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i boauy.. presumably: to tighten a - A‘cockatoo In a faroff country was a heerful old pet when he was eighty- five years old. He would have lived to be older if he had not grown 80 cross that he would fight and burt himself. Fish are such selfish creatures that they ought to live long. They never get hot. . Carp are said to live hundreds of years, and pike are also hardy old fel- There are some insects that live but a few hours. Some live but a day, and ' all of them are short lived. The wild beasts do not live long, but elephants are sometimes very old, anc then they grow helpless, just like old people, and cannot do anything for themselves. His Usefal Hat. The average boy is a person of In- finite resource and never loses ap op- portunity to impress this fact upon his friends of the gentler sex. “Huh! I wouldn't be bothered wear- ing my hat to a picnic,” said a little curly haired damsel contemptuously to her brother as they get off together, baskets in hand. “And your best one, too! I should think you'd have knowr enough to leave your hat at home, Jim- mie Lane!” “Would now?” sald Jimmie, with swift but tolerant scorn. “Well, you just Usten to me. | wore this bat because it's got a nice, stiff brim, and when I sail it in the Drook [ean stand my soldiers up on it. And I shall cateh butterfiles and beetles in it and some red cuffed moss for Aunt Jennie aud some pebbles for Ned Summers’ col- lection because “he's lame and some birch berk strips for mother, and then I can put the pepper and salt shaker in it, too, when we come bome, and your basket is small enough to go In- side mine, so we'll each have just one thing to carry, and if | can Jam my hat into your basket you won't have anything, miss!’ added Jimmie, seized by a brilliant afterthought. Squirrels Playing Tag. While in Central park one day | was _. auch amused in watching two squir- rela which were plainly enjoying the game familiar to children as “squat tag.” One squirrel started off oyer the grass, closely followed by the other, until the first “squatted” upon its haunches, or “herkies,” as the young people say. Then the parts were ex- changed, the second. squirret now be- ing “it.” By and by, with a whisk of the tall, they were off for the nearvst tree, where they amused themselves by playing hide and seek.— Youth's Com- panion. Hew te Make Butterscotch. aagredients: One pound of white sug- ar, three-fourths of a pint of water, one and a half tablespoonfuls of but- ter, lemon ‘Juice, Boll sigar apd wa- ter over a slow fire tiJl it ropes, add butter and juice of lemon, pour on @ pan to cool. Any other Garoring can be used. A Wendertul Dory. We met in the midst of a dream. “But I'm waiting for him to come true! The style of his nose I've completely for- got, But his eyes, I remember, were biue. It wad just eight p. m. by the clock— Which stood, I recall, on its head— When his mother spoke up and said. “Kiss me, my son, And run away quickly to bed.” I thought that the next thing would be Loud wrath and perhaps even tears, But instead—well, | really give you my word That I've pot been so staggered for years! For he mumbled, this wonderful boy— (1 can feel my astonishment yet!), “It's a pity I can’t go at seven when you know . How tired and sleepy | get!\ I felt myself falling away: s din dreams chairs collapse without squeaking), And when I came to the first thing that I eard the voice of the fond mother speak- Ing. . She was kind, she was patient, but firm, And her calm words decided his fate, “Tt is settled, my son, that a boy of your Must learn to sit up until eight.” ~ I gat on the floor, and T stared In a dazed way from one to the other; Then I said, “You are truly a wonderful boy j And the son of a wonderful mother!” —Frances Wilson in St. Nichojas + LOOK OUTFOR THE DOG! . a ae oe , . it 6 7 (14/21 113 2\9 dp Bie pens ee Aapitte —Bugene Field Awful Death. part. of the harness. Mrs. Elizabeth York, of a well- known family in the Big Hole coun- try, met death in a terrible man- ner at the Chalk bluffs last Friday morning, She left her ranch near Bowen about 10 o’clock to drive to the Belin ranch, which had been recently leased by herself and sons. About four miles from her ranch Mrs. York had reason to leave her | spoonful of bismarck brown and balf FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Pettiag Away Clothes. | ig often asked, Which house from garret to cellar, be swept | THE LOST BILL! (Original) Uy mother died when 1 was eighteen geara old and my father married) again. My stepmother soon had rye dreu of her own, and it was to ber in- THE GRAPEVINE FIDIA. and dusted, says the Ladies’ Home| terest that I sbould not marry and Ingeres the Leaves, but Does Its Journal, This treatment will dislodge any dormant Insects or their eggs. Karly @@e cloth moth begins to muke | its