "what is
an epigram?" "An epigram, my son,
as modernly propounded, is any sen
tence containing less than two con
junctions and three commas." Wash
ington Star.
"Does she seem to take kindly to so
ciety ways, now that her husband has
made such a pile?" "Oh, yes,. indeed.
She was the loudest talker at grand
opera the other night. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"John," queried her husband's wife,
"If some bold, bad man were to kid
nap me would you "offer a reward ?
"Sure thing," replied the wrTS-S-'fius-band.
"I always reward those who do
me a favor." Boston Courier.
Inquisitive Lady And what is this
little box for? Nerve-Racked Clerk
Oh, for odds and ends! Inquisitive La
dy But it has two compartments. Why
is that? Nerve-Racked Clerk One for
odds, madam, and the other for ends.
Harvard Lampoon. :
"Would it be any harm to deceive
her about my age?" inquired the elder
ly millionaire. - "Probably "not. "I'm
sixty. How would it do to confess to
fifty?" "I think your chances would
be better with her if you claimed seventy-five."
Kansas City Journal.
"How nicely you have ironed these
things, Jane!", said the mistress, ad
miringly, to her maid. Then, glancing
at the glossy linen, she continued in a
tone of surprise: "Oh; but I see they
are all your own!" "Yes," replied
Jane, "and I'd do all yours just like
that if I had time." Central Christian
Advocate. ;
"My brother, my poor brother!" she
moaned, as a halfback was carried un
conscious from the field. "Ah, but how
thankful we should be," her escort, an
old player, cried gay ly. "Thankful!
Thankful for what?" , exclaimed the
girt. : "Thankful that It wasn't a full
back," said he. ' "We haven't a decent
fullback sub, you know." Minneapolis
Journal.
. .. Friend So yours was a case of lovo
at first sight? Mrs. Getthere Yes, in
deed. I fell desperately in love with
my dear husband the moment I set
eyes upon him. I remember it as dis
tinctly as if it were yesterday. I wag
walking with papa on the beach at
Long Branch, when suddenly papa
stopped, and, pointing Kim out said:
"There, my dear, Is a man worth tea
millions." New . York Weekly. '
"Jane," said a lady rather sharply
to her cook, "I must Insist that you
keep better hours and t&at you have
less company in the kitchen at night
Last night you kept me from Bleeping
because of the uproarious laughter of
one of - your woman friends." "Yis,
mum, I know," was the apologetic re
ply; "but she couldn't help it 1 was'
a-tellin' ot her how you tried to make
cake one day." Ladies' Home Journal.
Trapped.
The perpetually clever man listened
solemnly to the tramp's hard-luck
story.
"That's the same old yarn you told
me last week," be said, winking at his
companion.
"Maybe it is," admitted the weary
one aa he started on. "I'd forgotten
having met you. I was In the peniten
tiary last week." Success Magazine.
Many a girl passes for a beauty
cause her feet -don't ahow '