COCK CARING FOR THE RAM treating hogs with serum

WIm The Mac found the apart■>«at In which ha had been told that Tha Otrt lived he atood beattatin* to rta* the ball, hi* heart gripped hj the baa band of fear. bU Bind leaplnc at ovary ycartbie and ttspoealble erplanati« of the praeeace of thla youn* w^aa who waa no alone in the wort# and totally dependent upon her b«a for a home in what be

d to Urn that all of hie world waa heir* tom from under hi* feet, and bo tatenee waa hie euflerln* that be atood boldine her outstmebed hand and cexlcf Into her averted face without a word until abe ebook her•etf free. "What doea It meanr be faltrred "Tour letter, breaking our eneaxeHe awept the apartment with com- . and The Girt - * d Ita direction, while with complete frankneaa abe told him. Tdfe baa been very beautiful alnce you want away." abe told him. “At ■rat my thought followed you coetlnuoualy, and my aympathlea were with you in your struggle to make your

the protection of _ heat that he could accomplish through •aniest work: promising that tha past tlx months of her Ilf# should be aa a doted book between them, whereupon The Girl laughed at hit some day tha

The Lover waa long attentive to The Girl, and lavished ao many luxuries upon her that she became sail- ‘ with pleasure and so steeped in ience that she forgot to trouble the continued excuses for their delayed marriage: forgot the flitting of time until one day she leaned from the dally press—aa any casual reader might have done—that the man Id whose keeping she bad placed her life and its honor had married a brilliant woman whom society respected and bad gone abroad for hla honeymoon. At Brat The Girl thought there must be some horrible miiuk fusion of nami hope waa shortlived Diam.sslnx her maid from the apart eat The Girl spent aa hour before her mirror—a crucial boar la which the beautiful long French glass told a frank and hideous truth. It that tha years of her youth bad slipped away unnoticed; that (ud»

pan of water. The oven shouM be moderately hot. Cook the fruit ten minutes. Remove from the oven and fill each Jar with boiling airup. Wipe and seal. If the screw covers are used, tighten them after the glass has thoroughly cooled. Large fruits may require a pint of drop to awch quart Jar of fruit. The small fruit will require a little over half a pint of the sirup.—Ladies' World.

ray in your new >terceted In my own work, and __ ed with what I could earn—until— roll, until I waa taken III." ’ll]'* exclaimed The Man interruptig. “why didn’t you tell me?" "During my Illness." The Girl went a. Ignoring the Interruption, “eome b# waa like a dear guardian angel to M. a ad when 1 waa better be made is *ee I was never meant to Lruyde through year* of poverty with

1 *d thing for a woman made me lerttand the greatness of his love ■we. sad little by little my bean at net to him ror all bis kludneee rTe Maa was ou bis feet befor. , Olri bad flolshed. stumbling blind touaril the door When he had uh*d K bv in Tied and asked her In toe* dtreated of all hope just when r marriage bad take, plac^ "Marriage'” exclaimed The Girt. «v there has been no marriage ,.re ire rvaeoo, why we mu« She finished her eeutenee to an 52^.“ Man had .P«" "v, alooe with hla thc-.nU be

SOME SIMPLE FOOD TESTS Hew Ptomaine Poisoning Can I Avoided by Testing Contents of Can for Copper. Chicory la not harmful and non like H. but when we buy eoffee w don’t want to pay coffee price for chicory. To find out whether you are buying the real thing, put a taMeepoootuI of the coffee In a glass; pour cold tr over It. and watch. If the coffee la pure the water hardly be stained. If chicory is prescut It turns the water a deep brown color. Here la a good test tor canned foods: Put a bright, clean steel knife In the contents directly you open the can. Leave for a minute. If copper la present It will be seen on the knife’* blade and you've escaped ptomaine

Fresh eggs will always sink In water. Stele eggs have smooth and glassy shells: freeh eggs ve a limelike surface.