appearance, depositing its eggs in| furs and al! kinds of woolen materials | and often in crevices in doors, closets and boxes. It always seeks quiet, dark | places. Closets, drawers and _ boxes should be well cleaned. Take special pains to clean thoroughly each crack | and groove. Buy at the druggist’s a few ounces of the oll of red cedar. With a sma!! brush such as artists use apply the oil of cedar to all cracks and | grooves in boxes and drawers and to’ the tops of doors and baseboards in closets; also around the edges of the | floors, Use very little of the oil. There must not be enough to ‘soik.anything which comes in contact with tle treat: ! ed surface. This treatment will make | closets, boxes, etc. moth proof for some time, even when In constant use, | and if closed at once the contents will | be perfectly safe through the summer and fall, Ali articles should be thor- oughly brushed, shaken and aired be. fore being returted to Gosets or draw- ers. Fron. time to time through the spring and summer putea few drops of oil of cedar on little wads of cotton ! and place them in closets which are in constant use, being careful not to let the olled cotton come in contact with clothing or other articles. Pretty and Usefal, One of the cleverest concelts for holding twine is the one represented here. Cut two lengths of art Inen in any shade 13 inches long, 3% tnches wide. Arrange each end in a point; bind the edges with satin ribbon. Any little flower or fancy can be painted on the sides or a little kitten that loves to play with a string. Make an eyelet hole through the bottom of the box for the string to pass through. Over- harid the sides carefully together and thus keep the ball Intact. Finish with satin bow and ends to hang by. Stains For Floors. Oak stain is made by mixing togeth er-a pint of “bottled tinseed o/!, n° gift and a half of turpentine, three table spoonfuls of raw umber, three table spoonfuls of whiting. Mabogany stain is made with one pint of boiled oll, a gill and a half of turpentine, three ta- blespoonfuls of burnt sienna, three ta- blespoonfula of whiting, half = table spoonful of yellow ocher, half a table a tablespoonful of aniline black. A little of the stain should be tried on a piece of board before trying it on any articles of furniture or a floor, The shade of color may be deepened or lightened by locreasing or diminishing the coloring matter. The stain should be rubbed into the wood and after a day or two the floor rubbed bard with a soft woolen cloth. Te Get Rid of Ants and Moths. A Tennessee housekeeper claims that a locality can be made very offensive to ants or to moths by soaking wads of cotton in oll of cedar and placing them on the shelves or in the drawers to be protected. She also says that carpets may be protected from moths by an application of turpentine and cold water, one tablespoonful of the turpentine to a quart of cold water. First sweep the carpet thoroughly. then go over each breadth with a sponge dipped in the mixture and rub dry. with a clean cloth.. This will brighten the colors and sweeten the at- mosphere of the room, besides discour- aging the moths. A New Seasoning. A Massachusetts cook who has a good word to say about the value of séasoning In cooking makes some sug- gestions along this line which will be noyel to many people. For instance. she seasons apple pie witli three table- spoonfuls of freshly made Japan tea, baked beans with a half cupful of sweet cream during the last hour of baking, corned beef hash with cayenne pepper, fresh meats with a tablespoon ful of brown sugar and fish with cider vinegar. Tomate Pattics, For a family of five use one pint of canned fomatoes. Thicken with bread crumbs to a consistency for baking on & griddie. Season with salt, pepper and butter, adding sugar if the taste Fequires it. Dip with a cooking spoon on to a griddle heated as for pancakes and brown on both sides. The time re quired for properly cooking is inuch longer than for griddle cakes. = — It is sup- posed that as she was climbing back into the buggy the spirited horse started suddenly, causing her foot to slip from the front axle in- to the wheel. As the foot caught Mrs. York fell backward between the front and rear right wheels. The horse continued, and the wom- ‘an was dragged by the foot, her head’ bumping violently at ‘has done? On going Into my roow ' and she convinced me that she had | mot herself taken the money from the ‘ room. I questioned the servants, but | I looked Joe in the eye and saw there a | bis guilt, I searched him and his room, | was not found, but more money was in ; her possession than it was believed she “absence and taken ‘It. rear a family, for she had arranged | with my father that if he died before | I bad issue I was to have but a small fraction of his estate. If, on the con trary, I married and had a family, 1 was to