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station experiments have
i'iva determine the feed
re;s to
ground flaxseed for young
hull and heifer calf ot both
n d Shorthorn breeds were
two bulls being fed on whole
t j,e tffo heifers on milk
fter being set twelve hours,
h flaxseed as they could as
c scouring. These ex
jthout through three months.
lasted weighed fifteen
jjeiug every
its L indicate: 1. flaxseed That a ration
-mcl ground milk ration com
bly with a new and
felves—2. The skim milk
Lai fed calves were weaning less in
L their growth calves—3. by A
[e he whole milk
of butter fat alone at $1.11
L L each calf, was effected by
fae ground flaxseed—4.
[producing a pound of gain,
|ounds, new milk at S7£ cents per
skim milk at 15
[inched pounds, grain 1 cent
lay $5 per ton (the latter two
Bike to both lots),and flaxseed
Its Increase per pound, was 7.-6 cents
with the fresh milk
I only five cents with the skim
I It seems, therefore, more
■to feed calves skim milk and
In with whole milk.—Ameri
ian.
■jOW TO DEHORN.
■ my cattle are a thing of the
■ Waldo 7. Brown. Every
■now is treated when a week
Kid tie horns are killed. I
Kf caustic potash at the drug
| isily, the calf on its side, hair so as
and wet the on a
Ke of a half dollar over the
I,and I then rub on the potash
When I began using the
6 not rub it on long enough,
le or two one horned ani
I rub till the hair comes off,
Id begins to start through
Id it represses the horns ef -
II would not use any liquid
lof potash, as there is dan
huniug down where it is not
ping |f the spilled calf; I by a tried sudden the
never
fee, and came near putting
Be careful not to get the
|on Ises of your fingers; cloth wrap around sev
paper or
ping p; takes of grown but few cattle seconds is a
a
p properly fastened, and I
f 11 is very painful, for the
^ cows io eat do as not soon shrink as the in horns their
I dehorned the first week
loistein that was boss of the
fom | being kept in a small lot,
entirely too handy with her
| [ ere Q g taken gates and off she doors. has become Since
Per and respectable cow; the
fhr m the herd makes her
pom her feed, or drives her
pleases. The saw is much
pie, than nippers; the latter
cr "'ii the bone and prevent
uicdy. The only applica¬
te aiter sawing was to fill the
'wheat flour, and although
led weather and fly time, the
.; 0T cr in a few days.—
"fibune.
t’-CUMBERS FOR PICKLES.
: 5u Ppose it would be pro
e great majority of farmers
e to grow cucumbers for
DQeDs e quantities ot these
irtuaSly consumed, it is true;
a 1 require a very large
'-•dense area
lot of cucumbers.
ltn a locality favorable for
I be worth while to
‘j ' : ° r the crop is a profiia
II properly managed, yield
r 3 high a3 $75
puses. per acre
Rons most favorable to suc
are nearness to a
r facility for disposing of
I - ■ a ,iesh state to a factorv
U tables are pickled either in
P*r; or, in default of these,
I RP'iaaces for pickling on
^applying * ^ cucumber the home .or dis
! le grower
-• a l’P country, where
L ’ r could be obtained at
^c^version cucumbers into vinegar.
simple. for
A warm, rich,
sandy ..loam is the bed soil. It should bo
well manured and plowed deeply, in or¬
der to hasten the growth so as to secure
the requisite tenderness and succulence,
and allow the roots to penetrate the 6oil
to a considerable depth. The variety
best suited ■ for pickling is the Green
Prolific. The time lor sowing the seed
is usually about the middle of July.
In planting, the ground should be
marked out four feet each , way, a sleep
furrow being made so as to 1 leave room
for a good shovelful of rich compost at
each intersection. This should be worked
in with the spade or hoe and the ground
leveled. Five or six seeds are enough
for each hill, which will require between
one and two pounds per acre. When
the plants arc well started and all danger
from insects is past, they should DC
thinned out to three or four plants to the
hill.
An experienced cucumber grower
recommends that when the seed is sown
a broadcast dressing of three or four
hundred pounds of Peruvian guano per
acre should be applied, as that fertilizer
seems io have an especially good effect
on the crop. By the addition of fout
hundred pounds of guano, costing $15,
to the previous preparation, over three
hundred thousand encumbers to the acre
were obtained, which is double the
average yield. As the crop was sold for
$1.50 per thousand, the expenditure of
$15 added nearly $200 to the price re¬
ceived per acre.
