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The ultimate destination of our
cream is, a3 a rule, the butter churn.
This must be kept in view whether the
farmer intends to make the butter on
his own farm or send his cream away.
A point of primary importance in
grading butter is flavor, and it Is a
well known tbouzh often little appre-
elated fact that the care of the cream :
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Is the chief factor influencing the fla-
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vor. Therefore if the farmer can pro-
duce first, second or third grade cream, j
according to the care he bestows upon ;
lt, surely cream of the lowest grade
ought never to appear at a creamery
or elsewhere.
It has been said that the public will
always pay for quality. The market ;
was never yet overstocked with a first
grade product It is the material of
inferior value which stagnates prices.
Let the farmer produce the cream
which will yield the highest returns,
and that Is first grade cream. To do
this be must keep a close watch on it
from the time it comes from the cow.
Yes; some care even is necessary be
fore the cream is drawn. We all know
the injurious effect which the feeding
of certain crops, such as potatoes, tur
nips, etc., sometimes has on the flavor
of milk, cream and butter. In every
case avoid feeds which show this tend
ency.
The watchword in all dairy opera
tions should be cleanliness. Dirt should
, never be countenanced, since it is the
home of myriads of bacteria. Every
particle of dust floating about in the
air carries bacteria; every crevice in a
dirty utensil has them by the thou
sands. There is no other farm product so
susceptible to bad odors as cream.
Cream kept In rooms where bad odors
are noticeable soon absorbs these, and
they are transmitted to the butter.
Bad air has an undesirable effect
Keep the milk room sweet well ven
tilated, clean and have plenty of light
and fresh air in It. Never take cream
into the living rooms, even for a short
time. Don't allow people with infec
tious diseases to handle the milk or to
come into the dairy. Cool the fresh
cream to SO degrees F. before mixing
with older cream.
Let the farmer adopt "cleanliness,
care and low temperature" as his mot
to, and then only high quality material
will be produced. Charles E. Thomas
in Kimball's Dairy Farmer.
Paraffining; Cheese.
The accompanying sketch is to illus
trate a very handy and expeditious
way of paraffining cheese, invented
and used with the greatest satisfac
tion by the Frank Hurd company in
its system of cheese factories od
the Western Reserve, says a writer in
Hoard's Dairyman. It is, as seen, a
small round bottomed tank made of
heavy galvanized iron, made double
and secured In a crate frame. Steam
is let Into the division, which has a
safety check to prevent Its blowing up.
TANK FOB PARAFFINING CHEESE.
A rack is made of steel strips, as de
picted, with an open oval bottom and
suspended to the lever arm. Four
cheeses are put Into this rack, set on
edge side by side and lowered by the
lever into the melted paraffin, the
space between them insuring a thor
ough coating. They are then easily
lifted out and more coatless cheeses
substituted.
The plan of paraffining Is cleanly,
expeditious and attended with none of
the trials and mishaps of submerging
cheese In kettles of the wax one at a
time. The cost of this apparatus Is
very small, and as the Inventor is sure
It will be a winner has a patent pend
ing. But aside from this we thought
the apparatus worthy of preserving a
niche in Hoard's Dairyman museum.
The Unprofitable Cow.
A writer In the Farm Journal asks
the following pertinent questions re
specting the keeping of dairy cows
which do not pay for their keeping:
"Two cows cost $40 each per year for
keep. One of them yields you 4,000
nnnrta of milk a vear that brine vou
$80. The other yields 1.200 quarts that
bring you $26. The latter loses for
you about $14 and reduces the gain on
the former from $46 to $32. Why do
you keep the 1,200 quart cow? Ton
would be better off with the one that
clears $46, for you would have only
naif the Investment, half the work and
half the feeding, and you would gain
$14 each year. There would be no sur
plus butter on the market for years
to come and prices would rule strong
if all the cows were eliminated which
are kept at a loss. Dairy farmers have
not yet half waked up to an under
standing of the great practical Im
portance of weeding out the unprofit
able cows from their herds. Many a
man would make a fair profit that now
faces- constant loss if he would keep
only such cows as pay a profit ca their
keep."
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BREAKING THE HEIFER.
If Carefsllr Ha.dled, She Win Qslelc
lr Submit to Beta Milked.
It Isn't much of a chore to break a
; heifer to milk, not nearly so much as
many of the writers on dairy topics
would have you suppose. All that is re
quired are patience, firmness and gen
tleness, says a writer in Fanners Advo
cate. We have broken many heifers
and have never had one acquire the
kicking habit
It is better to have the heifer baiter
broken before she brings her first calf.
