THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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A VALUABLE RECIPE. 



" For fevers, chills, rheumatism or 

 constipation, throw the pulp, rinds and 

 seeds all together with the juice into a 

 vessel of stoneware or porcelain. Sweet- 

 en to taste. Pour boiling water over the 

 mass. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. 

 Cover closely and let stand until luke- 

 warm or cold. Drink the liquor freely. 

 A gallon taken in twelve hours has been 

 known to check chills and fever. Do 

 not put the liquor into metal, for that will 

 poison it. 11 



Let us indulge in some figures while 

 on the subject of lemons. Almost every 

 one believes that the use of a lemon a 

 day would prove not only agreeable but 

 of decided benefit to the general health. 

 If, therefore, the people of the United 

 States (70,000,000) should consume but 

 one lemon each per day it would require 

 85,166,545 boxes of lemons to supply 

 them each year if we estimate 300 

 lemons to each box. But it will take a 

 long time to convince our people that 

 lemons are better and far cheaper than 

 beer, whisky, cigarettes and doctors. 



Farm Secrets. Cost of producing 

 wheat, corn, oats, hay and all products 

 which farmers produce are common sub- 

 jects to be found treated in farm papers 

 and which are heard discussed a great 

 deal on the streets when merchants talk 

 about farming. We do not hear so 

 much about the cost of production of 

 coal, iron, calico and coal-oil. The men 

 who produce wares to sell to the farmers 

 keep the cost price secret if they can. 

 They know the cost but do not tell every 

 one. It is not likely that two farmers 

 living side by side can raise corn at the 

 same outlay. We see one farmer becom- 

 ing well-to-do selling products at low 

 rates while his neighbor is closed out by 

 the sheriff. The cost of production on 

 the farm depends upon the man who 

 does the planning and the work. The 

 producers should know the cost, but it 

 is not necessary for them to tell every 

 one. 



What the Nations eat. A statistician 

 compiled the following figures, showing 

 the price of nourishment for the various 

 nations: The average Englishman con- 

 sumes $250 worth of food per year; 

 Germans and Austrians, $216 worth; 

 Frenchmen $212; Italians, $110, and the 

 Russians only $96 worth of eatables per 

 year. In the consumption of meat the 

 English speaking nations are also in the 

 lead, with 128 pounds of meat a year per 

 capita of the population, the Frenchman 

 using 95 pounds; Austrians 79; Germans 

 72; Italians 52; Russians, 50. The con- 

 sumption of bread is reversed, being 

 compared to that of meat. The English 

 use 410 pounds a year; the Frenchman, 

 595; the Austrians, 605; Germans, 620; 

 Spanish, 640; Italians, 660; the Russians 

 725. 



One Source." A little house well 

 filled, a little farm well tilled. 11 One 

 source of hard times among farmers in 

 the West is the attempt to w T ork too 

 large an area of territory. New begin- 

 ners should take small farms, irrigate 

 and diversify. 



Black, Red pepper should never be 

 given to poultry in large quantities. The 

 practice of putting red pepper in all the 

 soft food should be discarded. The best 

 effect from its use is when it is given 

 once or twice a week, and half a grain 

 for each fowl is sufficient. 



A Registry f' O r dairy shorthorns was 

 determined upon at the recent annual 

 meeting of the American Shorthorn 

 Breeders Association in Chicago. Ad- 

 mission must be based upon actual per- 

 formance at the milk pail. 



Care of Stallion Colts. A contributor 

 writes: " I wean them when about five 

 months old and put them where they 

 cannot see their dams, and if they can- 

 not hear them all the better, as they will 

 then forget them sooner. If I have a 

 good pasture with water and feed troughs 

 handy, they have it; if not, they have a 

 good yard with box stalls to run in and 

 get their feed, which consists of oats 

 and wheat shorts fed separate and dry, 

 all they will eat and clean up well. I 

 also feed good timothy and clover hay, 

 corn fodder and straw, letting them run 

 in bunches of six or eight, selecting 

 those nearest of an age and size to run 

 together. Sometimes they have to be 

 separated when a year old, but I have 

 had them run together until they were 

 2i| years old. However, as soon as they 

 begin to find out that they are stallions 

 it is better to separate them." 



