DAIRY AND POULTRY
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Siirrnwfiil J-'urmrrn Operate Till*
Department of the Farm A Few
lliuta w* to the Care of t.lvc Stock
and Poultry.
ROM the Dairy
World, London, we
reprint the follow
ing report of the
market for Austral
ian butler during
the past year:
The past butter
season has wit
nessed the first
check to that ex
traordinary de
velopment .which has characterized the
importation of Australian butter into
the United Kingdom since Its com
mencement In 1887. For the previous
.five seasons the import had gone on
with marvelous rapidity until it reach
ed the large total of 29,000,000 pounds.
Tho severe drouth? however, which
lately afflicted several of the Australian
polonies, has temporarily retarded this
development, and for the season lately
closed only 17,000,000 pounds were re
ceived. This shortage was foreseen in
^Europe early last August and produced
two important results. The Danes, who
•have been watching with great anxiety
the growth of the Colonial butter trade,
were advised from Australia of the po
sition of affairs, and believing that
t’hey had the winter’s trade very much
•in their own hands, in October rushed
jUp the wholesale price of Danish butter
in Copenhagen to 133s, which was high
er than it had been for years, while in
London it rose to 142s. The Copen
hagen committee overreached itself, for
ithe rise in values speedily brought In J
darger imports from other sources, no- j
jtably from^the States and Canada, j
jwhich together In October and Novem- i
jber sent’3,340 tons against 626 for the
.corresponding month of the previous
■year, tho shortage from Australasia for
lthoso two months being only 396 tons.
jThls great influx of American and Ca
nadian butter reduced values rapidly,
land Danish fell 25s per cwt. In Copen
hagen in fourteen days, but not before
'the rise had done great harm to the
the roost, and nests under the boards.
It is better to have no passageway,
allowing doors to open into each apart
ment, thus securing more room. Cover
the floor with cut straw, and scatter all
grain in the straw. A water-trough
may be of wood and kept in the sun
light. A dust bath should be near the
window. In summer, ventilate by leav
ing the windows open, covered with
wire netting. Such a house will cost
from $50 to $100, according to labor,
location and price of materials. There
should be a yard In front of each parti
tion, 12 by 100 feet, and one at the rear,
changing the hens from one to the
other, as necessity demands, which will
permit of growing something in the un
occupied yard, and will assist in keep
ing them clean by turning under the
top soil. A ventilator may be placed at
the peak over each partition, but it
should never be opened unless in sum
mer. The object in suggesting board
partitions is to prevent the possibility
of drafts on the fowls at night. The
south or southeast is tho proper di
rection for the house to face. A flat
roof is the cheapest, and where tarred I
paper Is used, the boards need not be
smooth, nut for the expense we would
advise plastering also, as it better pro
tects against lice. If the tarred paper
is placed on the outside, inste-d of on
the Inside, it prevents the boards from
becoming wet and keeps the house dry.
Cover the paper with coal-tar and sand
two or three times, and it will last for
years. It may also be whitewashed
whenever it is desirable to do so.
Sn*«*lng nml Kw^llnti Head.
Both these are symptoms of roup, but
not roup in themselves, says a writer
in Poultry Monthly. Sneezing more
properly belongs to distemper, or a
cold In tho head, and In Itself is only
a slight ailment, and common among
young chickens when exposed to sud
den changes of the atmosphere. In
quite young chicks the trouble is best
treated by putting four drops of tinc
ture of aconite in a half pint of drink
ing water. Use the homeopathic acon
ite. For older chickens, tie a piece of
asafoetida in a piece of muslin and fast
en it in the drinking fountain or vessel.
Use a piece about the size of a hazle
nut. Swelled head very often comes
from a draft at night while the birds
are roosting, such as a crack in the
wall. It also accompanies roup when,
in treating the disease, the face and
Will shred nearly all of our 1886 crop.
Shredded fodder presents several Im
portant points in its favor:
First—It is more economical to feed
than the uncut corn. Second—It is
eaten up cleaner by the stock than
most cut fodder is, there being less
waste, due to the absence of the hard,
I sharp-odged, short butt pieces of stalks
usually found in cut fodder. Third—
The refuse makes better material for
bedding than does whole stalks or cut
pieces, being finer and softer. Fourth
—It handles far better In the manure
pile than docs the entire stalk. Fifth—
It does not make the mouths of cattle
sore, while that of coarsely cut fodder
oftentimes does. Sixth—It packs more
economically in the mow than doe3 un
cut fodder. The feeding value of
shredded and cut fodder Is practically
the same. Shredding is coming more
and more into practice, and many
farmers are making use of the process.
