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Judging Sheep.
It requires familiarity with sheep
to enable one to judge beneath its ooat
of wool whether it is fat or in poor
condition. Au experienced shepherd
will not only know the various sheep
in his flock by differences in their
faces, but ho can also tell by the looks
of the sheep what age it is, and
whether it is in thrifty or unthrifty
condition. Yet to most people a flook
of sheep presents no individual pe
culiarities.
Out Huy For Stock.
Oats as a green feed are relishod
by all stock and particularly by sheep
and lambs. If the crop is out before
the grain hardens, aud is properly
cured, oats aro a desirable substitute
for clover or timothy fed dry during
the fnll and winter. One of the best
-of dry fodders for both horses and
cows is a mixture of olover, timothy
and oat hny, the latter cut and oured
as directed. If desired these ihay bo
fed separately to give variety to the ra
tion, the oats being fed in the fall aud
near spring. It is not advisable to
cut oats for soiling when crimson
olover can be had, but when the clover
crop is poor, oats make a good sub
stitute. There is certainly uo'reason
why only the grain should be fod and
the hay aud straw used for bedding
when it has the food value indicated.
Home With Cloth Itun.
The distinctive feature of this hen
house is tho portion built entirely of
oilcloth. The frames are made so
that they cau be easily taken apart.
They aro merely tied together aud
MODEL HENNEnV FOR CHICKB,
lightly nailed to strong corner posts.
This cloth run is excellent for chicks
in early spring. When they are a few
weeks old, a hole is mado under the
frame to let them out. Do not make
the hole lnrge enough for the older
fowls or for cats. The main henhouse
is 12x6x8 feet high, with slightly slop
ing roof. The floor of the main house
is raised two feet, allowing au extra
run beneath for the chicks. This
oiled cloth can also be used for doors
and for coverings for hotbeds, and it
has lasted several years.—American
Agriculturist.
Work-Horse. Ill Haying Time,
It is a common experience on the
farm that the horses lose Uosh rapidly
when used for auy length of time in
the hay Held, The haying season
givos, on many farms, from four to six
weeks of this work. Mowing and rak
ing hay is, of oourse, hard work on
horses—especially if the fields are
somewhat hilly, but it is not so much
the hard work that takes the flesh from
horses in haying time ns it is the want
of proper care aud the injudicious care
that is given them at this season.
Mauy farmers work their horses dur
ing the day, feed on corn nnd hay,
then at night turn them out to past
ure, “because the horses enjoy it bo
much. ” The grass loosens the bowels,
weakening the nninmls, disarranging
their digestion, and making hard work
tell heavily upon them.
Again, horses come in from work
covered with perspiration, which dries
upon them. Very few farm horses get
the grooming that they need to keep
their skin in a healthy condition. Few
realize how much proper grooming
tends to keep a horse in good flesh,
and grooming is specially important
during the hard work of summer, be
cause of tho great nmount of perspira
tion. Keep the horses on hay and
good sonnd grain; keep them well
groomed, with a comfortable bed at
night, audit they are not fretted need
lessly by their driven during work
hours, they will do a vast amount of
hard work without losing flesh.—
Farm, Field aud Fireside.
The Beet Way lo Keep Up Fertility.
A timely word is well said in tho
following paragraph, which finally
sums up a lot of field tests in the
maiutennree of fertility conducted at
the Ohio Station (Bulletin 80):
A ton of clover hny carries fertiliz
ing constituents to the value of more
than eight dollars, as compared with
the prices at which mixod fertilizers
are sold in Ohio, and assuming that
these constituents are equally availa
ble with those in mixed fertilizers. It
is probable that they aro not quite so
quickly available, but the apparent
fact that commercial fertilizers can be
used with profit in the production of
cereals on Ohio soil only when these
cereals are grown in rotation with
clover, and the high value as fertil
izers which bran and oil meal are
shown to have, all combined, most
forcibly indicates that through the
feeding of live stock, the careful sav
ing of the resultant manure, and its
intelligent employment in a scientific
rotation of crops, lies to-day, ns of
old, the road to the economical main
tenance of fertility.
