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a*colei, as -t is muc*< ijU v/i V> v __ vl
than roup.
An excellent egg-producing food ii
one part cornmeal, two parts bran, two
parts ground oats, ono part ground
meat, and ono part middlings, to which
may bo added a small proportion of bone
meal and salt; scald it and feed early in
tho morning.
Meal fed to poultry should always be
mixed wuth boiling water, which par¬
tially cooks the food. A common error
is to make tho food too wet and soft
in which state it becomes injurious to
' fowls, compelling them to take
water than their nature requires.
Tl c armer who keep3 a flock of
n cr thirty hens, with the
’iccovsprniment of a hundred or
me . iy chickens, and allows them
to Bln his cl o r: a* n In common with
himself, hi . o' - •• • stock and farm uten
sils, finds ;> ’ )h .vs and most abomin
able compaiij < r t \ Tho hen
at large, in ho no :;p form, is
worse than an arm md her
following as offensive cc.
Wa^liins 1 Sheep Before learlny
Galen Wilson says in the New York
Tribuno: ‘‘Much lias bien published in
regard to tlio barbarity of tlio usual
mode of washing sheep before shearing.
They are timid animals and particularly
fearful of getting into water. It is very
difficult to drivo a flock across a stream,
and when one does succeed in doing so,
they invariably jump it. They have an
innate dread of wetting even their feet.
It is not so with other farm animals.
Then when sheep come to ba plunged in
by the washers and retained five or ten
minutes, what mud bo their feelings?
It must be a shock to the system, and
shocks a o always bad. This heroic
treatment is downright cruelty, W ash
ing removes on'y tho loose dirt from the
wool,. and it is doubtful if that embraces
two per cent, of tho whole weight of
fleece, yet buyers deduct from 20 to 30
per cent, from unwashed wool. Washed
or umvashed it h^s to bo scoured before
manufacturing, and hence why wash it
at all? Farmcri do it simply
to save such an outrageous deduction on
the price. Three years ago a friend
with a flock of sixty sheep did ?<ot wash,
and said he should not again; but ^hen
ho sold his wool he was compelled to
*lO£E tll*o vRUSO alone. In order to
have proper cleanliness, a pail of water
should be provided, in which the milkers
may frequently rinse their hands.
As an item of good management and
economy, the weighing the produce of
cows at every milking h very strongly
to be recommended, which, with the ap¬
pliances now to be had for the purpose,
can be done with the minimum of time
and trouble, and with the following ad¬
vantages: (1) It provides an effectual
check on the work of the milkers,
which, in consideration of what has just
been said abaut the consequences of in¬
efficient milking, is a matter of vital im¬
portance, especially in the larger
dairies, when hired milkers are
employed. (2) It furnishes a re¬
liable indication as to the gen¬
eral health of the cows, the milk yield
of which is affected by the slightest ail¬
ment. (3) A most valuab e result ob¬
tained by the regular weighing of the
milk, is the exact estimate it enables
one to form of the comparative values
of individual cows in the herd, not
only in regard to milk yield, but when
a proper test is regularly applied, of
butter production also, a matter of the
utmost importance in sc ection, wdiich
is at the very foundation of the dairy
farmer’s success, the use of inferior
cows re enabling the working with im¬
perfect machinery, at a sacrifice
both of labor and produce. (4)
The daily milliyield of the cow, supple¬
mented with particu'ars of the butter
contents of the milk in ounces per gal¬
lon (a natural system having been per¬
fected by means of wdiich the necessary
testing can be done in an accurate, in¬
expensive and expeditious manner),
these together provide tho details for a
record of much value, not only for the
determination of tho merits of individ¬
ual cows, but also furnish the basis for
a system of proportional feeding advo¬
cated by Sir J. B. Lawes, and the de¬
tails of which have since been w r orked
out for practical use.
The National Game.
“Bobby,” said his father with an
ominous look in his eyes, “why weren’t
you at school this afternoon? ’
Bobby hung his head. “’Cause I went
to see tho ball game,” he said.
“Is that so? Who won?’—[New
York Sun.
p;Tpared at Tyons, France, by
de Chardonnet. Tae process consists
in adding to an etherized solution of
nitrated cellulose (the base of gun-cot¬
ton) a solution of perchlorido of iron,
and to this mixture H little of a solution
of tannic acii in alcohol, when the
wdiole is poured in a fine jet into water
acidulated with nitric acid, The fluid
thread becomes consistent, and is
drawn ofT, dried and wound. The sub¬
stance is supple, transparent, silky in
appearance, and very strong, The
color is gray or black, but may bo
changed to suit.
A petroleum engine now being ex¬
hibited in England is attracting much
attention. In a tank in the bed of the
engine ii* jelaced the petroleum, which
is forced through a pipe into a compart¬
ment w T here the oil is converted into a
fine spray by means of a blast of air.
The spray passes into a chamber, and,
coming in contact w th an electric spark
obtained from a small battery in the
rear, motive power is at once supplied.
In construction it is said to be compara¬
tively simple, and tho engine works
with admirable regularity. The piston
requires no oiling, the petroleum vapor
supplying the necessary lubrication.
Misleading Misnomers.
“Oil of turpentine” is not an ou,
neither is “oil of vitriol,” nor “coal
oil,” nor kerosene, < i Copperas” is an
iron compound, and contains no copper.
“Salts of lemon” have nothing to do
with tho fruit of the citrus limonis,
but is the extremely poisonous oxalic
acid. “Carbolic acid” is not an acid,
but a phenol. “Cobalt” contains none
of that metal, but arsenic. “Soda
water” has no trace of soda, nor does
“sulphuric ether” contain any sulphur.
“Sugar of lead” has no sugar, “cream
of tartar” has nothing of cream, noi
“milk of lime” any milk. Oxygen
means “the acid-maker,” but hydrogen
is the essential element of all acids, and
many acids contain no oxygen, “Ger
man silver” contains no silver, and
“black lead” no lead. I c Mosaic gold”
is simply a sulphide of tin. This list
might readily be extended, both in
chemistry and other natural sciences,
and it is only fair to state that these
terms all come from-older writers, and
are giving way to a more scientific no¬
menclature.—[Chicago News.
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Seines, Tents, Breech loading doubl? Shotgun at $5.60;
Jingle barrel Breech Double-barrel loaders at $4 Muzzle to $12; loaders Breech-loading $5.50
Hides $ 5.50 to $15: at
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Si to $20; $2.50 to $;s. Guns sent to
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horses and live their whole time to the business.
Spare moments may re profitably emnloyed also.
A few vacancies in towns and cities. B. F. JOHN¬
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gists or grocers, or on
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Address.GOD LE Y tV POBTKR.Dallas,Tex.
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Lines not under the horse’s feet. Write
Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co., Holly, Mich.
Olil) is worth $500 per lb. Pettit’s Eye Salve is
VUT worth 41.000. but is sold at 25c. a box by dealers.
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Urinary Organs positively cured or no rbarge. Our
medicine is a preventive of Malaria and Yellow Fever.
Full size sample bottle sent free on receipt of 26
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