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yOB FARM AND GARDEN. CLEAN QUARTERS FOR SAVING. to their eyes in mud and igs up won’t do good, won’t grow, no L will become diseased. They must je clean quarters. If they are con- :d in mall outside pens, it is best to 5 raised . . a e their sleeping quarters from the ground with a slab stone t Use wheat step into the house. [ will for bedding, as oat straw w the bed— duce mange, and change often as is required. For the B a3 old side or run you may throw in corn fodder or any other litter that ’, pigs clean and make 1 keep the ure. Cleanliness is the watchword wine raising, and it is far better to rd against disease than to invite it. rid and fermented swill go hand in d with dirty quarters. Where you find the other .—New Jer- grass seeding with clover Hie pea-vine clover lasts five or six J rs and makes good hay aud pasture, nay be mixed with timothy and or- wj rd grass, but although timothy luns if not treated liberally, it is by far best grass for bay, the heaviest aud it nutritious, Orchard-grass hay is it, and unless cut early it is only rod-rate hay. On the whole, it i3 re pr0 fitable to have a good meadow S three or four years than to have a ir one for ten. and it is an easy mat- d to break up the sod and reseed. By ] [d£ Luds one peck of timothy and ten of the clover there would be but equal parts of the two in the hay. le seed may be sown with oats with- it risk if the proper course is taken, us: The land should be well ma- red or fertilized or the grass will not d like a full growth; it should be well DAved and thoroughly harrowed, and o bushels of oats may be soAvn and lea sown right after the harrowing t d another light harrowing is given to ver it. This harrowing is important, it insures the germination of the seed dry weather and the safety of the lung plants. After the oats are har- isted the young grass should uot be tslured, except late in the season by or a few cows. Under this treat- [ent there is little danger, although le season may be dry. — NT. Y. Times. 6TARLE MANAGEMENT OP COWS. Cows, as a rule, are much more neg- cted than any other class of farm ani- als; for while they may get plenty of iod and are well sheltered, they do not ivc any care bestoAved upon them in le Avay of cleansing and brushing, any a farmer would laugh at the idea it was suggested to him, yet they lould have as much attention in this ispect as the average work horse. It seem like a waste of time to groom e cows e\-ery morning, yet it is labor ell spent, and adds to the general :alth as well as to the appearance of 16 animals. No matter how well the stables may be attended to, the ani- will become soiled, and to permit the to become plastered on their quarters and there to dry and peel * s certainly unsightly as well as an v ^ cn cc of carelessness aud neglect. a currycomb is used at all on the ows > it should he a very dul 1-toothcd >ne, and if new, the teeth should be heel down so as not to cut or scar the kin. A good horse brush, as well as i stiff, long, staple stable brush is what s required, and a few minutes’ brisk Mercisc with this each morning, while »he cows are feeding, will not merely Leep their coats glossy and clean, but piil bentle go far and towards making the animals readily handled aud less ble to tilt over the bucket when them. —Farm, Field and Stock- ought to offspring to be looked to every or f °ur hours by day, and °‘ tener at night, for parturition is more certain to take place in the latter Females at this period are more less feverish and uneasy, and require • nak frequently; if the mother be cold, ° DOt faii to hare the water “dlk* every time it is offered them; to ewes and s °™> as well as to mares and sometimes this is more import- for the smaller than the larger ani- over- hay, but with grass, and particularly green clover and alfalfa, there is danger, unless moder¬ ately fed, of engendering hoven, and in any event it is better to mix hay or straw with these feeds. The only grain safe to give at this time is wheat-bran, or shorts. If oil-meal has been given, omit this for a few days, especially cot¬ tonseed meal, for that is positively to be dreaded unless at the South, where animals are extensively accustomed to it from birth up; following from gen¬ eration to generation, the same as with corn and Indian meal, it seems to be incorporated into their system, and they can feed upon these two at most times with impunity, Northern ani- mals thus fed are subject to colic, in¬ digestion, compactness in the stomach, with great pain, followed by a long enervating sickness or death.