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off by means of faucet, or it may be
dipped from the tank Gig. 81 into the
cans. Movable steps Gig. - are needed
for an extra high frame, and any small
boy can pour milk into the strainer-cov-
cred funnel and dip it into cans when
milking is over. Stand it out of reach
of flying cbaff and odors. Set the milk
in spring rather than on ice the
nights milk all night, the mornings
an hour or more, as convenient. A
spring, sheltered from the sun by a rude
board house, or only shaded by trees. is
better than any ice house. Sink tub
or box into the spring or running
stream; or scoop it wider and wall it
around with stone, not too deep for the
cans to rest firmly on the founda ton of
stone. Where a spring is not available
ice water is substitute. Ice carried in
the milk cart, wedged between cans,
helps ward off complaints of sour milk.
Tin covers or shoppers Gig. ~, with
chimneys having perforated sides, are
Indispensable. Rinse both can and cover
with lime water, strained, after wash
ing. = L. l. Trott, in Orange Judd
Farmer
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Keep the Cow. Clean.

The skin of an animal is an active eN-
GREETING agent, and large quantity of
foul matter is thus removed by it from
the blood. All this matter will dry on
the skin, and if, not removed frequently
will cover it and clog the numerous
pores by which the effete matter es-
capes- This dried matter is most cas-
lily loosened by the card made of fine
wires and acting like a comb, and n
stiff brush then completes the cleans
ing of the skin by removing these loos-
ened scales. Besides, the skin is con-
tinually changing, scales of dried It's
sue loosening in the form of dandrh.
while the new tissue is formed under
them 1t is in this way that in time the
whole of the skin is renewed. All this
dead and impure matter acts as a fer
ment ON milk and will cause 1T to sour
or take on an unpleasant odor very
quickly. Thus it is not only necessary
to keep the cows clean but to remose
this matter from the skin before each
milking by the use of a card and brush.
Prairie Farmer.
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The Farm-Home Lawn.

There are but few things which, at
sman expense, add so much to the ap-
pearance of a farm-home as well-kept
lawn. In order that it may aid mate
rally in identifying the place, it is not
necessary that the lawn be either large
in area or elaborate in design. 1t may
be very small and very simple, yet if it
is kept clean, and the grass short and
even, it will greatly add to the attrac-
tiyeness of the home to which it be-
longs. Such a lawn almost any farmer
can have simply by taking care of it.
The beauty of the lawn itself, to say
nothing of the improved appearance of
the farm, will pay most literally for the
little time and labor required to keep
it in good condition.-RuralW World.
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been cultivated in truck and potators.
1t requires some care to pass the trees
without injuring them, but they will
very quickly repay this extra attention.
Each spring, about the time the leaves
begin to put out, the trunks and larger
branches are: thoroughly washed with a
strong suds made from soft soap, using
a soft rag to apply it. 1t keeps the bark
healthy and almost as smooth and
glossy as that of the tender last years
shoots. These orchards are now seven
years old, and in this particular one
several trees have been lost, in spite of
the extremely dry summers, though I
know OF one orchard which has but ~
trees left and none of those of value
Orange Judd Farmer.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
HANDY MILK COOLER.

