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— <—aefe ‘, _ . Fire destroyed the principal part of the town of Maes, Kansas, on the 11th inst. A plot to assassinate King Al- phonso on the day of his carona- tion was discovered, and several arrests have been made, Dr. William Tod Helmuth, a surgeon of national reputation, died suddenly at his home in New York Friday morning, of angina pectoris. By the new Chinese postal system ~ a letter can be sent from one end of the empire to the other for less than half a cent. Such are the ad- vantages of Chinese cheap labor. James R.* Garfield, the new member of the civil service com- mission, has been assigned the desk at which President Roosevelt worked while president of the board of civil service commission- ers. The explosion of three lard tanks caused’ the destruction of the lard refinery of Armour &Co., in the Union stockyards, Chicago, Friday night entailing an estimated loss of $800,000 and fatally injur- ing five people. A number of Russian political prisoners have been tortured at Visla recently. Thirty-six of them were stripped and flogged in the presence . of | the gcv- ernor. Several deaths followed in a hospital. The largest gift Tuskegee insti- tute ever has received from a-col- ored man, was from Robert F. Baptist of Galway, N. H., who sent a check for $1,000 to Princi- pal Booker T. Washington to found a permanent scholarship. Baptist was formerly a slave in Virginia. Bishop Burgess of the Episco- pal diocese of Long Island, has sent out a notice that the presence of women in surpliced choirs is distasteful to him and. he has or* dered that the women singers in the nine missions attached to the cathedral of the Incarnation be re- ‘tired as soon as possible. Indian Jim Williams, one of the murderers of Mr. and Mrs. Hor- ton, on Lynn canal, Alaska; in 1900, is deadin Tacoma. He was under life sentence in the govern- ment penitentiary at McNeil’s isl- and, but was brought to Tacoma for treatment. He confessed fhat he cut Mrs. Horton’s throat. Thirty years ago Miss Rachel Dickson and Peter .Barklay..of Middletown, N. J., ‘were lovers. A quarrel separated them and he went “to Ringold county, Iowa, where he married. His wife and two children diea, and lately he followed them. In his will he left all his estate, valued at $30,000, to his old sweetheart, who remained single. Goliad, Tex., experienced one of the worst.cy¢lones on the 18th that ever visited the state. Ninety peo- ple are dead and more than 100 wounded. Three churches and more than 100 other buildings were destroyed. The path of the cy- clone was strewn with dead and wounded animals and all kinds of debris. At San Antonic, the wind attained a velocity of 72 miles an hour and held at that rate for 20 minutes. The damage to property is estimated at from $50,000 to $75,000. At Fort Sam Houston, government property was dam- aged to the extent of $20,000 and several persons injured, but none fatally. At Walters Park, some sixty houses were blown over and trees uprooted. At Austin,several houses were unroofed and the insti- tate for the blind seriously dam- aged. At Mineola, shade trees were uprooted and broken off, buildings unroofed, and heayy damage to goods in stock, but-no loss of life. Knock-Out Drop in Ring. A number of detectives sat in a bored attitude in their room in the chief entered. He had a ring in his hand, and the men exaniined it with much interest. “It is a knock-out ring,” said Captain Miller, alittle later. ‘“‘It has, you see, a very big and ap- parently solid seal in it. Touch this spring and the seal falls back showing itself to be a mere shell, and revealing a quite latge, cup- shaped hollow. In this hollow the liquid dope—laudanum, or whatever it may be—is placed. Then the ring is closed again. Now here, on the side, so it can be _worked by. the finger adjoining = is another spring. —_ this '\The Superintendent| {Original} The capitalist and-the laborer are virtually partners, but one or the other is often too shortsighted to understand that this is so, turing firms of thirty years agq was Stringham & Bliss, now the String- ham-Bliss company. Stringham start- ed the business alone and for a long while lost money steadily. There was one man in his employ who continually made trouble, Tom Lynch, a powerful fellow of copsiderable influence iu the mills and always “spoiling for a fight.” Lynch usually .contrived to find out when a line of work needed to be fin- ished by a given time or Stringham be stuck for a forfeit, and invariably brought on trouble at the critical junc- ture. Stringham knew this and would ‘gladly bave got rid of Lynch, but was afraid to discharge him for fear he would revenge himself in some way. Finally Stringbam's timidity § and Lyncb’s interference led to the closing of the mills. One day a little blue eyed man who bad been one of Stringham's employées went to blm and told bim tbat if be would reopen