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YliSSOUF,'
a. stranger came one night to Yliss.ouro tent,
saying; r,H.i..ihoid one eureast and in dread, '
'AgainSt whose life thQ bow or power is. bent,
\VII() flies and haft not whore to lay his headt
t come t.0 thee for ,shelter and. for Pool,
To Yessouf, called through ail our tribeS.
l'M'his tent is tnine,"•said l'ussoUf, "but no more
'nail it la God's. Come in and be at peace.
VsaulY shalt thou Pirtake of zril rn'y store
As 1 Ot his who huildeth over these
Our' ta is his glorious roof of night and day
:And tat whose door none ever yet heard 'Nay.
Yttsmuf entertained his guest that night
And, waking' hirn ere (13,Y, said: "Here is gold.
lay swiftest horse is saddled for thy flight.
Depart before the prying Slay grow hold."
'As one larnp lights another liar grows less,
So nobleness enkindleth nobleness.
'hat Inward light the stranger's is_ e made grand,
Which shines from all self conquest. Kneeling
Me bowed his forehead upon Yussours hand,
Sobbing: "0 sheik, 1 cannot leave thee sol
r wilt repay the. All this thou bast done
lanto that lbrahim who slew thy Soul"
"'Take thrice the gold," mid Yussouf. "for with
Into ,the desert, never to return,
Itry one black thought shall ride away from me.
Firstborn, for wham by day and night 4 yearn,
Balanced and Just are all of God's- decrees.
(Mon art avenged, iny firstborn. Sleep in peace!"
—James Russell Lowell.
1 The Firsf frnpufse
""••••^,-.0.
&csEastern Story of Two Nen
Noted, For the Good They
Did. -
BY JULES LA MAtTBE.
Turiri was a wealthy citizen of Bag-
dad who was far and wide renowned
for bis many virtues. In assisting the
poor with his money he was so gen-
erous that he had to dept.ive himself of
the luxuries of life., and the patience
with which he listened to the laments I °
Of the suffering and cheered them with
kind words -earned hint the love and
admiration of his fellow citizens.
He 'bore with resignation all the pet-
ty annoyances which accompany man
Carouse] life in an almost unbroken sir
chain. He was truly tolerant and co
emcee waxed angry when others did
not share his opinions, aaare and diffito
-
eult virtue indeed, for there is no
human being who does not wish in his we
innermost heart that all other human u
beings might be bis inferiors and yet
In Lis likeness,
his side. An of 0 stehleu hie \Viet.", ak
tliougb driveu Soule mysterious
power, rose, ettelled to tbe window and
preelph.ated herself into the yard, elfaa
teriUg bee sisull on the pavement.
himself Importuned by a crowd of bog-
Turit•i left his twos° and soon saw
garS. He did not utter a hassle weed;
to them and was about to distribute
alms in his habitual kind way wheu,
lo! all the beggars dropped dead.
Continuiog his walk, he met fair
ATandenfira, one of the most rioted
courtesens of Bagdad. Etig,,er to gain
the wise man's love, she told bim the
story of her Ilfe aud tried to persuade
him that she was unlike any otber wo-
man of her profession. Turiri was
moved to pity and was about to ex-
press to bet. his sympathy when the
Woman all of a sudden fell lifeless at
his feet.
.At•riving in the city. he found that
the street which tie bad to cross was
blocked with numerous carriages. Aft-
er•waiting a few moments be began t
lose patience, when all at once d
and borses. as though hit by son]
terious blow,' dropped dead t
ground.
He went to the theater and the
quarreling with the scholar Car.t
about some verses whicb the latt
cribecl to Nistuni, while 'I'uriel el:
that they were conaposed by S
Suddeuly the scholar uttered a s
and expired. The play whicb
performed had a great success and
in licit applauded by the audi
I-Iardly had Turlri made up his'
to joie in the applause when tb
tbor of the play breatbed his last.
Tmehe returned bonie, terrife
what be had seen, and. thinking
self the cause of all these murder
killed birnself in despair by plun
a dagger into his beart. '
During the same night died
Maitrega, the ascetic.
