RECOGNITION.
I and my Soul stood face to face, alone.
{011, Soul, how black and scarred thou art. when
known!)
I And my Soul said:
“Look at me well,.because I am thine own.
Year in and out I grew as thou hast, grown,
And my feet followed in the way thine led.”
Facing. my Soul in dread at twilight drear.
I shrankaway and-cried aloud in fear.
Then my soul said:
“Ayl cry and call; no man will ever hear;
Nothing will answer but the echoes clear.
Dost thou, then, shun the path thine own feet
tread?"
Alone, but for my Soul, at close of day.
, Small wonder that I cried and shrank away.
But my Soul said:
“We are alone here in the twilight gray.
Thou hypocrite! Fall on thy knees and pray.
Why fearest thou me? I followed. Thou-hast
led. "
—Maud Rennie Burton in Friends‘ Intelligencer.
Shetland Ponies.
The conventional Shetland pony, the ani-
mal represented in picture books—~namely,
about forty to forty-four inches high, very
tight jointed, and with an impossible
growth of hair all over him—is just about
as bad a type of this famous race as can be
well imagined. From his build he is gen-
erally short winded and thoroughly im-
practicable in his paces. A South Main—
land specimen, on the other hand, long and
rakish in build, hard grown, as the saying
is, and clean limbed, will far surpass his
companion in staying power.
One of this hardy breed—in our opinion
the ideal Shetland pony—has been known
to travel from Sumburgh to Lerwick and
back the same day, with a tolerably Heavy
riding weight, say fifty-six miles altogether
of extremely hilly road. But, minor dif-
ferences apart, there are certain character-
istics—unfailing tests in their way with
the experienced judge—which go to the
“makeup” of a Shetland, as distinguished
from an Iceland or Farce, pony—e. g., a
certain unmistakable breadth of build, set
of pasterns, and, more particularly, an
apathetic air which no other breed pos-
sesses.
Your “Sholtie” is not a quick animal, is
inclined to be sleepy rather than otherwise
in his paces, and is, as a rule, disposed to
do no more than he can help in the way of
exertion, though, if put to it, he evinces
great power of endurance, and will go
through an immense amount of work for
his size. The Iceland variety is altogether
inferior, short lived. narrower in build,
and generally fallacious. but, with all this,
he is quicker, livelier, and lacks that air of
pensive melancholy which haunts every
Shetland pony—Popular Science Monthly.
Making, Tape Measures.
These handy strips of linen or cotton, of
varying lengths, are indispensable in ev~
cry household. Brooklyn for forty—one
years has been manufacturing these use-
ful little things and shipping them all
over the country. There is only one other
manufactory of the kind in the United
States, and that is in Cleveland, 0. Be-
sides the ordinary tape measure, the con-
cern in this city makes the steel measure
of 100 feet and upward, used by surveyors
and railroad men. The cotton and linen
used in the manufacture are imported
from England and the steel from France.
The first two are painted with a peculiar
kind of paint, and have the feet and inches
printed on them from plates, much in the
3 same manner as a newspaper is printed.
3 With regard to the surveyors’ measures,
I '3 the figures are etched on by an acid solu-
tion. . The measures come in different
I lengths, and rolled up in cases or not, as
I the purchaser chooses. In determining
I he depths of wells, etc, the measure used
is made of a metal resembling iron, and is
._ marked off every
Eagle.
Sairey's Son.
/ He was a little, white haired, withered
:.r- ,
up old man, with a weather beaten face
peering over a scraggy fringe of chin
whiskers. He sat in a rear seat of the last
car of the Cape train, gazing through moist
eyes at a little shaver perched opposite.
The conductor knew him, and stopped
when he punched their tickets to ask,
“Where did you get the boy, Uncle Seth?”