Shredders and buskers combined are
made, or the shredders may be bought
separately. Baled shredded corn hay
may now be found in the hay markets,
and it furnishes a valuable class of
coarse food for horse3, cattle, and
sheep. A ton of shredded fodder con
tains over three-fourths of a ton of
digestible food for the animal body. In
these times of low prices, the farmers
o( the country cannot afford to allow
their fodder corn crop to go to waste,
so long as it can be used instead of
other rough stuff. Shredded, it may be
handled and fed to the greatest advan
tage. C. S. Plumb, Director.
Fixing the Foultry House.
In the winter your poultry Is com
pelled to be under shelter much of the
time, and you should see to it that the
poultry house is put in proper condi
tion for them before severe weather
seta in, says an exchange. Put on the
whitewash wherever it will stick,
walls, roof, nests and all; see that the
perches are in good condition, free from
sharp edges, nails or any other thing
that might injure the fowl. Have yoifr
perches all on the same level to avoid
crowding 'at the top. Don’t have them
too high, one and a half or two feet
Is sufficient. Where perches are too
high, fowls, especially the larger va
rieties are apt to injure themselves In
flying up or down. See that the nest
boxes are all right, easy of access and
clean, with good fresh straw in them
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SUFFOLK STALLION ECLIPSE (2010), PRIZE WINNER AT ENGLISH SHOWS.
genuine butter trade by giving an im
petus to the sale ot pure margarine and
margarine mixtures. Thus, owing to
the action of the Copenhagen commit
tee, the deficiency of the Australasian
supply, instead of benefiting the Danes
by raising the value of their product
- all through the season, did them irrep
arable harm. Colonial butter ran
Danish very close in values, the differ
ence for.the whole of last season aver
aging only Gs 4d per cwt. The quality
of Colonial butter, on the whole, has
shown "Tin improvement on previous
seasons, more especially in the choicest
grades.
It u I Id In k a Poultry House. * j
It is very difficult to give a design of
a satisfactory poultry-house, as so
much depends on how much one de
sires to invest, says American Poultry
Keeper. Of course, the “best” may
cost too much, and there is a disposi
tion to economize. Then again, a win
ter house may not serve for the sum
mer. It is as difficult to suggest a plan
of a poultry-house as it is to attempt to
please all with a plan of a dwelling,
©Wing to individual preference being a
factor. There should be plenty of room
on the floor, to enable the hens to work
and scratch in winter, and also because
the hens detest a dark poultry-house.
For 100 hens a house fifty feet long and
J sixteen feet wide would not be too
y large. It should be built on a founds*
k tion, which need not extend more than
ij> six inches or a foot above the ground.
On this lay a tement floor to keep the
rats out. Make the house eight feet
high in front and seven feet in the rear,
ot rough boards, placed perpendicular
ly. On these boards place tarred paper,
with strips on the paper, the roof to be
of tarred paper also. Hare four win
dows, the larger the better, and divide
the house into four apartments, with
twenty-five hens in each. Make the
partitions of boards, running to the
ceiling, and have all boards above four
g! feet movable, so that wire netting may
y I>e used in summer. Place two roosts
at the rear, with dropping-ooards under
.
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head is uot dally washed with warm
water and castlle soap suds, so as to
remove the matter. When neglected,
the virus ot the matter poisons the
face, causing lumps. Bathe the head
and face with strong castilo soap suds.
After wiping dry bathe with a lotion
made of one part spirits of turpentine
to six parts of glycerine, and well
rubbed upon the head and face. Also
take a tablespoonful of clean lard, half
a tablespoonful each of ginger, cayenne
pepper and mustard. Mix well to
gether and then add flour till the whole
has the consistency of dough. Roll
into slugs about the size of the top joint
of the little finger, and put one down
the bird's throat. Repeat the dose in
twelve or twenty-four hours, as the
case may require.
Shredding Corn Fodder.
Newspaper bulletin 35, Indiana ex
periment station: During the past few
years unusual interest has been taken
by farmers in the subject of shredding
fodder. Many have hesitated to shred,
thinking that the shredded corn would
not keep well in the mow or stack.
