DAIRY FARMIXO. Itt Advantugn Ovrr OflKf Kind* ttl Hulumlr)-. A Vermont gentleman of large ex perience anil observation, Mr. J. W. Newton, draws the following com parisons between dairy farming and other farm pursuits: The tirst advantage of dairying is that jt takes less fertility from the soil than oilier branches of farming, sugar making alone excepted. A ton of wheat Hikes $7 out of the farm and sells for less than $10. A ton of butter takes 30 cents worth of plant food from the farm and sells for from $400 to $000. Comment is needless. Second—Butter is a condensed pro duct. Nothing can be made or grown on the farm which brings as much per pound. Farms remote from the market, and communities far from railroads can send butter from the farm or creamery with tire least pos sible expense. The dairyman can con . dense tons of foild»r and crops grown on tire farm into dairy products and aend them to uurket in compact and portable form. Third—Butter is a finished product. It is 'made ready for the consumer clthei'aln the private dairy or local factory or creamery. The only excep tion is w'lierc cream is sent long dis tances to n central station from skim ming stations scattered over a largo section of country. But this exception only proves the rule. Fourth—Dallying brings in a con stnut income. The nan who sells crops of any kind lias to wait until j he can market his product once a ! year. There is little satisfaction in this. It is unbu«lncss-like tc. go with- I out cash firty-one weeks and then have a lot of money come in at one time. The dairyman has an Income nearly or quite fifty-two weeks in the year. Fifth—Dairying gives constant, re munerative employment. The grain or potato grower must spend a large part of the year in enforced and de moralizing Idleness, but the dairyman finds profitable work through the year, and bis work Is most profitable during the winter time. SixtIk-On the dairy farm the work Is better divided. The grain harvest comes so close to linylng that It often gets mixed up with It to the detriment of both; but when com is grown und put iuto soil lor dairy feed, and not *o much or no grain raised, the har vests are several weeks apart. Seventh—Skill and brain work get better pay In dairying than in any other branch of fanning. To produce flue dairy products requires something besides bard work. The dairyman must have knowledge and skill and exercise great care. Eighth—'There is more room at. the top, greater opportunity to improve than in any other farm wtrk. Cows Product from 130 to 500 pounds of but ter per y-nr. nnd butter sells from 10 cents to $1 per pound No other branch of agriculture shows anything like °r #ives ■«<* a chance to rise. Mnth*Tnke the country through, there is no kind of farm work so suit ed to women as dairying. Tenth—Dairying lends to thought fulness for the comfort of animals and thus tends to morality. To do her liest. the .mw must be made as comfortable as possible In every way. 8he will tolerate no neglect or cruelty, ahe Is a teacher of gentleness and Kindness, Eleventh—Dairying Is the most pro gressive branch of farming. Twelfth—Dairying pays better than i any lAhcr branch of farming, both aotualW and prospectively. Dook at farm Products. Take wheat br sheep and w-ool, or horses, ^ow P‘*iccs have dropped. Ji will! Production. Little savings here and there are whlat accomplish great things. ’ We wmiot make profit out of the average She la of no use to any one. I dV‘ot believe one can get along suc ccmfully by having to purchase his ! own cowa. No cow Is profitable that produces less than 2,000 pounds of' mitt. Nor is there anything more pit iable than a 400-pound butter cow in thW hands of a 150-pound man. I^do not say you ought to produce mtfce milk to flood the markets with: be* 1 do say you ought to produce the same quantity of milk for less money; ttttt Is, you ought to produce the same ®*JPP'lnt of milk with fewer cows and an’less expense, and so make more mofcey. . Those who buy tows seldom get the hart; they buy the “good lookers," but arp, often deceived. And when they get these purchased cows home they overfeed them, and as a consequence these cows, unused to such high foods, soop break down and lh two or three years are used up. Better breed up frmn your owta stock, and by watching ciftfully, you know what sort of an ai|mnl you have. Bed and water are two important pents. You cannot build up an anl i by starch and sugar foeeds. These 1 starve her to death, being an fin anced ration. To be profitable a kneed ration must be fed. _i»e individuality of the cow must be studied. One cow Is Inclined to milk production, 6,000 to 8,000 pounds of milk. Another produces 400 pounds of batter: another is a producer of beef. To be successful we must know whai tpiflency the cow .has, and act accord ingly. Those who want to make but te! , should keep