“He’s Sairey’s,” replied the old man, chok-
ing a sob. “I never set eyes on him afore
; a week ago yisterday. Yer see, when Sairey
runoff an’ morried a good fer nuthin’
seamp,'mother ’n I kinder'felt we wuz
done with her. Las’ week I got a letter—
the fust fur live years—sayin’ she wuz
mighty low. Blud’s thicker ’n water. an’
I started fur town at onct to bring her
hum. But she wuy. too fur gone—died the
day I reached her. I found that leetle
feller thar. an’ his mis’ble father wouldn’t
let me hev him till I bought him—jes’ like
he wuzadumb beast. But I’d hev had
‘him if I’d lied to mortgaged’the place—he’s
got Sairey’s eyes.”—Boston Traveller.
I . “’inters That \Vere Severe.
An aging correspondent with a memory
notes the following coincidence: Winter of
11890—1 remarkably severe, with heavy snow
I:fall. Winter of 1880—1 remarkably severe,
,vvith heavy snow fall. \Vinter of 1870-1 re-
imarkably severe, with heavy snow fall.
:NVinter of 1860—1 remarkably severe, with
heavy snow fall. Here our correspondent
prays a “rate in aid" from some one with
I. longer ' memory than his—Pall Mall
flazettc.
A Blind Man at the Play. ‘
A good looking man of 40 walked down
he aisle of the Grand Opera house. Few
lbserved that he was blind. He sat well
lown in the parquette, listened atten-
ively to the rollicking dialogue on the
tage, and laughed loudly at some of the
vitticisms of the comedians. It was rather
gathetic to note a man so afllicted in such
brilliant place, but he enjoyed the per-
prrcance heartily—Cincinnati Commer-
ia .
The marked separation of some cloud
glycrs has been experimentally demon-
trated, while ascending a mountain, by
frofessor Moller, in Germany. The lower
;oud was left-behind when he had gone
pward of 200 feet, but high above him
:ere clouds of the middle layers at aheight
1" 20,000 feet, which soon began to darken
,ith rain or snow. -
‘Walter Damrosch is said to have asked
,opo fer conducting the Metropolitan
‘ a house; orchestra at Mr. W.‘ K. Van-
‘:r ’lt’s con‘cert...’l‘en years ago he was
Ill g to accept $10 for an evening’s work.
’ at time he used to go out to Newark
8. week to conduct a little choral club
, and was glad to receive $6 for his
i l
he
{we ng’s toil.
land Stanford is} the richest man“ in
ornia... his wealth isnow estimated
$00,000.“ He was born in New York,
mealawyer in Wisconsin, and went
i the Argonauts in 1849.
n or than hedi'd fifteen years ago, and,
th h now 67. his hair has just begun to
tn ay.
Q .
100 feet.--Brooklyn ‘
ator Shermfillifiis 6 foetailiches tall. '9‘ the Skin-583“ Francisco Chronicle. ..
e (weighs. :dnlyg'150 pounds".2 7118 100K! "
ALEUTS CONDUCT THE CHASE IN
CANOES ON THE OPEN SEA.
Exciting Ocean Hunting 011‘ Vancouver
Islandwflow the Frail Fleets Outride
a Storm—Surrounding a. Victim—Secur-
ing the Otter.
Sannak‘n island, the largest of a. group
of the same name, with its surrounding
reefs, rocky lodges, and islets, is neverthe-
less the richest hunting ground in Alaskan
waters. Partics of hunters from the main
land to the north and east, and the innu-
merable islands to the cast and west, may
be found here at all seasons of the year,
living in tents of skin or canvas or hastily
constructed bar-abaras (rude huts of earth
and dried grass), diligently watching for
the rare intervals of weather when the sea
is sufficiently smooth to warrant their put-
ting out with some prospect of a successful
hunt for the sea otter and soul.
It is only at a time when the sea is
smoothest that the hunters may set forth
with any promise or hope of success, and
in the inhospitable and boisterout-s weather
of this section of Alaska such days are of
the rarest occurrence, weeks and even
months often passing ere the hunters have
an opportunity of trying their skill with
bow and spear. The long looked for quiet
day having at length arrived, the party,
after a brief invocation of the mightier
spirits, embarks, fully equipped. two and
two, in their bidarkas.
