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Milk for Caves.

| have observed in raising my calves for
the past few years, that rich milk was not
as good for calf either for fattening or
rapid growth, as milk which did not con
tain so large per cent. of butter.
That the butter is not strictly an essen
tial portion of its food, is easily seen from
the fact that a calfmay be raised on skim
med milk, after the butter is almost en-
tirely taken away, and if it is properly
cared for, and its meal regularly eaten, it
will grow well and keep in good condition
upon the nOurishment contained in the
casein which is still left in the milk
have for experiment given whey, with a
very satisfactory result.
Among my COWS I have one which gives
a very inferior quality Of milk, and the
quantity not above the average of the rest,
still her calves have never failed of sur
passing all the others, with but one excep-
ton, which furnishes still stronger proof
of the efficacy of her milk for calves.
have q Durham heifer, which brought
her first calf on the l 9th of May, 1867, and
was Immediately taken with a severe sick
ness, obliging me to suckle her calf on some
other COW, which 1 did, choosing the COW
before mentioned, and the calf when seven
months old weighed 6l8 lbs, and was only
in middling order, not having received any
extra care whatever.
The best COW in town was raised under
similar circumstances, upon COW whose
milk for butter making had been previous
" proved to be almost worthless, as the
amount of butter was exceedingly small
and the color by no means inviting; We
the calf was fifty per cent better than it
own mother ever raised, although she haC
brought mp quite 3 number, and has the
name ofgiving rich milk.-H. W. H in RI
rat american.
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A Good Remedy rgainst Insects.

We found it next to impossible last year
to protect the young cantaloupe vines
against the persistent attack of the black
gnat and the striped bug. Even young
radishes, which we had always found be-
fore sure protection, had little or no effect.
Eventually soap suds were applied, which
seemed to do the business, both in driving
them away and in keeping them away.
1t should be applied several times, and al
ways after a rain has washed off the effects
of the previous sprinkling Whale oil soap
is the best for this purpose, using about
one pound to four gallons of water. This
soap can be obtained at the agricultural
stores, generally, as well as at some of the
drug and grocery stores.
Wesee that other remedies are suggested
and among them one in an English journ-
al, that the comman elder bush scattered
among the vines will keep of all bugs usu'
ally infesting them. But We do not believe
it. We have often tried similar applian
ces, and found them all to be worthless
Try the whale oil soap suds; and if this
substance cannot be obtained, use the com
mon soap in larger proportion German
torn Telegraph.
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Look Up.

What a blessed thought, when burdened
with sorrow and cares, that we have the
privilege of looking up to our Father in
heaven for consolation. If led to doubt
our acceptance with God, let us remember
that the precious blood of our Saviour was
shed for our salvation, and be willing to
humble ourselves at the foot of the cross.
Then. by confessing our sins and putting
them away, we can by faith look up and
be healed, even as the children Of ISRAEL
looked up to the brazen serpent in the Wild
erness, and were healed Of the bite.
Oh, why will so many cling to the vani-
ties of this life, and look down to this world
of sin for happiness. Had we not better,
like Paul, take pleasure here in infirmities,
reproaches, prosecutions in distresses for
Christ's sake? and look up to those man
sions which Jesus is preparing for the faith
full few? Look up to the blessed Saviour
who will have compassion on us when
earthly friends forsake, look up to our God,
who has promised to be our Father? What
greater love can we ask for than he has be-
slowed, to allow us, poor erring mortals, tc
call the creator of the heavens and the
earth "Our Father" MASSEY.
Barton Landing.
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A Clean Record.

