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DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

The real test of a COW is her perform
ance after the first three or four months
in milk.
A cow that is heated and worried
will not milk well, and her milk will
not make good butter.
4 COW with her first calf never milks
so we'll as with her third or fourth, and
so is improbable thus far
The worst enemies OF the dairy in
terest are those too ignorant or too
lazy to take the pains necessary to
make good butter.
Thoroughly wash the buttermilk out
of the butter as it comes into the churn
and the butter will not become rancid
so soon.
A large cow on the dairy farm is more
expensive to feed and adds to the cost of
the butter.-Prairie Farmer.
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FIG. 1.

grass borders, the sidewalks and the
driveway. 1t is sometimes necessary
to open new streets in village, and very
often the old ones can be somewhat re-
modelled in the matter of the four ele-
ments referred to. 1t is worth while,
therefore, to consider some of the re-
lations which these elements may prob
ably bear to one another.
With this design in view the cross
sections of village streets are given
herewith. The first shows upon the left
the lawn limit of abutting property,
which may be fence or plain turf. A
street without side fences is much SUI
perior in appearance to one having en-
closed lawns and front yards" A vii
lage improvement society can frequent
" do much to secure the Punishment of
these fences, if it goes about the matter
tactfully. Referring again to the cut,
the concrete walk is shown upon the
edge OF the street with a sloping stretch
of green grass down to the edge of the
roadway, the edge being well-made
gutter. In the middle of the stretch OF
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FIG. 2.

green grass is row of trees, this side
of the street being duplicated upon the
other side. The driveway is gently
rounded from side to side.
The second cut shows the same ar
rangement except that there is row
of trees between the sidewalk and the
lawn limit-a most pleasing addition.
and one that can readily be secured for
any village street. With such an ave
nue. of trees in full leaf the beauty OF
the street is very greatly enhanced
The third cut shows a cross section
which calls for wide street with a row.
Of trees through the center, fanked by
strip of green grass, with driveway
on either side. This calls for a wide
street, as I said, but this is readily 90
tanned when a new street is to be laid
out, while there are already in exist
ence many village streets that are sui
ficiently wide to admit the planting CT
this middle row of trees.
A street thus laid out is wonderfully
attractive and gives air of distinction
and elegance that could hardly be OBJ
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GOOD ROADS POINTERS.

A broad tired wagon doesn't hurt any
road.
Motor carriages require good roads
and good roads are good.
Poor drainage and narrow tires are
the chief road-destroyers-
Good roads and bad roads, their adj
vsntages and disadvantages" should be
a much discussed subject at farmers in
stitutes this winter.
In, France all carriages are taxed
Those with seats for one or two persons,
SO a year Tin round numbers); those
with seats for three, SIS, and for four.
$50; while bicycles and tricycles are
taxed So EACH
In France wagon tires are from three
TO ten inches wide, usually from four to
six. depending upon the weight of the
load. In Germany the law prescribes
that wagons for heavy loads must have
n width of tire of not less than four
inches
The roads of Europe are the growth
of a hundred years Napoleon began
those in France for military purposes,
those cs Germany largely grew cut OF
the same causes, while Italy had only
to keep up the ancient but splendid
highways of the early Roman con-
querors- In England good roads gen.
orally haze arisen in the last so years-
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GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

While mixed fertilizers can be used
to advantage with fruits, potash is more
essential than anything else.
In cutting limb from tree it Should
be cut as close to the body as possible.
making the cut a smooth one.
Of fruit trees, the best, and, in fact,
the only one that can be recommended
for shade along the roadside is tie
cherry
Peach trees growing near the house
where dish and wash water are usually
thrown out are long-liyed and free from
disease
Keep the ground moist and mellow by
frequent civilizations; it will help ma
terially 20 retain moisture near the sur
face during the summer.
One of the best ways of pruning fruit
trees is by rubbing off the buds ard
cutting off twigs as soon as possible
when it can be seen that they are not
needed.-St. Louis Republic.
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FIG 3.