Minced Chicken, Cream Sauce. Put Into a saucepan one Ubleapoaoful of buttor, one gill of slock and two tablespoonfula of stale breed crumbs and stir until boiling. Then add one pint of cold chicken, chopped fine; a teaspoon.'ul salt, a dash of pepper and a teaspoonful cf chopped parsley. Remove from the Are and add two well-beaten eggs: fill Into small greased molds, stand In hot water and cook In the oven IS mlnulea. Serve hot with a cream sauce made from rich milk, thickened to the consistency of cream. Very nice.

Kitchen Tables. Two tables in the kitchen lessen ork. one preferably tlnc-eovpred to be used for aucb rough work as preparing vegetables and meats and dishing up meals, the other for general convenience. Close to the flfat. which should be ou castors but stand near and store, should be meat-block, meat-saw. meat-knife, small cleaver, food-chopper or a bowl and chopping knlie. paring knife, vegetable cutters, skewera. basting spoons and such other articles aa are frequently used at this table.

Ience and luxury had added ao much flesh that all semblance of the once slim and graceful figure was gone Stridently the remembered The Men. end his stricken face as be bad left her In that long ago yesteryear. Tha floe and beautiful thing be had done In offering her hla name la the face of the life she had choeen struck bar tor the first time with Its full significance, end all there waa of holiness left la her heart rose la prayer to God that It might not be too lets. The letter she wrote The Man was blotted with tears. When the mailed tt a Sanaa of peace stole Into her aching heart until the days went by. one after another, and there came no answer. The days hogthened Into weeks: the weeks Into months, and the mouths Into years, and aa Tha Girl still waited respectable women drew aside their skirts and men revs her a cynical smile as she cams down step by etep to her small room In a third-class boarding bouse where she site alone In her ostracism, watching with hungry eyes the happiness of : protected wives, hearing the laughter : of little children, and thinking of her | heritage given la exchange for a j gay little bubble that ly to

"You aay he’s a —. lie a funny story?" -Thai s right “ should think ha would be haadh

flwlas Steak. Lay thick round steak on a hoard, sprinkle with salt and pepper and pound In all the flour the meat wUl Treat the other aide In the i manner. Put a little butter Into the frying pan and when smoking hot brown the meat quickly on both aides. Fill tha pen two-thlrda full of hot water. cover closely and let cook one a half or two hours. Onion may be added If desired. When done tbs gravy will he already thickened.

Frosted Pc aches. Select firm, good peaches. Rub carefully to remove Juts. Beat tha whites of tlx an*, with a scant cupful <4 water. Dip the peaches In this, then roll in powdered sugar, lay on paper In sun to dry. Repeat until there ts thick coating of the sugar around the peach. If entirely covered, these will keep tor a lent time, and thla la a favorite English method of preparing

Rhubarb Pudding. Two pounds of rhubarb, wash and cut tn pieces. Don't peeL Then cover with water well and slew until very soft and all color la stewed out of the rhubarb. Thun strain and pul hack on store with one and one-half cupfuls of sugar added and thicken with two tableepoonfuls of cornstarch. Bon about ten minutes and then set tn ice chest tn a mold. Nice with cresm and

Candied Peaches. Weigh the peaches, and to each pound allow three-quarters ol a pound of sugar. Cut each peach Into about elx pieces. Add fust enough water to moisten the auger and melt U over the Are. Boll each piece ol peach In tt until tt la tender, bat not until tt

board, about board for pas try, la Invaluable for setting hot dishes, pots. etc., upon. Thla preserve* the kitchen table top, and leaves room on the stove for other things. To prevent a roast from becoming fat soaked, set it upon a rack in the roasting pan. But keep the surface of the roasting pan covered wlthTat tt from burning. Fat la

utterly changes the character of the meat. Cold menu may be attractively served by removing first all gristle, bones and akin and excess fat and then cutting Into thin strips or silvers. Warm Indirectly by pouring over the meet any desired hot sauce. To keep every grain of rice separate and distinct, cook tt In a pot of rapidly bolting water with the lid of. Cooked In a doable boiler with the lid on makes the rice mushy. Macaroni should be cooked same as rice. To soften hard tissue of dried vegetables like peas, beans and lentils, cook In soft water Otherwise add baking soda to ordinary water Is the proportion of one teaspoon ful to two quarts of water. If string beaus are not freshly gathered from the garden. It *111 Improve them to prepare them for cooking, then let them stand for an hour or more In cold arater before applying beat. Dried apples, apricots, prunes, etc. should be soaked overnight tn cold water before cooking, so aa to "plump* them and soften the dried tissue. Try "caramel sugar* as a dressing for mush, griddle cakes, sauces for puddings. Icing for cakes, etc This la made by cooking the sngar tn a pan unUl It browns nicely or makes caramel. This may be made Into a sirup by the addition of water and bottled tor future uae.

