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SOME IMPORTANT NOTES ON PIGS.

Professor A. A. Mills, Of the Utah
Experiment Station, has given the re-
suits of several careful experiments in
pig raising, made through the two
years of 1894 and 1895. He sums up
his conclusions as follows:
1. Pigs allowed to run at large over
eighteen acres of good pasture and fed
full ration of grain, made the most
rapid growth, and required the least
grain for one pound OF gain.
2. Pigs confined in movable pens IN
the pasture grew more slowly than
those running loose, and required an
increase of twenty per cent. OF grain
to make one pound of growth.
8. Pigs at pasture, fed under three
different conditions, gained 92.5 per
cent. more and ate but two per cent.
more than the pigs getting grass and
otherwise similarly fed but confined
in pens. The grair required to pro-
duce one pound of gain was increased
forty per cent. with those in pens over
those at pasture.
4. Pigs fed but part ratlons of grain
at pasture made satisfactory gains.
Those at pasture getting the three
fourths grain ration gained more than
those fed a full grain ration and
grass, either in the yards or IN the
pens.
S. Pigs psstured without grain made
about the same growth for three sea-
sons in succession. this averaging .36
OF a pound per day.
6. AS nearly as Gun be judged exer-
else alone increased the gain twenty
two per cent. and the amount eaten
but is per cent. but decreased the
amount required for one pound OF
gain twenty-five per cent.
7. Grass when cut and fed green to
pigs, whether fed in pens or yards, or
with full or part grain ration, or with
out grain, proved to be OF very little
value.
s. Pigs confined in pens and fed on
grass alone, mostly lucern. for ninety
one days, lost over quarter OF q
pound per day.
9. The average Of the pigs fed on
grass gained little more than these
without the grass, but not enough to
pay for the extra feed in the grass.
10. With the pigs confined in the
hog house pens the grass proved bene-
fetal, while with those in the yard it
proved detrimental, the latter re-
quired more grain to make pound
of pork than without it.
II. Pasturing either with full or
part grain rations appearing to be by
far the cheapest and best way of max
ing pork.-Prosressive Farmer.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
PRESENTING OUR BODIES TO COR

L
We sometimes feel as if our lsai CD )
but our bodies, which, in thei. preSen. -ir-
acter, have to do only with this life, are our
own. OF course this is grave error. Inc
oody is Gods as truly as the soul. anu the
| interdependence of the two is so close ana
complete that the soul is hampcred by what-
ever Injuries or enfccbes the pody. Ihis Is
true Notwithstanding the fact that some grand
souls exhibit their beautyand power in spite
ofthe inflrmities of the bodies in which they
are housed. Therefore, 1t Is part OF our
duty to God 10 care well for the body. 1t
goes without saying that every gross, lust
fnl Indulgence is shameful and full Of
harm to the human body. Even those ha-
bituated to excess understand this. Prob
ably they comprehend it most clearly. But
any one accustomed to study peoples hab-
its, any competent physician, for example,
will testify that the body often is abused in
tolerably by many well-meaning persons
who are unaware how they i'll treat it. For
instance, many are afraid of fresh air. They
stihe themselves in close rooms by day and
sleep without ventilation at night instead of
training themselves to use q constant supply
of pure air, and merely to avoid dangerous
draughts. They grow pale and feeble and
pity themselves for the invalidism
which is their own fault. Again,
food of inferior quality or injudiciously
prepared has ruined more lives than many
an epidemic disease. 1t Is our duty to
God to eat wholesome food, and it is not
costly. Furthermore, hundreds of people
dose themselves continually with medicines.
Any patent mixture which is heard of favor
ably is used, often in utter ignorance of its
elements or true purpose, and many who
scorn such remedies take much more legiti-
mate medicine than is good for them, and
grow to depend upon it.
These familiar facts suggest the lines
along which mutitudes Of otherwise sensi-
BILE and God-fearing persons need to learn
how to honor their Creator by better care Of
the body.
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THE GYPSY MOTH.