tanned in any other way. A smooth con-
crete sidewalk, uniform throughout the
streets extent, is a prominent factor
in increasing the attractiveness of n
street. as is also the maintaining of
smooth strips of green grass by
the roadside. 1t would certainly pay
the inhabitants of a village in the
increased value of their property
to raise among themselves a small
sum annually, to be expended outside
the yearly highway expenditures of the
town or village corporation in what
might be termed aesthetic repairs-the
care of the trees, the greensward and
the keeping of smooth edges in the
driveway, turf and sidewalks. These
may be considered by some as small
things, but they are wonderfully eff
fective in increasing the beauty of
village streets.-Webb Donnell, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
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DEVICES FOR PRUNING.

Three Contrivances which Save Much
Labor and Annoyance.
Numerous have been the inventions
1<or enabling person to stand upon the
ground and prune small branches from
the tops of trees, or from other situa-
tons out of reach. Some of these ma
chimes work fairly well when the branch
as small and easily cut off, but they fail
more or less in the case of more serious
pruning, "A simple device is shown in
the engraving that is easily made at
home, and that will do good work, even
ifthe branch to be cut out is quite :arge.
1t is a square or round pole of any de-
sired length, of hard wood, with a mar
row, sharp little saw fitted into one end
of it. Such a saw can be made out of a
thin strip of steel, or piece of an old
marrow saw can be utilized. The other
saw figured is an ordinary handsaw.
with a portion of the back cut out, to
permit easy working where the space
for using a saw is limited. No one will
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A REAL NECESSITY.
Good Roads Are Necessary Wherever len
Wish to Prosper.

Good Roads Are Necessary Wherever Men
Wish to Prosper.
The matter of building good roads has
passed the state of mere agitation in
some states, and the work of construc-
ton has been commenced and with sat
isfactory results.
At the good roads congress recently
held in Atlanta the testimonials offered
regarding the actual money profit to
farms and other property along which
good roads have been built was aston
ishing. Farms that were slow sale three
years ago at a low price were readily
sold since rock roads have been built.
The payment for the road construction
is not due for years yet, and is then dis
tributed over a series of years, so that
the burden will be very light to the new
corners.
In states where there is not proper
legislation to further the building of
good, hard roads it is good time to
work on public opinion and push the
claims of good roads upon such legis-
latures as may be in session. Good
roads are needed. Good roads pay, and
good roads can be had, if all who should
win work for them.-Rurai World.
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off, she quoted down, and from that
date there was no trouble about flies in
our stable az milking time The device
illustrated answers so well that each
mixer has cover and never forgets to
use it.
The closed end practically keeps the
COW from switching her tail in manner
to annoy the mill>er, which prevents
many ugly things happening on wet
summer evening when the mixer might
contemplate attending prayer meeting
or his Christian Endeavor.
The presence of this cheap and easily
contrived affair beats tying a cows tail
TO ones boot strap or buttonhole all to
pieces, and we recommend /. to all dairy
men, and especially those who are en-
deavoring to lead a better life
If there are no large sacks of the de-
scription mentioned, take enough cof-
fee or fertilizer sacks (wash the latter)
and sew together. 1 would suggest
that a continuation of the robe would
cover the neck to the horns and be made
sloping to fit. Then the cow will stand
absolutely quiet, not having to throw
her head first one side then the other
to drive the flies from her neck and
sides. When done milking take the right
hand and reach to the neck and pull
the robe off at one sweep of the hand
toward the ear. A moments time Will
spread it over the next cow--George E.
Scott, in Ohio Farmer.
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GOOD INSEcTicIDE.
Directions for the U.s. of Tobacco Dust
for Destructive lAsscta