Usually, the ram which heads the average farm flock receives very little care from the time he la turned out to pasture In the spring until the advent of the breeding season in the fall. Then, about the only thing which la done la to turn him In with the ewes and allow mating to occur at random. Perhaps thla la the sort of care and management which results in many barren ewes and weak lam' The mating.season la naturally one of severe strain on the ram and he should be gives every possible opportunity to keep strong and healthy. This mean* that he ought ti have the proper kind of care, even before the breeding season begins. If the pasture Is plentiful, there is not any need of feeding anything else during the early part of the grating season. However, aa the hot weather comes and the grass becomes less abundant and leas succulent, tt may be advisable to feed other roughage or perhaps a lltue grain. Especially during the month just preceding the mating season should the ram get the best of feed and care, experience has shown that the ram

■sited Ham and Sweet Pots tost. A delicious meat dish can be mads by baking ham and sweet poatoe* together Grease the bottom of a round baking dish, and place a slice of ham, about one-half tnen thick. In It. Peppnr tha ham and sprinkle a few cloves over the meat. Then apresd mashed sweet potatoes over meat, about an inch and a halt in thickness. Put butter, salt and pepper on potatoes, add another slice of ham. another layer of potatoes, and top off with a third slice of ham. Bake In a rather hot oven for half an hour, or until the meat 1s tender. Serve hot. meet and potatoes together. This Is aa excellent dish for late summer and falL— Farm Life.

Grape PieRemove the skins of the grapes, put the pulp In a stewpan and bring It to the boiling point: let it simmer for five minutes; force tt through a strainer to remove the seeds and add the aklna to the pulp. There should ae and one-half cupfuls. Mix two cupfuls of sugar, a few grains of salt and two tablespoonfuls of flour. When blended thoroughly add two eggs well beaten and one tablcspoonful of melted butter. Put between crusts and bake

Pickled Walnuta.

Wipe 100 walnuts, prick with a large needle and put them in a jar. sprinkling as you lay them la with tha following spices, mixed: Cloves, allspice. nutmeg, whole pepper and sliced glngci. of each an ounce; onehalf pint mustard seed, four cloves of garlic and a stick of horse radish. Then add two tableepoonfcla of salt and sufficient boiling vinegar to cover the whole. Cover the Jar and tie

closely.—Mother's Magaalne.

Mint Laavea In Plum Jelly.

This year when you are making

plum jelly, t-y this plan:

Get some treah mint, and while the jelly la cooking, add some of the mint leevea to It 1‘our the jelly Into the slews so that a few leaves are In each The mint gives a flavor and point to the jelly that makes tt especially delicious with roast lamb or

other meal.

Flrat Prlxs Winner Hampshire Ram. which la gaining tn condition at tha opening of the breeding season will get more and stronger lambs than the ram which Is in poor flesh. Oau is one of the beat grains for use at thla time. In addition to providing plenty of pasture, and a small amount of grain during the late summer, the ram should have an abundance of water. The usual practice lu pasturing the ram during the summer months la to place him in a small paddock or an orchard, where there is no natural water supply. Under such conditions it is necessary to supply water by artificial means. And when the water la auppllnd a little salt may be given onoe each wreck.

i Immunity of Sufficient Duration to Allow Ample Time fer Cleaning Up the Yards. (By J. B. GTNOERT. Mtetoun Expertmem Station > The veterinary department of tha Missouri agricultural experiment station has been recommending and u» In* the scrum alone treatment. The question la often heard, "Why the serum alone treatment?" The serum alone treatment properly administered baa for its object the control and eventually tho absolute eradication of hog cholera. K makes H possible In a large measure to do away with vaccination with Its attending cost and trouble. The serum alone treatment Is a safe method to nae and la pie. It can be bandied with good results by the careful inexperienced man. There are none of the bad after results inch at sometimes follow otb-

