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A NEW HOG TROUGH.
V KvvfuUr Claim* That There Xe
Aicttiiu.fr to B%aal it.
After-flattering to; the full all the
vroes that beset the hog man who uses
open troughs Mr. J. 0. Norton of Kon-
•as hno invented a trough which, he
(aye, has proved the joy of his life,
and he telle In the Kansas Farmer how
to make it. A few salient points from
the minute working Instructions given
are hero reproduced, together with a
'diagram, end It Is hoped that these will
elucidate Mr. Norton's plan sufficiently
tor any reader Tho bo desires to cany
tt out successfully. In the drawing of
the end of tho trough 1 represents the
tills. 2 the end of trough, 8 the space
between the partition boards, 4 the
crosspieces ut the top of the partition
studding to sustain the top board that
NonroKo boo obouoh, end vibw.
you wuH; out on. 6 the side lira tea that
keep the Pigs from turning slduwUc
and ge.Ui.ji ihelr front feet lit the
trough; U und 7 are tho top and lioltu-.u
boards tliut brace the side bructur, '{lie
bogs will get their feot over 7. hut nev
er in the trough; 8 Is the storm doors,
connected by rope to pulleys ut 0.
A Fovr WorUu Notes.
For sills eleven strips 1 by A or 2by 4,
six feet lung. or, better still, eight feet
long, are si t up parallel about nineteen
incites apart. Two planks 2 Inches
thick, 12 Inches wide and 1C feet Jong
are spiked down to these sills, J^tclng^
the pin tik crosswise of the sHls^Ed side,'
by side near the center of the sills, thus}
forming the bottom of a double trough.
Around these planks nnll a 1 by 4 strip
to form the edges of the trough, and on
each side of these planks lay down
boards und nail them to the sills, and
we lui vc tlio bottom of a trough and the
board floor at each side of It that the
hogs are lo stand their front feet on
while drinking.
Ulltere uro four Inches of space _be*
Florida Phosphate*.
The neat great discovery ef
photo rock hi this country occurred
In Florida In 1888 and *88. There are
dlSoraet Jems of tWa phosphate;
first, wo bavo the land or bealdor
phosphate, which oectus is rocky or
Stony masses of varying slao sad
form, and varying from 88 to 40 per.
bent, of phosphoric acid; second, the
"soft" phosphate, a white powdery ma
terial, mixed with more or less kaolin
and containing from 18 to 80 per cent,
phosphoric acid; thirdly, we have the
“pebble" form consisting of email, hard
rounded pebbles, which occur both
In the beds of tho rivers, and In de
posits on the land. They are varia
ble In composition, but range from
about 80 to 30 per cent, of phosphoric
add. The Florida rock QOMtltuttt 8
very important source of phosphoric
add, is highly esteemed, and Is uaed
largely both at home and abroad.
Tennessee Phosphate,
Shortly after the discovery of ph#»
phate rock in Florida, discoveries be
gen to be made la/Tennessee In the vi
cinity of Nashville, and later still Im
portant deposits began to be found
in Maury county, Tenn., near Mt
Pleasant. This rock, like the others,
Is variable In form-and composition,
but the marketable varieties range
from 80 to 87 per cent of phosphoric
add. There are other Important phos.
phattc deposits In the world, but those
just described constitute the Import
ant ones for southern agriculture.
Having mentioned the chief sources
of nitrogen and phosphorlo add, we
will take a bird's-eye view of the
source of potash.
JOHN M. MoCANDLESS,
State Chemist
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
Notions About the Oamlleettok,
Whether For Use on Ornament.
The bedroom ehirdla depends upon
COTTON RUST.
BxtanvgM -f VMMli la A*
O'ltrjs—« ;v» Vflnelssl Che
Frfcd's Lie. v
Ihimiey — There goes Fred’s
grandmother.