— X t Y Tribune. SCULLION CABBAGE SEED. Many cabbage growers complain ot the difficulty in getting cabbage tc head. This is sometimes due to pover¬ ty of soil and mistake in allowing the plants to grow up iu a tall, spindling form from the first. But in iar too many cases the fault is due to pooi seed that grown from the stumps of cabbage roots, many of which have never headed, and which have always produced more seed than the whole cabbage with root attached, from wbich our ^putable seed growers make their cr0 P s * costs beavil y to P ro * duce S ood cabba S e 3eed . but n0 other | country is worth stores takin g as a loaded g ift * Man down y of with the are the poorer class of seeds, and the injury thus done to farmers’ gardens is a seri¬ ous matter. Without good gardens the farmer’s life loses the feature that to many most adds to its attractiveness. Perhaps too, the failure of his garden may have lead the farmer to redouble his efforts to growing grain and other crops, now Ioav in price because pro¬ duced more largely than they should be .—American Cultivator. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. If you aa ant a good kitchen garden start it betimes. Nothing on the farm pays better than a good garden. There is as much in planning as in doing farm work. An early, healthy growth of a plant wards off many evils. See that your horses have plenty oi exercise—and feed, too. Millet contains nearly 50 per cent, more nutriment than corn does. A little linseed meal given daily tc the coav about to calve will be wel. used. To sell milk pays better than to make it into butter and cheese and sell it as solids. Do you know how much it costs you “to produce a quart of milk? If not, why not? Young chicks should be kept warm at night, a chill means au early death. Don’t neglect them. Peonies are classed among the easiest grown of our flowers aud yet they are but seldom found iu our gardens. Straw is cheap on many farms, but it is not so cheap that you can afford to have it the only feed your cow has. Remember that in nine cases out of ten failure in the germination of very small seeds is the result of too deep covering. Do not have the incoming cow too fat. A good thrifty condition is desir¬ able, but *’beef fat” may cause milk fever. Look out for that. Tomato-seed ought to be sown early in a hotbed, cold frame or window box, and transplanted to open ground as soon as danger from frost is over. A grape grower says that his best success has been through the use of green bags of the same shade as the leaves of the vine for bagging grapes. Will an average of 125 pounds of butter per year pay you for the average keep—or is your average keep so poor that it does? Then raise the average keep and see if the butter average does not rise. If it does not, better raise the average of the cows, Won’t it pay to do that anyhow? It is not always the best and most elaborate poultry houses that shelter the choicest stock. Success, however, mainly depends on warm, dry coops with proper care and management and freedom from over-crowding, This latter trouble is often the caure cf ill success, If you wish a a healthy flock keep few in a pen. A Flesh-Devouring Plant. Mr. Dunstan, a naturalist, who lias re¬ cently returned from Central America, where he spent nearly two years in the study of the flora and fauna of the coun¬ try, relates the finding of a singular growth in one of the swamps which sur¬ rounds the great lake of Nicaragua. He was engaged in hunting for botan¬ ical and eptoinological specimens, when he heard his dog cry out, as if in agony, from a distance. Running to the spot from which the animal's cries came, Mr. Dunstan found him enveloped in flue a perfect network of what seemed to be a rope¬ like tissue of roots or fibers. The plant or vine seemed composed en¬ tirely of bare interlacing anything stems, else, resem¬ the bling, more than weeping-willow denuded branches of the of all foliage, but of a dark, nearly black hue, and covered with a thick viscid gum that exudes from the pores. Drawing his knife, Mr. Dunstan en¬ deavored to cut the animal free, but it was only with the greatest difficulty that he succeeded in severing the fleshy mus¬ cular fiber. To his horror and amaze¬ ment the naturalist then saw that the dog’s body was blood-stained, while his skin appeared to have been actually sucked, or puckered in spots, and the animal staggered as if from exhaustion. In cutting the vine the twigs curled like living sinuous fingers about Mr. Dun- stan's hand, and it required no slight force to free the member from its clinging clasp, which left the flesh red and blis¬ tered. The gum exuding from the vine was of a grayish dark tinge, remarkably adhesive, and t>f a disagreeable animal odor, powerful and nauseating to inhale. The native servants who accompanied Mr. Dunstan manifested the greatest hor¬ ror of the vine,Avhich they call the devil’s snare. He was able to discover very lit¬ tle about the nature of the plant, owing to the difficulty of handling it, for its grasp can only be torn away w ith loss of skin and even of flesh, but, as near as Mr. Dunstan could ascertain, its pow er of suction is contained in a number of in¬ finitesimal mouths or little suckers, which, ordinarily closed, open for the re¬ ception of food. If thesubstance is animal, the blood is drawn off, and the carcase or refuse then dropped. A lump of raw meat being thrown it, in the short time of five min¬ utes the blood will be thoroughly drunk offaad the mass be thrown aside. Its voracity is almost beyond belief, it de¬ vouring at one time over