We have noticed that the further
away the average farmer gets from
clover nnd corn nnd hogs, the worse
off lie is. American agriculture has
neglected clover of late years. We
need a “clover revival.” The won
derful success of alfalfa at the west,
whioh is one of the olover family, has
done much to check this neglect, but
in the Middle and Eastern States we
need a more general return to the
good old red olover of former days.
In every part of the country, we ad
vocate crimson olover as a summer
cover orop for the soil, especially for
lightish soils.—New England Home
stead.
One Way to Feed Hairy Cattle.
The feeding of dairy cows u a sub
ject well worthy of consideration at
all times of tho year. As a rule, dairy
men will do beBt, in my way of think
ing, to have cows come fresh in milk
only a few days or weeks before go
ing on grass. Tho udder is then re
lieved of its soreness, if any, bofore
they are forced to their greatest capac
ity. A cow fed sufficiently with a
balanced ration composed of coarse
foods almost entirely, if not wholly,
while dry, then put upon grain and
soon going to pasture, will reach her
limit. Then strive to hold her there
by succulent feedB, offering such be
fore the pastures begin to show the
effects of close grazing. Watoh the
yield and mnke changes by haying
a little land devoted to some kind's of
crops whioh they will relish. Strive
to satisfy by plentiful feeding, and the
cow suitable for the dairy will very
liberally roBpond.
Rye, clover and green oats will
agreeably supply until corn is ready.
I run everything through the cut
ter before feeding, beoause they take
hold more liberally and eat more than
if uncut, which therefore meets the
intention and causes most liberal flpw
of milk.
Pumpkins arc excellent in the fall,
and will please the cow’s taste after a
trial of light feeding, and will supply
the characteristic of good milk flow
for mauy weeks, if housed before
heavy frosts come and the crop is
sorted at storing time and perhapB
later sorted again, which will pay if
quantity holds out.
Late planted corn, which will be but
well tasseled by the last of August,
thereby containing a large quantity of
snooulence until well into the winter,
if out and put into large shocks be
fore frost will be a very profitable in
vestment in labor, as all lend a little
to\vard keeping up a flow of milk until
the cows need be dried again, about
two months before coming fresh.—H.
M. Culbertson, in Western Rural.
The Sliding 1’lg.
It is the opinion of the majority of
farmers and hog raisers that the
“sliding pig,” as it is called, is due
to a weak back, and mauy try to cure
it by dosing it with liniments and
other strong medicinea. This is a
mistake, as the seat of the trouble is
not in tho baok but in the knee joint
of the hind legs. This joint is de
formed in such a way that it prevents
the leg being bent forward to any ex
tent, consequently the animal, not
being able to walk on stiff hind legs,
drags his hind parts, and when he
does manage to get upon his feet, it
will be noticed that the hind legs will
not bend forward and that the hind
quarters are sbruukon and more
flabby than tho remainder of the body;
this, of course, is due to the lack of
ability to use them. It is seldom
thnt one is known to got entirely over
this disease. Although they cau be
fattoned and seem healthy in all other
respects, they are not suitable for sale
in the market.
Partial paralysis is the true name of
this trouble in hogs, The nerves of
the musoles of tho back and hip are
the partB affected. It usually begins
with a slight stiffness, and it varies
very much in its progress. Some
times it is very rapid and at others
slow. When it is slow tho muscles
will waste and become inactive. In
the rapid form it usually kills the
animal in a week or two.
In the early stages of the disease
give two ounces sweet oil with two
drops of Croton oil in it. After this
operates, give ten drtjps of tincture of
uux vomica in a tablespoonful of cod
liver oil twice a day and continue it
for a week or ten days. This is for a
FIG. 2.
full grown hog. Use one-half for a
pig three to four mouths old. If the
muscles have become wasted it will
be best to destroy tho animal.