the mills and appoint him (Mark Bliss) superintendent he would guaraptee that all would go peaceably thereafter. Stringham told lim that be needed more capital, which would be forthcoming in three montha, and that be would then consider bis request to be made superintendent. Bliss bad saved $50, which he spent in taking lessons in boxing. The mills were reopened, and bhé received bis ap poiutment. A few week@ later be an- nounced that the men would be em- ployed and paid for overtime, as a large contract bad been secured which must be completed with dispatch. As he expected, Lynch at once began to foment trouble. Ove morning Bliss went into the foundry where Lyncb worked and saw that the men there, instead of being at work, were gath ered about Lynch, who was baranguing them. “Lynch,” said Bliss, purposely ad dressing himself to the malcontent and ignoring tbe wen, “why are you not at work?\ “We're considering a strike,” said Lynch. “These beggarly wages are not to be endured any longer.” “Go to work at once or leave the mill.” “I'll go to work when | get ready. and, as for jeaving the mill, we'll see If any little popinjay who was one of us. but who bas now got up where be can turn agalust us, is able to put me out.” Bliss, whose myscies a three months training had made hard as iron, was meanwhile approaching Lynch, but bis mauner was so quiet, the tone of bis voice so devoid of threat or excitement, that Lynch supposed be was coming to argue the point: with him. Suddenly the little superintendent darted be tween two of the men who stood about Lynch and, landing a blow under the chin, sent the billy sprawling on the cinders. “Stand back, men!” sald Bliss. “You. Jobn Walsh—I've stood at the same bench with you—see fair play. You, Evan' Dugald—you remember the trou- ble | got you out of when the sheriff levied on your furniture. Stand back, comrades. All I want !s fair play.” The two men addressed put them. selves before their fellow workmen, and with one accord all formed a ring around the two combatants. Lynch jumped to bis feet and went for Bliss like d mad bull, but the skull splitting blow be almed struck the air, for his adversary ducked and, coming up be side hini, planted his Gat on his ear. downing him. There-were ten rounds, during which science kept little Biiss out of the way of the bully’s tefrific blows, any one of which would have knocked bim out. Skill and the en- durance acquired In training at last enabled him to tire out bis antagonist. Then be began to close in for a finish. After two or three lunges which were only partially successful he made a feint to the right, and thus, throwing Lynch off his guard, concentrated all the force he could muster Into a blow aimed to take the bully under the chin Lynch gave way backward and caught it In his throat. His Incline to the rear made the fall so heavy that he failed to get up. “Now, men,” sald the victor, “there lies the man who by tampering with us caused the closing of these milis and the suffering our families endured in consequence. All I require of you is to go to work and remember that Mr. Stringham is /as necessary to you as you are to him.”~ The superintendent then directed four of the men to carry Lynch to the office, where he received every atten- tion and the next day went to work penceably, first assuring the superin- tendent that he would cause no further trouble. From that day he was one of the steadiest workmen in the plant and a strong friend and admirer of Mark Biss. The contract was fulfilled on time and was a very profitable one. String ham raised Bliss’ salary and, finding him so serviceable in keeping order in the mills, realizing that he needed just . such a man permanently, took him into partnership. Thus the one thing the concern needed was supplied. String- ham was a fine business man, but timid. Bliss had no aptitade for. bust- new—Indeed he left it all to his part ner—bot be had great tact in show- ing the men their own Interests, and no malcontent dared 10 urge unrenson- able demands. Indeed Lynch became the medium through which most of the ALBXAN DER BELL. and a drop of the dope comes out rwith each pressure. Don’t you see the advantage of such a ring? With it you can dope a victim’s drink in his yery presence. Yon sit side by side with him. You run your hand absently over the glass. You pressthe spring, and presto the thing is done. His next swallow puts the quietus on him. . These rings are thé newest and most ingenious devices of the One of the most successful manufac- |. FOR THE HOUSEWIFE To Beautify the Cottage Walls, Hach spring brings forth charming new designs fn wall paper, and the country cottager has the joy of finding the cheap papers in as dainty designs and good colors as the heavier and more costly wall coverings. Green is atill’ the favorite color for drawing rooms, although white is also much tn request, and a beautiful bronze green satin Louls