Corfma—'What «re yon talking
The fret thnt -ntton trill rust on one about? That’s TYc'rVs wife,
thest/le of it* holder fir broomir~£ pi*™ of'i«nd and not be affected in tb# i Dt^ttHy—Then V hsrt did he if ant
an intoreirting accessory to th.- ’ tens* on anchor piece b advanced hr a i# la about it for f I hsked him if
smaller furnishings of the dhambor. Southern Cultivator writer to show ^ was hia mother, and he said no;
The tin candlesticks' eoVfcrcd 'with : gmndivotber.—Boston- Transcript,
enamel pnxnt and tits colored chip* , ^ nftCopsary e i*u«&s ot plant.food, f
are the least expensive tor icottagg j tc Hayg . wo find It on the gray, sandy
rooms. Hand painted Work may bo in nils in the different southern states
introduced on lino while china can- as wo travel toward the coast, while
alestickr-, with tho same color and back on the higher red day lands l< U
decorations employed iii other parts ! *'so seen, but less prevalent. Even
of the room. Brass candteaticks al-! hCTP makes Its appenraitec where the
ways retain n Kkrh degree oi pop* ; hn9 bcoofee worn und exhausted.
, ,v i i Wo see very little of It on new innd,
lanty, antiques Lemg carefully eher- wfjch 9llowfl ^ lt TMy lftrg eiy
. IShSd ami tiltyr TCPJOauctions al- the Impoverishment of {he
Cldst OR'lllUcli thought of. I Mill. The fact that' H ta !65» titevsinat
Silver oandleiitichs have a s^ieciel | on red clay load—-and this red land is
fitness in the str.iug room naturally moch richer in potash than
fine glass and illilts, /lift branching , gray or sandy land—points to tb* prin-
candelabra making a handsome part! d P»* °f tbe
Of BUfOdcnt available plant food In die.
son was shown clearly by some fertlll-'
zer experiments on cotton conducted
last year by bte. A. VTUHs In Louisiana.
Mr. Willis’ land Is alluvial, gray,
sandy loam. It has been In cultivation
a good many years, and his cotton was
badly nffcctcd with rust everywhere
except where he used a liberal amount
of complete high grade fertilizer. His
candlesticks mndc o£ riel, loned nut
hogauy nvo also in pate" in the din
ing room, fr.ya an exchange, their
wooden surface not exacting the
constant rubbing and polishing of
the metals.
Russian candlesticks of hammered
brass that stand four and five feet
from tho floor are, sometimes used
Bar Clover.
Replying to an inquiry as to whether
bar clover will be profitable on land
newly sown to Bermudas, where the
Bermuda Is not doing well, Southern
Cultivator says: Bur clover will do well
on your Bermuda. Too' cant sow in
September or October. September will
do best About two bushels of soed to
the acre will be a good quantity. You
need not run the harrow over It The
rain will fit the seed to the soil, and
that Is all that Is needed.
Points of Quality In Mill*.
The following points should be ob
served by even the most humble dairy
man to Insure getting a quality of milk
on the market that will not be turned
down by the buyer;
First—Keep tho cows clean, for it
pays with the cows.
Second.—Stir up no dust at milking
time.
ThlrtL—Take special care In washing
and sterilizing tinware and strainers.
Helmets of Ancient American*.
Greed is responsible for the loss
of some priceless objects that were
found in ancient shafts in a little
island off the coast of Ecuador that
Would no doubt have cast valuable
light oh the high stage of civiliza
tion reached by the prehistoric in
habitants of Ecuador and Colombia.
The objects consisted of many small
articles of jewelry and two mag
nificent solid gold helmetB. The
latter were fortunately rescued from
the smelting pot in time, but almost
all the rest of the precious orna
ments were lost to science. The
helmets are beautifully made and
richly ornamented, showing not
FCJtTII -W FOR COW PCAS.
(Condoited irom a Bulletin of the Jl.
(J. Expo. ,.viant Station.)
Thu av,-M mm been so long
known la Georgia as renova
tor of exhausted soils, and Is so com
monly recommended for green ma
nuring, that many Imagine that this
plant needs so fertilizer to assist In
Its own growth.
Although it (.’raws nitrogen from
tho air for Its own use, for each pound
of this Ingredient lt requires more
than a pound of potash and consider
able phosphoric odd, each of which
It most receive artificially where not
supplied In the needed quantity by
the soil. A part of the nitrogen nec
essary for complete growth must si sc
come from the soil. If there be lack
of nitrogen, the beans will take on a
yellowish hue, and the plant will In
dicate Its lock of vigor by a general
sickly appearance. About 75 pounds
of nitrate of soda applied to each
acre will prove a quick remedy for
this trouble. I
Trials at the Louisiana Experiment
Station have shown that one acre of
average cow-peas contains 65 pounds
of nitrogen, 111 pounds of potash and
20 pounds of phosphoric add, of which
tho roots and stubble alone contain
8 pounds of nitrogen, 16 pounds of
potash and 5 pounds of phosphoric
add. These figures vary, of course,
with different yields, but represent
about the average.
