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Cottonseed Meal For Hens.

Dairymen all over the country are
beginning to find out the great value
of linseed meal and cottonseed meal
as dairy feeds for the production Of
milk, and it has been found equally
as good for laying hens. Cottonseed
meal contains 36.9 per cent. protein,
while corn contains only'7.1 per cent.
of protein. Also, compared with the
present prices of other feeds, cotton
seed meal is about as cheap as wheat
bran or cornmeal, making it a very
economical feed, compared to it's
richness and power to make COWS and
hens produce, says Journal of Agri-
culture.
No very rich or heavy feed should
be given as an exclusive ration, hence
cottonseed meal should not be fed
alone, but in connection with green
feeds and other light feeds. When it
is given to laying hens it should be
mixed with cornmeal or wheat bran
and fed as a stiff mash, followed with
grass range in summer and green
roots and vegetables in winter, Cot
tonseed meal is now sold on almost
all feed supply markets at from $1.25
to $3.50 per 100-pound bags, and it
is one of the best feeds that can be
used tor a variety Of farm animals.
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noles. when braced by oblique braces
only, have gradually become loosened
and lifted by swinging. This system
of bracing poles, therefore, Is TO De
recommended for children's swings.
The design shows the parts well pro-
portioned, and they may be proper
tionally reduced in dimensions IN
working them out.
Fig. 2 shows how cement may pc
substituted for wooden braces at a
bend of the line where the wind and
wire strains are not too severe. The
hole in the ground is dug obliquely,
the pile is set upright, and the trl-
angular spaces on both sides are filled
with cement. Odd-shaped poles,
should it be necessary, may be used
anywhere when properly braced. One
good way of bracing such a pole IS
portrayed in Fig. 8. A toe OF cement
may be extended into the ground to
give the cement a grip" If it is still
required to have a stronger support,
a wooden brace may be affixed as
shown, it's bottom resting on a large
fat stone, with or without a cement
binding.
By either of these methods, a pri'
vate line of telephone or telegraph
wires can be maintained against the
blasts of Boreas himself, whether the
old NEUROLOGICAL god blows hot OF
cold, hard or easy.-Scientifc Ameri.
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The AerOScoDe.

Among the scientific toys at the
Paris Exposition Was an instrument
named the "aerbscope." 1t consisted
of 4 wooden paddle about six and a
half feet long and three inches broad,
whitened with chalk, and turning
about it's middle at the rate of 1900
turns in a minute. When in motion
the paddle resembled a thin, circular
screen through which objects could
be seen. At a distance of nearly four
feet behind the whirling paddle and
parallel to it's plane of rotation was
fixed a black screen. The apparatus
being placed in a dark chamber, a
brilliant Photographic image of some
object was projected upon the NOV
ing paddle, and Immediately the
image seemed TO stand forth with all
the solidity of a real object. The
perspective was supplied by the re-
Election of the image from the black
screen behind AS well as from the
semitransparent scresn formed by
the rotating paddle.
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through the hole in the steel, whic

through the hole in the steel, which
vas held in a wise, the spring was
easily wound.
This suggested the construction of
the spring winder illustrated here
with. A piece of soft steel, 4x1Ax
IL inch, forms the body. A k-inch
shank, fitted with a chuck taking
from 0 to II inch, was run through
the hole at the top and provided with
a crank handle.
An assorted lot of lag screws serves
for the open springs, and rods are
used for the close springs and springs
of oval or oGd shapes.-Scientiic
American.
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Poultry as Food.

/. On the farm it is not always the
case than the proper value is attached
to poultry and poultry products which
are consumed as food; but this will
be found well worthy of considera-
ton.
Nearly every farmer raises, or en-
deavors to raise, his own beef and
pork, and many market a neat sur
plus over the home needs. Roasts or
cuts of either beef OF pork are seldom
missing from the thrifty tfarmerfs
table, at the MONDAY meal especially,
with the preference usually in favor
of pork.
It is just as essy-and cheaper
for the farmer to have roast duck on
his table as roast pork. The duck
will not cost as much in proportion
to the food consumed as the pork,
while four pounds of the former can
be put on the table eight weeks from
the time the bird Is Matched. ,
For instance, say that 100 ducks
are raised on a farm during the year.
Practically, this means that roast
duck may be had twice a week all the
year round, and the Matching can be
regulated so that the birds will al
ways be tender and palatable, and
Ethere will be no necessity: for smok-
ing, packing or picking the meat in
order to retain its value as food. The
same kind Of food, usually, that the
hog eats can be consumed by the
duck, and the latter requires but
little more attention than the former.
When marketing time comes the
farmer can dispose Of the fowls that
promise the most profit from the
dealers, and keep the others for food
at home.
The duck Is mentioned in this ar
gument simply as an illustration Of
the food value of poultry, even If none
is raised for the>market. To be sure,
roast duck, twice every week of the
year might, in time. prove monot-
onous, but other poultry may be sub.
stituted and the force Of the com.
parison still remains.
The foregoing takes no account OF
the eggs produced on the farm, which
are conceded to be well-nigh in.
dispensable. They are used in the
preparation Of many dishes, and &C.
cupy positions of such prominence in
nearly every meal that the farmers
wife would indeed be Handicapped
without their aid.
But on many farms the fowls lre
classed as interlopers, their scanty
rations being grudgingly furnished.
while the herd of swine dimes to re-
pletion on the best the farm affords.
that great weight may be attained
before slaughtering time.
In estimating the profit from the
home flock of fowls the farmer seldom
gives the poultry and eggs consumed
by the family a value equal to that
which would be reckoned if such
things had to be purchased.-Farm-
ers' Union Guide.
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4:bEE:! Fl any

