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w Dear Mrs. Pinkham : — I suffered for several years "with general
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Mrs. Pinkham’s medicines are certainly all they are claimed to be. —
Mrs. M. E. Hughson, 347 East Ohio St_, Chicago, ILL
Mrs. Pinkham Tells ILow Ordinary Tasks Produce Displacement*.
Apparently trifling incidents in woman's daily life frequently produce
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No. 33—1904
Temperature of Churning.
Many a farmer’s wife spoils her
butter by churning at too high a
temperature. The result is that the
product of her churn is greasy and
poor in quality and keeps for but a
short time. Some people also put hot
water into the cream to make the but
ter come quicker. The result of this
rise in temperature is to destroy the
grain and at the same time incorpo
rate with the butter a great deal of
casein, which is the part that goes
to make the body of cheese. This but
ter is increased in quantity also by
the incorporation of an unusual
amount of water. If the butter is
made when the temperature <*' the
cream is at, say, 80 degrees, the kind
of a butter will result that if it came
under the eyes of United States dairy
nspectors would be excluded from the
market and the sellers thereof fined
for selling butter with a water con
tent above the legal 16 per cent. The
woman that wants to make good but
ter must do her churning when the
cream is at a temperature of not
Above 65 degrees. It would be better
to churn at as low- as fifty degrees,
but this is rather hard for people
that have to churn by hand. The peo
ple that try to work the so-called two
minute churns frequently have to
raise the temperature of the cream
i to about 80 degrees before getting the
I results that have been advertised.
; That is, the time of churning is reg
ulated to some extent by the tempera
ture. Every maker of butter should
have a thermometer. One can be pur
i chased for twenty cents, and, this be
I ing the case, there is no reason why
' every person should not have the ad
j vantage of knowing the temperature
! of their cream at churning time.
Cream i.i the Pantry.
It is common in our farm houses to
set the cream in the pantry or in the
cellarway, where all kinds of food
are also kept. It is safe to say that
cream cannot be set in such places
and give good butter. Some people
may like butter that tastes of dough
nuts, pie3, cookies, limburger cheese,
onions, celery, cloves, cinnamon,
oranges, apples and the like, but most
people like to have the aroma that
belongs to butter rather than to the
pantry. Probably the one greatest ob
stacle to getting good flavor in farm
made butter is this one of the setting
of milk to rise in the pantry. It is
such a firmly settled custom that it
will be with difficulty broken up, in
spite of the fact that much such but
ter has to be sold to the poorest mar
ket and at not above ten cents per
pound. The nose of the housewife is ;
so accustomed to the smells of the
pantry that she never thinks of them
when she is putting her milk away to
undergo the process of cream raising.
Cream in the pantry should he abol
ished. and in its place should come
cream in the cream room, a place set
aside for this operation and sealed
against the entrance of all odors that
will give the butter a disagreeable
taste. The woman that does that is
very likely to get a great reputation
as a maker of fine butter.
Wheat Bran For Milk Making.
Men frequently misjudge the value
of feeds by their density. Thus there
is a strong opinion among farmers
that cornmeal is better for milk mak
ing than bran. It is heavy and has a
beautiful color and the cow owner as
sociates it with rich cream. But the
fact is, bran is, in the main, more val
uable for milk making than is corn
meal, in spite of the attractive ap
pearance of cornmeal. The stomach
of the cow is better suited to take
care of bran than of cornmeal, be
cause it is more bulky. The cow was
made for the purpose of using up just
such waste products as bran would
be without farm animals to consume
it. And bran cannot be judged by its
lightness. The question of using or
not using bran is one that must be
decided on its price, compared with
the prices of other like feeds. At the
same price as com it is far more
profitable to be used for the making
of milk. Its protein content is high,
but not so high that the digestive ap
paratus of the animals will be injured
by it. American farmers should not
permit a pound of bran to go across
the waters, but should buy and feed
every pound of it. thus not only mak
ing the profit that may be made out of
it, but saving the fertility for their
land; for the fertilizing qualities of
bran are considerable.
The Hand Separator to Stay.
There has been war between the
men that believe in hand separators
for farm use and the men that believe
that all milk should be hauled to the
creamery. The latter declare that as
good butter cannot be made from
gathered cream as from the cream
taken from fresh milk brought in.
This may be so; but one thing should
not be lost sight of, and that is that
the hand separator has come to stay,
and the argument of whether it is a
good thing may as well be discon
tinued. The time will be better spent
if put upon the questions that have
come with it. Every situation has its
own problems and every new inven
tion brings a lot of new problems. It
was only natural that the hand sep
arator should have its new phases and
its new questions. Some of these are
hard to settle. The hardest is the
one relating to the freshness of the
cream when delivered to the butter
maker. This problem will be settled
as have all other questions before it.
Dairy Statistics of the United States.
Total number of cream
eries, cheese factories
and condensaries. 9,245
Farms. 5,739,657
Cow8.*. 18,112,707
Milk, gallons.7,728,583,350
Butter, farm, lbs.1,071,745,127
Butter, creamery, lbs.... 420,954,016
Cheese, farm, lbs. 16,372,330
Cheese, factory, lbs. 282,332,774
Condensed milk, lbs. 186.921J37
Total value of dairy products, six
hundred million dollars.
Poultry raising is the branch of
farming that most directly concerns
the women and children of the farm.
