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 m rid every „ erpool, and iai iL:verpo^, nd paawi -Ealtimare vu lool fortnight, lersof the gJ l Halifax, Fo pi? sumnierl Jlasgrow and lelphia, fott nfcrmatioii h J; S. Cunard I. F., Wm. TU__ â- p., Chicago Lo«ja |cronto Altaw I Ihiladelphia; g. |£ N U I N E D Ind I'lowbr Gar- Ir. A ITAH1T AKB f hirt.\ -Siixtli Ab- Jtire Vriocd Cat- Jfi, will be mailed lcu-tor.ier of last I JIarket Garden- Intake to use oar liHiilton, Out. ITHDAY. ^(1 Birthday Card moI lother will send lutbt â- other bahies, and thtk 1\.)dO a handsome Di^ kriX to the mether ani lation. Co., DIcntreaL I«£ BEST; rae for 18Sy CC3 of the choIcesE m SEEDS :;lGnrdener should I ;for'i2 coming* !!: â- u-cl inC::iiad3 ' » .; â- â-  M* p 'licoi for* *.-;fiit try remedy r '-vc tailed is no ^*â- .lJ Bt oaro tor a r.. r; K-]^ ft.; »trl»V r'4 ;M..V[iToiitf). â€" Fo- tv.o years my rn.'i ;.!-.\n. She WM I c-.: d too weak to do 'r sih" was g'ivea np tlK-\- nil pnssed tbiiir- coiiM not live. She lr. ,lui,"s Medicine in .1!.' .liter taking six r.ii'.di improved that ?r her hounehold duties, U.. V.ost Toronto. ^ES. iFOLl BRACES. fis. Send for circular. o., E COMPANY. I-. O ), Esq., I; 5,000 has 6 been here wiU be a 4,'fl0,000. vssaz O F LIGHT POWn^ aeer KachinAt PMENT. miekretmmtb HOUSEHOLD. Anmsemeiits faroivQ ObSdran. ' What than we do nec^t?" m tn mqnuy iten propouaded by tbe average nnallehild, rho, unless it is an Mcceptional speciinen, ^xhauats its stock of amnsemeats at least once in every twenty four hours. The inquiry very often proves a hard-to- olvc problem to whoever has the child in charge, for the supposed allarements rf dis- »iriled playthings are set forth in vain, and ill suggeations that it is not yet tired of do- jg this, or should still want to do that, are let with flat, emphatic, and not-to-be-re- onsitiered denials. Who has not encountered days when bhe small occupants of the nursery were rept prisonera within its walls by such in- furmouatable obstacles as pel tine rain or driving snow, slii^ht Ulneas or tedious con- ralesence, and all indoor amosements seem- to have lost thpir charm, the best beloved g jjeen cast petulantly aside, and all et- Forts to better the existing state of affairs roved unequal to the exigencies of the case Such combination of circumstances being __ not infrequent occurrence in many house- bolds where this paper makes its weakly it, its readers may welcome afewoften- _ried devices, whereby at such times peace and comfort for the elders and contentment And pleasure for the children have beeji se- cured by very trifling outlay of time, trouble, land money. Children under seven or eight years old need in their amusements a good deal of aversight and assistance from older heads, ud cannot get along without. It is one Jiing to amuse children, and another to lead hem to amuse themselves. The first makes a tlave of whoever has them in charge, the latter makes them plan and think for them- Belves, and secures for the mother or nurse time to devote to other things. Even small children usually possess con- giderable ingenuity and inventive faculties, and, while they are not equal to the task of always finding amusements for themselves, will, when given articles to play with, turn them to a much greater variety of uses than ras thoujiht of by their elders when they â- provided them. I Very simple things will give pleasure and laecure the desired quiet. Something which [yields children as great an amount of satia- Ifaction as anything that can be provided for Ithem is empty spools. Not just a string of la dozen or so, such as is often pro-vided for the delectation of their more infantile days, J but spools and spools and spools â€" spools of jail sizes, and on such astounding plans (that almost anything the small possessor's 1 ambitious mind desires can be accomplished 1 -with them. By saving all that are emptied of thread I in the natural course of the family sewing and needlework and begging contributions from willing friends, the su^ ply will soon amount up into the hundreds, and even a I thousand spools can soon be collected. For a trifling consideration to pay for the trouble of saving them, one wise mother se- cured eight hundred spools from one large establislnnent, where dozens of sewing-ma- chines kept up a busy hum from morning till night. To