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Well-Cecred Hay.
" Teed the brcod mares liberally,
but not to excess. They should have
the best quality of well-cured hay,
oats and bran. Moldy hay that has
been heated in the mow or bale,
musty oats and bran that has soured,
will not supply the proper nutriment
for producing stake winners.—Horse
Breeder.
. Care of Mares, ™
' Pregnant brood mares should re
ceive special care from now until
they drop their foals, They should
take exercise in the open air every
day. It is not sufficient to turn them
loose in a large yard or paddock and
leave them there. They should be
kept moving. Some mares when
heavy with foal are so sluggish that
will not even walk around the yard
unless some onc is present to compel
tzem to take cxercise, This duty
should not be entrusted to reckless
boys. TLe exercise shonld not be
violent.-——American Cultivator,
3" To Ripen Cream,
" Cream left to itself will become
sour spontaneous. This is the resuit
of the growth of lactie acid bacteria,
which feed upon the milk sugar and
as a final process convert it into lactic
acid. Other forms of bacteria are
also present in cream; some have lit
tle or no effect in the ripening pro
cess, while others, if allowed to de
velop, produce undesirab’e and often
obnoxious flavors. To cultivate and
develop those “wild” ;irms is called
‘spontaneous’” ripening and is often
attended with uncertainiy. Good but
ter making demands the use of a
“starter” either home made or pure
culture, The former should be made
of selected skim milk.—l3pitomist.
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Y In the meadow or fleld where sheep are pastured during the day, is a
small lfin’ which is divided by a cross fenee and covered on top by strong
®lats, Wwo gates are made so that they will swing open of their own ac
cord and remain so, unless held closed or fastened. The gate is furnighed
with adatch by which it is fastened when closed. This gate is intended to
admit the dog into the part of the pen A when he is attracted to it by a
sheep confined for the purpose in the other part of the pen B. lln the A
| part of the pen is a heavy board reaching across it. One edge of this board
rests upon the ground against two pegs, which keep it from slipping back
| ward, The other edge is kept up by means of two shaky, slender sup
ports. A rvope is fastened to the upper edge of this board and to the
| gates so that one-half of it when the board is propped up, allows the gate
I A to swing open and the other half holds the gate B shut and thus keeps
| the sheep confined. The trap is now set. A dog seeking entry into the pen
| finds the gate open and rushes over the board, thus knocking it down. The
| gate A is closed by the rope and fastened, while the gate B is allowed to
swing open and set the sheep free.
L The Scourge of the Hog Grower,
With a geod piece of farm land to
start with, few live stock industries
present greater attractions than hog
raising; but there is always the spec
tre of cholera, and once started in a
locality it is likely to sweep away the
majority of the hogs. Hogs have
made the fortunes of many farmers;
hog cholera has ruined many others.
It was found from statistics compiled
some years ago that in llowa about
eighty-five per cent. of the hogs were
destroyed in droves attacked by the
disease. The Bureau of Animal In
dustry went to work to find a serum
which would render hogs immune, At
that time two kinds of the disease
were known—hog cholera and swine
plague. In a series of experiments
the use of the Government serum ren
dered about eighty-five per cent. of
the hogs immune, In other cases it
had practically no effect. Further
investigation by the scientists of the
bureau discovered a third distinet
type of cholera. All three —hog chol
era, swine plague and the new dis
ease are due to blood destroying bac
teria. A new serum was formulated,
made from the blood of immune hogs
combined with that from diseased
animals, This was patented by the
department in the interest of the
farmer, and is believed 1o be an ab
solutely effective hog cholera preven.
tive.
“"We have experimented with this
new serum,” said Dr. A. D. Melvin,
the chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry, “and it is most promising, It
is a little too early to drclarve that it
is infallible, and it is in no sense a
oure, where the hogs already have
the disease. But it seems to bhe a sure
preventive, and where any of the
three hog cholera diseases breaks out
in a community, the idea would be
to inoculate all the hogs in the neigh
borhood, 'This is not such a great
. undertaking if done as soon as the
pigs are littered. From our experi
" ments thus far it appears to absolute
1y to immunize the animals treated.
