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among potatoes if rrr TTS AR "AGRICULTURE. The only time to do a thing is the right time. If the soil is stirred and the fields kept clean during the month of June the corn plants become stocky and assume the best condition to ris "make rapid growttr when the hot July gun stirts them with new vigor. If neglected now, {t will be impossible to give the corn proper attention later. Honesty does pay, and it pays in every profession. . The. farmer. who gells eggs which he knows are not fresh, or puts the largest potatoes or apples at the mouth of the sack, or praises the cow he sells more than she merits, or in any other way over- reaches his fellow man, will sdme day confess that he has lost money by 80 doing; and then think what a poor oipnion he has of himeeit all the time. There is a way to overcome every- thing, even the nuisance of a muddy barnyard. It is aisprisite that good farmers do not contrive more speedy ways to cure the matter. Such a thing ~ a Guarini to 'the whole place, and eyesore to the whole country wept Clean it up and drain it off. In hey a farm do not stake ing one of a light sandy soil Bephuee it can be worked more easily than clay and come muddy, Though good for@bocial crops, such possess much less strength than others, and are enriched at more ex- pense. While clay soil will retain for years the manure washed into it, a sandy soil can never become perma- nentiy enriched. Potatoes are neglected more than any other crop on the farm. Most farmers go to some trouble to get their seed potatoes in the ground ta good shape, and then consider the plincipal labor done, though they have a dread of the digging, with av many weeds; but weeds have no more place in the potato pateh then in the corn field. Very Uttle hand work is required constantly "culti- vated, as they should be. The very best time to kilf weeds is just before they appear. When the seed first sprouts it is killed if it is moved, un- less the weather be wet. and con- stant cultivation keeps the weed seed stirred ; It would be dollars in our pockets to tux ourselves heavily for good roads. Markets would be open all the year, and we could reach them at Jess expense; ghere would be tess wear on wagons and horses; the ehureh, the school and the doctor svrould not be so far away; and agri- eultural communities would be closer together Every 'eultivasion of the soil while it is wet imprisons some moisture un- der the turned surface; this is favor- able to nitrification of the air, even if no ammonia were in the rain water in the first place. Brenking tlie erust prevents radiation of heat and evaporation of moisture, and does all the more good if the soil turned up is less moist than that turned uu- der Pumpkins planted among corn are fess likely to be injured by the squash bug. By keeping the corn wel: culti- vated until the vines begin to run, we doubt if pumpkins are any injury to the mainerop. In any event. with farmers who are wont to lay by thieir eorn with a deep furrow between the rows. this butchery of the corn roots swonk! be prevented. and much to their advantage. BTOCK. In grinding food it cian usually be managed that the work be done when it least interferes with other farm duties. Cooking can not be always so managed, and most farmers aban- don it. though convinced of its ad- vantages. The actual work is not greut, and every feeder must decide for himself as to its advisability. During these times of depression we have let our steck of all kinds run down. There is now increased de- mand for high grade beef, and mut- ton and for the best high class horses of different types--radically different from our stock in trade of millions of little serubs. Our home markets ure calling for the best, and the, ex- port trade wants shiploads every day. If we allowed our sheep or cows to wallow in the filth which surrounds the pig during most of its life, it would not surprise us at all if they suffered from lice, ticks and all sorts of skin diseases. Most diseases among swine start from a filthy pen Un- doubtedly hog cholera started there. isease germs live and grow in filth, and the sickness of one contaminates the whole herd. Animals should be handled as ma- chines--and very anim: ited intricate machines. to all surrounding influences ; "and only men with a love of detail and a na- tural adaptation to the work should be put in charge of them, if 'we would avoid the ills to which they are subject Even right treat- ment may be bunglingly done. DAIRY. The cow which has calved inapring gives her fullest flow of. milk on grass in June, and it ought not to be a larger burden than she could carry through twelve hours For this reason, during the long summer days, it is not a bad plan to milk three times a day. In this country, in midsummer, there are about 16 fours of daylight for this. i pastures