“DAIRY AND POULTRY.
t 1
^■.INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
\ OUR RURAL READERS.
now Sncpemfol Fnrmen Operate Thlt
Department of the Farm—A Few
Uinta os to the Care of Lire Stock end
Poultry. _
H E filled-cheesc
bill, which passed
the house last Sat
urday. imposes an
annual tax of $400
on every manufac
turer of filled
cheese, $250 per an
num on wholesale
dealers, and $12 per
year on retail deal
ers,due and payable
on the 1st day of July each year. Manu
facturers failing to pay this tax are
subject to a fine of from $400 to $3,000;
wholesale dealers falling to pay It are
subject to a fine of from $250 to $1,000;
and retailers omitting to pay It are
subject to a fine of from $40 to $500.
Manufacturers must file with the com
missioner of internal revenue a state
ment of the location of the factory,
and must conduct it under such sur
veillance of revenue officers as the
commissioner may require and file *
bond of not less than $5,000 to com
ply with the regulations of the depart
ment and the provisions of this act,
and failing to do so shall ue liable to
a fine of from $500 to $1,000.
Filled cheese must be packed by the
manufacturers In wooden- packages
only, branded with the words "filled
cheese” In black-faced letters not less
than two Inches ih length, oh the top,
bottom, and sides of the package, the
brand to appear In four places on the
side at equi-distant points from each
other. These marks or brands must
be placed both upon the cheese Itself
and upon the wooden package In which
it Is packed ^nd sold, and all sales by
the manufacturers must be in the orig
inal stamped package. Retailers must
sell only from the original stamped:
packages and shall^ pack the cheese
tchen *soid in packag?f marked or
branded under regulations to be pre
scribed by the commissioner of inter
nal revenue.
Every person knowingly selling or
offering filled cheese in any other form
than in new wooden or paper packages,
properly marked and branded, or who
packs filled cheese in any manner con
trary to law, or affixes a stamp denot
ing a less amount of tax than that re
quired by law, is liable to a fine of
from $50 to $500 and imprisonment of
from thirty days to one year.
All wholesale and retail dealers must
display in a conspicuous place in their
salesroom a sign bearing the words
"Filled cheese sold here" in black-faced
letters not less than six inches in
length, and failing to do so may bet
fined $50 to $200. Every manufacturer
of filled cheese is required to affix by
pasting on each package a label on
which shall be printed, besides the
number of the manufactory and the
district and state in which it is situ
ated, these words:
"Notice—The manufacturer of the
filled cheese herein contained has com
plied with all the requirements of the
law. Every person is cautioned not to
use either this package again or the
stamp thereon again, nor to remove
the contents of this package without
* destroying said stamp, under the pen
'alty provided by law in such cases.”
Every manufacturer of filled cheese
who neglects to affix such label to any
package containing filled cheese made
by him or sold or offered for sale by
him, and every person who removes
any such label so -affixed from any
such package, shall ' be fined $60 J for
each package in respect to which such
offense is committed. i
The bill also provides that in addi
tion to the annual taxes already named
there shall be assessed and collected a
tax of one cent per pound on all filled
cheese manufactured, to be paid by
the manufacturer thereof and any frac
tional part of a pound in a package
. shall be taxed as a pound. The tax
levied by this section shall be repre
sented by coupon stamps and the pro
visions of existing laws governing the
engraving, issue, sale, accountability,
effacement and destruction of stamps
relating to tobacco and snuff, as far as
practicable are made to apply to
stamps provided- for this purpose.
Whenever any manufacturer of filled
nhenon oollo romntroo for coin a*
consumption any filled cheese upon
which the tax is required to be paid
by stamps without paying such tax, it
becomes the duty of the commissioner
of internal revenue, upon satisfactory
proof, to estimate the amount of tax
which has been omitted to be paid and
to make an assessment therefor, and
certify the same to the collector. The
tax so assessed shall be in addition
to the penalties imposed by law for
such sale or removal.