deprived ten pounds all of aieat, though it may be of food for weeks without any apparent loss of vitality. Buried Gold. French statisticians are making a curi¬ ous calculation of the amount of gold which is annually buried in the United States. M. Victor Meunier asserts, after careful inquiries, that the American den¬ tists insert in American teeth the enor¬ mous amount of eight hundred kilogram¬ mes (about eighteen hundred which pounds) of the precious metal, represents nearly four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. This gold is never recovered, of course, but is buried with the persons in whose mouth it is rapid placed. increase Making the al- knvance for the of population of the United States and for the continued deterioration of American teeth, it appears that in less than a hun¬ dred years American cemeteries Avill con¬ tain a larger amount of gold than now exists in France. This is no fancy sketch as the pockets of every dentist, and es¬ pecially every dentist's patient,will attest. Insulating Wires. A neAv method of insulating electric wires has recently been adopted in Ger¬ many. Paper is ammonieeal first of all prepared solution by soaking in an of copper, a process which confers upon the paper durability, and makes it imper¬ vious to water. The pasty mass so pre¬ pared is now applied to the wires to be insulated by means of a special machine, after which treatment the coated wires are dried,and finally passed through a bath of boiling linseed oil. The im¬ portance of effective insulation of electric Avires is every day becoming more evident. Recent fatal accidents through contact with electric-lighting wires indicate that currents Avhich were believed to be harm¬ less can kill. Disadvantage of Tallness. Tall men, as a rule, have bodies out of proportion to their lower limbs—that is, smaller than they ought to be—with the natural result that they are unable to bear fatigue or to compete in the harmoniously struggles of life with lesser men more proportioned. Army experience and bears fatigu¬ out these observations. In a long fall ing march the tall men usually out first or succumb to campaigning, unless, well as is very rarely the case, they have knit and symmetrical frames. A soldier between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 8 or l) inches is usually the roan most capable wf bearing the strain of life. Freshly-cut flowers may be preserved for a long time by placing which them little in a glass with fresh water, in a charcoal has been steeped, or a small piece of camphor dissolved. Confidence Begot of Sirceu. So successful proved has Dr. in Pierce’s curing chronic Golden Medi- nasal | j cal Discovery bronchial and throat diseases, that catarrh, sell it through drug¬ its manufacturers now its benefit¬ gists under a positive guarantee of ing or curing in every case, if given a fair trial, or money paid for it will be refunded. Con¬ sumption (which is scrofula of the lungs) if taken in time, is also cu^ed by this wonderful medicine.____ For Constipation or Sick Vegetable. Headache, use Dr. Pierce's Pellets; Purely One a dose. They are not always thirsty souls who are ; looking for a “drop in the market.” Bradfield’s Female Regulator will cure all irregularities or derangements should peculiar to woman. Those suffering use it. Sold by all Druggists. If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.Isaae Thomp¬ son's Eye-Water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottli \ ✓ m 4 a 4 Mg- N Yk rs'-'tojiTm 9, P V i 1 *ia 7 a A\% til f| s • •t V it •J \\y. r C< ) "-S'] ijnz i 3 / f r '~1 r±X jra Ms \'V#a\ ■A • 1 Si \\ i 1 ^ J • • 5* m ' ^ $ V { \ ■* cop* 11 * : KISSED ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE. “You scoundrel,’’ neighbor. yelled young; Jacob Green At his good Brown,— “ You kissed my wife upon the street,— I ought to knock you down.” “ That’s where you’re wrong,” good Brown replied. In accents mild and meek; “I kissed her; that I’ve not denied. But I kissed her on the cheek— and I did it because she looked so hand some — the very picture of beauty and health. What is the secret of it ?” “Well,” I will replied Green, “since you ask Fa- it, tell you; she uses Dr. Pierce’s vorite Prescription. I accept your apology, Good night.” An unhealthy woman is rarely, if ever, beautiful. The peculiar diseases to which so many of of pale, the sallow sex are subject, blotched are prolific with causes unsightly pimples, faces, and dull, lustreless eyes emaciated forms. Women so afflicted, can be permanently cured by using Dr. the Pierce’s restoration Favorite of health Prescription; and beauty with comes that which, combined with good qualities of head and heart, makes women angels of lovliness, “ Favorite Prescription ” is the only medi- cine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufactur- ers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. This guarantee has been printed on the bottle- 08 rlli USA M- PIERCE'S PELLETS pi Kxv&afcvve ©o»_______ ©\\eis Purely Vegetable and Perfectly Harmless. 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