A bidarka is a" sort of canoe made of the
skin of the sea lien or hair seal stretched
over a light wooden frame, and, though
seldom exceeding :35 feet in length by 30
inches in breadth, and weighing less than
100 pounds, yet so strong are they that, ex-
clusive of a crew of 300 pounds, goods ag-
gregating as much as 800 pounds are often
carried in them. “’ith the exception of
two circular holes equidistant from either
end and from each other, in which the oc-
cupants of the frail craft squat. the bidar-
ka is completely decked over.
EQUIPI’ED For: STORMS.
Clad in their kamlelkas, waterproof
shirts of whale, seal or bear intestines, the
bottoms of which they fasten around the
combings of the hatches, their sleeves se—
cured tightly to the wrist, and the opening
for the head drawn up closely about the
neck, whole seas might wash entirely over
both boat and occupants without a drop
of water getting inside. This is a necessary
precaution, as, though smooth and calm
at the start, it is quite possible, and even
likely, owing to the long distance which
they have to go, that the party may meet
with heavy weather ere they reach t ,
land.
As an additional security, when the sea
is too heavy to make headway against,
they collect in groups of three or four ca-
noes and, lashing them together, ride out
the storm in safety. V7 hen any water finds
its way inside, which it sometimes does
through the seams of the skin, itis pumped
out by means of a small wooden tube
which the native sucks full, then by re-
moving his finger, - which he has placed
over the lower end of the tube, to retain
its contents until clear of the bidarka, the
water runs out into the sea. The operation
is continued until the boat is dry.
Once started on a voyage the peredovchik
or leader assumes entire command and
silence falls on the little flotilla. W'hen in
his opinion they are nearing the vicinity
of their quarry he makes a Sign, and im-
mediately, without a word being uttered,
the canoes separate, forming a huge semi-
circle, each bidarka from fifty to a bun—
dred yards distant from the next, and the
occupants keeping always a vigilant look-
out both on the surface of the water and
the other boats.
‘ KILLING THE orrnu.
As soon as a hunter sights the glossy
head of an otter he raises his paddle and
points in the direction in which the animal
was seen. The scattered bidarkas then
close up so as to form an extended circle
about the spot indicated, and still in silence
await the reappearance of the otter. This
is sure to be in about ten minutes, as at
the end of that interval he must come to
the surface to breathe, going down again
after remaining there a few seconds.
Should he come up within the circle of
boats they gradually close in, beating the
water with their paddles to bowilder the
animal and keep it within the ever narrow-
ing ring. Occasional] y, however, the otter,
after diving, alters his course, and appear-
ing at a distance without the line, the
canoes are thus compelled to change their
base before finally securing the price.
As soon as the pursued animal shows
himself within spear’s throw the earnest
hunter, rising to his knees, hurls a shaft
at it. Lodging in its skin near the head,
we will say, the otter immediately tries to
dive. In view of this trait the spear is
constructed in just such a manner as to re
tard its progress as much as possible. To
that end the head is set so Ioosely-inits
socket that the recoil of striking causes
the shaft to detach itself, leaving the head
securely imbeddcd in the flesh.
VVouud round and round the shaft is a
line cord or line of braided sinew some
three or four feet in length. One end ol
this is attached near the base of the barbed
ivory head, while the other culminates in
a bridle, each end of which is secured tc
either extremity of the shaft.
DIVIDING THE SPOILS.
This causes it to drag broadside to, in
which position it oil'ers the greatest resist-
ance to the water. On some spears there
is attached near the foot an inflated blad-
der used as a buoy, though it also acts as
an additional drag.
Naturally, with all this to prevent his
rapid escape, the otter shortly comes tc
the surface, pretty well exhausted with his
exertions, and at no great distance from
where he was first struck. As he makes
his appearance spears, arrows and darts
are now indiflicrently launched at his de-
voted body. The poor animal dives rap
idly and frantically endeavors to escape,
but worn] out from his [tiresome efforts
and bleeding wounds, his" motions have
' less energy and vigor, and he 'soon floats
up to receive his death stroke. The car-
cass is then skinned in the water, care be-
ing taken not to dislodge any spear or an
row heads from the skin, which is taken
into one of the bidarkas, when. if the
weather still continues propitious. the
hunt continues.