‘The bareaun is co-operating with the
various experiment stations for the
manufacture of the serum and fur
ther experiments with the treatment,
with a view to stamping out hog chol
era in any locality the minute it ap
pears.” — Guy E. Mitchell, in the
Farmers’ Home Journal, :
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The Profitable Brood Sow.
TFor fall pigs breed the sow in
April or May. Early pigs bring the
best prices. Breeding stock should
not be fat, but should be in thrifty
condition. If the sow is thin and
poor the litter will be a disappoint
mcnt, Such pigs will prove hard
feeders and slow to make profit. The
period of gestation .is normally 115
days, but frequently less. It is a
good rule to expect the young in a
week less than four months. Choose
a thoroughbred boar if one is obtain
able. Do not let yourself be beguiled
icto the belief that a scrub or a grade
is of anything of like as great value.
Cnoose good stock every time, and
you will invariably have better pigs
and better prices for them. Experi
enced swine raisers think nothing of
carrying a sow ten or fifteen miles to
a choice male. The second day of
heat is bhetter than the first. The
period of heat lasts three days. After
a single service the sow should be re
moved at once, and kept alone for
two days, where she cannot even hear
other swiae,
When driving a distance, see that
the sow has a comfortable 12d in the
wagon and is not hungry, Small
ropes may be tied to her forward
feet and passed through holes in the
bottom of the wagon body to keep her
from making trouble and requiring a
rack. In severe cold weather she
should have a blanket thrown over
her, At the end of twenty-one days
watch the sow and know whether she |
has been successtfully bred. To breed ’
and rear swine is not difficult, but
care and watchfulness are necessary|
parts of the work. Let no beginner |
be discouraged at a few losses, if he
will but learn from experience. A
few litters of plump, rollicking pigs
at good prices will make it all up to
him.—William O'Brien, in the Amer«
ican Cultivator. |
Raise More Sheep.
Prosperity in the sheep business
during the past few years has attract
ed a good many farmers to the busi
ness who never owned sheep hefore.
The great majority of them diseov
ered to their surprise that there was
more money in sheep than in any oth
er kind of live stock they ever raised.
‘They also found that the sheep were
‘vaiuable in keeping down the weeds
and fertilizing the farm, As an all
around farm animal for profit there
is nothing that compaves with the
isheep. We often hear farmers say
as an excuse for not having sheep
‘that they “don’t understand them.”
Well, if this is true, then the quicker
they get acquainted with the fleecy
tribe the better it will be for them.
Sheep are by nature sociable and
easy to get on friendly terms with, so
the matter of introduction is easy.'
There is plenty of room in all the cen
tral Western States for five times as
many sheep as are grown at the pres
ent time, If farmers would put more
time in sheep culture, and less at
something else they would profit
more. The dog nuisance is, of course,
a handicap in some places, but if
sheep were generally raised, the com
bined efforts of the sheepmen would
{Boon put the unnecessary dog out of
business. It will be hard to combat
the dog successfully when such a
large amount of farmers raise the
lmangy curs instead of sheep.—Shep
{herd's Criterion.
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‘ “Stay in bed twenty minutes after
{you awake,” adrises a French savant.
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PEARL STRINGING
AS A BUSINESS
Oppcriunity to Create a New Vocation
in the Care of Gems and All My
Lady’s Jewelry---A Chance to
Add to a Slender income, -
A very valuable string of pearis
should be restrung every month
one would be on the safe side, for
there is always the danger of the
silken cord rubbing against a dia
mond brooch at the back of the eoliar
and one or more of the delicate
strands being broken, thus making
the waxed threads too thin to hold
together for many days. Yet many
Women cannot bear to part with a
costly chain or a handsome dog col
lar just at the height of the season’s
gayety, for the most expeditious Jew
eler would not be able to return the
pearls in less than three or four days
at least. There is also a certain rigk
in losing sight of a rare string of
pearls for the briefest time, as at
even the most reliable and far-famed
establishment there may be unwit
tingly employed some one who will
take the opportunity when restring
ing a necklace of substituting a cley
erly manufactured pearl in place of
the real gem, the ‘‘pearl of great
price,” or perhaps of substituting be
tween the diamond clasps an entire
new string of apparently perfectly
matched true pearls, and so marvel
ously can pearls be imitated that it
may be many months before the
fraud will be discovered.