only the butter cow; those who sell milk should not keep butter or beef cows, etc. Don’t feed too ranch corn for milk. WJusat bran or middlings are the safest at|| the best foods for the -cows. I would make either of them a principal food for cows up to six years at least. ThAre are no better fodds. Pea meal la*excellent. Every ton of milk sold takes of about $3 worth of fertility from the farm. The butter maker sells but Tittle fertility. One or two pounds of linseed meal a day Is a good ration. Oood biewers* grains are excellent food. But ensilage is better than all. The timothy hay of commerce la a mighty poor food, especially when late cut It Is a poor milk producer. Clo ver la much better and one of the best balanced of foods. Kor “clover sick” soils apply wood ashes or muriate of potash and ground bone.—H. P. Cooke. a. Milk Hoau. A subscriber wants information about a good milk house. We know of no better plan than to build double walls, as you suggest, but we would not fill In air space In the walls with any sort of material, sawdust or other wise, preferring to put resin paper onto each side of the studding. It pos sible, do not have any windows or doors on south or west sides, prefera bly on north side only. Line up on the Inside with matched flooring. Proba bly the best way to ventilate would be to have a box shaft at one end coming down to the floor, and with a side opening like a small fire-place, only having a door or slide to it, so that It can be closed, If necessary, in whole or in part. Sometimes in muggy I weather the draft may be hastened i by hanging a lighted lantern in the ) 8haft. If you have eight or ten cows and need to buy a creamer it will pay you best to purchase some of the $75 separators, and then you c&ud do good work the year round. To make granu lated butter, churn slightly acid cream at 58 degrees If possible, and as soon as It begins to “break” dash Into the churn a quart or more of weak, cold brine; then as soon as the buttermilk shows clearly, but before the butter has begun to mass in lumps, put two gallons of water at 55 degrees into the churn and agitate slowly, then allow the butter to rise on top of the mass, and draw out the diluted buttermilk from under the butter, and you have granulated butter which you can now put into any form or package you may choose. Effects of Food on Milk. A paper In the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society, by Mr. John Speir of Glasgow, Scotland, considers the question of the effect of food on milk and butter quite exliaust lvely, and the following is a summary of the results of the experiments made by the writer, which experiments are to be continued during the present year: 1. That at least two foods—young, fresh grass and grnins—have the pow er of lowering the percentage of rat in the milk, and other two—vetches and decollated cotton seed cake—have a tendency to Increase it. а. That most changes of food seem to be followed by an increase of fat In the milk, but that there is a strong ten dency for the milk to return to what may be called Its normal condition. 5. That the solids other than fats in the milk seem to rise or fall in much tlie same manner as the fats, although to a less degree. 4. That an Increase of oil In the food does not seem to give any increase of fat in the milk. 5. That the effect of food is more marked in the quality of the butter produced than in the quantity. б. That some foods seem to produce milk from which a much greater per centage of the fat can be recovered by churning than others. 7. That the greatest difference in the effect of the food was seen in the qual ity of the butter. 8. That some foods produce butters which retain much more water than others, and butters which have a large percentage of water in them seem usually to be of second or third class quality. Areordlnff to Merit There are too many poor milch cows on the farms of this county—cows that do not pay for their “board and keep.” The North Carolina experiment station proposes a plan that It Is believed will result in eventually raising the stand ard of the milch cows of the whole country, for, If adopted, it will result in the turning over to the butcher of all poor cows In the country. The plan proposed is to buy and sell milch cows absolutely on their merits, the quantity and quality of their milk be ing determined by tests. The rule is to pay for the cow at the rate of $12 per gallon of milk given per day that Is high enough to show 3V4 per cent of fat. To this price add or subtract $1 for every one-fourth of 1 per cent of fat, which is above or below the 3V4 per cent. Under this rule it will not pay to sell a poor cow as a milker, and she will be dried up and fattened. Un doubtedly the plan is feasible and the end it seeks greatly to be desired. CUceae-Mnltin* in Swltisrlnn.l. In Switzerland,, the making ol