XVI. paper is gracefully festooned with flowers in a lighter shade of green. Equally lovely is a rose Du Barry pink striped with wide lines in a deeper tint, while dainty bas- kets of flowers in a pale pink are tied with Louls XVI. bows. These papere look best framed in panels of white, with Carton Pierre decorationa and a ‘white frieze festooned with fowers in high relief. A beautiful white. satin paper bas Louis XVI. bows trailing over i, and on the white frieze fes- toons of pink roses looped up by bows of blue ribbons. For a dining room a handsome paper shows a conventional design in rich red. This bas a white dado in imita- tlon of “woodwork; a white frieze also in high relief. The newest paper for stulrcases has a ground of slate blue, with ldrge conventional thistles tn a paler shade picked out with touches of coral ylnk, cream and dull gold. For bedrooms there are the prettiest papers—coples of old chintzes. Trop fea) birds and almond blessoms on a white satin ground is one charming de sign, another shows roses intwined witb blue ribbons, and very charming ls one with huge single pink roses elimbing over a gray trellis. The Window Garden. The first essential of a successful window garden Is stocky, well grown plants, ready and willing to grew and INDOOR ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS. blow, Instead of things forced, up healthy, into overluxuriance of bloom and leaf. Indeed an indoor window garden may be made a continuing delight. 4 bay window ia best for it, but any deeply embrasured one will answer. Do not have shelves across it. Set some tall, handsome plant upon the floor, a little to one side, and hang from the casing overhead upon the other side a basket of trailing green— German ivy, asparagus ferv or any light, graceful vine. Screw folding arm brackets, with flowerpot holders at the ends of the arws, irregularly up and down the window casing upon either side; then shift pots and plants about, trying them fp all combinations until satisfied with the result. The bottom of the window recess ahould be fitted with a light zine traf coming out several Inches wider than the. recess. In this mass stand plants about the main one, either as foils or accessories, Cerrect Dining Table Decorations. A florist told me the other day that a well adorned dining table no longer ex- hibits a great centerpiece of flowers instead, the embroidered doily, which to be up to date is large and square, calls for a tall, slim vase, with a few choice roses or some tall stemmed fow- ers in the center of the doily. At each corner of the doily goes a lower vase of the sume style as the taller, with the same flowers in it. Sometimes the vases are low and hold violets er or chids, but they must be alike. This florist predicts gor spring and early summer table decoration a great profu- sion of lily of the valley, which Queen Alexandra bas chosen as the coronation flower.—Good Housekeeping. To Remove Ink Stains. The removal of ink stains is always a problem, because inks are made by #0 many processes. Soap and water will remove some inks, while strong chemicals make little Impression on others. The sooner the stain is treated the more easily it is removed. Wasb. ing and soaking in cold water or in sweet or sour milk will remove the greater part of the ink and frequently the stain. Spots on washable articles should be soaked in milk or water. Rub the spot and change the liquid ‘frequently. After two or three days. if a stalo remains, wet it with a strong solution of oxalic acid and place it ip the sun, After this rinse heer thor. oughly. . Cotton Print For Upholstery. The old fashioned red and black and green and black calico in very small figures has been revived as a cotton print for upholstery and is especially liked for backing a portiere. One of * latter, of dark green cordudoy, had a lining of the green and black print that was quite effective. criminal world that I haye come across in a long time.’’—Philadel- phia Record. Ls B. Banks, of the western part of Yellowstone county, lost a valuable team by drowning in the téam backed over the steep bank. Mr. Banks saved himself by jump- ing from the wagon just before it went over. Yellowstone river last week. The. APPLE TREES FOF FOR PLANTING ‘Twe or Three Year 01 ‘ola Recommend- ea te the Ordinary Farmer, In regard. to the age of apple trees for planting, the horticulturist of the Canadian Farm says that two or three year old trees are, as-a general tule, the~most satisfactory: kind to plant, as when they are older than three years growth is so checked and the trees so stunted by transplanting that it ls mot at all desirable to plant TWO-YEAR-OLD AP THREE - YEAR - OLD PLE TRER MARKED LOW HEADED AP- FOR PRUNING. PLE TKEE. them when they are so old. Furtber- more, the freight or express will be léss on smatier trees. If low headed trees are desired, they may be planted when one year did, if the growth is