On the return of the party to land each
otter skin is inspected by the chief in the
presence of all hands, and the ownership
of the different skins ascertained by means
of the points imbedded therein, each of
which is marked with the owner’s sign or
'brand. Curiously, enough, the; weapon
nearest the tail carries on? the prize, where-
as helwho first succeeded inlplacin‘g a-barb,
which virtually was the means of the ani-
mal’s destruction, receives but from $8 to
810, from the owner. according tothe value
. i h
The s eed of the fastest railway train‘is
only a ttle more than {mo-half the Velocity
of the golden on 19’s flight. that bird often
attaining a s of 140 miles per hour
,, w e e rm. , v‘ fl.
WEEKLY
FARM, FIELD, GARDEN.
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO COUNTRY
AND SUBURBAN READERS.
American Cultivator-’3 Plan for Making
Richer Manures on the Farm—Supple-
menting Stable hianures with Potash,
Phosphates and Nitrates.
A large part of the-value of fertilizers
is due to the promptness of their action.
Stable manurcs are proverbially slow.
They are composed generally in great
part of coarse straw or other material
used for bedding, and except from grain
fed animals the excrement contains a
small proportion of available plant food.
Fresh dung is not available until some
fermentation takes place. Until warm
weather incites this the stable manure
does little good. After the heats of
summer begin the coarse manure in large
amount may even injure crops by in—
creasing droughts. The manure applied
in spring is often only brought into
soluble form by autu' ,‘11, when fall rains
and winter snows 5 4e ready to wash
away its most valuable portion into
ditches and rivers.
We believe in stable manure, but wish
that it were more immediately available.
Two we. '3 are open for doing this, one
indirect, by feeding richer foods con-
taining more nitrogenous and mineral
elements, and the other direct, by add-
ing to the manure pile potash, phosphate
and nitrates in the concentrated forms
in which they are furnished in commer-
cial manures. This is what may often
be done with great advantage. Stable
manures are generally apt to be deficient
in phosphate, and the commercial phos~
phate contains at best only very small
proportions of ammonia, though this
rather than the mineral is what gives
grain its more vigorous growth at the
start. In an ammoniated phosphate
there is usually only about 2 per cent. of
ammonia, or in a dressing of 150 pounds
per acre about three pounds. It is evi—
dent, therefore, that a mixture of the
phosphate with stable manure benefits
both, by making and keeping both in
available condition for crops.
A still greater improvement to most
manure heaps is the addition with the.
phosphate of a dressing, say of twenty-
five pounds of nitrate of soda, evenly
distributed to each lead of manure.
Eight loads of such manure per acre
would give a dressing of 200 pounds of
nitrogen in available form, and do any
crop more good than either the phos-
phate or stable manure alone could pos-
sibly do. What is wanted in stable ma-
nure is a tendency to decompose rapidly,
and nothing better promotes this than
nitrate of soda. Phosphate alone is lia-
ble quickly to revert to insoluble forms,
and nitrate of soda is the best prevent-
ive of this. The nitrate of soda is more
expensive per ton than commercial phos-
phate, but is more effective for immedi-
ate results, and a comparatively small
amount per acre will produce a great
increase of crop. It ought to be made
as fine as possible before distributing, as
a little will, for most crops, be sufficient
if it reaches them all.
In every case where either nitrate of
soda or phosphate is used to enrich
manure, clover should be sown if it is
with a grain crop, so as to leave some
thing on the land after the crop is re-
moved. The nitrate is very soluble,
while the phosphate is liable to revert
and become useless until made soluble
again. Clover roots prevent the loss of
nitrates, while they greatly aid the solu-
bility of the phosphate which the soil
contains. Soils long cropped with wheat
produce good crops when clover is grown
on them. though only the roots are left
in the soil. Owing to its solubility it is
better to defer the application of nitrate
of soda to land until spring. as otherwise
much of its value will be washed away
by floods that often occur the latter part
of winter, as the snow goes off and the
land is filled with Vvater.
‘zzz'c Italians or Hybrids?