cheese Is not left to hazard and to the whim or ignorance of the peas ant. Not only is iU consumption very large, but the exportation of cheese from the little republic last year amounted to $11,000,000. For these reasons, the government takes a pn ternal interest In this induitry, and to tills end has established cantonal schools, the pupils ot which are taught ! tho theory and practice of cbecse | making, by eminent professors. Tho ! course of twelve months, and the cur riculum includes hygiene, physics, s chemistry. pasturage, manufacture ■ and accounts. Not content with this, the federal government sends young men abroad to study, and at present forty students nr* in Italy investigat ing the methods of the production of the famous l'nuase.ti, and Modena cheese of that country. Dalrjr Notes. ' The Kliode Island Station says thnt milk fever in eows is a brain disease, itfrd is inherited by many cows. An Knglisli professor, writing on the chemistry of milk, says that the yield of milk depends on the milk glands, j and the particular surroundings of j the cow as regards treatment, etc., and only secondly on the kind of food and the condition of the blood. A dairy writer says that while it Is '! true that some thin cows and some ■ very fat cows are long and persistent milkers, yet the rule is. thnt the cow for steady work in milk-giving, car rles a good quantity of fat on her bones, and always looks to bo in good comfortable condition. That is the kind of cow the old dairyman picks j out. But it mujt not be understood i by this t'rnt more than a small quaa (tlty of tat Is needed. 1 : A DEMOCRATIC DODGE. I - SQUIRMING AWAY FROM THE TARIFF ISSUE. Apologists of the Administration Back log Their Brains for Excuses — The Country's Tremendous Pressure for Protect ion. One of the moat noticeable things in connection with the present political situation is the unmistakable desire on the part of the members of the demo cratic party to get away from the tariff issue in the coming political contest and to fight out the battle on the finan cial question. That some importance must be attached to the financial and money question generally no one will doubt But republicans everywhere will do well to note that the import ance of that question has been very largely augmented by the action of the members of the free trade party in their frantic desire to get away from the consequences which have naturally resulted from their violent assault upon the industries of the United States. - It will be remembered that the pres ent free trade and prosperity ruining administration was scarcely inaugur ated before Its friends and apologlzers began to complain that the disaster and devastation which promptly spread over the country was not the result of the threat of free trade, but was due to the unstable condition of the national Bnances and the uncertainty respecting I This has been the Invariable policy in | tlyj past when the enactment of a tarifl ! that would afford protection to the ! American, not to the Australian, wool producing Industry was' fully assured. Nobody will begrudge the sheep farm ers all the advance in the market that they can secure because the democratic policy of “free raw material” selected them as a special object for ruin and destruction. Th« McKinley Idea. The free trade which England teaches and cajoles us to follow she fails to practice at home, and looks forward with fond expectancy to the time when that same freedom of intercourse, that close commercial union, shall exist in all the British empire as Is rigorously maintained by the citizens of the United States. Here we have unre stricted trade among ourselves, no im post duties, no discriminating tax be tween the states. The markets of Cali fornia are open to the manufactures of Maine. Ohio sends her manufacturing and other products freely and without restraint to every state of the Union. The products of one state are as free to the citizens of another state as those of his own. We Impose duties only on the products of foreign labor and cap ital. Hon. Wm. McKinley. Senator Thnr«ton*i Argument. We feel that It is no longer neces sary to make an argument for protec tion in the United States. That argu ment is being made by the silent water wheel, by the still spindles, by the smokeless chimneys; that story is in every American home, graven on every American mind, and now, the Ameri can people are ready to act, they are eager to act, they are burning to act, and they are going to act at the St Louis convention and at the polls in next November.