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THE FAEM AND HOME.
WHY COUNTRY BUTTER 18 NOT
GILT-EDQED.
fh« Difficult lea of the Farmer** Wife-—It
Pays to Keep Bees—Milking and
Smoking— Horticulture and
Home Hints.
The difficulties with which tho av
erage farmer’s wlfa has to contend In
the managomont of a dairy, largo or
small are muoh greater here In Texas
than any of tho older states, writes
Mrs. Littlo in the Texas Farm and
R^nch. There is a prevailing idea
that milch cows deserve no better
treatment than what are termed the
"out stock." Shfi must subsist on the
same dry and uuhutritious grasses
and drink from the same dirty pool of
water. While this treatment muy suit
tho range stock, it is a poor way
when applied to cows. We should al
ways provide the best and most sue
culont food, and pure, fresh water for
these docile creatures that provide
such luxuries as milk and butter,
Every farm, even if it is a rented one.
should have a pasturo of some va
riety of tame grass, as wild grass is
green for so short a time, and is gen
erally so mixed up with weeds as to
be ruinous to both milk and butter.
It not only spoils tho flavor, but in
jures the texture of the butter as well.
Butter mado from 'the milk of cows
that ran on poor pastures will absorb
impurities much more readily than if
the cows had access to good grass
with a grain ration at milking time.
Very few consider it necessary to food
solid fpod when there is plenty of
grass, but it is a good idea, and cotton
seed, or meal have no equal as a
summer ration, as the milk will stand
a much higher temperature without
•■souring,” and the butter is much
finer.
Any method for keeping the milk
swoet sufficiently long to allow of the
cream’s rising would be eagerly wel
comed by the much suffering famor's
wife, who sees all her struggles
against the demon, heat, of little
avail The plan that comes nearest
to a successful solution of the prob
lem, is to provide an open shed,
through which the air can circulate
freely, then keep the vessels contain
ing the milk thoroughly enveloped in
damp cloths, and see that the cloths
are always wet; the vessels should be
of stone or earthenware. One and two
gallon jars are the best. Tin is light
er and easier handled, * but does not
give as good satisfaction. It 1b always
tho main object, or should be, to get
the milk cool and Mep it so, ahd if
this is accomplished the butter may
almost be depended upon to take care
of itself, always provided the cows
have had the right treatment before
hand.
It will be a grand victory for coun
try butter when a little piece of
ground will be taken from that mon
opolist; the cotton plant, and put in
Bermuda or alfalfa on every farm in
Texas. When this has been accom
plished tho farmers will begin to > see
a reason for providing suitable ac
commodations for dairying, for which
he is now sadly blinded. And he will'
begin to see that the scrub cow looks
out of place in those beautiful pas
tures, and will get a “fine" cow that
will look more suitable, and that will
most certainly suit his wife, because
she will then be enabled to make Hut
to suit the most fastidious, and the
much-derided “country butter” will
float serenely on the topmost wave of
public favor.
Hoping-that this prophecy will be
fulfilled is the earnest wish of one;
who has become tired of the present
methods.
It Payt* to Keep Bees.
This is my conclusion after, a dozen
years of experience. Adam Leister
gives his experience of nine years and
makes it average about 20 lbs. per col
ony. Taking It that length of time it
is a fair average with my past ex
perience. but I find that each year, as
I get to understand them better, tho
profit increases. I first started with
plain boxes and let them take care of
themselves except to set a small box
on top for surplus. I attended to them
when 1 got ready whether the honey
season was past or not, any day that
I happened that way. Other people
did the same and surely it must be all
right. But experience taught me
soon, that this plan was good as far
as honey and profit were concerned.
Thus I lost about three years in the
old rut of planting without cultivation.
The balance of the time since I
have used a hive with movable
frames; and find that to get profit
one must have things in proper shape;
and give the little occupants a chance.