these were added the supply abeady on hand, making a collection vary- ing in size from the tiny one which had held the very finest thread or buttonhole twist, t« the large spools on which had been wound liie coarsest linen thread. ' They are the acknowledged property of a small girl and boy, whose united ages do not exceed eight years, but they also furnish a vast amount of amusenrent for an older brother and sister, who would think it much boiieath their dignity to own them, and are always extremely careful to call them " the cluldreu's spools " whenever they alludeto thtan. Basfcall wAt» IF-Mffl FORD, Household Hints- Mica in stoves, when smoked, is readily cleaned by taking it out and thoroughly washing it with vinegar a little diluted. If the black does not come off at once, let it soak a little. Ai'i'LK Fl().\t. â€" One pint stewed apples sweetened and fl ivored to taste when cold. Just before scndiiig to table, stir lightly into it the beaton whites- of four eggs. Serve with cream. Boston BPwOWX Bread. â€" Two and one- half cupfuls sour milk and one-half cupful Molasses one heaping teaspoonful soda stirreil into these, two cupfuls cornmeal, one cupful graham flour, one teaspoonful salt. Steam three hours or longer. Corn Bread. â€" To one quart of sour milk add one teaspoonful soda, three eggs, two Ublespoonfuls lard or butter, one table- spoouf ul sugar, a pinch salt, a handful wheat flour, and enough sifted cornmeal to make a good batter. Bake in a dripping pan. Chicken Dressing. â€" Thicken the water tbe chicken was boiled in with cornmeal, and boil until the meal is cooked then stir ia two well beaten eggs season with pep- per, salt and sage put in the chicken and bake until nicely browned. Graham Bread. â€" ^One pint tepid water, three-fourths tupful syrup or brown sugar, one teaspoonful salt, one cupful oatmeal, one pint light sponge add enough graham flour to make a stiff batter drop in pans, let rise, and bake in a slow oven one hour. Tomato Soup with Milk. â€" Stew two to- matoes and strain them through a sieve, p«tting a little soda into the tomato. Boil the milk, thicken with cornstarch, and sea- son to taste. Heat the tomato boiling hot and mix with the boiling milk and send to the table at once. Potato Balls. â€" Three cupfuls mashed potatoes with two spoonfuls Dutter then add one half cupful grated Holland cheese and mash well together, then add two well beaten eggs, and mix well now roll into small, round cakes, in grated bread crumbs, tad fry in hot lard. Par-,nip Otsteks. â€" Boil parsnips nirtil tender and mash welL To a pint of maahed parsnip add one tablespoonfal bntter, three well beaten eggs, salt and pepper t© taste, •nd sufficient flour to hold the mixture to- gether. Make into small flat balls and fry in butter until brown. MotTNTAiN Show Puddhto.. â€" One and a half pints milk, two milk crackers rolled, beaten yelks of three eggs, flavor and bake twenty minntes, then spread e beaten whites and three tablespoonfols sngai' OTor the top, and return to the oven until slightly browned. Very nice and ddicate. Potato Putfs.â€" Take twooi^fiils madied potatoes and stir into them, ttvo tableqNMH- f ola melted butter, beatin« to a white cmuB before adding anything else. l%eii add two eggs beaten vety light, a teacupfol cream or 8x»Aa, Pop Cobi^â€" Onf-hall mfhi n«.fbarth wqpfol «iMr «i|te»'teil|g bntter, boU t«gea«r9m«fl^iftia:iiBl|tt in a large pan (a daro paa istM*t)» sprinkle in two qnrts of me^ jpateped ««n^ stining all the irisile, takav-os tike MoM and stir until tbe k«rads all snptTttfi It is very good without the batter. ;^. ,, .- SrwxBT Afplv Indus Pumnaa, â€" Scald thoroughly one cupful of Indjaaaieal and one cupful of chopped sweet applea in a quart of boiling milk (skimacd)^, ladd. two- thirds cupful molasses, one teaapooofol salt and one of ginger, also a pint at cold milk. Bake in a covered dish from tiiree to fbur hours. This eaten with sweet cream is deli- cious. CocoANUT Laykb Caks. â€" ^Two ^gs, one cupful sugar, two-thiids cupful muk, one- half cupful butter, two cupfuls flour, two heaping teaspoonfuls baking powder. Bake the same as jelly cake. Spread a thin layer of frostmg sprmkled with prepared cocoa- nut. Bake in three layers. Frosting The whites two eggs, eight teaspoonfuls su- gar, and flavor to suit. CoFFiiB. â€" To make ct^^e on the French