—Hon. J. M. Thurston, U. S. Senator, of Nebraska. ’ Will Do Oar Onn Work. The demand for a return to reci procity is as universal and vigorous as is the demand for a restoration of oth HOW M’KINLEY FEELS TOWARD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. "The glory of his country and the welfare of its people are the touchstone of his principles and his conduct." the money of the land. Every effort has been made by the friends of the ad ministration to foster that Idea among the people, and the penalty has been paid for that folly by the unrest which has prevailed among many of our peo ple concerning the financial question. The disease went beyond the control of the quack doctors of the administra tion, and they are now being repudi ated In the house of their friends. But those who have held strictly to the fact that the principal trouble with our country at the present time, and the trouble that has upset industrial prosperity in the country, is the throw ing down of the tariff barriers, which have stood during republican adminis trations between the goods made by foreign labor and those made by the labor of this country, find no difficulty in explaining the causes of the present conditions. The hundreds of millions of dollars worth of foreign manufac tured and unmanufactured goods which have entered our markets during the past two years have contributed much to reduce the productive ability of the American workingmen, and also, by re ducing their wages, lessened their power to consume either domestic or foreign products. The tremendous pressure that is be ing felt all over the country at this time in favor of a return to protection —adequate protection that shall pre serve our own markets for our own people, affords abundant evidence that a vast majority of these people of our own country understand what the real difficulty with American industrial con ditions is, and also that they are pre paring to vote to change these condi tions. While it is important that our currency shall be of a sound and stable character, it is of the greatest import ance that those who toil shall have opportunities to do so and earn good wages in our currency. The only way to obtain these opportunities, and to restore the wage conditions which the workingmen of the country enjoyed be fore the blight of free trade settled ■ upon the industries of the land, is to turn out the whole free trade crowd and restore the policy of protection. The Wool Market. Wool is more stagnant than ever, prices being but a fraction higher than the lowest ever touched. This condi tion is not to be wondered at, consider ing that half the woolen machinery of the country is idle. Our best advices are that the farmers throughout the country, instead of selling, are holding their wool in anticipa tion of the higher prices which will certainly prevail after the •lection of a republican president. er features of ttie McKinley tariff. This combination will form the basis for the construction of a protective tariff that will, we trust, be enacted by a special session of congress in less than a year from now, and without any suggestions from Bermuda potato growers, Australian sheep farmers, French chambers of commerce, Aus trian manufacturers of British bull dozers. Hlor* Free Trade Trusts* The manufacturers of bolts and nuts, following the example of the nail mak ers and manufacturers of shovels and the combined producers in several other branches of the highly protected iron and steel industry, have formed a combination, the first effect of the movement being an increase of prices by 50 per cent.—New York Times, Dem. Senator Hilt Not In It. There will be no tariff legislation in this congress, nor in an extra session, if one should be held, nor in the two years daring which the next congress will be in session.—Hon. David B. Hill, U. S. Senator, of New York. How does Senator HHI know? He won't be a member of congress after next March, to obstruct its business. Mary aad Bar Lamb. (With apologies to the San Francisco Call.) AND EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT THE LAMB WAS SURE TO GO. Will «j»» Thm It will be noticed that nobody Is promising a “campaign of education” this year. Experience has given the people all the education they need to enable them to vote Intelligently. All they want now is the ticket and the opportunityJournal, Kansas City, | MO. ' . - • Improved Elastic Stocking, j The ordinary elastic stocking' which I is used as a preventive in the frequent ; cases of varicose veins, has been won i derfully improved upon by a recent in vention termed the "Lattice” elastic stocking and legging, where an open work, lattice-like arrangement is fol lowed with the best possible results, not only where the immediate comfort is concerned, but in the su bsequent ac tion upon the vein, At the same time all the necessary protection and sup port is given, and it may also be men tioned that the red rubber used is a special preparation which has been proved to be the softest and most com fortable obtainable. Tnni-Mlialiilppl Inventors. Amongst the Trans-Mississippi in ventors who received patents during past week were Joseph