The first thing to have is a rousing
colony the first of May. boiling over
with bees, in a nice, clean hive, with
new combs all in first-class shape, and
if the season is only an average one
you are sure of 50 tbs. honey, which
at 20c, per ft. would be $10, besides
winter supplies. So it is plain to be
seen that it pays If properly managed.
I should add, further, that such a
colony will likely , cast off a good
swarm. The amouht of honey to be
expected must be based on the stren^h
of the colony in the spring, A hive
of bees; full to overflowing, will give
50 fts. surplus easier than a weak
colony can build up strong and gather
sufficient food for winter during the
summer months.
My average for five years has been
about 25 fts. to the colony, good and
bad together. The largest amount
I have ever taken was 07 fts. net but
50 fts. often. I have tho best strains
of Italian the country can furnish, and
find that they are superior to the
blacks in tho ratio of 2 to 3.
A sure receipt for profit is to see
that weak swarms are built up early
in tho fall before cold weather, by
feeding granulated sugar, as it is
cheaper than honey; but don’t feed
anything bqt tho best; as poor feed is
likely to give them the dysentery or
make them unhealthy, and before oold
weather sets in paok chaff well
Around the frames and luy a chaff
cushion on top, and you will bo Mo
uood shape, to show up a handsome
profit next season_E. Shlmel In
Ohio Farmer.
The Coming Hog.
H. G. Dawson ol Iowa is of the
opinion that the Future hog must bo a
rustler, one that has the get up and
grow to him, an animal of Tine pro
portions, with extra top lino, broad,
deep hams, clean cut, smooth under
line, free from flabbiness of jowl or
belly, with deep bacon sides, the
deepness extending well back to flank
and forward to shoulder, not uneven,
and deep in center, having a One cut
hoad, smooth and broad betweon tho
eyes jaw broad and tapering well and
evon to tho muzzle, eyes clear and
prominent, with oars standing well
out from tho hoad, broaking evenly
and smooth' towards the point, but
would even prefer a standing up ear
to a drop or flop ear^ os a drop or
flop ear, flabby jowl and under lino,
in my experience, are not rustlers,
and are more inolinod to
disease from their nature of
slothfulnoss, and those bad points are
generally found together. Tho bone
should not bo too largo, but of fine
and Btrong texture, Arm, standing
erect on their pins, tapering well from
arm and thigh down to feet Some
people havo an idea that the slzo Is
the most dosirable In the selection of
a hog, and that large bonos, no matter
how badly snapod. is the hog for
them; claiming that large hogs must
have extraordinary large bonos; while
a good bono Is desirable. If well
shaped, a small bone U more to my
notion than a big awkward shaped
one, for this reason, a hog that has
the right form and small bone pos
sesses the faoulty of putting on deep
flesh, and making big returns for his
feed, and carrying to market dosirable
meat, while tho other is a harder,
longer feeder, and goes to market
with a larger per cent of low priced
meat
Clover on Sundy Noll*.
There is no way of keeping up
sandy soil so easily and cheaply as by
raising clover on it. But it is not all
sandy soil that will grow good clover.
Sometimes the cause is mechanical,
the soil blowing away from the seed,
or possibly with it into adjacont
ravines. But it is more genorally due
to lack of tho proper mineral ele
ments. Clover loves lime and potash,
and on sandy land potash is often
lacking. A dressing of leached, or
better still of unleaahed ashes, will
get a clover catch on many fields
whore year after year tho seed has
failed to grow. The potash has a
mechanical effect on the soil. It
unites with tho sand, and thus forms
a crust making it less likely to blow
away.
Milking and Smoking.
When a man milks a cow he should
not attempt to smoko a cigar at the
same. time. A young man out in the
country triod it and got along well
enough until he lowered his head and
.touched the cow's flank with the
lighted end of his wood. The next
instant himself and cigar were dread
fully “put out.” Tho cow introduced
about two tons weight Into one of her
hind-legs, and then passed it undor
the milker’s jaw. When ho ceased
whirling around, and the myriads of
stars he saw had disappeared, he said
farming was the hardest work a man
could put his hands to.—Farmer’s
Voice.
