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gmß 'FARM AND GARDEN.,
PEKIN DUCKS DESTROY YOUNG CHICKENS.
After your Pekin ducks are a year old
you will need a separate house and in
closure for them, as they are very de
structive to young chickens, pouncing
down upon them and devouring them
when they get a chance. The drake are
not so bad, but the female ducks evi
dently regard young chickens as a dainty
‘‘bonne bouche.” They are also fond
of eating eggs, and on this account it
is not safe to leave them in the hen
house with other fowls, as they seize on
the fresh eggs, and also on the sitting
eggs when the hens leave the nests. This,
at least, is my experience,though it may
not be the universal custom of the tribe:
They have have a very irregular, inter
mittent way of laying. Sometimes they
will lay every day consecutively for
three or four days, then they will lay at
intervals of two or three days, then stop
about two weeks and goto laying again.
— Home and Farm.
FEED AND FEET.
In feeding coarse meal to working
cattle a large part of it is lost through
imperfect digestion. The same loss is
sustained when whole corn is fed. The
remedy is to feed finely-ground meal,
with three or four times its measure of
cut hay or straw. My cattle working in
the woods at heavy lumbering are fed
onone peck by measure of cut hay
moistened and mixed with four qts.
finely ground corn meal at each feed,
and long hay for the rest of their feed
ing; with 12 gts. of meal thus fed daily
large oxen keep 1n excellent condition
and do the heaviest kind of hauling as
well as when fed 16 gts. of whole corn
per day. More work, at least 25 per
cent, can be gotten out of oxen when
they are shod than when barefoot. The
feet have a better hold on the ground,
and do not slip, so that heavier loads
can be hauled. On bare ground the feet
are not worn and much suffering is
spared the patient beasts, while the work
done is far more than doubled. This is
especially the case in the South.—New
York Tridune. 3
MILKING,
A novice should always commence
with a cow which is easy to milk, and
requires but little pressure on the teat.
The cow must be a quiet one, or the
milker, with his pail, may be upset. All
things being ready, the cow being tied,
if possible, the milker takes his pail or
bucket in the right hand and his stool
in the left. He then quietly approaches
the right side of the cow, and sits down
near her udder as gently as possible.
He then takes hold of one teat with his
right hand and another withhis left,and
inturn, presses each a little. This causes
the milk to flow, and this continues un
til the whole is extracted. The student
should remember that the two teats are
not pressed together, but one, two, one,
two, one, two, must be the order of the
day. After a minute or two at the first
two teats, the other two should be re
lieved a little; the milker then returns
to the first pair, and strives to extract
the milk as fast as possible. The last
drop .or two cannot usually be drawn bya
clasp of the hand, but the teat is passed
once or twice between the forefinger and
thumb, and leaves the udder ¢‘clean” of
milk. The finger and thumb process is
known as ‘‘stripping,” and a really
good milker “‘strips” but little.
THE QUINCE.
The quince tree, though not so aspir
ing as the pear nor spreading as the ap
ple tree, resembles persons of modest
mien and shows its qualities by bearing
good fruit. And .if the proof of the
pudding is by the taste, the same may
be said of the quince when properly
prepared. Then the quince is not only
good in itself, but (like a good man) it
communicates flavor to the fruits it
comes in contact with.
1t is not only ornamental, but what is
more, useful. It makes a fine white
show in the spring and the yellow fruit
looks like gold in the fall. agn
W Nor does it hold the fruit above our
reach like most {rees nor ask you to
stoop to gather the golden treasures in
the market basket. It belongs to the
rose family, .as does the apple and pear,
sud it imitstes both in its yarious shapes.
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pear quince for market. There is a va
riety called Rea’'s Mammoth, said to be
of “very good quality, larger than the
orange, and if it were as early in ripen
ing, would be the most popu'ar, and one
called Champion, which is larger and
very fine, but also rather late.