Every Ingenious Dairyman Can Easily
Make One at Home.
It is essential that milkmen cool their
milk before it leaves the farm, and if
it be air-cooled it will keep longer and
win a better name. A cooler of home
manufacture Gig 81 is wooden frame,
six or seven feet in height. The separate
sides Gig. p may be made of four
strips, with as many crosspieces as nee
essary for stability Gig H. A sight
unevenness of structure will not affect
it's usefulness if it but stand firm. The
funnel Gig. -, over which a cheese
cloth strainer of many thicknesses is
hung, rests in the aperture at the top
"a b d.. Cleats of wood are nailed on
three inner sides e. b and j in Fig.
p of the frame to hold the tank which
clears the floor several inches, or even
foot, according to the height Of the
frame. Thus the milk is given fall of
two or three feet. The fourth side % is
left open to admit the tank, which has
faring rim, or double strip of tin
riveted around it's upper edge, to catch
on the cleats. The milk may be drawn
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deep, as shown in the cut. OF course the
ice box must have tight metal floor.
sloped to carry away the water through
a pipe soldered in at one corner. The
other side of the ice box extends to
within ten inches of the ceiling. The
current of air is indicated by the ar
rows. This permits the cold air to drop
down behind the shelves and pass over
the butter. If it becomes warm it rises
TO the ceiling, finds its way into the ice
box and, after being chilled, again de-
scendS.
To prevent the ice falling over the
-eight-inch side there should be some
stats arranged so as to throw any drip
back into the pan. To regulate the
temperature hang ten-inch board in
such a way that the ice box may be
closed. or partly closed. tc retard circu-
lation. Our refrigerator has an inn
Provement rarely seen it is lighted.
The window consists of two sashes,
with a dead air space between.-D. +.
Clark, Butterma>er for the Williams
burg Creamery, in Farm journal.
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ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

a moss-covered tree cannot remain
healthy.
1t is mistake to set fruit trees in
the garden.
MOSS on tree affords hiding place
for insects.
An application of whitewash is good
TO remove moss.
As soon as the apples begin to fall
from the trees it will be good plan to
turn the hogs into the orchard.
With raspberries and blackberries all
canes that grow outside the direct line
of the rows should be treated as weeds.
A good rule in pruning is to cut all
dead or disabled wood and every branch
that starts out where it is not wanted
as soon seen.
The growing canes of raspberries and
blackberries do better if they are kept
from becoming too tall. as they are
usually inclined to do.
Trees should be SO pruned while
young that the necessity for cutting of
large limbs will be avoided.-St. Louis
Republic
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HOW PEANUTS GROW.

Some Interesting Facts Which Arc Not
Generally Known.
All boys, and good many of their
sisters, are fond of peanuts. Every
body knows that no circus is com
plete without them, but probably not
many boys, nor girls either, know just
how they grow. says the New York
Times. The peanut is supposed to be
native of Africa, where it forms the
chief food of certain regions, but it is
found, too, in South America and Eu-
rope, the species varying slightly in
the different countries. Here in the
United States it is cultivated chiefly in
Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes-
see. The seed planted is the meat
kernel, and care is taken not to break
the skins. The plant grows like a
vine,' and the nuts hang on to it like
yea pods. A single vine will, it is esti-
mated, produce about 100 nuts if it is
of the average good condition. At this
rate the yield per acre is 40 bushels.
Three varieties of these nuts are grown
there-the white, red and the Spanish.
They are readily distinguished, as they
Fave individual characteristics. The
next time you eat a peanut with two
kernels very white, with pink skins,
you Will know it is of the white
variety, which is the most important.
The shell of the red nut sometimes
holds three or four dark kernels. and its
skin is of a decidedly dark red, SO you
cannot mistake that; while the Spanish
nut is so much smaller, with lighter
skin than either of the others, that it
will not be mistaken for either. Nearly
5000 900 bushels of peanuts are used in
this country every year.
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DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

One of the principal causes of butter
becoming rancid is the buttermilk con-
tanned in it.
With good management a butter
farm should grow richer and richer. A
ton of butter removes only about so
cents worth of fertilizing elements.
Everyone that buys milk for family
use ought to get that which contains
four per cent of fat. But much of the
milk delivered to customers only shows
three per cent.
If the butter comes too hard for work
ing and sailing, because of the low tenn
perature at which it was churned, you
can easily and quickly remedy it by
warming the washing water.
One of the important items in MAX
ing dairying most profitable is to weed
out all improbable parts. The average
farmer ;annot afford to fool with cows
THAT do not have at least some desirable
quality.
Do not stop feeding the dairy COW as
soon as she goes dry. Give her enough
good food to steadily maintain a fair
condition of flesh, and she will be all
the better mixer when she comes fresh
again. If she is allowed to get thin in
flesh, it will cost something to bring her
up again.
If but one or two cows are MIXED it
is not inconvenient to feed grain at
milking time, but with herd it is very
troublesome. Some cows will not ''give
down" except when eating a palatable
mess. This is the fault of the trainer,
and is bad state of affairs. But, like
all habits, there are ways of breaking it.
To buy just the cows you want is too
expensive and hard to accomplish. Bet
ter raise them on the farm. Procure the
the best mixers you can for n founda-
ton, and then buy the best full-blooded
butter sire you can find Let him be at
least two years old, and he will serve
your purpose for four or five years
Colman's Rural World.
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HOW TO CURE RuTS.
."Don't Make EN-" Is the Sage Advice
of Farmer Harrison.

