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THE FARM AND GARDEN. THK BF.ST LAND FOR BRANS, Beans require less moisture, except to germinate, than any other grain. If they come up evenly a few showers about the timo the pods are forming will make a crop if the land has been well cultivated. A wet soil, or one containing much hu¬ mus, is not fitted for this crop. Either a clay well drained or a gravelly sur¬ face is better than loam. The soil must be permeable to moisture, so that if heavy rains come, water will not stand on the surface.—Boston Cultivator. PURSLANE. JS 'Phi? ^,”' low crppnim* 2 „ , , »il S *ta.« ? it bj magic, *o quickly does it spread over the ground. It is quite easily pulled up and if left upon rookie ^daS/if^’>^ if f M ff wet wet o! moist. While it u one of the most common weeds, it « by no means M ba -,? e 1 as “ a ny othels ’ The be3t way to . dispose of it . is . to scrape out the 8 h ? C ’ andc arry 5° m aut of the gulden, unless one u has chick- 7thrown T h< U ma .{ be P ullec f ll P ,and thrown to them, H with a certainty tha they will soon eat it up .-New York ^ ’ HOW TO TREAT HORSES. The great Ax tell, who sold for $105, 000, the greatest price ever paid for a horse, is an example of the keen sensi bilities of the noble animal. Hi3 driver tells us he will not even move when hitched up if his harness does not lit perfectly iu every respect. Horses know as well as people when they are kindly treated, and when used in a harsh or severe manner, and, like people, they possess the spirit of revenge. They re¬ member people and voices, as is shown by the wonderful mare Goldsmith Maid, •who, after a separation of several years from her groom, knew his voice when she heard him talking, although she did not see him. The Maid at this time had a little colt by her side and had been so ill and cross that no one hardly dared to come near her. Her groom hid ymd i\ud called when he her. She from whinnied his place joyfully, of came con cealment she seemed in every way pos sible to be trying to attract his attention to her colt. He said that her joyful whinny was as friendly a welcome as he ever cared to receive, for it plainly showed that the royal old mare cousid ered him her friend, and also that she had not forgotten the kind and gentle treatment he gave her when he took care of her. People should never be cruel to horses, and it seems to me that one of the greatest cruelties horses have to suffer is reining their heads so high. People say they do it to make them look stylish, but iu reality it only makes them act and look awkward, and besides we should consider how tired the poor animals get with their necks in such a position. When you treat a horse harshly and se¬ verely can you expect him to be kind and gentle?— Clark’s Horse Iieview. SUBSOIL FLOWING. Subsoil plowing, which by many is considered as greatly improving the chances for a crop, has nevertheless as yet not come into anything like general use in farm practice. This arises, no doubt, from the fact that the benefits to be derived from it are not common to all soils, and also largely to the double cost of preparation which subsoiling im¬ plies. The theory is that it is beneficial in both dry and wet seasons—in the former by creating \ sort of reservoir for water in the loosened soil below the ordinary furrow against a time of need, when the plants may be supplied with moisture through capillary attraction that would otherwise have drained off from the surface; in a wet season, through a breaking up of the subsoil, "jwkich allows an excess from rainfalls to pass downward, where it would other¬ wise remain too long on or near the sur¬ face to the injury of plants. Whatever view may be taken of these proportions, it may safely be said that its advantages, or the opposite, patting cannot in all cases be predicted without it to- the test of actual experiment on the farm itself. In discussing this subject in a monthly report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, Mr. M. Mohler, the Secretary, recommends the follow ing easy method of determining whether subsoiling does or does not possess, in whole or in part, the merits often claimed for it. The plan proposed is to plow and subsoil two or more strips, about two rods in width, from sixteen to tweaty inches deep, across the field selected for the experiment and let the balance of the field be plowed the usual depth and not subsoiled, and let the surface prepa¬ ration of both be the same before the planting. Then plant the field across the subsoiled strips so that there can he no difference in the time of planting, and give exactly the same cure and treatment to the entire field while the crop is growing. Keep record and note every ten clays the varying condi¬ tions of the weather and the differences, if any, in growth of the plants, and after harvesting the difference in the yield and quality of grain. In this man ner the question of its usefulness for such a soil and under such conditions may be quite satisfactorily determined. While the suggestions of Mr. Mohler are intended primarily for the considera¬ tion of farmers iu his own State, the method proposed is equaily applicable elsewhere. It may thus be used by any* farmer