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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
DEES AND
FARrINCTRS

A thin layer of dust serves as q
mulch as does straw.
: For heavy sod ground the improved
disk harrow is much the best,
The operation of narrowing is next
in importance to that of blowing.
Glover seed is profitable crop on
land that is well fitted for its culture.
A clover sod turned down makes an
excellent foundation for a corn crop.
The cowpea is an annual, and soil
as renovator It is probably without a
peer.
Good seed corn is one of the most
important factors in producing a good
yield. M
No man can tell whether corn will
grow or not without making a germi-
nation test.
Training tomatoes ON wires to run
from five to ten feet high is becoming
common practice.
II wood ashes are applied to the po-
tato crop It produces conditions favor
able to potato scab.
In corn-growing territory cowpeas
are mostly grown with corn. sowing
broadcast or otherwise.
The clover seed crop depends very
largely upon the condition Of the
ground and the weather.
Kaffir kernel ranks close to corn as
food, as shown by the analysis OF
the proximate constituents.
Stirring the soil to the depth Of but
few inches will create such a mulch
and win help to conserve the rainfall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
LIVE STOCK'
0TESsss. sAS]

Don't give the SOW too much bed
ding.
Never feed horse when it is very
warm.
Clipping a horses legs is not a goos
practice.
Exercise sweating In a horse indi
Gates weakness.
You cannot begin to feed and trair
a colt too early.
There is growing demand for ba
con-good bacon.
Kindness beats guinness in-getttns
work out of horses.
Drive a colt the first time with Q
fast walking horse.
SiIage can be fed to sheep witt
satisfactory results.
Buckwheat Straw is not a suitable
bedding material for pigs.
1t is important that some grain be
fed pigs intended for the market.
Treat the herd boar with kindness
and also with considerable caution
Stock raising is the best Insurance.
against an impoverished agriculture
Handling colts from the start OBJ
-viates breaking and substitutes train
ing.
The use OF silage for sheep feeding
purposes has been tried out to limit
ed extent.
For horses doing a considerable
amount OF road work there is no graiE
equal to oats.
So far as cooking feed for cows CT
any kind of live stock, only in rare
instances is IL profitable.
The localities where some sort q
live stock may not be profitably main
tanned are few and FAR between.
For winter feed or summer feed
there is no cheaper or better balanced
ration for horses, cattle. sheep and
swine than silage.
Mules OF all sizes find ready ma.
ket. The mule is less subject to
disease than the horse, easier cured
when sick and has a longer period CT
service.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
PACKING HONEY IN CARTONS
inexpensive Covering Serves to Pro
tect Comb From Dust and Pre-
vents MarrIng In Handling.

The best grades of comb honey
should he put on the market in neat
ly printed cartons. They are great
convenience for the dealer, they serve
to keep honey free from dust. and
also prevent marring the delicate
comb when handling from the grocery
to the consumers kitchen.
Cartons are so inexpensive, and so
useful, that 1t is surprising that more
of the best comb honey is not put on
the market in them.
OF course, those using cartons should
be very careful to see that only the
most perfect sections OF honey are
put into them. A honey-purchaser
will seldom buy cartoned honey the
second time If she has been once de-
ceived-by getting, for instance, a
partly filled comb In a carton; or, per-
haps, dirty-looking comb.
Cartons should be used more extern
sively than they are now, as they also
furnish an added opportunity to send
printed honey-information with each
comb of honey sold.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
HOW TO PREPARE WHITEWAsH
Nothing That Can Compare With IL
for Outside or Inside Work.
Retains Rrlliiancy.

A formula for whitewash prepared
by the United States department Of
agriculture is as follows:
Take half a bushel OF unslaked
lime; slake it with warm water and
cover during the process to keep In
the steam; strain the liquid through a
fine sieve or strainer; add a peck Of
salt previously well dissolved in warm
water. three pounds OF ground rice
boiled TO thin paste. and stir in boil
ing hot one-half pound Of powdered
Spanish whiting and one pound of
glue which has been previously dis
solved over a slow fire. Then add five
gallons of hot water to the mixture,
stir we'll and let IL stand for a few
days, covered up from the dirt. 1t
should be put on hot.
One pint of the mixture will cover
square yard, properly applied.
Small brushes are best. There is moth
ing that can compare with it for out
side or inside work, and it retains its
brilliancy for years. Coloring matter
may be put in and made OF any shade,
Spanish brown. yellow ochre, or com
mon clay.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

