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the spring article. The earlier lambs
can be sold in the large city markets
the higher the price. In killing, cut
the throat, making as large an insertion
as possible, but be certain that the
large artery is severed. The lamb
should then be hung up by the heels
in order to bleed thoroughly and avoid
soiling the wool about the neck or head.
III dressing early lambs, cut them open
only from the tail to the breast bone,
but as the weather becomes warm, ii
is best to cut down to the head. Re
move the entrails, leaving in the haslet.
The head, feet and skin should all be
left on. Skin the hind legs and draw
the caul over them and well down over
the kidneys, securing it with skewers.
Slit the caul sufficiently to let the kid
neys through, and put Inv what are
known as back-sets OF spreaders. These
are pieces of wood about IA inches long
for an ordinary sized carcass and point
ed at both ends. Be careful that the
backsets are not too long, or there is
| danger of breaking the ribs and i'll
juring the appearance of the lamb.
III putting them in, fasten one end IN
the flank and the other in the breast
close up to the first rib, and place the
| other stick in an opposite direction, SO
that the sticks cross in the back just be-
hind the kidneys so as to open the car
caSs in such a way as to present good
appearance, making it as fat as pos
sible.
Let the carcass hang until perfectly
| cool, and before taking down see that
all the bloody liquid has been removed
from the chest. Replace the skin on
the hind legs, cover the exposed por-
tions of the flesh with clean white mus
lin and sew the whole carcass up neat
| ly in burlap or bagging. The accom-
panying illustration from the Cornell
station shows the appearance it should
present. Mark the package plainly
with the names of the shipper and
| the firm to whom it is sent, and ship by
express. Notify the consignee by mail.
IN. Y. World.
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OATS AND ANTHRAX.
Interesting Decision Recently Rendered
by an English Court.

Interesting Decision Recently Rendered
by an English Court.
A case of much interest to farmers
has been decided in one of the Eng
lish courts. The plaintiffs sued to re-
cover the price of certain oats. The
defendant denied liability on the
ground that the oats had contained the
germs of anthrax, which had caused
the disease to break out in his stables
and led to the loss of so horses. Some
of these were covered by insurance,
but he counter-claimed in respect to
the others. Several corn dealers who
had bought some of the oars in ques-
ton from the plaintiffs, mixed and un-
mixed, and sold them again said they
had received no complaints concerning
them. An expert veterinary surgeon
said the oats had considerable GUAM
tity of dirt in them, and should not
have been fed to horses without being
screened. He thought it possible that
winnowing the oats would have got
rid of the bacllli, as it was possible, if
there were any spores, they were all
on the surface. He thought there was
room to doubt that the oats in question
caused the horses to die. The jury
found that the goods were unmer-
charitable by reason of latent germs of
anthrax in them when they were first
delivered to the defendant; that the
defendant had not been guilty of neg
ligence in not having cleaned them,
but that he had been SO guilty by rea-
son of not taking the order of a second
supply of the oats off the file. Judg-
ment was given for the plaintiff for
S11O, the value of the second lot of oats
supplied, and for the defendant for
81 400, the value of IL horses which
died in consequence of the first de-
livery.
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CONCRETE STABLE FLOORS.
How They Add to the Fertilizing Value
of Manure.

How They Add to the Fertilizing Value
of Manure.
Some one has said that you can't
abstract fertility through a concrete
floor. It is true. Drainage away
from manure pile indicates lack of
Drainage. 1t is hard for some farmers
to understand that the liquid manure
contains all the digested portions of
the food that are passed by the animal.
These digestible parts are soluble, and
not only quickest in their action as
plant food, but easiest to run away if
not jailed by concrete floor. AS DIR.
Young says, any place that is to hold
manure should be foored with con-
crete if possible. 1T is wise provi-
sion Of nature" says the Rural New
Yorker, that man has this power Of
grinding up concrete, and then mold
ing it to suit his will into artificial
stone to cover any desired surface with
a watertight covering. This wonder
full action is as useful in itsway as is the
chemical action of fire. 1t is one OF
the things placed in our hands with
which to prevent loss, and there ere
few losses so serious to the farmer as
the loss of fertility. With concrete
floors and plaster for an absorbent, we
may add much to the value of manure,
not alone by saving the fertilizing raj
ne of the liquids, but by retaining
moisture in the pile"
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HAS DIETETIc VALUE.
Honey Is the Most Easily Digested Article
of Food Known.