When shredding was first practiced,
moro or less fodder was shredded in a
somewhat damp condition. When
such corn was used it invariably heat
ed in the mow, became musty and
gave unsatisfactory results. A knowl
edge of such unsatisfactory preserva
tion has restrained some people from
shredding their fodder, although had
the crop been properly handled there
is little doubt but what these same per
sons would have become indorsers of
ihe process. Fodder that is shredded
should not be run through the machine
until it is entirely dry and well cured.
It would be better overdry than not
dry enough. Bast season at the Indi
ana experiment station we shredded all
of our corn fodder (stover) and with
the most satisfactory results. It kept
well in the mow. and was free from
mustines3. The cattle and sheep ate it
freely, and it was used well into the
spring with the stock. This fall we
occasionally. It Is a good Idea to place
nest boxes In the darkest part of the
house, as It Is a hen’s nature to hide
her nest, and the more seclusion you
can give her at the laying hour, tha
better she likes it.
Milk Preservative* Dangerous.
Dr. M. K. Ucbinson of East Kent,
England, was recently requested to in
vestigate a sudden serious outbreak of
illness in a religious house containing
live sisters, a cook and a housemaid,
says Hoard's Dairyman. Although no
fatal results had accrued, the symp
toms were severe and eonvalesence pro
tracted. Five out of the seven inmates
were attacked within a short period of
each other, thus indicating some com
mon origin as the source of the mis
chief. Suspicion was attached to the
milk supplied to the household, which
had been taken alone, blended with
tea, and in the form of blanc mange.
To the morning and afternoon supply
the cook had added a preservative
which was found to contain, as its
basis, boraeie acid. A sample as de
livered by the dairyman was analyzed
and found also to contain a similar
substance. Thus, for the same purpose,
a preservative hud been added both be
fore and after its arrival at the house,
by which treatment an overdose had
been administered. Permission was
obtained to give the portion of uncon
sumed blanc mange to nine fowls. Five
devoured the food with avidity, and
thus secured a larger portion than the
remaining four, and, although vigorous
pullets, they all died. The remaining !
four suffered badly, but ultimately re
covered. Dr. Robinson quotes the opin
ions of Fere, Sir Andrew Clark, Sir
Henry Thompson and Dr. Lander
Brunton as to the poisonous character
of the admixture and urges that the
presence of the drug should be recog
nized a3 an injurious adulteration. If
such results, he says, can be produced
in the case of adults it is not unrea
sonable to presume that infants can
uot take with impunity long continued
doses in their staple food.
INFANT ELOPERS.
A Tlirec-Yeur-Old Couple Found on Their
Way to a Minister'll.
The youngest eloping couple on rec
ord spent several hours in Allegheny
Central police station yesterday after
noon. They were Charles M. Douglas,
aged 3 years, and Margaret Carpenter,
aged 3 years and 6 months. Both tots
are flaxen-haired and blue-eyed. They
appeared much in love with each other,
and were somewhat indignant because
they were prevented from going to a
minister to be wed. Miss Carpenter
had her arm linked in that of her boy
lover, and they were hurrying along
North avenue, headed for a minister’s
house, when a lady met them and
asked them where they wore going.
“Marderet and me’s doin’ to det mar
ried, ’ spoke up CharlcG, while Mar
garet hung her head and blushed. The
lady laughed and asked Margaret if it
was true. The would-be bride nodded
her head and tried to pull Charles past
the inquisitor. The lady turned them
over to a policeman, who learned their
names, but they did not know on what
street they lived, so he sent them to
central station, where they were placed
in charge of the matron, Mrs. Mary J.
Kellogg. It was amusing to watch the
tiny couple. Charles is a gallant and
most affectionate lover. His arm
would steal around Margaret's waist,
and he wasn’t a bit pleased when she.
made him remove it. At the station he
again asserted his intention of marry
ing Margaret. He admitted that he
was rather young, but said that did not
matter. When asked what he wanted
for a wedding outfit he said: “A
wagon with 15 wheels to haul his wife
and her doll that can cry and laugh,
and “a parasol to keep the warm off.”
Charles was asked by Mrs. Kellogg if
he really and truly loved Margaret,
and he replied, “Yes," promptly. When
a like question was put to Margaret
ehe blushed and said "No.”
“Say ‘Yes,’ Margaret,” Charles said
eoaxingly, as he slipped his arm again
around her waist, and she nheveri him
“Do you ever kiss Margaret,
Charles?” Mrs. Kellogg asked.
“No, he don’t!” Margaret put in. “I
won’t let him.”