slowly, for the morning was misty
The outlines of the hills were slowly
being defined by the rising sun with
4 deep purple over their western
slopes Then did I realize why art
lists SO often paint them shrouded in
that color; and why the Psalmist
would utter the hope and the longing
Of nations, 81 will lift up mine eyes
to the everlasting hills whence my
hope cometh."
Arabs, riding on their camels along
The mountain roads In the all-prevad.
Ing quiet of the dawn, with the gor
geous purple hills and the deep blue
sky for a background. passed like
phantoms, like dream-pictures one
used to imagine when stories were
told In childhood.
Since that day the whole Scripture
narrative has been wonderfully vivi
fed; the abiding peace and beauty OF
the hills have a sense of sheltering
presence over man and beast
About half way back to Jerusalem
we stopped to rest the horses at a
khan where once stood the inn Of
Good Samaritan fame. Nearer tc-
Jerusalem we alighted at Bethany
and went down into the grave Of
Lazarus. carrying lighted candles
The ruins of the house of Simon. the
leper. are near by; as is part of q
wall Of the house of Martha and
Mary. Passing strange 1t seems that
Mohammedans should have the Gus.
tody of these places. as well as of a
few In Jerusalem itself.
Yes. Ego to Jericho" but be sure
to come back again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
GOOD RATION FOR FArTENINo
Problem Ia Important One ard OF vAri-
GUS Feeds Corn Ia Best single
Grain TO Be Fed.

The question OF ration for sheep a.
this time of the year is an important
one. All of the various farm grains
have been used with more or less sue
cess. Corn easily heads the list as
the best single grain for fattening
lambs. 1t is especially desirable be.
cause 1t causes the lambs to put or
fat rapidly and does not stimulate too
much growth as In the case with many
forms of concentrated feeds. Barley
has also been used to very good ad-
vantage. II Is about on a par with
corn fed from the standpoint OF rap.
idity and economy or gains but lackH
same In palatability. Wheat and
wheat screenings have both been used
to fatten lambs. The feed has too
much tendency to cause the lambs TO
grow rather than fatten. When com
bined with an equal amount of corn
the lambs put on fat much more rap
idly. Oats is a useful feed. but, like
wheat, is more liable to induce growth
than fattening. 1t should be mixed
with corn for best results Oilmeal,
cottonseed meal and gluten feed have
all been used In conjunction with corn
rations to good advantage. Not more
than one-half pound Of either oilmeal
or cottonseed meal should be fed a
lamb weighing from 80 to 80 pounds
While wheat bran itself is not helpful
In putting on fat, 1t is one of the best
feeding stuffs available to use in con
junction with corn or other feeds In
getting lambs on full feed. 1t furnishes
bulk thus prevents the greedy ones
from getting too much concentrates
and also acts as a regulator of the
digestive system.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

ApIary Of r. q. Herman, Leonia, N. J.
bees in house-apiaries. When open
one of these hives the bees do not fly
up with the same alacrity that bees
do from the hives that stand in the
sunshine.
The house contains twenty colonies
of bees in two tiers of hives. The
broad side of the house which is in
view faces eastward, and the end
southwark; there are no hives facing
the other two directions.
The hives in this house are known
by the name, Long Idea" They hold
crosswise, twenty Langstreth frames
each. They are expressly used for
extracting honey.
One row of hives is set on a frame
Just high enough for me to be able to
raise the covers, and look into them
comfortably, and the other row rests
on the floor. / might add that the
hives are only one story, so there is
no use for queen-excluders, and no
tiering to be done.
There are no bees at large in the
house, excepting a few which leave
while handling the combs, and these
quickly make their escape by way of
the windows. which are aeft open all
summer for ventilation. The netting
on the windows Is SO arranged that
the bees can leave the room, but can
not enter it.
The awning over the windows is to
prevent the rain from coming in while
the windows are left open. The hive
entrances match the corresponding
slots in the sides Of the house. and
when the bees enter the slot, or en-
trance, they go directly to their re-
spective hives.
Each alternate entrance is painted
a dark color; this is for the purpose Of
helping the bees to mark their right
hive.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
SCENES IN JERICHO
Writer Tells Of Wonders In the
holy Land.
Declares Arabs, Riding on Their
camels In Quiet OF Dawn, Passed
Like Phantoms - Waited
Grave Of Lazarus.