have half, i 1 did pot think Mra. Mendicott so depraved as to commit any overt act. to keep me from marriage, but be-' Nevyed she wouk! foster any circum: | stance that might lead to that resu!t. | She had a governess for her children Adele Trimbail, a sweet, patient girt of strong character, with whom I fell | in love. As soon as Mrs. Mendicott Giscovered the situation she gave Miss Trimball notice that she would dis pense with her seryices. The day before her departure she | came into the library, where I was sitting, very much discomposed. “What is it?” 1 asked. “George,” she said, “Mrs, Mendicott has made up her mind to kcep us apart by rulning me.” “How ‘do you know?” “Know! I've seen through ber fron the first. What do you suppose she just now I found a twenty dollar bill on the floor before my dressing table. Mrs. Mendicott put it there iu the hope that I would take it. aad she could ac- cuse me of stealing it.” “What did you do with it?” “Left it where she placed it. 1! wouldn't touch it with a pair of “That won't do. I'll go and get it.” I hastened to the room and looked all over the floor, but the Dill was not there, nor could Adele find it when she went to look for it. Mra. Mendicott an- nounced that she had lost a twenty dol. lar bill in Adele’s room when she went |- there with her purse in ber hand to put some clothes {nu the empty bureau drawers. She left us all to draw our own inference, I did not propose that Adele should rest under such an imputation. I ques- tioned my stepmother, not telling her that I had been warned in the matter, gained no clew from any of them til: I came to Joe, the colored manservant, sly shrewdness that convinced me of but found nothing. Then my father came to me and In- sisted ‘that Miss Trimball’s effects be searched before she left the bouse. I protested, but without avail. The bill bad, for she was very poor and het salary bad been very small, At any rate, Mre, Mendicott convinced my fa- ther that Adele was the thief, and | was informed that if I married her I would bé disinberited. What would it avail to tell my father that Adele bad seen’ the bil) In ber room and told me of it? Buch a statement would not be believed and would only widen the breach. Either Mra. Mendl- cott had taken the bill herself or some one had gone into the room in Adcle’s T Inclined to- ward the latter opinion. 1 must either find the thief or lose my patrimony. be sides seeing the girl | would marry re- main under a cloud, I lay awake the night of Adele's departure think!ng out some plan of investigation, but could hit on nething. I believed that Joc bad appropriated the Dill, but since he and bis effects had been searched there seemed to be nothing more to do. One Sunday evening Joe came Lome smoking a cigarette. Te bad a cob pipe in the stable which he smoked when off duty. and I had sometimes seen him smoking a cigar. but never before a cigarette. 1 had been watch- ing for him to possess something new which he had bought with the money T belleved he had taken. “Joe,” 1 said; “have you another cig arette?” He pulled out a package and handed it to me, I took one, looking Into Joe's face as I did so and noticed that be ap- peared anxious. Lighting the ciga- rette, I puffed awhile, then said: “These are fine, Joe. Wheré did you get them?” He told me, and In ten minutes I was in the shop in conferente with the to- bacconist to find out If Joe had offered a large bill for his purchase. I was disappointed. The boy had paid in small change. Later | went out to the stable, where 1 found Joe enjoying his pipe. “Hare you another. cigarette, Joe?” I asked. “No, sir; I smoked \em all up.” “What! Smoked ten cigarcttes in an bour?” . “Well, you see, I give some of ‘em away.” “Whom did you give them to?” “I gave ‘em to”— He could get no further. He was cornesed, “What makes that lump in your vest pocket?\ He looked down at the pocket, while L, putting my thumb and finger Into It. drew out a paper case half full of cig- arettes, I felt sure I was on the scent and did not waste any time. Taking a-cigz- arette from the case, I pulled it to pieces. There was nothing in it but to- bacco. I tried another with the same result. I broke up four without finding anything, but when I tried the Ofth 1 could not break it. Tearing the wrap- per, Lvuttcovered green paper and fn an- other tioment had unrolled a twenty dollar bill. WARREN R. ATHERTON, —_—<—_¥<—«—=_—*—_—X—_—XXX_ and stopped. The position of the body when found would indicate that life was extinct when the horse stopped. Fe A man who conducts a ranch near that of the Yorks started out about 11 o’clock to visita neigh- boring ranch, and came upon the lifeless body of Mrs. York About noon, The foot of the woman was still caught in the wheel. The Worst Work op the Hoots, The grape root worm is doing dam age In both Ohio and New York by gnawing the