.'Don't Make EN-" Is the Sage Advice
of Farmer Harrison.
Don't make 'em" is the sage advice
of Farmer Harrison" Mr.. Harrison is
postmaster at Asbury Park, and poll
tician of no ordinary ability. He is a
farmer of wide experience-oneo of those
wide-visioned men who can look farther
than the width of any farm, and in
looking sees things. His road talks are
effective because they are earnest, ADD
he holds the attention of an audience
by his unique and homely manner of
expressing his ideas. He is secretary
of the national road conference, and q
man who is in demand at all meetings
where the road question is discussed
We have all seen in some parts of the
country horses driven "wide,' i. e.,
they are hitched with long double
tree" and ''neck-yoke," the object being
to keep out of the ruts." Mr.. Harrison
tells it something like this: "Thc horse
isn't a fool, though the driver some
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PRIVATE CUSTOMERS.
why Mrs. lockwood Prefers Their Trade
Store business.

Why Mrs lockwood Prefers Their Trade
to Store business
I have heard complaints from some
who have tried furnishing butter to pri-
waite customers. They say their Gus
toners are over particular and given to
fault finding. In short, that it is more
trouble to cater to their tastes than the
butter is worth In all my experience
1 have not had the least trouble in this
respect. Our customers all understand
the: if a any time crock of butter does
not suit they are expected to return it
at our expense and it will be replaced
by another. 1 think it is no more than
right that person paying such price
for butter should get what they want.
and have found none who are any more
eNacting than L should be under the cir
'cumstances. / may have been partic-
ularly fortunate in obtaining unusually
desirable customers. but certainly
there is no fault or complaint. In our
correspondence year after year, I have
ever received most courteous treatment
from both men and women. There has
been nothing which would indicate the
difference, socially speaking. between
the wealthy patron and the poor
farmers wife, who supplies them with
their dairy butter. We take great pains
w Tile JULIET lOOh Hchly anu, dl-
though butter in a crock does not APP
pear to the eye in the way. that printed
butter does, some difference is discefni-
fle even there. 1t is the practice of
some butter-makers TO tie bits of old
muslin over the butter. This is alto
gether too suggestive of it's former
period cf usefulness to please the fas-
tidious person. 1t is better to buy
parchment paper, which comes cut in
circles u fit the different sizes of crooks,
for this purpose. Pack the crock full
to overf.owing, then with piece of wire
cut off the butter directly at the top
edge of the crock. Remove the surplus,
place circle of the parchment over it
and smooth down and see how neat it
looks. In summer sprinkle q layer
Of fine salt over the top to prevent the
heat from melting the butter and soil
ing the paper. We buy new light yell
low paper to tie over the outside and
think it looks much better than old
newspapers. The name and address was
formerly written on an express tag and
tied to the crock, but our express agent
favors writing it upon the top with pen
and ink, as the tags are liable to get torn
off N transit Always give full weight.
and little more if anything. When you
arc getting big price for butter you
can afford to be generous.-Mrs. E. e.
lockwood, in Farmers Review.
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A MARKED ADVANCE.


