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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-06-12, Page 6s Sir Charles S SutkMngat Sick Headache CURED PERMANENTLY BY TAKING , Ayer's Pills "I was troubled a long time with sick headache. I tried a good many remedies recommended for this complaint; but it was not until I Began taking Ayer's Pills that ngle box of theserpills freed me from headaches, and I am now a well man. —C. II. HUTCHINGB, East Auburn, Me. Awarded ri pedal at World's Falr Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the Best. rhe Huron News -Record $t.25 a Year—$1.00 in Advance WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12th, 1805. Glorious Sabbatarian Victory. St. Catherit ei Jonrnal. Up in Sarnia the Lord's day alliance has scored a victory, and the police have been instructed to stop the de- livery of milk on Sunday. It is under- stood that as the cows cannot be made to respect the alliance's views, and will go on secreting milk on Sunday, they may be milked, but the straining of the milk, or its delivery to those who use it, will not he allowed. The milk- ing of the COWS is a measure Of mercy to the dumb brutes; the infants who require fresh, pure milk are human, and therefore must conform to the alliance's idea of the proprieties and take stale milk on the Lord's day, or go hungry. A GOOD APPETITE Always accornpanie s good health, and an absence of appetite is an indication of something wrong. The loss of a rational desire for food is soon follow- ed by lack of strength, for when the supply of fuel is cut off the fire burns low. The system gets into a low state .x. and is liable to servere attacks of dis- ease. The universal testimony given by those who have used Hood's Sar- saparilla, as to its great merits in re- storing and sharpening the appetite, in promoting healthy action of the diges- tive organs, and as a purifier of the Mood, constitutes the strongest recom- mendation .that can be urged for any medicine. Those whet have never used Hood's Sarsaparilla should surely do so this season. Mr. Benjamin Chambers, of Bridge- north, is the father of a baby whose abnormal growth is a matter of com- ment throughout the whole country side, and visitors conte in from far and near to see it. The little girl is only a year old, but already weighs 52 pounds. Her waist is 32 inches in girth and her wrist seven. When born the child was no larger than other children, but when six months old it weighed forty pounds, and it is still getting heavier. 1h6 baby is now so fat that great care has to be taken of it that it does not smother itself. Its flesh is not at all flabby but beauti- fully firm. The parents are very proud indeed of their progeny. Mrs. Cham- bers was formerly Miss Lizzie Nicols, of Lakefleld, and the big stone family residence about a toile east of Bridge- north, is well known to all the resi- dents in the locality.—Peterboro Ex- aminer. A healthy appetite, with perfect dig- estion and assimilation, may he secur- ed by the use of Ayers's Pills. They cleanse and strengthen the whole ali- mentary canal and remove all obsti ac- tions to the natural functions of either sex, without any unpleasant effects. xplowittour To dais — editor o/ 7hit Newi-kecord. Dltals $ u,—As complaints have reached me, from the different papers in the County of the failure to receive a copy of minutes of Unien Teaobera' nleeting,.I write to say that I furnished a copy in usual form to the Goderich Signal, and rsee that that paper pub- lished the same, but why other papers did not get copy perhaps the Editor of Signal will be Rind enough to explain through his paper as he informs me it was the result of neglect on the part of his mailing clerk. I trust the editors of county papers will be kind enough to publish the sante even if it is stale news. • Yours &c. GEO. W. HOLMAN, Sec. W. Huron. FARMERS wanting Hardy, Native Stock to plant this coining Fall or Spring may pay for it in work. We want men with or without experience on full or part tune. Salary and ex- penses or commission. Write at once for further information.