The cultivation required is to keep the
soil loose by frequeut stirring until the
vines cover the ground. The main vines
should be pinched at the ends to keep
them within bounds and encourage the
growth of lateral branches, which a~e
the most prolific of fruit, as they bear
chiefly pistillate blossoms, while those of
the main branches are mostly stamenate
or barren flowers-. The fruit should be
gathered every morning as soon as it has
reached the proper size, from two to
three inches in length.
The principal enemies of the cucumber
are lice, which prey upon the leaves, and
the striped beetle and its larvaj. The
former may be dealt with by picking off
the first infested leaves, by which the
rapid spread of the pest may be pre¬
vented. The striped beetle should be
treated with a dusting of finely ground
gypsum; its larvie, a small, slender,
white worm, which gnaws into the roots,
may be successfully combatted by pour¬
ing about the roots of the plant a mix¬
ture of one gill of kerosene oil with a
solution of one pound of common yellow
soap in one gallon of hot water, the
whole being shaken into an emulsion.
This has been found an effectual remedy.
—New York Mail and Express.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
The farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to taint his pastures is not a suc¬
cess.
If fowls have a large range now, the
grain feed may be cut to once a day.
Let them hustle for the rest they have.
If the milk can is old and corroded
with rust, buy a new one for the milk,
use the rusty one to bring whey from the
factory.
Keep your chickens growing from the
shell, and they will be ready for the
table or market any time after ten or
twelve weeks of age.
The good layers are active and gen¬
erally on the move and scratching about
—are the first birds out in the morning
and the last to roost at night.
Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
of flesh in the form of poultry than it
does to raise 1000 pounds in the form of
beef? Which sells for the most?
The agricultural experiment stations
and dairy schools ought, in each State,
to note the appearance and-spread of
weeds that cause an unpleasant flavor in
milk.
The wet season makes very “slushy”
grass. The cows, the milk and the but¬
ter will be better if some grain is fed.
Bran is better than corn meal for het
weather feed.
The Malta bees are noted of for their the j
purity and delicious flavor
honey. They extract most of it from
sulla, or clover, of which there is an ex¬
tensive crop.
Do not feed a lot of cockerels till they
become “old roosters,” then sell on the
general market. It is hard to make them
pass a 3 “spring chicken” even if the
dealer cuts the spurs off.
Clover i 3 valuable in the winter feel¬
ing of hogs as well as for summer pas¬
ture. Stow away a little that is cut
young and nicely cured, and feed it to
the stock hogs that you carry over.
Many horses that are unruly aad have
bad dispositions are made so by bad
treatment when they are colts.. Gentle
ness is a first requisite in training and
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The best profit to the stock breeder
always' come 3 in breeding for special
purpose animals. Select your purpose
the dairy, beef, mutton or wool, the
horse for the road or the saddle,and then
stick to it.
HOW CHINA IS GOVERNlii).
TEE STE.A3TG-EST ST3TEHC ON 1X1-Z
PACE Oi 1 THE EASrg.
The Emperor anil His Chief Mr.h lar
ins—Viceroys are Responsible ioe
Damages by Floods anil Fire.
T T UE system of government by
•which the Empire of, China is
managed is probably the strang¬
est on the face of ou;- globe.
The ease and yniformity with which this
population of. 4UU,U00,00'J of human be¬
ings aq,governed',under the lax and pec i
liar laws of the empire is, indeed, almost
a phenomena.. Its form is that ot an
absolute monarchy, but the absolutism
is so-generally divided among the vari
ous provinces that it may probably be
best termed a union of absolute Govern¬
ments.
The Emperdr- is, of course, the pit
pie me head of all, and is suppose! to
receive his instructionsas to the manage
ment of the vast territory com nitted to
his charge by cteorees from heaven. He
is considered by his subjects as being
second only to the Almighty Go.l, and to
be the connecting link between them¬
selves and the Almighty.