plan, pour boiling water once or twice through the finely-ground coffee in a cloth sack or fine strainer but when eggs are cheap there is no better way than to mix the coffee with half an egg, pour on the boiling water, and set the pot for five minutes in a very hot place where it will just keep from boiling. Su£T Pudding. â€" One cupfalsuet, chopped fine, one cupful raisins, one cupful zante currants, one small cupful black molasses, one teaspoonful soda, one cupful sweet milk, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one teaspoonful f round cloves, a little salt, three cupfuls our. Steam four hours, or until you can run a broom straw into it without any of the ing to it. dough stick Killed by a Fenoil- A Columbia correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution writes C. H. Barber, a mer- chant of Florence, died the other day, from the result of a strange accident. One day about two months ago, while standing in front of his store, he was approached from behind by a friend, who playfully threw his arms around Barber's neck. A scuffle ensued in which Barber's head was drawn down- ward and his right eye brought in contact with the sharp point of a small lead pencil sticking out of the friend's vest pocket. The pencil, which was about an inch and a quarter long, penetrated the eye, and be- came so completely embedded therein, as to baffle the efforts of the surgeon to extract it. After remaining in the eye about six week's the pencil worked itself oit, and it was then thought that, with the exception of the loss of the eye, Mr. Barber would suffer no other inconvenience, but in a few days it became evident that the lead had poisone( the optic nerve, and soon after the brain became similarly affected. Barber lingered in great agony until yesterday, when he died. The auiopsy showed that the brain had literally rotted away. A Good Eeasbn. " So you have a new cook, have you?" " Yes, the old one left us, so we got an- other." " Is she a good one " " No, she can't boil water." " Why do you keep her, then " "Because she ain't particular about her pay, and is not continually dunning me at inopportune times." HWATiTH. cto.. My Boys. BT HAKS COEBBL. I sit alone in the twili^'ht And dream of the days gone by. When here with tlie shadows we gathered, Sly beautiful boys and I. The years have passed, O how swiftly It seems only yesterday That Jack and Harry and baby Fred Were here at my feet at play. But where to-night are my beautiful boys, My Jack and Harry and Fred Oh, friend, only one am I sure of. And he is the one that's dead. My Jack, a soldier so wond'rous brave. You'll find in the thickest fight. But low sinks my heirt as for him I cry, " O, where is my boy to-night ' You ask me of my other son. How his blue eyes used to shine Alas, their light is darkened by The fafad spirit of wine. I bow my head and fervently plead For both these my boys to-night. Believing that He who has promised so much Some day will remove the blight. And I praise him for a vision Of a cause triumphant, grand, Tliat bears inscribed on its banners, " God, Home, and Native Land." My heart is full, so full, as I think Of Jack and Harry and Fred. Tet I thank my Heavenly Father tor The baby boy that" s dead. • â-  A Greater Lore. â-  BT HORA LAtlQEtSli; " God is Love, To thia. His spirit shall our spirit mould, MThile, touched by prayer the gates of Heaven unfold. Fresh from the sun the light each mom is given. Then let thy soul seek daily light from Heaven." " All, all is false, nothing is true t" I ciied in agony. For one I loved more than life Had roamed afar from me. Lo 1 as I thus bitterly qMke I passed a building grey. At whose ancient doors the peoide Were entering to pray. Heart-weary and sorrow- ladea I entered the aisle dim. The dioristers were singing A grrand old evening hymn And my grief and sorrow vanished With the sweet aoond above, Tbeiransdio voioes told me M alar greater Love. The Bei^ of Solaner. XT W. A. BHBWrood. ao«r]7.dowIyanksttie^ â- Neath the waves of poiiMing lirbt, Uke a holy trrigMsd »»l FWlinar paMy from one agbt. As the walus fliat between as Bise in looff red Uses Mid sdMSB na. L«! yonmwtt; in Tritttfertosoa iloants tte 'orient mn' vy 8MHy tram httfmpoMi Wec^ her waidng o»r Hw laaiiy r â€" ' tiieoBly-artiel««f â- Mftm-of 4m tiailBtiy a* who were raiaed on thia coni breads bave never loettfadr taatefo^ wbo were bejA daring. tUKooni fiaftyi^'iiid have grown up to pnmpmtj a otfaenriae, have never fct gotfan its iaite.