Our soil is adapted to this exotic tree;
it is valuable for market, and it is
wholesome and it is ornamental.
Then why not plant more quince trees?
The writer has about two hundred trees,
which pay well, selling readily, and
would if he had double that number.—
Horticulturist.
FATTENING SHEEP.
While addressing a Farmers’ Institute,
Mr. Harrison Cole gave the following
directions for fattening sheep:
The first requisite in all fattening ani
mals is peace and quiet. This, all will
admit, but how to secure it is not at all
times an easy matter. I used to wait
until the fore part of winter, prepare
my yards, gather in my sheep from
where T had bought them, and com
mence feeding. There were sure to be
a few wild ones that would jump and
run at the least provocation, which
would keep the flock restless and un
easy. I would have hard work to make
the flock hold their own for the first few
wecks, while some would fall away.
Inext tried letting them run out,
coming into the yard during the day if
they would, and at night I would shut
them in and feed them. This worked
better, but was not altogether satisfac
factory. The sheep being in a strange
place, it caused more or less commotion
driving them into the yards. The next
season I bought and took home my
sheep while the feed was yet good in my
stubble; turned them near my barns,
salted them a little, and, afterwards, to
get them used to me, asthe feed com
menced to fail, I fed them a little grain
and put the best hay 1 had in their
racks to tempt their appetites. The re
sult was, I had the heaviest and by far
the fattest car-load of sheep that was
ever shipped from our market. I have
often tried it since, and think it the
best possible way to handle a flock of
sheep.
lam often asked at what age do
sheep fatten best. I think three, com
ing four, but all the way from lambs to
that age you can pick outsheep that will
feed well. I have had good success with
lambs, turning them off at ten months
old, but the man who succeeds with
sheep must not expect to get something
for nothing. It is a profitable animal
that pays well for good keep and care.
Always feed grain in a flat-bottomed,
dry trough, if possible, a trifle at first.-
Increase until you reach to one and one
half pounds each per day. In damp,
muggy weather, feed lighter. Be sure
and not feed so as to have them leave
grain in their trough. Do not disturb
them in the morning; let them get up of
their own accord and pick around a lit
tle before you feed them, like an indul
gent mother with her lazy boy. If they
do not get up in time for breakfast you
must keep it waiting for them.
I like mixed grains for sheep better
than to feed them all one kind, and in
coarse feed give them as great a variety
as possible, but the same kind at a stat
ed time each day.—Prairie Harmer.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
One of the essentials of soiling is a
fertile soil.
Every farm ought to have its experi
mental patch.
It is better to dehorn every bull than
to have one man killed.
~ Muriate of potash has proved to be a
l remedy for the white grub.
The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
least. ;
If you are careful to keep the furroive
straight you will do faster and better
plowing. ;
The smuller the field the more fence
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. '
A diversity of crops distributes work,
receipts and expenses more evenly
tgrough iy@ ye’ar' and through the years..
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.
A swiss writer attributes baldness to
a microscopic fungus, :
Hot saline water has been struck at
Alma, Mich., at a depth of 2876 feet.
The gorge of the Niagara is claimed
to be post-glacial only below the whirl
pool.
Dr. Hill, the only surviving ex-presi
dent of Harvard, has for a hobby the in
vestigation of the habits of the lower rep
tiles, upon which he often lectures be
fore the Maine colleges.
A mechanical paper calls attention to
the fact that the combination of sawdust
and flour, or sawdust and starch, some
times recommended for covering steam
and hot air pipes, is very combustible.
An espalier pear-tree at Pollet,
France, was planted in 1580, and is now
the oldest in Europe. It spreads 100
feet, its stem is three feet through, and
it still bears 3000 to 4000 pears yearly.
Dr. Terc, of Vienna, treats rheuma
tism with bee-stings. In 173 cases,
39,000 stings were inflicted. - The pain
is much less to the rheumatics than the
same operation would be to healthy per-
SODS.
