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tlMlon. UMvl.lol, I... (i.lil wl.nt ln learn-
l I w .It ,,,,. wlHrnHwmI uit
Jutlr tlmt , lpnI
kwiB lUAlllk.N ( u nwiwurr that
lny Particular .mention t0 the
milk wiion it I, rtMHi'iit nt Urn cream
ry , r,.jw.t M l0or ulk u
jwa my t.MWl.mp. Um( (hnt ,g 0ie
m Wn"f Mf ,,nm,v, uuallty of
niliv. U cnwuwry nnd dairy papers
a dono great deal for u Ui this
rwiwt. ;' 1 nm MlUdM that the
milk t-w.(...) .. . .1
days u mi pi. Z .. . nowa'
S ii. . 1 ,,r.,,mi! U WB" n fow
:: ' "iin-r ki.oiiui tie care
fully watched and never nllow.nl to bo
come overripe nn.l then ut.o from 10 to
25 ter cvm in , .
KBi , ""Lllf
ripened to tl.11
tty according to the nmount of butter
fat in croam ami churned at n tempera
ture of from W to M degree according
to the season. When the butter Is tak
en out of the churn. It should have a
mild, clean flavor, which you will find
to Improve in four or Ave days after
the butter Is made.
I also learned that In order for one
to improve in butter making it is nec
essary to accept of the experts- criti
cisms on the butter In a good spirit
and endeavor to overcome the faults
tfLSl bUMCr la aS hlgh a S
From Grain to Graaa.
Every owner of a cow welcomes the
time when the animal can be turned
out to pasture. In changing from dry
teed to grass it is well to go somewhat may be. Xono of the marks prevlouslv
-slowly, especially if the flow of milk is used, such as "milk blended butter."
large, says Dairy and Creamery. The , will be allowed. This Is a hard blow.
Toung. immature grass, especially in as It Is not likely that many buyers
-early spring, as is well known, contains ! will care to use a product plainly mark
a large amount of water, a condition : ed adulterated,
commonly called "washy." Wheat and I
xye pastures are of the same nature. '
The dry feed ration should therefore j
e continued and be gradually reduced
for two weeks or more after the grass
hi large enough for feeling.
A Dairy Fable. '
They organized and built a creamery,
hired an expert, made fine butter, sold
all they could make and were making
fiioney. The son of the principal stock
holder got the Idea that he would like
to be a boss butter maker. He knew
-nothing about making butter, and his
Idea, was based on bis ignorance. In
fluence was used, the expert was "re
signed," and pa's boy took his place.
At once things went. Purchasers re
turned the alleged, not "gilt edged."
butter and wrote, "When we want axle
grease we will let you know." In a
month pa's boy's butter had ruined the
reputation of the creamery. The other
stockholders then kicked pa and his
"boy out, hired the expert back, and
prosperity returned with him. Moral.
The "pull" may generally be depended
upon to sprain the business that is sub
jected to it New York Farmer.
Accounted For.
From time to time during the past
winter comDlaints have been made that
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HELLO 5
the l.uttrr from the northwest dairy
districts was of poor flavor, even bitter
In tnn"..v cases. The manufacturers
have Intimated that the cause was the
loor quality" of the corn, both fodder
and grain. A lot of butter of pro
nounced bitter flavor was received by
n Chicago South Water street Arm.
They notified the butter maker. He at
Mice came to examine the butter. Aft
- examining he stated that the corn
. "d fodder fed the cows from whose
in1:!; the butter was made were bad and
fcctu y had the flavor found In this
butter. As this condition In the corn
crisis throughout a large portion of
the northwest dairy district It may ac
count for the large amount of off but
ter that has been produced. Dairy anil
Creamery.
Clean the Stablea.
Where cows are kept up a good part
of the time the stable should be clean
ed at least twice a day. Cows are the
neatest animals in the world If they
have a chance to be. They do not en
Joy the bad odors from unclean stables
I Rnd wlu nt disease If compelled
1 habitually to Inhale them.
EnRllah natter Liiri.
Ano MRTK Lane Kspress reviews the
Jlos measures adopted or brought
uerore tne English parliament to do
away with fraudulent practices In the
butter business. The latest measure
under consideration Is sweeping. One
of the most difficult matters which the
English board of agriculture has to
deal with Is the so called "blended"
butter, made by working in large quan
tities of moisture, which of course the
consumer pays for at butter rates. The
new bill makes it unlawful to make.
roll or Import any butter or butter
mixture containing more than 20 per
cent of moisture under penalties of
5100 for first offense. $250 for second
f500 for third. Anything but pure but
ter must be marked plainly on every
package In letters at least half an Inch
long with the designation "Margerine"
or "Adulterated Butter." as the case
Corn EnallaRe aa Milk Food.