strong, and cut back to the desired height, Jeaving only the bure stem. The ordinary farmer, however, who may not give his trees much attention, requiree a tree two or three years old, 80 that it may ensily be seen if he grows other crops in the orchard: Trees should be procured from rella- ble nurserymen, as it is important to have them true to same and well shaped. It will pay to get the highest ‘grade of trees offered. Stunted, un- shapely trees will never give the same results as bealtby, straight ones. The two or three year old trees should have the heads well formed when re- ceived from the nurseryman, The best head consists of a central leader, -with three or four side branches rising al- ternately from the trunk. If the branches are opposite, a crotch is form- ed, ahd when the tree is heavily laden a branch may be easily broken. It is not always possible to get a central leader, and the next best top is one with from three to five branches rising alternately from the main trunk, form- ing a symmetrical head. Oats and Pens. Oats and Canada field peas make the best green crop to follow clover. Gen- erally it is advisable to make three sowings, the first as early as possible in the spring, April 20 to 25, and the second and third fifteen to thirty days later. One and one-half bushels each of the oats and peas is the usual quan- tity to the acre. They may both be sown broadcast at the same time after ‘the land ig plowed and thoroughly har- rowed in with a wheel harrow. Some sow the pens first, covering with a wheel barrow, then sow the oats and cover with an Acme or similar harrow. This method, however, is hardly neces- sary. The first sowing will be ready about June 25, and cutting should be- gin as s00n an the oats show the bead. The avernge yield from the first sowing is ten tons to theatre. The yleld from the second and third sowings is not likely to be as beavy, as the crop ma- tures. more quickly during the warm weather. Oats and peas will remain in condition to be cut for ten to twelve days. The average cow will consume sixty to eighty pounds daily until the food becomes tongh. One-third to one- half acre will furnish sufficient fodder for ten cows for twelve days.—Hatch Station, Mass. A Favorite Lettuce. Nothing can be claimed for the biack seeded Tennis. Ball lettuce on the score of novelty, but much as regards merit. It has been a favorite variety for many years, is extensively grown for market and is also one of the best kinds for BLACK SEEDED TENNIS BALL. private gardens. The young plante are of a lighter shade of green than the white seeded Tennis Ball—leavex smooth at first, becoming very much crumpled and plaited after the hends begin to form. The beads are larger and lodser than those of the white seceded variety, and they mature about two weeks later. Tle leaves of this i ted are rarely if ever shaded with Tipped Tho Senator. Senator Hawley was walking along one of the corridors the other day when he was approached by. two women, one of whom said to him: “Will you please show us the president’s room!”’ ~The senator was delighted. He not only did the honors of the Pregident’s room, but he also escorted his charges to the apart- SEEDING ALI ALFALFA. Appreved Methods of | ef the West—Va- Flation In Seed. In the west, where alfaifa is most profitable, spring seeding is quite the rule. Adewing in regard to this, Or. ange Judd Farmer says: As the young plants are comparatively weak, it is best to delay-seeding until the ground has wa) up well and cold rains are past. In preparing the Innd for the seed in spring plow, very shallow, but pulverize thoroughly. The amount of seed per acre is also largely a matter of opinion. Some sow from ten to twelve pounds per acre, while others seed as high as thirty. Under very favorable conditions the lighter seeding is very satisfactory, but It goes without saying that, as a rule, the heavier seceding ts best. The chances are that the light seeding will result In a very poor stand. This re- sults in a loss of a part of the ground for an entire year. ‘There is much variation in alfalfa seed, and under no circumstances should it be sown without first being tested. It is a very easy matter to count out 100 seeds and place them: be- tween two pleces of muslin, Invert a smali dish in a large vessel and pour water around It. Place the muslin on the inverted dish, letting one end of the muslin hang down in the water. Put In-a warm place, and in two or three days count the seeds which have sprouted. Repeat this until no more germinate, At least_75 per cent of al- falfa seed ought to grow when treated In this manner. While old secd Is often good, It Is not desirable to use it. Lf it is good and plump, Keeping it two or three years will uot be particularly in- Jurious. The most satisfactory way to sow al- falfa is by the use of the ordinary seed drill. If the soil Is light, roll after drilling; then follow with the