Serum alone can neither start n outbreaks of cholera nor bring the fection on your nonlnfected farm. When administered under proper conditions It produces an Immunity of sufficient duration to allow ample time tor cleaning up and disinfecting the yards and In this way destroying the Infection before the boga outgrow the Immunity. Under ordinary condli this la of far greater Importance than simply protecting boga from the cholera for a varying period of time and not making any attempt to avoid harboring the germ*. The germs, whether In the litter about the pels In the virus o! the double treeiment. will cause the disease to develop. If cholera la to be controlled It Is necessary to destroy the germs The uae of the serum alone ia to protect the hogs until the germs can be destroyed by cleaning up. burning and disinfecting.

USES FOR MANURE SPREADER Time and Labor Saved by Distributing Fertilizer—Vehlcla Can be Use as a Common Wagon. Using the manure spreader for distributing fertllUer la another of those cases of saving Urns and labor over the old method of hand scattering A spreader can be aa quickly and easily loaded aa a com moo wagon while the time required to unloed la about onefourth that of unloading by hand. Be aides, the driver has a cbance to rest while unloading the spreader cons* quently he can load the spreader again quicker and easier than where be tires himself In unloading by hand. Thla saving |n time and work enables one to do from two to three times more hauling, which of course reduces the cost accordingly. But the greatest profit in connection with the work of the spreader is that of economy In the use of the manure. When distributed by the spreader It will cover two or three times as much land aa when scattered by band, for all lumps and hard pieces will be torn into fine particles and distributed evenly over the ground.

PROPER FEED FOR THE COLT Freeh Pasture Grass Is Exeellant— •upplerrent With OH Mtal. Bran, Corn, Oats and Alfalfa.

Boms farmers believe that a colt

will make up aa a horse the growth that tt does not make as a colt As a matter of tart a colt or any other young animal that la not kept growing la very likely never to become as large and strong as tt would have been had II thrived while young. The colt should receive I ho proper kind of feed and be fed liberally The feed should be nutritious nod palatable. Among the beat colt feeds it fresh

pasture grass. This should be sup

pleaented with oil meal. corn. oats,

bran and alfalfa or clover hay. W here tt m possible to do eo the

eotta should be kept In the stable , away from flies during the day. given | ell tbs alfalfa or clover hay they will

Potato Bated. ' P «i rod one pound of tha following Slice cold potatoes, a email onion froir mixture to each 100 pounds of

cotta Six pounds of oats or corn,

i feepper and : three pounds of bran and one pound

Mpe

meal.—Ohio Huileun.

Utah and sprinkle a little

salt over thla. Take lht*-< table- j of oll

* peon ful* of vinegar, one of butt.

Place to Pick Seed

Out in the Held is the place to pick at tour seed potatoes Get them from that have the Hr.-at potatoes

PROTECT STOCK FROM FLIES Fins Spray of Kerosene OH It Eflso tive In Keeping Insects Off Animal*—Other Remedies. Sometimes a line spray of pure kerosene is very effective In knocking off flies. This spray, should not be heavy enough to penetrate the hair, or It will blister the akin. Another spray Is made bv the use of ordlnarv coal tar dip or creosote two parts, mineral oil tour parts, water ten parte This It usually put on with a brush or a sponge. Of the mixtures classed as "repellents.” the following la supposed to be very good: One gallon ll«h or whale one pint coal oil; two ounces crude carbolic acid. A Uttle malted resin Is supposed to make these mixtures stick to the hair a little better. Another remedy suggested is ten parts lard or axle grease to one part of pine Such mixture* are usually disagreeable to apply and the bad odor generally a greater nuisance than the presence of the flies The principal advantage of light sprays Is that they drive the flies away during milking time. These have to be applied every day and do not keep the flies off very long. The repellent mixtures are usually applied twice a week, and will keep flies off from two to four day*

PASTURE FENCE ON WHEELS Interesting Solution Offered by Illinois Farmer to Problem of Caring for Spirited Horse. A portable pasture fence, made out of the framework of set pieces of Are works. Is the Interesting solution offered by an Illinois farmer to tbe problem of caring for a spirited horse which runs itself out In a large mead-

Excelicnt for Nervous Hot

ow. The little pasture is 1C by iO feet and the fence is mounted on wneels. One man can move it easily. The horse seems quite contented, _jd when one piece Is grazed sufficiently, the fence Is moved to a freak piece.— Popular Mechanics.