- Of tbis date arc the older pooplo of tbe pneent tiaae, and .W .^- â€" « »- among them we will find tbe com jwead -~"f aOMiL bec«ne skubH aack^nd to^cite made in the aame old way as a pa^ ot^wir food once or twice a week, if oot^ once or twice a day. And then there i» the fried pickled pork which goes with it and grati- fies tbe appetite long kgo formM. .As tbe country grew more prospenrons, subaeqoent to the univflEsal com period of whicb we speak, wheat bread came into very general use, and even now among the yofpger peo- pie there are many who know little, if any- thing, of the tarte of com bread, though some of the other com products are not en- tirely neglected. For many years past com goods have been neglected, and it is only within tbe recent past that changes have been made in tbis direction. The new pro- cesses of com milling have bad something to do with it. Tbe com products us more in- viting, they are of s better quality than be- fore. Men of business push are behiod tbe com mills of the present time, and they are taking measures to educate the general pub- lic taste favorable to com foods, and the possibilities are strAigly in their favor, for the reason that in corn food we find a meri- torioTis product which has only to be pushed to find a more general recognition. We no- tice an advertisement of a corn product of one of the largest establishments of its kind in this country, though as the advertisement reads no one would suspect that the food wa3 a com product, it belnediBgi4aadii|tder another name. It is stated that it la "more digestible than buckwheat when made into ciUkes as a hundred is greater than tiiirty- seven, and by an exact analysis its true food valne is greater than buckwheat as a hun- dred is than thirty -four. There can be no doubt that the public at large is Hot fully conversant with the possibilities of corn foods. The dishes that may be prepared from its various forms are a much greater variety than from the products of wheat, and because of the merit that there is in corn foods, we may expect to see and know of its rapid progress in the favor of the in- habitants of this and other civilized nations. i^yention of Diphtheria. Diphtheria in a di:eadful disease at any time, especially does it become so when it breaks out in a family of children or in a schooL It is both dangerous and contagious. The germs are easily carried in clothes, from one person to another. Probably the best disinfectant is sulphur. Besides pre- venting the spread of diphtheria, suljuiur has a salutary effect on those already afflict- ed. Great care shotdd be taken in schools. No children should be allowed to attend from families where the disease already exists. The schoolroom should be thorough- ly fumigated every day after school hours. In families where there are two or three afflicted at the same time, they should be isolated and confined in one bed room, and all the children not afflicted should remain in a secluded room or, if feasible, should be removed entirely from the the house. In any case every room in the house should be fumigated with sulphur two or three times daily. An easy way of fumigating is to drop a pinch of sulphur on a hot stove, or if a stove is lacking, a few coals on a shovel will answer the purpose. A little experi- ence will determine the amount of sulphur needed for each room. It is not necessary to fill the room to suffocation. If the fume is offensive the windows can be raised for a minute or two. There are other useful disinfectants, bat sulphur is as good as the most expensive. We breathe freely its fumes and our clothes become saturated with them. Families having fear for their children would do well to fumigate daily. This will often prevent outbreaks of diphtheria iri families who would otherwise suffer. In any event the use ot sulphur can do no harm. Tight Lacing. Mr. Richard A. Proctor, the well known lecturer on astronomy, once tried tbe ex- periment of wearing a corset, and thus de- scribes the result " When the subject of corset wearing was under discussion in the pages of the English Mechanic, I Was struck," he says, "with the apparent weight of evidence in favor of tight-facing. I was in particular