Professor E. 81. Forbush, of the
Massachusetts, Gypsy Moth Commits
sion, recently spoke before the Wor-
cester Horticultural Society, says the
Spy, on the moth and injurious insects
generally. These begin their ravages
with the settlement of a country, in
crease in extent up..to certain point.
then gradually decrease, especially If
the insectivorous birds are encour-
aged. Man is often the most obnox-
ious instrument in multiplying such in
sects, and imported insects are often
more destructive than native species.
The gypsy moth (ocneria dispar) was
brought into this country to Cross
with tho silk worm, to establish q
harder species. The attempt failed,
but the worm remained hardy, indeed,
surviving forty degrees below zero,
and is, in fact, most numerous in Rus
sia and Siberia. It has been very de-
structive to foliage within certain
area about two hundred square miles
in Eastern Massachusetts, where. the
work of extermination has been car.
ried on for five years both by hand
gathering and insecticides. The best
success has been with sprayed solu-
tion of arsenic and lead. At present
there are not more than two-thirds as
many moths as when the work began.
They have no skirmish line, hut move
in solid body. There would have
been greater success, had not the
State appropriations for the past three
years been too small, much below the
closest estimates. The speaker believed
the moth could bethoroughly e1ter-
minated, but it might cost the State q
million Of dollars, perhaps ten tmil-
ions, if the work continued to be
stinted. About forty kinds Of birds
will eat the caterpillars, but not the
eggs. In the case of silk worms birds
destroy ninety-6ve per cent. OF the
eggs. The total cost of insect injury
throughout the United Statss has been
estimated at from $3.50. 600, 900 %
$4OO, 900, 900. It costs the farmers OF
Massachusetts about $50. 900 annually
to check the potato beetle with Paris
green.
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TEMPERANCE.
no GOOD EXCUSE.

The man who drinks because he's hot
And drinks because he's cold,
Then drinks because quack doctor though
On life 'twould help him hold.
The man who drinks for social cause
Or drinks for business gain.
Will later say: "a fool was;
J. must have been insane"
The man who drinks to make him cute
Or drinks to mako him wise,
Will find he wears misft suit,
To chafe him till he dies.
The man who drinks to drown the Ill
Or drinks to make him brave,
Is quickly going down the hill,
To fill drunkard's grave.
The man who drinks to stimulate.
Then drinks to soothe his frame,
Though he be called to legislate,
He'll bring his calling shame.
The boy who drinks to ape the man
Aud thinks 1t booms life's chance,
Will find his folly in the can,
As he and time advance.
The girl who drinks to flush her face.
To add to beauty's store,
Sees her delusion when disgrace
Has wounded TO the core.
The dame who drinks that milk may flow,
Her nursing babe to feed,
Will lead the child to pain and woe.
Misguided mothers, heed
To all who drink, expecting good
Will flow down with the glass,
You're senseless as the stick of wood
That walloped Balaam's ass.
Ira C. Sake, In Chicago Lever.
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be made in this way. The planks are
held together by short chains, which
gives the best effect.
It will be very desirable to apply
wood ashes-ten bushels per acre
Immediately after the oats are soWn'
and cover them in with the grass seed:
Nitrate OF coda is always desirable; it
is a compound OF nitric acid and
soda, and one of the most valuable
nitrogenous fertilizers. One hundred
pounds per acre may be sown, mixed
with wood ashes. For oats alone, SOW
81. bushels per acre; for peas mixed,
simply add to the oats II bushels OF
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COMMON TASK.

Keble has hymn in which he intimates
that the ''trivial round" and the common
task" Of life will furnish all one may reason
ably desire in the way of opportunity for
self-denial and advancing in nearness to the
Father This never seemed to me to be quite
true. But it is true that the "triyial round"
and the common task" may be Illuminated
and ought to be, with the thought that God
can be served in them, and that these small
activities can be made means of grace to
the soul. Such a thought sanctiies the
ground" and he task" and they are no
longer "trivial' and common. ."-Rev. F. A.
Noble, D. D.
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SMOOTHING DRAG FOR COVERING GRASS SEED
them. This mixed crop will yield on

them. This mixed crop will yield on
one acre Just the same as on two acres
sown separately. But as the peas will
settle down and shade the surface, 1t
is not advisable to SOW grass seed with
this crop. After the oats are gathered
it might be we'll to SOW on the young
grass ten bushels Of air Stacked quick
lime per acre. Or in place Of it, one
bushel of plaster. Lime has an ex-
ceedingly good effect on clover.-New
York Times.
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DON'T SACRIFICE THE SHEEP.