Corn as ensilage or dry cured Is not
by Itself a perfect food for dairy cows
It does not contain enough protein, and
more protein they must have If we are
to get a good flow of milk.
Aatsona Snakea.
More poisonous snaKes are found In
irizona than In any other part of tb
United States.
Preclona Stonea aa Dnlleta.
Bullets made of precious stones are
not often employed in warfare, but
during some fighting on the Kashmir
frontier the natives used bullets of
garnets Incased In lead.
. Marine Insurance.
Marine Insurance is very old. The
earliest voyagers, the Phoenicians, prac
ticed a kind of Insurance. The master,
before sending his small bark to the
edge of the earth, mortgaged her
against her return. If she came back,
he returned the loan, with a heavy pre
mium. The niCReat Atlaa.
The British museum has an atlas
seven feet high of the fifteenth centu- j
ry. It Is supposed to be the largest
book In the world.
Ham Ilaah.
Take equal parts of cold boiled pota
toes, cold boiled or fried ham chopped
fine and fine bread crumbs. Season
with pepper, a very little salt, nnd fry
in butter or drippings for ten minutes.
Wherein the Danana Excela Wheat.
The banana possesses all the essen
tials to the sustenance of life. Of
wheat alone, or potatoes alone, tills
cannot be said. When taken as a
steady diet the banana- Is cooked
baked dry In the green state, pulped
and boiled in water as a soup or cut in
slices and fried.
Pompeii.
At the present rate of excavation
Pompeii will not be entirely uncovered
before the year 1070.
Enscllah Hxecntlnnera.
The public executioner in England
as a rule receives 10 every time he e3
erdses his function, and In the case o'
a reprieve he is given 0, provided tha:
he has been retained.
TROXEL BLOCK
OPP PASSENGER DAPOT
SWINE
BREEDING
Some time ago I had quite a heavy
hog I wished to hike to market. I
backed my sleigh up to the hogpen
door and tried to load the hog. first by
coaxing, then by compelling, but nei
ther one availed. Strength on my part
was getting exhausted, and, seeing a
nelghlwr passing. I called for help.
I "Give me a pall," said lie, "and we'll
1 have that hog on the sleigh In no time.
I Get her head In the opposite direction
from what you want her to go, then
you take a stick and steer, and I will
hold the pall over her nose." Well,
It didn't take a minute for that hog to
back on to the sleigh. Cor. Hoard's
Dairyman.
Ilape For Hoar.
There Is more Inquiry for rape seed
and the methods for seeding and feed
ing it than ever before, and It begins
j to look as if it were to become a uni
versal farm crop. The swine growers
are beginning to find that there Is
. nothing like rape for forcing the
j growth of young pigs while they are
' with the brood mother and In fact up
1 to the hard corn feeding period.
A Prlie Wlnnlnir Ilerkahlre.
The animal represented in the Illus
tration is the four-year-old Berkshire
boar King Marvle, a prize winner nt
many fairs and an especially large and
KINO MARVIE.
strong animal. He Is owned by Etzler
i Moses of Ohio and Indiana. Con -
cernlng the development of their
boars. Mr. Moses says to American Ag -
rlculturist:
In raising our boars we feed mid-1
dlings. bran and chopped feeds which
are rich in protein In order to build up
a strong muscular body. Milk Is one
m
of the best things any one could possl- shape that the digestive Juices of the
hly get, as Is also a clover pasture dur- stomach and Intestines can better act
ing the summer. Chopped clover hay , on it- The result Is that a, larger por
soaked and warmed is most excellent tlon of the grain Is made of use In
for a winter diet when no green food
can be had. We consider corn a joor
feed if used very extensively for the
building of a large frame, so we feed
It sparingly.
The boar pigs should not be allowed
to run together after reaching the age ,
of five months, as they begin to fret
and worry one another and will not j roughage tried. 100 pounds of gain
develop properly. They should be put ' were made with CS0 pounds of grain.
In an Isolated place with no other , as against 1.245 pounds of gain re
hogs. While feeding a fine young boar nlred for 100 pounds of gain nt this
his toes should le kept trimmed close station when ear corn was fed sepa
in order to aid him In standing erect ratt;lJ" roni the roughage. It Is obvi
tind firmly on his feet. ( ow tbat the best results will be ob-
1 talned where the feed is so well mixed
.... . , w ; that every mouthful which the steer
"""" r" 1
friTf0 ""V00 '
to some of the obstacles
prices for wool and ventured to sug
gest that the limit of the advance wh
not far away, says Stockman and
Farmer. Subsequent events have veri
fied this. Recently the trade has been
rather dull, but the prices have been
well sustained. The market has re
ceived a check, but not a setback.
