Nebraska Newspapers

    The Sioux County' Journal,
VOLUME IX.
FIAHKISOX, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 189(.
NUMBER 1(5.
Mow to Make Good Hoada.
No doubt the bicycle deserves credit
for much of tlit' newly awakened Inter
est In tin Iwtternient of our country
road. Ortiiiu It Is ttiiit the lt de
cade ha begun a now era In the history
of our highway. Science and literary
l&lcut have now added their quota to
the new movement. I'mler the title
"American Highways." Prof. N. S.
Shod er of Vale ha produced an lmir
tant and i-miirelienslve work on the
subject. He trt-ntK every phase of the
mibjoct scientifically yet simply and
sensibly. It would lc In the nature of
A national blessing If every local high
way commissioner could be presented
with H copy and induced to master it
content.
. I'rof. Slmlcr Is not only a gisilugist
mud Hn instructor In the only university
that ha math' roud-muktrig a irt of
lu curriculum, but he is a practical man
mid a memlier of the Massachusetts
Highway Commission recently estab
lished by the Legislature of that State.
His mere opinion, therefore, ha weight.
But he confine himself chiefly to fad
stid experiences. He hi-gin historical
ly, sbm-ina bow the American colonist
'came. hon..;tly by their slovenly mud
maklng method, having brought over
with them only the kino of the Hark
AR on tlie subject of roads. No well
paved rood ex le led iu America until
after 1-Siift. Then came tin era of toll
roiifK Gradually there grow tip a sys
tem of local appropriation or of en
forced lalKtr for road taxes. This com
pulsory working out of roail taxes I'rof.
Khaler denounce as the lume of Amer
ican highways. He m.vb there I no
reliable Intermediate method between
that of private toll nad and n.td
controlled by a State eoiuiuiiislcii.
On Uif subjis-t of incihoil and mate
rials for road-making Prof. Slider b
most helpful, lie In a Arm believer In
the mncadam road of broken stone, and
can tell Just what kind of rock will
five the be! result. What wlcntlst
will amorphic trap rock stands nt the
head of the list, closely followed by the
crystalline granites and their cousin,
the syenite thut have been u.ed to
pave the down-town l!-rrlc:. of Chi
cago. The limestone so much used on
our dusty macadamized streets I chrns
sl as almost the worst materia! when
used alone, though the author recom
mends Hi u' In the Ureal Iake re
gion, where It is the only abundant
rock. stipulating, however, that It must
be covered with a top coating of the
mippean or granitic mntorlal obtained
from the country north of the hikes.
It Ik pleating to note thn I'rof. Mia
ler is perhaps the first authoritative
writer lo jrlve due prominence to the
value of glacial drift pravcls lor road
maklttK purMwci. JIN cliapiefN oi. '1.1k
Kiibject will b- ispcct'illv vahinble to
WcNteni bl'liu.iy coumtisvi'.i -is. as
he brine all hi" geological knowledge
to bear upon the iicHtloii of where
to find the valuable bed of thin gravel
that underlie I lie will ef tlie whole lake
reirion, and eKecially of Wisconsin
and Illinois. This grave! 's made up
of the bard bit of rock swept dow!n
by the Ice flood of tbe glacial epoch
from tbe north, utid drifted into t'tene
bed by the KtreniiiH of water thai ae
conipatileil the paxs'mir of the Ice p r
lod. Kvery wheelman wlo ha tra
versed the excellent coun'ry roads to
the north wpKt of Cbicago can teiify
what fine mal -rial thin gravil make
for country highwayf. and how Im
portant i hi tnforfiiatlo.i vouchsafed
by I'rof. Shaler tlnr from New Kn
gland to Central Mseoustii ' it hardly
Mi-ur that the wawh drift cannot 1m
found within nn area nf ten iuIIck
t"itare."
One Ih almost Inclined to revrso
Pmf. Klinlcr'M Judgment cliixslng thewe
gravel road below tbone formed of
granitic rock. At any rate, the gla
cial drift gravel I by far the most val
uable material within cany react of
WeKtera road-maker. - It Is sincere!,
to lie hoped that all authorities Inler
fftted In the betterment of Western
Ton da will "read, ponder, and Inward
ly HKeatM not the gravel, but I'rof.
Hinler wle word n to bow mid
wher U And It and how imwt t heiiply
aud effectively lo utilize It
A Prison In tht Marqumas.