All filled cheese Imported from for
eign countries must, In addition to any
import duty imposed upon the same,
pay an internal revenue tax of eight
cents per pound, such tax to be rep
resented by coupon stamps and' such
imported filled cheese and the pack
ages containing the same shall be
stamped, marked, and branded, as In
the case of filled cheese manufactured
In the United States.
Any person who knowingly purchas
es or receives for sale any filled cheese
which has not been branded or stamped
according to law, or which is contained
in packages not branded or marked
according to law, shall be liable to a
penalty of $50 tqr, each such offense.
Every person who knowingly pur
chases or receives for sale any filled
cbeeso'from any manufacturer or im
^ porter who has not paid the special
tax herein provided for shall be liable,
for each such offense, to a penalty of
|100, an to n torfeiture.ot.all,articles
so purchased or received, or of the ful’
‘value thereof, *!*.•#*•
Hints on Poultry Raising.
Don’t rtart depending entirely on an
incubator unless you have had ex*
perience and also have on hand capi
tal enough to biakei good the almost
certain loss it would give in the hands
of a beginner. But get a few good hens
warranted early layers and sure set
ters. Trocure eggs for hatching from
some reliable dealer who will warrant
them fertile.
As to the bread, I dpn’t know of any
all-round, good jj general purpose hen
better than the Wyandotte. One' can
never sing its praises loud enough.
They are good layers and the chicks
grow rapidly and are soon rfeady tor
broilers, which is an important part
of the poultry, .business. Have your
chicks on th#mark«t when othef peo
ple’s are Just- hatching. It Is a clear
case of the “early bird” every time In
poultry raising to get the largest
proSt.
Give the fowls a snug, well lighted
house where neither eggs nor water
wiirtrtfzfe, wJJ* a covered’run if possi
ble, and feerf in the morning a mash
of equal parts, wheat, bran, middlings
and barley chop, cooked the night be
fore. At noon give steamed wheat sea
soned with salt and scraps from the
table and occasionally a little finely
chopped meat or liver with the noon
or evening feed, a pound to every twen
ty-five hens is about the correct quan
tity. Then at night give corn and
wheat scattered among the chaff or
litter of leaves on the floor or on the
ground outside. A wide range and
JJicrui V ui CACIUlSe Will UU UYtaj -
complaint so many people make of the
large breeds eating more food In pro
portion than the smaller ones, and not
giving as good results in eggs and so
they will if not properly attended to.
Corn, especially, is a warmth giving
food and for that reason as a winter
night food has no equal.
In large flocks of poultry the utmost
diligence must be exercised in order ,
to keep them £-ee from vermin and dis-1
ease, either of wEicli will thin out a
flock in a very short time. A good plan
is to commence with clean premises
and clean them daily. Utmost cleanli
ness should "be the watchword of the
poultry man. or woman. Select after
careful consideration, the breed you
like best and can care for best and work
on that line until you «an improve on
it. Poultry farming should, to he suc
cessful, be commenced in a small way;
one can then learn by experience with
out so much loss.
The best results are obtained by
keeping no cocks except for breeding
purposes. Keep one cock, the very best
you can get, to eight or ten hens whose
only business for the time being is to
lay eggs for hatching. If they must be
confined in a yard have it a good gen
erous one and keep them supplied with
fresh grass sod and green cabbage or
other vegetables, and by all means have
their drinking vessels cleaned and
filled with fresh water daily.
Margery Brown. ,
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Artichokes for Hogs.