BALANCED RATION FOR EGGS

The following ration Is fairly well balanced for egg production One hundred and fifty pounds each of cracked corn and cracked woeat. jo pounds each nf wheat bran, mid dllnga. cornm-jl. ground oats and gluten meat 30 pvunda beer scrap*, five pounds each of alfalfa meal and old process linoeed-oll meal. For bens having free range of the farm, a very simple ration la made of equal pari* cracked corn and cracked wheat, and a dish of beef ■crape to whk-h they can help themselves.

'FARM* POULTRY

Good (.and Wasted. Get after tne old briers and weeds a long the line fc^eo. Why not use the mower that has been superseded by a new one. U would be Interesting to snow Just what land in this count

FEEDING TABLE FOR POULTRY Platform Arranged on Which Food and Hoppers are Placed—Neste Are Placed Underneath. I use In my henhouse a table or pick form on which the drinking vessels and the food and other hoppers art placed, says a writer In Farm and Home. This table is In the middle o'the house and is two and oaohalf foet high. Both sides of It are fttted with nest boxes that can be pulled oat Tbe boxes are a tool

Feed Table for Poultry, square and ten Inches deep. The bock part of the box Is boarded up three Inches, which leaves an opening tor the hen to enter the nest from be

Over each nest s door la cut through the lop of the table and hinged far place, thus making tt convenient to gather the eggs without pulling out the box. The advantages of such arrangement are: The eggs can gathered without stooping, the nc are dark, no floor space Is utilised, tbe food and drinking water are kept dean, the nests can be taken out sod cleaned

with little trouble.

be

CARE F&R INCUBATOR HATCH

» Eggs When Found. In caring tor a hatch with aa laoabolor some judgment should be exercised when testing the iggs. Sooe people do rot even try to test t>« eggs, fearing tt). y will throw out some .‘hat are tortile. Now this is all nooses as. 1 tor if the eggs do not keep toscihw : In appearnnee you may be sura that some of them are ro good. The me jority of -he eggs will show n dafly advance. Some who are export at tha business commence testing the eggs on the sbth day. but one who is on-accustom-1 to the business cannot tall with certainly which arc fertile nod which are not until the ninth or .1—tb day. Now and then a chick win die * a week or '.en days along and W _ _ offensive io the olfactory nerves'K allowed to remain in the Incubator. In fact an egg becomes ao foul as U» Interfere with the batch. All Bach vggs should be removed, as soon ns discovered. Clear eggs should be taken out Junt as soon at you discover them to be Infertile, and these can be cooked sad given to the young chicks to eat. The removal of these will keep (he eggs down to the ones containing the Mvw chicks and will make the work of caring for them less and give yoc a batter chance to study the remaining

LATEST MAKE OF INCUBATOR Series of Trays Supported Ooe Over the Other Around Central Vertical Metal Tube. The Scientific American In describing an Improvement on aa Incubator, the Invention of C. H. Osborn of 8L Joseph, Mo., says; In carrying out this Improremcwt the invention supports a series of trays <

Improved Incubator, around s central vertical metal lube which serves as an elongated chimney tor a lamp employed as t heating medium. The egg trays are Bupported i Manges secured to the Inner waR of the body or casing of the incubator, and may be rotated thereon to total Hate the Introduction ol ego through “ door provided tor this caning or body.

beets, rutabagas, pumpkin*, etc, aa possible, tor winter feed tor the hmuk. Froperly buried, a little later tn the season, any of these will keep partartly ail winter. A plentiful supply of such things will aM materially to keeping ibe hens iu good laying ecu. dltloo—vigorous, alert, full of and on the Job aU the time.