To remove from the Emperor some of
the burdens of Government, he is assisted
by a Cabinet, composed of the four chief
Mandarins of the Empire. Under these
are placed six boards, which have cog¬
nizance of all the smaller details which,
though too weighty for the Provincial
Governments to handle, are still not suf¬
ficiently important to bring to the atten¬
tion of his Maiasty. Distinct from these
hoards is another, known as the Board of
Censors, and whose duty it is to ascer¬
tain and keep informed of all intrigues
and plots which may be concocted to
weaken the lawful authority of the Cen¬
tral Government. Members of this
board are dispatched to all parts of the
Empire to keep informed upon all points
which might tend to bring about opposi¬
tion to the Emperor. They also care¬
fully spy out everything connected with
the private and public character of all
officials upon whom suspicion may rest.
These members have power to arrest and
bring to trial any one whose conduct
may be supposed to need investigation,
and very frequently and unexpectedly do
these censors perform their duties. This
board is probably one of the most effici
cient of the various departments of the
Empire, and does more than any other
branch of the Government in maintaining
it against the powerful coalitions which
are being constantly formed to overthrow
the present Tartar dynasty.
The Emperor chooses his own suc¬
cessor, whether the person chosen may
be a member of the royal family or not;
yet the great desire an Emperor has to
see his own dynasty perpetuated usually such
mates him choose a son, whenever
is available, The people of China arc
taught from infancy to regard the Em¬
peror as the sou or representative of
Heaven, and the Empress as the repres¬
entative of the earth. One of the chief
duties of the Empress is on certain days
of the year to worship the tutelary deity
of the silkworms. She has also to care¬
fully inspect and approve of all the silk
fabrics which the ladies of the imperial
harem weave for the garments of the
various State idols, Besides the Em
press, the Emperor has eight other wives
who have the rank and title cf Queens.
The selection of an Empress or Queen
depends solely on the personal attractions
of the ladies in question, and without
any reference whatever to their connec
tions and family reputation, To choose
them, upon the accession to the throne of
an Emperor, a festival is held in Pekin,
to which all Tartar ladies, and the
daughters of bannermen are invited from
all parts of the empire. The lady de¬
clared the belle of this gathering is
chosen as Empress, and the eight next
chosen are made Queens.
The empire is divided into eighteen
provinces,’each Viceroy of and which staff of is presided assistant
over by a in most respects
Mandarins, who are as
independent of the Central Government
in the administration of the provincial
affaire as though they were conducting an
entirely distinct State. Each town and
village also has its own officials, who in
turnlire more than semi-independent of
the provincial authorities. Unquestion¬
ably the system by which China is ruled
is the most lax of ariy in the world, and
yet this empire has existed for more than
forty centuries, while other Nations with
more ideal forms of government have
passed and continue to pass out of ex
i s t eace as time rolls on. China, how
ever, seems as stable to-day as she ever
was.
The Viceroys and other high officials
are appointed by the Emperor, and con¬
stitute his chief hold upon the various
provinces of the empire, They are not
allowed to hold office over the provinces
of which they are natives, but are in¬
variably appointed to rule over those
parts most distantly removed from the
tarly home of the Viceroy. Nor are they
allowed to contract marriages in the
provinces over which they have been ap¬
pointed to rule. This is done to pre¬
clude all possibility of t heir acquiring too
much local and family influence over
their provinces. To further guard
against this,a Viceroy is removed to an
other post every three years.
The salaries attached to all Chinese
Governmental officers are very small.and
} s the direct cause of much of the
scandalous and irregular proceedings so
prevalent in Chinese affairs. Thus the
yj aa tJarins of China, though obtaining
tl'-i; smallest uossible amount oi pay from
the public troiisun sir* tr^ule-. t>> tile
accumulated gaias of trail!. avarice and
extortion to retire from office as men of
wealth anfl substance. 8*luo.n does a
Chtue«e official cue to spend more tixan
a single term of three years in office, for
by that time he has .gained a fortune
which will render him forever the envy
of his less fortunate countrymen. Tae
Mandarins have been for ares the very
worst curse of the empire. LW their
misrule and oppression tatr have thrown
the country, with its millions of in¬
dustrious people, into that deplorable
anarchy, confusion and misery for which
it is conspicuous among the Nations of
the earth.