bark from large roots and feeding on the rootlets of vincs. This | fe the larva of the grapevine ddia, and its work has only recently become yeby noticeable. During midsummer the !caves of the grape are frequently riddled with ‘r-. regular holes by the attacks of a little beetle which when disturbed falls to the ground with its legs folded up against its body, felgning death or “playing possum.” The beetle is about a quarter of an inch long, rather ro- bust and of a brown color, somewhat whitened by a dense covering of yel- lowish white bairs. Following the in- | jury to the foliage the vines may be expected, if the bectles have been | ad PIDIA VitICIDA. (a, beetle; b eg represented under a fold of bark a much enlarged at the side; oc, young larva; 4, full grown larva; ¢, pupa; all enlarged.) | abundant, to present a sickly appear- | ance, with checking of growth and ul- timate death, due to the feeding in the roots of the larvae, which as tliey hatch fall from the bark of the tree to which the eggs were attached and enter the soil near the base of the vine. They feed on the roots and completely denude them of bark to a depth of at least one foot. Most of them reach full growth by the middle of August and construct little celle in the soll, in which they hibernate until June of the following year, when they , change to pupa, frém which the bee- | tles emerge. Most of the adults dis- appear by the ist of August, a few scattering individuals remaining until! the Ist of September. It is evident that if the beetic can | be promptly exterminated the injury | to the foliage will be limited and the | subsequent much greater damage to the roots by larve will be avolded. The first effort therefote should be to | effect the killing of the beetles, which | may be donc by the use of an arsenical | spray with lime, applyiug it at the cus- | INJURY TO LEAP AXD BOOTS. tomary strength of one pound to 150 gallons of water. The feeding of the beetics on the upper surface of the leaves makes them especially easy to control by this means. If this be de- ferred until it is unsafe to apply an arscnical to the vines, the beetles may be collected and destroyed in the same manner as rose chafers. An effective remedy, if applied before the larve hare scattered, is to wet the soil about the vines with a solution of kesosene emulsion. The emulsionshould be dl- luted nine times and Hen: or two of the mixture pow a basin ex- cavated about the base’ Of ‘the vine, washing it down to greater depth an bour afterward with a copious water- ing. Red Top For Forace. Red top (Agrostis alba), niready es- tablished In places in northern Nevada and southern Oregon, could without doubt be more extensively introduced in many of the moister bottom Iands. ‘Instances have beev cited where it was making a good crop, and it will without doubt grow well on the low- lands wherever the native -clovers abound, It is pronounced by experts one of the most promising. plants for the improvement of portions. of the bottom lands, No finer quality of hay could be desired than that which is furnished fn. jocalitics at the present by this grass and the native clovers. ——————————— bones were broken. The head of the woman was a iiss of cuts and bruises. The forehead wasscraped and braised. The man drove with the body to the York ranch, where Harry York was at work. . Harry then notified his brothers and sis- ters at the Belin ranch. Mrs. York was 56 years of age and the widow of John York, who died in the Couer d’Alenes ‘about | this time of the year the’ wen. ' much greater than If the alfalfa is cut / The method of curing will vary with the ground until the horse tired foot and limb were. torn, but no eight years ago. She was born on ek einen Heating of Alfalfa ay ta Mugaey July or August Weather. All cages of spontaneous combustio. of alfalfa bay that have come to the Rotice of the Kansas station have «< curred with the first cutting. Earl spring growth of alfalfa in an crdioury season is rank. The alfalfa la «i either in May or early la J rt such that it is difficult to thorouy':) cure the alfalfa without gettieg it ¥ +t Usually there Is considerable < weather and little wind after tay Ure | cutting is put in the mow or stacl. and this hinders further drying, With | later cuttlugs the growth Is not so rans and succulent, and the weather la Criey, and there is often wind, This wakes curing easy. : j At this station we have not bad al- falfa heat sufficiently to take tire, but we have bad it become so bot that us) a matter of safety we took it out of the barn several weeks after putting it! in the mow and stacked it outdoors. We bave had so much trouble whh the first crop heating that for the past four years we have stacked tt outdoors and put the other cuttings tn the barn, We buve cured the first cutting us care {ally as We knew bow, keeping It .sev- eral days