“I do when it gets dark,” Charles ex
plained.
“Will you kiss her now if I give you
a cent?” was asked.
“Yes,” Charles replied, and, putting
his arms around her, he kissed her as
though he was used to that sort of
thing.
Their parents took them home about
6 o’clock and explained the children’s
behavior. There is to be a wedding in
one of the families soon, and the babies
had both heard a great deal of talk
about it.—Pittsburg Post.
It Was an Kscdlcnt Dog.
The story is told of Li Hung Chang
Unit during his recent trip some one
sent him a present of a beautiful and
valuable dog. Li acknowledged the
gift, saying that he was not in the
habit of eating that particular variety
of dog, but that it had been served to
some members of his suite and that
they had pronounced it excellent.
* Worse Than Freneh.
"I cannot understand ze language,”
said the despairing Frenchman; “1
learn how to pronounce ze word ‘hydro
phobia,’ and, zen T learn zat ze doctors
sometimes pronounce it fatal.”
JOSH BILLINGS’ PHILOSOPHY.
I don’t suppose the biggest phool haz
been born yet, but thare iz time enufT
yet to surprize us all.
The strongest intimaeys seems to ex
ist. not between two hartes, but whare
the hod ov one controls the harte ov
the other.
Thare haz menny a woman married
a man just for the sake ov getting rid
ov herself; this iz a sad waste ov the
raw material.
j ne r_.-i.gie wtmmin, if they only knu
it, holi. the ballanse ov power; but, as;
a general thing, they don’t seem to kno
how to uze it.
Absolute sincerity may exist, but mi
trade with human naiur haz taught me
to be satisfied if i kan find sincerity
that will pan 45 cents on the dollar.
If man would only follow liiz reason
az elussly az the animals do their in
stlnkta, he rouhl afford to take the
chances ov the hereafter very coolly.
The man who is allwuso anxious to
bet 5 dollars on everything, either haz
grale doubts about hiz judgment, or
haz got a kouulerfit bill he wants to
get rid ov.
I hav finally konkluded to take all
things just az they cum; the most hit
ler disappointments I ever hav suffered
hav cum from having mi most ardent
wishes gratified.
It hosts more money, reckoning time
worth a dime an hour, to learn any
kind of a game, so that yu kan beat
enny man playing it. than yu kau win
halt if yu IIv to be 97 years old.
I have known men and wimmin to
bekum tlioroly disgusted with the
world, and all that thare waz in it, and !
not understand that it waz themselfs
they waz disgusted with all the time.
An illustrious pedigree iz a grate
burden, and responsiblity. To lug
around the bones ov a distinguished
great-grandfather and do justiss to the
hones and kredit to ourselfs, iz a class
transackshun.
The world oeldum makes a mistake
when called upon to decide between
what iz positively false and waht iz
positively tru: abstract right and
wrong are reached hi instinkt, and in
stinkt iz not only honest, but iz smart.
Old bachelors are apt to think that
they are very important fellows, wh"n
a^"best they are merely ornamental;
sumthing like a tin weather kok on the
ridge pole ov a barn, that haz rusted
fast, an.' Yan’t even sho which way
| the wind blcze.
Rev.P.J.Berg, pastor of the Swedish M.R
church, Lies Moines, Iowa, on March 4th,1800,
writes: “Last year I was troub ed with a
tad cough for about fire months. I got
medicine from my family physician and I
tried other remedies without relief. When
I first saw Dr. Kay's Lung Balm advertised
1 thought I would try it and I am glad I
did. I bought a box and took a tablet now
nnd then without any regularity, and alter
a few days to my great surprise’ the cough
was gone. Ten days ago I had sore throat.
I was out of the tablets and could not ^et
them in lies Moines, and I sent to the
j Western Office of Dr. B. J. Kay Medical
t Co., Omaha, Neb., for six boxes, and as
soon as I took it a few times that soreness
and hoarseness all passed away in one
night. I believe it is also good for sore
throat.” Dr. Kay's Lung Balm does not
cause sickness at the stomach like many
* remedies, and is more effectual than any
other we know of. Sold by druggists at
25 cents or sent by mail.
Napoleon's Army Before Waterloo.