Both appeared simultaneously be
rtuuzd. •
The ascetic thought in his mind:
"How I shall rejoice to see this
judged according to his desert!
man wbose hypocrisy was ahnost
much _admired as my virtue as soo
.AYALRT AND .101jNIE1)
`in Explanation and a Comparison
-
of Their Differ,pace,
ARE
THE SA
Conditions of Efficiency in Each Described by an Expert.
Probably few Canadians know the CHARGING, "BOOT TO BOOT."
distinction between "mounted infan- In addition to that the cavalry re.
try" and “cavalrY.'' Everybody quires to be trained in the highest de -
knows that the second Canadian con- gine to extreme facility of manoeu-y-
tingent is (to use the words of .the ring. It wants to be able to chargo,
militia order) 'to` be composed of especially against Cavalry or against
field artillery and cavalry or raounted al e - 3 . r ' - - -' '
eleouniou atizanuri caught by it on
infuntrY-" But raost Persons who their horses "boot to ,bobt " that te
rivers lea this lalsely thought --as, incleed.
o tire would actually imply-ehat
cavali..37. and mounted infantry are all
re fell the same thing
oadi. in accoutrement and in their use in
1
'ila,,k3 This is not s'o. mounted infantry
limed.
51' "5- and cevalrY fle'e quite different, both
lariek the field, aud it is a mistake to eon -
was found them. The differences between
was! the two are well pointed out by the
enee. I luilitarY eNPert of the Lane1-04 Daily
mesa! News in a recant areicle in that paper.
bite- 1 and horse. Whenever he is ellt iSI
1
e au_ The point is that the cavalry man
in his proper capaoity is essentially a
d at Centaur -a creature conaposite of men
s, be , half as it were, and becomes naan
ging ; fighting and horse hold or tethered
I somewhere else he ceases to perform
also his Proper function, and passes' into
fore i fa'aetroythineranco. n„ditviriointhotfhi's'invoausnt teddifficnr:
1
e mys- the improper use of "or" instead of
ence that a disraomited cavalry Thl£1,11
• is a fish out of water .1a. •
is -
This mounted ``mounted intently mane' is
as like a fish. that has been panting in
o as shallow' water half alive a.nd
a power to do what he 11
owed ble true nature by commit
untless crimes."
Orrin -Ina however, turned smilin
U.1uriri and said:
'Welcome, virtuous Turiri,
re truly a good man and my, f
servant. Enter now into my' e
nal peace" '
got005 With all fighting it is nearly always
ked' back to his native element. .
'ring! The lance is the Prince of weapons the last reserve thrown in that wins.
i for the true cavalryman; because in I; so.
With Cavalry that is sato-eminently
For Cavalry that has been
gly using it he delivers -his blow with the,
You and horse. Even in using the svvord, -that of momentura,
i full rorce and impetus of both maul other cavalry has lost its great power
brought to a halt by collision with
Lith- with which he is also armed the ca Quite a small
ter- airy man except in. a raelee-that is , body of fresh Cavalry, therefore,
to say-, the men jammed' together in
line so closely that ladot 'touches boot.
That is the most deadly' form of the
Cavalry charge,' bebause, properly
pressed home, nothing but a deadly
fire of Infantry, ease shot froin Artil-
1
ery, or Cavalry on, the move, equally
orderly in its movement as itself, can
.stop it. The momentum is what tells,
but it must be the momentum of, the
whole body acting together, not tile
loose stroke of single men that have
separated out so that, though pace
adds to momentum, pace is a poor ad-
vantage if it leads to disorder. •
So much is this the case that some
of the most successful charges in his-
tory, including the marvellous suc-
cess the charge of our heavy Brigade
at Balaklava, have been won not at
a gallop but at a trot. Sonte of the
finest Cavalry leaders that the world
has ever seen have believed that Cav-
alry at a trot would always ride down
Cavalry at a gallop, because of the
greater order and regularity of a
charge at a trot.