in cocks,:putting covers on the cocks at night aid opeutng the cocks during the daytime, and with all these precautions, If there came a week or more of wet, muggy weether“{n July or August, the alfalfa hay would be come hot. If the weather stayed dry, no heating took place. My Alfalfa should be cut wien not more than one-tenth of the plats have come in bloom, Cut at this early stage, the yield of hay for the season will be near maturity, aud every pound of hay sccured will be worth more for feed. the condition of the crop, ground and weather. When alfalfa hus made a slow growth and at the time of cut- ting the ground and the weather are dry, there ts no difiiculty in curing. Often under these conditions It la safe to rake within a few hours after mow- | ing and stack a few bours after the al falfa has been -put in the windrows. When alfalfa has madea rapid growih and is rank and succulent and the weather and ground are damp, the problem of curing is a difficult one, It, is easy to dry the leaves, but the stems | will contain much moisture after the | leaves are too dry. Alfalfa bay should” become so dry before stacking that when a handful of stems are tightly | twisted together no water can be| squecacd out. The most practical way | to accomplish this and at the same | time save the leaves is the plan to adopt, and this will vary with differ- ent seasons and places. There is practically: no difficulty in curing any but the first crop. When the conditions for curing the first crop are unfavorable, we have wueually found the most practicable method to be to cut the alfalfa-in the morning after the dew la off, allow it to barely wilt in the swath, then rake and be- fore night put in narrow, tall cocks. After the dew is off the vext morning and the surface of the ground has be- come dry we open these cocks careful- ly, so as not to shatter off the leaves. If the weather is favorable, the bay may be stacked In the afternoon; if not, we recock carefully and repeat the treatment unti!] the hay is proper ly cured. From all the experience we have gained to date we advise that the best way to prevent spontaneous combus- tion of alfalfa is to thoroughly cyre before stacking.—H. M. Cottrell. Level Cultivation For Corn. In cultivating I do-not-hilf up corn as was done when I was a boy. The | manner of cultivation then required a hill-and the manuré In the bill, for the farmer would cultivate so decp he would cut off the roots, so the plant was confined to a piece of ground about as large as the bill. I ure level cultivation and just stir the top of the ground to keep down weeds. After corn is planted I find the ground Is ali full of corn roots, even running from one bill to another, says a Maine cor- , respondent of American Agricuiturist. | The best time to work the.ground ts before the corn is planted, using the spring tooth and disk harrow. This canbe done to perfection If we go over the land tinies enough, always in an vepposite direction from the last time THK YOUNG CORN ROOTS. we went over the ground. Then we can get a good seed bed on every foot of ground, When corn sprouts, the first sprout is a strnight taproot going down one or fwo Inches before the stalk starts, as shown at No. 1. begius to grow the root puts out its feeders (No. 2) Just benedth the sur- face, and these develop, as shown at No. 3 and No. 4. No. 5 shows where As soon na the stalk-| ——P Milking is an operation which re quires skill, ns it has an Important ef- fect on the amount and quality of milk given, Dairymen know that there are as groat differences between milkera as between caws and that cows will do much better with good milkers than with others, Indeed good cows are of- ten almost ruined by poor milkers. . The wilKer should avoid handling the cow more than is unecessary, and he should make it a rule to do his work quickly and thoroughly. Iie should never go from a sick to a well cow without first cleansing his hands. The habit of wetting the hands with milk is filthy in the extreme and should never be practiced. Some people think it Is necessary, but thia is a mistake,,| The Lands should be kept dry. If they are not, tt ts Impossible to prevent drops of milk from constantly falling from them into the pall, The pail. should be held close to the udder so as to expose the milk to the air as little as possible. The farther the streams fall and the more they apray the more dirt and bacteria thoy collect. Contamination from the fore- milk must be avolded by discarding the first fow streams drawn, or less than a gill in all, This entails little loss, as the Orst milk drawn ts always poor in butter fat, and if-it happens to be badly coutaminated, as is frequently the case, much Injury and trouble may be sayed. ~—Farm, Field and Stockman, Canadian Butter Problem, It is somewhat strange that, although the summer and fal! creamery butter