average
1t Was . Few Years Ago.
At a recent public meeting not far
from here a good dominic, rising to
speak, prefaced his remarks by saying
that there ought to be added to the
litany an appeal like this: From lum-
bago and newly worked roads, good
Lord, deliver u.s." Riding over the
country at this season of the year the
wayfaring man may well Join the
brother in this earnest petition; and
if power could be given to the horse to
speak as did that patient animal of sa-
cred history in Balaam's time such q
chorus would arise as would disturb
the dreams of the would-be legislators
who play with the question of good
roads at our state capitals every win
ter, and arouse them to better sense
of their duty in this respect than seems
to have impressed itself upon them as
yet.
Still. it is far cry from the old way
of working the roads with the plows
and old-fashioned scraper to the mod
ern well-made road machine. Save in
some of the districts where men still
declare that there is no true way to
improve the roads except to turn up the
mud and stones aong the side and haul
them into the track with a scraper,
there certainly has been marked adj
vance within the last few years. 1t is
true we have not yet learned to use the
road machine as it should be used. It's
capabilities are not at present fully un-
derstood by all. A frst-class machine
in the hands of a good man will certain
ly make a good road. 1t is not all of
roadmaking, however, to haul dirt.
clods and stones into the highway.
The machine must be followed up close
ly by men with rakes to remove all loose
stones, and they by teams to draw all
these away. When thus made smooth,
if the pike be made wide enough, the
result will be much better road
The use of gravel is also growing in
favor Some of our worst pieces Of
road have been greatly improved by
this means. The intelligent overscer
will study his beat and the available
material, then act accordingly. Road
making is an art just as much as that
of building railways. When we come
to understand this, and that the better
our roads are the more valuable our
lands, there will be less killing time
when the season of the year comes to
work out our tax. It is for the interest
of everybody to have good roads. We
all use them and ought to take pride
in maintaining them. But if we will
not, and it seems to be fact that some
men can never be coaXed into looking
out for their own interests in this mat
ter, nor any other, in fact, then I am
in favor of giving the roads over to the
state, SO that everybody may be COM
PEELED to do his fair share toward
keeping them up. / believe that the
money system is the best of all. There
might be some little jar were it intro
duced at once; but that would soon
pass away and in a short time none of
us would be ready to go back to the old
way.-E. L. Vincent, in N. Y. Tribune.
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convenient plan is shown in the cut.
Two frames of inch-by-two-inch stuff.
of equal size, are covered with wire
mosquito netting. On one the fruit in
spread evenly and thinly, while the
other serves as a cover, the whole rest
ing on saw-horse frame, or upon four
stakes driven into the ground with
cross-piecess nailed to the tops. The
air thus circulates up through the
fruit, while flies and other insects have
no chance to soil it,. Two strips can be
nailed across the bottom to support
the weight upon it, if needed.-Ameri-
can Gardening.
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TRAINING FRUIT TREES.

Effective Combination Of Espalier and
Pyramid Seen In Belgium.
A correspondent of the London
weekly called Gardening illustrated
writes as below:
We might learn q lesson from tho
foreigner in the matter of training
fruit trees on wires, as well as in the
utilizing of what may be termed waste
places; by the sides of the railways.
The annexed cut shows a combination
of espalier and Pyramidal training
which might with advantage be adopt
ed in English gardens. If planted
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Have plants intelligence? Do they
ever think? These are interesting ques-
lions that would have to be answered
by the statement of an observer of th..
ways of pumpkins and melons: plants
often exhibit something very much
like intelligence. If bucket of water.
during a dry season, be placed a few
inches from a growing pumpkin or
melon vine, the latter will turn from
it's course and in day or two will get
one of its leaves in the water We do
not vouch for the truth of this, but it
might make an interesting experiment
for this summer.-Rural World
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Observation-Disclosures
A SECURE COOLER.

I1ow to Construct a Dairy Refrigerator
satisfactory In Every Way.
The essential for good refrigerator
Is dry air and a low and even temper
.ature If the ice box is placed right
there will be constant circulation of
air in the cooler that Will keep it dry
and cold when iced. The shelves in our
cooler are under the ice box and here
butter and ice occupy one end OF the
room. Between the ice box and the
side of the room is a space of ten inches,
and here the box is but eight inches
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FARMER HARRIsoN's IDEA

times is. The horse usually has horse
sense He knows better than to walk
in rut. Now if the horses are tspread'
that they must travel directly in
front of the wagon wheels, then, of
course, if the horse keeps out of the
-uts himself, the wheels will keep out
of them, and the result, if all horses
were so hitched, would be to prevent
the making of ruts''
We most heartily indorse this plain
and obvious solution of the ru. prob
lem.-Good Roads.
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FOR DRYING FRUIT.