'I'lvat "the French are a good-natured
people ami make eay nwixlerw" wa
Robert Ionla Stevenaon'ii coiicIumIoii.
when he bad Ktudied the various pro
tectorate that mtvc frfr government
In the Kouth H'a Inland. The Mar
iieM group, for Inatanee, I under
Krenrti control. Mr. Stevenson lelbt In
"In th Kouth rV-aa" how he vlnited h"
ralabonMe at Tal-o-Iiae the port of en-try-tid
found It empty.
Krom thin noontide quietude It mut
not be mpponed the priaon wa unten
anted. Tbe calalMMwe at Tal-o-hae do-
m icotidi bnaineaM. But ome of Ha oeru
Int were gardening at the rertdewy,
and the real were probably at work np
nn Hm treet, m free m our aeamifera
t homa, altboitfh not to tndtntrtoui.
On the ajrpruach of eveuiug they
would Ih- (tilled In like cblldreu from
play, and tbe harljor uianter who i
ato the Jailer would go through the
form of locking theni np until ail lie
next looming.
Should a prwoner have auy call In
town, whether of pleanure or affaira, he
ha but to unhook tlie window abutter;
and If he 1m back again, and the abutter
deocotly rvplacel, by tbe hour of call
on the morrow, he may have met tbe
harbor maeter In the avenue, and then
will be no complaint, far lew any pun
ishment. But thi b not all. The charming
French nident. Montrieiir IielariM-lle,
carr'K-d me one day to tin' -alabome on
Mil ottlcial visit. In the green -otirt a
very ragged gentleman, hia leg deform
ed with the Island elephantiatdx, miluted
us. Kiniling.
"One of our political priiinerHaii in
Hurgent from KaUitea." uild the resi
dent; and t he'n to the Jailer, "I thought
I had ordcnsl him a new iir of trotw
ersV" Meanwhile no other convict watt to lie
SS'tl.
"Well." Mild the resident, "whore are
our prisoner ?"
"MoiiHleur the Kexident," repliel
the jailer, saliititig with oldierl.v for
mality, "as thus I a feant day, I let
them go lo the chane." They were all
upon the mountains bunting goat!
Presently we came to the quarter of
the women, likew le d-erted.
"Where are our good Uidie'" asked
the resident: and the Jailer cheerfully
nNtided. '1 think, inonaleiir, that
they have gone Houiewhen- to make a
visit."
It had Is-en the design of Monsieur
Delnrnelle. w ho wa much In love with
the whimsicalities of hi tunall realni.
lo elicit something comical, but not
even he exitecti-d anything so perfes t
as the last.
To complete the picture of eonvb-t lite
iu Tal-o-hao. It remain to lie added that
these criminal draw a salary a regu
larly a. the pnwident of the republic.
Ten sou a doy 1 their hire. Thus they
have money, food, shelter, clothing aud,
I wa alsmt to write, their lils rty.
A Friendly Whale.
Pacific mean whale are sometime
very friendly. esiK-clully off the coast
of Ixis Angeles County Oil. On more
tbnn one ocaslon they have astonish
ed If not alarmed nailing parties who
have been b'-calined.
These whale are harmless, aud their
attentions are merely from curloslly;
but to have several of them floating In
close proiimity Ih not altogether pleas
ant. What Is supposed to be tlie ame
whale has recently earned a reputation,
for friendliness. During the summer
month It frequently met a largo
steamer off Hhore and either followed
It along or played about, entertaining
the passenger by spouting. On one
trip the whale placed itself ahead of
the Kteamor and swam with II so de
liberately that the captain was ob
liged to low down and finally stop,
fearing to run into the huge creature.
On another occasion the sleamer had
on board ns passenger the .Medical So
ciety of California, consisting of sev
eral hundred physicians. When about
hulf-w.'l.v over, the whale appeared
and at once displayed unusual friend
lines.
It swam up to the vessel, and. turn
ing, followed her along so near that
the spray of it npotitlng came aboard
and the eye of the monster could be
plainly seen. The steamer .slowed up
for a few minute occasionally a the
whale became too friendly, ami the
passenger had a line opportunity to
see a whale but a few feet away.