J. Burke, Wil bur, Nebraska, lawn-mower knife sharpener; Emil R. Draver, Alliance, Nebraska, sifting apparatus; -Richard Evans, Mitchell, South Dakota, cutter bar for harvesting machinery; James D. Wiltfong, Glen wood, Iowa, bedstead brace and mattress support; Frederick G. Weeks, Lyons, Iowa, railway time and station indicator; William H. Scott, What Cheer, Iowa, pick; and Joseph A. Rekenthaler, Cushing, Iowa, shield for corn cultivators. Amongst the noticeable inventions are found a combination fuse block and lightning arrester;a perpetual calender for watches; a safety pin; a beefsteak tenderer; a toy balloon; a gear combi nation to propel bicycles; an apparatus to produce moon effects upon stages; a walking toy; a pueumatic cushion for crutches; a racing sulky; a tack ham mer provided with a magazine feeding the tacks to the hammer head; a sim ple milk can cleaner; a tool for packing piston rods; a sounding post for music al instruments; and a campaign hand kerchief. Inventors desiring free information relative to patents can obtain the same in addressing Sues & Co., United States Patent Solicitors, Bee Building, Omaha, Nebraska. How to Keep Pies. When pies are to be kept over until the second day after baking, it is a wise plan to brush the under crust with a beaten egg. then to put the tin or dish on the ice for half an hour. After that put in the filling of the pie and bake quickly. This will keep the crust from getting soaked. Travel With a Friend ' ' Who will protect you from tho^e enemies— nausea. Indigestion, malaria and the sick ness produced by rockinir on the waves, and sometimes by inland traveling over the rough teds of ill laid railroads. Such a friend is H os tetters stomach Hitters. Ocean mariners, yachtsmen, commercial and theatrical agents ami tourists testify to the protective potency of this effective safeguard, which contj uers also rheumatism, nervousness and bjlliousness. Keep Him at Home. Mrs. Yeast; “I wish I coaid think of something to keep my husband home at nights.'’ Mrs! 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All ’bout the hor'ble murder on the North Side!” My doctor said I would die, but Fiso's Cure for Consumption cured me.—Amos Keener, Cherry Vabey, Ills., Nov. 23, ’93. One mt His Worst attacks. “When a man becomes a parent for the first time,” said Asbury Peppers, without the slightest exeuse, “as I said, when a man becomes u parent the fact at once becomes apparent by his undignified actions, which I may ven ture to say do not become a parent. Pass the butter, please.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 75c. It Moves Them Oil. A teacher giving lessons on physical force, when he had finished, asked, ‘■‘Now, boys, can any of you tell me what force it is tnat moves people along? the streets?” He was greatly surprised, and the class highly amused, at receiving from one of the boys the unexpected answer. “Please, sir, the police force.” <. How to Grow 40c Wheat. Salzer’s Fall Seed Catalogue tells you. It’s worth thousands to the wideawake farmer. 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M Rice, the sketch genius of the Rockiea It is a complete exposition of Cripple Creek Gold, telling where it is found, how it is found, where it is milled, how it is treated, how it is paid for; all about mines; titles, camping in the mountains and Cripple Park’s wonder ful Appolinaris Springs, which the Indians called Quleeka and of which they said, “If you drink the waters always, you will live always. ” In printing and illustration it is a work of high art. We are not surprised to learn that the second edition is in press, for it ie a book from which the oldest miner may get information and entertainment as well. Price, 50c., but if you will send five names and ad dresses of friends and 25e., stamps or silver, to the publisher, it will be sent postage paid. Appendictis is Retting eld fashioned. The farmers are getting it.. Results prove Hood’s Sarsaparilla the- host blood purifier, appetizer and nerve tonlo. Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. Jl. 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We have repeatedly refused , to join, and, therefore, defeated windmill combi nations, and have, since ’89, reduced the cost of *1 wind power to one-sixth what it was. 1 f We believe in low prices, high grades and large sales. No one knows the 1 best pump or prices until he knows 1 ours, wh make short hand and long 1 power stroke pumps, with best seam less brass tube cylinder, lower than iron ones—a 2% x 16 inch at *2.12. Tell yoor dealer. Buy none other. Aermotor prices and goods are always best. Through gratitude, and because we are price makers, and are safest to deal with, the world has given us more than half its windmill business. We have 20 branch houses— ^one near you. Writ* tar beautifully Illustrated circulars. 1