struck by the evidence of some as to its use in reducing corpulence. I was corpulent. I also was disposed, as I am still, to take an interest in scientific ex- periment. I thought I would give this mat- ter a fair triaL I read all the instructions, carefully followed them, and varied the time of applying pressure with that per- fectly stiff busk ' about which correspon- dents were so enthusiastic. I was foolish enough to try the thing for a matter of four weeks. Then I langhra at myself as a hope â-  less idiot, and determined to give up the at- tempt to reduce by artificial means that su- penM)undance of fat on which only starva- tion and much exercise, or the air of Ameri- ca, has ever had any real reducing influ- ences. But I- was reckoning without my host. .As the Chinese lady sixers, I am told, when her feet-bindings are taken off, and as tbe flat-head baby howls when his head-boards are removed, so for awhile was it with me. I found myself manifestly bet- ter, in stays. I lauehed at myself no longer. I was too angry with myself to ladgb. I would as soon have condemned myaeKto us- ing cratches all the time, as to wearing al- ways a bosk. But for my own month of foUy I had to endure tiuee mo n tt ut of dis- comfort. At the Old of aboat -that time I waa my own man again. itch. Do nbCvaeilia pai cfl t^ or vaijf- haail'oC tUig^ tfa# iMftonu 9. Kewar' kt th* le«k beeoaM odld «ad danq^ cr mt «il the faaek toward tbe win- dow, aaftheae tUMS tend 'to aggravate any exbAing bardnesa » bearii^g. -10.- Never pst milk, fat, wraayoflysob- teto .^kib^ar for tbe reUal irf paia»j for Twdra BnlsB fiiE t]ie Oaie of flie San. i. If ever ptit anytiibig into the ear for thditi^ rf teothaime. 2. Iferer wttr oottAB tfttie «tii if tiiey aire discharging pna. 3L Herer atfenipt kf If^f^ tt^tlee to the in^^ of tiiB t»qal of ' â€" n-nun unL e. Keraratrikear inflammation. Simple warm 'water will an- swer the pinpoae b^tar thanaaytiiing dab. 11. Never be alarmed if a living insect en- ters tbe ear.- Touring wann water into tbe canal will drown it, when it will generallv come to tho surface, and can be easily remov- ed by die fingers. A few pa£b of tobacco smoke blown mto the ear will stupefy the insect. 12. Never'meddle with tbe ear if a foreign body, such as a bead, button, or seed enters it; leave it absolutely alone, but have a physician attend to it. More damage has been done by injudicious attempts at the ex- traction of a foreign body than could ever come froir. its presence in the ear. Health Notes. Fothergill stated some time ago that beef tea is rather a stimulant than a nourishment, and now an article appears in the Nineteenth Century, showing that it powerfully retards digestion. This action is said to be due to the organic acids contained in it. Virchow says that beer-drinkers have hy- per trophied kidneys. TUs condition is due to the constant state of congestion in which the organ must be maintained in order that' it may perform the extra work demanded of it in elunating the beer from the system. In cases of undue sweating of the feet, ac- companied by soreness and whitening of the skin of the sole, a cure may be readily ef- fected by the application, once a day, of equal parts of citrine ointment and ung. aq. rosae. The feet should be bathed fre- quently. A growing inability to sleep in sickness is ominous of a fatal result in apparent health it indicates the failure of the mind and mad- ness BO, on the other hand, in disease or dementia, a very slight improvement in the sleeping should be hailed as the harbinger of restoration. A bad breath may be cured as follows, no matter what the cause Three hours after breakfast a teaspoonful of the following mixture Chlorate of potash, two drachms sweetened water, four ounces waish the mouth occasionally with the mixture, and the breath will be as sweet as am infant's. In cerebral exhaustion, active muscular exercise in reasonable amount and variety may be allowed and enJDyed in spinal ex- haustion, relative and in some cases absolute rest is demanded, or only passive exercise for a shorter or longer time, as may be ac- cording to special peculiarities of the indi- vidual. The following liniment is recommended for earache Camphorated chloral 2^ parts, pure glycerine 16^ parts, and oil of sweet almonds 10 parts. This is to be well mixed and preserved in an