have a habit of wan- ing away under the influence of the hot pa of July and August, with irregular and geanty showers. In these conditions the pasture mtier's and the cows are not beiefited. H t winter is the cheapness and variety of food for his Rgerea t Soiling one , advance step ; hoo obige an ensilage crop a cadoermes one. The cow which is fed out. on full feed is the cow ich helps the farmer to pay his of the present state bills. No use in having a good ma- vot af and no power to keep it in mo- t heey with her little 15,000 square nMles, makes $12.50 a head for ,000 of 2 giro iey tte ° 8 e 5 5 we do n Blooded, " dairy stock is very cheap now, and the sensible man will put himself in the way to take advantage h is a Balser Bi virtue in a thoroughbred cow, only needing the ability of the owner to bring it out. From all points they will bring one- fourth more profit than a herd of the commoner sort. There is nothing more detrimental to good milk production than foul water. If you are enterprising enough to have the supply in the stable, be care- ful that the cows do not have a chance to drop feed into it. Have a cover over it, and do not let them drink until an hour a eating; close again before feeding time. Practice and chemistry agree with- out reservation that guod clover hay is the best roughness which could be used in the dairy. When it is cut it, remember that poor clover hay is poor cow feed. Cut when the blos- soms begin to brown, and hurry it into the barn. The leaves are los when tumbied. about too much after it is dry Experiments at the stations prove that there is a great gain in milk from warming the water for the cows. Even in the summer time they will avoid the cool aprines and drink from z hot and stagnant pools; in winter time a drink of fee Water will cause them to draw thejr backs up. It may not always pay 0 heat water for them, but there are other sources of heat than a fire The horse must often thank the pride of his master for the curry- combings he gets; but the poor cow's flanks are gummed with manure for days and weeks. Get a pail of warm Water and soap and clean her, and then put a pole across her stall low enough that when she humps herself to make water she will touch it and back from under it, and thus keep her stall dry. POULTRY The outside peel of onions mukes a good lining for hens' nests, as the odor from this vegetable - drives away the lice, which are sure to be the thickest on the hens which are setting if there are any about the house. There are other things which have odors offensive to these tor- menting parasites . The lawn mower may be made to pay for itself and the lawn be a source of profit as well us pleasure. Grass fresh clipped from the lawn is au fine addition to the food for fowls of any kind which are kept in con- finement, and is procured without uny special labor or expense. times little chickens do not and the only reason is infested with lice. If the little fellows begin to droop, look for the lice about their heads and necks. They can be killed by putting a lit- tle lard on the finger -- rubbing it in and about those part A very low fence will puffice the ducks if Pekins are"Kept. large gray for They may be fed upon almost any coarse food, and will not need more water than will do them for drinking and bathing purposes. A muddy yard may be avoided if the vessel for the wa- ter be placed upon a wooden plat- form a yard or two square. The United States imports about sixteen million dozen be: eges every year. This means that we pay out one and a half million doilaes of good American money for this luxury. Seven thousand dollars a day is a large amount of money for the Am- ericun farmer to allow to get away from him, when he might earn it all himself. FORTICULTURE: if thoroughly cultivated, the new strawberry beds will last five or six years. The difficulty with matted rows is that in the second or third years grass and weeds take posses- sion. in the beginning every weed and blade of grass should be killed, and after the rows are filled with runners they should be pulled out by an If some sete er florist Basen go to the back gates of elling houses dt morning with a pi agon or hand eart, filled with geraniums in pots, Or even Cans, and fuschias one seed- ded, or colei, or well-started lings of asters, zinnias, balsams or nasturtiums, at reasonable prices, they should reap a regular harvest of dollars; but we seldom see such a thing tried. Freshly planted trees and slirubs should be mulched with coarse man- ure for the summer at least. The soil will be kept loose, cool and moist thereby, and such conditions could not but be of benefit. Not one man in twenty gives lis orchard or his shrubbery a thought or a care after he has gone to the expense of set- eting it out. In suitable climates . huckleberries are easily grown in the gardens, and it is a wonder that these