Hand? Combination Hayrack.
The combination linynndt Hliown In
tin firm llluBtnitlon Is a convenient
one. rr lire bud ipluoes of jxlne or other
iitrnlght frrnlncxl llht wood fourteen or
nlxteen feet In lonirth, eLj?lit Indies
wide and three Indies thick; If of wik
or other lmrd wood, two und one-hnlf
Im-hcH thick will give mifflrlent
C0M1II NATION HAYBACK.
strength. Four cronHileceH, B, of lmrd
wood one and one-quarter Indie thick
und bIx liM-lien wide, are mortised and
firmly secured to the ibed pkx-es. TMs
constitutes tho fnume or foundation
and Ih shown In the second cut It Is
frequently used sermrately to haul
rails, boards, stones, manure, etc., and
Is a convenient, strong and handy ar
rangement for the purjHwe. In the first
cut Is shown tlie rigging complete, of
which Its four crosspleces or anns, P,
ere seven and one-half feet In length,
five Inches wide and two and one-half
JiHflios thick.
If designed for a "sectional rigging"
and to prevent side movement a half
Inch groove Is cut Into the lower sides
of the crow arms, P, so that they fit
closely mwn the bed pieces. To pre
vent a forward or- backward move
ment eight strong Iron hooks are at
tached by staples to the sides of the
cross arms and when placed upon the
ted pieces are readily hooked Into the
staples, A. Thus arranged one man
can easily place the rigging upon or
take It from the wagon ; or, If desired,
twits may be used to fasten all to
gether, by passing them through the
cross arms -and bed pieces. There Is
not 23 cents difference In the expense.
Standards, D, can be either station
ary or hinged so as to Ibe quickly low
ered, raised or removed by a small
tiolt, as shown at Y. The standards
should be six and one-half feet high
and quite strong t5 withstand the pres
sure of the load as well as to serve as
a ladder. The boards, X, should be
of the same length as the bed pieces
and one Inch thick and six Inches wide
of straight grained light, wood. Wood
en pins or stakes, N, are Inserted as
shown and should be only slightly
sharpened. Should the hind Wheels
project above the boards, X, bridge
FRAME Or BED PIECES.
over them, as shown at 8. Wash with
petroleum and kecip under shelter when
not In use. Country Gentleman.
Dreed and Feed.
Those who take the position that
the "breed Is In the feed" may learn
something from the experiment made
ot . the Illinois experiment station,
, where two cows were given the same
treatment, both receiving the same
guantlty of food and both given
an opportunity of, showing what
they could do, yet there was a great
variation In the results, one cow large
ly excelling the other. Without proper
food and a plentiful supply, no animal
" can produce to iher fullest capacity, but
It Is a fact that the breed is an Im
portant matter, and some cows will
yield twice as much as others, no mat
ter how well fed both imay be.
Weevil Opllmlim, '''
There are people who believe that
the advent of the boll beevil will untl
mately prove 'a good thing; for the
country and who regard the little In
sect as a blessing,. In disguise. We
hope they are right It Is argued that
the boll weevil will bring about a re
adjustment of labor conditions; will
break up the cotton system and sub
stitute diversified farming, truck and
fruit growing. Homer (La.) Guardian-Journal.
. Green Food (or Stock,
When the pastures begin to give out
there will be a falling off of milk from
the cows. This Is due to the fact that
the farmer does not supply the loss of
green food from the pasture. A plot
of corn fodder, used as green food, be
' lng given the cows at night' will ma
terially assist in preventing the loss of
milk. A change of food from green to
dry substancea will nearly always
oauBe the falling off In milk, for which
reason the change from green to dry
food should be gradual and never sud
denly.
UroTTlnar Cucumber for FIckllBg.
Factories for pickling cucumbers are
being established wherever the farm
ers can be Induced to become Interest
ed. Small pickles, not over 24 Inches
long, usually bring about 50 cents per
bushel, a bushel containing about 800
pickles. Tho average ylold'ls estimated
at 100 bushels per acre, though sev
eral hundred bushels may be grown
upon an acre. The mildew destroys the
vines In some sections, but this Is kept
down by spraying. The striped cucum-
her Iteetle, which can not be destroyed
by purls green or ordinary Insecticides,
Is a formidable enemy where It makes
Its appearance. The long green varie
ties of cucumbers are used. Plenty of
manure should be applied. A fertilizer
consisting of one part nitrogen, one
part phosphoric acid and two parts of
potash Is about the proper formula for
cucumbers. Cucumbers are salted with
two quarts of salt per bushel of cucum
bers, packed closely In tierces or bar
rels, and enough brine added to cover
them. The brine should be added dally,
as evaporation lowers the water In
the vessel and exposes the cucumbers,
which may damage them. Growers can
co-operate, form a Joint stock company,
and sell the pickles on the market,
thus securing the largest profit possi
ble from growing them.
Safe Stepladder.
Build your stepladder like this, and
It will never slip. v
The Peanut Trade.
Peanuts have become, an Important
article of American foreign commerce
In the last six years, especially on the
Import side, In spite of the fact that we
produce about 12,000,000 buahela a year,
Peanut Imports have grown In value
from $6,000 In 1000 to $500,000 this
year, while our exports thereof will ap
proximate $300,000. When this fiscal
year closes we shall have to list pea
nuts for nearly $1,000,000 of our total
foreign commerce for the year, accord
ing to the Bureau of Statistics of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
The peanut acreage In this country
Increased 150 per cent and production
233 per cent between 1890 and 1900.