OF EOOQ hnOWns
Probably most people consider hon
ey as the equal in value for food of any
sweet sauce-no better, no worse. All
should know that 1t possesses one great
superiority-ease of digestion. The
nectar of flowers is almost wholly cane
sugar. The secretlons added by the
bees change this to grape sugar, and
SO prepare it that it is almost ready for
assimilation without any effort on the
part of the stomach; in fact, Prof. A.
j. Cook once styled honey "digested
nectar" 1t will be readily seen that
honey is very desirable food for those
with weakened digestive powers. If
person is very tired, too exhausted
to eat" it is astonishing how few
tastes of honey will act almost like
magic. Almost no effort is required to
make it ready for assimilation. Per-
sons suffering from some forms of kid
ney trouble will find that honey is a
much more beneficial food for them
than is cane sugar.
In eating comb honey many strive to
reject every particle of wax, fearing
that, as wax is indigestible, nightmare
and other troublesome consequences
viii follow en- indulgence in warm bis
cult and honey. 1t is true that bread
is more easily digested than warm bis
cult, as the latter is inclined to "pack"
in chewing, but it may surprise some
to know that comb honey is really an
aid to the digestion of hot bread or
biscuit. The philosophy of the matter
is that the flakes of wax prevent the
packing" while the honey readily
dissolves out, leaving passages for the
gastric juice to enter the mass of food.
The flakes of wax are indigestible, that
is true, but when warmed are perfectly
smooth and soft and will not injure the
most delicate membrane; in fact, they
act as gentle stimulant, and are bene-
fetal in some forms of aimentary diff
culties.
The unpleasant symptoms which
some suffer after eating honey may
often be removed by drinking little
mill1-W. z. Hutchinson, i'll Country
Gentleman.
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weld per acre and in the time of ripen-
ing The red variety has, invariably,
been the best yielder on the state farm,
and it also natures a couple of weeks
earlier than the white seeded variety,
While the red Kaffir corn has never
been injured by frosts, the white va
Eiefy has failed to mature seed more
than once. Besides, an unduly large
percentage of the stalks of this kind
faM to push the head completely
through the sheath of the upper leaf,
and from this cause portion of the
heads thus affected are moldy below.
at best bear but poorly developed
seeds on the portion covered by the
sheath. This is rarely the case with the
Fed variety. For these reasons the red
variety is considered much the better
Of the two. Both varieties are classed
as uSn-saccharine sorghum and III
common with all varieties of sorghum
wg5EI stand drought much better than
EnsSian corn.
kaffir corn seed has been found equal
to corn in feeding value, and the red
vaEiety yields rather better than corn
an all seasons, and in dry seasons will
produce moderate crop of seed when
corn only produces fodder.
The following table shows the result
af six years of experiments on the state
farn, n comparison being made be-
&ween Kaf1ir corn and Indian corn:
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FARM AND GARDEN.
PEAT AS A MANURE.
Scientific Side of an Important Agricl
tural Question