DUt there Is no need that she should be
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" to all manner of treatment, such
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as being led about by an ear or having
her ndder uand,ed before there is need
for jt it l8 contrary to nature for a
heifer to have her udder handled be
fore she becomes a mother, and the
majority will resent any such famil
iarity. After they become mothers, on
the contrary, they are quite willing to
be milked, and If they are spoiled in
the breaking It is the fault of the one
who essays to break them.
Handle Her Carefully.
Even the wildest heifer may be
tamed after calving by careful han
dling. Go into the pasture or lot where
she is confined after the calf has been
licked dry and has sucked and handle
the calf gently and quietly, and the
heifer will soon learn neithei to fear
you nor to. resent your handling the
calf. By taking the calf where you
wish the heifer to go you can get her
any place you wish and after fastening
her firmly you can milk her at your
leisure. So long as the calf is quiet she
will be.
If the heifer has never been handled,
she will naturally be nervous and sen
sitive. She may even use a foot to pre
vent her udder being handled, but if
the milker keeps his temper within
bounds and does not fight back the
heifer will soon permit the milk to be
drawn and cease any objections there
to. It is the man who hasn't sense to
know that it Is proper that the heifer
should resent what to her seems ah un
famillarity and wants to fight back
that spoils heifers and causes them to
become kickers.
Teacuing a heifer to submit to the
milking process Is an easy matter if
gone about properly.
Feeding the Milk Maker
The more finely the meal is ground
the more easily it ill be digested.
Then there will to very little loss. This
should never be lost sight of in the
feeding problem. Cornmeal should be
fed with wheat brau, and linseed meal
should always be added to a fattening
ration.
Humor the Stronff Willed Cow.
Some cows are pretty strong willed
and will not give down their milk un
til they have been fed some knick
knack; then it will come all right
Such cows are provoking. It is better
to humor them than it is to take an
empty pail to the house. These cows
usually give a good mess of milk when
they get down to business.
Chang-es of Food.
Not only does a scarcity of water
affect the milk flow in cows, but sud
den changes of food often cause the
flow of milk to decrease. This is due
to the fact that the cows may not
readily accept the new food and eat
as much of it as of that to which they
had been accustomed. Changes of food
to milk cows should be made gradual
ly, so as to fUlow them to be accus
tomed to it. Increasing the allowance
daily.
Feeding- Pumpkins to Com.
In reply to a subscriber who wishes
to know the value of feeding cows
pumpkins, seeds and all, the New Eng
land Homestead says:
Based on chemical analysis, pump
kins should have about the same
value as turnips. They are not as
highly digestible as the turnips, on
account of the hard shell and the
stringy fiber inside. I consider one
of the best ways to use them is to
cook them for hogs. When used for
cows producing milk they should have
no injurious effects on account of the
seeds unless fed In large quantities.
Our grandmothers gave pumpkin seed
tea as a medicine, prizing It for its
tendency to stimulate kidney action.
In the case of a cow producing milk
the feeding of large amounts of the
seed would probably increase kidney
action unduly, and tills would tend to
expel food products from the system
before they had accomplished their
work. Pumpkins should not be fed
every day, but should be alternated
with apples, cabbage, mangels or sugar
beets.
A Good Rotation.
A very good rotation for a cow giv
ing forty pounds of milk daily or mak
ing one and a half to two pounds of
butter per day Is thirty to forty pounds
ff 00111 ensilage, thirty pounds of man-
gels, eight to ten pounds of clover hay,
four pounds of bran, three pounds of
ground oats and one pound of oil cake.
If possible, cut the hay, pulp the roots
and mix the bulky feed together for a
few hours before feeding. Add the
meal to the bulky part at the time of
feeding. The foregoing amounts maj
be divided Into two portions and one
half to be given to each cow night and
morning. The cows should be fed reg
ularly, and each animal should be un
der close observation by the feeder in
order to note her appetite, response in
milk flow and other conditions. If the
feeder finds that the cow can profita
bly consume more than eight pounds
of meal daily, then extra meal may be
given. Careful feeders who weigh the
milk from each cow will soon learn
the limit of profitable feeding far each
SACRED THREADS.
The Cords Worn by the Three Cate
of the Hindoos. .
The sacred thread of the Brahmans Is
well known. It is a caste distinction
assumed at an early age and never
parted with. It must be made by a
Brahman and should consist of three
strands, each of a different color, for
ty-eight yards in length, doubled and
twisted together twice, the ends tied
In knots. It must be worn next the
skin, over the left shoulder, hanging
down to the thigh on the right side.