harrow. The surface will be left loose, so that the young plants can push through readily. The seed should be put down into the moist soll. Asa rule, it should: not be covered more than one Inch. Where solls are heavy and damp coy- ering of half an toch fs sufficient. Few drills handle alfalfa’ seed. satis- factorily, but this can be overcothe by mixing seed with coarse cornmeal, equal parts, or some. other substitute that will feed out evenly. The habit of drilling half the seed one way, then cross drilling with the other half, ts commendable, as there In less Mability of bare rows, and the seed is more evenly distributed. This bas been tried in Iilinols and Kansas with good re sults. THE ONION UP TO DATE. A Pepelar Crop and Ite Caltere by the Modern Method. The onion ie baving a sort of boom in various éections Just now as a good money crop. Onions, it is hardly nec. eraary to state, may be grown from seeds or seta. Balley bas described up to date onion culture in brief as fol- lows: If sceds are used, they may be sown in the open ground where the bulbs PRIZE TAKER ONION. are to mature, or they may be sown In greenhouses or hotbeds and the young plantiets transplanted to the rows in the open ground. In sowing out of doors seeds should be put in as early as possible in shallow drilis three to three and a balf feet apart and cover- ed with a balf inch of One moist earth. They need to be very carefully weeded at first, but if the ground Is clean and mellow and the rows straight the wheel hoe will be able to take full charge of the work early in the sea- son. It bas been repeatedly shown that cheaper, better and earlier onions can be grown by transplanting the plants from greenhouses or botbeds where the seeds are sown very early. When the plantlets are as large as a lead pencil, they are set four Inches apart In rows three feet asunder, and cultivation is immediately begua with the wheel hoe. In growing from sets the planting {s made in mach the same way. Multiplier or potato onions are similarly managed. Irize Taker is probably the most popular variety of the present day. Wheat Rotation, The North Dakota station has taken up the study of a sultabie rotation for. the wheat farm. Experiments carried oh for six years show that continuous wheat culture is unprofitable, while wheat “in rotation increases in yield and Improves in quality. Three crops of wheat and one of clover gate In four years almost as much Wheat and more profitable returns than four crops of wheat In succession. Little was gained in rotating wheat with other cereals, as spring rye, barley and oats, but wheat after a cultivated crop gnve-a larger percentage of increase than wheat after summer fallowing, millet, timothy and clover, flax, fleld peas or willet and clover. The in- crease In the wheat crop over wheat after wheat was as follows: After cul- tivated crops, 75 per cent; after fallow. 63 per cent; after millet, 41 per cent; after timothy and clover, 33 per cent. ments of the committee on military affairs, where he displayed the frescoes with a good deal of pride. Afterward the party visited one or two other rooms, and then the wonien turned to leave the building. As they parted with the senator one of them slipped a quarter into his hand.” ‘ “My dear madam,” said Gen- eral Hawley, “‘I am one of the HINTS FOR F ‘OR FARMERS Good Soil Needs ‘eeeen Onett Seed. If we wish to attain success as farm- ers, we must first become acquainted |’ with the soil and be particular as to the kind and quality of seed we intend to sow, saya P. J. McGlynn tn Prairie Farmer, A large number of farmers spend much of their time and money buying and planting poor seed... Many plant poor geed because they are cheap, but which ofttimes prove most expen- sive. Experience has taught me that the better the seed the better the crop. Great care should be given to the soil as well as to the seed, One variety of seed might do extremely well in a soil, while another of a different nature would be a complete failure under sim- lar conditions, The cultivatiom of. a crop is only of secondary importance in comparison to either soll or seed. ‘Therefore it should be obvious to every one that these two particular points are of paramount importance and are worthy of much thought from those In- terested in agricultural pursuits. It ts essential that ever farmer be thorough- ly acquainted with the soll, for upon this knowledge bis success largely de- pends, and | can. truthfully say that if this particular point is earefully con- sidered a crop could be easily expected that is, if the season be a favorable one—and not regarded as merely a. mat- ter of chance, Approachiag the Limit. It is often assumed that the possibil- ities of the expansion of the sheep in- dustry on the ranges ate almost bound- less. This is not true. The limit has almost been reached without serious interference with other industries, And “sheep are not going to