—BROWN BROTHERS COMPANY, Continental Nurseries, Tor onto. Ont. -872-3m. The arnended postal regulations now allow anything to be printed on the address side of the private post card. PARENTS MUST HAVE REST. A President of one of our Colleges says : "We spent many sleepless nights in consequence of our children suffer- ing from colds, but this never occurs now : We use Scott's Emulsion and it quickly relieves pulmonary troubles." Mr. W. A. Armitage, of Biddulph, has a fine head of Democrat wheat • that was out, before the 30th of May. Heart Disease Relieved In 30 Mlnates - Dr. Agnew's Caro for the Heart gives perfect relief nal! eases of Or,(an•o or Sympathetic heart Disease in 80 minu'tes, and speedily effects a cure. It is a eeerless remedy 1 r Palpitation, Shortness of Breath, Smothering Spells, Palo in Left Side add all symtoms of a Diseased Heart. One dose oonyinees. Sold by Watts & Co. LITERARY COMPETITION. The Toronto Saturday Night, a re- cognized authority in Canada on mat- ters pertaining to literature, refers as follows to the short story competition offered by J)r. Williams Medicine Uofnpany, of Brockville:— "It is gratifying to find this large business firer interested in literature, and the nature of the competition is such that a keen interest is sure to be aroused in all parts of Canada. There is perhaps no portion of the world that yields material so abundant, sit- uation so piquant and ehsiracters so striking, for the writer of short stories, °`4 as may he found in Canada and more particularly in the Northwest Terri- tories. We have seen what Gilbert Parker has been able to do with his all toolimited,knowledge oft helludsonBay country. Had he or any other trained writer as complete a knowledge of our great Northwest, the traditions of the farts. the halfbreed and the Indians, as is possessed by hundreds of our readers, the literature of the world would he enriched. Winners of cash prizes in other competi'tione are ex- cluded, so Lint there is no 1• ittn why beginners should not, try ik'band." tiled in Three hundrad dollars is (ji prites,the nnunlntbeing divided`roong the hest five stories received. Stories for competition must reach the I)t•. Willin•ms' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.., before the let of July next. Stratford will pay the 28th Battalion Band $200 for ten open air concerts. To purify, vitalize and enrich the blood, and give nerve, bodily and dig- eAtive strength take Hood's Sarsapar- illa. The bass fishing season will open on June 15. THIRTY YEARSO®URE. HANDS AND FINGERS TWISTED OUT OF SHAPE \WITH RHEUMATISM. THE STORY OF AN OLD MAN NOW NEAR- ING THE FOOT OL' LIFE'S HILL—HOW RELIEF CAME TO HIM AFTER REPEAT- ED FAILURES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS. From the liemp4v1.1a Adva•iee, "I am now almost at the foot of the hill of life, having attained the 76th year of my age, and never during that time have 1 made a statement More willingly and conscientiously than now. lily body has been tortured by pain for upwards of thirty years, caus- ed by rheumatism, and there are thous- ands enduring a like affli^Cion that need not if they would but heed my experience and avail themselves of the proper means of relief. The disease first affected my hip and spread to my legs and arms. Like many sufferers I spared neither trouble or expense in seeking something to alleviate the pain. The disease had made me so helpless that I was umi.ble to put on my coat and my hands and lingers were being twisted out of shape. There seemed not the shadow of a hope of relief and very naturally I became discouraged and disheartened, and bane after time have I given up in des- pair. While in Arizona three years ago 1 heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I sent for six boxes in order to give thein a fair trial. I followed the directions closely and by the time the fourth box was finished the pain had greatly lessened and I was nl,uch int - proved. My friends having witnessed I ,ear linable to put on my coat. the wonderful effect upon my body could not help admiring the Pink Pills, and being about to leave for the east, I gave the remaining two boxes to them. Unfortunately 1 neglected get- ting 'mother supply for nearly a year ,after returning to this part and I felt that to the Pink Pills were one of the necessaries •of life. Last spring 1 pro- cured a few poxes and haye been talk- ing theta since with a veru satisfactory effect art glad to say. Now I feel like a new man entirely free from pain or stiffness of joint. I have a slight, numbness of feet and half way to the knee, but DM confident that these pills will relieve this feeling. Al- though well advanced in years, 1 tun aIle and do walk many miles a (fay. For rheumatism Dr. Williams' Pink Pills stand preeminently above all other medicines s accordin to my ex- perience and 1 urge aL trial on all suffer- ing from this painful malady." The above 1s an unvarnished state- ment of facts as told the Advance re- cently by Mr. George Selleck, an es- teemed resident, of Miller's Corners, and no one hearing the earnest manner of its recital could fail to be convinced of Mr. Selieck's sincerity. But, if this were not enough hundreds of witness- es