Jerusalem.-We had come down
from Jerusalem the previous morning
with correspondent, a carriage ride
of four hours, and had stopped Tor
luncheon at Jericho. or. more cor
rectly speaking. at Rilia, little to
the east of the site OF the ancient
city. What memories Of brilliant
events In Biblical history cling about
this spot! Jericho. the city OF palm
trees; the scene OF Joshua's VIC
tories; the place where the last days
of Elijah were spent, and whence he
went forth with Elisha to cross the
waters of the Jordan, to be taken up
to heaven in a chariot OF fire; the
spot where the two blind men were
healed. the place where our Lord paid
a visit to the house of Yachens. Here,
too, we're the long celebrated and
beautiful groves and gardens given
to Cleopatra by Mark Antony. Jericho
now consists Of large Russian
church, a house for Russian pilgrims,
two hotels and the mud huts OF
Bedouin Arabs,
AS we descended the TOO feet below
Jerusalem the heat Increased until
we arrived in the tropical plain OF
Jericho under a binding sun. First,
we visited the pool of Elisha, the wa
ters of which he had healed; then
tramped through the ruins OF the
Jericho of the Israelites, where we
saw part of the city walls around
which Joshua and his army marched
seven times. After its capitulation
Joshua pronounced curse on the
city, which was fulfilled. Very re-
Gently excavations have been made
here by the Germans and the Aus
trians.
The only sound We heard as we
rolled along the sandy soil past clus-
ters OF thorn bushes was the tinkle
Of the sleighbells around the horses
necks. Straight ahead, at intervals,
we could discern dark moving mass
on the road, and as we approached
party of Arabs would step aside,
all wrapped closely in their cloaks,
with STATS in their hands. At an
other time the dark moving mass
would prove to be caravan OF
camels moving noiselessly along with
their heavy burdens. Daylight came
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
A Garden Pond.

A garden pond is sometimes a thing
of beauty, and it is certainly thing
of JOY to the birds all summer long.
but 1t brings the mosquitoes. A dozen
gold fish placed In the water will
take care OF most OF the mosquitoes.
and they will add to the attractive
ness of the pond. A border of we'll
selected stones next to the water and
Just outside of them a few aquatic
plants will also help. Very often frogs
are attracted to these little ponds and
win help the fish to take care of the
mosquitoes, and sometimes they be
come quite tame and make their win
ter bed in the mud and are ready tc
greet us in the spring with their songs
III you like to call them that.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
LATCH FOR SWINGING GATE
Excellent Device, Needed on All
Farms, May Be Made by Follow
Ing Directions Given.

A good latch for farm gates may be
made as shown in the accompanying
sketch. The slide A is suspended by
the hangers BIZ, which are placed on
each side of the gate. The back end
of the latch works between the guides
G and the front end between the end
pieces of the gate. The slide engages
with a slot in the gate post when the
gate is shut.
The hangers BIB are made in any
convenient length. The holes are u
inch in diameter and tire bolts are
used as fasteners. The holes for the
hangers should be drilled one-third
of the width of the latch from its top
to make the largest part of the weight
all below the fastenings Of the sup
ports, writes Willard H. Elder in the
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
"A Change of
Heart
BY Lois wilIouShby
SHS2G2ST2i