the amount of bran and add cracked
corn IT, the ration. A ration Of four
parts oats, one part bran and one part
corn should prove satisfactory.
While the grain ration is important
in feeding colts, attention should also
be given to the roughage. This may
consist of mixed hay, bright clover
free from dust and mold, oat straw
and corn slower. Sheaf oats, either
cut or whole, are very desirable for
colts. The roughage should be fed
literally, but the colts should not be
allowed to eat all they will eat, as
such will work injury on the digestive
system. Although the feed and water
are all important in growing colts, it
must be remembered that these
youngsters need abundant exercise in
the open field where sunlight is plen-
tiful. Feed as near as you can a bal
anced ration consisting Of a variety of
feeds, using oats, bran, a little corn
in the winter and roots, If you have
them.
l prefer clover hay, if cut early
and clean, with some timothy and
corn fodder, and always a place where
they can get exercise. If fed all they
can clean up and digest we'll they will
always be ready for the market.
If not sold when three years old
they should be broken to drive, and
put the draft colts at light farm work
and they will pay for the keeping for
the next year. Then they should. be
fed for the market, and that means
they should have about 200 pounds
more flesh than they usually have in
the average farmers are Then they
will bring from SIS to $50 more per
head than If sold while still thin.
In fact, there Is no better business
for a stock feeder or farmer than to
feed draft, horses for the market, as
a good, growthy young draft horse,
if properly fed, will put on flesh at
the rate of 100 pounds per month for
two or three months. When they are
put up for feeding give them light
rations on the start, and gradually in
crease the ration until they get all
they will eat and properly digest
J. P. Fletcher, in the American Guilt
vator. ....
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Early Chickens.

Hatch all the chickens you can dur
ing January and February. They
grow faster and make larger, finer
chickens than those Matched later.
1t is surprising how much cold
young chicks can stand if they are
kept in a dry coop or house
The best house the writer has
found to raise them IN is one boarded
up on all sides eieeptsthe front, which
faces the south and is covered with
wire netting. This lets the sun shine
in all day and keeps out the north
and east winds. The dirt floor is kept
covered with straw or leaves.
When the ground is dry the hen
and chicks are turned out in the yard.
But if the ground is damp and cold
the chickens are kept in the house
ten days or two weeks.
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Make Butter People Want.

Good butter should be composed
of the following points:
Flavor, forty-fve points; grain,
twenty-five points; color, fifteen
points; salt, ten points; package, five
points.
You will notice that flavor gets
forty-five points, being nearly half the
100 points. We want our butter to
have a sweet flavor; that makes us
want to eat butter and bread instead
Of bread and butter.
Perfect grain gets twenty-five
points. 1t should have a waxy soft
ness, yet not salvy or greasy. 1t
must be solid in body and have no ex-
cess of casein or water.
The color should be uniform and
bright, not too pale, yet not too high
ly colored, while the salt should be
evenly distributed and thoroughly dis
solved.
The package should be neat and
clean, using a good grade Of paper
for wrapping.
If making for special customers,
endeavor to suit their tastes in every
particular.
Thh is important, for while one
custQ6er likes a fu%ll-flavored butter,
another likes a mild one.
One likes the butter pale; another
highly colored; one likes q very little
salt, another quite a quantity.
1t is by catering to these likes and
dislikes that u butter will be in
demand and we shall receive a good
price for it.-Belle Miller, Ontario.
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Pretty Women at Home.