plants are not oftener seen in such situations. They can be taken up from the woods, eut down to one-half or less, and set in proper soil with reasonable hope of success The proper time to divide lily of the valley roots in the fall. When planted in the spring they must be handled without much disturbance, or they will not bloom; but they are not tender, and, if the flowers are not considered, the division of the clumps may be made at any time. Be Your Own Doctor. Cut this out and write your name and address piainly in ink, mail it with 10c. in silver or ten 1-¢ postage stamps-to pay for aaiinee ge | eer ling expenses, and we will send you a book containing one hundred new and up-to-date prescriptions from eminent full direc- diseases common to humanity. & Co., publishers, Boom 6, Canada Life Building, Toronto. the market. | CURED OF SOlATiCA. {he Experience of a Bruce Co, Farmer. Suffered So Severely That He Became Almost a Helpless Cripple--Is, Again Able to be About His Work as well as Ever. {From the Walkerton Telescope.) During the past few years the Tele- scope has published many statements giving the particulars of cures from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They were all so well authenticated as to leave no doubt as to their com- plete truthfulness, but had any doubt remained its last vestige would have been removed by a cure which has recently come under our personal ob- servation. It is the case of Mr. Jolin Allen, a prominent young farmer of the township of Greenock. Mr. Allen is so well known in Walkerton and the vicinity adjoining it that a brief account of his really remarkable re- covery from what seemed an incur- able disease will be of interest to our readers. During the early part of the summer of 1895, while work- ing in the bush, Mr. Allen was seized with what appeared to him to be rheumatic pains in .the back and Sa Mato At first he regarded it as but passing attack, and thought that' it would disappear in a day or le nm the contrary, however, he daily continued to grow worse, and it was not long before he had to give up work altogether. From the back the pains shifted to his right leg and hip, where they finally settled, and so completely helpless did he become that he was unable to do more than Walk across the room, and then only with the aid of crutches. Of course, he consulted the doctors, but none of them seemed able to do him ge good. Gopmed to live are free to Lontabe that this was car own view of the matter, ~ our surprise, therefore, can be readily og when some few weekh & ago, saw this solleame John Allen driv- Ha through the town onthe top of a arco load of grain. Great however, Was our surprise at first, it be- came still greater when on ee the grist mill, he proceeded fan nimbly from the load, and han ¥ be- gan to th the _heavy bags otf c opportunity to ask him. he in reply, " i am as weil 1 a man as ever was, dI attrinute my cure to Dr. Williams" Pink Pills, and to nothing else." Mr. Allen then gave us in a very frank manner the whole story of his sickness, and his cure, the chief points of which we have se above. After consulting two physicians and finding no relief, h settled down to the comvietion that ig case was a hopeless one. He eye in medicines, and when it er ested that he should give Pink Pills a trial, he at first absol- utely refuscd owever, his friends persisted and finally he agreed give them om oo The effect wis be- yond his m sanguine expectations, as the Pink: Pills have driven away every trace of hig pains and he is able to go about his work as usual expected Mr. hoping -- it might catch the eye of someone who was similarly af- aha Dr. Williams' Pink Pills act directly upon the blood and nerves, building them anew, and thus driving disease from the system. There is no trouble due to either of these causes which zak Pile will. not ge and in hun- th have restored pa tiedts to S health alter all other re- medies had failed. Ask for Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills and take nothing else. The ge are always enclosed in boxes th rapper around which bears the full 'ben mark "Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills for Pale People." May be had from all dealers or sent post paid on receipt of 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by address- ing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The Baby Microphone. A recent invention consists of an apparatus by means of which a mi- crophone suspended over a child's crib automatically rings an electric bel: situated at any convenient point on the least noise made by the child. The microphone, as is well known, 1s a very sensitive form of telephone transmitter, capable of detecting the faintest sounds.