Fig. 1 shows the stiffness and
shrunken muscles of the hind quar
ters caused by the disease. Fig. 2
shows a “sliding pig" ns it appears
when dragging its limbs or lying down.
—American Agriculturist.
One of the provisions of tho French
Code forbids a doctor to inherit prop
erty left him by a deceased patient
GEORGIA STATE NEWS.
Three southern regiments have been
picked from Oeneral Coppiugor’s corps
and have been assigned to sorvice
about Santiago. These are the Secoud
Georgia, the First Florida and the
Fifth Maryland.
• • •
As a result of the free distribution
of tobncco seed to progressive farmers
along its line in Georgia and Florida,
tho Florida Central and Peninsular
railroad will hnudlo thousands upon
thousands of pounds of additioual
leaf this fall, employing mauy froight
cars.
• • •
Tho secretary of state has been sus
tained by tho supreme court in the
case of Bowen et nl vs. Clifton et al.,
invoking the right of the secretary of
state to hoar oloction contests in the
selection of county seats. It was con
tended that this wns n judicial func
tion not to bo exercised under the con
stitution by an executive officer, but
the court does not sustaiu this viow.
Miles A. Thodford, who wns tried
in the United States court nt Atlanta
a short time ago for violating nu in
junction granted by the court, restrain
ing him from mnking and selling pat
ent medicines manufactured by the
Chattanooga Medicine company, hnB
beeu released from custody on nil or
der issued by Judge Newman suspend
ing his sentence. Thodford was also
ordered to pay a flno of #250, which
was afterwards remitted by Judge
Nowmau.
• • •
A mammoth sheep deal has been
closed by a number of Irwin and
Coffoe county stock men, headed by
Hon. Tliomus B. Young. By it 5,000
bend of shoop have been sold to dealers
in Louisville, Ky., aud every day from
ono to two cnrloads are shipped on this
order. Since such a largo nmount of
land has boon cleared in South Geor
gia for farms, and tho large influx of
immigrants, there nre too iuauy shuep
nud cattle on the ranges to fare well,
aud long-headed stock mou are selling
thoir herds of both cattle aud sheep
down to n paying basis.
While tho social side of the rcceut
Confederate veterans' reuniou at At
lanta wns tho paramount issue, yet a
good deal of important business was
transacted. The most significant feat
ure of tho ontiro occasion was tho roB-
olution of Stephen D.Lee, unanimous
ly adopted, binding tho Confederates
to support President McKiuley, wheth
er by money or men, in his light
against Spaninh inhumanity. That
resolution was no mere pnntomime.no
superficial play for universal approba
tion. It wns straight from the heart
of every veteran who shouted himself
horse on its passage.
Captain W. T. Stnlliugs died from a
stroke of paralysis at the home of his
son in Newnan. Captain Stallings
was born in Morgan county, but for a
great number of yonrs has lived in
Cowotn. At the time of his deqjb he
was sixty-flvo years of age. He was
one of the mort prominent nnd wealthy
farmors of the county aud at ono time
rapresouted tho oounty in tho stnto
legislature. During the late war he
was captain of n company that was
formed in the lower part of the couuty,
nenr Seuoia.
• » *
Governor Atkinson has issuod an
order making available for immediate
uso tho appropriation of #10,000 for
tho Georgia School of Technology.
The legislature gave this amount to
tho institution as the state’s contribu
tion to the textile department which is
now on the point of boiug established.
The building nnd machinery of the
now department will cost about 830,-
000 and will be a splendid acquisition
for Atlanta and make tho city tho cen
ter of textile education in the south.
The work on tho structure will begin
very soon, and Captain Lynmn Hall,
tho president of the school, hopes to
bo rendy to receive students in the
textile department early during tho
ooming winter.