“On an average which will do a better
season's work, a colony of pure Italians
or one of hybrids?" The foregoing ques—
tion was recently answered by some of
our best authorities on bees in Glean-
ings in Bee Culture. Mrs. Harrison ex—
pressed a preference for the Italians, as
did J. A. Green, Dadant 85 Sons and C.
F. Muth. Professor Cook replied: “That
depends. I think no invariable rule can
be given. It'depends much on the indi-
vidual character of the colonies." J ames
Heddons says: “The querist speaks just
as though hybrids were hybrids. and all
just alike. I Will say that the right kind
of hybrids from the right races of bees
and the right strain‘of these right races
will do a" better business than any pure
Italians. That is my experience." G.
M. Doolittle answered: “There is little
difference in a good season. but in a me-
dium to poor season the Italians are very
much preferable. Then we must have
the Italians to get a hybrid Italian, you
know." . ' y ‘ ‘
The editor commented on the follow-
ing as follows: “Friend Doolittle hits
the point I have in mind. If it were not
for‘ the Italians you would not have even
any hybrids. I can hardly believe there
is one beekeeper who would keep on bee-
keeping with anything like his present
energy and enthusiasm if future opera-
tions were to be confined strictly to
black bees and nothing else. I know
that hybrids gather honey, and I should
not be surprised if, taking seasons as
they come and go, hybrids, as a rule,
would get just as much as pure Ital—
ians.”
Churchman, Social Leader and Forger.
KEARNEY, Neh, Feb. 6.—A sensation de-
veloped here in the arrest of J. A. Ship-
man, a preminent lawyer, charged with
forging notes and mortgages aggregating
$10,000 in'connectiou‘ ’with a transfer 01
Omaha real estate. ’The defendant is a
prominent church member and leader in
social circles. ,
Sixty-five Horses Cremated.
BOSTON, Feb. 6.——Havelow & Bernstein’s
stable in the rear of 185 and 187 Handvel
. street was burned, together with‘sixty-five.
horses, four herdic's and a large'amount oi
hay,’grain, etc. There‘ are rumors of in-
cendiarism.
- NOEWALK '- GAZETTE.
BEARING SPRING LAMBS.
EXPERIENCE OF A MAN WHO coms
THE WORD “LAMBERY.”
One. Breeder \Vho Has Succeeded Well
with Spring Lambs—He Speaks Strong;
ly in Favor of the Vigor and Reliabil-
ity of the Horned Dorset Breed.
J. S. Woodward, of Niagara county,
N. Y., furnishes to The Rural New
Yorker the followingnseful information
in regard to rearing spring lambs:
If the place where we raise pigs is a
“piggery,” why not call'the place where
we raise early lambs a “lambery?” I am
in favor of it. Well, we have com-
menced operations in our lambery this
year, not earlier than ever before, but
on a more extensive scale for so early :1.
date. On Oct. 18 we had no young
lambs, but when I was home the day
before election—Nov. 3—we had sixty-
six. which made an- average of a little
over four a day, and they were then
coming lively. This is a much better
success than we had ever had before.
One early lamb is worth two late ones.
and we have given days to the investi-
gation of the best way to produce them,
trying to discover some sure way of ob-
taining success every time. Sometimes
we have thought we had solved the
problem, and then, the very next year,
have found we were as-far off as ever.
\Ve used to think that it would not do to
keep ewes for this purpose more than
one year; that the forcing process was
such a strain upon the system that they
would “play out;” but we have changed
our minds.
A ewe that raises an early lamb this
year is much more likely to have one
next, and will do better by it than a
fresh ewe, and so we have taken to sort-
ing out all our best mother ewes and
keeping them over. The idea that ewes
cannot stand the close housing and high
feeding necessary to produce the best re-
sults more than a single year is a hum-
bug, and we now keep them three or
even four years at the business. We
look upon this as one cause for our great
“luck” this year. '
The best breeds for sires is a matter of
very great importance. We have tested
nearly all the breeds for this purpose,
and up to three years ago were fully
convinced that the Hampshire was su-
perior to all others, although we still
tried each year in a small way the other
black faced breeds. Four years ago we
imported a few Dorset Horned, but they
arrived too late to be used that year.