Many years ago I was advised to raise'
artichokes for my stock. My first crop
was planted in 1890. The yield picked up
was 1,200 bushels per acre or at that
rate. There were enough to tubers left
in the ground to re-seed it. The plat
has not been planted since and the
ground seems to be full of them. I
keep the field highly manured and plow
and cultivate every year. Last year I
raised nearly 1,200 bushels. It Is claimed
by some that after the first year the
hogs get more exercise than artichokes,
and that they soon become a mean
weed, but I do not find it so when prop
erly cultivated and thinned/ Some also
say they are difficult to eradicate. This
I find no hard task. I know of many
that lost all the first year. Two men
that bought seed of the writer and start
ed patches have not one now on ac
count of the sheep breaking into the
patch. Sheep eat off the tops, and no
tops no tubers. I feed them to my brood
sows instead of mill feed. They do
fine with little grain added. All stock
eat them, gs do also the poultry. .They
mature in the fall when all'other vege
tation is at an end, and are ready In
the spring as soon as the frost is out
of the ground. Thawing and freezing
does not injure them while in the
ground. I do not know of any other
crop that will give so much good food
as will artichokes.
Simon Cox.
Sliver Wyandotte*.
My experience with fowls covers six
years. I now keep the Silver Wyan
dottes exclusively, and think there is
nothing like them. I have owned the
following varieties: Light Braiuna,
Dark Brahma, Buff Cochin, American
Dominique, Indian Games, Silver Pen
ciled Hamburgs, Houdans, Black Lang
shans, all varieties of Leghorns, Ply
mouth Rocks, and varieties of these.
My poultry house is 12x22 feet, and is
lathed and plastered. I feed in the
morning corn and oats ground, cooked
and fed warm. At noon they get only
water, and at night whole corn. Our
markets here are very poor, and prices
are very low. I have got eggs every
day this winter. I have been very for
tunate in regard to the health of my
fowls. I believe that if one has the
right kind of a house and feeds proper
food, his fowls will keep well. I have
doctored some, and have cured fowls
of roup and of canker mouth.—C. H.
Messenger, in Farmers’ Be view.
Dog Skins for Fur Coats.—St. Paul
works up 225,000 dog skins into fur
coats every year. The dog used is im
ported from China, where it is known
by the name of “monk.” The city also
makes up about <50,000 coon skins into
coats
Needs assistance It may be best to ren
aer it promptly, out one siioutd remem
ber to use even the most perfect reme
dies only when needed. The best and
most simple and gentle remedy Is the
Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the
.California Fig Syrup Company.
* » * ' *-....
*" The Blue and Fall of "Old Hatch.1*
There is now living in Chicago a man
who frequently contested the wheat
inariiet with Ed. Pardridpe and usu
ally defeated him. This man is called
"Oid Hutch.” When he forced Sep
tember wheat up to S3 a bushel and
held it there while the boys stepped to
ilia office and settled, he was regarded
hsthe giant speculator of Theatre; but
the last we heard of "Old Hutch” he
was selling wedges of pie for five cents
and shoestrings two for five.'—Buffalo
Post-Express. * ~ -• , . !
Coe’s Cough Balsam
1b the oldest and best. It win break up a Colo ciulefc
» sr ujn auythtyuc else. It la always reliable. Try It,
•*...! i Tore of Hiccough, i
A female patient presented herself
at a French hospital, for a rebellious
hiccough, which had .resisted all treat
ment for four days. Khe was asked to
show her tongue, afsd it was noticed
that with the putting out of the tongue
the hiccough ceased. The same thing
has been since tried, and with success
-in' other cases. All that is necessary
apparently is to strongly push the
longue out of the mouth und hold it so
for a minute or hva f j
Two bottles of Firo's lure lor Consump
tion cured me of a tad lung troutte.—Mrs.
J. Nichols, Flinteton. Jfcd., March afl, 18'J.j.
Boudoirs on. Wheels.
The woman who. rushes from one
function to another, almost turns her
carriage into a dressing room, in cases
of emergency. Ladies’ carriages are
provided with a fair sized mirror, cun
ningly arranged pockets in which are
hidden away the comb and brush, pow
der puff, several fresh handkerchiefs, j
and a bottle of perfume, to mention J
nothing else. Fashionable women can
renew their complexions us they pro- |
feed on their way, and return trom a
round of visits looking as fresh and
dainty as if they had just stepped from
the fcotuloir.
Is taken internally. Frice, 73c.