could he summoned, if need he, to prove the truth of every word stated. Mr. Angus Buchanan, the well known druggist and popular reeve of Kempt- ville, speaks of 1)r. \Villia ins' Pink Pills as 011e of the most popular reme- dies known, having it great sale among his customers and giving general satis- faction. Rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia., par- tial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, ner- vous headache, nervous prostration and diseases depending on humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc., ail disappear before a fair treatment, with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They givr n. healthy glow to pale and sallow complexions and build lip and renew the entire system. Sold by all dealers or sent postpaid at 50c. a box or six boxes for $2.50, by address- ing the Dr. Williams' Medieine Co., Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N. Y. Don't be persuaders to take some suhst itette. MUSS, HORSE SHOE. 11 Is 3IMlepetl to to She oWelt and Always lgeadlly *moved, A horse shoe held to the foot abso- lutely thout the use of nails has been inven d by Harry D. Shalffer, of this city. tThe shoo is made in two parts nR •rrr is SIX Ho ^.ts.--Distressing Kilnev and Bladder dia:osaes relieved in six honro by the ' Nr.w (iu,,1 RUM'S Atian11119 KIDNEY c•o ax." 'iiia new rem, dy is n great anrpri•e and delightt to pap Richton on nen mut of rte exc'. .ing pramptne,a in relieving raj" in the his/der, kidneys, bank and every port of the urinery !impinges In mals r•r female. It relieves reteotI n of water end pale In paaslnn it almost Im- mediateli • If yen wont quirk react end euro this 11 our remedy. Sols by Watts &C.). Druggists. HORSESHOE WITHOUT NAILS. hinged under -,the frog. Behind and under the shoe is a set screw which holds the two halves togetlufl, clamp - UNDER PART OF MOD. ing thein firmly around the hoof and yet allowing room sufficient for the sspread of the hoof. It desired these ltroes can be taken off ever. night and replaced the next day,—Philadelphia Record THE PERFECT ROAD. It Showers Blessings Right and Left as It 'Wends its Silent Way. The following extract is from a speech delivered at the Minnesota good roads convention: Every one's income is divided into two parts. One of these he is compelled to make use of in supporting existence : the second part is disposed of in the way which his judgment tells him will be best. This leads to the inquiry whether our surplus is judiciously spent. Are we buying the greatest amount of com- fort and porinaneit good with the por- tion butt at our disposal? Would not model roads be of greater benefit than our tobacco, liquors, tea, circus and other show moneys bring? Would they not more than balance the good times we .have hauling our produce through rough miles of mud,•at such fearful cost; in extra labor, 'repairs, horses, oats, 111 wear and tear of con- science and damages to character? It is certaii teat bah roads ]sake weak, struggling churches and poor, ill attended, lifeless schools. They ne• eessitate a lite of seclusion which walls the path of social progress. To sunt up, a perfect highway is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. It blesses every hone by which it passes. It brings into pleasant communion people who otherwise would have re- mained nt a perpetual distance. It awakens emulation, cements friendship and adds new charm to social lib. It makes the region it traverses more at• tractive, the residences more delight- ful. It stimulates a spirit of general hie provement. Fields begin to look tidier, shabby- fences disatppear,gardeus shows fewer weeds, lawns are better kept, the houses seem cozier, trees are planted along its boarders, birds fill the air with music, the world seems brighter, the atmosphere purer. The country is awake. catrioti-in revives, philanthropy blossoms as sell i=hnoss fades and sinks from view. The schoolhouse and the church feel the magic influence—the wand of progress has touched even thein, the old are young again, the young see something now to live for and to all life seems worth the living. The daily mail reaches each horse. The rural cosmopolitan "feels the daily pulse of the world." Economy of Good Roads. We select from the report of the Gond Roads Association of this Province of Ontario the following estitnate of the saving made by good roads : Col. Albert A. Pope, one of the lead- ing road reformers of the United States, declares that bad roads cost the United States 250 millions a year. Good roads would save the use of two millions of draught animals, worth oue hundred and seventy rnillions of dollars, and