On the eve of hostilities Napoleon
had 124,000 effectives, with 3,500 in his
camp train: Wellington had 106,000,
but of these 4,000 Hanoverians were
left in garrison; Hlucher had about
j 117,000. Neither of the two allied gen
; erals dreamed that Napoleon would
i ehoose the daring form of attack upon
: which he decided,—that of a wedge
driven into the scattered line nearly a
hundred miles in length upon which
his enemies lay,—for to do so he must
pass the Ardennes. But he did choose
it and selected for the purpose the val
leys of the Sombre and the Meuse.
Allowing for the difference in typog
raphy, the idea was identical with that
which, nineteen years before, he had
executed splendidly in l’iedmant.—Oc
tober Century.
Cascaret* stimulate liver,kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or griue.
Birmingham's Parks.
One feature rather surprising to an
American is that every park is made
for use. there is no fear lest the grass
may be injured, but in every ground
adapted for them are cricket and foot
ball fields, picnic grounds, croquet
lawns, tennis-courts, bowling-greens,
the nse of which is permitted for a
merely nominal payment. Every park,
large or small, has one or more con
certs each week during the summer,
paid for by a neighborhood subscrip
t on.—The Century.
Disease Does Wot
Stamp St»i_i__
| Every one is either growing better
or worse.
How is it with you ?
You are suffering from
KIDNEY, LIVER
or URINARY TROUBLES.
Have tried doctors and medicine with*
out avail, and Lave become disgusted.
DON’T CIVE UP!
WILL CURE YOU.
Thousands now well, but once like you,
say so. Give an honest, medicine au hon
est chance.
Largo bottle or new style smaller ono
at your druggist’s. Write for free treat
ment blaDb to-day. Warner’s Safe Cure
Co., Rochester, N. Y.
The War With Mexico.
The war with Mexico was a war of
conquest, and of conquest chiefly it the
interest of African slavery. It was al
so an unjust attack made by a power
ful people on a feeble one; but it lasted
less than two years, and the number
of men engaged in it was at no time
large. Moreover, the treaty which
ended the war the conquering nation
agreed to pay to the conquered 518,
000,000, in partial compensation for
some of the territory wrested from
it, instead of demanding a huge war
indemnity, as the European way is.
This treaty also contains a remarkable
clause which undertook to impose a
mutual obligation to submit future dif
ferences to arbitration. The results of
the war contradicted the anticipations
of both those who advocated and of
those who opposed it. It was one of
the wrongs which prepared the way
for the great rebellion; but its direct
evils were of moderate extent. Octo
ber Atlantic.
TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAT.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. Sae
He Was No Fool.
“Are you a single man?” asked a
lawyer of a stolid-looking German on
the witness stand. “Now you look.”
was the indignant reply, “bud don’d
you try to make no shoke rait me
shoost because I vas green. Do I look
like I vas a double man? Ilo I look
like I vas a Simese dwin? Huh! I am
no fool if I am not long in dis guntry./
—Harper's Hazar.
Enrich
Your blood at this season by taking Hood’s
barsapan 11a and you will not need to fear
pneumonia, fevers or the grip. Remember
Sarsaparilla
is the best—li^faotjheOneTrneJBloodj’nrlflcr.
H00d’S Pills ?.ct harmoniously with
_ Hood’s Sarsaparilla. 86c.
1,200 BU.
CRIB,
$9.50.
*. H. BLOOM C!t.
Council Bluff*,
Iowa.
ROBT PURVIS
Commission Mer
chant. Omaha.
WA^TKD!
Butter. Eggs, Poul
try, Game. Veal,
Hides Ktc.
Having been fn the product
busfiu as 26 years, am well ai>
qualnted with the wants of tht
trade: consequently can nbtafB
the highest prices. Am prompt
In making returns, and respoa
slble. References: Any bank
tu the state.
OMAHASTOVE REPAIR WORKS
Stove Repairs for any kind of etove made.
1207 DOUGLAS ST., OMAHA, NEB.
GAMrWANTE'7
Butter. Eggs, Poultry,
Veal, Ktc.
Highest Prices.
.JAMES A. CLARK CO.
Commission Merchants,
317-819 S. 11th St.
OMAHA. NEBRASKA.
kENSIONS” PATENTS, CLASIVIS^
'JOHN W. MORRIS, WASHINGTON, D. G.
late Principal Examiner TJ. S. Pension Burtan.
3yr3. in last war, 15 adjudicating clu.in*, a tty. aiuvul
l||cL] M«Mt(jured. Esfc. in 1871. Thousand*
I If iff Cheapest and best cure. Fueb Trial.
v State case. Dr. Marsh. Quincy, Mich.
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