Directions for the U.s. of Tobacco Dust
for Destructive lAsscta
A reader asks me whether tobacco
dust should be applied 10 vines when
they are wet with dew OF when they
are dry. This moves me to say that the
tobacco dust, or the bone meal, or the
mixture of both, is not Intended as a
coating for the leaves, which would
make them poisonous or unpalatable,
but as covering for the soil, that will
make the atmosphere very uncomfort-
able for all insects and worms. like
to have the material remain dry and
dusty as long as possible. In that case
it has more thorough effect on bugs
and beetles that have hard shells. The
wet tobacco, or tobacco tea, or even
the fumes of wet tobacco, are very
unwholesome to the soft-bodied insects,
worms, etc. I find that cucumber
beetles do not like to work in dust,
ana least of all in tobacco dust. When
I put this latter inch deep ground melon
or cucumber plants, the yellow-striped
beetle promptly takes its departure and
will stay away as long as the tobacco
remains dusty or as long as it gives off
a strong tobacco smell.
Les me repeat, too, that this same
waste material is one of our best and
cheapest general insecticides. We can
use it both under glass and in open air.
Fly all means keep good supply of it
on hand. Possibly you can get sweep
Ings from near cigar factory, or you
may buy the material by the barrel
at about $3.50 or TIN ee dollars. 1t will
last you for years and help you to keep
the premises clear of the various pests
that prey upon your crops and animals.
l. you scatter tobacco dust by hand OF
| with bellows, over your lows of peas,
| just at nightfal1, you can kill the slugs
that are so often eating all the lower
foliage off and greatly damage the crop.
| Or is you dust it in the same way over
your currant and gooseberry bushes,
| when infested with worms, you will
| quickly see the worms disappear. In
| the same way You can quickly kill all
| the ieaf-eating worms and slugs on
your trees and bushes everywhere. The
| tent caterpillar and the fall web-worm.
and all other caterpillars on trees and
| plants, give up the ghost within few
minutes after coming in contact with
| tobacco dust. And besides all this, to-
| baccc dust is worth about what it costs
| as a fertilizer. We can also control,
in a measure, at least, the most I'M
| manageable pests of our gardens, name
| ly, the flea beetle and the cabbage mag
| got. But in order to make thorough
| work. in Kidding the plants of these
pests, we have to be very liberal in the
| use of the tobacco dust. For instance
if we throw a good, big handful into
the heart of the cabbage plant or cauli-
| flower plant, or on choice Seeding po-
tato, we may be quite sure that the flea
| beetles will leave, for n time at least
and if we apply the same quantity to
the stem of a cabbage Or caulif1owe1
plant, we may be sure the maggots will
not flourish there for awhile.-Practi-
cal Farmer.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BEAUrIFYING STREETS.

How the Attractiveness of Villages Can
Be Enhanced Greatly.
In city the individual usually has
no voice, except indirectly through his
ballot, in the identifying of the streets
or parks; but in village it is far other
wise. There he may do much by his own
individual efforts; he may exert a great
influence by friendly discussion, plan
ming and doing in association with his
immediate neighbors, or he may have a
much greater influence by working
through village improvement society.
The main point is to have the enthusi-
asm and the staying qualities that will
result in continued rather than spas
mOdic efforts.
One of the first things to be considered
in attempting to make a village more at
tractive is the Improvement in the looks
of the streets. There are at least four
elements that enter into the makeup
of handsome street.-the trees, the
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SCIENTIFIC DAIRYING.
The Kind of Men Who Make the keeping
of Cows Pay Well

