The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-09
Hay Carpet Notes.

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Esq Carpet Notes.
A-good way to plan for the arrange
.ment.of the stripe m-yonr carpetso that
the different colors may be evenly dis
tritMted, is this: Reel each of the
bright colors into knots. and as you
know each knot contains eighty yards,
syop may calculate in this manner
Suppose you wish to make 20 yards Of
carpet sand have five knotsAor 400
sYards-of red; then yeu canlhavein each
yard threads Of red as many times rs %
is contained m400, or 16. Tile darker
or predominating colors may be estimat-
ed by the pound; but if q little study is
given tothequantity Of each color there
need be no odd-looking breadths in
which some ofsthe colors have run out.
Do notThhaye too many colors. Brown,
sgeeen, red a~ndorange, with some neu-
trail tints, harmonic we'll; but if you
add blue and yellow, they will give q
cheap, tawdry look to the carpet. Quite
. pretty bedroom carpet has been late
v made, without two c~olors-stripes of
gray md blue, each about five inches
wide. separated by~a few threads OF
black and white alternately. The blue
and the gray were both cotton; the blue
colored by the usual recipe for blue on
cotton, and the gray colored with tea
leaves, copperas being usedto set the
color. AS the furniture was painted
gray with blue decorations, and all the
little dainty appointments of the room
We're in the same color, it was q delight
to see that ever a-ragg-carpet could be
made to harmonic pleasantly with its
surroundings.
Another bedroom carpet that looked
very nice, was made entirely Of a dark
tan color and q bright copperas twisted
together. Both these carpets seem to
keep their cslor pretty well; but, Of
course. being Of cotton, they will fade
sooner than wooden.
1t hardly pays to color cotton green,
as green is the most expensive dye in
common use, and the money that's paid
for the dye will generally buy several
yards of new green calico Of a much
better color than you can make, while
the rags you have may be dyed some
cheaper color.
Old calico and wofsted dresses, even
If they are quite faded, always make q
pretty stripe without re-coloring; but
in winding such rags in a ball, it is
necessary to be careful to double the
threads together as they are wound, SO
that the outside, or least faded part,
will show the most.-Rural New Yorker.
Successive cropa Of Poultry.
Where labor is not too costly, or
where, as in a large family, no account
is made Of the labor of children, it is
possible to obtain a large income from q
Ecomparatively small flock offowls. This
is accomplished by raising successive
crops OF chickens during the season.
The first crop should be out Of the shell
by Feb. l, and the last installment by
June 10. We are speaking now of rails
ing chickens for market. The first
Matched will be ready for market by the
first of May, and the last by Thanks
giving. The old fowls should BIO dis
posed Of in Jnly, or as soon as theirser-
vices as layers and mothers can be dis.
pensed with. The successive broods
should bedisposed Of just as soon ms
they Will command o fair price. The
earliest will be in marketable condition
in from eight to twelve weeks. They
can never be more proitably disposed
OF tEan at that age, for as they increase
in size prices decline, ands 10 the extra
food bestowed on them is actually
thrown away.
By this method Of promptly dispos-
ing Of the chicks as they mature, the
premises do not become overstocked
and the soil Of the runs foul, as is the
case when large focks are kept through
out the season to be sold at the Holt
days. By selling off the old stock in
July the greatest possible profit is OBJ
tanned from them. After thisdate they
lay butfew eggs, begin to moult il, the
fall, and perhaps lay not q single egg
before winter. The extra poundor two
Q ffiesh they put on does not pay for
their keep. BY killing of all surplus
stock BY Thanksgiving the yards IRE
cleared ont, and opportunity is given
to feed and care well for the few that
are TO be kept oyer for next seasons
breeding. The extra care these few re-
ccive will induce early laying and
broodiness in the spring, and these two
points are essential to success.-Ameri-
can Poultr, Yard.
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Nyou mus marry, let common sense
have : show indie ~transackshun. Doan