supplant cattle and horses to a very large extent so long as prices for the latter are so fa- vornble to the producer. Another fea- ture of thé’ business is woftlr doting, and that is the exhaustion of range pastures. The range will not support vastly increased herds or flocks. The lund is pretty well occupied now; In nome localities it is overstocked, aiid in others range grasses bave so dete rlorated under hard wange that they will not keep many animals. It seeins that the limit of range sheep produc- tion is being approac The sheep industry will settle down, and finally, -we trust. after a few years. It has been disturbed so frequently by new developments that people expect an upheaval every decade, but a more coustant production is likely to prevail before long.—National Stockman and Farmer. Corns Planting. Many of the tests at experiment sta- tions have shown better yields from planting moderately early rather than very early: from planting a larger num- ber of kernels per acre than most good farmers think advisable; from planting small growing varieties In rows closer togetber than is best for large varieties; from giving shallow and level cultiva- tion rather than deep and ridged cult!- vation; from planting ratber shallow early and deeper in late planUng. Otb- er trials have seemed to show that very frequent cultivation does not re- pay its cost; that it |e Important to cultivate as soon as may be after rains; that deep cultivation while the stalks are small may be beipful if followed by shallow culture, says the agricultural column of the Hartford Times. It also adds that the farmer will be better sat- isfied if be tries some experiments of this kind, himself and tries them more than one season that be may be sure that the change In method and not the season has changed results. Hew te Use Poultry Manure. __Poultry manure is of such variable ‘| richness, owing to feed of poultry aud the amount of dirt collected with it, that it is impossible to make.a very definite piescription for use, but 500 to 1,000 pounds could be safely used per acre if care is taken not to mass the manure in close contact with seed, says Professor BE. J. Wickson of the California experiment station. The beat way to apply where vo showers can be depended upon after corn is planted is to broadcast before the spring plow- ing. The corn will grow roots to reach it. As for using the poultry manure in a drill, it will be very troublesome and expensive to dry and griod it to sutt- client fineness to work well fo a drill, as commercial fertilizers do. Hoge and Corn. Census Ogures reveal that of the 62,- 876,000 bogs in the country in 1900, 40,- 474,000 were in the north central di- vinion, represented by the states of Obio, Indiana, Iilinois, Michigan, Wis- consin, Minnesota, lowa, Missouri, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas. The south central division, composed of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabaina, Louis!- ana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, had. 13,047,000 of the remainder. These two divisions contalp 8 per cent of all the bogs in the country, and they con- tain all the states that can be classed in the corn belt. Corn and hogs still go together in this country. Value of Farm Land. “The question is raised whetber land that selis for $100 per acre can be farmed at o profit,” says the Kansas Farmer, That such and is farmed at a profit isthe proper answer. The fur- ther fact that good land is often farm- ed at a loss regardless of the selling price Is not a fault of the land; but of the farmer. Many of the most profita- ble farms in Texas cannot be bought for less than $100 per acre, and the land is capable of earning a-protit be- cause it is worth that price.—Dallas Farm and Ranch. Sunburned Potatoes, Potatoes must be well covered. A po- as good for seed, but it is not fit for the table. really cannot accept any thing of the sort.’’ “Goodness!” exclaimed the woman. .““Are you a senator? Why, I thought you were a door- keeper.’’—Brooklyn Eagle. The Fort Custer military reser- vation has been transferred to the secretary of the interior for allot- ‘ment to the Indians, as has been senators from Connecticut and T promised by the department. oh . uF INTEREST TO DAIRYMEN : A Plan For the Propesed Test of Dairy Breeds at 8t, Louis, Every owner of pure bred dairy cows should wake up to this subject, espe- Cially if be owns a valuable cow that may be sought after for this test. He should endeavor to have the plan such as he is willing to submit his cow to. If he fails to do #0, he should not with- hold bis cow, however objectionable to him the plan may be. To this end there should be free dis- cussion of the subject. I know of no better place for it than in the columns ef the agricultural preas. The breeder who is not free to use his influence for the best possible plan sbould not be excused for that reason in with- holding his cows from the test. lence gives consent” is an adage it common use. [I venture to open such a discussion and hope that others wil! follow. The best plan for the test, in my opinion, would be one modeled after the form of the Ohlo state plan. This plan has been successfully. used for several years under the auspices of the Ohlo state board of agriculture. Its leading features are testing of ench individual cow at the home of het owner by representatives of tle ex experiment station and finally t hibition of all the cows together fixed period at the state fair. * There would bave to be widely difter. ent details at the St. Louls exposition. I will suggest a few details tentatively: First.