The Kind OF Men Who Make the Keeping
of Cows Pay Well
At receAt convention of leading
dairymen ex-Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin,,
gave the following, which, we quote YER
batin:
AT the head of my list is man
named Mcpherson. Last year we paid
him IN cash 500 per head as the earn
ings of his cows and we returned him
his skim milk, for which we would
have paid him S12 per head more, as
investment of our own That made
his cows earn him $7E per head in cash.
Now, says one man, that was success.
Certainly. Right alongside of him is
another man who had the same OPP
portunity, with the same sky above
him, the same earth beneath him, the
same creamery behind him and the
same market ahead of him, and we
paid that man $40 per cow. The first
man had IS cows, the last man 20.
Where lay the difference of success
Was it in the heavens above or the earth
beneath? 1t lay in the b1ains and not
IN the hands. In other words. the first
man produced milk intelligently and
made money; the second, carelessly
and shiftlessly, and lost 35 per head,
CT S70O.''
NOW tnlS is luIenSf1ou. Sc1en I1Hc ana
successful dairying. These dairymen
study their cows, they study their food
TO obtain the best results. They rec
ognize the fact that the cow is ma
chine and they carefully study that
machine until they understand its pc
Culiarities, its capabilities. it's delicate
constituencies, and then intelligently
and carefully they run the machine
for all it is worth. These dairymen,
and others whom I might mention,
are all working along the advanced
lines of which have spoken They are
producing large quantity of milk and
also reducing the cost of production to
a minimum They have learned that
they cannot receive one cent of profit
until they can produce milk above the
cost of production. In order to do this
they take the best of care of their
herds, feed the very best rations for
this purpose, and the result is large
increase and a large profit.
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ARSENATE OF LEAD.
A New Ensecticide Used with Great Sue
cess in Massachusetts.

A New tnsecticide Used with Great Sue
cess in Massachusetts.
This new ;nsecticide has been quite
generally used by the Massachusetts,
gypsy moth commission for the eN-
termination of the gypsy moth. but ex
perlmentS on various trees, SHRUBS and
plants well as insects have been made
incidentally in connection with the
work of the gypsy moth commission.
AT the recent meeting of the Massachu-
sets fruit growers association, Mr..
Meyer, CT the gypsy moth commission.
expressed the opinion that arsenate of
lead will soon take the place of paris
green, as the lead mixture does not burn
foliage. Mr.. Meyer reported having
sprayed nearly every shrub native to
Massachusetts, and with no injurious re-
suits. No evil effects have been observed
by thoroughly spraying the peach,
whose foliage is so tender paris green
often has serious burning effect. In all
cases the arsenate of lead mixture has
proven destructive to insect life. Being
mixed with glucose, it adneres to foliage
so that one spraying is usually sufficient
for a season. If buds are sprayed before
the fruit forms, fruit will be uninjured.
To prepare the mixture, put IL ounces
acetate of lead and ounces arsenate
of soda il a Eogshead containing $50
gallons of water. These substances
quickly dissolve and form arsenate of
lead, fine white powder which remains
in suspension in the water. by adding
glucose or molasses. quarts to each $50
gallons OF water, the insecticide adheres
throughout the season to the foliage,
even through quite heavy rains. Ar
senate of soda sells at wholesale at 8
cents per pound and acetate of lead At
IL cents in 25 pound quantities These
two chemicals are strong poison, as is
paris green.-Farm and Home.
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FREIBURG BLACK SPOTTED BULL.
more or less inferior to the pure orig
inal race. AS principle, cross-breed-
ing has failed in Switzerland, and the
best results have always been obtained
from ir-breeding from the pure orig
inal stock.
Of these minor spotted breeds the
only one that deserves notice here is the
Freiburg, which originated in the can
ton of that name. and is still bred there
in great purity, although even there il
is gradually giving way in the best
herds to the light colored Saanen and
Simmenthal variety.
The distinctive mark of the Freiburg
cattle is found in the fact that their
spots ere black. Many examples are
seen in which the entire animal is
black, except perhaps the head and a
stripe under the belly. 1t is fully as
heavy as it's Bernese rival, but has
larger, heavier bones, coarser flesh, and
is in other respects inferior to it in the
technical points that characterize per-
feet stock. AS working animals and as
mixers the Freiburgers rank next to
the BerneSe.
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Timber from Roadside Trees.

The scattering trees that grow up by
the roadsides and in fence corners are
usually much tougher wood than trees
of the same variety that grew in the
original forest Exposure to sunlight
and severe winds is what toughens the
fbers of SUCH trees Oaks and hickoriea
that have grown up in this way are es-
pecially valuable, as they are mostly
valued for their toughness. 1t will pay
farmers who have such timber to make
inquiries, and with little trouble they
can probably find a good market for 1t.
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THE COLOR OF CORN.
White Varieties Make Larger Yields Than
the Yellow Kinds.