William F. Doty, the American
Consul in Tabriz, told, in a recent
letter, a story about a Persian prince
A party of English tourists were
travelling in Persia and in Tabri7
they invited this prince to dinner.
He came, splendidly attired in gole
and white.
But he was %taciturn: He seemed
disappointed. When the dessert was
served he sneered and said:
Il am pleased to see that the Eng
lishmen are now taking a leaf out OF
the P%ersian's book"
How so, Prince Kamil?" said the,
wife, a very tall, lean woman
with unusually long teeth.
They leave all their pretty women
at home," said the prince, frankly.
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No Doubt OF His Party.

A matron of the most determined
character was encountered by a young
woman reporter on a country paper.
who was sent out to interview leading
citizens as to their politics.. May !
see Mr.. -?" she asked of a stern
looking woman who opened the door
at one house.
mo you can't" answered the ma
iron decisively.
But I want to know what party he
belongs to-" pleaded the girl.
The woman drew up her tall fig
ure. We'll, take a good look at me-"
she said. Pm the party he belongs
to."--Universalist Leader.
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Makas' Idea Of Hospitality.

The commander of d punitive force
in the Cameroons sent to chastise
some recalcitrant natives has just
made his report TO the German Gov
eminent. The tribe giving trouble is
known as the Makas, and they delight
in c~annibalism.
The chiefs, according to the re-
port, fatten slaves to eat them. Cap
tain Dominik says hat it is the GUS
tom Of the country, should visitors
arrive unexpectedly, to bring in one
or the slaves and kill him as We
should d fowl for the entertainment
and welcome OF the guest.-London
Globe.
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A YounS Woman's Mistake
By MRS. ISORBL STRONG.

Some years ago a young American
woman went to Yokohama as a bTIde'
Her husband was professor OF Eng"
fish in the Japanese University. and
as he was very popular, all the mem
bers of the foreign community called
upon the bride. .
There were the high and mighty
ambassador extraordinary from Eng
land, who came in his coach and four!
with outriders and footmen in livery.
There was the American consul-gen-
eral, who walked over, on a pleasant
evening, with his wife on his arm.
There. too, were French and German
omcials in full uniform, their wives
and their clerks, and, in fact, all the
varied society of their little world.
Among the others was Captain
B~ranscombe. a tall and thin English
man, with a strange scar on his cheek
and a queer, piping voice and silly
laugh. The little bride could hardly
listen to him without laughing at his
queer manner and his absurd voice.
One evening, when a party of her
friends was present, she went to the
door and returned, initiating the Eng
lish captain, mimicking his trembling
step, his high, squeaky voice and ner-
vous laugh.
1t was an inimitable burlesque, but
to the young woman's surprise, the
girlish sally was received first with
stony silence, then with an indignant
outburst.
stop! stop," her friends cried, in
horror. Don't you know? Haven't
you heard? Captain Branscombe is
a hero!" And then they told his
story.
He was a captain in the British
army when the English were having
trouble with China. He was caught
by the Chinese, who tried in every
way to make him diVulge military
secrets. They starved him, beat him,
and finally suspended him in an open
cage at the gates of the city. 1t was
hot in the binding SUN. He suffered
horribly from thirst and flies, hunger
and his ccamped position.
Children stoned him, people poked
him with sharp sticks, as if he were
a wild beast. When the Chinese au-
thorities threatened him further, he
laughed. He was kept in that hor-
rible cage many days until rescued
by the British, i'll, broken in mind
and body, but loyal to his trust.
The English government gave him
a high Official position In Japan, and
a princely salary in reward for his
devotion. After that terrible expert
ence his black hair had whitened, his
voice changed to a piping treble, and
the brave laugh that had defed his
tormentors became this ridiculous
seeming ~falsetto, an almost incessant
affection of the nerves. o..
When the young American woman
met him again, in his uniform and
gold lace, at the embassy ball, she
listened to his voice with respect;
and when the captain offered her his
arm for a stroll on the terrace, she
bowed low and accepted It as a great
honor.-The Youths Companion.
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BuY Good Grim.

1t is bad policy to buy poor grain.
Use your own musty grain if neces-
sary, scorching it in the oven to de-
stroy the mold plant; but the best is
the cheapest when it comes to buy
ing. Corn charred in the oven is both
good and wholesome for the fowls.
1t is all the better for a part of it to
become blackened and CHARGED
Wallacc's Farmer.
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Feeding Cattle.

Bulletin 242, of the Michigan Ex-
pertinent Station, offers some exact
data upon the subject of feeding
whole grain to COWS, heifers and
calves. When whole grain was fed
to COWS, twenty-five per cent. was I'M
masticated; when fed to heifers, ten
per cent; when fed to calves, eight
per cent. Chemical analysis showed
no change In composition of the I'M
masticated parts, so 1t is a safe as
sumption that the animal derives no
benefit from grain that passes
through the digestive tract unaltered.
-Epitomist.
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Ways to Grace Poles For Private Tele-
phone Lines.
BY THALEON BLAKE.
BY BLAKE.