There Is always some waste in the
application of fertilizers and lt has
been ascertained by many experiments
Uwu la order to enable cow-pets to
take up and assimilate 55
pounds of nitrogen, there must
be provided about 187 pounds of
actual potash and 40 pounds of phos
phoric add, which are equivalent to
884 pounds of muriate of potash and
800 pounds of acid phosphate.
Phosphate and potash fertilizers
should always be applied before the
seed Is planted, whether this be done
broadcast or In drills.
A good mixture for cow-peas Is 808
pounds of acid phosphate and 100
pounds of muriate of potash per acre;
or, If kalnlt Is substituted for mu
riate, 400 pounds will be required to
furnish the same amount of actual
potash.
Lean Pork.
, In the foreign markets lean pork Is
preferred, and there Is a growing de
mand for more lean pork nt home.
Lean pork cun be produced ut less cost
, , ». . . | I 111. CVI 111 L) It. It; UlfcU K414V4U iviuunvi. s-ns*>
for a piano^ light, or simply ns an | experiments consisted of a number of
*’ * plots of land on which ho used differ
ent combinations of nitrogen, phosphor-
element of decoration in a dark cot
ner.
Candlesticks'ure made in
shapes in fine or course- make, th*
cost agreeing with the' degree of fine
ness of the material. These seem
to have the right setting in rooms
iimslied in while paint and dainty
furnishings.
ic odd and potash, but only whore all
three of theee ekunents were combined
was the cotton entirely free from rust
This was on plots Mo*. 5 and 8, which
were fetUUosd with 000 pounds add
phosphate, 480 pounds kalnlt and 200
pounds nitrate of soda per aero, with
the addition of 2,000 pound* of lime
per acre on plot No. 0.
Tbe yield from plot No. 5 was LOGO
pounds seed cotton per acre, and from
plot No. 6 the yield was 1,740 pounds
per acre. Tbe average yield of cotton'
on Mr. Willis' land without any ferti
lizer at an woe MS pounds seed cotton
An Emergency Cupboard.
An emergency cupboard is an im
portant possession for the house
hold, particularly where there are
children. It need not be very deep
oor high, but it should contain two
-shelves and among other things the
. „ o i j _j.±. lsJr ed with met. The Increase hi tho pro
following: Soft old cotton, bnen « ancHou of 0T<!r uo f8rt „ lwsr on
cheese cloth cut in stripe and rolled ■ pIot So 5 Wtti 73r , aBd or
for use for bandages or plasters,
strips of flannel, vaseline, adhesive
plaster, cotton wool, bora*, fine
sponge, hot water bottle, roll of fine
string, spool of cotton and a bottle
containing equal portions of lime-
water and sweet oil, the latter being
an excellent mixture for bums.
A False Lover.
“Darling,” pleaded Algerncfr*—
“darling, do mine I I will shield
and protect you from all dangeW
all your life. It will bo my prate
and privilege—
1
—“to face unflinchingly and un
falteringly every foe that shaft
stand in our path or dare to attauk
my own sweet girlJ”
plot No. 9> 806 pound*. Last year was
very dry in Mr. Wlllkj’ locality and
consequently unfavorable for the uso
of commercial fertilizers. Despite this,
however, tho yield of tbe cotton was
very nearly doubled by their ue* and
the cotton plant entirely freed from
the Injurious effect of rust where the
fertilizer was applied In tho right pro
portion.
While the different combinottour,
kalnlt and arid phosphate, nnd nitrate
of soda, and acid phosphate and nitrate
of soda, all produced au lucreuse In tlir
yield over no fertilizer this Increase
was not nearly so great as where nil
three of these Ingredients were com
bined, and lt was only where tbe nitro
gen, phosphoric acid and potash wore
used together that the cotton was on
tlrely freed from rust, showing that
this laud was In need of all three of
those elements to produce the best re
sults with cotton.