Horticultural Hints.
In transplanting, keep the roots
moist
One year-old grape vines are, on
tbe whole,' the best to set out
Some plants are naturally more
tender than others and need more
care.
A quince needs a rich soil more
than the apple and requires more
pruning.
I he tent caterpillar seems worse
where there is a good growth of wild
cherry trees.
Undersized fruit of any variety is
not worth raising, either lor home use
or for market
While not so valuable in other re
spects, seedling peaches are gener
ally the hardiest.
It is a serious mistake that Is often
made of allowing a young tree or vine
to overbear too young.
Taking off the surplus fruit while
it is small is a great benefit to the tree
as well as to the fruit '
Home lllntii.
Knives should npver be put into hot
water, which injures them, first, by
loosening the handles, and next by
spoiling the temper of the steel. Wipe
them first with a damp clotn and then
rub on a smooth board which has been
previously rubbed with a scouring
brick or knife powder.
If the eyes are tired and inflamed
from loss of sleep by sitting up'late
or loner travel, apply in the morning
soft white, linen, dripping with hot
water—as hot as you can bear St—
laying the cloth upon the Mas. You
will feel the eyos strong and free from
pain or distress in half an hour.
Little red ants cannot travel over
wool or rag carpet. Cover a shelf in
a closet or pantry with flannel, set
whatever you wish to keep from the
ants on it and they will at once dis
appear: They may be caught also in
sponges into which sugar has boon
sprinkled; then the sponge should be
dropped into hot water.
Dusting should be done with a
damp—not a wet—cloth. Another
cloth»-a dry one—should bo used for
rubbing afterward. It stands to rea
son that the littlo dust particles
should be taken, and not scattered
over something ' else in the room;
and a damp cloth cloth oollects them.
(while a duster, or even a dry cloth
sends thorn flying. ^ «
3RB
ME TICKET NAMED.
THE DEMOCRATIC) STANDARD
BEARERS FOR
Cleveland Nominated for Freetden
and Stevenson or Illinois for
Vlee President.
Chicago, June 23.—In the demo*
cratlo national convention thii even
ing Cleveland was nominated for
president on the first ballot, the vote
standing:
Total voto.80S
Nucuasury to u oboloo. tUO
Clevelauu.;. SHIV*
Ulll. 110
Hole*. 113
Gorinrn. S10V4
MtVVllUSOD..... 10**
Moirlmm... 0
I'arlUlo. 1A
Campbell . 0
I’nttiaoo..,. 1
Wliliney. 1
Kueroli. 1
When the discussion of the platform
was terminated and that Instrument
was adopted, Chairman Wilson an
nounced that the roll would be called
(or nominations.
That was what the crowd was wait
ing for, and a about went up fronj 20,
000 throats. „
When Alabama was called a dele
gate named l'enton jumped on his
chair and moved an adjournment, but
without heeding the motion the secre
tary proceeded with the call. Arkan
sas yiolded her plaoo to New Jersey
amid cheers, and Governor Leon Ab
bott of Ifew Jersey was recognized and.
look the stand to nominate Grover
Cleveland. - lio stood just behind the
chairman’s desk, a manuscript in front
of him, and speaking so clearly that
he could be hoard oU through the great
hall, he said:
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention: In placing a name before
this eonventiont I speak for the united
democracy.of New Jersey, whose loy
alty to domocratic principles, faithful
service to the party, and whose con
tributions to its success entitle it to
the consideration of the democracy of
the country. In voicing the unani
moua wisn oi me delegation, i present
as their candidate the name of a dis
tinguished democratic statesman, born
upon its soil, for whom in two presi
dential contests tho state has- given its
aloetoral vote. We have been in tho
past, and will be in the future, ready
to sacrilice all personal preferences to
the clear expression of the will of the
democratic party'. It is because this
name will awaken throughout our state
the enthusiasm of the democracy and
insure success; it is because be repre
sents the great democratic principles
and policy upon which this entire con
vention is a unit. It is because we
believe that with him as a candidate
the democracy of the union will sweep
the country and establish its princi
ples throughout tho length and broadth
of the land that we oiler to the con
vention as a nominee the choice of
the democracy of New Jersey—Grover
Cleveland.”