Description of an Economical Way of Cur.
ing Green Fruit.
Sun-dried fruit has flavor that can
not be approached by the evaporated.
sulphur-bleacheda article. Besides, sun
drying is the most economical plan for
curing green fruit, where but small
quantities are prepared annually. Fruit
exposed to the sun and air should, how
ever, be protected from the flies. A
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by the sides of the walks, the pyramids
might he trained over, and so forw
arches This would be a most interest
ing way of growing fruit trees, espe>
ciaiy pears and apples-planting APP
pies to train on the wires (eSpaliers).
and the pears to form the pyramids.
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Dairying is like any other business;
it must have certain requisites as CAPT,
tai to work with Among these ara
good cows, good feed and a good feeder.
These three make a whole team that
win pull the profit out. if there is any.
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found in the orchard from which it is
taken, though the larger Gig. - is
more nearly representative than the
smaller Gig. y. The tenants on five
adjoining farms owned by one man were
furnished with hundred or more trees
to the farm. Thus the trees were all
planted at the same time, in similar soil,
and from the same lot OF trees, so that
the only difference must come as di-
rect result of the planting and after
care received. In the best one of these
orchards there was no stinting in dig
cling the holes. The roots were care
fully spread and the soil mixed with
stable manure, firmly packed about
them. Every winter the ground has
been covered with manure taken directly
from the stable, a few extra forkfuls
being thrown close about each tree,
and during the summer the sol. has
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By planting few fruit trees of dir
ferent varieties every year the orchard
need never grow old, and supply Of
fruit may be always Aept up.
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A large percentage of the butter fat
is lost when it comes to churning, if the
cream gets too sour.
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To get the full benefit of mulching il
should be done early and well.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
CARE OF ORCHARDS.

Two Pictures which Are FAS More Flo
quent Than Words
The accompanying illustra tons, en-
graved from photographs taken at the
same distance so as to preserve the ex-
act relative proportions of each. tell the
whole story of the difference between
care and neglect of a young orchard
Each of these trees is the best--nor q
representative, but the best tree to be
New-York tribune., 1896-05-05
FRESH AIR FOR THE POOR.

The fresh-air work OF the Association for In.
proving the Condition OF the Poor Will soon bsga
for the season Of 1896 1t is the endeavo Of IL
association TO enable the mothers and children
particularly those suffering from disease and ~
covering from Illness TO secure the benefit Of pun
air and sunl ght-essentials of health which csnnd
Be obtained in the tenements. The single days
outing has often restored 10 health q person vhe
@ouli without il have become a charge to h
family and later to the community. while tlr'
nights stay at the home at the critical perod
convalescence has saved many u life.
The ocean parties limited this year 10 ~ Vi
go down three Zines a week 10 the associatoat
homes at West Coney Island Last year the Fn
vas extended by means OF trained nurx VI
kinlergartner and the importance OF theseH =
vic,s was such that the Two departments wihA
continued.
second extension OF the work for 1896 VIII y
what may be termed the department OF 700
economy which will be pres 1ed over by coz
petent person. who will show the girls and u
women by daily object lessons how to prepafs
nutritious food economically for both well ana
sick persons The instruction will be carried On
without textbooks. and will depend largely on M tns
tact and personality OF ne teacher ice xnsSr an
jects and insect life around. and from tnese tan.
a DEPRESSION is made to human physiology, ~aI
and means Of keeping the body in health DEM
suggested.
Fffty dollars names a room at the Home for Con
valescent Children. s25 names bed FOR the enuIv
summer and so Will support child for four week
at the home. Checks can be made payao!e !"
or TO w. II. Tolman. general agent. No iS East
TWenty-secOnl-s