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FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Allow for Contingencies.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Allow for Contingencies.
Many farmers who arc SO ambitious t.
succeed plow more work in the spring
than they arc able to accomplish during
the season. They ploW more land than
they can profitably cultivate. They get
behind in their work early in the season
and do not "catch up" till the close OF it.
They plow so much land that they are
late Iii sowing and planting, and as con.
seouence theY IRE late in cultivating and
harvesting. Weeds get the start Of crops
and keep it till the frost puts an end to
their growth. Farmers who are III debt,
those who have just commenced the
business, and those who have opened
new farms in the far West are especially
liable to lay oi1t too much work in the
spring. They are anxious to pay off
their obligations to- get start In life or
to make improvements, and see the ne
cessity of raising all they can. Their
ambition often causes them to undertake
fur more than they can perform.
Among the contingencies for which al
lowances must be made Is unfavOrable
weather. On an average there Is one
day in every week in which no work
can be done in the field on account OF
rain. After the rain there is ordinarily
another day In which the plow, cultiva-
tor and hoe cannot be used, for the rea-
son that the soil is not in Il condition to
be worked. Rainy weatheEis favorable
to the growth of weSdssandnjf they are
In advance of the crops It is difficult to
subdue them. a season rarely passes in
which the farm teatn Is in n condition To-
be worked all the entire time. The like
is true in reference to the man who llatk
dies the team. If work is constantly
driving on the farm the liability to sick
ness become greater. Hurry and anxiety
are not conducive to good health.
Overwork during warm weather is a
very frequent cause of sickness. Es-
pecially is this the case with men and
animals that have enjoyed a long season
of rest, or suspension of hard work.
Accidents are constantly happening to
farm implements and machinery, and it
is not always practical to get them re.
paired at the time they are wanted. 1t
is well to take all these contingencies
into account in estimating how much
land can be safely put under cultivation.
Attempting to cultivate more land than
one is able to attend to properly results
in crops small in amount and poor IN
quality. Inability to properly cultivate
land insures the growth of weeds, which
causes the soil to remain foul for many
years. The difference between the
maximum ard the minimum crops that
any soil is capable of producing is as
tonishing. In the same locality the
yield of corn per acre often varies from
twenty to one hundred bushels. The
former is the result Of poor, and the lat
ter of good tillage. To insure the hest
cultivation requires time to do work
properly at the season when it is de.
mahded. It is better, SO far us yield is
concerned, to cultivate 4 few acres we'll
than many poorly.-CAicago Times
Health Hints.
RELIEF FOR DYsPEPsIA.-Bun alum
until the moisture in it is evaporated;
then take as much as you can put on
II dime, about half an hour before eating.
Three or four days will probably answer;
but take it until cured.
TO REMOVE TAN.-I.emon juice used
freely upon the face at night, and per-
mitted to dry there, will be found after
a few applications to remove tan from
the features, though we consider. it q
matter of little Importance. Some ladies
are sensitive about the matter of tan, but
men should never be; it is becoming to
them.
'CRAMp M THE SroMAcf.-Opium and
other powerful remedies often fail to re-
lieve cramp in the stomach. Hot water,
sweetened with brown sugar and taken
freely, rarely fails to relieve this painful
trouble. Swift remedies are always the
most desirable, rs they do not disorganlze
the system or cause reaction.
RHEUMATISM L1NIa1ENr.-The follow
ing is an excellent liniment for rheuma-
tism: One tablespoonful of salt, halt
beef's gall, one ounce ammonia and four
ounces of alcohol mixed together; apply
to the parts affected. Rheumatism, like
headache, is not to be cured in all per-
sons by the same remedy, | know, but l
have great faith in the liniment given.
WEARING BELTs.-The evils arising
from comprising the chest and body in
early life are not confined to the female
sex. Schoolboys and youths constantly
practice the habit of binding up their
clothes about their bodies by means of a
belt frightened above the hips, instead of
wearing braces over. the shoulder. The
same objections apply to the belt rs to
the corset and tight lacing; it often in
duces hernia-rupture.
Household Hints.
THE K1TcHEN.-The kitchen should be
the sunniest, checriest spot in all the
house, for there the best hours of many
women's lives are spent, and the few
rlimpses OF The outdoor world they get
seem a 81. of fairy-land to be treasured
and dreamed over. To them the word
kitchen brings 4 weary sigh, and is
SYNONYMOUS with labor and toll that
amounts 10 drudaery. There are others
who look upon "our kitchen" with a
lingering Sondness for The very word.
1t IS to Them q pace of real enjoyment,
where clus,er The busiest and most useful
hours Of The day.
WASHING COLoRED HOsE.-First, they
should never, be soaped OF soaked. II
not too soiled. wash in almost cold water;
make a latiler Of good bar soap-white
is best-and in it dissolve u small piece
of alum. Use this dissolved soap in the
water, and rub ibe goods with the hands
as fur as possible. Put through two
waters, and rinse in Two more. A hand
full of salt or spoonful of vinegar in the
rinsing water he'll ps to brighten and hold
the colors. Wash only one article mt a
time, and that very quickly This is
good for colored muslin. calicops. linens