cost- ing 8100,000,000 a year. It is further •computed that in many counties of the United States 10,000 draught animals are kept idle no less than four weeks in the year by bad roads—at a cost of $70,- 000 or more. Another authority com- putes that the fifty millions of draught animals in the United States are kept idle through hind roads long enough each year to entail a loss of $15 p •r mead. We have in Ontario, in round numbers, 35u,000 working horses. Even if we computed the loss of time. through idleness caused by bad roads at cer- tain seasons of the year, to be not more than $4 per heats each, it is an enormous soon to pay for present me- thods of road -Making. My own opinion is that the loss in• this direction is sev- eral times this amount. And who will compute the loss in injury to horsey and vchiclos—apart altogether from the loss of time and keep—that is due to the rough condition of our country roads ? Every veterinary surgeon in the coun- try and the back yard of every fanner aid of every blacksmith shop is evi- ciuuce of the enormous burden which the farmers arc now bearing through nad roads. In an industry in which I have taken special interest I have been making some inquiries on the subject. There are, in round numbers, about 2,000 cheese factories in Canada. The cost of drawing the milk. whey and cheese at each factory, is probably $1000 a year—perhaps a good deal more—or two million a year for the whole coun- try. It is quite certain that with roads anyway approaching those of Eng- land this cost could be reduced by a fourth, He finest flow a Woman Throws. The small son and heir had been sent into the gnrden to fetch a stick with which he was to be punished. After some delay he returned, saying, with a sigh. "Couldn't find a stick, mover ; but here's a tittle stone you 'might frow at roc."—Ilarper's Magazine. Long and Short. Sim—Do you find that art is long? 1)'Auber—Yes, but we, its devotees, are generally short. . MUNICIPAL, TAM, liew Blower Meter, or Detroit. Foaled Profitable Occupation for Mc Unemployed. During the recent •industrialaraly- ais, the number of poisons in Detroit requiring relief front t he city authorities bt'curna so great that Mayor Pingree endeavored to find some way in which employmeut� could he furnished to as many as weft: willing to work, and the strain on the city treasury might to that extent bo lightened. It occurred to him that a great deal of the vacaut land in the suburbs of the city, "held tor a rise," might, if permission were obtained from the owners. bo temperer• ily turned into potato farms. When his proposal was broached, many weals of hind were cheerfully placed at his dis- posal. The experiment was an entire success. It was proven that the great majority of the unemployed .poor were wiling to work. and merely need••d gui- dance and opportunity. Otte VOrY notice- able result ot the schemo, it is said, is that it has drawn the attention of many poor p •ople in the city to the desirable- ness of country life. They have had an introductio:t to its attractions, and they have tested its capability of affbrding remunerative employment for the irme- tal and physical eiergies. The Piugree idea has rapidly extended to other cities. Iit the vicinity of Buffalo fiva hundred Acres were turned to account last sum- mer in the sante manner as at Detroit. Every city, of course, has its own method of regulating the details, Tho Buffalo plan is to give each man charge ot•one third of an acre, and let hint work it tiering the summer. The men receive aid from the poor department just as 11 they were Ilot working. •At the end of the season, if they have kept at their work, they are paid for it in pe • tatoes; it they have deserted it, they get nothing. In -Rochester, where a begin- ning is to be made this spring; every man who applies for assistance will be given two clays' work at the farm, and for this they will be paid in provisions from the poor store. At the end of the • season the potatoes will be gathered and stored for use by the department. Be this plan ouly Mon willing to• work will be helped. Those who refuse to take a hand at the potato -raising will be dropped from the overseers' books, and will receive no relief from the depart- ment. Iu this province, fortunately, very few of the extremely poor need be idle during the summer months. Ir much more ought to bo clone time can be done et the House of industry, many farmers in the neighborhood of the cities doubtless would be glad to gut even in- experienced help.—Municipal World. • Cooling 31111( In the Well. The sketch herewith shows a simple and successful creamery that any far- mer can with a little expense construct. The first tiling required is a well' of good size in diameter and of cool water. 