A laboratory intended mainly for the
study of bacteria in milk is to be estab—
lished in Berlin. Infant mortality is
known to be largely due to unwhole
some milk, which can berendered harm
less by destroying the germs.
During the last fifteen years the num
ber of species of deep sea fishes known
has been increased from about 30 to
about 370. From depths between 100
and 300 fathoms 232 species are now
known; from 300 to 500 fathoms, 142
species, and from 2000 to 2900 fathoms,
23 species.
The 24 hydrographical rock marks
along the west coast of Sweden show
that the land in that part has risen about
0.5 centimeter during the last half cent
ury. The rising is incontestable, but
varies in different localities, amounting
to almost nothing in some places and to
more than 1 meter during the century in
others.
An electric fire engine, which can be
tapped for service whenever wanted, is
the latest invention. The advantages
claimed are that it can be started at full
speed; that itis much lighter than a
steam fire engine of equal power; that it
costs one-third less; that it is noiseless
in its operation; makes no smoke, sparks
nor ashes; th tit is safer and easier to
control and is economical.
An interesting fact is that one of the
great problems now perplexing scientific
men—the production of heatless lights
—has been already solved by nature.
The light from a ' luminous beetle—suf
ficient for reading a newspaper —is
shown by the spectroscope to be all of
one kind, and just the kind for seeing,
while the thermopile finds no evidence
of heat. Yet in all our artificial lights
vast quantities of fuel are wasted for use
less heat.
A Large Pendulnm,
The longest pendulum on this conti
nent swings in the technological school
at Atlanta, Ga. It is a heavy pear
shaped piece of iron attached to a brass
wire 42 feet long. The upper end of
the wire is pivoted in a steel point
which rests on the center of a steel
plate so as to cause the least possible
friction. The swinging of the pendu
lum gradually describes a circle on the
floor in a direction following the sun,
showing in this that ‘the earth do move.’
Directly under the pendulum is a large
circle divided into twenty-four parts, of
fifteen degrees each, to correspond with
the hours of the day. The north pole
is placed directly under the pendulum,
and the meridians of longitude meet
there. The parallels of latitude make
smaller circles inside the first. Dr. J.
8. Hopkins, president of the school,
who made and put up the pendulum,
performs the experiment as follows:
The iron is brought to the edge of the
circle in the meridian of Atlanta and let
swing across. Apparently it goes
straight across, but gradually it traverses
the circle in the direction taken by the
sun and opposite to the revolution of
the earth, The pendulum not being di
rectly over the axis of the earth, does
nos move in exactly the sime timo as the
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PRIMITIVE PATRIOTS, l
The safety and strength of our nation must
ever rest in the homes of its people.
In the log cabins of early days our fathers
lived. Bimple homes they were, but from
within their mud-chinked walls there sprang a
!l:::d{ race of men, full of love for home aud
rty,
Strong in body and mind, they laid the foun
dation of America's greatness., Well was their
work performed, for upon that solid rock has
grown, as years have passed, the iu posing
structure of cherighed indep:ndence.
Btately and grand, it is worthy of its design
ers.
Though the heroes of that time have long
since passed away, they have left us rich by in
heritsno,
Whils: our fathers were planning America's
future destiny, our sweet mothers were not idle,
for in their ever-mindful care for the wel‘are
ot their loved ones, they discovered some of
the best remedial agents finown for the relief of
the sick.
Good old-fashioned home-cures, prepared
from roots ani herbs—they have ever been
standards of excellency.
Though lost for a time has been the prepara
tion of these old-time ‘‘home-cures,” they are
again revived, and are known to the public as
Warner's Log Cabin Remecdies ; chief among
them being Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla, ‘
the best of the old-time blood purifiers. |
In those times every family was its own doc
tor, and the heroes and heroines of early days
were wond:rfully healthful and long-lived.