| ran across an Iowa minister the other
day. When he learned where came from,
"Why." he said, zone of our best men was
from your place. Yes, indeed, one of our
most trusted men in the church and the
community"
"Who is p" | asked. When he told me,
"Ah, yes" said, che was one of our best
boys. / remember him first as Willie. =
His mother died home was broken up,
and father with his two sons went to board.
What fine, manly little boy that Willie
is the boarders all said.
''Then he was Will Willis one of
the most reliable scholars in my school,
said the master
"If l had class made up of such boys
as viii -, teaching would be delight,
said his Sabbath school teacher.
"When he was sixteen he went into the
store of one of our deacons. IF there is nc
objection should like to join the church,
he said modestly. Il am going out west
and l want to 60 a church member There
was certainly no objection. We wish the
church was full of such boys. | well re
member when he stood up before the con
gregation alone, and joined himself to thu
people of God. How our hearts went GU
in prayer and love to the dear child. Thel
he left his eastern home. From time t
time we hear of him. The account neve
changes, from whatever source it comes
He is a true man.
Mr.. T. for he is husband an
: father now, why, Mr.. T. is one of our bes
5 men," And l have no doubt of it. Hi
/ is a clean record throughout; for '.the DO
is father of the an."--Ch ilPs Paper,
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Opposition.

AS surely as God glorifes his truth and
gives seals to the christian ministry, oppo-
sition is aroused. If the preacher is sup
posed to live in the middle ages, his history
will be told in few words. He breaches
at first to a crowd. Converts are made
The priests hear oft; he is abhorred. He
resorts to lone places among the hills; he
breaches in cottages and private assemblies !;
converts are still brought in. The hunt
grows hotter; the hell hounds are out, ca
ger for blood. The man is secreted; he
takes his pen TO write, if he cannot use his
tongue to speak. At last he is seized. He
is dragged before the tribunals; he burns
and blazes with sacred eloquence before his
/ judges, but he is condemned tosdie; and
now he stands upon fiery pulpit. the fag-
OTIS blazing all about him; and if he utters
not a single word, yet is his death eloquent
The fire of his earnestness is met by thu
fire of their malice we know which of tn,
two fires will win.
In these times we are screened by gra
cious providence from the satanic cruelt
of persecution. Nowadays it takes anoth
err shape; the preacher is sooner success
full than it is reported that he is actuate
. either by covetous or ambitious design
e 1t is also currently reported that he sal
: this or thatridiculous or blasphemous thin
: There are some who heard him say what
. never dreamed of, and others stand prepa
q ed to be grandfathers to the lie, and &C
another oftheir own invention, and SO a
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Three Strikinu Gases.

Soon after her conversion, a christian
wife began to pray for her husband. He
was naturally Of a kind disposition, but ut
terly averse to attending public worship
Year after year passed away, and on every
Sabbath the faithful wife would ask him to
accompany her to the house of God. He
uniformly refused, but he did it kindly,
often saying,
'You and the boys may go, but l will
stay at home with my books"
More than ten years passed thus, the
wife still praying for the salvation of hel
husband. the glad day at last came, wher
as usual after breakfast, she said,
Husband, will you go with me to church
this morning?"
eyes, l will, was the reply.
Her heart overfowed with gratitude t,
God for at length hearing her prayer
Quickly she fastened to her closet, AM
besought the Lord to make this the day @
salvation to his soul.
The Lord heard her in this matter. Ey
cry word that fell from her pastors liz
, seemed for him. His heart was completed
subdued by the love of Christ, and he
now devoted member of the church, wit
: his wife. ike
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Character Revealed in Christ.