Reunion week marks an epoch in
Atlnntn's history. New records wero
made. Never before did the Gate City
entertnin so many visitors in four
days—not even during the exposition.
General George Moorman said repeat
edly that it was tho most largely at
tended reunion the Confederate vete
rans have over hold. General Stephen
D. Leo said tho samo thing, while
General Hooker declared that tho
crowd exceeded any he had seen at a
reunion, and the arrangements were
admirable. The total number of meals
furnished at the Confederate hotel
during the reunion was 35,470. Eight
thousand pounds of ham were con
sumed and about 2,000 pounds of
coffee. Eighty carcasses were barbe
cued daily. Three thousand rolls of
bakers’ bread were left over, which
will bo distributed by Dr. Fox among
charitable institutions of the city.
The Spanish prisoners nt Fort Mc
Pherson held a reception to a number
of veterans, sponsors nnd maids of
honor during the reunion in Atlnnta.
Permission was obtained from Major
John IV. Bubb, in charge of the garri
son, to talk to the prisoners. The
young ladies and their elderly escorts
arrived on time and were nt once taken
to the prisoners’ qnurters by Major
Bubb. He made all tho presentation
speeches and told tho Hpaniards that
the veterans to whom he was present
ing them had held high ranks in tho
civil war. Several of tho Dons said
they had read of the gentlemen in his
tories and were acquainted with the
records of the gallant Confederate
veterans. To this compliment the
veterans answered in terms equally as
polite. The .Spaniards failed in their
attempt to conceal their admiration
for the young ladies.
Pepper Is OU Tims.
Dr. Adolph Miller, of Philadelphia,
president of the Pennsylvania Ajrco-
logtcal Club, in a dissertation on the
pepper plant, says that during the mid
dle agee la Europe pepper was the most
esteemed and important of all the
spices. Genoa, Venice and other com
mercial clUee of Central Venice were
indebted to their traffic lu pepper for
a large part of their wealth. Its Im
portance as a means of promoting
commercial activity and civilization
during tho middle ages can hardly be
overrated. TMbute was levied In
pepper, and donations were made In
this spice, which was frequently also
used as a medium of oxchango in place
of money. When the Imperial city of
Home was besieged by Atarlc tho King
of tho OothB, In 408 A. D., the ransom
demanded Included 5,000 pounds of
gold, 30,000 pounds of silver and 3,000
pounds of pepper, Illustrating the Im
portance of this aplce at that time.
So-called pepper vents, common dur
ing the middle ages, consisted In an
obligation Imposed upon a tenant to
supply his lord with a pound of pepper
at stated times, showing how accepta
ble was this favOrlte condiment and
.how great was the desire of tho wealth
ier classes tto secure a regular sup
ply of It. Spice dealers were known
as plperarll; In English, pepperers,
and In French, polvrlers. Aa a fra
ternity, or guild, they existed In Lon
don In the reign of Henry II. (11M-
1188). They were subsequently Incor
porated Into the Grocers' Company,
nnd had the control of the trade In
spices, drugs, dyestuffs and metals.
The price of pepper during tho mid
dle ages was always exorbitantly high,
as the rulers of Egypt extorted a largo
revenue from all who were engaged In
the spice trade. The high cost of this
Important condiment Incited the Por
tugese to seek for a sea passage to In
dia. Some time after this discovery
(A. D. 1408) there was a considerable
fall In tho price of peppor.—Now York
Telegram.
The Art et Miking s Msslard Plaster.
To put on a mustard plaster Is not at
all difficult, but to do It In the best way
requires some care an'd skill. In the
first place, remembor never to give a
cold mustard plaster to a patient; to
a weak or sensitive person the shock
Is often great. Either mix It with hot
water, or, better still, have a plate put
where It can got warm while you aro
mixing. Have everything ready at
hand, mustard, flour, and a spoonful of
molasses, with a bit of old muBlIn or
linen—nn old handkerchief is the best
thing for tho purpose. Stir tho mus
tard and flour togothcr Drat, making
tho plaster stronger or weaker with
mustard aB you have been directed.