The three castes of the Hindoos are
distinguished by the material of these
threads cotton for the Brahmans.
hemp for the warriors and wool for the
artisans. The Parsees also wear the
sacred thread, and boys of seven or
nine are invested with it the threads
used being made always of fibers of
the suru tree. Monier Williams de
scribes the sacred girdle of the Par
sees as made of seventy-two woolen
threads, forming a fiat band, which is
twined three times around the body
and tied in two peculiar knots, the se
cret of which is known only to the
Parsees.
The use of "medicine cords" is com
mon among North American Indians.
Mr. Bourke describes those worn by
the Apaches. These consist of one.
two. three and four strands, to which
are 'attached shells, feathers, beads,
rock crystal, sacred green stones and
other articles, doubtless employed sym
bolically. Chambers' Journal.
THE PARIS CLUBS.
Election to the Most Exclusive Ones
Is a Serions Business.
Election to the exclusive clubs of
Paris is a very serious business. The
proposer and seaonder must not only
know all about their candidates, but
be able to bear witness to their ante
cedents and even to their forefathers.
They must write to all their friends
and ask them to support their candi
dates. When the election takes place,
they must not only be in the room, but
approach each member Individually as
he comes up to the ballot box and ask
him for his support
When the member has been elected,
he arrives the first day as a kind of
stranger and with his bat in hand. He
is then formally introduced by one of
his proposers to each member sepa
rately who happens to be in the room
at the time. On the second occasion
he has ceased to be a stranger and may
leave his bat in the hall, but be is still
expected to go round the room with
one of his proposers and be formally
introduced. This lasts for a week, by
which time he is assumed to know all
his colleagues, though a foreigner who
is extra punctilious and insists on be
ing introduced to every member of the
club gains considerably in popularity.
London Saturday Review.
A Puzzled Author.
When Alphonse Daudet brought out
'Sappho" an American publishing
house that issued religious books, not
snowing its character, offered M. Dau
det a large sum for advance sheets of
Che work. He accepted the offer, and
the advance sheets were sent When
the publishers received them they de
cided that they could not Issue the
book, and they cabled to the author,
' 'Sappho' will not do." This dispatch
puzzled Daudet He consulted with
numbers of friends, and this was the
conclusion at which they eventually
Mrrived: "Sappho" in French Is spelled
with one "p" "Sapho." after the Greek
Fashion. In English It Is spelled with
two. An unusually acute friend point
ed this out to Daudet which much re
lieved the novelist and be cabled back
to the publishers, "Spell It with two
p's." It Is needless to state that the
inblishers were more astonished at
Dandet's reply than he had been at
cheir cable dispatch.
Her Head Was Hot.
Lady Dorothy Nevill in her remi
niscences tells this story of the two
Misses Walpole. her cousins: "On one
occasion, when both of the two were
well over ninety,' Miss Fanny, the
vounger, who had that day been rather
ill, only joined her sister In the sitting
room just before dinner. On her ar
rival downstairs the latter (Miss Char
lotte by name) remarked: 'Fanny, I
am, going to be III too. I feel so hot
about the head. It must be apoplexy.'
"Nothing of the sort!" exclaimed Miss
Fanny, making a dash at her sister's
head. 'Your cap's on fire, and I'm go
ing to put it out' And so the brave
old thing did."
The First Dancers.
People have danced for thousands of
years and will probably continue to
do so for ages to come. This custom
is of ancient origin. The first people
to dance were the Curetes, who adopt
ed dancing as a mark of rejoicing In
1543 B. C In early times the Greeks
combined dancing with the drama, and
in 22 B. C. pantomimic dances were
introduced on the Roman stage. At
the discovery of America the American
Indians were holding their religions,
martial and social dances.
Dallr Duties.
The best part of one's life is the per
formance of one's daily duties. All
higher motives, ideas, conceptions and
sentiments In a man's life are of little
value If they do' not strengthen him
for the better discharge of the duties
which devolve upon him in the ordi
nary affairs of life.
Woman's Marked Down Age.
Howell Ton have a sister older than
yourself. I believe? Powell She was
born first but she Isn't older. New
lork Press.
A liar Is sooner caught than a crip
ple. Spanish proverb.
LOVE CHARMS.
M of the Qeieer Superstitions That
Lire In Siciljr.
The love charms of Sicily are many
and curious. One, very popular and
considered very powerful. Is to put .
Into an eggshell a few drops of the
blood of the longing lover. The shell .
Is exposed to the sun for three days !
and to the dew for three nights. It is ,
then placed on hot ashes until calcined. !
when the whole is reduced to a fiue j
powder and administered secretly in
a cup of coffee or. a glass of wine to i
the object of affection.