There is in Rome an elegant fresco 10y
Guido-The Aurora. 1t covers lofty cell
ing. Looking up at it from the pavement
your neck grows stiff, your head dizzy, and
the figures indistinct You soon tire and
turn away. The owner of the palace has
placed broad mirror near the floor. You
may now sit down before it as at table,
and at your leisure look into the mirror,
and enjoy the fresco that is above you.-
There is no more WEAKNESS, norindistinct-
ness, nor dizziness.
SO God has brought otherwise inaccessi-
BILE truth to our world through Jesus Christ
In him, as in a glass, we may behold the
glory and truth and grace of God. He i.
himself "the Truth" Like the Rospigli
oso mirror beneath the Aurora, Chris
reflects the excellency of heavenly charac
ter. In all essential elements he was OF
earth what they are in heaven. And thro
him we may not only know what the saint
there are, but be assured that eve shall b
like him, for we shall see him rs he Isl
Sunday School Journal. -..
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road the SANDER flies, and opposition finds
barbed shafts to fling at the too valiant
champion. Parties are made, and sides
taken for and against, and thus again IS
fulfilled the Masters saying, II come not
to send peace, but a sword. For am come
to set man at variance against his father,
and the daughter-in-law against her moth
er-in-law" You may depend upon it,
there is no good doing if the devil does not
howl When there is no opposition from
the internal powers, it is because there is
nothing to oppose. Let be, saith Satan,
'1et be! a comfortable congregation, So
Der minister; all asleep-let be! Drive
onp' says he to his charioteer, 81 need not
alight here. Another small congregation !;
more pews than people somnolent divine !;
drive n" saith he, mo trouble here for
my empire; drive on to yOnder meeting
house, where there is an earnest preacher,
and people much given to prayer. Stop!'
says he, 81 must use my best endeavors to
stay this invasion of my kingdom. >
Straightway Satan comes to do his best or
his worst to hinder the kingdom of Christ.
In helPs opposition we discern sign OF
hopefulness, for where the fire of malice
burns against the gospel there Gods fire OF
grace is burning also.-SPwgeoa.
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Clerical Egotism.

Rev. Henry Giles, in an article in the
Atlantic Monthly, thus speaks of clerical
egotism:
Clerical speakers are not behindhand
herein; and this is natural. As they have
to create their own topics, and, independ-
emily of outward occasion, to excite inter
est in their topics, the process of composing
a sermon must be continued process Of
self concentration and self exhaustion. 1t
is not surprising that the ego should be
continually present and continually ex
pressed. Then the speech itself is guarded
from contradiction, and secured against
open criticism; the pulpit, separate from
the body Of the church, not only in locali-
ty but in idea, is sacred against outspoken
/ objection and, the words of the sermon,
falling upon the stiffness of reverential 81
lence, are only less sacred than those or the
bible. The man is entirely left to himself
! He has no open combat or rival, by whom
his force may be tested. The poor neglect
ed actor has to silence the grOanings of his
heart, while shouts of rapture hail the DEM
igod of the night; if any vain illusion gives
the despised one hope theatrical audiences
are not guilty of deception. So, in the
contests of the law, the orator takes high
position only through victory over oppOsi-
ton. But the feeblest preacher that ever
drained away the sublimity of his text may
mistake his isolated personal intensity tor
force. The gentlcness with which the de-
voutly meek listen to him he may consider
impression; and the stolid firmness witt
which the inattcntively reflective seem tC
listen he may suppose conviction. Their
the good man at the end is tired and tri
umphant. No one tells him differently
and often he himself will not think differ
emily, in spite of all that events declare tot
plainly and too severely.
How naturally, then, does the preacher
who works hard and earnestly, think, with
out ordinary means of comparison, that h
works with eloquence and power; how nat
ural that he should rejoice in the illusion
"Ah, you were not at church, today" sat
a preacher to a friend, whom he met afte
service coming in an opposite direction
''No, sir" Il am sorry" replied the cleI
gyman; ''for I never i'll my life preache
better. O, it is hard to move these rie
fellows; but sometimes man can shak
the hearts in them. My dear friend, 20
should have heard my sermon this mornin
/, on Dives and Lazarus ~ But egotism
strong preachers is even strengthened wit
their strength. There is no man who's
personality attracts so much the personal
> ty of others toward him, as does that of tt
popular preacher. His personality is thu
turned back upon him, through the kaleit
Il oscope of a manifold reflection from Il
admiring personalities Of others, with
- warmth and intensity of coloring which I
Z other orator ever calls so constantly in
play Struggling thus with his own pc
; sonality, and with the personalities abol
him. the moments of his emancipatiC
= from both must seem to him as miracl
from heaven.
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House, Farm and Garden.
L. d. II. COLLINS, Editor.
Norway Oats.