hermetically sealed bot- tle. Applications may be made hj means of a pledget of oft cotton soaked in the liniment and pu» in the ear twice a day. Tragic Deaths of English Statesmen. It is observed that Lord Iddesleigh's death is by no means the first tragic or sudden death of an English statesman in recent history, as during the present century there have been several. The younger Pitt died while Premier in 1806 from broken spirits, caused by the defeats of our allies on the Continent and Fox, when Foreign Secre- tary, followed him to a premature tomb a few months later. Percival, who was Prime Minister in 1812, was iassassiuated in tbe lobby of the House of Commons, and Lord Londonderry, when Foreign Minister in 1821, committed suicide. Lord Liverpool, the Premier in 1827, was seized with an ap- oplectic fit, from which he never rallied. Canning, his successor, died after being Prime Minister for a few months from, com- bined work and worry. Tierney, who was a Minister un ler Canning, .died of heart disease in his chair in 1830. Huskisson, who had also served under Canning, was killed while shaking htnds with the Duke of Wellington at the opening of the Liver n^: Sir Robert Peel was killed by a fall from his horse on Constitution Hill, twenty years later. These, with the murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish, in the Phoenix park, in 1882, foim a list of the sudden and tragic deaths of English statesmen during the present century. A Great SlaTe-Htmting Aegion. The country between the Zambesi river and the lake regions of central Africa is one of the great slave-hunting grounds of that dark continent. An English traveler who recently journeyed through the coun- try says that every village shows the familiar sight of the slave in the yoke awating the departure of a caravan. This yoke is made from the forked branches of a tree about five or six feet long â€" some are much longer and from three to four inches in diameter at the thickest part. Through each prong of the fork a hole is bored for tiie reception of an iron pin. This ready« a soft, fibrous bark, is wrapped round until the whole forms a thick collar of bark, making a sort of pad much rougher than a horse's collar. It is often allowed to remain upon a slave for nine monUis or a year, night and day, without being once taken off. When a caravan is ready to start the men are coup- led by the yoke being lashed so as to form a rigid pole, 'tunding the pair from neck to neck together. With loaaa on tiieir beads, they then tnrii Muai tmoet to the eastward and.leaTe ti^eir homea fn«Ter. ' ' â€" ♦ ,,. Conrags. Unleaa a .tnan ia feaifnl, be cannot be couageona; Uideu he realiaea danger, and is on ^jrirattA jagaim^ it^ be husks tlie elements iif "^^^SjWiritf J^nrnVtrr A child might be fomliiiMPliwiliiibal Tiim in ttnaa of war, but Whsk «o,8ow Gkass Sa^ adir tteir graai aaedAB tta the «yea dirtribatioit the downward tendency of water a||4 J^e'fpe of i^ farm roller for -elM^ring after ttelroat is* finiabed upbeaviag the mA, aUtatike Hifladel^da Beeord, bat it ia d(mbbral if the practice of aowing dover and otMrgf^aeeda ao eariy in the aaaaon ia the proner mode. Although such seeds do not easuyleee vliality, yet there is damage done by weoold, and we hungry birds do not xaiu the oppwtunity to take their share, while the proper " catch" 1-irgely depends upon tiie condition at the aoiL It. has been demonstrated that when tb» harrow is used over the growing wheat early in tne spring the result ia beneficial, and it is when the wheat is harrowed that the grass seed should be sown, if grass is to fol- low a grain crop. It is important that the seeds be covered, and if the field be harrow- ed there will be less loss of seed and greater chances for a good stand. As an application of nitrate of Soda on wheat in the spring pushes it forward very 'rapidly it soon reach- es sufficient height to shield the young clo- ver from the ex^eme heat of the sun, while the clover wiU at the same time make suffi- cient growth better to endure toe warm weather. The harrow may also be usefully employed to nux the fertilizer with the soil at the same time. The ground upon which the seed is to be sown deserves more attention than the grain crop, the grass seed or the mode of cultiva- tion, for u the grass crop be intended as a. fermaneut pasturage it must not