Scientific Side of AN Important AgF1cuI-
tural Question.
The economic Importance of the
increased use of moss litter, from the
point of view of manure, is incalcuable.
Prof. Fleisher points out that, COM
pairing peat and straw manure by chem
ical analysis, it is found that the former.
while slightly poorer in potash, lime,
and phosphoric acid, is very consider
ably richer in nitrogen. But the diff
ference is still more in favor of the peat
manure in respect to the easily soluable
Eitrates, for the reason that these orig
mate solely in the animal excrement, in
which they are present in the form
of volatile body, which is noticeable
in the stall by its pungent smell. He
says:
I'm the power of fixing this substance,
which so Injuries the health of beasts,
and so materially heightens the good
operation of the manure, is to be dis
covered one of the most valuable prop
critics of moss litter
From his figures it appears that III
stall of ten head of cattle, through the
use of moss litter, about 14O kilograms
OF easily soluble nitrates yearly, worth
at least $35, would be preserved in the
manure, which In employing straw, are
lost.
According to the comparative studies
of Lavalard on the subject of manures
from animals fed in the same manner,
the richness IN nitrogen is 0.68 for peat
manure and only 0.51 for straw manure.
Peat litter is also said to be the best
possible material for use in fowl houses,
on account of it's deodorizing qualities
and It's power of banishing insects.
Bielawslxi mentions that it is used in th:.
great military pigeon houses in Paris,
which contain more than 500 pigeons.
1t is stated that the best bedding,
both as regards the beasts and as re-
CARDS the manure, is layer of straw
over a good thick bed of moss litter.
In this way, the animals have the most
comfortable bed and the stall looks
nice and fresh; the urine and the am
monia which the straw cannot absorb
are absorbed by the peat below; the
manure has the advantage of the ele-
ments in which each substance is
richest, and nothing is lost either in
the stable or outside.-Farm, Field and
FireSide
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POULTRY METHODS.
Fowls Need as Good Care as Any Other
Kind of Stock.

Fowls Need as Good Care Any Other
Kind of Stock.
To make poultry a success, they
should receive good care and manage
ment, the same as any other stock.
When we want milk, lots of it, and good
butter, we protect our COWS from
storms, and feed them what we think
will produce rich milk and good butter.
Hence we must have for our poultry
warm poultry-house where there will
be plenty of sunshine and protected
through the day as well as night from
the storms.
The best feed l ever found to make
hens lay was wheat, not threshed, but
cut and fed to them straw-head and
all After they have picked the wheat
from the heads, one has the straw for
bedding. 1t would pay any farmer or
poultryman to have wheat cut and
saved, straw and all; have it loose or
in sheaves, and feed what they need.
When wheat is only so cents per bushel
there is no feed so cheap as wheat.
Through the winter, if the ground is
covered with snow, they must be pro-
vided with oyster shells or ground bone
beats throwing grain among litter to
make them scratch for exercise, for
they will scratch to get the wheat out
of the heads.
Milk is one of the greatest egg pro-
ducers known. The great trouble with
many farmers is that they think the
poultry can get through the entire year
without feeding. Not long ago hauled
a load of corn to a man whose wife kept
a lot of chickens. When unloading 1T
every time an ear of corn would fall on
the ground he would pick it up for fear
chicken might get grain. Well,
thought that was tough on the poultry
Poultry requires feed the same as any
other stock, and when eggs are 20 cents
per dozen it will pay to give more at
tention to tl4em.-E. Wing, in Orange
County Farmer.
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Loss In Glover Ensilage.

One thing which causes the loss with
clover ensilage is that clover is a rather
heterogeneous plant, and often heats in
the silo to high degree, which causes
the passing eff of a large amount of
moisture. and so produces the process
of ffre-fanging, much the same as oc-
ours in pile of horse manure; at least.
that has been my experience in ensilo-
ing it. If sufficient water be used upon
it, the heat is reduced and the ensilage
is preserved. It will be necessary for
the person filling the silo to watch pref
ty carefully, and if the temperature
rises above 135 degrees, to keep water
well poured on the surface. | do not
think that any injurious results viii
arise from the application of water.
We have added water very freely to our
corn ensilage here, and have received no
results other than beneficial ones.-In-
diana Experiment Station.
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CHEAP BUT PRACTICAL.

