The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08

were part of late litter, But they are good ones, and have never tasted any, thing but whey at l-2 cents per forty quart can, and skinned milk at 10 cents. together with the grass of heir pasture. ;,
 We went to the lower end of the mas. ture where it dipped down into a deep, narrow and grassy valley through which ran living brook.
 "Pure water, and lots of it, is another thing that is good for pigs.
 THEY LIKE TO LIE
 in it summers and drink it, when they choose. There's something about milk which makes pigs thirsty, and they ought to have fresh water where they can get at all times. This grass, skim- med milk and whey, with the windfalls from the apple trees in the pasture, make nice healthy pork. There is never anything lost by making live stock as comfortable and happy as possible" ]"
 (Which would you rather have to feed with grass considering your exper- fence, whey at 2 1-2 cents or skim med milk at 10 cents ?''
 "I have experimented with both, and, after long consideration, prefer the whey"
 "You say that you have raised your own fodder largely; what have you planted principally?'
 ''I usually have five or six acres oI corn. There is no crop that pays bette in New England. plant it three stalk in hill, hills IS inches by three and one
 half feet. usually buy a car load O |, more of cheap bran, and by Feeding thi , with home-raised corn 1 make it pay"
 On going into the house I was startle = by the familiar ring of a telephone = Scarcely crediting my senses, becaus ' the appearance of the thing was so ur
 looked for, 1 blurted out unceremonious
 ly,
 "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH A TELL
 PHONE?"
 n Stepping up to it with the easy acquait
 tance of a Wall street broker, Mir Hur
 called up a neighbor and made son
 brief inquiry before replying, then l. ,e said:
 l. "Why we have had telephone for
 years, and it seems like member of IL
 family. We would hardly know whs to do without it, and do not know Dt IT it pays for itself even at $60 per yea l. double what it used to be when we fir 5 put it in. A man who lives back as fi s- as do is made to feel more as if Twin m among folks if he has telephone. Fr le quently it is of service in learning of 'e death, in sending for doctor for son k afflicted neighbor, and in saving lon H. drives and consequent waste of time al IS rolling stock. Some years ago 1 trie l. buying cows. and was saved a gre; g many steps in this. At another time 's couldn't sell my tobacco for more than
 cents, but found man on the line wi I'd paid me 20 cents and came and got it. had three tons on hand and those extra 'e cents per pound netted me a handson y gain. At another time I learned of
 neighbor who had been offered only
 small price for his tobacco. The D. i(
 was too low, but he needed the mono 'o and felt that he must sell. gave him o- chance to do better. I bought and cast J. the crop and after holding it for a tim y made good profit.''
 y "You raise some tobacco then?" A. "Ies. I have a six-acre patch whe, i' I have raised as high as 4300 pounds It two years, but it does not pay as well { ls formerly"
 Everything about MT Hurd's extensiv o farm is neat and orderly. While grun i- blers say it is expensive to keep thing in order, it will generally be noticed tn. this is the condition of affairs about u 'o farm of successful farmer.- Hollistt It Sage in New York Weekly Tribune.