When Governor Abbett named Cleve
land the hurrah of an hour before was
renewed. The delegates sprang to
their feet, many of them mounted
chairs, hats were thrown in the air and
the noise of the cheering was deafen
ing. The cheering continued inter
mittently for ten minutes.
When Colorado was reached DeWitt
nominated Hill.
John R. Fellows of New York sec
onded Hill's nomination.
Iowa was the next state called, and
Hon. John F. Duncombe took the
platform to nominate Horace Boies,
v The galaries got very restive during
the closing part of Mr. Duncombe's
speech and tried to shut him down.
When Mr. Duncombe was through the
roll call was resumed, and Mr. Fenton
of Kansas took the platform to second
the Nomination of Cleveland.
Kentucky was then called. The
chairman of the delegation announced
that tho friends of Mr. Cleveland had
chosen Hon. J. A. McKenzie to second
his nomination, and the friends of Mr.
Boles had selected Hon. Henry Wat
terson to second his nomination.
Judge McKenzie stood on his chair
and spoke briefly.
Mr. Watterson next took the floor. „
■•I second the nomination of Horace
Boies of Iowa,”he said [cheers],1 wad
bear witness to the truth of eu - that
has been said of him by his friend
and neighbor, Judge Dunoombe. ” -
George W. Ochs of Tennessee, who
was elected by the Tennessee delega
tion, seconded the b> nination of
Cleveland. Among otb things he
said:
One grand figure has for ten years
appeared before the youth of this land
pre-eminently as the embodiment of
that lofty statesmanship which is not
incured by issues of war, and is free
from all sectional prejudices. £Ie has
ignored in his teachings, his papers,
these effete issues, and he has been
the guide for progressive democratic
thought, the oracle for patriotic Amer
icans, the mentor for the rising gener
ation. In him the young men of the
'union have discerned a character dis
tinguished fqr honesty and integrity,
of fearless fidelity to public promises,
and resolute probity in the discharge
of public duty; a living, unflinching
exponent of the burning truths of un
defined democracy. His example has
elevated political life, his record has
chastened public service, his career has
honored American citizenship. Foi
his faculty as a leader, his integrity as
a statesman, his fidelity as an admin
istrator, his courage of conviction, his
fearless devotion to duty, his honor
able career as mayor, governor and as
president, on behalf of the state ol
Tennessee, and in the name of the
young men of the country, I second
the nomination of Grover Cleveland o
New York. ,
At 8:35 a.m. Mr. Upsher of Mary-»
land moved to make Cleveland'* nom
ination unanimous. Much confusion
ensued and there were many chango*
of votes to Cleveland, notably Texas.
Mnrylund, Iowa, West Virginia and "
Kentucky. Daniels of Virginia also
made a brief speech for Cleveland and
the motion to make the nomination
unanimous was carried with about hall
a dozen nays whioh were greeted with
hisses.
Cochran of New York said that bit
state vote had been cast in full in tbs
alHrmatlve. and Shields of Iowa made
tho same statement for his delegation.
VOTES BY STATES.
Statoi.
Alabama.......
Alaska..
Arl/.onk..
Arkansas .
California..
Colorado.
Connecticut...
Delaware.
IVfat. of Columbia
Florida.
Georgia.
Idaho ...
Illinois.
Indiana.
Iowa..
Kalman....'.
Konlucky
Louisiana.......
Maine..
•Maryland.
Massachusetts...
Michigan.
Minnesota .
Mississippi.
Missouri..,..
Montana..
Nebraska..
Nevada.