One of the Best Economical Poultry Houses
That Can Be Built.
The diagram herewith shows one of
the best cheap poultry houses that can
be constructed, the inside arrangement
being especially excellent because of its
labor-saving character. The sketch
shows a cross section, from which it
will be seen that, contrary to the usual
plan, the higher side has the walk, the
pens being under the lower part of the
roof. If one can stand erect at the
center of the pen, this is sufficient height
for all purposes, as most of the work of
caring for the fowls is done from the
walk. The roosts are at the front, with
a platform below that projects out into
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

The nonsetters are the best egg pro-
ducers.
Geese are chiefly valuable for their
feathers.
Fresh earth in the poultry quarters
for scratching and busting is indis-
pensable.
The food must always be varied
enough to keep the chickens with a
good appetite.
Eleven eggs are enough to put under
a hen, at least until warm, settled
weather sets in.
Feather-eating is largely caused by
idleness. A scratching hen has no time
for mischief.
Tobacco sprinkled in the bottom or
tobacco stems spread in the nests will
drive away ver1nin.
Overlooking is expensive. It not only
cost more for the feed. but the hens get
too fat and lay no eggs
Too much soft or cooked feed is not
good for fowls. They need some exn-
ployment for the gizzard.
Fresh air, clean water, varied food,
with plenty of range, are essential to
the health and thrift of fowls.
As a general rule fowls of two years
old make the best breeders. Thev
should not be sold until others can
take their places.-St. Louis Republic.
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NEwsY FARM NOTES.

Peach trees must be cultivated to do
well.
To get size among tree fruits, cult
vate often and thin.
The gooseberry fiourishes best in a
heavy, low, but not wet soil.
Neither black nor white currants are
grown extensively for the market
Authorities are generally agreed In
recommending early seeding of clover.
In Siam the leaves of the banana
plant are used to- make wrappers for
cigarettes.
1t is very hard to get a new tree to
grow thriftily when surrounded by
those in bearing.
The pullet that begins to lay earliest
in life is, the,one to lay the largest mum
Der of eggs through life.
When COWS have been long in milk,
churning is difficult because the milk
has become glutinous and the fat glot-
ules will not cohere. Heating dissolves
them and increases the huidity of the
cream.-N. Y. World.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
KAEElR CORN REPORTS.


M Is Claimed to BE the Best Possible
Crop for Arid Lands.
Several years of cultivation of Kafiir
es7rn in Kansas have demonstrated
Cat it is one of the most remunerative
crops that can be grown under coz
.elFfEons existing in that state. That
ftsz farmers realize this fact is proven
FBv the remarkable acreage shown by
the reports Of the secretary Of the state
E4rEard OF agriculture for 1895. In 1893
che total kaffir corn acreage was 49,
3zL; i'm 1894, 95,237; and in 1895, 1S4, 1913.
The state agricultural college at
61anhattan has been experimenting
with Kaffir corn since 1889. Two va
Ea4kGes of seed were used which from
IFS color are respectively denominated
xrIzIfe and red Kaffir corn. They are
mike In their habits of growth. Both
attain a height of five or six feet, or
ana0ue on very rich soil. They both
EzzUc short, stiff stalks, thickly cov-
esExsf with foliage, which somewhat re-
szsa1bies leaves of sorghum, and both
s1EvSduce a long, slender, upright head
-efssnseIy covered with small rounded
zsEods- They differ, however, not only
In the color of the seed, but also in the
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scr1oN OF MODEL POULTRY HOUSE.

SECTION OF MODEL POULTRY HOUSE.
the walk for several inches. Raising
the hinged door, one can thus scrape off
all the droppings from the walk into a
box or basket. The nests below the
platform are also reached from the
walk, while below the nests is an open
ing in the partition, through which the
fowls drink from dish in the walk, no
water being spilled or made filthy by
this plan. The windows are on the
lower side of the house, great sutfi-
cheney of light being secured in this way.
This construction permits much low
er, and consequently warmer, house
than is the case where the walk is on
the lower side. Such a house may be
built of rough boards and covered with
heavy roofing papers, then battened,
when it should be warm and last for
years. When the covering does begin
to give out, shingle or clapboard right
over the tarred felt or paper.-Orange
Judd Farmer
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smoke is generated in the usual way,
and then carried through a fiue to the
smokehouse, where the meat is hang
ing. The damper at d regulates the
admission of smoke, which passes out
at C. The meat should be smoked with
green wood--hickory, elm OF sugar
maple chips or sawdust should be used.
Pine should never be employed, as it
affects the flavor of the meat. Corn
cobs are excellent for smoking, as they
impart sweet and pleasant flavor.
The temperature of the smokehouse
should never rise above so degrees.
The smoking should be done little
each day until the meat Is suitably
colored.-N. Y. World.
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How TO DISPOSE of Dead Animals.