Stomachic Treatment by Klectridl j
The application of electric current in
the treatment of nervous diseases of
the stomach ha always heretofore
been attended with both risk and d!
comfort. It was nwexsary to app'j
only small doses, which bad to !
under perfect control. Some experi
ment In France have demonstrated
that tills can now be done. Tlie cur
rent I applied directly lo the ufl'ecled
organ by mean of a special electrode,
which tbe paiient pushes Into the imu
aoh. This couhIku of a rubber tube
Imin. thick, which ban at it lower end
a vulcanite Up. and whlrh contains a
conducting wire. The patient lit-.!
drinks two glasses of lukewarm w.i
ter, and then the electrode i intro
duced and attached to the itegi;ive
pole of !he battery. Krom I"i to 'Ji
m'.ll'.arr pores of current nr' employed
for five lujun", The treatment has
been succewsftil that French electro
thcrp!iK now look 'upon It as one
of lite standard trcntmawto for nervous
dlsot'rs of the stomach ami Intes
tine. t.lailhloor'a First Kpeaoii.
Mr. liladstouc' maiden apch in
the House of Commim wa uu imnils
Ukable failure. He spoke ho low flint
even those nearest to him failisl to
catch the drift of hi word, and later
on he had to rise on "a lnt of ex
planation," at the request of a speak
nl who complained of the want of
clearnea of the honorable member for
Newark.
Canada' debt la now $:il.tfJti,.'i.
That mean bout $B5 for every niau,
woman and child in tbe country, and It
coat about 112,000,000 a year to pay the
Interaat and chargta at the low rataa
now prtvalllnf. .... . .
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS.
Comments and I'riticiaina Kaaed Lpon
the Eappeoiasa ot tbe Day-Historical
and Not Notea.
There 1 nouietbiiix praitu'wortby In
the employment tt thoee legtllnnite
means at everybly'a diiKMUil to earn a
reputation of eome ort; but to follow
the dictate of a low vanity to the at
tainment of such an end I iucomjMitlble
with the finer feeling and susceptibili
ties of our nature.
It fc) a truth which need continual
empbaelM that the blghewt work for any
one la That which he can do beat A
weak lawyer, ail Inefficient phywlclan,
an Incapable financier are vantly Infe
rior as men und a workers to the skill
ed mechanic or the well-trained labor
er who know hi work and does It
with thoroughniKti and 8elf-repect.
Philadelphia Ih preparing for the
floral decoration of Its public squares
next year on a larger scale than ever.
Tbe city forenter la buying eighty tbou
aund hyacinth, crocus, tulip and uar
cIhkus bulb for nprlng flowering. Four
hundred tn-e of hardy varieties are
alo to be Het out. The small "breath
ing places of the people" In tlie densely
populated districts are to tie made as
attractive a poible; and few there
are who do not applaud the Idea.
One of the privileges of the English
ship captain aud his first lieutenant
1 that of paying for the painting and
ornamentation of their ship out of their
own private Incomes. It is estimated
that the otlicers assigned to the com
mand of the immense battleships lately
launched and In progress will be oblig
ed to expend considerably more than
their annual stipend In this way.
"White elephants'' are not, apparent
ly, confined to Slum.
None of u have enough real sympa
thy Iu our tmtures. We cannot make
It "go round." We exhaust It upon
visible suffering, and have none left for
deeper and sadder evils. We need to
realize that where we cannot sympa
thize we have no right to criticize. .No
one ks more truly pitiable than the
wrong-doer, aud no one la In sorer need
of Che Influence of a kind heart and a
wle mind to lead Wm upward. If wj
cannot extend these to him, we are
powerless for good n far n he Is con
cerned. That Industrious monarch. Kniiwror
William, ha found a new vent for hi
untiring ziaJ in the writing of an histor
ical! drama. Mot men think they can
write a play, and many try, and It is
not urprilug that William should thus
attempt to do what any other man ha.s
ever done before him. The Ktiqieror
ih tbe distinct advantage, moreover,
of knowing that what he writes will be
staged, aud that the Ccrmao people
will not dare to treat the production
with anything less than enthusiastic
approval.
W. K. Vunderbilt has sprung into pub
lic notice again, thl time from the rear
sent of a carriage In the Far West. He
bud just tlub-hiMl a conversation with
tlie famous Apache Chief, iJenniimo,
who 1 now engaged in "helping the
Hquaw do fancy work," when (.leu.
.Miles, who wa his comKiuion. called
his attention to u clucking prairie hen.
.Mr. Vaudcrbllt, without a quiver of e
H lenient, raixpd his "trusty gun" and
tired and the prairie hen was no more.
This extraordinary exhibition of marks
manship was duplicated twice before
the Journey cnie to an end and Mr.
