I MEATS IN GERMANY. Vt!S lis Almost a Famine. Improved Method off (Jjl t lS&ir Slaughterlno. Gfe, I From tlma ta time tha United State Department af Commerce and Labor ui received reports from 1U rarloui coasula la Germany giving- account of a aieat famine in the Faderland. The aearclty of cattle In Germany ta probably aue primarily to the strict lawa af that country forbidding impor tatloa ef live stock from countries In waica certain animal diseases are kaawa to exist The elaborate and complicate system of Inspections and prohibitions imposed upon the Impor tation of meats and domestic animals by tae itw meat Inspection law of Qeraiaay, waich went Into effect a few aaantas ago, bad the effect of increas ing the prices of pork, beef, veal and muttea by diminishing the available supply. Oa account of a few cases of Texas fever which existed among the cattle eomiag from the southern and Western part of the United States, live BtocJt from this country are excluded: similarly because cases of foot and menu disease were known to exist Id Rnasla, Denmark and Sweden, cattle from those countries are likewise de nied admission. Soon after the new Inspection law was put lato effect the Imports of live stock and meat supplies greatly de creased nntil the situation In Germany was extremely grave. Prices asked for dressed meat went "Mite beyond the reach of many working people In the, GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL ways Is very complete. Ample clean ing facilities are constantly employed and these in conjunction with power ful ventilating fans keep the estab lishment clean and odorless. Every animal that enters the Berlin abattoir is inspected to see whethei It Is fit to kill. After animals are put to death those whose flesh Is consld ered absolutely dangerous are de stroyed. Owing to the prevalence ol poverty the German authorities are un willing to waste anything that can be saved. Animals killed are divided Into four cl- The first class consists of meat which Is thoroughly sound: this is allowed to go to general mar keta. The second class eon'ta of animals bavin p. Ml local dis ease which JLc9 not taint the r-"!k o' the meat The affected parts onlr are destroyed and the rest Is eU dlrectl to poor consumers In onantttles not exceeding six pound. The thlrA ri- is mat wnich Is of a oimHtr nn Jta. eased that it cannot be safely sold In a raw state. However. It may be eaten without detrimental rennlts if thnr OUghly Sterilized. It is inwnt'irl. tnk. Jected to a temperature of from 250 te saw degrees m a steam tvUr and than sold to the poor, like the rest The lourin cjass animals are those which are so diseased as to merit tot! it. struction. While It may appear loath- S3 1 El Seen in American Slaughter House. Hew they de it in Germany. nun j.illUI jlu in.idl great busy cities. While It was report ed that the butchers and meat mer chants were taking advantage of the Situation and charging double prices, Investigation showed that they were In reality in serious difficulties, for in atead af increased profits they, were irmirtwg 1ms money than before the law went Into effect A number of them announced to the municipal au thorities their intention to relinquish their busiaesa. Mass meetings have been held by citizens and meat dealers with an endeavor to induce the au thorities to make the meat inspection laws less stringent, but so far without result The model abattoir and cattle mar kets of Burope at the present time arc to be found in Germany. There arc extensive and well equipped establish ments In several large cities, but those which are the newest with the latest Improvements and regarded as the best of all are at the old university town of Halle and at Mannheim on the JBhine. These are almost duplicate plants. Am early as 1878 there were city abattoirs at Mannheim, one for Jews and one for Christians. In 1830 It was decided to construct a single new alat toir in coanection with the new mar ket This was completed in May, 1900. This latter abattoir is a model of per fection, ample provision belog made for receiving animals and shipping dressed carcasses. The visitor does not receive suggestions of slaughter ing through any appearance of blood on surrounding walls, nor does he amell it in the air, as In many of the American slaughter houses. Build lngs are of brick, stone, iron and glass of good appearance, substantially and admirably adapted to their respective purposes. All are supplied with hot ar-d cold water, live steam, electric lights and either or electric power. These operate a pt" of mechanical t''-savinsr appliances The hoisting apparatus is handled so that manual llftlnr la almost wholly avoided, and by susr"" tramways carcasses and other heavy parts may be moved In all dlrertloni In the kill Ing halls. Artificial ventilation Is also provided se that every apartment may be supplied with currents of fresh air. dry, and either cold or warm as de sired. The reoma for slaughter are large, light and airy Instead of little pens as is the usual case In France the arrangements at Mannheim are for a separate ball for everv kind of ani mal and a rejmlar corns of wmmfi butchers Is employed by the establish ment Butchering is, comparative! speak ing, numanelv done. The lnrr tit male are killed bv a rerous1on