That's •11, good joke," said the
He Ives a faithful husband, and this ueti
in spite of' his wife being of a quarrel- ee"
some nature. He bore with her ill '''''"e
temper and seemed not to mind at all 00`.
that 'she was no longer young and "In°
I
beautiful. Finally his unselfishness ew'''
was so great that, though himself tbe "um
e.uthor of EILUDOTODS poems and 'tbe
gar
dramas, be rejoiced over the success
of Ws rivals and proved his joy by giv- ,
dest
bag them sincere words of' encourage- (h•
remelt find rendering them, all kinds of , ,
the
services. • In brief: . all bis, life svas 1 Ale.
c, with a sneer.
Never have I been more In earn
an at tbis moment," replied Ormu
addressing again • Turiri, spol
h wished the destruction of yo
e because of ber ungentleness a
eliness; the destruction of tbe b
s because of. their annoyance a
repulsive sight they offered; t
ruction of the courtesan becau
her foolishness and insincerity;
drivers and their borses for eau
'when. the charee has spent its force I
"-I and friends and enemies aee inter- I
thrown into a melee becoraes decisive
t of the action.
I mingled in close co bat -depend TRUE VALUE OF CAVALRY.
est m s SOT i
zd the power of his cut on the power' Therefore, and because also the
conferred by the movement forward 1 stroke of Cavalry coining with me-
i:lie; of his horse. I raenturn upon the flanks and rear of
nd WHERE THE DIFFERENCE LIES. ; other Cavalry, which, even thouah
. -.
eg" Naturally, where cavalry meets cave has no momentum in that direction to
7 charging at a good pace and in order,
nd ' .
airy, it is of importance that the arm oppose to them, is deadly, it is the
he that is most powerful in a charge continual effort ,., of a good Ca,valry
se ,
of shall be the one that is used. That leader to be bringing in fresh squad -
is beyond question the lance. But also rotis unexpectedly in a new direction.
e up of mercy, gentlenees, loyalty,
unselfis,liness, and he was considered
a sale t• -a chivalrous saint.
In spite of all this he showed a lac&
of [het calm serehity wbich usually
illuminates the face of saintly per-
sons. His features had the suffering
expreesion of one who has fallen a
prey ef wild passions or secret sea
you at) unnecessary delay; of t
sebolar Carvilake ford' eeine see
he the same is true wherever ca,valry The fact that "the insect "
can e t h
th mao
mountedautry on horse-. even the Irian and horse, together find
you; of the playwright for his bein
e suceessful than you. All the
es were perfectly natural., Th
murders with which you were clia,rge
by elaitrega were, without your know
mor
wish
a—
se I
e i
superstructure can be changed to suit
'd •
(() tbe various, ideas of y?ur many read-
ers, and fir cold and stormy weather
,
any one will be surprised to find how
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i
ae,e.
A.,HOTBED FOR 1-1 IC K S. _ovax...
Ph.sbe.,
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e have 81 ways been confronted
with a serious puzale-what shall we
(lo with the young chiclis \ellen siom-
nelled to remove them froin. the'brood-
el: to make room for tlez next hatcli?
We fleetly concluded that the treat-
ment evhich had been tound beneficial
for young plants voulcl do equally
well for young chicks.,
Vilben our young chickens were a
from tbe breeder into the hotbed. This
bow weeks old, we transferred them
. ,
we foinicl was a splendid place for the
young chicks, and we have enlarged
upon our first idea and have construct -
have light stable blankets to keep the
GROUND
ousr /roar
,f/&?St INI/RE - 1,007
NRIZz
CREATURE COMFORT.
.rhe Right Tentneruture of Stable',
re/iSr 141e., For Vitro& Animals. '
The horse stable, 1.1i the air is fairly
dry, seauld be kept at a temperature
of about 40 degrees, certainly not
above. If stables are much warmer,
the horsee ere more likely to take cold
when on the road than when kept, in
quarters fairly cool. All'ilorses should
END VIEW OP noun.
ed a scratching and dusting place and
a, grand winter resort for chicks of
large growth. The accompanying Musa
tration g•ives.a good idea of its con,
struction. We dug a trench 5 feet
wide, 2 feet deep and 25 feet long. We
filled this trench one foot with horse
manure and one foot with dry earth.