Vunderbllt's repiMallon a u ib-slroyer
of prairie hens wa established. It Is
due to the enterprise of Hen. Miles that
the Interesting Information ha been
promptly flashed across the continent.
"In America public works are exe
cuted without reference to art." was tbe
remark of an eminent (ieriuaii who re
cently visited Ibis country, rnforiu
tiately there Is too much truth In this
statement, but there are evidence of a
change for tbe belter. I'rof. !'. o. Mar
vin, of the 1'niversiiy of Kansas, re
cently read a (miikt on "The Artistic
Klemcnl in Engineering" before the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, which i attracting
general attention. There I no reason
why a bridge, for instance, should not
lie beautiful well as safet The coun
try bus passed through l lit; era In it
social and industrial development when
It could afford to consider only the
jitUlty of a mechanical work, und be
for many years probably mechanical
riijfineeni will be no longer forced, as
I hey often have been, to design nn ugly
work because it Is a littJe cheaper.
There l a popular notion to the ef
fect that lead shot are in ad it spherical
by falling from a height. Thla Is an
absurd error, Inaamucb aa the only
purpose of lofty ahot towera Is to give
the ahot a chane to cool and harden as
they tumbl. They are Just as per
fect apharaa when they atari from the
top aa whan they reach tbe well of
water 300 feet or ao below. The uae
fnlneaa of th water la merely aa a
oft cushion t receive them. Hhot
csa b arade frovi ptnr lead, but au ad-
mixture of arsenic causes the lead to
form globules, like mercury. The moU
ten mixture I phii-ed in a big iron
saucepan with perforated bottom, and
the drops falling through are the shot.
They must fall some distance iu order
to get time to cool and harden. A
bach thus made, tbey are scooped out
of the water, tumbled about In a re
volviug barrel with plumbago and
finally put through a series of sieves,
to sort them into sizes for market.
The discouraging question of "conta
gion by kissing" has broken out afresh
because a young man tn Columbus,
Intl., Insisted on kissing his sweetheart
and thus contracted diirtuberia. The
result of Uiis jwtrticubir osculation baa
fortitied the Secretary of tlie Indiana
Health Board In another attempt to
suppress tbe practice. He pays a trib
ute to previous failures when he says:
"I am convinced of tbe ditlicully the
health board will meet In trying to ta
boo klHsiug uniong sweethearts." Sure
ly the ticalt.li board should not evince
so great trepidation In suppressing a
little thing like this, even if, as tlie sec
retary udilt: "There seems to be an in
herent tendency to Indulge lu It." If
the board should find the "tendency"
among "swih-i heaj-t" to be too strong
to yield easily to restraints it might
try to prevent people from boeoiulng
sweetheart and thus circumvent the
"tendency" and leave It no place for
lodgment. In any event, whatefer ac
tion the secretary decides to take can
not fail to be f interest to all benighted
people who liave any of these kissing
tendencies.
A most unfortunate precedent has
been esta bllshed at the Ohio State Uni
versity in the refusal of the faculty to
reinstate a student because he gave hlh
entire time to the football team. The
faculty Issued the extraordinary ultima
tum that "-ollege work must come
flrst." It would be Interesting to know
how this faculty acquired this unique
delusion. Educational affairs have
strangely degenerated if the routine of
college work is to be permilted to Inter
fere with the sueecssf ul prosecution of
the ehwiive football. A young man who
is Intent on acquiring the latest data as
to tlie proper way of Inserting a "flylutf
wedge" should not be expected to both
er hi head about the "dead language."
There to nothing In common between a
"touchdown," a "five yard gain," and a
"break at the center" and tlie caln. elu
cidation of problems in integral calcu
lus. What are boy sent to college for
anyhow, If not to find out how to make
a "run around the end"? If they have
time left after a thorough training iu
foollxill ami the ot her college sports to
take up a few studies to relieve the
monotony there would be do objection
ruiscd, but to suggest gravely that "col
lege work must come firnf" is a travesty
on ail the accepted college customs.
Witness!' journeyed from Sail Fran
cisco to London to swear that Mrs.