gitf attached to the bead vlth mq. sn the smaller ones are stunnM by a blow on the bead and ttipn Wert, at course, the Jewish butherlne Is Be CompllBhed by a different method and aeeordlna- to the rites prescribed bv that rellrlon. Tnsriectora are present to supervise the slanrhter and everv quarter paaaed and nnr,"-1 for mar ket l BTenerly branded. The system of reneral drainage, Buh- some to American people to have a housewife buy meat from diseased an imals, yet under such a system aa is adopted in Germany, when one res to the market house to buy a piece of sound meat he Is assured of getting It He at least does not boy bad or dis eased meat, thinking It is first rata. Injurious la tie orchard pasturing, the orchard with neither sheep or hogs re sulted ia better yields than those not pastured. Tha fertilised orchards yield aa average increase of 65 bush els per acre over those to which no fertiliser had been applied. Data was collected of the value of spraying ap pies and It was shown that while 8.430 bushels of sprayed apples broueht an average of 1 2.02 per bushel. 6.3CB bush els of unsprayed apples brought but si.so per ausnet The effect ef distance between treet planted before 1810 was studied In lu relatiea to yield. Taking figures frotr an average of four years it was found that trees planted 80 by 30 feet apart yield 188 bushels per acre; trees 31 by 31, te 38 by 35 feet apart, 223 bushels per acre, and trees 3( by 38 to 40 by AC feet apart yield 229 bushels per aero a year. Observations In the counties showed that w-M te site Is not a very Important factor the best site Is doabtleea one that Is sufficiently ele vated to give rM c"vrt unity for al and for water drainage and not so blrh as to be especially exr-d to the wind TVs survey ef the New York section covering, as It does, the actual prac tices or fanners la two r tM mot l"i portaat fntlt-rrowtag counties of New York, aad giving the actual results In yields aad Income by different meth ods ef treatment In hundreds of or chards. Is ea a snficlently laraw ecate to make the results obtained of more than nsnal value and Interest It Is exceedingly gratifying to find that te cultural methods long recommended by experiment stations as a result of trials on a small scale hold true when applied to orcharding oa a commercial scale. A tfoder fbr n Dollar, The Department of Agriculture has recently published a method of con structing a chicken brooder, the total cost of which might come well within fl.00. Such a brooder has been given careful trial by the Connecticut experi ment station, and has given excellent results when used In a shod or colony house. The lower section of the brood er which contains tho lamp for beating is a box 3 ft square nnule of 10 Inch boards and covered with tin or gal vanized Iron. About this cover, around the edges of the lamp box, one Inch strips are nnlle(. Two one Inch holes are bored through theso strips on each side of the box for the ptirpono of ven t Hat Ion. A floor of matched boards la laid on the strips. A hole 8 Inches In diameter Is cut In the center of this floor and over it is turned an old tin Apple Growing. Tha Department of Agriculture of ten receives communications from farmers who are maintaining that the practical agriculturist does not have much faith in experiments conducted at experiment stations, as they are on such a small scale that great weight cannot be attached to the re sults. The statement la made that were these experiments made oa large scale or under conditions such as confront the farmer himself, they might prove more valuable. Taking this standpoint as a rule to follow the New York experiment station througn the Department of Agriculture has re ported the results of aa examination of 1.138 apple orchards covering I, C42 acres in Wayne and Orleans counties. New Ycrk. Both of these counties are extensive apple growing regioas. In one township every or 2 k. 3 f IB i - Cp-t0'Dale Weather Reports. The latest work upon which the United States Weather Bureau has en tered is a system of meteorological ob servations from vessels at sea by wire less telegraphy and the simultaneous issuance of weather forecasts and storm warnings to those vessels. The Weather Bureau has prepared a special code by means ef which exact inform tlon as to date and hour, latitude and longitude of the vessel, atmospheric pressure, temperature, force and direc tion of the wind, and the character of the sky are all compressed into four words. As soon v any coast wireless telegraph station receives such dis patch from vessels, the message is to be delivered at once to the Weather Bureau at Washington. Should the contents of this message be of such Importance as to demand special storm warnings, notices will be prepared and dispatched by wireless telegraphy to all vessels in the vicinity affected. The value of such a service might be cited when the experies-;e of the steamship Campania is remembered. On October 11 last, this liner was caught In a hur ricane. The storm was found to have had no great area and it is stated by the Weather Bureau that had the sys tem proposed been in use at that time, warning of its existence might have enabled the Campania and other ves- i- - 't TITE DOLl.AU imooDEIt rn 10 inches In diameter, tho sides of the ran being full of holes to allow freo circulation of heat. Over this Is placed a taMe 2 foot 6 Inches square with legs 4i inches high. Around the sides of this tal lo Is tacked a curtain of old felt cut from top to bottom at Intervals of five or six Inches to allow the chicks to pass In and out at will the whole being surrounded by boards 4 Inches blph an l 3 Inches long nailed together at the corners and resting cm the floor of the brooder. 