in any locality as a comparatively Sth^ouS^feldSitadSSiSl produce a sufficient increase m his crops to compensate for the additional ox peuse. SUCCESS IN KEEPING POULTRY. It is comparatively an easy task to proi tect poultry from both lice and mice. A little fresh, strong insect powder dusted among the feathers will quickly dispose of the ono, and kerosene splashed oi sprayed on the roosts will do away with the other. Repeat two or three time: durin g the summer, and once or twict t;? the r‘r• XlSi; » iW is bett er than I running supply brook but if H cannot be had, the Snished m the drink ^ shou,d * several tin ‘ cs » day during the heat of the season, An admirable cai plan of drinking a?d fountain is one that be made used by every i farmer,and consists of an old bak ug pan under a boX) with one uad trudia S- The drinking dish, of what ever form or material, should be fre quentlv washed, preferably with boiling water, and a drop of carbolic acid, ora little piece of copperas be added to the water. Stagnant pools, especially of manure water in the barnyard, should never be tolerated,especially where hens could get access to it, as when thirsty the foolish hen will take a drink out ol the stinking pool as readily as out of the purest running brook or coolest spring, During the summer we should not be very lavisli with the grain, Free roam ing fowls will need very little, and that may consist mostly of wheat or oats, corn being given but very scautily, if at all. Make some new nests in new places from time to time, and renew the litter in the old ones often. Gather the eggs regularly every afternoon. Catch the rats, skunks and weasels. Cure scaly legs by dipping them in kerosene oil. That is about all there is to it. Only a word needs to be added about the breed. Any good breed, under such condi tioas, will or should give you good re suits. But some are better an others. The Leghorns, either white or brown, will fill the egg basket. The Brahmas are fair layers, and give you a large, plump table fond besides. Crosses of the two are excellent. Plymouth Rocks make with a good fowl, and you can cross them any other pure breed, espo cially the Leghorns, for good results. I like my fowls to be all uniform, conse qucutly prefer a single, pure breed, and none has ever suited me better as a farm fowl than the Black Laugshan. Set the hens as fast a3 they wish to set in spring. Make the nests on the ground, in barrels, boxes, or nooks, etc., where the bird will be hidden and un¬ disturbed. Do not fuss much with tin setting hens, After the chicks are hatched, put them with the hen in a coop for a few days; then, if possible, set them free. To break up the setting hen there is no better way than to lei her set a week or so, then give her a few chicks to take care of. Feed hex well and she will soon be in laying con¬ dition again, and all the better for the rest and change enjoyed for a few weeks. This farm management of poultry, and it will seldom fail to be profitable.— Practical Farmer. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Allow each hen three square feet of room. Pekin ducks are best where there are no ponds. If kept dry and clean, earth makes a good floor for poultry. Ventilata your cellar into your kitchen chimney or one in which a fire is kept. Hens must be provided during with the warm win shelter if they lay eggs ter. Eggs are easily chilled, and when thoroughly chilled are unfit for hatch¬ ing. Using milk to make soft feed for u i tr y w jp be found much better than water _ shou[d be thoroug hly cleaned ^ gc . r ubbed before new grain is stored ^ ‘ If eggs arc to , be , kept . any tnne hey should be wasned clean as soon as they are gatheiecb Much loss in eggs is often occasioned by allowing the hens to lay outside the house. One advantage in feeding the scraps from the table to poultry is that it sup¬ plies them with a variety. When fowls purchased for breeding are brought to the yards, keep them separate from the other poultry for two or three days. While the crops that are held back for higher prices may sell to better ad¬ vantage later on, do not lose sight of the fact that every day causes a loss of weight. All crops are composed largely of water, and a portion of this water is constantly evaporating. This is made apparent, by the fact that old seed is drier than that which is new. Special fertilizers for potatoes have given wonderful yields on potatoes this season. Sandy soils have been found capable of giving large yields when th« seed is properly cut and special noticed fertilizers that by used. It has also been th e use of fertilizers there is less rot and disease compared with potatoes where barnyard manure has been applied. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. An average locomotive costs $10,000. Iron bus been rolled to the thinness of l-1800th of an inch. A new method to utilize coal culm has men successfully tried. Antimony is found extensively in Por :ugnl, the largest beds being situated rear Braganza. An electric dying machine was re¬ cently made to rise to a height of seventy feet and fly about 400 yards. The French’make paper umbrellas, rendered wholly waterproof by gelatined bichromate of potassium. By the use of the camera, with power¬ ful telescopes a new and very large crater has been shown upon the moon's sur¬ face. A French electrician has gotten up a device by which he can send 150 type¬ written words per minute over a single wire. The sturgeon is toothless and draw's in its food by suction, but the shark has hundreds of teeth set in rows that some¬ times number ten. The largest locomotive yet built in Europe was recently sent out of the Hirschau works in Munich, Bavaria. It is forty-six feet over all and weighs eighty-four tons. Telescopic steel masts or rods are to bo used in lighting the public squares in Brussels, Belgium. The object of this system is to preserve the beauties of the parks in the daytime. The effective range of the modern magazine rifle is not less than a mile, and the maximum range not less than two miles. There is danger from richochet up to a distance of a mile. As heat resistants we may mention as¬ bestos, plaster-of-paris, uncalcined gyp¬ sum, sand, clay, ashes, charcoal, soap¬ stone, pumice stone, chalk, infusorial earth, mineral wool, rock, wool. The Majestic is the most economical coal burner of any of the Atlantic flyers. She burns but 220 tons a day, shows 19,500 horse power and makes an average of over twenty-three miles an hour. Electricity is playing an important part in the working of heavy guns, am. munition hoists, and winches in the French Navy. New ships are being fitted with electric appliances in lieu of hy¬ draulic gear. The practice of placing the green boughs of the eucalyptus tree in sick room3 is growing in Australia. They not only act as disinfectants, but the volatile scent has also a beneficial influ¬ ence on consumptive patients. Smoke is finding its champions in Eng. land, notwithstanding the efforts mad® to prevent its diffusion in the atmosphere. It is claimed that the carbon in the smoko is a powerful deodorizer, and as such, is a blessing rather than a nuisance. By means of a powerful jet of com¬ pressed air a German engineer drives dry cement dowm into the sand or mud at thy bottom of a stream, so that the water immediately fixes the cement and it be¬ comes like solid rock, suitable for founda¬ tions. An American' machine which will suc¬ cessfully work out the fibre of sisal from the plant has produced a boom in that industry never realized with the English machines heretofore used. The new ma¬ chine does not cut the fibre, and the product leaves the.machine ready for the market. After the passage of an electric storm there is quite an appreciable amount of ozone in the atmosphere, so much so that its presence may be frequently de¬ tected by exposing a piece of blotting paper, previously dipped in a solution of starch and iodide of potash, when it w'ill be turned blue. The French are now painting their war vessels a dull, sulphurous gray, ex¬ actly the color of smoke as it arises from can no as. They say this color has the advantage of being as illusive and indis¬ tinguishable in fogs and sea mists and darkness as during the smoke of battle. It is more baffling in the search light than any other tint. A five-inch shot was recently fired through the cellulose belt of the Dauish cruiser Hepla, entering the bow in the port side, and coming out on the star¬ board side. The Hepla steamed for three hours at a speed c f sixteen knots per hour. The cellulose is reported to have proved so effective that at the end of the three hours the water-tight com¬ partment through which the shot passed contained but two feet of water. During the run the water rose high above the shot hole. Cellulose is a water-excluding substance. A Bare Book. The Carnegie Free Library in Alle¬ gheny, Penn., has become the fortunate possessor of a copy of Audubon’s “Birds of America,” the gift of Mrs. William J. Alexander, of Monongahela. The work is one of considerable rarity and of wreat value, copies of the original edi¬ tion of 1844 selling at from $2500 to $4000. It is not generally daughters known that the great naturalist’s live in old homestead near Audubon Park,over¬ looking the Hudson. They were once possessed of considerable wealth, but it was lost through unfortunate invest¬ ments, and they are now in somewhat straitened circumstances. Some of the big handsome plates from which Audu¬ bon’s monumental work was printed are preserved in the Museum of Natural History in Central Park.— Boston Tran t seristL Brevities. Called to order: A restaurant waiter. —Buffalo Express, When a tailor makes a misfit it must be shear carelessness.—Lowell Courier. The boy with a pale mustache is liable to dye young.—New Orleans Picayune. For poultry raisers: Feed your chick¬ ens at least a peck at ewch meal.—Detroit Free Press. The naves of a church do not comprise the rogues in the congregation.—Chicago Tribune. The tramp is a person who waited for the wagon too long and had to take a walk.—Galveston News. “This is a regular sugar loaf,” said the candy dull.—Washington store clerk when business was Star. A Burgeon knows little about railroad¬ ing, but he is right up on handling a break.—Yonker’s Statesman. We have noticed that the longer a man's moustache is the more fond he is of milk and soup.—Atchison Globe. 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