Another charm is for the witch to
undress at midnight and tie her clothes
up in a bundle which she places on
her head. Then, kneeling In the csn
ter of her room, she pronounces an in
cantation, at the end of which she
shakes her head. If the bundle falls
in front of her. it is a good sign ; should
it fall behind her. the charm will not
avail.
Vet another is worked in the follow
ing manner: Pieces of green, red and
white ribbon are purchased in three
different shops, the name of the per
sons to be charmed being repeated
mentally each time. The shopkeeper
must be paid with the left hand, the
ribbon being received in the right.
When ail the pieces are bought they
are taken to a witch, who sets out to
find the person to be charmed. On
finding .him or her the witch mutters
to herself. "With these ribbons I bind
you to such a one." Then she returns
the ribbons to the purchaser, who ties
them beneath his or her left knee
and wears them at church. Macmil
lan's. DIED A BEGGAR.
The Pathetic Career of John Stow,
the Engrlish Antiquary.
John Stow, the celebrated English
antiquary, was a remarkable man. He
was born of poor parents about 1523
and brought up to the tailor's trade.
For forty years his life was passed
among needles and thread, but In the
few leisure hours which his trade al
lowed him be had always been a fond
reader of legends, chronicles, histories
and all that told of the times that
were past By such reading he grew
to be so attached to old memoirs that
when about forty years of age he
threw down his needle, devoted him
self to collecting them and followed
his new profession with the faith and
enthusiasm of an apostle. Short of
means, he made long journeys afoot
to hunt over and ransack colleges and
monasteries, and, no matter how worn
and torn might be the rags of old pa
pers which he found, he kept all. re
viewing, connecting, copying, compar
ing, annotating, with truly wonderful
ability and good sense. Arrived at
fourscore years and no longer capable
of earning a livelihood, he applied to
the king, and James I., consenting to
his petition, granted to the man who
had saved treasures of memoirs for
English history the favor of wearing a
beggar's garb and asking alms at
church doors. In this abject state,
forgotten and despised, be died two
years later.
From the Bountiful East.
A small proportion of the flora is in
digenous. The majority came from
the east like all the great ideas on
which our culture is founded, and were
developed and improved on this classic
soil. Italy received the lemon and
the orange from the Semites, who in
their turn had obtained them from
India. The olive, the fig, the vine and
the palm were grown by the Semites
long before their cultivation penetrat
ed to the west The laurel and myr
tle, indeed, are indigenous in Italy, but
their use for ceremonial purposes came
across the Mediterranean from the
east The home of the cypress is not
in Italy, but In the Greek archipelago,
northern Persia, Ciiicia and Lebanon.
From Strasburger's "Riviera."
The Difference.
Small Boy Pa, what is the difference
between a pessimist and an optimist?
Pa Well, let me see if I can Illustrate.
You know I am often discouraged, and
things don't look to me as if they'd
ever go right Well, at such times 1
can be said to be a pessimist But
years ago, when I was a young man.
everything looked bright and rosy, and
I was always hopeful. Then I was an
optimist. Now, my son, can yon un
derstand the difference between a pes
simist and an optimist? Small Boy
Oh, yes; one Is married and the other
Isn't Harper's Weekly.
Cause of His Jay.
"What are you looking so happy over,
old man?"
"I am rejoicing over the birth of
twins."
"Great Scott! I congratulate you!"
"Don't congratulate me. Go and con
gratulate Evans. He's the Iiv-'v man
I never did like him." Philadelphia In
quirer. Stole His Livelihood.
Tattered Timothy I hate doctors.
Tiepass Thomas What fur? Tattered
Tim-One of 'em cured me o fits w'en
I wuz a kid. Gee. I cud work np some
sympathetic crowds if I c'd have one
right now! Cleveland Leader. v
She Was the Girl.
The Widower I've always said that
If I married again I should choose a
girl who is as good as she Is beautiful.
Miss Willing Really, this is very sud
den, George, but I accept you, of
course. Pick Me Up.
When money does not talk too much
it mav rjrorjerlv be termed a modest
J sum. Nashville Democrat
A Serial Story Entitled
"UNCO L ITS
Will Soon be Published In the Gazette
This entrancing story was written
ny
WARD HILL LAMON
Lincoln's Law Partner
Mr. Lemon was the author of "Lin
coln's Eoyhccd," a serial published
In the Gazette a year ago ....
"Lincoln's Love Affairs" affords a
vivid insight of the life and beautiful
womanly attributes of Miss Ann Kut
ledge, the object of Lincoln's first great
affection, and unhappy mental condition
on her death. His short courtship of
Miss Mary Owens creates intense in
terest and is historically correct.
Final Courtship
it
MISStMARYiTODD
Lincoln'sJ early experiences as a law
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fifthe HfeJ of thei great emancipator.
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