There are under' cultivation now 517,
000 acres, producing 11,005,000 bushels.
The crop Is concentrated In a few
Southern States, Virginia supplying
one-third of It North Carolina another
third. New York Sun.
Poultry a a Bualneaa.
Is there progress In poultry keeping?
Read the market reports. Look at the
amount of poultry advertising done to
day as compared with five years ago,
How did the winter prices of eggs in
the last five years of the nineteenth
century compare with those of the first
five years of this? Thousands of peo
ple are to-day making a comfortable
living and many have become Inde
pendent by raising poultry and eggs for
the market It has been proven by ex
periments that It costs no more to pro
duce a pound of poultry than It does
to produce a pound of pork or beef, yet
poultry . Is always worth more per
pound than any other meat and sells
Just as readily.
Teaching Botany in Pnbllo School.
In country schools botany should be
taught by devoting an hour or two
each week, In the growing seasons, to
excursions to the fields and woods,
plants 'being selected, described and
classified. By this mode of teaching,
ad Interest in botany will be created on
the part of the children. A flower gar
den In connection with the school
should also be an advantage.
New Idea In Fertilisers.
The Southern Illinois Penitentiary Is
now preparing lime stone dust for dis
tribution among farmers for fertilizing
purposes. The dust Is put up In sacks
at the prison and Is sold to farmers at
50 cents a sack. It Is said to be one of
the finest fertilizers known. Chester
Herald.
Good draft horses now bring from
$200 to $300. It Is little wonder, there
fore, that well-advised farmers, pay
f ancv orlces for Imported brood mares,
when 8-year-olds bring such prices,
Bethany Republican,
For Coughs
and Colds
There is a remedy over sixty
years old Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral. Of course you have
heard of improbably have used
it. Once in the family, it stays;
the one household remedy for
coughs and hard colds on the
chest. Ask your doctoraboutit.
" I hT had pneumonia three time, and
Ayer'i Cherry Pectoral h brought mn.afelr
through each time. I have tint recovered
from my lat attack, aged Iztr ieven. No
wonder f pralte It." . V. Hiouinb, Steveni
Point, Wis.
by J. O. Ayer Co., Lowell,
Aiao manufaoturera of
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London 101 Parka,
One of the most useful activities of
the London County Council has been In
the extension of the park system of the
metropolis, which now Includes, under
the management of the Council, nearly
5,000 acres. .
The acquirement and development
has cost about 8,500,000, and the an
nual charge for maintenance comes to
565,000, which adds about a half pen
ny In the pound to the rates, or about
two-tenths of 1 per cent The cost In
cludes the salaries of an outdoor' staff
of 843 men and women.
The Council came Into existence In
1889, and succeeded to the metropolitan
board of public works In the care of
the parks, but of course with larger
powers. In all fifty-seven new parks
have been added since then out of the
total that come under the Council's
management. Park and Cemetery.
Save the Babies.
INFANT MORTALITY is something frightfdl. We can hardly realize that of
all the children born in civilized countries, twentytwo per cent., or nearly
one-quarter, die before they reach one year; thirty-seven, per cent., or mora
than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before they are fifteen I
. We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save a ma
jority of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many of thess
infantile deaths are occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations. Drops, tinctures
and soothing syrups sold for children's complaints contain more or less opium, or
morphine. They are, in considerable quantities, deadly poisons. In any quantity
they stupefy, retard circulation and lead to congestions, sickness, death. Oastoria
operates exactly the reverse, but you must see that it bears the signature of
Chas. H. Fletcher. Oastoria causes the blood to circulate properly, opens tha
pores of the skin arid allays fever.
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The Sedan-Chair.
Perhaps some expert In the Siamese
language will tell us what Is Its word
for "sedan-chair." When the King of
Slam's minister, protesting against his
majesty's favor toward motoring, sug
gested recently that "the royal sedan
chair" was always at his disposal, It Is
Improbable that he used a word remi
niscent of the French town. For it Is
from the scene of Napoleon I II.'s col
lapse that the sedan-chair takes its
name, and perhaps remo'te posterity
will suppose that It had some connec
tion with that event. But Sedan first
produced these conveyances centuries
ago, and they were seen In England In
1581. One used by James I.'s Bucking
ham provoked great popular outcry
against the employment of men as
beasts of burden. Sir S. Duneorabe Is
credited with having Introduced them
to London In 1034. And Bath knows
the Pickwickian sedan-chair to this day.
London Chronicle.
Leaaon from the Paat,
Thomas Jefferson was writing the Im
mortal Declaration of Independence, and
had just evolved the revolutionary doc
trine that all men are endowed with cer
tain inalienable rights, among which are
"life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness." "Of course," he reflected, "there will
be about one week in the year when the
boy with the cannon cracker or the toy
pistol will be at liberty, in his pursuit
ot happiness, to take anybody's life."
Smiling as he thought of the havoc
the automobilists would play with these
principles some day, he proceeded to sub
mit a few facts for the consideration of
a candid world. Chicago Tribune.
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a little boy again?"
"Mebbe It wouldn't be so funny for
you, pa," replied his bright young son.
"If you was to be littler'n me, pa, I
think I'd square up a few things."
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