The silver star., 1899-09-15

| from the adult. In fact. the young OF
| some species resemble minute alligA-
tors In general appearance. and are
gaily colored. They feed almost en-
tirely upon soft t-bodied insects.
nescA Hedges.
The tourist in Scotland, ~ his
brothers elsewhere. with his hurry and
scurry, forever in haste to see every
thing In q few days. too often passes
by the smaller objects OF interest and
thus really accomplishes little OF his
vast undertaking, says the New York
Tribune. The beech hedge Is one OF
these too often neglected wonders OF
nature Not that II is smaller OBJ
ject Of interest" by any means. for 1t
stands over 100 feet high. The beech
hedge is the property Of the marquis
Of Lansdown. at Meiklour. Perthshire.
and was planted in or about the year
1745 by q party of highlanders en-
camped there for few days while on
their way to join the pretender. Prince
Charlie. This mammoth hedge. which
indeed deserves the name Of being one
Of the modern wonders OF the world.
IL q fitting monument to commemorate
the pretender's defeat at Culloden. "the
last battle ever fought on English
soil"
Surface Fires in Forests.-Surface
fires may be checked II they are feeble
by beating them out with green
branches. or by raking the leaves away
ctrtr
course. When the dun is deep or the
soil peaty, a fire may burn beneath the
surface OF the ground for weeks or even
months, sometimes showing its pres
ence by little smoke. sometimes with
out giving any sign of life Even
heavy rain may fail to quench fire OF
this kind. which often breaks out again
long after 1t is believed to be entirely
extinct. Fires which thus burn into
the ground can sometimes be checked
only by digging a trench through the
layer of decaying wood and other veg
etable matter to the mineral soil be-
meath. The most dangerous and de-
structive forest fires are those which
run both along the ground and in the
tops Of the trees. They can be check
ed only by rain or change of wind. or
by meeting some barrier which they
cannot pass. A barrier of this kind is
often made by starting another IRE
some distance ahead OF the principal
one
Wheat for Macaroni.-M. A. CArle-
ton OF the department OF agriculture.
large number OF species Of grain from
Russia and Siberia. is about starting
for the west to follow out the line Of
this work with cereals He is espe-
cially interested in visiting Arizona
and New Mexico with the idea Of es-
tAblishing there the hard macaroni
wheAts- Mr.. Carleton is assured that
10 these wheats can be grown In this
country the manufacture OF genuine
italian" macaroni will be at once
taken up. Some macaroni is now man
ufaetured in the United States. but the
best is imported. as the wheat grown
here Is no; suitable for its manufac-
;ure- Mr.. Carleton also intends visit
ing the irrigated wheat sections OF
Utah and Idaho. where such immense
Yields are secured. being more than
double. II Is stated. an ordinary heavy
crop under dry farming
Pig Feeding--lt Is Improbable for
any swine raiser 20 stint his animals.
As they should be made to grow every
day. says Farm. Stock and Home.
Afser ten days or two weeks pigs
should be fed generously through their
dams. and at three or four weeks pro-
vided with place where they can OBJ
tain. unmolested. little feed Of siop
and soaked sheiled corn Keep them
/ growing every day. and al an early
age they will be ready for the market
At a proe; TO the raiser. II pigs are
allowed to stop growing and become
stuntec II Is very hard to start them
anew. no; TO mention the loss o. feed
time and Labor Pigs enclosed in n
dry 10; or yard. and given only dry.
hard corn and hard water seldom yield
a handsome prodt- They need a VA
riety OF food. such as will expand the
stomach and at the same time be cool.
Ing to the system. Corr. alone. 10 too
beating
Names Apple c:op.-A year ago the
apple crop In Maine vas one o. the
smallest on record. but there Il every
Indication that /, will be no larger.
even Il 1, 70 not smaller. this season.
The experts say that large percertAe<
OF the tre<s In most sections Of the
state did not blossom and those that
did have been greatly injured BY the
ravases Of the so-eall<d tent cater
pillar. many orchards having been a.
noss entirely stripped Of their leaves
by this psst--Ex-
Bermuda Lilies 10 the South Sec
rvsAry Wilson has seas iarss number,
c< Bermuda liiy bulbs into s-vsrn
oe the Southern states. With . viev 4
suppianting the Bermuda Easter trad