Walter Castle, under arrest lu tlie lat
ter city for shoplifting, has been, for
years, afflicted with kleptomania. Seventy-five
persons, either by deposition
or oral testimony, declared that she
bus. on numerous occasions, been ap
prehended in the act of pilfering cost
ly article In the great shop of Sua
Francisco. Her wealth und social po
sition in that city saved her from pros
ecution. If stealing is a metilal infir
mity In the rich, why should it be crime
iu the poor? We are not denying that
crime is a disease of the mind or nerves;
uu impulse as Irresistible to the clas
of neurotic afllleted with Is at the
craving for alcohol 1 irresistible to the
unfortunate who have Inherited that
form of disease. But we must cease
to discriminate between people afflict
ed with I he disease of kleptomania.
We must cease to call kleptomania
a crime in one person and a disease In
another. Either we must send all of
them to I he prisons or we must send
all of them to the snnlla Hums. It is Im
possible not to sympathize with the
husband of this woman In tlie shame
ami distress 1 1 in 1 have befallen him.
Hut it Is equally Impossible not to con
demn him for taking a woman of such
known ecceni riclt ies abroad. lie I a
man who has been largely successful
In business affairs. He has accumu
lated a great fortune in trade, Hut he
has shown himself sadly deficient In
that common sense that would baip
saved him from the disgrace of himself
and family.
eins lrom North Carolina.
North Carollua Is prolific In gems.
No niher dlstrid. of like extent In the
world yields o many different kinds of
valuable minerals. A list embrace dia
monds, emeralds, beryl (pale green,
blue aud limpid white), chrysoboryls,
tourmaline (black ami green), giwuets
(ulmnii(Hne, cherry red, pale ruby col
ored, pynnie and wine colored) hyacinth
zircon (while zircon 1 sometime mil
stiluled for cheap diamond), .sap
phires, ruble, orlenlal topaz, orl ninl
emerald, cats' eye, nitlle (ued iu some
condition under the name of "arrows
of love" stone), amethyst, Jasper, hid
detrlte or green spouduineuc; white,
citrine, smoky and ros quartz; nioa
agate, ollgoclase, minatone and moon
atone. The game, the gold aad ailvat
and tine timber land make North Caro
lina In natural resource on of th
rwhewtr all the Mtata te the Cntoa,
r--ri'- ii
mmm
fell
Kly Wheel for Farm lte.
A fly wheel is ofU-n serviceable on
tbe farm, for helping keep the churn
bi regular motion, or the baud separa
tor, or tlie grindstone, where one must
grind by using a treadle for fisit power.
In the latter case, a fly wheel will cause
tlie stone to run very evenly. Our
sketch shows a ciist-off. heavy, farm
cartwheel, mounted ami ready for busi
ness. Small stripy of hard wood screw
ed to the rim keep the band from com
ing off. The plan of Betting up the
wheel 1 plainly shown in tlie illustra
tion. Where the riin of the wheel used
Is of sufficient thickness, the old iron
tire can lie removed and a very thick.
HOMKMADE FLY WHKKI..
but narrow, tire put upon both edges
of the rim, leaving a chance for the
band to run between them. In the
case of a cast-off cartwheel this plan
would answer admirably. -A riiericnii
Agriculturist.
Fall Plowiatf the Garden.
The garden is the richest part of the
farm, and also the part where it is most
important to have an early and well
fcrtilized seed bed. There i of course
some waste of fertility caused by full
plowing, as It exposes a larger surface
to be washed aud blown away in win
ter. But the lows is less in the garden
than it is on wide fields more oxiscd
lo the winds. If tbe garden is plowed
it should 1' left as light and rough as
possible. This is best secured by very
late plowing, either Just lief ore the
ground freezes, or better still, after the
frost has penetrated an Inch or more
deep, leaving a crust to hold up the fur
row. In a dry winter the soil will freeze
through and through a number of tlms
and be in excellent tilth in the spring.
The only failure of this plan comes
when the winter and spring are very
wet, and there is no underdraln to car
ry off surplus water. But even then
the plowed surface left iis rough 'us
possible will dry out as quickly as a
naked surface left flu t, as it Is after har
vesting garden crops, and yet porous
enough to absorb all the ruins and melt
ing snows that fall upon it. American
Cultivator.
A Farm date.
1 have used several gates made as
the one shown hi tbe accompanying il
lustration. They an' light, chuap and
give good satisliK i ion. ' Construct it
any desired heigl., : :i I any ntisoaable
length. Tbe end i brace and one
piece ruining hori.oiu.iU.v. a a a a, are
2x4 pine; the upright, b. is a fxti board;
c c c c c are wires tiguU.x stretched; d
Is the gate st aud e, a chain used In
stead of a top hinge. Such a gate an
swers all ordinary purposes quite as
k nfc n
US
r.. .
well us a heavy aflnir that, Is almost
certain to sag aud get off its hinge. -Joel
Mann, in Orange J odd Farmer.