White Varieties Make Larger Yields Than
the Yellow Kinds.
During the past two or three years
there has been more or less discussion
with respect to the influence of color
upon the yield of corn. At the various
experiment stations in the corn-grow-
ing states there have been something
like L 300 tests with nearly 500 varieties.
in which the relation of color to yield
has been observed. The general ay-
erage of all these tests shows that she
white varieties make larger yield by
about 21a bushels than the yellow va
rieties. At six out of seven stations
the highest yielder was the white va
riety, and of the IS varieties named as
giving the best yields at the different
stations "a were white and only seven
were yellow, the others being red This
does not mean that every white variety
is better than every yellow one, but It
does afford ground for the belief that on
the average white corn is more pro.
life With respect to feeding value.
there is from the standpoint of scientific
analysis no difference between white
and yellow corn, but on this point chem
istry is at variance with the opinions Of
good many practical feeders--Fafna-
ers' Union.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
PROTECTION FOR COWS.

HOw an Ohio Farm Hand Robbed Milk-
ing Time of It's TerrorA
A smart, practical fellow who worked
for me three years dropped onto the de-
vice which appears in this article. 1t
was during e time when flies were eN-
tremely bad that this fellow, who
thought to save both his head and his
shins, hunted up one of those immense
oat dust sacks from the cat mills, and
ripping down one side, threw the affair
over the back of the COW with the closed
end over her rear and pulling its length
well over her shoulders, SO that the en-
tire body was covered.
For a few minutes the COW struggled
with her tail in vain effort to use it over
his defenseless head, as she had got in
the habit of doing, flies or no flies. On
finding that there were no flies to brush
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So -<SEN

SERvICEABLE PRUNING TOOLS.
realize until he uses saw how much of
n convenience it is in this shape. The
other device is for use in cutting out
blackberry and raspberry canes. A thin
ssoit of steel, or scythe point bent into
the proper shape by blacksmith, is
firmly fastened to a short wooden han
die With stout buckskin or calfslxin
glove, or mitten, upon the left hand and
this implement in the right, one is well
equipped to rapidly remove all unde-
.sirable canes from the blackberry and
raspberry rowS.-Orange Judd Farmer
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system in Road Repairing.

Keeping up repairs at the proper
level will continually shape the road
bed, and one load of gravel will do the
work of more than ten loads as hereto
fore dumped in the center. The usual
custom upon well-kept roads is the con-
slant employment of one man with
tools and wheelbarrow or hand cart. at
;SI-25 per ay-calculating the working
days possible in a year as a4o days-to
every five miles of pike.-Dayto CO.,
Herald.
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1t is reported that the Germans, who
recently made heavy purchases of Amer
lean apples, intend to use this fruit in
in the manufacture of champagne by
an entirely new and secret process.
Whether this be true or not, the Amer
lean apple is gaining firm foothold in
European markets.
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FREIBURG CATTLE.

A Dairy Breed Which Is Very Popular in
Southern Germany.
This is Il Swiss breed. The United
States consular report says of it:
There are several off-shoot breeds de-
rived from the pure Bernese, known
as the Freiburg, the Frutiger, the Illie-
and Ormond breeds, but they are all
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THE CROP ASSURED.

cheese cloth. The edges may be held
down by drawing dirt on them. Such
protection is better than boxes, as it
lets in air and sunlight. The frames
can be kept for use from year to year.
Farm and Home.
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1t is claimed that gilt-edge butter
cannot be made from the milk of cows
that are fec largely upon cotton seed
meal
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INSECT DESTRUCTION.
A Simple Device Which VIII Prevent II
Most Ef7ectuaIIy.

IHOSG IlHeCtuaIIy-
Gardeners are often pestered by small
insects eating young plants. To pre-
vent the destruction, nail two half
hoops together at the center and
sharpen the ends. Press the end into
the ground over the plants and throw
ever them cotton mosquito netting or