While It will be hard to put price
much higher than the current level,
there Is little reason to anticipate a e
rlous break. The world's supplies are
not excessive, though the attractive
prices have drawn wool iroin all cor
ners. The new clip will come to mar
ket this year with little of the old in
the country, the sujrfly mostly In slgnr
nt market points, and the buyer can
operate with more conU'leccu taaii
usual In view of this focv.
elephant Collectors.
An elephant takes up the collection
in some of the Hindoo temples. It
goes round with a basket extended
from its trunk.
Wonder In Eyea and Mnaclc.
The microscope has revealed many
wonders, among others that the com
mon caterpillar has 4.000 muscles In
his body, that the drone bee's eyes each
contain 1,300 mirrors and that the
large, prominent eyes of the brilliant
dragon flies are each furnished with
2S.000 polished lenses.
WlilfeTrnah.
A good paint brush makes n good
whitewash brush and does not spatter
bo much. IloIIIng whitewash or the
lime if u little old makes It smooth like
paint
IlnlKnrlan Molem.
But 2 per cent of the people of Bui
gnrift are Moslems.
Greek Silk Cnltnre.
Tho Greek government annually Im
ports silkworm eggs from foreign coun
tries, distributes them gratuitously nnd
has experiments made in its agricul
tural stations to learn the best meth
ods of allk culture for the kingdom.
FATTENING STEgffS".
Grain and nona-haire Fed Mixed aafi
No Hosi to Follow,
With the old methods of feeding the
steer was fed half a bushel of corn
dflilv anil n limited amount nf
. .. u...wu.fc vjl r. tm L"
ever rnnehnAM venm MnvanlMi
chief nnd often the only profit in fat - -
tenlng steers came from the gain made
by the hogs that picked up the drop-
pings. In many places In the west
hogs cannot be kept with fattening
steers on account of losses from hog
eholera. Where these conditions pre-
vail It Is necessary to adopt some
method of feeding by which the steers
will digest a greater proportion of the
grain eaten than they did when fed the
old way. An experiment was under
taken at tho Kansas agricultural sta
tion to test the value for this purpose
of grinding feed and cutting hay and
reeding roughage and grain together la ; In this locality and probably in all lo
fattenlng steers. The first thing that I calltles to themselves attend to the.
a. practical feeder notices when he goee . castrating of their young animalv
to a feed lot where steers are fed grain
and roughage mixed is the absence of
scouring. One of the writers of this
bulletin lias Just Inspected 270 head of
year old calves tliat were being forced
for baby beef. These calves were eat
ing three iounds of cottonseed meal
each per day in addition to a heavy
ration of cornmeal. The grain was
thoroughly mixed with cut alfalfa bny
when put in the feed boxes. Not a
single calf was found that showed any
j signs of looseness nnd the droppings
were of the most desirable character.
An inspection of 1.S00 head of fatten
j ing steers that were being rapidly
forced for 100 days' feeding showed ,
the same condition of bowels no scour-,
' Ing. and normal condition of the drop
pings. riovr the Combination Acta.
Mixing the grain with the roughage '
compels the steer to spend more time '
In chewing his ration than when the .
grain Is fed alone. The mixed grain
and roughage are held In the paunch.
where most of the water drunk by the
steer is stored, and the water thorough-
, ly softens the mixed feed
The length-
; enlng of the time needed to chew the
, feed and the holdlnc In the stomach
' gives the saliva a longer time in which
to change starch to sugar. After the
mixed feed has become soft it la re
turned to the mouth as the cud, nnd
the chewing of the cud grinds the grain
. to greater fineness, putting It In such
building up the body of the steer: a
les portion of the grain Is undigested.
The steer gains more for each bushel
cf grain eaten, better digestion tecps
his body In better health, and scouring
Is avoided. The result is shown in this
experiment, where, with the most thor
ough method of mixing grain and
takes U nnrr rmln nn.l rnr mnh..
-Kan ARricnltural Experiment Sta-
GETTING THE GRADE.
A. Device to Aaalat In the DlffBTtnjr of '
Dltchea and Drains.
A device for assisting in getting the
grade while digging drains is described
by a correspondent of American Agri
culturist. "I took a piece of board, j
a. a. S feet long. 7 inches wide and'
nailed on two three cornered nl- 1. I
b, cutting oiif the section of the board
Arr.uu.TU8 roii giusino.
between them as shown In the Illustra
tion. Then I nailed a piece of lath
across the tops of the three cornered
pieces. A piece of clapltoard, d. three
feet long, was sharpened nearly to a
point on the thin side and nailed diago
nally to the side of the eight foot board,
thin edge down, so that the point of the
clapboard would be about twenty inch
es above Uie center of the lath. If the
lower edge of the board is straight and
placed In a level position the line will
hang nt right angles with It. Ilhve the
edge of the lath planed. Take a sharp
pencil and mark each side of the line
and cut a notch on the lath. To Illus
trate the use of the device, when the
board Is level. If a two Inch block Is
put under one end nnd n notch cut be
hind the line, the plumb line will Indi
cate the grade and the operator will
get a two inch fall for every eight feet,
eight feet being the length of the
board."