Amerioa owes its freedom to the rugged
bodies and healthy minds of our fathers, and so
long as the spirit of freedom they instilled pre
vails and a true appreociation of our grand in
stitutions remains, there is no danger of the
downfall of the Republié.
Austria has sent a special commissioner
tothe U. 8. tostudy agricultural methods.
If disease has entered the system the only
way to drive it out is to purify and enrich the
blood. Tothis end, as is acknowledged by all
medical men, nothing is better adapted than
iron. The fault hitherto has been that iron
could not be so pregued as to be absolutely
harmless to the teeth. Thisdifficnity has been
overcome by the Brown Chemical Company of
Baltimore, .Xfld. who offer their Brown's Iron
Bitters as a faultless iron preparation, a je
tive cure for dyspepsia, gnd?xestion. kimy
sroubles, etc.
Prince Bismarck inaugurated a scheme to
hurt Boulanger through English newspapers.
What is sweeter than roses
That bloom in the beauty of June?
Or the stately and fragraat lilies
Whose bells ring a summer tune ?
Ah, sweeter the roses blowing
| On the cheeks of those we love,
| And the lily of health that's glowing
| The cheeks’ red rose above. :
~_But howsoon the lily and the rose wither in
~ the faces of our American women, Why is it?
Simply because so many of them are victims
of weaknesses, irregularities and functional
derangements incigemal to thesex. If they
‘ would use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Preseription
all these beauty and health-destroying ai -
ments might be warded off, and we would
hear less about women *‘growing old before
their time."”
To regulate the stomach, liver and bowels,
Dr. Pierce's Pellets excel. One a dose.
The Congregational Church, of Clapham,
Eng., elected six women as deacons.
Bad Habits,
Habitual constipation gives riseto piles and
to other dangerousand painful affections, all
of which ma?' be cured by the use of Hamburg
Figs, afruit laxative which even children like.
25 cents. Dose one Fig. Mack Drug Co., N. Y.
Students, Teachers (male or female), Clergy
men and others in need of clmnfie of employ
ment, should not failto write to B. F. Johnson
& Co., 1009 Main St., Richmond, Va. Their
grea' success shows that they have got the
true ideas about making money. They can
show you how toemploy odd hours profitably.
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock
countryin the world. Full information free.
Address Oreg. Im'igr’t'n Board, Portland, Ore.
The International Banking Co., 31 & 33 B'way,
N. Y. City, call attention to their adv. headed
“An Excellent Investment.” They refer to
celigman & Co. and to Kessler & Co., bankers.
ALL diseases and disorders peculiar to
women are cured by the timely use of Brad
field’s Female Regulator. Sold by druggists.
If afflicted with sare eyesuse Dr.lsaac Thomp
son's Eye-water. Druggists sell at Zsc.per bottle
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso’s Cnre for Consumption. 25c.
All Tired Out from the depressing effect of the
changing season, or by hard work and worry—you
need the toning, build{n up, nerve-stréengthening
effect of Hood's Sanaparflln to giveyou a {oeling of
health and strength again. Soid by a!l druggists.
\ LEMAREKABLE CASE,
g For two years I had
AR / rheumatigm so bad that
54 ) it dlsabled me for work
ARERCEND | € and conflned me to my
BRI bed for a whole year,
a 7 Y during which time i
o N could not even ralsemi
ilt 3;l=/ a % hands to my head, ani
R for 8 montl;ro’ctgxelg not
&y 3 ESEE novemyselfin was
2 f o). reduced fn flesh from
& (CBPsiianien 192 to 86 Ibs, Was treat~
B P EREEID o 4 by best physiclans,
N conly to grow worse.
Finally I took Swift's Specilic, and soon befan to
improve. After awhile was at mfiwork, and for the
¥nst five months have heen a 3 well as'l ever was—all
rom the effccts of Swift’s Specific.
Fiduts Joux Rar,
Jan. 8, 1389, ¥ TS Ft. Wayne, Ind.
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