Copyright. 1912 by Associated Literary
Press.)
The presidents outer Office was be-
ing enlarged and generally made over
during his trip abroad. The room was
In confusion--the floor covered with
tools, boards of all lengths and sizes,
and general debris.
Over in one corner was a saw bench
which bore many marks OF antiquity.
and on 1t sat the old carpenter--'Dad"
they called him. He had finished
his lunch and was contentedly putting
away at his pipe, and as he smoked
he looked down at the sawdust and
shavings which surrounded him.
There amt no use talkin', "he said
to the stenographer, mahogany
makes pretty shavin's, and I've planned
Off lots of them the last few years.
They're putin on considerable trim
minis in Offices nowadays. A man
don't do business any moreno, sir
he transacts 1t. and he transacts 1t
right up to the latest style, too.
81 never get in one Of these busi-
ness parlors but / think o. Bill. Bill
was good company and I miss him
lots. He was a good worker, too, and
you just set him down in some meek
and lowly place and tell him what
had to be done, and he'd light into it
like fury. But when we'd get sent on
some of these jobs where the buildin'
was strictly up to date, Bill'd go all
to pieces. He couldn't stand mahog-
any any way you fix it; he was a reg
ular porcupine the minute he spied 1t.
II there happened to be fancy shade
over the electric light-Tiff'ny, guess
they call tit made him all the
madden; and he threw a quill ev'ry
time he saw the boss push one of
them little pearl buttons in silver
frame.
you're all wrong, BILL / used to
tell i'm. If cuttin' up a few square
feet of mahogany into strips and nail
in 1t on to the wall is goin' to make
man happy-let i'm have it-maybe
It's only haywood anyway; and If
smashing colored glass into ragged
pieces and solderin' 1t together with
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
sEAsoNARLE DISHES.

A delicious and simple dessert when
one ia hurried Is to prepare a rich bis
cult dough cut In strips the size Of
the little finger, place in buttered
pan, sprinkle with nutmeg. add three
tablespoonfuls of butter and cup OF
maple strip. bake In a moderate oven,
and when half done add boiling water
to make a thick sauce and finish ba-
king. To be eaten hot with cream.
You will surely want more.
Plain vanilla ice cream becomes a
fancy dish by serving 1t in sherbet
cups, sprinkle generously with
chopped pecan meats and pour over
hot maple strip.
Maple Cream Of Wheat.--ro prepare
the maple cream, add cupful of thick
cream and a half cup of maple strip
and whip until stiff.
To prepare the wheat, clean and
wash a cup of whole wheat, right from
the farm; soak over night. and cook
FIVE OF six hours in fireless or double
boiler until tender. Salt while cook
ing. Now to the cream prepared as
above, add two cups of nicely cooked
wheat; after 1t has cooled beat to-
gether and serve with apple jelly.
Frozen Fruit cream.--Take pint
of cream and a cup of milk. a cup OF
maple strip and half cupful each OF
chopped figs. almonds and can OF
peaches. Put through sieve. a tea
spoonful each of extract of orange.
vanilla and coffee. Mix well before
putting into freezer.
Maple Taffy.--To two cups of maple
strip add a cup of cocoanut milk.
Cook until 1t hardens In water. then
pull when cool enough.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
Judge rIoar,e Retort.

On innumerable occasions when
Judge Hoar INDUCED in the retort NOR
dant perhaps none gave him greater
satisfaction than the following:
B. F. Butler, Ills chief adversary at
the bar in the early fifties, as the coun-
sci for the defense, closed an emphatic
appeal to the jury with:
I'VE have the highest authority for
saying: Everything which a man
hath will he give for his life"
When Hoar's turn came he said. ut
has for long time been suspected by
those who have watched Mr.. Buffers
career that he recognized as the high
est authority the individual upon
whom he now relies. For. gentlemen,
as you well know, the statement which
he quotes from the book Of Job was
made by Satan"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

Hay Manager Tor HOGS.

feet high and may be made as long
as desired, writes ]. s. Howard in the
Farmers Mail and Breeze. trough
four inches deep and a foot wide should
be placed below the rack to keep the
hogs from wasting the leaves. The
stats are four inches apart so the hogs
can pull the hay out. but they can
get their heads through.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
10 1T FOOD OR DRuoss