The duties which a Viceroy is ex¬
pected to perform ore very difficult. He
is held as directly responsible to the Em¬
peror, who in turn is lesponsible to the
gods for the general peace au i prosperity
of the province. When any serious re¬
volt breaks out among the secret so¬
cieties, or a flood or famine occurs, the
Viceroy is regarded as the subject for
punishment, and loses his, office and
sometimes his head for not having pre¬
vented the disaster. Particularly is the
Viceroyship of the Province of the Yel¬
low River an untenable one. This river
is sub ject to periodic overflows,and eac 1
time large tracts of land are submerged,
doing great damage to the people and
property. Upon eac’A such occasion the
mandarins in charge are held accountable
with their lives to the Emperor for not
having prevented the overflow—a thing
which, with their means, is utterly im¬
possible to accomplish.
The officials of the Chinese Empire
arc divided into nine different gra les or
classes,distinguishable from one another
by the button worn on the cap. A man¬
darin of the first class, or highest order
of rank, wears upon the apex of his cap
a dark red coral button; of the second
class, a light red button; of the third
class, a light blue button; of the fourth
class, a dark blue button; of the fifth
class, a crystal button; of the sixth
class, a mother-of-pearl button; of the
seventh class, a gold button; of the
eighth class, a smaller gold button, and
of the ninth class, a silver button. Be¬
sides the button, they may also wear a
peacock’s feather, which is attached to
the base of the ball on the apex of the
hat and slope downward over the back.
The outer garment of the officials is a
long, loose-fitting, blue silk robe, richly
embroidered with threads oi gold; it
reaches to the ankles and is bound
around the waist by a belt. The sleeves
are wide and long, completely covering
the hands. When engaged in ordinary
work the sleeves are always folded back
over the hands, but whenever an official
appears in the presence of his Majesty
the long sleeves are required to be
stretched over the hands, This, of
course, renders the official more or less
helpless. This custom is of very ancient
origin, and was adopted to preclude any
possibility of au attempt upon the life of
the Emperor by those whose duties call
them occasionally into his presence.—
New York Times.
Various Methods of Murder.
Fifty years ago the Ganges River be¬
tween Beuares and Calcutta, India, was
infested during five months of every
year by no less than 250 boats, which
made a pretence of transporting religious
pilgrims. When passengers had been
taken aboard, at a given signal the crew
rushed upon them, strangled them or
broke their backs, and threw them into
the stream, where floating corpses are
too numerous at all times of the year to
excite any remark, such being to this
dav the ordinary method of disposing of
the dead adopted by poor people who
cannot afford to bury them. Other plans
practiced were to inveigle travelers to
the murder stations or to capture them
in darkness on the roads, the night time
being commonly chosen in India for
makin:> journeys on account of the heat
of the day. Owing to the extraordinary
notions of fate held by the natives of
the orient, this wholesale destruction of
human life occasioned very little remark.
If a person died, it was the will of the
Deity, and so there could be no use in
stirring up an investigation of the mat¬
ter.—Washington Star.
Running Errands for Whole Towns.
Everv one of the suburbs of New
York maintains at least one errand man.
Some of the larger towns keep two or
three men. These men call themselves
the town messengers. If a customer asks
at a store for anything that is not in
stock, the tradesman, if he is enterpris¬
ing, says he will have it next day. He
means that when the local messenger
comes around he will tell him to go to a
certain store in New York and get the
article. Such a messenger makes a round
of all the stores in one of these little
towrns every night, and in the morning
takes the cars or the steamboat to the
city and goes the rounds of the whole¬
sale houses for the storeman, the grocer,
the jeweler, the dentist, the dry good*
man, and all the rest. If he is smart,
he works the railread for a pass on the
ground that he feeds it with freight. If
not, he buys a yearly commutation
ticket, such as now give a man rates a3
low as twenty cents for fifty miles and
back. These messengers are paid so
much for each errand they run,aad often
make $4 or $5 a day.—New York 8un.
. —--•
Sending queen bees by mail first be¬
gan in I860. For years there was much
danger in this, but now queens are not
only sent safely to all parts of the United
States, but to Europe and Australia.
9‘ • THE CUP OF L.1FO.
“But is it sweet, or bitter, tell me true.
This Cup of Life?” Then, lying deep in dew,
A youth, who wore a rose in bud, I think,
Made answer: “it is bitter. Wherefore
drink?”
With that he tore his heart’s first flower
away: withers in flay.