A real need, therefore, that has
been felt for many years by all who
possess costly jewelry, is for some
means of having the different neek
laces, bracelets, chains, brooches, etc.,
kept in order without having to re
linquish them for an indefinite time
Just when they are most wanted for
various balls and reeeptions.
Strange as it may seem, not until
this last year did it ever oceur to
anyone that for a means of eking
out a not too ample income no task
could be pleasanter than to take up
as a profession the stringing of pearls
and polishing up and even resetting
of precious gems. With one or two
lessons, any girl or woman could
easily learn the art of pearl stringing,
and, the knowledg® once acquired, a
field will be at once open to her
among her friends, while her list of
patronesses is sure to increase rap
idly, for as yet there will be compara
tively little competition to encounter.
As the Koran says, “Thy friend has
a friend, and thy friend’s friend has
a friend,” and so the conscientious
worker will soon build up a thriving
business among her friends and ac
quaintances and through them among
Aheir friends and acquaintances, and
80 on, with the-infinity of an endless
chain, 4
As a regular profession, this string
ing of pearl collars and necklaces
could really be made decidedly prof
itable. From the pearl stringing s,
business could easily grow into th{
more difficult art of cleaning and pol
ishing jewelry and of examining
brooches and jeweled chains regular
ly to see that the stones are all free
in their settings, and with a tiny
Jbincers many a piece of jewelry can
be rescued from an extended visit to
the jeweler's. There are numberless
little side issues that can be taken up
by the professional pearl stringer, all
of which will net large returns on
the price of the necessary few lessons
in learning first-hand just how the
work is done.
Many girls and women are now
learning themselves how to restring
their own pearls and how to keep
their jewels always bright and lus
trous, preferring, now that they know
that one or two lessons will make it
possible, to take sole care of their
valuable jewelry., Small cases, in
wood, leather, silk, or silver, fitted
with all the necessary soaps, sticks,
and chamois cloths for cleaning and
polishing precious stones, are now to
be had, and especially during the
summer or mid-winter vacation, when
one is apt to be far away from any
reliable jeweler, do these cases prove
their usefulness. In the world of fas- ‘
hion it is considered quite as neces
sary for the jewels to be bright and
scintillating as it is for every article
of dress to be absolutely fresh and
spotless. The handsomer the jewel
the more does it deserve to be kept
in perfect condition, while a less val
uable pin, ring, or bracelet will not
show up for half its worth if it be
not kept always clean and bright.
A curious fad of the present day
is the wearing of good imitation
pearls by women who possess superb
strings of real and almost priceless
pearls. Naturally there is a certain
risk in always wearing the costly
string, but there can be little object
in possessing a valuable c¢ollar or
necklace of pearls and then constant
ly wearing the imitations. So wide
spread has this fashion become
among women who can and do own
the real pearls that many wear dur
ing the day time pearls that are but
gross imitations, and yet could they
not afford to own the real thing they
would consider it close to the line of
vulgarity to wear a piece of imita
tion jewelry. It all revolves back to
the old truth: She who can afford
the costly gem can afford to wear
the imitation, but she whose income
is known to be small need never
strive to acquire a string of pearls,
for they will never be given the credit
of being genuine, another illystration
of the verity, “To him (or her) that
hath."—New York Times. <
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| Literature's Lost Legion.
~ “There’s a legion that never was
listed” among books as well as
among men; books that have been
' contemplated but never written—a
i literary regiment of wraiths and
ghosts.—Book Monthly, :
FARMING IN TUSCANY.
By E. K. PARKINSON.