of the province of Quebec is of a finer grade than that of the same make of western, yet the winter make of west ern is superior to that of Quebec, We ean only account for this on the as- sumption that the western farmers feed their cows with more suitable food in the winter than do the farmers of this province, who use turnips and other less desirable feed, or else the western men have superior facilities in their factories durtug the cold weath- er for turning out creamery butter than we hare in the province of Que- bec; but, whatever may be the cause, the fect femaing that western made winter creamery is generally finer than Quebec winter creamery, although the case ia reversed during summer and fall. In proof of this more money was paid for western creamery the past winter than for Quebec creamery.— Montreal Trade Bollctin. Dairy Hesbaadry. A course of study in judging dairy products has just been Introduced in the dairy husbandry departwent of the College of Agriculture at the Univer- sity of Illinols, The course is princi- pally designed for students in general agriculture and Includes a brief treat- ment of the subject of dairy sanitation, the production of milk and the meth- ods cmployed for the mapufacture of common dairy preducts, Following this, great stress will be laid on the proper selection of milk and the judging of butter and cheese. In judging the products score cards are used to {llus- trate the relative importance of each of the points to be considered casential in a standard product, The object of the Souree IW'lo FINS Mie etudent whe specializes in lines of agriculture other than dairying an opportunity to gain a proper conception of the qualities good dairy products should posscas. Massachusetin Lends. Massachusetts bas a new law relat- tag to the Babcock milk test. Aii per- sons who use the test to determine the value of mijk or cream either to the producer or purchaser are amenable to the law. . Since the law went lato oper- ation 6,610 pieces of glassware have been inspected by the state authorities, A WELL MANAGER DAIRY. insibinetel TLSF The Property of B,N, Cobb or “Buff Jersey,” Monmouth, 11. _ In B, N. Cobb, Monmouth, Ml, I found a practical farmer, whoso life is givén to the study of soll conditions, the care of the dairy and all that goes toward making the successful -dairy- man, Much of his time is given. to ex- perimental work,and resulis are shown at the institute, for \Buf Jersey,” a9 he is more commonly known, ts con sidered authority, Under such clreum stances one expects to find many mat ters of interest, and when you look through his creamery, complete in all its details, then go down into hig dairy barn and inspect his elegant herd of Jerseys, a herd such as you seldom see, aki I KI ML Fite i INTERIOR OF DAIRY BARN. you are impressed after talking with this gentleman that this is one of those places the novice can visit with profit. There fa no guesswork here. Every detail niust correspond to his system If the herd ts not milked within one hour_of the appointed ilme, the loss— for there will be one—is charged to its proper account, and system wins out. A printed credit sheet is In cach stable, and the amount of milk given by eacli individual -l@ weighed carefully, ahd by so doing her wants are attended to at once, does she show at any. time that che fs not giving proper response for feed provided. Here is a’ place managed by the family of its owner} no hired help for any time of the year. Every department is managed by some member of the family, You can imag ine the close association of this herd to the system under which it is man aged. I wea shown individuals seven years old that had never been milked except by one person—that one of the sons of the proprietor. I stood and watched these Jerseys as (they took their places In the barn, the Interior of which IT show you. They came tn like a group of school children, taking only the place they knew was theirs, They were perfectly trained.—Cornings ta Dairy and Creamery, Effect of Oleo Bill. Seme dairymen are inclined to be Neve that the passage of the oleo bill means a permanent heavy advance in the price of products, particularly but- ter, afid are banking the future of the dalry interests along (hese lines as be ing very promising, The best Intent of the olco bill is the suppression of fraud, and it is doubtful whether prices adva’ ce as much as some seen! to think. Yet a national law forcing bogus butter to sell for just what it ts must exert a salutary \ofivence on the market for butter, Dairymen should keep up the bigh standard of the pure product and sce that the olco bill is strictly enforced.