1 made the experiment early last spring by hanging the cans in this well and was so well satisfied with the results I made the needed arrangement ' for hoisting and lowering the cans by use of a crank which can be attached to each roller. Three cans are all that aro needed in my creamery, each one hold- ing a milking, which allows 86 (hours for each setting. The cans should have covers to Icet•p out dirt and insects, but not be air -tight, and can be made to hold a larger quantity where more cows aro FIG. 1. kept but should be about three times the height of the diameter, witli the space betw,'cn the curb floor and the case roller to allow the can to pass freely through. The sketch is so simple it seems unnecessary to explain its con- struction. One point to be kept in mind is to see that the cans are not set too deep in rainy weather as the water !nay rise and overturn the milk. Snaps are used on the ends of the rope to at- tach the can, as seen in Fig. 1. The cover of the case is so made, that when closed it slants back to shed rain. The front piece (see Fig. 2) is detachable and sets in so that when closed it can be locked with a padlock. All who haves seen it think highly of it as it is a creamery without the use of ice, which is expensive to Have and a great deal of work to use. On one occasion in market f met at roan what has used a creamery for manv years nand who thought it would pay hen to dig a well purposely instead of using ice, Setting of milk in wells is so F10. 2. common that this de- vice ought to he generally used by fitr• Leers.—American Agriculturist, Tho Strawberry Red. Tho best location for the strawlt rry bed is an itnportant matter in many sections. Mr. IIanchett said to the :-tate horticultural society that in west- ern Wisconsin "our best locutions err good wheat lands in narrow valleys open to the east and south. On ilm ridges, which are usually sandy, th plants do not thrive. They must be protected from the cold north winds of winter and from the scorching south- west winds of summer. These, condi- tions are found in many of our narrow valleys, open at the east and west and protected on the north and south by bluffs. usually here is Inund a stream of water fed by springs. This with very little difficulty can ho used in irrigating the Hold and the effects of drnuth conn- terncted. We give thorough and 50 (pent cniture.—Arneriean Agricultur- ists P TYPEWRITING BY TELEGRAPH. All lustreeteat Wgty h 1a »es*;uod so I)leplaro the Telegraph Tickets A •very convenient typewriter. ar- rangoment to take the place of the tele- graph instrument• has been designed for the rapid transmission of news or messages of all kinds. The.systotn may be defined, in brief, as an electrical typow ritur, the messages being trans- mitted by an operator manipulating a keyboard similar to that of a type. THE 'TYPEWRITER TELEGRAPH, writer, and belug received automatical- ly at any desired number of receiving stations at a distance in a printed form on pages. '1'fte paper ou which the message is received is in the form of a continuous roll, which is torn off as re- quired. Tito instrument can be attached to any telegraph line, and it requires less battery than is required to work at sin- gle lino on the Morse system. No great- er skill is required on the part of the operator than is needed to operate a typewriter. The system can bo operated quite as quickly as the Morse system and more accurately; and for maintaing communi- cation between office and factory, house and office, or between any number of stations on private lines it is claimed to be unequalled inconvenience and efii- concy. Growing good figs. A correspondent of The Mural New Yorker thinks there is nothing like oats to feed pigs. Ho mixes the oatmeal with shipstuff or middlings, using the house slops as wetting. In cold weather lie warms the slops .rid adds corn steal. This kind of mixture, which furnishes a variety, he finds rich in flesh and bone forming material, making a good qual- ity of broth. While shipstuff and mid- dlings furnish the requisite material, fed alone they make soft and flabby muscle. He says : "I have fed oats for years, and I think no other food equal to thorn in correcting the inequalities ot a die of corn or shipstuff or both. The feed should vary according to the condition of the animal and its natural tendencies to lay on fat or grow mus- cle." In short, the individuality of the pig must be studied, as pigs vary in their needs and appetites as much as other animals. Exercise alone will not make muscle, but it is a