Hunting Wild Horsts
It is said that the wild horses and i
buffaloes have become so numerous in
Queensland, Australia, that measures
have been taken to keep them down by
shooting. It would be interesting sport
for a rifleman to hunt them, especially
the horses, for, if the wild stallion is
like other animals, he would put tin a
fight for life if slightly wounded which
would give a zest to the sport such as
is to be hud hunting the eleplnnt, the j
tiger, the bull moose or the grizzly. It
might be nearly equal to the man hunt
tiic Indian Territory police find so in
teresting. .
A gallon wns oris in a! y a pitcher or jar
regard ess of the size.
A Summer Resort Book Free.
Write to C. S. Crane, general passen
ger and ticket agent Wabash Ilailroad,
St. Louis, Mo., for a summer resort
book, telling all about the beautiful
lake region reached by the Wabash
Kailroud.
An illustrated article on the George
“Junior llepublie," a little common
wealth of city boys and girls who arc
foaming ,to govern themselves on a
farm near FreeviUe, N. Y., will be giv
en in Harper’s Weekly for May 23d.
The same number will contain an illus
trated article by Arthur Warren on
Barney Barnato, the Kafir king; and
an important art feature will be the
paper on Puvis de C'havanne's new dec
orative panels for the Boston Public
Library. ki ‘
Harper's Bazar, to be issued on May
23d, will . contain among the literary
features “Lizzie Lee’s Separation,” a
brilliant short story by Lilian BelL
AH About Western Farm Land*.
The “Corn Belt” is the name of an
illustrated monthly newspaper pub
lished by the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy It. It. It aims to give informa
tion in un interesting way about the
farm lands of the west. Send' 25 cents
in postage stamps to the Corn Belt. 200
Adams St.. Chicago, and the paper will
be sent to your address for one yeur.
The Kmj ress Eugenie < elet rated her Tl'th
birthday on the fith ot Msy.
| St. I.ouis .Tune IHth to 15th.
HALS J St. LottiR Ju.y 2 d.
FARE ) t\ ashin.ton Ju y I d to t’th.
( Bud a o Ju y 5th and (th.
Nowonsae. Summer Tourist Ti’-ket* to
ah summer resorts rood returning unti
(ht. 51st. Thos. Coo.t it Sons sje.-ial
tours of Europe. For rates, itiueries, sai
iarof Steamers and )ul in ormatlcu re
garding summer vu-ation tours via. rai or
«ater tall at the Wa ash Ti-i et Office, JCo.
1415 Karnatn St.. (Paxton Hotel Block;, or
"rite C. N. Clayton, K. VV. P. A., Omaha,
Xetr.
The first of the aeries of papers on
South Africa -which Professor James
llryee. M. P., is to contribute to The
< entury appears in tiie May number.
He corrects the general impression
that the country has little natural
beauty. Portions of the highlands he
compares to Switzerland and the White
Mountains, sind he says that one can
never tir^ of the charm and variety of
color, in the landscape. Professor
llrvce says that the Boers have retain
ed to this day a passion for solitude
that makes them desire to live many
miles from any neighbor.
What is lite hut shat a man is thinking
of all day.
. . Ant's Head* In Surgery.
One of the most curious uses to which
insects are put was related at a recent
meeting in the Linnneun Society of
London. It was stated that the Greek
barber-surgeons of the Levant employ
ed a large species of ant for the pur
pose of holding together the edges of
an incised wound. The ant held with
a pair of forceps, opens its mandibles
wide, and is bronght near to the cut
being treated, so that it can sie/.e the
two edges, which ate held together for
the purpose. As soon us the unfortun
ate ant has obtained a firm grip of the
cut, its head is severed from its body.
Mr. Issigois of Smyrna, who described
the operation to the Linnacan Society,
said that he had seen natives with six
or seven ants’ heads hold together
wounds in the course of healing. A
similar observation was made some
years ago in Brazil, which fact is in
teresting from an ethnological point of
view, as showing the independent ex
istence of the same custom in coun
tries so far apart as Brazil and Asia
Minor. — London Public Opinion.