Farmers are making mistake in
disposing of all their mutton breeds OF
sheep, maintains D. j. Briggs, OF Ohio.
There is no meat producing animal
that will pay better for the feed and
time expended, if kept in small focks.
Mutton is always in good demand, and
it is stated by physicians to be the
most wholesome meat in the whole
list. Sheep will eat more varieties of
weeds and grasses than any other ami
NAL, therefore they are benefactor to
most farmers. Preserve and maintain
the small aocks of mutton sheep. 1t
does me good to see nice flock OF
sheep we'll cared for, because I know
that in figuring up at the end of the
year, the profit of the sheep will be on
the right side.
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THE ExPENs1vENEss OF PAsTURNa.

Wherever land is dear the pasture
provides food for stock that. consider
ing its nutritive value, is much dearer
than that grown by cultivation. In
the first place, the grass, even If un-
disturbed, does not yield as heavy q
crop as will most of the grains and
corn drilled for fodder. In the pasture
the constant trampling of stock lessons
the grass yield still further. What the
stock waste in clover field will in
most places pay for the labor of cut
ting and carrying tho clover to them,
provided the field is near where the
stock is kept, and the cutting of the
clover can be done by horse power.
Yet there are many places where Guilt
vation is impossible, and using these
as permanent pastures is the only way
to make the land useful ard profitable.
Boston Cultivator.
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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
TO FATTEN AN OLD COW.

An old COW will make very good beef
if well fattened. It will be necessary
to give her plenty of time, and ten or
twenty bushels of turnips will be re-
quired. These, with four quarts OF
corn meal, or hall as much with an
equal quantity of linseed oil meal,
given with cut hay and some dry hay
-as much as will be eaten-will make
as good beef as can be wished. If the
COW is milking she should be dried at
once. Soft corn is good feed for fat.
tening an old COW, as it is easily eaten.
It will be desirable to begin the fat.
tening process in the summer. New
York Times.
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JESUS HAS SHOWN Us THE WAY.

Jesus has died. and has shown US that it is
the gateway into another life, more fair and
blessed than this-a life in which human
words are understood. and human faces
smile. and human affections linSer still. The
forty days of His resurrection life have
solved many of the problems, and iilumined
most of the mystery. To die is to go at
once to be with Him. No chasm no inter-
val. no weary delay in purSatory. Absent
from the body, present with the Lord. One
moment here in conditions Of mortality ;
the next beyond the stars.-Rev. F. 3. Meyer.
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Our blessednes5 depends upon our know
ing and percciving the highest good, which
is God himself And man is more blessed or
less blessed in the same measure as he is
aware of the presence Of God. 1t is not be-
cause (iod is in him and so close to him and
he hath Gpd that he is blessed. bu! because
he perceves Gods presence and knows and
loves him. Such one will feel that Gods
kingdom is near at hund.-John Tauler.
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picked up by two persons and carried
to the storehouse and emptied just
where desired without further hand
ling, which is not possible with wheel
barrows, handcarts, etc. Simply nail
ing two long handles to the top of the
crate is ell the work of construction
that is required. New York Tribune.
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England Acquires a New Word.

Lord Rosebery is said to have been
the first Engllshmau to make formal
use IT the word "chunk." His state
meut in O recent speech that "ten
years is a great chunk out OF a mans
life" has occasioned discussion in
England at to whether or not the word
is good English.
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Native Dried Duck.