great aid in conjunction with proper food. It is only just beginning to dawn upon the minds of pig -growers that there is a wide difference- b..tweon growing a pig and fattening it. If there is a saving in work by en- silaging corn to feed to cows, then there is economy in growing green crops fu suitable patches to teed your hogs by letting them help themselves --always turning in just as the crops of peas or oats, or whatever it may be, reaches its best condition, and having hogs enough to use it up before any of it has time to go to waste. In this way it is possible to raise a succession of crops of various kinds, never omitting clover asthe base and main reliance—turning the hogs from one to the ocher at the proper tune, and thus bringing thein to maturity with little more trouble or expense than just putting in the several crops and in their succession turning in the hogs to help themselves. Your pork will be pro- duced cheaply and your soil will be con- stantly growing richer, producing bi g - ger crops and tatteuing more hogs. In this way we believe a man could carry on a system of hog farming that wouid prove highly remunerative. We have heard a good deal said about the artificial condition of the cow, but who has descanted on the artificial con- dition of the pig? He is no less in an artificial condition, nor loss dependent on the judgment of matt for his health- fulness and vigor. We must give him a chance for exercise and fresh air. If we have weakened his power to resist the action of the elemel ts, we must give hun protection in that direction. If wo have interfered with the law of the survival of the fittest, which under nature crowds out of existence the weaker animals, we must by care and judgment select and breed only from the strongest, otherwise there will be degeneration. So the farther wo get the pig away from natural surround- ings, wo roust supply hire with corre- sponding artificial ones. The pig of civilization can no more survive under wild conditions and retain his improved features than civilized man can remain intelligent and refined under the de- privations of a purely savage life. A NEW METHOD. The Poultry llulustry. 1*' leropt!r»y Veii. towed, WUt Gave Large and l'roiltable notions. I think the time has nearly ar'rlve .. when our farrnels will have to make u their minds that they are wasting their time in raising nothing but barley, wheat, pdbts, and suck crops from their farms. In the case of some of them., however, the time will not come until it brings with it the experience that the land will not raise any of these crops any longer ; that, like themselves, it is played out, and good for nothiug better than its worst condition. Those who aro wisest among them will put the stitch in times that savor vino, ala 2 will turn their attention to the pro action of cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry. , any o1 which pursuits, or any two of them combined, will give ample acope and verge enough for any man's intel- ligence and time, and ample opportu- nity for the recuperation of his acres. One of the misfortunes of the country is that too many of dur farming popula- tion are not as well informed as they ought to be for their own good, and most of that class are too old to be taught. We have gone through por- tions of this province where the land was so eompletely exhausted by over - cropping that it could with difficulty raise a blade of grass or oats over six inches long ; and the little that I d accomplished that growth was s to and as bleached as scutched flax. ar after year everything had been strip- ped off the ground and disposed of at any price. It was raised to be got rid of. It cost four times as much as it was worth, perhaps, to raise it, and it probably left the grottlul and its owner worse off than ever. Had a different practice prevailed, the land would have been in bettor heart and the farmer bet- ter off. It is not a difficult thing to esti- mate the difference that exists between the two conditions. This country and every other one whore such a practice prevails. together with every one who is responsible for it, trust break down at last. It is break- ing down now under the persistent offences which are being practiced upon it. It would pay our farmers fifty -fold more if, instead of trucking everything off their farms, theywould truck twice as ranch on. Barly, wheat, oats and peas are "played out" entirely in this portion of the province generally as a paying crop. Henceforth it will have to be oxen, sheep, poultry and pigs—or "root hog or die." Of these latter productions poultry will unquestionably give the largest profit by probably