A quantity of litter can be scattered on
the ground. This trencb runs east and
'On the soutb side the wall is con-
structea of boards two feet Legit, one
foot below and one above the level of
the ground. On the north side the wall
ie three feet bigle one foot below and
two above tbe surface of the ground.
The entire roof is constructed in sec-
tions and can be removed in a short
time to clean house and to renew the
horse manure, which is the source of
the beat. On the south side the roof is
made of alternate window sash with
glass in arid boards nailed in sections,
and this part of the roof stands almost
perpendicular. The roof on the north
side is made of boards nailed in sec-
tions and. stands comparatively flat
The comb of the roof is five feet high.
Close up the ends with boards and
make a door at each end large enough
to admit a man.
10 the djrections for building a poul-
try house we are always told to put a
box filled witb road dust in tbe corner,
and in all cases we have found the said
road dust would abseil> enough moist-
ure from the atnaosphere to freeze into
O solid mass during cold weather. The
heti palace here desceibed answers the
purpose of' a gigantic dust batb, fancy
. day room and feeding ground for the
hen. The birds wilt find ,many bugs,
worins and flies that are batched '
the manure. The ground has never
been frozen on the inside since Its erec-
.
size of this winter reiort and tbe
ing
that
Marl
tons. and frequently, in the very ale- ce 4
a
enent of doing some kind act, be would tilec
caet down bis eyes. Was it to collect
imeelf or to avoid looking Into peo-'
ple's faees? No one could tell.
Now, there lived not far from Bag-
dad en ascetic by the name of Maitre.
go. Lie was a miracle worker, and the
pious from all parts of the world flock-
ed to him to be helped by his pra,vers.
Having renounced the world and all its
usages, eltiecrega had dug a cave into
the bank of the rive* and become
holy man, whose prayers were alwayshearsi power
at the throne of Ormuzd.• With
his bony, hair covered arms uplifted to
beayen he stood before his cave as un-
wearied as a tree.stretcliing its branch-
es upward, so that the swallows. de-
ceived by his inirnobility, took Maitre -
go for an old willow and built their
:nests on his shouldrs
e. His face was
it, the effect of your first wish
wish Which itio one is able to corn
d. It is quite natural to bate a
is disturbing and obstructing, an
just as natural to desire the de
tion of what we hate. Nature is
egotistical. and the name of egotism
Is destruction. Thus sin and crime;
take rootin the hearts of even the most ;
virtuous. and if mortals had tbe power 1
of realizing their first involuntary!
wishes the earth would fast become,
depopulated. This, Turiri, I purposed )
to show by your example. But I judgel
men after their second impulse only,
that impulse which alone Is in th
ejr
di
'1
-tined brown by the sun and was this re
black with (lire and his long beard and to you
tangled hair blew about him like the
wend beaten grass blades on the ram
parts of an old castle ruin, and so LI
ha.d lived for many years, for suclz isa
been bis will.
One day be overheard a pilgrim say
bag:
6`Turiri appears like an embodimen
af Oreetizel. 12 Ise only had the powe
to do what he likes, misery would sure-
ty disappear from the earth."
efaftrega's form became more rigid
Et was apparent that the ascetic ha_d
entered into communion with Ormuzd
fewmom passed in silence, tben
lire said to the pilgrim:
"I cannot compel Orrenzd to grant to
Merritt the power to do' eveeything he
wishes, for in that event be would be
equal to God. Ormuzd bas. however,
granted that beginning froni tomorrovv
at all occasions the first wish enter-
ealned by Turirl shall be .Inanaediately
Ueislized."
"Ob," replied the pilgrim, "Ibis al-
Imest amounts to the same. Turiri's
4rst wish at whatever oceesion will be
Eike all bis other wishes, always gen-
eroas and good. ori' have announced
to mo, reVerend sir, the happiness of
met:Di-Jess ifuman beings. Accept my
best Lb:Ines,"
Had Afaitrega's beard been less IM -
penetrable the pilgrim might have 00-
11 11 ironical smile gliditig o'er his
"petrified Ups. A moment later, how-
ever, the ascetic was again a beorhed in
deep meditation.
And tbe pilgrim returned to the city
ctnd rejoiced In anticipation of the be-
meficent tuft:lilies through which Turf -
/es power undoubtedly would becotne
manifest.