The New Kniiand Conservatory of Music,
Fran tlin Square, Boston, Mas*., is un
doubtedly the . t est equipped School of
Music in the world. ' its pu| i!s are a.wavs
.in demand as teat hers on a-count of their
suf erior musical knowledge and their prac
tical readiness in applying it. in addition,
the Conservatory oilers the lest instruc
tion in Oratory aud Modern Languages.
'! he charge is oxtreme'y small when its ad
vantages as comi aredWith those offered
by similar schoo’s are considered. Pros
pectus sent free upon application.
Fooled IIIn Wife.
A certain married lady on Bernon
side sat up till 13 o'clock the other
night waiting1 for her husband to come
homo. At last, weary and worn out
with waiting, she went to her bed
room to retire and found the missing'
husband there fast asleep. Instead of
going dewn he had pone to his room.
She was so mad that she wouldn't
speak to him for a week.—Woonsocket
(li. I.) Reporter.
The (J. 8. Patent Ofllce.
Some curious facts were made public
last week upon the presentation of
Commissioner of Patents Seymour's re
port to Congress. The report shows
that the Patent Ofllce has to its eredit
in the U. S. Treasury, $4.539.888.33, a
pain of $173,357.08 since last report.
Puring the year 1895, 33,057 patents
were issued, of which 393 came to Iowa
inventors; being one patent to every
4,877 population; 151 being issued to
Nebraska inventors, being one to every
7,013; while Colorado received 315, be
ing ct.e to every 1,917.
There are twenty-five American in
ventors each of whom have received
more than 100 United States Patents:—
Thomas A. Edison having issued to
him 711 U. S. Patents; Elihu Thomp
son, the electrician, receiving 394 pat
ents; Francis 11. Richards, a famous
mechanical expert, residing at Hart
ford. Conn., who has received 345; Ed
ward Weston, an electrical engineer,
received 274; while Maxim, the gun ex
pert,- has been granted 131 patents for
mprovements in fire' arms alone.
The Commissioner’s report further
shows that there are pending at the
present time in the patent office 130
patent applications which have been
in the office more than ten years and
five applications which have been pend
ing for fifteen years The new rules
adopted, however, will compel all of
these patents to issue within the com
ing year.
Amongst the most valuable patents
which were issued last week were two
granted to the famous Harvey, of
Harvevized armor plate fame, the in
ventions relating to improvements in
car wheels, the treads of the Harvey
wheel being glass hardened and so last
longer than the ordinary tempered car
wheels Albert Bier&tadd received
three patents for an improvement in
cars which outwardly appear like an
ordinary freight car, but which when
uutviucu ivm u v.ui wtiiauc uaviug
three rooms below the full length of
the car together with an attic formed
by the slanting root These cars are
arranged so that two of them can be
used connected side by side and when
fully spread out and open form a good
sized hall, the structure being especial*
ly intended for the use of small travel*
ing shows who can thus curry their
theater with them. A St. Louis inven*
tor receives a patent for a soft tread
horse shoe which has a groove or chan
nel ndapted to receive a packing or
elastic material which can be readily
removed and replaced. E. A. Trussell.
of Omaha, received a patent for a toy
match pistel, which is now being plac
ed on the market.
Parties desiring valuable information
free relative to patents, should address
Sues A. Co.. I'nited States Patent
Solicitors, Pee Building, Omaha. A
copy of any I'nited States patent in
cluding all the drawings and descrip
tions will be mailed for 10 cents.
The letters in the various alphabets of
the word vary from twelve to '.i'.U In num
Ler. __
Faith ul to the ast—the good shoe
mater.
A A A A A
1
Herts of people go to work la the
wrong way to cart a
Sprain,
Soreness,"
Stiffness,
~ ST. JACOBS OIL
i
weeld con la the right way, right
off.