Add the molasses and then water until
the smooth maos Is about as thick as
porridge or poultice. Spread your
cloth on tho warm plate, using tho
middle portion of the linen and leaving
n margin on all sides, which Is to bo
folded back at the odges. Put a
second cloth over the whole so that the
mustard Is entirely hid botween tho
two covers, and keop on the plate until
It Is necessary to apply the plaster.—
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Character In Vour Laugh.
The character of a man's laughter
depends to a great extent upon his
education and environment, and
though these may do a groat doal to
Improve, or at least affect hlB man
ners, It Is doubtful whether the actu
al character of a man is changed by
them. For example, no amount of
education will make tho mean man
genorous, the dull man witty, the
heavy and phlegmatic quick and nerv
ous, nor the rollicking, happy-go-lucky
man quiet, firm and stoady, and yet
education will affect tho style of his
laugh to an enormous extent.
One hears ten times as much laugh
ter from tho kitchen at night thnn In
the room where tho family Bits, but
one certainly is not Justified In deduc
ing from that fact that domestic serv
ants arc more "genulno and open os
tho day.”
Don't Totmmj Spit and Htnoke Tour l ire Awsy.
To quit tobacco canity and tororor, be mag
netic. lull of life, nervo and visor, tako No-To-
Uuo, tbo wonder-worker, that makes weak men
Mrong. All druggists, nooorll. Curoquarun-
teed. Booklet and sunapto froe. Address
Steeling Remedy Co., Chicago or Now York.
Forty yours nqo the first missionary wns
onton on tho FIJI Islands.
Fits permanently cured. Nn fits rtr norvnns-
nesH after first day’s IHO of Ur. Kline's Great
Nervo Restorer. Slit rial bottloand treatlsofroo,
Dn. It. H. Ki.ine, Ltd.. 1*11 Arch St., Philo., Pa.
Tho total number of Ur.I tad States vessels
encircling Cllha Is 77.
No-To-lliie for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco haldt euro makes weak
mou strong, blood purs. 60c, SI. Ail druggists.
After six years’ suffering I wns cured by
Plso’s Cure.—Mart Thomson, 2UU Ohio Avo
Alleghany, J'n., March 111, 1KIII.
w. II. Griffin, Jackson, Michigan, writes:
..''iffored with Catarrh for flltecn years.
Hall’s* ntarrh Cure cured me." Sold by Drug,
gists. 75c.
Kngland makes I
of Its postofllce.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
TakoCsscnretsCandy Cathartic. 10c or eon.
If C. C. C. fall to cure, druggists refund money.
Over 4lld diamonds i
recovered from the ri
t),000,000 a year profit out
DO you PAY BIG PROFITS
Yet, you do wiipd you bn/ ■ "chtbp-john,” ' , oU|>-tmp,"|
"riO ttlf," ••ni»hr.shift" tnleie wheu you c»n a* rt«lljfl
th« I.FSI al n eery alight Advance. MV make huifXlc.l
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rhe.j, a. those THKoVx^TOOftTHVk"'Swn^HNt Tnl
your town or write. Yon shall U- treat'd right.
ROCK HILL BUGGY CO., Rock Hill, S. C
C ALIFORNIA Nirmll
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ldeiulfl. "Alina Colony,”
or large guaranteed inv»«t-
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In time. Fold by druggists.
pgigfctiiaifgreffi
PIMPLES
**my wife had nlmplc. oaksrAut,but
she has bees taking CASCAUBTB and they
have all disappeared. I hud bMB troubled
with constipation for somo time, but ftfur tak
ing tho first Casonrot I have had no troubw
with this allmont. We ounnot speak too huh-’
ly of Cssoarets." Fred Wirtmaw, *
570S Germantown Ave.. Philadelphia. Pa
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