The next morning Truth.' on awaken -
gag happened to throw a glance Upon
We wife, who was still eltimbering at
Without the myster•
for which you (lid not ask and which
made your last day so murderous you
would have continued to lead a benefi-
cent existence. It is, therefore. not
your nature that I have to consider,
but your will, which was good and
ever ready to curls nature and to iind
prove any imperfect wort- A 1 •
•
ason, deer coworker. I open '
the gates of paradise."
ar, so good," said el. ' • .e, , "but
what reward do you grant to me?"
"The seine," replied Orinuzd, "al-
thougb' you only partly deserved it.
You were a saint, but you were not a
human being unless so through yr:me
pride. You succeeded in stifling the
flet itlIpOISe ID your heart, laMt if all
men would live like you mankind
would be even faster exterminated
than it could be through the fatal pow-
er granted to my faithful servant T11-
••• Now, want mankind to exist, as
Memo in its sight, which at
s s very beautiful. Even your ef-
forts, miserable ascetic, were not en-
tirely devoid of. beauty, and therefore
1 you your foolish error. Allfl
thus 1 Turiri into my bosom,
because I am just and you, Maitrega,
BATTERY OF ROYAL ARTILLERY.
hack. Under those conditions, the
1 cavalry has all the advantage.
That, however, needs sorae compari-
son-
o arms, to be antelligibl
The essence of the "Mounted Info,
tryinan" is, what is implied in h
name, that for fighting pm.poses ho
an infantryman purely and only
His horse is merely the vehicle tha
trausports him rapidly to the plac
where he is to fight again. ,All hi
training for fighting is infantry train
ing. He is equipped for fighting o
foot, and with us is dressed wit
shoes convenient for walking, in, an
either breeches and gaiters o
breeches and "putties" --that is t
1 end p
because 1 am merciful."
-- objected eliitrega
„ 4e1 have spoken."-Transiated Prom
the French For Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rolbertm of Utah In ,the ritera'ee.
"Utah -Brigham H. Roberts!" sang
out the. clerk. Roberts, pale but self
possessed, walked down the, aisle to-
ward the speaker's chair. At the end
of the aisle lioberts stood *with his
hands resting upon the two desks at
his right and left.
"EloW neat Sad clean he kooks'"' en1
i'VhiSpered ,f,1 woman in the gallery. --
"He ought to," replied her eoriman- nt
211.
fon, "with t.hree WivOS to keep him -
tidy." -Chicago Times -Herald. th
www_ww in
_
Clever. th
Poetzton-Miss Wabash is considered ti
the cleverest girl in our set. na
TIpperton (of Now York, in surpr)se)-
nu
Clever?. Well, I can't see it! tio
"But you haven't seen her brindle a de.
e ,
or plincb' the bag, yet. --Brooklyn bo
Life.
the features of the earth on which
they tread far greater than they are
e. even when the ground seems to pre-
sent few irregularities, greatly facili-
tates such action.
is A true Cavalry, leader reattires so
. .
. I many qualities of eye, of trained
t 1 habit, of presence of mind, of ready
resource and a inspiring influence,
e ' '
S that he is the.rarest of products. Von
Moltke thought that the French war
_
n had produced none on the German
h side. It is a necessity that now aciays
d ' cavalry should be arnaed, as ours are.
✓ With fire -arms, pistol, or carbine -
• that is to say, light, short rifle.
It would be loss to our power if the
,
y, a long roll of cloth bomid
numbers of the cavalry were diman'
ished, because, in addition to all the
other advantages which it confers on
an °Amy, it is from the nature of its
functions the Only arm that can with
its two auxiliaries make defeat 1..4..
round his long socks, either being
convenient both for mounted work or
cli sraotm ed.
The cavalryman, on the other hand,
has his equipment adapted for riding
and for riding only. Ile has lo
boots and breeches with jack -spurs.
The training of good cavalry is
One
of the most delicate and difficult oper-
atioas that concerns the business of
peace preparations ire an army. The
cavalry must be traizted to be the eyes
and ears of an army -that is to shy,
it requires to be able to `‘skirnaish"
just as much as infantry requires to
learn to skirmish.