Last spring we procured few of the
famed Norway oats and that we might be
enabled to judge fairly of their merits COM
pared with common oats, we sowed them
upon the same ground, or side by side with
the common oats. The soil was strong
loam-greensward without manure. We
sowed twenty pounds on little less than
a third of an acre. They grew much
coarser straw than the others, and more
stalks to a kernel of seed. Both kinds
lodged somewhat, the Norways about the
same as the others. OF the common oats
we sowed ten bushels on something less
than two and One-half acres. When we
threshed them we measured up twenty
bushels of Norways and one hundred and
thirty of the others. 1t will readily be
seen that the yield per acre was very near
ly equal. The ratio of yield to amount of
seed sown was Of the Norways thirty to
one, and of the common oats thirteen to
one. We omitted to state that the Nor
ways weighed 81 pounds per bushel and
the Others 81. In appearance both while
growing and when threshed these Norway
oats are like some oats that were sent us
from the Agricultural Department some
years ago. labelled "Black Oats from Swe-
den, which We raised two years and then
discarded. Our objections to them were
that they grew too large straw, and the
oats were bearded, that is there was a sort
of beard On each kernel. They were also
later than the common oats. The same
: objections apply to these, in fact we believe
them to be precisely the same variety o
oats. The objection in regard to size o
straw would doubtless be somewhat obvia
ted by thicker seeding, and this would
also doubtless lessen the tendency to It'll
ler' or throw out large number of stalk
to a kernel and would also shorten tn
, heads and lessen the ratio Of yield t
amount of seed, though the yield per acr
might not be changed. On the whole W
/ are not favorably impressed toward tn
E Norways by the results Of this experiment
but do not consider it conclusive, for n
one experiment can be, and we shall prob
p ably try them again. In the mean tim
f we would be pleased to hear from other
t in regard to them, whether favorable @
G otherwise. If they are so much better tina
= common oats, as Mr.. RamSdeu who buy
d them at one dollar and sells at seven do
It lars fifty cents per bushel, would have I
n believe, all should know it. If the fact ca
i be established that they are equally as va
n liable to feed not only in grain but in stray
!, or in boti, and will yield under the san
i circumstances, even five bushels more p,
e acre than others, all farmers want to rai
f them
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Difference in the Quality ofEggs.

The Journal of Agriculture says, though
most farmers keep fowls and raise. their
own eggs, there are many who have not
learned the difference there is in the rich
ness and flavor of eggs produced by well
fed hens, and those from birds that have
been half starved through our winters.
There will be some difference in the size,
but far more in the quality. The yolk of
one would be large, fine colored and OF
good substance, and the albumen, or white,
clear and pure; while the contents of the
other will be watery and meager, as if the
parent fowl failed to properly carry out and
complete the work nature had sketched
In order, therefore, to have good eggs, the
fowl should be we'll fed, and also provided
during the months they are unable to come
to the ground, with box containing an
abundance of fine gravel, that they may b.
able to grind and prepare their food fol
digestion. Of eggs, those from the domes
tic hen are decidedly the best, but those O
ducks and geese may be used for some o
the purposes of domestic cookery.
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A Simple Ornament.

4 very pretty mantle ornament may be
obtained by suspending an acorn, by a
piece of thread tied around it, within half
an inch of the surface of some water con-
tanned in vase, tumbler, or saucer, and
allowing it to remain undisturbed for sew
eral weeks. 1t will soon burst open, and
small roots will seek the water; straight
and tapering stem, with beautiful glossy,
green leaves will shoot upward, and pre-
sent very pleasing appearance.
Chestnut trees may be grown in this
manner, but their leaves are not as beauti-
full as those of the oak. The water should
be changed once a month, taking care to
supply water of the same warmth; bits Of
charcoal added to it will prevent the water
from souring. If the little leaves turn vel
low, add one drop of ammonia in the
utensil which holds the water, and it will
renew It's Hearth and Home.
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Cow Yard Manure.

