The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-02-03

The test Of a cows ability 70 produce
Finiik or butter, per day O week. isnot
without rs value, Init these are not 10
bc compared 70 tic all-lhe.year iii,
oitich leaves 10 doubt Of her real
powers
The North Dakota Republican says:
"llaage cattle are rapidly becoming
"a thing Of The past, and The stock
farmer may breathe easier. With The
constant cucroaclmeat ofhomesteadcr
and Tic Earn, he almost boandlcss
ranges and tllc days af vast herds are
surely numbered. I.iko tic Indian
sand Che Igilalo, they Win soon be-
come q Cling OF tho past"
A correspondent Of the Horse
Breeder gives Inc following mild
Treatment for warts. ~Satucate The
warta every few days wjth pure castor
oil, and they viii disappear leaving
tie surface as smooth as though they
wcrc never there We have known
Of several cases where warts were re-
moved from nc nose colts by sins
ply rubbing tllcm with lard ocea-
slooally.
A cares pendent Of the Chicago
Times says Tho breeders Of the
irottcr arc all striving toward goal
-tIat Is 70 send out horse Chat will
DC able 10 goa mile in two minutes,
rcasonhs, as they do. Oh Ike ultimate
showing up Of a horse that can carry
his speed for mile at The rate one
tpctfoaaRe, ut least, has gone 2
quarter"
InN"g is hcaulifsh farm Just back
q Ocean Springs, Aiississ,n 1yNREza.es
BY Parker Earle, wlo very Wiscfr!
allows no man on the place TO use a
whip on any Of tho sock. 1t is said
That there is but one old whip ON the
farm, probably a relic Of some other
owner, but the old whip Is not used,
md the farm docs well and the ami
nais work with will and never feel
.lc lash. Kindness can run anything,
wen Il farni-[ Sew Orleans Picayune.
A few sheep arc sometimes valna-
be in wheat growing, and for turning /
Dose in the orchard. where they viii +
lot only break mp and pack the soil
licelv, but destroy weeds and eat up
loxious insects. Their manure also
S flue for Tie orchard, butts especially
adapted to tho garden and all hocd
,rops. Sheep gaisiag needs encourage
nent III all parts Of tho country and
armcrs and farm land would be ines
imably benefited by il, There can
,e no loss, for early lambs are always
and wool win yield
small profit
An English horticulturist has the
blowing TO say about raspberlics;
Give rasp5eiTies rich deep soil
thoroughly worked before planting.
Do not crowd The rows together, let
he sunshine and air work in among
hcm freely to Strengthen and ripcn
Inc wood, and then it matters not how
much the canes are shortened, there
win be plenty of line fruit. In prac-.
Use where no training Is done, it is
found best 10 leave the canes about
hrec feet long, and for a namber of
years | worked two plantations, one
trained to wires, and the other left
without training; and was so con-
WINGED that as good results can be oh
ained on the free aud open system as
wing them in punches TO stakes, or
training them on fences Of wire, that
| cleared away the wires and stakes.
A correspondent frow Louise KY
10 ,he New York World gives the fol-
owing receipt for the soli tanning Of
skins; sIfiho skin Is dry first soak
it IN soft water. If green, il is all
ready to be treated. Next work or
an the flesh and grease with a dnll,
knife, then spflnklo II
thoroughly with salt and fold il care
fully, with lhc flesh side ln, and irt i'll
lie until ito next morning Them
wash on the sal and mako Z strong
soiNim Of alpa; pattllis on The aeshI
,ide aud RIB il wi,lllhe hands as hot
IS il can be hoTe; GsuJlc the skin
again and iayit away n q
cool place. Apply tha af'ta solutions
eycly day fora week aasl then dry iiI
ii The shade and work tl,e skin until
il SOFT 'rhis is for sinall SKINS WITH
Che flu aaChin skins ran 10 -
800,