Housekeepers are beginning to real.
ize that cheating the grocer and the
butcher increases the druggists bill.
Many of the illnesses OF the body are
caused from improper feeding. Much
of Ill health may be fed out OF the
system by the use OF we'll selected and
prepared food.
II is not necessary to spend a great
deal OF the income on food, for cheap
foods that are perfectly good and
wholesome can be bought II the mar
kets are watched. 1t is not necessary
to dose the little people with drugs
when they are troubled with constipa'
ton, for there are so many good fruits
like figs. prunes. apples and oranges;
but these are staples which must be
of first quality.
When we buy cheap food It need
not be poor food. The woman who
pays twenty and twenty-five cents for
a package of breakfast food which
could be bought for two or three cents
is not good manager. Whole wheat
right from the farm may be bought
for two or three cents pound, and
there Is as much OF good wholesome
food in 1t as in a bought package, II II
is well cooked and served In as dainty
a manner or course the cooking
takes time and fuel, but 10 may be
done in a flreless cooker or at a time
when the fire is kept up for a long
time for other things.
There are some women, We hope not
many, who have so much leisure that
they get little exercise, and In conse-
quence are always ailing and taking
drugs for some fancied illness. II
tonics were thrown out of the win
dow and that same window left open
for the pure sweet air to purify the
room at night, health would stay. A
woman with a hobby, something to
take her out OF doors, will not need
a tonic to keep her well.
Bees and birds, chickens, and II
one can work garden, are all fine
outdoor medicines. There will always
be enough demand for the family
doctor, and we wouldn't do without
him, but we need to keep our bodies
in condition. with less of drugs to dis
order the functions.
N ~. ~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

Thomas jackson Stone Is the col
ored janitor of small Office building
in Chicago. One evening, just before
the baseball series for the worlds
championship began, he saw two white
men In the building have fierce fist
fight as the result of an argument
over which team would win. The next
morning somebody asked him his opin-
ion on the two teams. Il amt got no
opinion" he said, emphatically. "On
dat question Use nuter."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
PROVIDING SHELTER FOR HAY
Practical Method for Protecting Top
Of the Stack From lncIemen-
cIes Of Weather.

There are many farmers who pro
vide shelter for their hay in the fol.
lowing manner: Posts from twelve to
sixteen feet high are set into the
ground at corners and along sides of
a parallelogram, says the Iowa Home
stead. Then two-by-fours are nailed
around tops of posts and they are
boxed down two or three feet and a
roof is put on as a covering. The
hay is then Kicked beneath the roof.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
Handling Lambs.

There is a vast difference in hand
ling lambs intended for breeding an:
for the market. The first should b,
matured slowly In order to produces
good bone and stability, but the la !:
ter should be forced to put on fsi
as quickly as possible, as the weight
Is the only thing that counts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
ALFALFA MANGER FOR SWINE
Hay Should Be From the First or Sec
ond Crop, and Kept In Dry Place
Feeding Rack Is Shown.

have been feeding a quart of KAT
fir per day each to some shoats and
all the alfalfa they would eat. TheJ
are doing well on It and growing fasl
When alfalfa hay is fed to hogs II
should be from the first or second crop
and 1t must be kept in dry place. foi
If allowed to mold, the hogs win moi
eat it. For feeding the hay use 8
rack made of one by four-inch stuff. as
shown in the diagram. The trough Il
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
ImpressIve aIr

"A public man should endeavor to
Impress his meaning in as simple and
direct fashion as possible. He should
make a practice Of using words of one
SYLLABLE" Il go further than that"
replied the energetic statesman. 81
depend almost entirely on the brief
and beautiful word of one letter."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
ArtIHoiaI tialr saxsd LIE.

The way in which her hair was
dressed was all that saved the life of
an Indianapolis woman the other day.
She was walking along residential
street. when an alarm clock fell out Of
window in the upper story OF q
house, and struck her on the head.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

The Woman's Club Of Bellows
Falls will have about $375 to turn
over to the new Rockingham hospital
as the result Of it's enterprise in get
ting out one issue Of the Bellows
Falls Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

On the Rhine Look at this
beautiful CASTLE" !" Don't bother
me. How can / read the guide book
if you keep Fostering me to look at
rocks and castles - Washington
Herald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
Swinging Gate Latch.

Popular Mechanics. The slide being
In horizontal position, 1t works bet
ter between the guides. When the
slide is in the gatepost slot, the hang
ers should be at the angle shown, so
that the weight Of the slide helps to
hold 1t in place.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29
smeet corn and MeIona.

Sweet corn and melons should not
be cultivated too deeply. The roots
grow near the surface, and merely
stirring the soil sufficiently to create
a dust mulch IL all the plant re
quires-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-06-29

Work on the extensive improve
ments planned for the Rutland fair
grounds has been begun for the fall
show. A new floral hall is to be
built.