--St. Louis Globe Dem- ocrat. Constipation causes re than half the ey of women. Karl's 'Clover Root 'Tea is a pleasant cure for constipa- tion. - Princess Christian a: Gg do Ps the lace pele the Quee rho hai pied by Princess Dextcise. io bas the cofitinent. ' A HALF DIME NOVELETTE. Six Chapters in Four Minutes. CHAPTER L * The report of a firearm broke the midnight stillness, Through the dark- ness & body could be seen to reel, stagger forward, then fall prostrate upon the bosom of its mother earth and remain motionless. The branches of the great elms swayed to and fro, THE CZAR. . * Russian Proverbs Reprinted Apropos of the Coronation. The crown of the Czar does not pro- tect him headache. The Csar, too, dies when his hour comes. The Czar's lungs cannot put out the sur ae tne So Now bane Se eee and an occasional gust of wind caught up the dead leaves here and there, blowing them ghost-like- across the desolate yard. Except for the rustling of these wayward little travellers al! was silent, sad and suggestive. ra I. One moment la A dark form pee from behind the vekery old ash oT © _ with a look of sin ca upon hi face o look at his ati "motionless The door was un mane: CHAPTER Ill. The same moment. At the report of the gun a woman who was sleeping in the upper story sprang from her bed. She had seen better days. " John! John!" she cried, frantically, "where are you?" But Jotm was not there. She rushed to the window and threw it --_ The very winds that blew across her to tell her that head The heavy atmosphere that now filled the room nearly choked er. . CHAPTER IY. Two minutes later. The man below bad now fastened the door on the inside, and had re- moved his shoes. Evidently he was on a purpose bent. The very act of bar- rng the outer door was evidence that he knew there was a woman in the house and that she was alone an d un= |) 4 but cannot sp it deviate from ite axis. ee ee See Se but they do mot reach to hea' A fat Czar is ai + hekvier for death to carry tham a lean ar. If the Czar be & rbymester, let the When the Czar dies the moujik would t change p H ces with him ef needs the Car's 1 favor must not good-will of his valet. When the ene geval to cut leather straps,the peasants must furnish their »When the Czar takes snuff, the peo- He whom the Czarina hates ts de- spised by her ie econhice hated by her tire- and sent to the devil Karl's Clover Root Tea is a *sure ure for headache' and nervous dis- aly Nothing relievés so quickly. Her Literary Taste. A writer lets out a secret regard- ing the way in which young women read novels. It was In the car, and i fons sadly dropping over one or two lonely graves, I don't have it; but un is glimmering over a satin, I know it's all ake it start to buy sweets to eat I read it." umption, La Grippe, Pneumonia d ses are Cons and all throat and lang cured by Shiloh's Cure. while stairs. There was also evident that he was familiar with the interior of the old mansion, for he halted cirectly in front of the unsuspecting woman's chamber and Listen Aha! She still ens it failed to wake her," he muttered. CHAPTER Y. lana minutes later. a herous was' not agleep. She he creak- CHAPTER VI. Four minutes la The door swung nsottay open. The first thing her Rodis belield was the sh barrel of a murderous looking shotgun, and then--her husband stood before her "John t 'she cried, 'what has hap- Pe ing hez pepo tew me, but suthin' hez happen tew thet ol' black skunk that ree off 50 many uv our chickens night afore las'. Did yew hear me shute ?" Don't Be Imposed Upon, When you ask for Dr. Pic ree's Sct en Medical Discovery. x0 refi- abie dealer. He will sell you ie at you want. The ones who have some- thing else to urge upon you in its place are eink ing of the extra profit they'l: mak These things pay them betters "put they don't care about y None of show substitutes is * just as good" as the " Discovery." That is the only blood-clvauser, flesh- builder, and strengtht- -restorer 80 Tar- reaching" and so unfaifing in its effects that it ean be uaranteed. In the most stubborn Skin, scalp, or scrofuious uf- fections, or in every disease 'thats eaused by a torpid liver or by impure blood--it effects perfect and perman- ent cures. Life and the Deep Sea. In many of the soundings made by Sir John Ross, sea worms, Or un- elides, were brought up from depths rying from 119 to 1,000 te) va At a depth of 800 fathoms his nets caught a Besatifel oper a pares caput e specim preserved and is ae in the "British museum in London. In Penetrating Power. No remedy In the world equais Nervi- line--nerve pain cure. Neuralgia and rheumatism are relieved afmost in- stantly, and the minor aches and pains are cured by a single applica- tion. Nerviline--uerve pen cure--18 sure to cure. ie. SS veces ees Perverse Old Man. "Sir," he said, " a cannot live with- out your da "Then," her cruel father retorted, out of here and never let me My daughter never baked a made & dress and she can't operate a typewriter. 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