be over- ooked that weeds will spring up to compete with the grass, and for that reason the ground must be very clean. It is best, therefore, tliat the wheat crop to be grown should be on land that was previously in corn, as the extra cultivation required for corn ireoter pri:iij,re3 the laud not only for wheat but for the gra-ia which is to follow. If, after the corn crop is off, the land is put in rye, which may be plowed under in the spring, and millet or buckwheat sown and plowed under when green, and wheat sown in the fall following, the ground should be in a very clean condition, and fitted for any crop. Making Good Milkers. No matter what breed you have,' says a 'writer in the Practical Farmer, something further is necessary in-order to reach the best success in raising good milkers. Good blood, whether Shorthorn, Jersey, Devon, -Aryshire, grade, or native is not everything, but lies at the foundation. Something can- not come from nothing. Treatment in rais- ing a milker should be something different from that in raising a beef animal or an ani- mal for labor. Begm as soon as the calf is a day old see that it has sufficient to eat and is kindly treated and regularly attended to. Never pamper or overfeed, but give it good, generous foodj to cause a regular, early and steady growth. Accustom it to be handled, but not to such an extent as to acquire obj ^tionable habits as a cow^ but rather to be fond of the presence of the keep- er. Kindness helps to create a quiet dis- position so important in the dairy cow, and this education must begin when the calf is young. Any habits acquired when young are apt to cling to the cow when grown. For a milker I would have the heifer come in at two years old. She is then old enough to become a cow. I would not, as a rule, allow her to.go farrow, but milk her up to within a few weeks of calvincr, .even if I did not obtain but little at a milking. A cow thus trained will give more milk and be more likely to hold out lon:T in milk if her after care is judicious and lilx^ral, as it should be. Such treatment tends t.t form the ha- bit of giving milk, and, as we know, habit is a sort of second nature, "ouple the heifer â- with an older bull â€" ooo, two or three j-ears older than she is preferable to a yearling â€" and better stock is likely to come from such. After the heifor has come in her feed should be regular and liberal. Good clover hay is the best of all, but we all may not have this for stall feed then we must make up for what is lacking in some concentrated food, such as oathieal, shorts, oilmeal or the like, but great care and good judgment must be used not to overfeed. Light and Heavy Hay. In the various rules for estimating the amount of hay in bulk not enough diflereuce is allowed for the variation in weight de- pending on the condition when cured, the pool and Manchester railway, in 1830, and exposure to rains and otbei causes. The %r.) J^ Teak\ same sorts will have much ess weight in proportion to bulk after being dried out by a cold winter. Hay that has been bleached by long exposure to rains will always be light in weight, and be proportionately less valuable than even its weight would indi- cate. The soluble juices which give hay its greatest value have been washed out by rains, leaving an undue proportion of woody fiber. There is, besides, a considerable variation in the original constituents of grass and hay, depending on tne character of the soil on which it is grown. Farmers on wet, mucky and overflowed land com-, plain that their large crops of hay do not pan out well when brought to the weighing scales. Timothy grown on such soil has coarse, hollow stems, 'with smaller propor- tion of leaves. Such soils are often deficient in mineral fertilizers, and a dressing of phos- phate when the land is seeded makes the crop better and the hay richer and heavier. StiU this coarse hay is salable and does not exhaust the soil as does hay grown ol upland. This may be one reason why the bulk of hay sold is grown on low, mucky and overflowed lands. Stobino Hay with Steaw. Where the hay is put up rather green it may be saved in good condition for feeding: by mixing with straw. The surplus mois- ture of the ipnas ia absorbed, and with it much of tbe aroma which gives good hay its delicate flavor. 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