Bordering the west coast of Italy
and protected from the cold north
wind by the Apennine mountains, is
the province of Tuscany with Flor
ence as her chief city. On the slope
of the Fiesole hills, overlooking that
beautiful city on the banks of the
Arno, is the farm of a retired Eng
lish merchant, and in the Pall Mall
Magazine he gives a charming de
scription of farm life in that ta‘
away country. ? .
The farm is considered a large
one, but as the manner of measuring
in Tuscany is so different comparison
is difficult. About a third of it is
put into wheat each year and the
number of bushels sown is the meas
ure of its size. The grain is sent
to the local mills to be ground into
flour and the straw, chopped up and
mixed with grass, is eaten by the
oxen. :
The farm work is all done by a
pair of beautiful white Tuscan oxen,
whose strength is prodigious. He
tells how he once saw a restive ox,
who was ahout to be shod, by one
kick floor six men who, with a rope
passed round a tree, were tugging
at his hind leg. And yet their agility
is extraordinary ‘as any one may
see who watches a pair, with their
necks joined together by the yoke,
turn round in a space that would
barely suffice for a pony.” The mode
of plowing on the deep hillsides
among the vines and olives would
amaze the traveler. j
Wooden Plows in Use. {
The plow which does duty in these
orchards is a block of wood hewn
out of an oak stump, with its tip
shod with iron. A friend who wasl
visiting Mr. Caulfield expressed as
tonishment that an Englishmafl
should continue to use such a mon-!
strous lump of wood. So he pro-!
cured for him the latest thing in
American plow and volunteered to
guide it himself. “With some diffi-‘
culty the yoke was adjusted, and the
oxen, not accustomed to such a light
weight behind them, started off at a
gay pace, which soon lifted my friend
off his feet and left him waving about
at the tail of that plow, like river
weed stirred by a swift eurrent. How
ever, it was not for long. There
came a crash, the oxen stopped short,
and we found that the plow had stuck
fast in a stout olive-root, and would
never be itself again. There ended
my first, ~nd last, trial of an iron
plow. I have gone back to the old
plow, whose convex bottom enables
it to slip over any live rock or root
that it may meet.”
How the Farms Are Worked.
In Tuscany the farms are worked
on the following system: The man
who owns the farm and the man who
works it share the profits and losses
—the cynics say that the whole of
the former go to the candino, and the
“landlord has all the latter. The
rules governing the system have
never been reduced to legal terms,
but the unwritten law of custom is
never questioned. These rules vary
considerably from district to district,
following, however, one broad line.
The landlord is responsible for all‘
capital expenditure and improve
ments that may be regarded as per-\
manent, the making of new walls and
vineyards, the providing of stakes for ‘
vineyards not yet in bearing, the pur- .
chase of live stock and of long-lived
farm implements, such as wagons]
and plows, which remain his own
property; while all annual expendi
ture and up-keep are shared equally.
The landlord, moreover, is morally
bound to provide food for his conta
dini in the case of a bad year, and
is allowed to recoup himself from
the next fat year. He has, on the
other hand, various small privileges
and dues, chief of which is the right
to employ his contadini for his own
purpose at Iless than the current
wage. On the whole, he says, the sys
tem works well for both parties.
The farm year begins with the
sowing of wheat. The land is plowed
in September and October, and as
soon as All Saints’ Day arrives—no
good farmer ever beginsg before—the
contadino goes out to scatter his seed
broadcast over the field, which is an
operation requiring more skill than
may appear. No sooner is the seed
covered up than there is digging or
pruning to be done. ‘‘Care, however,
must be taken not to prune when
the moon is young; for as Pietro says,
the new shoots would then remain
always tender at the tips—only the
olive's hard wood does not require
-this precaution.”
: Gathering Olives.
The olives now change from green
to dark purple which gleams in the
sun, and the women are set to work
to pick up the berries, which the
November gales have shaken down.
