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SE1S-TIS1E HARVEST. 
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whenever you And the opportunity to send 
them.—JV. A. B .: Garnerings from your 
pen will be “in order” at any time when* 
ever the “spirit moves” you to S' nd them.- 
Bi/mehc : Favors from you will prove very 
acceptable. Trust to hear from you often. 
Did you receive the letter we sent you last 
August?— Undine : Hope the magazine 
reaches you regularly, and that you will 
put on your thinking cap and send in your 
quota of answers.— L. B., and B. M. H.\ 
Your solutions to puzzles in August num¬ 
ber were received. Possibly more would 
have kept you company had more time 
been given them. Under the new arrange¬ 
ment we hope henceforth, everything will 
work satisfactorily to all persons.—Puzzlers 
and Solvers. We have many excellent con¬ 
tributions nut away for future use, but the 
garner-house is large and we desire to keep 
it always full of puzzles and solutions, and 
we ask your help in doing so. Shall we 
have it? F. S. F. 
Dedication for an Autograph Album. 
BY W. B. DERRICK. 
An autograph is something real, 
And, too, partakes of the ideal; 
It is the work of heart and hand, 
And will in memory ever stand. 
Then let each autograph be found 
With lore and friendship to abound, 
And may some happy thought intwin* 
About each written name and line. 
Baileyville, III. 
HOLSTEIN cattle. 
The Netherland Family. 
In this issue of Seed-Time and Harvest 
we publish a fine engraving of the famous 
Netherland Family, owned by Messrs. 
Smiths and Powell, Syracuse, N. Y. Did 
space permit we would publish some of the 
remarkable milk and butter records made 
by these animals. But if any of our read¬ 
ers are interested in their doings, a postal 
card addressed to them will secure one of 
their elegant catalogues. They now have 
on hand a herd of about 500 hesid, which 
for beauty and quality is really unequalled. 
Their first importations for this year have 
been released from quarantine and are now 
ready for sale. 
Keeping Apples. 
A correspondent gives an account of an 
experiment in packing a number of barrels 
of apples for keeping through the winter. 
The following extract will show the most 
successful result: “On the fifth of May I 
opened the other two barrels. That wliich 
had the paper between the layers of apples 
was in bad condition, but not so many 
were decayed as in the barrels with leaves; 
the last one, with each apple wrapped in 
paper, was in most excellent condition; 
there were only twenty specked and rotten 
apples in the whole barrel, while the color 
was beautifully preserved and the apple 
had a delicious flavor. They were fresh 
and beautiful in appearance, without any 
dampness or moisture. A gentleman pres¬ 
ent when the barrel was opened pronounc¬ 
ed them the best kept apples he had ever 
seen. The success seemed to be due to the 
fact that the paper absorbed all the moist¬ 
ure that was given off the apples, while the 
holes in the lop and bottom allowed the 
free circulation of air. As to the other bar¬ 
rel, in which paper was spread in layers, 
this prevented the free passage of air among 
the fruit, and the dampness was retained 
in the barrel, thereby causing the apples to 
decay more rapidly.” 
A thought for the Fairs; Too much of 
the horse race is detrimental to the human 
race. 
When you have had Catarrh long enough, just 
send 10c. to Dr. R. C. Sykes, 181 Monroe St. Chicago, 
for his “True Theory of Catarrh.” 
The sheriff is a horticultural officer. He 
gathers in dead-beats, and his executions 
are specimens of the art’o’choke. 
Snodgrass says a woman may learn from 
backgammon not to take up her man until 
she is sure of him. 
The politest man of the time lives in 
New Orleans. He went into a tobacconist’s 
store, bought two cigars and said court¬ 
eously to the proprietor, “If you do not 
object to the smell of tobacco, I will 
smoke one of these cigars here.” 
The present only is ours; the future be- 
longs^to God. 