'When the chicks are ten days old one of these boards mar be taken nwav and the bridge used so that the chloks mar run from the hot r to the floor of the room. The dt-icrl"ton of tbe brooi'er enn be found In Farmers' Bulletin No. 2S7. which can be had upon application to members of Congress or to tha Sec retary of Agriculture. sels to avoid Its center of activity. An other feature of great value In this looked around at the army of boUlea Doublc-Tolkcd Eccs. Squire Meadows, who lived down at Four Corners, was cIuhwhI ns a "mean old son-of-n-run." no didn't mind buvlnr new farm Implements rvery vcar nnl allowing tlicin to rust aud ruin out In the winter ruins and snows but be would not buy his wlf n sew ing machine or a illsli-wushlng ma chine to lessen the l:ilors of house work. She wns never allowed spend Ing money, and whenever anything. ncessnry was wanted for the hoirso the Pniilre nlwava went himself to the vHInce fifore and mn!e n tnde of nomo farm stuff for the article desired. One day the good wife wanted a packntre of darning needles, nnd told her husband so. ".Vow. Al.aza!!." lie said, "what's ther use of gettln so 'strnvagnnt? Winter's coming on. tin thar's that fodder cutter ter luiv; can't yer get along somehow with Icss7' The argument ended by n reduction to s single needle. Pqulro Meadows took a fresh laid eg? d-wn to 1he coun try store and Inquired of the store keeper whether h would trade a darning needle for nn eptr. The owner was willing and the trade was made, Now It seems that this store, In ad- d'fon to being a grocery, dry goods establishment and post office, was also one where liquid refrxuhments were tllsiM'nsfHl. 'i lie owner was known as a man of great cordiality to his customers, often invltlug them to a "treat on him." The Bqulre, having made the trade, PACKING APPLES FOR SHIPMENT. proposed system Is that the Weather Bureau will thus be enabled to send to trans-Atlantic liners and other vessels, information as to the limit of fog aad ioe on the Grand Banks so that by slightly altering their course they may steer clear of these dangers. SECRETARY 9QAW WAS LATE. A PROIT ABLE APPLE TREK. chard as large as an acre la extent was visited. Observations ware nade oa euch factors as location, Bite, as pect, soil, management distance be tween trees, pruning, present condition of the orchard, orchard troubles, ete. The agent of the New York station found that for orchards tilled five years or more there was aa increased yield of about 80 per cent over or chards which had been live years or more in sod. This greater yield la the tilled orchards was found not to be due entirely to cu'Mvatlon, as the man who tills bis orchard usually gives it better care as regards fertilizers spravlng, pruning, etc. Figures were compiled ef orchards In sod which were used as pasturage for live stock. While It was found tarraseaa conduits and service tram that hogs were least aad sattle aaest He Narrowly Escaped "Call Down" by Vigilant Watchman. Secretary ef the Treasury Shaw was three minutes late in reaching the Treas ury Department the other morning aad narrowly esccaped being held up by the vigilant watchman at the door. It was raining when he arrived, and he hurried through one of the seldom used entrances to the building. It is one of the regulations of his de partment that all employes arriving latt shall register the time of their arrival at a desk near the entrance. Mr. Shaw did not consider himself amenable to this regulation and b'trried to the elevator to eo to his ofiice, oa the second floor. The watchman noticed his ikurfnt carelessness in not registering, and, not recognizing him, hurried after the Secretary to remind him ot nis neg lect. When the watchman reached the ele vator, however, he heard the conductor address his passenger as Mr, tecn tarv." The watchman's activity ceased lm diatelv. Secretary Shaw remarked later ia tae day that be was sorry he did not f back sad register, at all good emptor as are repaired ta do. ea the shelf, and, smacking bis Hps, said: "Why, say, look yere Terklns, they say yer treat yer t-uutomcrs pretty well at times ter somethla' stronger'n water?" "Sure." responded the etorekcH-per, "Wkat'll yer hevT "Oh, I guess mlne'U be eherry'n egg." Terklas went over to the Bhelf, brought out the tgg Jtmt traded In by the Squire, broke it lntu the glass and was prepared to pour in tho liquor, when Meadows yelled out: "Say, look yere, Terklns, 1'jnt thar egg I brnng yer Is a double-yelker; don't yer owe mo another darnia' needle?'' The Future Mikado T They can do things In Japan ws coald never even dream of doing. The Imperial family of Japan dwells to gether la harmony under circumstances that would cause domestic discord, if not absolute disruption, in an everyday American family. 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