, Farm Implement.
It Is doubtless tnve thai It costs more
In these day to stock a farm with tools
and implements than It did In olden
times, when prlce of most farm pro
duct were as high, If not higher, than
now. Yet, despite tbe cost, tbe new
Implemttfrts do ao much better work
that farm ere find them a necessity. All
the more, therefore, they ahonM take
Rood rare of them when bonght. . More
tool rust by rxpoenire to wlrd aadjof
vit:a-'r-i3K
ruins than are worn out iu actual use.
The saving of money by keeping Imple
ments housed is tin- most profitable
economy the farmer can pra-tice.
Wood for a Year Ahead.
Every farmer who burus wood even
imrtially for heating and cooking;
should as early in the winter as possi
ble cut ami pile enough wood to last a
whole year. This will save many com
plaints during the summer, and be
much easier done now than in warm,
weather. Besides, dry wood burns
without tbe waste of heat, always lost
iu turning its sap into steam. When
using given w(m1. chips and small
limbs will dry out more quickly than
will the body of the tree, espedsilly if
the simill limbs are split.
Graining Poor Cows,
It is rather discouraging to a farmer
who has lsiuglit a new cow for milk
and butter to find when he beglna tr
feed her that her feed goes to inside tut
rather than to milk and butter. But it
is always well to face unpleasant facts,
and make the l't of them. If some
dealer has stuck you with that kind of
a cow it i better to know it, and keep
on feeding until the cow is fit for the
butcher, tltau to reduce feed and loee
more, keeping 1he cow thin in flesh by
Ioor feeding, and thereby losing money
several years instead of one.
Dangerous t-tonea in Meadows.
Late iu the fall is a good time to clear
meadow s of stones that are likely to in
jure next year's mowing. More or leas
of these are thrown out at every mow
lug time, when t.be wire rake runs over
the land to gather the hay. X thin
stone small enough to get into the mow
er knives often does more damage than
a much bigger stone that the driver
will see awl avoid or that tbe knives
will Jolt over or throw one side without
injury.
The Carrie strawberry.
This is a seedling of Haverland, orig
inated in 1S!KI by M. T. Thompson, of
Henrico County, Va. It has been tested
from Ciuiflda to
Texas and found to
lie us productive as
Ks parent, also larg
er, firmer and of
bet ter color, not be
ing quite so light
color with a little
more foliage and Is
a long season berry
with a better flavor
than Haverland. It
is a pistillate varie
ty. rijK'uing about
the time of the par
ent, lis shape is conical, swirlet color
and is wonderfully productive and
promises to sujiersetle lis parent. Farm
and Home.
Horticnlturul Hints.
Put an extra covering on the vegeta
ble pits after tlie ground freezes. '
Mulch strawberries as soon as the
ground freezes.
Never. .let manure come in contact
w ith the roots of any plant or tree when
planting it.
Clean off the asparagus beds and givo
it a good coat of well-rotted manure.
Next spring sprlukle well with stilt.
"Heeling" Is a term used to designate
the temporary burying of the roots of
trees or pbints in earth or other mate
rial. When planting our trees for wind
break always plant evergreens. They
are u little bit slow at Biist,, but tbey
will iiy In the long run.
The trouble with farmers as a rule,
is. that they do not pay enough atten
tion to little things, such as the vegeta
ble and small fruit garden, These lit
tle things pay.
llnirr Dots.
Always strain the milk as soon u
drawn.
Quantity of milk is no criiterion to go
by as to Its value.
A traveling dairy sclsd is doing good
work In England. '
The demand for r butter is always
ovorsnppl led, hence It sells for poor
price. ,
There isn't one cow in fifty but what
might do N'tter in milk yield If she had
more to eat and drink. ; .
It does not pay to raise scrub stock.
Sell the scrubs mid get well-bred ani
mal. This I a good year to make the
change, while prices are low. ,
if civa m is kept at 75 degree for
eight hours, ami Is then allowed to cool
gradually for four hours, K will usually
be ripe for churning.
Tliere are about 1 7,000,000 cow In
thwt country, or one to every four In
habitant; one cow, however, farnlahea
the milk, batter and rheee for tnor
Chan fonr peiwona, aa large qiMDtithM
dnlrj- pr4wi are exported. ' j ,