—Farm and Home. Early cut, well cured clove hay is the most valuable roughage the dairy- and 5.4 per cent have been found defec-| man can grow, says L. W. Lighty. A tive. Forty-nine candidates have been examined, and all but two have passed as being fitted to operate the test. Forty machines- have been. examined. and twenty were found good, eleven partially out of repair, and nine were condemned. . The foregoing record gives evidence of the need of such a law in every state.—Lioard’s Dairyman. The Dally Waste. | There is one item that is often ovcr- looked in the keeping of cows, and cs | pecially so of dairy cows, and that Is | daily waste. There is practically the ‘game whether the animal Is a good milker or a poor one, In all cases the ! food neceseary for the support of ani- | mal life and to make up the daily waste must come first, and then the milk or beef comes next after this is taken out, If the animal gives a small amount of milk, the cost of food as waste in proportion to the amount of milk secured is greater than with a large amount of milk, and of course | this profit is decreased accordingly. | Feeding poor cows in the dairy !s prac: tically a waste of feed.— Agricola. What Is a Profitable Helfer? A California reader asks how much | milk a “Relfer should give, and with | what average test, to be considered | worth keeping. . It is quite impracticable to give a direct answer to anv inquiry of this character, says Hoard’s Dairyman, first, because heifers vary xo much tn | the quantity of milk and Its fat cou- cow fed ‘on well cured silage and good clover hay needs but little mill feed, and that cuts quite a dgure in reducing the cost of producing 1 pound of but- ter, and the cost of prodnction is the only end of the market the individual dairyman can manipulate. In these times of close competition these fac- tors should all be considered. Under the best conditions, with good care, we lose quite a little of the feed- ing value of hay, corn, stover, ete., while curing, but by mismanagement we loge as much as 50 per cent of the feeding value, At present prices for dairy products our craft will sink with such a leak. Water For the Cows. As a ccsult of a series of experiments conducted at the Pennsylvania experi- ment stdtion to determine whether or not dairy cattle conld be fed to best advantage in loose pens with a con stant supply of water or kept in stalls and watered at certain Intervals Pro- fessor Harry Haywood concludes that ‘there Is practicaily no advantage in | having water constantly before the | cows In the stable. Cows turned into the yard for water once a day made as good returns as those having constant access to water in the stable. It was found it required much more bedding | to keep the cows clean and comfortable in the pen than tn the stalls, Consid- erably less Inbor was required to care for the animals in the pen than in the stalls. A smaller nomber of germs or bacterin were found in the milk of» the roots hare been cut off by deep cul, tent and, second, because It very fre- those cows kept in the stalls, tivation. The plant stands still for about a week after cultivation, when it heals and puts out more little root- lets. : There wefe many instances in Kan- sas during the summer of 1901 of. al- falfa hay becoming. so hot that it took fire by spontaneous combustion and was destroyed. the island of Jersey, in the Eng- lish channel, and was’ married there. With her hashand she came to the United States 33 years ago, and in 1889 came’ to Montana. She leaves six sons and five daugh- ters. ” ‘ Some one should inventa powder to take when you feel that yearn- ing to tell a secret confided to you.—Atchison Globe. 2 | quently* happens that a heifer with first calf, for reasons that cannot be We should hesitate to condemn a well tbred belfer even though she tight do very poorly the first year. But ordi- narily we expcet our heifers with first calf to give three-fourths to,one pound of fat per day ond keep this up as ap average for several months. , Game Law. We are the well wishers of our hunters and fishers, and sé-that they may not get into trouble, we present a synopsis of the game law for their perusal. . Male elk Sept. 1. to Nov. 1. ’ Sept. 1 to Jan. 1. Quail, Chinese pheasants, beaver and mountain sheep, protected, Prairie chickens, fool hens, explained, fails to do herself justice. © Deer and Rocky mountain goats | Clover For Silage. Cut clover for silage when It fs In the best state for making bay. Itymay be taken almost directly from the mower, but @ very little wilting will not do.any - harm. If much wilted, use water, It j@ much better that. it should be run through a cutting box rather than put in whole, although falrty good success has been had by putting ft in-whole. eS -———— —= Dee: 4. Dec. 15. 7 pene am Fishing by hook and lineonly. _ Tyout cannot be bought for marke Wild geese nnd dudes ‘Sep, 1 \to MN 1. Kee eM on-residence license, small game $15, large game $25, . ee ae 2 ogee ss pheasants, purtridges, ‘Sep. 1 to Sage hens or doves Aug. 1 to: Bag limited to 20 birds’per day.