The next year we used one of the rams
to a limited extent, and were much
pleased with the crosses produced. The
lambs came strong. were robust, lively
and grew very rapidly. '
The rams have so much prepotency
that one can hardly tell half bloods from
a; Dorset sire from full bloods, and as a
matter of course the lambs all have
large horns. When the first were sent
to market our agent wrote, “Those tre-
mendous horns are a very great objec-
tion, and you had better put the lambs
into some other market;” but within an
hour of the time when the letter was re-
ceived a telegram came, sayinoa “The
parties who had the horned lambs want
more; send them right along.” That
was the last objection that was ever
raised to them, and now the bigger the
horns the better do the lambs sell. They
are a sort of trademark.
The next year—in 1889—we used sev-
eral Dorsets. As as an experiment, with
one flock of a little over 100 ewes, we put
one ram of each of the Shropshire, Hamp-
shire and Dorset breeds. When the
lambs came more than half were Dor-
set crosses, and there were twice as
many Dorset twins as of both the others.
The Dorset crosses grew more rapidly
than the others, and went to market
when from a week to ten days younger
than either of the others, and sold for
better prices. More than this, all, or
nearly all, the very earliest lambs were
Dorset crosses. We then decided to use
this year nearly all Dorset sires, and
have done so, having only used Shrop-
shires and Hampshires in an experiment-
al way.
Although the rams of each of the three
breeds were put with. the ewes at the
same date, Of all the lambs dropped up
to Nov. 3 only three were of the black
faced parentage. While it is doubtful
if the breed is the only factor in getting
very early lambs, there is no doubt it
has very much to do with the matter. I
do not wish to boom the Dorsets, and
have not done so, as all must know, for
although we have had them now for
over four years, this is the first time I
have ever written a word in their praise,
and almost the first time I have men-
tioned them, and all I have to say now is
that, having tested them fully for four
years for early lamb getting, I have not
found them wanting.
Brood Sows.
The greater thriftiness of pigs from a
sow that has borne one, two or thrbe
previous litters is partly due doubtless
to the greater amount of milk she gives.
There is probably as much proportional
difference here as between a. mature cow
and a heifer with her first calf. Besides,
in the young sow the milk is not so rich,
as part of what should go to make it is
kept for growth of the mother. It is
possible to keep sows too long. but this
is more frequently from their learning
bad habits, becoming unruly or eating
their young, than from failure to give
full messes of milk, or to produce good
litters of thrifty young. and sometimes
even farrow more than they have teats,
in which case it is economy to kill the
weaklings in excess. —-N or' west Farmer.
Best \Vay to Raise Hens.
Grasp them firmly with the right hand
under both wings, and lift them gently.
I have. tried prying them up with a
board, but they seem inclined to resent
it more, and it is apt to cause a great
disturbance among the rest of the flock:
then, too, yen never know which way-‘a‘
hen is going to point, and she always
starts so suddenly \thatif your footinggis
not secure you might get hurt. So, on'.the
:whole, I think the former way is preferé
able.-Poultry Journal.
V Ventilating
HINTS, TO POULTRYMEN.
Poultry Houses \Vithout
Causing Draughts on the Fowls.
The first objects now with poultry
keepers, and particularly with those who
are making aspecialty of egg production,
are to secure warmth and afford protec-
tion from dampness to their fowls,
Dampness and cold draughts of air in“
poultry houses are the most prolific
causes of that dreaded disease, the croup.
Warmth is absolute y essential to egg
laying; hence only those birds that have
comfortable houses to roost in lay dur-
ing the winter season in rigorous
climates. The draughts that find their
way through doors, windows and the
cracks of poultry houses result in the loss I
The
of many dollars every season.
poultry house ought to be as nearly air ;
tight as possible, and all fissures, espe- 5
cia-lly about the doors and windows, ‘
closed on the approach of cold weather. ,
The employment of tar paper as a. lining -
to hen houses has been favorably reported
upon by many, not only because this:
makes the house warmer, but the odor }
of the tar is in some measure a- check;
Better still than the tar
upon vermin.
paper is tarrcd felting.