many hundreds per cent. We believe that nothing that .the farmer produces is in any degree to be compared with poultry for value. ;sfo animal consumes less, and what it does consume is of less i economical value than that which other animals consume. No animal consumes less. none yield a—none more easily attended to and ca ed for. .are more hardy, more easily sed, or These aro self-evident propositions which everyone will have to admit and they aro propositions which will be fore - ed hotiio to people's convictions before long by the hard facts of practical, and perhaps paintul, experience. In a recent issue of The American Poultry Journal, the record is given of the produce for the year of a yard of Wvandottes, which cosi about $40, and showed a net gain of over 30 pg@@•r cent. What need is there for argumlcnt or discussion in presence of conclusive facts ? Is there any better business a man may enter upon with like reason- able prospect of success ? If there is we should like to know what special an[i particular one it is.—John Lenton, Os- hawa, in Live Stock Journal, Small Dressing of Fertilizers. A prof,'ssor in one of the experiment stations ridicules the farmers who use only 150 to 20u pounds of phosphate per acre, sap ing that this quantity is not enough to give the manure a fair chance. It all depends upon the crop to which the fertilizer is applied. It is fair to presume that the farmers who use this small (juantity per acre know what they are about. One hundred to 250 pounds of phosphate per acre drilled in with wheat, barley or oats, produces largo increase of the crops of all these grains, These amounts aro for such crops all that aro needed on good land and will produce better results than more would de. Wo have know farmers to apply 400 to 500 pounds of phosphate to grain, causing too rank a growth giving a poorer yield of grain than the smaller amount. The phos- phate with the seed grain gave it a start, and probably made some of the soil in contact with it give up more of its dant food than it otherwise would. But if phosphate is sown broadcast in- stead of being drilled with the seed a larger amount is needed to produce any effect. More mineral manures should also be applied to potato and vegetable crops, but the amount that can be used in th'• hill with potatoes is not more emit 1;s) to 200 pounds per acre. If broadcasted, 600 to 800 pounds per acre can be used with rroflt. Where these largo amounts ane used ranch of the pbosphnt•s remains for use ileo second year. 'rho small dressing of phosphate with grain shows its effect 1n the clover crop which follows it. Ribber for Setting plants. A dibber for setting onion 'plants, ete, such as that shown above, can be made from a piece of apple -tree limb or other toughened hardword. Four or five inches is long enough for onion plants. A writer in American Gardening says it may be improved by tacking tin about the point, and also by furnishing it with a gauge, consisting. of a piece of stiff wire with a perpendicular bend at the free end, and the other inserted through a hole just above the tin at the point. The wire will then make a mark to in- dicate the place for the next plant. It can be adjusted to marl( the distance desired, from two to three inches. Tuberculin on Ilcaltby lows. Careful tests were conducted by Prof. James Law during the past winter at Cornell experiment station. "Taking all in all, there, is nothing in the records of temperature that would indicate, either at the time of the test or later, that tuberculin had in any way proved to the general health. ' The decline in milk production which follow- ers is claimed to have been not more than the natural falling off. No effect of tuberculin was observed on increase or decline of fat in the milk. Prof. Law concludes, "So far as there is evidence before us, everything points to the harmlessness of a single test dose on a sound animal system, even if such dose were repeated several times." The Nursery Wall. A nursery should be a playroom in evary sense of the word and at the same tiro • a home of kindergarten, ► There should be every opportunity for the child to learn from object lessons and one of the pleasantest methods is to cov- er the walls of the room or at least make a dado of burlap or canvas. This should reach far above the head of the child, who should be previeted with colored chalks and Allowed to draw pic- tures at its own swt•t't. will. The nurse can afford ainusern••nt for hours at a time in this way, by copying pictures from the toy boys, and Ivhen the canvas is entirely covered It mny be cleaned off with it damp cloth or sponge and a new set of pictures begun.