—The period over which the test should be extended ought to be a long one, probably ten months. Secdnd.—That at least three tests of two weeks engh should be made at In- tervals during such a period. I will suggest that the first should be com: menced some time between 14 and 28 days after freshening, the second be- tween 114 and 128 days after’and the third between 214 and 228 days after. Third.—All the tests be mate tinder the supervision of two representatives of an experiment station, who should watch the cows day and night, note the care, welgh the food, ete., that the re sults ghould be subject to confirmation by retesting In every case that the au- thoritles of the exposition requested. Fourth.—That prizes be offered for net profit, for value of total solids, for value of butter fat, etc. Fifth.—That the number of prizes be at least 100, but that no one breed be awarded more than twenty-five. Sixth.—That after the completion of the period allotted for testing all the winning cows be exhibited on the grounds of the exposition perhaps two weeks, to be seen by all and critically examined by those who desire to study thelr conformation. The average cost of testing a cow thus would not exceed $150. At this rate twenty-five would cost $3,750. An appropriation of $5,000 would cover thie and leave a balance of $1,250 for duplicating the prizes of the exposition. 8 HOXIE. Yorkville, N. ¥. Temperature For Cream. The temperature at which cream should be churned cannot be stated with accuracy betause much depends upon the creaw itself. Cream from the milk of different cows cannot always be churned at the same temperature. Different feeds have something to do with it. The period of location must be considered. The proper tempera- tare will be all the way from 50 to 6 or 60 degrees, But the lowest temper- ature at which the cream will churn ia best, for it will make better butter than a higher temperature. — Texas While the utility of shredded corn fodder scarcely admits of a doubt, yet there are many who are slow in being convinced that it le a means of saving of valuable feed, says Morgan Keane in Prairie Farmer. If shelter cannot be bad, the next best thing Is to rick the fodder as fast as it is shredded. Let the rick be cight feet high, with a slight flare from the ground, say seven or eight feet high, and top off at an angle of 45 degrees, carrying this top up a little faring on the ends. When the top or cover is on, wire fence rails together so that the cone may be held securely, and on each side of the rick put a rail the full length, then wire another rail on each side to the upper rall so as to secure the lower end from the wind. The rick should be of such width as to insure a good projection with one length of fodder on one side. One can stand fodder around for fur- ther protection, but if the top is all right this will pot be necessary. It le alwnys best to place the rick endwise to prevailing wind. Alfalfa Sitinge. A. California inquirer asks Hoard’s Dairyinan whetber it would be profit- able to build, fill and maintain silos for cotn or alfalfa where alfalfa is plentiful and cheap. Perhaps the best answer to this it- quiry is to repeat what we have men- tioned more than once—that the most profitable and best managed duiry farm in California finds it expedient to “build, All and maintain silos” for alfalfa and corn, and it is experience everywhere that there is no method involving so little labor with such cer- tatety of good results In harvesting cofn or alfaifa as to provide silos fot at lenst a portion of the crop and use them. Corn chop and bran in equa! parts by weight make the best comple. ment to alfalfa hay for a “ration. Of course the addition of some sucetilent food, as beets or fresh soiling crops, is very desirable and always if ordet, cad where silage is not availa- sities dialed While Mrs. Chas. Hagetnan of Helena was at. the court house arranging for a divorce, Hageman went to the house of his mother- - in-law, and taking his 16 months old child from its cradle ran off with it to the home of his own parents. Judge Smith ordered the immediate restoration of the child to its mother. “Report says the East Helena smelter strike is practically settled.