The question .of ventilation is an im-
portant one and worthy of consideration. .
The ventilation gained, however, at tlr:
expense of warmth does more harm thilil
good. and direct draughts on roosting
fowls create more disease than no ven-
tilation at all. Not afew poultry keepers
make holes in one end of the house, and
let the air get in and out the best way
it can. Others build their houses with
the boards a little apart in order to pro-
vide a current of air, and then wonder
why there is no profit in poultry. Bet-
ter far no ventilation in winter, except
what is gained during the day by opening
the doors and windows, than this reck-
less exposure of the fowls to droughts.
But, explains the agricultural editor
of The New York World, authority for
the foregoing, there is a happy medium
between the two extremes of draught
and no ventilation. One plan is to form
a small chamber about midway between
the caves of the apex of the roof with
boards, and then place at the end of this
chamber a ventilating trap. By this
means i’lere will be a current through
the vent iiating chamber that will carry
off the vitiated air without causing
draughts in the house itself. Wright
advises for the ordinary poultry house
an opening at the highest point of the
roof, surmounted by a “lantern" of
boards put together in the well known
fashion of Venetian blinds.
It must be borne in mind that the air
of a poultry house does not become foul
so quickly in cold as in hot weather, and
therefore that much in the way of ven-
tilation may be done by airing the houses
during the day, and employing some
absorbent, such as dry soil, on the floor.
It is wise to sprinkle the floor often with
some good disinfectant. Land plaster is
a ready absorbent of odors. Another
cheap disinfectant is sulphate of copper,
diluted in water.
.5 Comb Foundation.
Prof. A. J. Cook, in his guide to bee
keeping. has the following to say on
comb foundation:
German thought and Yankee ingev
nuity have devised means for giving the
bee a start in the important yet expen-
sive work of comb building, and hence
the orig 'n of another great aid to the
apiaris: ——comb foundation. For more
than thirty years the Germans have used
pressed sheets of wax as foundation for
comb. In 1861 a Mr. Wagner secured a
patent in this country on a foundation.
He was also the first to suggest the idea
of rollers. It was not until 1874, how-
ever, that Frederick Weiss, a German,
invented a machine which brought the
foundation into general use here. In
1876 Mr. A. 1. Root brought the roller
machine and foundation into general
use. Since that time improvements
have been made on the machines both
by Mr. Root and others.
All of the improved machines give a
foundation of exquisite mold, and with
such rapidity that it can be made cheap
and practicable. As Mr. Heddon says,
“The bees, in two days, with founda~
tion. will do more than they would in
eight days without.” All who wish suc-
cess must use foundation often in the
brood chamber and always in the sec-
tions, unless nice white comb is at hand.
\Vhoever has a hundred colonies of bees
may well own a machine for himself,
though it usually pays better to purchase
the foundation. The process of making
the foundation is very simple. Thin
sheets of wax of the desired thickness
are pressed between the plates or paSSed
between the rolls, which are made so as
to stamp either drone or worker founda-
tion as desired. Worker is best, I think,
even for sections.
When to Sell Poultry.
It should be a rule never to sell a
fowl until it is made very fat. A hen
weighing six pounds should be made to
weigh seven. The one pound extra is
not much, but it adds two cents a pound
to the price of the whole carcass. A
six pound hen which would sell at 10
cents a pound, making 60 cents, if fatted
and weighing seven pounds would bring
12 cents a pound, or 84 cents for the
fowl. Here we see by making a fowl
fat there is a clear addition of 14 cents
to the total sum and 10 cents for the ex-
tra pound, equivalent to 40 per cent.
gain by fattening the fowl—Poultry
Keeper. .
Here and There.
N ew York state is credited with 2,000
cheese factories.
Arkansas has seven creameries.
Wisconsin has a large cranberry crop
of good quality.
A large acreage of wheat has been
sown for next year's crop.
Buyers have been driven west of the
MM ' 'ppi for apples to supply the east
this season.
Farm Journal is authority for the
statement that a centrifuge factory and
all needful machinery can be started
new for $2,000, suitable for handling the
milk of 500 cows. For 300 cows $1,500
is enough.
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