In each case the principle a
in men riding or marching singly at
me distance each from each,. but all'
-operating and working in bar-
ony. In addition it wants to taain
lies men to have their wits about
em to know country just as a limit -
g mad does, and to see sharply what
ore is to be seen. At the same
me, as with the infantry, but even
ore iinpeaa,tively, it wants a smallet
mbor of men trained in an excep-
zanily high degree to perform the
ty of setting for the rest. These ,in
th instanCes are the "Scouts "
ly.for an enemy by fierce pursuit.
Mounted infantry can in no ade-
quate way do this, because it is not
and cannot be, trained for manoeuv-
I ring and sudden surprises on horse-
1while
e ec rye pursuit cannot
be too rapid. That is not the func-
tion of mounted lafantry at all, and
whenever it has attempted to under-
take such work it has reduced itself
to the condition described by johnson
in. his dictionary, representing no
doubt the popular iinprdssion of his
day, "men who fight indifferently as
horse or foot.''
Return ed al tired fold.
Wyelte--I can't understand how Star-
hord became so rieb.
WYtte--Woll, you Itnow, he was born
abonrci ship ancl lived there nearly all
h I i
Wyeke-Exactly. That's why I can't
under$tand his wealth.
'Wytte-Oh, I don't know; "bred nnon
the waters," you itnowl-Philadelphia
nuch time the fowls will speed on the
aside and bow much this chicken pal-
ce will add to the comfort and health
f the flock and how much the income
yin be illereaSed. ,During tbe past
anter we had a splendid opportunity
o test the value of this scratching shed
for laying hens. From our hens placed
in this shed we received four eggs to
one from .tbe same number and kind
placed in the ordinary scratching shed.
We claim for tbis the cheapest and
best method of construction to secure
comfort for a flock of young or old
(thickens during the winter season and
of great assistance to the ,poultryman
iu securing a earger income and greater
profits from his flock. -W. R. B. in
Feather.
Practiettl Thought".
The fall is with us.
Early Limiters pay best.
Keep the youngsters growing.
-Geese fatten readilyeind pay well. -
Stuffing is only good for dead fowls.
Prevention is much easierthan cure.
Tim glory of the old ben may now be
past.
Try to discover why your hens do not
The poultry business Is no "monkey"
business.
Dreams in poultry generally end in
nightma.res.
Ample room keeps fowls bealthy
with tbeleast trouble.
Don't wait for the snow. Prepare for
it wbile you can.
Vermin have much to do with the dis-
eased conditions of poultry.
Women and poultry make an excel-
lent combination, even in the kitchen.
Poultry in confinement must be fed
differently from poultry having free
range.
It is not so much the question as to
which is the best breed as ft is which
you can breed the best.
It is rightly said tbat the best place
for a poultry feral is within driving
distance of a large eity.-Featber.
Satisafras 011 For Lice
"Several times we have been told,"
says Poultry, Fruit and Garden, "that
SaSsrlfl'aS Oil Wci"Gld rid a poultry houSe
of all varieties of lice and with yeiry
little labor In its application.. ProcUre
one ounce of the oil for the season's
work. At night mix one-foOrtb of the
amount, with three gallons of water
end, by -using an old whisk broom,
sprinkle it thoroughly over every part
or the house and coops which are In -
feted. Repeat the work at intervals
of three or four days sevet'al times in
order to catch the young as quickly as
they hatch opt, and, it is said, no fur-
ther trouble will follow during that
seeson. It NIS also been said that a
few drops of the oil mixed in the ,301't
food will drive all lice from the chick-
ens so fed."
Stables designed for milk cows may
be kept somewhat warmer, but the
temperatuee should never rise much
above 5-0 dagrees, arid this presupposes
that the animals are not turned out in
the open during the greater part of the
clay in cold weather. Cows in full Milk
are sensitive to change, and therefore
the stable should not be kept etoo•
waral, nor shoulci the cows be turned
into an atmosphere that is very much
lower than the stable temperature.