If you have any dead animals, say, for
instance, the body of horse, do not
suffer it to pollute the atmosphere by
drawing it away to the woods, or any
other out of the way place, but remove
it a short distance only from your prem
ises, and put down four or five loads of
muck or sods, place the carcass thereon,
sprinkle it over with quick-lime, and
cover over Immediately with sods or
mould, sufficient to make, with what had
been previously added, 20 good wagon
loads, and you viii have within 12
months pile of manure worth consid
cradle for any corn you choose to put 1t
upon. Use proportionate quantity o.
mould for smaller animals, but never
less than 20 good wagon loads for
horse; and, if any dogs manifest too
great regard for the Enclosed carcass,
shoot them on the spot.-Farmers'
Voice.
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When flock of hens will not range
'uver the fields in fair days, but sit un-
der trees or bushes, making 20 effort to
.GzHrcise or seek food, it indicates that
-G3sey are overfed and too fat and will
TEs0t produce eggs. The best treatment
Ks TO give no food for week, so as to
sEsamPei them to exercise and reduce
their flesh. 1t is useless to attemDt
% secure many eggs from very fat
E0ens, as they are then out of condition
xssr laying Post Express.
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How to Prepare robacco Dip.

Speaking of tobacco dip, writer
says it will require for 100 sheep 100 gal
Ions of water, and to make that strong
enough to kill ticks and the scab it Will
REQUIRE the addition of all the fluid that
can be extracted from p pou ads of to-
bacco. The tobacco should be thor
oughly STEPPED and boiled so as to get
all the strength cut of it. To this mix
ture 10 pounds of sulphur should be
added. The sulphur should be mixed
separately in a pail of hot water, and
after being thoroughly stirred should
be added to the dip. If tobacco stems
are used, at least three times the weight
mentioned should be STEPPED.
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FARM MEAT SMOKER.

A Device for Cooling Smoke Before 1t
Reaches the Meat.
Every farmer who cures hams and
bacon requires smokehouse. There
is no need for an elaborate building.
It may be as simple as possible, and
should not be alright, as the meat
requires ventilation as well as smoke
for the drying that is essential to good
keeping and eating qualities. But the
most important point in smoking is
that the smoke be cooled before coming
in contact with the meat. The accom-
panying cut shows how this may be
satisfactorily accomplished. The
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Red Kahr Corn
-COrn-
Grain. StOV.
sAverage of five wears.


Kaffir corn will do as well in good
corn countries as Indian corn, and it
will thrive in many places where corn
cannot be grown at all. Several
methods have been adopted in Kansas
OF cuItivating Kaffir corn. Some farm
sEs sow it as they do wheat and cut it
f0r the fodder, only feeding the seed on
the stalks. On this subject Prof. C. C.
1feorgeson, CT the state agricultural
college, says: ''Kaff1r corn is best
grown in rows thirty inches to three
feet apart, and can be sown either with
n sorghum drill or with common
wheat drill. We use successfully an
Eight-hoe press drill. on which all ex-
sept the first and fifth hoes are closed
up We then seed two rows at time.
- inches apart. A little practice will
S80n show how the drill must be set in
0ESier to sow the right quantity of seed.
Af it comes up too thick it must be
Htafnned. Good heads will be formed
'DShen the stalks are about four or five
inches apart in the row. In all other
respects it should be cultivated like
EOEn- Chicago Tribune.