(The olives which give the oil are
not the same as the green ones that
‘one eats; these are gathered in the
early fall and pickled with lye.) The
olive-picking is long and toilsome,
particularly the part assigned to the
women, who have to collect all the
fallen berries—and very cold work it
is for them when winter is on, Their
little earthenware pots full of hot
ashes barely thaw their numbed fin
gers, and their pcor knees ache for
days after.
Then men climb the trees with a
basket strapped in"front of them, apd,
drawing the laden branches towards
them, strip them of the fruit with an
action as of milking a cow.
The olives picked from the trees
are kept separate from those that are
picked up on the ground, for the lat
ter, being generally covered with
' earth, yteld an oil inferior in tasie,
The olives are not allowed to re
main long before they are taken to
be crushed. The great stone mill is
set in motion by an ox which walks
round and round the fixed stone ba
sin or “plate’” and makes the upper
stone revolve till he is tired and his
comrade takes his place. The olives
are divided into two parts. The first
is crushed till the olives are turned
;lnto an oily mash, which is then
stuffed in bags of cocoa-nut fibre
called ‘‘cages’ and put under a screw,
and the oil forced out. While the
first Jot of berries are heing pressed
the second lot are crushed, the pro
cess is gone through twice with each
lot and the result is an oil of the
first quality. Second quality oil is
made by turning boiling water on the
olive ‘“paste’’ and grinding and press
ing once more. The oil is left to
clear until the dealers come up and,
digging into the oil & fore-finger,
which they gravely suck, proceed to
make an offer. 5
Blessing the Oxen.
In February comes St. Anthony’s
day, a great day for the patient
oxen for it is their saint’s day, and
the village priest is coming to bless
them. Their stables are given such
a cleaning that at first they do not
recognize them and refusze to enter;
while their own white coats are
rubbed as spotless as a cat’s shirt
front, till they gaze inquiringly at
the little colored picture of the saint
pinned above their manger, and won
der what it all can mean. The priest
arrives and hurriedly recites the
blessing, sprinkling them with holy
water and they only wince a little
as the drops from the brush fall on
their still sensitive skins, for they
seem to understand.
Harvest Days. :
The peasants around Florence have
an old custom called ‘Lighting up
the corn,” which they all respect. On
Shrove Tuesday, as soon as night
falls, all the contadini sally forth and
with lighted wicks in their hands,
make a complete circuit of all their
fields in which the young wheat is
growing. And as they walk they
chant these lines:
“Corn, corn, don’t ’ee blight,
Here come I to give ’ee light.
In the plain,
And on the hill
Let every stalk a bushel fill,
A bushel full, a bushel fair,
A little loaf to every ear.”
It. is a most picturesque sight to
see the hundreds of little lights over
hill and valley as far as the eye can
see, and To feel that each light is in
the hand of some one who is offering
up a very genuine prayer, even
though it be a Pagan one. .
In the latter part of April the
olive-trees show_ the first signs of
flower-buds. The earlier they appear
the better is the chance of a good
crop. The old Tuscan saying is that
if the flower-buds show in April you
will have barrels full as compared
with pint measures full if they do
not show till May.
On Easter day the farmer brings
his landlord a present of a fine live
capon and a dozen eggs, which are
considered his perquisites and are
never forgotten. In June the little
figs appear, which ripen in August.
At the same time the wheat begins
to turn and the farmer’s life is one
constant round of work but fortu
nately for him Italy has many saints’
days .which are invariably observed
as holidays. The grain is all cut with
a sickle and every one reaps for dear
life that the grain may be gathered
while the good weather lasts. Then
comes threshing, which is done with
flails and the winnowing with shov
els. No sooner is the harvest over
and a little rest enjoyed than comes
the gathering of the grapes. On
vintage day the farm is open to every
one to help with the picking. The
grapes are thrown into tall wooden
tubs, as they are picked, and there
pounded till the few grapes left are
swimming in the sweet ‘“must.”” The
ox-cart carries these tubs just as they
are into the vat, where in a few
hours’ time they will be fermenting
furiously, bubbling like a geyser and
sending up great puffs of crimson
froth. The juice remains for some
days in the vat till fermentation has
almost ceased, then it is drawn off
and the skins pressed for the wine
which they still hold. The wine is
put into butts which have first been
thoroughly fumigated with sulphur,
and there it reposes until it reaches
a ripe old age.