“Love is a ltt.se that a
Love leaves a thorn* that tears one’s hands—
and see.
How red the blood that thorn was wrung
from me!”
So hummed the boy and vanished through
the trees.
Astir with dove-wings and in bloo.n with
bees,
But, when dead leaves had whirled in fronan
rain
For many a year, 1 met that boy again.
Hid in bis mask of scars, I knew his face.
His white beard blew about him with a
grace.
All winds of God had wailed about his hand,
“But isit sweet or bitter?” still I said.
Oh, but that youth laughed lightly! “In
my d:.y
I called it bitiar. Golden heads turn gray.
I longed when young to break it at my feet.
But oh, its last drops are exceeding sweet!”
—Sarah M. B. Piatt, in Independent.
HUMOR OT TUB DAY.
Hard ryords break no bones; there are
no bones in the heart.—Puck.
“Were you upset by the bank failure?”
“Yes. I lost my balance.”—Life.
Self-made meu usually try to make
themselves from gold dust.—Puck.
The world comes to him who wait*
but he i3 dead wheu it gets there.—
Puck.
I occupied the pew alone,
She sat right near to me.
What could i do? 1 had no change,
And so I dropped that V.
—Life.
We are all made out of dust; the only
difference is that some people have more
sand in them than others.—Atchison
Globe.
The heart is that part of you which
leads you into scrapes from which vour
head has to extricate you.—Atchisou
Globe.
Men are a good deal like hammers.
Their “blow” is much more effective
when they have a handle to their name.
—Puck.
It would not be so bad for a man to
think constantly of himself if he were
ever able to give an impartial criticism.
—Washington Star.
Every man blushes as he gets older at
the recollection that at one time his idea
of bravery was to do something to make
the girls scream.—Atchison Globe.
When the prescription clerk gets the
bottles mixed it becomes easier to see
why prescriptions are always written in
a dead language.—Washington Star.
A good name is different from otiaer
kinds of property. The best way to
keep it from being stolen is to leave it
open to the inspection of all.—Puck.
If “It takes nine tailors to make a man”
(Suppose I grant—we’re only human).
How many dressmakers does it take
To make a fashionable woman?
—Life.
B. K. Woods—“I want a plain wed¬
ding-ring.” Jeweler—“Solid?” B. If.
Woods—“Well, if we wasn’t I guess wa
wouldn’t hardly bo gittin’ spliced.”—
Jewelers’ Weekly.
There is a man for whom the fun.
Of life is turned to gall;
His paths in lonely places run—
He never played baseball.
— Washington Star.
Prospective Purchaser—“Let me see
your latest prices for hard coal, please.’ 1
The Proprietor—“Jimmy, show this
gentleman to our astronomical observa¬
tory.”—Chicago News Record.
The little busy bee toils on
Through every day that’s sunny;
And then some man who never works
Comes ’round and gets the honey
—Washington fatar.
Circus man (hunting for a stray ele¬
phant)—“Have you seen a strange ani¬
mal around here?” Irishman—“Begorra,
Oi hov that; there was an injur-rubber
bull around here pullin’ carrots wid hia
tail.”—Harvard Lampoon.
Irene is fair and tall
And beautiful and young;
Well might her graces all
In poetry ba sung;
But then her mouth’s so small
It cannot hold her tongue.
—Judge*
Freak of a Thunderbolt.
The annals of a French Academy ot
Science tell of a tailor’s adventure with
a thunderbolt. He lived in a house pro¬
vided with two chimneys, one for a fire¬
place and the other for a stove,the latter
not in use. During a thunderstorm a
tremendous report was heard, and every¬
body thought that the house had been
struck by lightning. Instantly a blue
flaming ball dropped into the fireplace
and rolled out into the room, seemingly
about six inches above the floor. The
excited tailor ran around the room, the
ball of fire playing about his feet. Sud¬
denly it rose above his head and moved
off toward the stovepipe hole in the ceil¬
ing, which had a piece of paper pasted
over it. The ball moved straight through
the paper and up the chimney. When
near the top it exploded .and tore the
chimney into thousands of fragments.
The sight of the debris left by the ex¬
plosion showed the family what would
have been the consequences had it ex¬
ploded while on its gyrating passage
through the room.—St. Louis Republic*