One of the articles Of food most priced by
the Chinese on the Pacific coast is dried
duck. An American in Contra Costa Coun-
ty, California. has started Il duck drying
business and has a monopoly OF the Chinese
trade. He buys hundreds OF ducks from
hunters, fills them with salt, and hangs
them In the sun for six weeks They be-
come as hard Us sole leather or dried cod
fish, and will keep indefinitely. The Chinese
used to import their dried duck from China,
but now patronize the home industry almost
exclusively.
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TEE MATERNAL INSTINCT.

In their frozen room the man and his wife
were asleep, she on the broken armchair, he
On the floor The candle, crumbling into
cascades OF tallow, hardly illuminates with
its red light their faces blue and black. They
have fought, as they always do before
whisky makes them fall, stunned. Seated on
the COT. without blankets or even sheet, the
little three-year-old boy cries Of hunger and
cold. But his elder sister, six year: old, takes
wherein there are more holes than wool, and
having nothing else to give to him soothes
his pain, warns him and puts him to sleep
in her thin arms by dint Of kisses. Height
ened by celestial love, the little girl, with
her large golden eyes and transparent skin,
IS already as beautiful and serious as young
mother-Sew York Times.
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New York,s Hebrew Population.

It Is claimed that something like liz, 200
Hebrews live In that part of New York City
east OF the Bowery, bounded by East Hous-
ton street, Ludlow street and East Broad
way. OF this number nearly half are chill
dren, and not more than Is, ,0C0 OF the adults
can speak English or even foreign Ian
guage fairly intolliglble to other people.
They come tom Bussla, Poland and aun-
gary.
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THE SOCIAL GLASS.

"How use doth breed a habit In man"
The little. insidious beginnings should be re-
sisted. The "sooial glass" as 1t Is innocent.
ly termed at parties. weddings and the like,
las done great deal more Of harm than is
generally supposed. Young men and women
take intoxicants "just to be social" and be-
fore they know it are bounl by q habit I'M
possib to break.
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CONVENIENT GARDEN CARRIER.

CONVENIENT GARDEN CAHhH.hs
The cut shows how an old crate, of
one of the larger sizes, such as are
found about almost every place, can
be made into q convenient carrier for
handling garden truck. It can be
filled with cabbages, carrots, beets or
potatoes directly from the rows, and
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Christianity tells lis that Christ died to
AXE away our sins. and it speaks first to
ur sense Of rrmor-e. 1t brings us sense
fpartlon. Ii is ;hr experience Of our read
.rs that they i"a" much of this in the preach
ng Of today: Ii not. practically the whole
contents Of the Christian gospel has been
lritt,l British Wnrk.Y.
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DOUBLE HIVES.

George Appleton tells in the Farm
Journal that when the production OF
honey is not side industry, but the
only one, the double hive has taken
the place of the single one. The more
workers there are in any industry the
greater will be the product if the
workers have sufficient room and
facilities. He says: ga small colony
requires as much attention as, in fact
probably more than, large colony.
Therefore, when the season is fairly
begun and the strength of each colony
is determined, unite the weak colonies
Immediately. 1t is better to have five
strong colonies than twenty-five weak
ones. Give each colony double hive
that is, hive with as much room IN
the surplus chamber as in the brood
chamber. If this be done and this
double hive be kept recruited to its
maximum capacity, then there is no
question as to the profit IN keeping
bees, provided of course that the sea-
son is an average one and that there is
honey in the field that may be COL
lected. There is no reason why a
colony should not contain $4,000 or
$4,000 bees, and they must be as
numerous in order to insure success,
not q few pounds of honey, but 30, 70,
or 100 pounds of extracted honey to q
colony. Farm and Labor journal.
PREPARING LAND FOR GRASS SEEDING.
Oats and peas mixed Will not be a
good crop to seed to grass with, on ac-
count of the dense growth by which
the young grass will be smothered. 1t
will be better to SOW oats alone, and
alter narrowing in the seed SOW the
grass and clover seed Immediately.
The grass seed should be covered by a a
light narrowing with sloping toothed
harrow, having the teeth sloping back
and of light iron or steel rods. Or it
will do just as we'll to draw a smooth
ing plank over the surface, which may
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No sports for the County Fair,

The Mason County (Michigan) Fair Asso'
citation announces that no appropriation
will be made for horse races or ball games.
Papers will be read instead.
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A custom Of Puritan times has been revived
In Machias, Me-, In the opening OF the town
meeting with prayer.
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AN ARcHB1sHoP's ADVICE.