Sonie careful experiments conducted
at Cornell university some yeaes since
seem to indicate that when the temphr-
afure in the stables rose above 50 de-
grees the animalg' appetites were 'More
precarious than when the temperature
was 50 degrees or below, and also the
indications were that the higher tem-
peratures, by reason of affecting the
eppetite, resulted in a decrease of milk.
Pigpens may be kept as warm as, if
not warmer than, the cow stable, and
pains should be taken to keep the pen's
and air as dry as possible. True, pigs
when penned several,together and lib-
erally fed will not .sufter much from
low tenapera.ture, but as the only object
in keeping pigs Is to put on fat and
flesh and produce growth, and as they
are usually not troubled with poor ap-
petites, it is economy to keep the pens
both warm and dry, so that all of the
food possible may be transformed into
Increase in weight instead of serving to
warcl off cold. .
The 'sheep stable should be kept
much cooler than any of the above, Un-
less the raising of hothouse lambs is
entered into, in which case the sheep
are shorn in October. The temperature
may often fall below the freezing point
ancloven below zerowithout any seri-
ous detrinienato the sheep or without
any very large increase in the amount
of food consumed. We have found that
warm sheep pens -that is, as warm as
those occupied by the pigs -are not
well suited for sheep.
The benhouse should be kept at about
the same temperature as the cow sta-
bles and should never fall so losv as to
endanger the combs of the chickens
or seriously to interfere with the pro-
duction of eggs. Perhaps the ideal
temperature is from '40 degrees to 50
degrees, although it is difficult to 'get,
this temperature at all times without
artificial heat. So far as my experi-
0005 goes, I am led to believe that it
Is not wise to steam heat houses in
which laying hens are kept. A mod-
erately warm chicken house is better
than an overheated one. This presup-
poses that the chickens when they are
laying in the winter are kept on dry
floors covered with dry litter. Laying
Leus should never have cold feet.
The turkey house may be cooler than
the chicken house, as it is not desirable
In most cases to have turkeys lay great
numbers of eggs during cold weather.
Then, too, they are more active than
chickens and tberefore enjoy a mod-
erately low temperature.
The foregoing is advice from Pro-
fessor I. P. Roberts, given in Country
Gentleman.
Winter Food r'or Rem
Thirty pounds of good sealed honey
is sufficient to winter a colony of bees,
and if the bees are well protected in
winter this amount of honey will car-
ry them through until the next crop of
new honey 0011108. Bees do not con-
sume much honey during the winter
months proper, but in late winter and
early spring they use it more liberally,
Lor at this time they begin to rear
brood, so, as the saying goes, "it takes
znore honey to spring bees than it does
to winter them." Granulated sugar, is
considered a good food for bees to Win-
ter on and is equal to the best honey.
Dark sugars and sirups are not and
should not be fed to bees during, the
fall months unless all is taken up and
consumed in brood rearing.. In feeding
Sligar thus water enough should be
added and the whole thoroughly heat-
ed to perfectly liquefy it, and when
prepared it should be about the con-
sistency of thin,molasses. If too much
water is added, It costs the bees more
' f
time and labor in condensing it, and it
will not be so quickly sealed maand so
thoroughly ripened. Hence for winter
stores but little water may be added,
arid the sirup given them with a
heavier body will produce best results.
-Iian.sas Farmer.
-Weed Dextruction.
HOW to keep the farm.clear of weeds
Is a, question which- every farmer
Shonid stndy well. I would recap:amend
rotation farming to •keep the weeds
down and to grew good erops. For in-
stance, If the cornfield has beconie so
weedy that it Is hard to keep It clean
SOW to oats, barley or rye for two
years,then eeed t� clover. Mow the
clover two years, then plow In the fall
for corn, and you will have a Clean
field again. Harrow 'the ground well
before and after planting up to the
time th'e corn comes 'up. Vence your
six or seven fields, and this
will clean, each field in turn,,
land will be iMproVed all the
Mow the fence rows before
o to seed. Keep mowing
nci you will be surprised to
l'opS Improve. Clover Is
destroyer, beeause it enrich-
4:1,-edeeritlrie Farmer,
term in
rotation
cull your
wage.
weeas g
weeds, a
eee the e
bert weed
Os the lab
ekes