The extension of telephone lines to
rural districts is one Of the real bless
ings modern science and business en-
terprise have bestowed upon the
farmers. Most of these spurs and
cross-country lines are made at the
expense of the telephone companies;
but sometimes, when the number OF
subscribers does not warrant 1t, the
prospective customers must furnish
or erect their own poles. Even II
these are done by the companies,
many boys may desire to unite their
neighbors' houses with theirs by pri-
yate telephone or telegraph lines.
Telegraphy is a fascinating study to
boys. To those who contemplate the
erection Of a private telephone or
telegraph line it may be informing
for them to examine these designs
of two ways of bracing poles. In fact,
the plans are worthy of any farmers
attention who uses poles for any pur-
pose whatsoever about the farm.
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Feeding the Colt.

Colts, like all other young animals.
cannot be fed by any hard-fast set of
rules. To successfully feed colts re-
quires good Judgment. patience and
close observation.
Colts at weaving iimc require lib
eral feeding Al frequent intervals.
Oats are the most desirable grain
for them; in addition TO this cracked
corn may be used. A fair allowance
of oats and bran tequa' paris) for
a colt five months old would DE two
to four hounds. 1t would 4 to cut
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ssas exhausted. The writer was given
q piece Of No. 60 wire, but no one
had such a thing as a winder, SO he
was obliged to make one, and had a
Epring within a half hour.
In a junk pile was found a piece of
soft steel, Ak Xxx inch wide, with
a ~ Inch hole in one end. A k-inch
.ag screw was placed in a brace, a
sinhole was drilled in the gimlet end
ut the screw. then putting the screw
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German manufacturing. exporting
and financial circles are keenly alive
to the growing custom of establish
ing in foreign cities department
stores to serve as channels for sup
plying German merchandise.
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To Pet the Horse.

A horse trainer says that the aver
age person does not know how to pet
a horse. He says they do not pet
them in the right place. Rub his eye
lids or up between the ears. In pet
ting horses most people slight these
nerve centres. They stroke the
horses nose. While a well-behaVed
horse will accept the nasal caress
complacently, he would much prefer
that nice, soothing touch applied to
the eyelids.-Epitomist. .
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One Wish CnfUlGUed.

Wife-"You promised that if l
would marry you myevrry wiin would
Re gratjicd."
Uushand-"Well, isn't it,"
Wife--"No; I wish | hndn't mar
rid YOU. "--I!lustrated Bits.
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Cleanliness For Poultry.

If poultrymen would worry less
about ventilation and pay more at
tention to cleanliness, there. would be
less losses. Ventilation is needed,
and if the houses are built on the
scratching-shed order all will be sup
piled that is needed. But if the filth
is allowed to accumulate in a hen
house, all the ventilation that a
scratching-shed house can afford will
not prevent the entrance Of disease.
Farmers Home Journal.
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Knot For Tying Up a Launch.

All sailors and steamboat men
know how to throw a Glove hitch, but
I find there are many that own
pleasure launches who do not. AS
this is the approved method Of tying
UP a large boat to a pier or wharf. I
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Home-Made Spring Winder.
BY ]. Q. BRoUILLET.

Not long ago the writer was called
upon to replace a broken spring in a
machine. 1t had TO be done at a mo-
ment's notice, as the work could not
be held up. The supply of springs
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Chronic PoliteneSS.

'"Tomlinson really can't help being
polite"
That's right. You'd think he was
always running for ofice."-CjeVe-
land Plain Dealer.
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Mercury freezes at minus forty de-
gTees centigrade.
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Bryn Mawr College was founded by
Joseph w. Taylor, who began the
erection of the college buildings in
1879. He died in 1886 and left an
endowment of 100000 for the con-
tinuance Of the work he had begun
q college for women.
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In China the property of the parent
must be equally shared by the chill
dren, on the death of the former.
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The American Institute of Eectrica;
Engineers now has over 5000! members!
with branches in nearly every large city.
The q. s. Governments has bought 2,
Gross $500 boxes Of Rough N Rats to
send to the Panama Canal Zone, because
it does the work. The old reliable that
never fails. The unbeatable exterminator.
15c., 25c., 75c. aH 3ap Sa2aa
Cheap labor has been the principal
handicap in introducing modern ma
chinery in India. My
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give a sketch of the correct knot ID
and also the wrong one. The Glove
hitch should not be used for snub-
bling, as it won't slip or give..-H. R.,
in Recreation.