I had the pleasure of meeting a prom
inent farmer from Irwin county, Cta.,
who has reached tbe point wbero he
had ceased to buy nitrogen entirely.
He uses an add and potash for his cot
ton, nnd he is not troubled with rust,
lie rotates his crops, saves all his mn
i.ure and plants cowpeas.
Chestnut Custard Pie.
For a chestnut custard pie filling
boil and wash a sufficient quantity
of chestnuts to yield one-half pint
of pulp. Add one pint of milk, the
yolks of two eggs, a scant one-half
cupful of sugar and one tablespoon
ful of vanilla. Turn into the paste
lined dish and bake in a moderately
quick oven for twenty minutes. For
the meringue beat the whites of
the eggs to a stiff froth, add two ta
blespoonfuls of powdered sugar and
spread over the top of the pie. Re
turn to the oven and when a yellow
ish brown stand aside. to become
cold. ‘ ’
Nautioal Jane.
* r Whot time did that young mast
leave last -light, Jane?”
“A!>nnt 11 o'clock, papa.”
“Tt seemed, later than that.”
“It might, have bean a little later,
hut it wasn't His fault. You see,
I gave him a liberal time allow
ance.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Whet He Wanted.
First Boarder—I wish some be
nevolent monopolist would organise
a hash trust.
Second BoardeT-wWby?
First Boarder—Berr."se I d like
to see the article out of the r«aoh of
the masses.—Judge.
Tho Triumph of ReMon.
“And yon gave him your iusart?”
“Oh, mamma, how could I with
hold it after he had confessed him
self utterly unworthy of it?"—-De
troit Free Press.
The Klint’a Coffee.
King Edward is btooming an in
veterate coffee drinker. Wherever
he goea hts Egyptian i n*"ee maker,.
Emin Abraham, r flows with hie
little coffee mill nnd after lu;:.;’.oon
and dinner prepares a special bretf.
for his majeaty acid tho fortunate
few who are privUwgod to taste it.
Emin is able to hold tlvis little mill
in his hands when grinding 11 o ber
ries, a particular kind, and l ..i cof
fee is served in very small cups
which have almost the appeuranco
of egg cups, ft is of course served
by Emin hiatseU in all the glory of
oriental drapery, h! j people who
have tasted the king’s coffee are
very few, and not ail of tho o ad
mire the flavor of it, though none
would dare to say so, know, g his
lnajbsty has such ft lii^h opinion of
its quality.—London Tutle?,
The Pearl of F«- c;"atscr*
Boforo the Sp'ii.Lii-Ainerican war
there were mum.-.-ous eonfereucos be
tween the tenders ut' u.c.^om.te and
house in Waali.iiigt.oi), \..aal!y held'
at the residence of somo cabinet
member.
At the most exciting stage Sena
tor Allison of Iowa, the great com
promiser, came into a conference
where there were a dozen of the
biggest men in the government,
“Well, Allison,” said Secretary
Bay, “which side have you been
helping today—those who want war
or those who do not P"
Senator Allison rubbed hia hands.
“I have been doing a little for
both,” he said.—Saturday Evening
Post.
Bo Hies and Brmpatketle.
A gentleman whoso one glass eye
has served him for years had the mis
fortune to drop It. It amushed to
atoms. Tills happened when bo was
far away In the country. Ho Inquired
of a friend wbero was tho nearest
place for him to go and get refitted.
“Why don't you call upon tho girl,
you were flirting with all laBt night?’*
his friend inquired. “She has a first
class reputation for making eyes.”—
Punch.
But when Algernon saw this
, thing starting up before him lie
than may be supposed, und the hogs thought it must be another March
will grow faster and give heavier hare gone mad and thought he’d
nciuy ornamented, snowing not weights than when tbe pork is pro , better no too
only an advanced, condition .of in- ducqd solely, from com. Jjt ,1# -dope by *
For Carpets.
Although there may be many-new-
liquids‘for freshening and brighten-
earpets, nothing will do better
work than ox gall, says an exchange.
Prnror of the Convert..