The American Stock Journal has the
following in relation to the Importance Of
saving the manure of the COW yard:
Talk to farmer about the value of
manure and the Importance of collecting
and saving it for future use, and he is as
tonished that any one should suspect that
he is not master of that subject and prac-
tees it to the last shovelfull Then take
walk with him to his summer COW yard
where the milking is done mornings and
evenings, and the lane leading to it, and
you will find the droppings Of perhaps six
months or year scattered about and
tramped into the dust and partially washed
away by the rains, to the amount of cart
loads. One cart load of this is worth more
than two from the barnyard, as any prac-
teal gardener will tell you. But the farm
er looks upon these droppings, many of
which are reduced to a powder, as beneath
his notice
There is a waste that might have added
ten bushels of wheat to his granary, or q
ton of hay to his hay NOW, if it had been
collected every week and properly applied
One hours labor every week would have
saved all this, which would have beer
worth more in producing crops than tor
of so-called phosphate, at cost of sixty
dollars in cash. These droppings always
make their mark when applied to the lanC
the phosphates not always. These re
marks do not apply to all farmers; Their
are many honorable exceptions, and thei
fields show it to their advantage but Their
are too many to whom it will apply, an,
their fields tell tale too, but not mucl
to their credit. We hope some of then
will take the hint and do better in future
Fields are terrible tell tales"
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The Jersey Cow.

The Burlington Hawk Eye gives the fol-
lowing synopsis of an excellent article in
the Galaxy on the jersey COW. The atten-
ton with the editor of the Hawk Eye
gives to agricultural matters We hope is
appreciated by its farmer readers. We al
ways find valuable matter in that depart
ment of their paper:
Charlie, W. Elliott gives an interesting
article in the Galaxy. on this valuable ami
NAL. II, pronounces her far superior to
any Of her sisters of other breeds for but
ter, and ,ives many instances to prove the
truth of bis assertions. She has been for
thirty years attaining her present position,
both in England and the Eastern States,
one he thinks she will permanently main
tain for many years to come over all 9TH
er breeds
The jersey, sometimes miscalled Alder
ney COW, is small animal, frequently not
weighing mpre than 600 pounds, very har-
dy, thriving both on little and coarse feed
and great pet among breeders who know
her good qualities. Her capacity for but
ter making is astonishing. Kept in tht
ordinary way, with no extra care or feed
200 pounds is not unusual, though tn,
WELD of nj X Is not great. The quality o
/ butter IS far superior to that from any 9th
er breed, and sells constantly and readily
in the markets of the great cities, for :,
cents anda dollar a pound. one of he
peculiarities is the long time she give
milk. A certain breeder who always drie,
his cows of before calving, found that h
could not do this with the jersey, and ha
to milk them to the day of dropping tn
calf One Of his cows never dried up q
all in three years, though she had tw
calves in that time.
The richness of the milk and the lon
time she continues to give it, more tina
compensates in my mind, for the large
quantities some other breeds give.
The jersey COW has been bred at HON
among an exceedingly poor people, and
the poor mans COW there. Here in th
United States, the breed is mostly in til
hands of the rich people and fancy farm
ers, and the prices are high, cows sellin
for 500 to $500. Lady Pigott, an artist,
cratic lady fancier of this breed, in En-!
land, paid s, 5OO-or 500 guineas, for vi
toria Regia, fancy COW, and she declar
that she was the most profitable amin
that ever was on her farm. For the dair
the jersey COW seems to be acknowledge
to be at the head of all the breeds, and V
should be pleased to know that some
them had been brought to our state !
the present time, we do not know of 81
gle animal of this breed in Iowa. If an
body else does, We should be glad to kno
how they succeed here.