“Contains More Flesh Form
ing Matter Than Beef.”
That is what an eminent physician
says of good cocoa. The Cocoa
made by Walter Baker & Co.,Ltd.,
Dorchester, Mass., is the best.
" See that Imitations are not palmed off on you.
Not Always Veal.
An English clergyman was preaching
in a country church in Scotland. He
had as his subject "The Prodigal Son.”
"And the prodigal son went away
from his poor old father for years and
years. But after years and* years he
came back again, and his poor old
father said unto the servants, "Bring
forth the fatted calf which lias been
kept for my son these years and
years.’" An old farmer in the audi
ence could contain himself no longer.
"Yer a le'er; it wud hae been a coo!”
he exclaimed.—Judy.
• The Commlnsr; Department
Of the human system Is the stomach. In
consequence of its activity, the body lssup
plled with the elements of bone, brnin ner
vous and muscular tissue. When Indigestion
Impedes Its functions, the best agent for Im
parting a healthy Impetus to Its operations
Is Hosiottor's stomach Hitters, also a cura
tive for malaria, bilious and kidney com
plaints, nervousness und constipation.
An oath ou the lip shows that the devil
is in the heart.
If the llaby is Catting Teetn.
Be stirs and use that old and well-tried remedy, Kao,
IVineLow'a Southing Sritur for Children Teothlng
VVhen a woman wants a wheel she can
always find a doctor to recommend it.
glTC -111 ritsstoriK-l free K |'r. K line's (Irons 1
Nerve liesturrr. Nn Htaam-r t.i,« lit».ni.v'M use.
Xlarv-ICHINrun--. Treat I... I eiitr.r.l lstttl..fre* t,
Bu uius fctuti toi<r. a rut.m..,rUlu.,fie
Paris has H,Ml,455 inhabitants by the
census just taken.
Eiliiard table, second-hand, for sale
cheap. Apply to or address, H. C. Akin,
Ml 8. llth 8t. Omaha. Neb.
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1 Poor
I Pilgarlic,
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H'i'.
there is no need for you
to contemplate a twig
when you can enjoy the
pleasure of sitting again
under your own “thateh.”
You can begin to, get
your hair back as sootui
as you begin to use
Aye:
r’s ,
Hair Vigor.
Patents. Trade-Marks*
Examination and Advice a* to PatentaMlitV OC
Invention. Send for " Invanton* Gntifa.nr ilow to Oat
patsioc yymm*, rActara.p.a
A quarter spent in HIRES
Rootbeer does you dollars']
worth of good.
H*d» oot.» hy The Charlra *. Hire* Co,. PhlladeIndia.
A tbs. package uuUa« j gallon*. Hold erorywhera.
If afflicted with
•oru ey ea, use
1 Thompson’s Eyo Water.
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“A Bicycle Built for Two/*
Five cents’ worth of
“BATTLE AX" will serve two
chewers just about as long as 5 cents’
worth of other brands will serve one
man. This is because a 5 cent piece
of “BATTLE AX" is almost as
large as the 10 cent piece of other
high grade brands. ^
Bicycle
In strength, lightness, grace, and
elegance of finish and equip
ment Model 41 Columbia is un
approached by any other make/
saddles are recommended by riders and phy- '
sicians as proper in shape and adjustment, and
every detail of equipment contributes to beauty
and the comfort and pleasure erf the rider.f
n oo
The Columbia Catalogue,
TO ALL hhndaomee* art work ofthe'
a, lire year, la free from the Columbia
AUMU ipnt, or la mailed by ue for
two .-cent stamps.
POPE MFG. CO., Hartford, Conn.
Branch Store, and Agencies in almost every city
and town. If Columbia, are not properly repre
sented in your vicinity, let us know.
Mi Columbia Meyclee ere fitted with
RARTFORB SIHBLE-TUBC TIRES
• UMLISS OUMt.OR TIRES ARE ASKED FOR.
WE KNOW NO TIRES SO 6000 AS HARTF0RDS.