Rev. DR.. Conaty, OF Worcester, Mass, re-
Gently delivered temperance address in the
Philadelphia Cathedral, the occasion being
the twenty-third anniversary Of the paro-
chial T. A. Society. At the close Of his ad-
dress Archbishop Ryan, who was present,
said:
ut would not he fitting for me to attempt
to make extended remarks after the address
that has been delivered to you, but cannot
quent speaker has said to you. join with
him In repeating the words Of the psalmist.
It is the place Of the priest to speak for his
people. And after twenty-three years OF
work in the total abstinence cause, God
alone knows the good that you have accom-
plished. desire to state publicly that you
are afthe chosen OF my flock; that our labors
are directed for the preservation. OF the home
as we'll as of the church, and that your ex'
ample Is one that can and should be fol-
lowed by all without regard to the position
that they may occupy in this world. That
is an example that those in authority can
we'll assume themselves, for 1t guides and d.
rects the footsteps Of people towards God.
"And now on this occasion think that 1t
Is but fitting that you should renew the
pledge that you have assumed, and as 1 re-
peat the words want all present to join IN
It; those who have not as yet taken It to as-
sumo the obligation, and those who have to
renew their allegiance to the principles OF
total abstinence.
~, with you, will renew the pledge OF
total abstinence that have taken. And as
we renew our pledge Of total abstinence and
as those who take 1t for the first time repeat
after me the words, dwell and think OF the
sacredness of the obligation and promise God
to labor INCREASINGLY In the cause"
The Archbishop then repeated the words
OF the pledge, and the congregation repeated
them after him; this being concluded, the
Archbishop said:
Gas you have promised to abstain from
liquor in Gods name, with divine assls.
tance, and In honor Of the Sacred Thirst,
will ask Of God that BE will bestow upon
you His grace to keep the same. that not de.
pending alone upon human promises but
strengthened by His grace you may labor un:
ceasingly in Bis honor in the holy cause, and
that to you and your children's children. as
a result Of your twenty-three years labors fot
sobriety. and the future lsbors you will be.
stow, may there descend and rest upon you
all manner and form Of blessing"
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DISGRACE OF THE SALOON.

The prophet has pronounced the woe Of
Jehovah against the five great crimes OF the
age-individual robbery, war for conquest.
human slavery, drunkard-making and
idolatry. All Christendom has satisfied four
OF these woes. But Gs yet the woe against
drunkard-msking is not pronounced by a
united public sentiment. Let US examine
the words of the prophecy and see how far
they have been fulfilled, and also see how
much Is to be realized In our community
"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink, that maketh him drunkard also" ;"
Nobody keeps q saloon for fun, but Tor the
money in the business. 'Thou art filled With
shame instead Of glory" The business shall
become a disgrace instead of covering the
keeper with glorious apparel and respecta.
bility. This Is go far the case to-day that
among the great mass OF respectable Amer1'
cans few men will frankly tell a stranger
that they are saloon keepers. The best
American public sentiment has come to look
upon the business as an Ishmaelite, dis.
grace.
The high license system is an effort to
regulate the business and make it respect
able, viz, the State offers for $500 to give
prescription Of legal respectability that will
settle the stomach of this business so that 1t
shall not vomit. Politicians will learn that
this business cannot be made respectable,
but that it will vomit all over their party.
As the beasts that made prey Of the people
we're followed by armed men into their dens
In the forests of Mount Lebanon and there
slaughtered, so men shall rise up and destroy
this scourge Of every part OF our fair land.
as certainly as the other four woes have been
fulalled by the united voice Of all Christian
Nations.-Dr. NJ. NJ Parkhurst, Chicago.