After the wine is safely stored
| away, the peasants have a great sup
per, with music and merry-making.
So the year goes, sometimes nature
is kind and a balance is carried to
the right -ide of the books, but in
the long run if sufficient is made to
cover all expenses and at the same
time provide a comfortable living, the
farmer considers himself fortunate.
Too High.
As to the cost of living, there is
room for debate on some features,
but none on the following, all of
which come too high: The fees of re
ceivers, the purses to prize fighters,
the salaries of grand opera singers,
the price of a carriage ride, the tip
expected, or exacted, at luncheon
time.
A sweeping horizontal reduction,
say, of about two-thirds in each case,
would come somewhere near a norma)
adjustment.—New York Mail.
The women of Russia and the men
of Japan are the most expert needles
workers in the world,
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linois, U. Sp A, writes:
“I have been troubled with eatarrh for
nearly twenty-five years and have tried
;lnez}t;y cures for it, but obtained very little
“‘l‘hen mi' brother "advised me to try
Peruna, and I did.
“My health was very poor at the time I
began taking Peruna. I\Py throat was very
sore and I had a bad cough.
“Peruna hascured me, The chronie
catarrh is gone and my health is
very much improved.
“I recommend Peruna to all my friends
who are troubled as T was.”
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There are many subwayg in the
ground plan of politics,
Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Belchinfi, Sour Stomach; and Heartburn,
from whatever cause. It’s Liquid. Effects
immediately. Doctors prescribe it. 10c.,
25¢., and 50c., at drug stores.
Time for Them to Grow.
A Dballerina whose dancing has tak
en America by storm praised in New
York Amerjcan railways.
“How splendid, how fast your rail
ways are,” she said, with her slight
French accent. ‘“You have no slow
trains, have you? Ah, with us it is
different. .
“Once in the spring on one of our
London suburban lines a train stop
ped and a passenger leaped out gnd
entered a field gayly.
““What are you going to do?’ shout
ed the guard.
“‘I am going to gather a nosegay,’
said the passenger.
“‘But, said the guard, ‘there are
no flowers thereabouts.’
“‘I know, said the passenger, tak
ing a packet from his coat, ‘but I
have a packet of seeds here.””
A Candid Answer,
Here is an incident that really oc
curred in a school in a Massachu
setts town:
A little girl was discovered in the
waisle between the desks performing
antics, when the teacher, who had
stepped out of the room for a few
minutes, after first requesting the
children to be orderly, returned.
“Why do I see you there and not
in your seat, Nelly?” asked the teach
er.
“Because I did not see you coming
back,” answered Nelly promptly.—
New York Times.
DR. TALKS OF FOCD
Pres. of Board of Health.
‘““What shall I eat?” is the daily in
quiry the physician is met with. I
' do not hesitate to say that in my
‘ judgment a large percentage of dis
ease is caused by poorly selected and
improperly prepared food. My per
' sonal experience withthe fully-cooked
food, known as Grape-Nuts, enables
me to speak freely of its merits.
“From overwork I suffered several
years with malnutrition, palpitation
of the heart and loss of sleep. Last
summer I was led to experiment per
sonally with the new food, which I
used in conjunction with good rich
cow’s milk. In a short time after I
commenced its use the disagreeable
symptoms disappeared, my heart’s ac
tion became steady and normal, the
functions of the stomach were prop
erly carried out, and I again slept as
soundly and as well as in my youth.
“I look upon Grape-Nuts as a per
fect food, and no one can gainsay but
that it has a 2 most prominent place in
a rational, scientific system of feed.
ing. Any one who uses this food will
soon be convinced of the soundness
of the principle upon which it is man
ufactured and may thereby know the
facts as to its true worth.” Read
“The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs.
““There’s a Reason.”
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full of human
interest. 3