Animal Intereata.
The MalUae milk goat Is the latest
tancHdate as a money maker.
To grade as baby beef steers should
be choice or prime, between one and
two years of ago and weigh from S00
to 1.000. pounds.
Breeding pigs should be fed largely
on a vegetable and bulky diet rather
than on a concentrated grain diet
It la said that a grain ration that In
suited for a cow serves very well for
1 . -
nens supplemented, of course, with crlr
! rtcr ahells- bonefl. etc.
" "Contentment is fat." and every llttle-
,n that adda t0 the comfort 0f the"
ter or makca him more contented In-.
' crcases 010 flns which he mikes fromi.
. caeh bah1 of eraln.
"Where animals have not had free-1
, """ to "a't It Is best to work thew
DI to ffraaually, as they are apt to
thereat and prodiir "y-..
HAVE A CLEAN KNIFE.
tow a Little Careleaaneaa Mar Pror
Coetlr to the rurnu..
' K hi the common practice of fanner
writes W. E. Craig of Ohio in Stock
man and Farmer. Sometimes the young:
thing dies, and it is said that the oper
ation was performed at the "wrong!
time of the moon." There is no doubt
that often tho bungling unsklllfulness
cf the operation Is the cause of death,
yet we have known Instances where
the unclean condition of the knife used
was the cause, and we think this hi
frequently the cause of trouble that hi
unjustly laid to the moon.
years ago a neignoor castrateai
forty young lambs and one calf for us.,
We had employed him for years and
knew him to be skillful, yet In two
days after the operation fourteen lamb
were dead and the rest were stunted
for life. There was much discussion iu.
the neighborhood ns to the cause of the
trouble, but when it was found that1
the "sign was In the heart" that set
tled It We were not satisfied with thlt
explanation, and It took us two week
to remember that the knife that had
been used In the operation had ht-en
In contact with a small but virulent
sore found on the first Iamb caught.
Blood poisoning killed the Iambs, and
the small amount of virus that re-
malned on the knife from the sore had
done the business.
The knife had been thoroughly
wiped, but wiping does not answer. Al
ways before any instrument is used
surgically on an animal It should be
held in the flame of a lighted match.
This Is a simple and convenient means
of cleansing the knife or Instrument,
and doing so may save considerable
loss many times.
A Matter of OmclAlKUiIc.""
The refusal of Circuit Attorney FoIS
to accept a $15, COO bouse tendered te
him by certain citizens of St. Louis Ic
the nature of a reward or recognition
for his vigor and determination la
prosecuting corrupt officials la thai
dty raises a debatable question In ofli
dal ethics. In declining the gift Mr.
Folk stated that the salary of his of
fice and the consciousness of duty per
formed were the only rewards be could
receive.
r 1 . . . . . . .
declare that he will recve noTmolu
ment other than the salary of his of
fice, but since hLr declaration Is praised
abroad as -an Inferential rebuke" and
the offer represented as part of "the
moral obliquity of St. Louis" It 1
worth while to consider whether there
is any obliquity or even impropriety In
a voluntary movement to testify pub-
Zr "ZZtZ . , C
"C "W""011 of energetic and hon
151 Mrvlcc UJ" a valuable gift
There was evidently no Intent on the
part of the donors of the gift to exert
an Influence detrimental to the cause
of Justice, but rather to express ap
preciation of signal and praiseworthy
public service, aad there would seem
to have been no Impropriety in Mr.
Folk's acceptance of the gift. Gifts of
houses have been made to Generali
Grant. Sherman and Sheridan and tc
Admiral Dewey, hut no one believes
that they were prompted by ulterior
motives or made to Influence the sub
sequent action of the recipients. They
were merely In appreciation of past
services, and so was the gift tendered
to Circuit Attorney Folk. Ills accept
ance or rejection of It was purely a
matter of his own election.
In view of the fact that the Interests
that seek to Influence official action
against the performance of public duty
are liberal with their gifts, cloaked or
uncloaked. It Is refreshing to note the
existence of public sentiment which
would substantially reward the con
scientious and efficient performance
of public service. If there were more
public gifts offered In admiration of
virtue in enforcing the law public serv
ants might be more apt to conclude
that tho rewards of public Integrity
ore tangible ns well ns abstract
Ihort I'eoplr.
the Lapps, whoso height,
ibout five feet, other races
)le Inhabit different parts
Quite , 14 per cent of the
' Sicily and Sardinia does
reet 11 inches in height