Now Hampshire..
Now Jersey.
Now Mexico.
Now York.,,
North Carolina...
North Dakota ...
Ohio.
Oklahoma......
Oregon.
Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island.
South Carolina...
South Dakota.
Tennessee..
Texan...
Utah.
Vermont.,..
Virginia.
Washington..
West Virginia....
Wisconsin.
Wyoming.
Utah.
Indian Ter.
Total..
8
80
1
"m
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14
Vi
H
01
8
8
7
34
21
2
8
12
8
7
24
8
2
2
OlflVf. Ill
S
i ,
18
1 IflU
80'/, I 108
•'»N
’Gorman not voting.
Number ol vStes out, 901) 14; neceatary to
cholao, 007. *
Chicago, 111., June 24.—Grover'
Cleveland was nominated for presl
dent of the United States at 8:10
o'clock yesterday morning. His nom- .
inntion was made on the first ballot,
in whioh he made heavy gains over
the published accounts of his mana
gers, which had given him a safe two
thirds. The nomination was accom
plished after the most picturesque
convention in recent political history.
After sitting ten hours filled with driv
ing work the convention' settled down
to a vote. It was faced by both sides
with resolution. There was no quail
ing. The opposition made few at
tempts to check the work of the night.
One or two motions for adjournment
were made, but these were caused not
by a desire to postpone action, but by
the turbulence of galleries which fairly
overwhelmed the gathering nnd rob
bed the chairman of all authority.
The ballot began amid the most in
tense excitement in the galleries^
which were still well crowded with
anxious spectators of the great battle.
It was apparent before ten states had
been called that the printed estimates
of Cleveland’s strength rather under
shot the truth and that the expresi
dent’s following would overwhelm op
position. Unexpected gains developed
as the roll call proceeded. Before the
middle of the call was reached Cleve
land was thirty votes ahead of the es
timate giving him 006 votes. He lost
some after that through the lapse of ^
Maryland and Ohio, but when the last’ll
state was called he.had 616 votStt
enough to nominate and to spores ;.
The nomination was read with vtM> 4
cheering. The jaded crowd that bad.1 v
sat in the wigwam for too hoars rote ;<
to its chairs and cheered madly wham yi
the announcement was mads
total vote was; Cleveland. 616$;
114; Boles, 96; Gorman, M$; Morri
son, 27; CamnbsU, 41; CarlWm 14;
Stevenson, 16|; Whitney, I. ,w
When the roll sail was finished and
it was known that Cleveland had won, f t
the former opponents of the successful'
candidate began to tumble into the
band wagon with all the cerlerity
they possessed. West Virginia led the
precession in changing its vote to 11
for Cleveland. Maryland made its
voto 1C for Cleveland, ana the chair
man of the Kentucky delegation was
on his feet to announce a change in its
vote, when Ohio moved that the rules
be suspended and Cleveland made the
nominee by acclamation. Senator
Daniel of Virginia seconded the motion
as did Governor Flower of New York
and then after Texas had got its vote
recorded as 30 for Cleveland, the mo
tion to suspend the rules prevailed and
Grbver Cleveland was declared the
nominee by acclamatfon. The con
vention then adjourned until 2 p.m.
to-day.
At 2:66 p m Chairman Wilson called
the convention to order and a brief
prayer was offered by llev. Thomas
Green, of Iowa.
The chairman—Gentlemen of the
convention—The next order of busi
ness of the convention is the nomina
tion of a candidate for the office of vice
president of the United States. The
chair wili now direct the clerk to call
the roll of slates for nominations for
that office.
On motion o( Governor Porter, of
Tennessee, nominating speeches were
limited to live rainutos each, and sec
onding speeches to two minutes each,
aud the roll was proceeded with.
John K. Lamb placed Gray of Indi
ana in nomination.
Mr. Worthington of Illinois nomi
nated Steuhenson of that slate.
Connecticut seconded the nomina
tiuu ui Gray of Indiana.