A south sea Islander nt tho clos» of ,
a religious meeting offered the follow
ing prpyer: "O Qod,' we are about to' .
go to our‘respective homes. Let not
the words we have heard be like the
fine clothes wo wear-^soon to be taken -
off und folded up In a box till another '
Sabbath comes .'around. Rather,, let
thy truth be. like the tattoo on our..
bodies—Ineffaceable-till death.”—Carle- '
ton’s Magazine. (t !
diustrial art, but a high state of ; feeci|ag in addition to corp,
decorative art.
New Way of Spelling.
Around the garden Johnnie strolled.
As S.apxiy ns you please;
He uiw th. prettyflowors and heard
The humming of the B B B B B R.
Be watched the busy Insects and
Grew bolder by degrees.
*T1! lust catch one,” said he at last;
”Tbut hie one I,will CCCCC C.”
He made a grab, and, then hln screams
Were borne upon- the breeze;,
He had been stung, which served hha
right.
That horrid little T T T T T T.
Indoors he rushed, and there he stood,
With tears and shaking knee*,
fits mother tied his finger up.
Which quickly gave him E E E B B R
bran', shorts, linseed meal,; beans,jpeofl,
clover and other nitrogenous . foods,:.
which not only'promote growth, but
also Increase the weight—Home nnd I
Farm. •
— —t , . ,«U |i r Field and Farm. For horses,
The Belgian Hare i sheep and dairy cows potatoes should
We have had one side of the Belgian be sl,CGtl 1° a root cutter or chopped in
hare business; now we have another. . a h* 5 * With a snarp spade. Milk cows
It seems to bo demonstrated that a ; uiay he fed with advantage os much as
farmer can profitably keep a few hares ! twenty-flye pounds of sliced potatoes
to supply meat for his own table, pro- i ^ ai *y. b.W If a greater weight than tills
Tided his family like this sort of meat, jjt? i ’ et ' tb P potatoes will bavo an nn-
Wben It comes to selling the'hares’ In!‘.favorabjfejfinfluence on the quality of
the genoral market, the small breeder * be Producod. For sheep three
j has a poor-showing. Everybody seems or four.p^unds of potatoes daily to each
to agree to that—Rural New Yorker,
The tlmolable Potatoes.
A considerable part of (he potato
crop this year Is unsalable and should do thin work,, one following the oth-
be utilized In feeding live stock, says er an(J WB8} ; ing the lather off with
The Temperature.
“Wiiy do you watch the tbermsmeter
on the wall so closely?" queried the in-
vflild. i
_ mi , - if , ., "Because/' replied tbe untrained
Use one gill to a gallon of cold soft I nurse, "the doctor Bald if the tempera-
water, stirring tbe ox gall into the lure- got any higher T was to give you.
water with a stick. With a soft uuotlier dose of quinine."
brush rub the carpet, making a —
white lather. Two persons should Bewildered.
‘John Henry, r ’ll thrash you -mindly-
I over catch you telling another-
i „ >ry ‘hat’ Hn't true.”
Clearwater. The w; ter should be -And vw :m, I henrd you su v to the '.
changed often, and then the carpet | minister that I had great Imagination."
should bo rubbed with clean cloths i —Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' J
until drv. I
IJIveralficxtlnn Hade Buy,
A Great Haul. I — <• - - - ■
_ • a , i 1, , . The growing of'T1V6'stock
A oung Briefly had only been ad- l f ul . :n has an Important bearing on Its
mitted to tho bar a week when he productiveness and jnerya.M;*, -very
made a fortune. Ho was enught in greatly the opportunities for using all
a railroad wreck in which forty peo- ; parts of It profitably. By furnishing a
ss^r;j r Jr-JZ*X2iSmm ' ■
wot d-.....-es T ■ ‘ ’ v, . . . . . I and makes It easy to practice r-tatiou ;
° , * . ,. • • Ti . „ without "losing the use of the land
. • tt . e JS? j when it ls ycenplcd by i •-u.ratly*;;; .
the victims .to retain him.”—Phila-1 trops.”- w. L. Hmcbte»n. X,^«rip»vjj
| ndvantag^o-'s. - rattenirg sheep may
be.fed as\tuuc!i ns eigli. pounds n day.
} Work hordes mny bP fed ten or twelve
; peonds d.iUy of rtl<«d polatoos.