LIVE STOCK
Advantages of Mule Raising.
In some parts of the country, espec
ially in the South, the raising of mules
is very popular. Missouri and Ken
tucky are states that make a good
deal of the mule, and more and more
farmers in other states are consider
ing the matter. There are a good
many things in favor of the mule, as
viewed from the standpoint of the <
Southern farmer. Whether all of the
things the southern mule raiser claims
for the mule can be substantiated we
will leave our readers to decide. Here
are some of the points claimed in his
favor. He can be very cheaply raised, I
perhaps more cheaply than any other
farm animal intended for work. The
mule is ready for the market at a
younger age than the horse. He is
ready to work when the horse is just
getting out of colthood. Mules do not
easily yield to disease, and stand
hardships exceedingly well. They are ;
very careful about getting hurt, much j
more so than the ordinary horse. They !
seem to be able to stand a high tern- ;
perature better than horses, and will !
work well on hot days when horses
suffer from heat. They can stand
abuse better than horses but are ap
preciative of good treatment. This is
a point that has made them popular in
the South where their drivers are !
not always mindful of their feelings, j
There is always a good market demand
for mules, and, as they can be sold !
two years younger than horses, they
are profitable and would be profitable
even at a lower price.
Barley As a Feed For Horses.
Barley is little used as a feed in
the United States, except on the Pa- I
cific coast. This is due largely to the ,
fact that barley is so much in demand
for brewing purposes that good brew- ;
ing barley is high in price. But in
all parts of the country where it is
grown there is always some that is
off color or is for some reason not
usable by the brewers, and this may
be obtained at a price low enough to
permit of it being used for feed. This j
is sometimes brought about by e
heavy fog or rain at harvest tkne,
which makes it impossible to secure
it in the condition demanded by the
brewers. On the Pacific coast bariey
is extensively used as horse feed. In
Europe, Asia and Africa it is exten
sively employed for this purpose. It
is a favorite feed with the Arabs, both
of western Asia and of northern
Africa. All the countries of Europe
that raise it use it largely for thi?
purpose, as well as for food for man
When fed it is frequently given whole
or crushed. Grinding it makes it
too pasty when it is mixed with the
saliva of the mouth. It is, however
inferior to oats as a feed for horses
though it is not far different from
oats in composition. The horses, how
ever, like oats far better than the
barley, and mules will sometimes re
fuse to eat barley.
Toothache in Horses.
Our equine servants have suffered
untold agonies in the past from tooth
ache, because their masters did not
know that the horse was as surely
susceptible to toothache as human be
ings. With the coming in of veterin
ary science we have awakened to
many things of which we took no
heed in the former days. The teeth
of the horse must do much hard labor,
as they are the means by wnich he
grinds up hard grain and still harder
hay. In the 'human being, defective
teeth lead to the use of soft food, but
the horse is compelled to eat hard
food even when his teeth are in a
tender state. Defective teeth in the
horse cause imperfect mastication,
and this results in indigestion, colic,
scours, constipation and other dis
turbances of the disgestive system.
One veterinarian says that horses
sometimes endure toothache for
months before their owners find out j
that they have any trouble at all with j
their teeth. This is because a de
fective tooth is not so easily discov
ered as is a defect in the legs of the
animal. The coming of the veterinary
surgeon has been a blessing to the
equine race, for it has led to the in
vestigation and relief of these obscure
causes of suffering.
Australia’# Sheep Industry.
The following table is interesting,
showing the rapid increase of sheep
in Australia during each decade:
1788 . 291
rtfS . 3,902 j
1808 . 10,157
1818 . 170,420
1828 . 1,090,089
1838 . 6,202,430
1848 . 19.382,453
1858 . 17,091,798
1868 . 40,915,817
1878 . 48,063,931
1888 . 79,679,235
1898 .100,470,162
1901 . 92,441,835
(1901 is the last year available.)
Of this number 2,625,855 are in
Western Australia, and 41,857,099 (or
half the total) in New South Wales.
Of this number New South Wales last
year lost 15,000,000 by drought, and
now only has 25,000,000. The total
number of sheep In the world is be
tween 600 and 700 millions.—Journal
of the Department of Agriculture of
Western Australia.
In Favor of Sheep.
The popularity of sheep should be
increased by the fact, if fact it is,
that it takes less food to make 1,000
pounds of mutton with wool on than
to make 1,000 pounds of beef. Sheep
assert this and probably they
ha e some good grounds for believing
it. We would like to hear from our
readers on this point; for we believe
that the question of which makes the
most money is the main one with the
producers of stock. This is not the
only thing that should be considered.
If it takes less than the usual amount
of feed to make 1,000 pounds of mut
ton, it should also be added that the
food used consists, to some extent,
at least, of weeds that are of no value
but a positive detriment in the stock
pasture. A moderate-sized flock of
sheep should therefore prove to be
very profitable.
Soils with very hard subsoils are
most benefited by subsoiling.
Retort Courteous.
At a dinner party the other even- !
ing a callow youth found himself
seated between two young men who
own a merchant tailoring establish- '
ment.
“I—aw—have been placed between
two—aw—tailors, it seems,” remarked
his dudelets.
“Yes,” replied one of the young
men, ‘‘and at the present stage of
the game we have only one goos*
between us.”
Looked the > arL
-i i . T'
The Cop—Yes, sir, yer honor, an' as
I was passing by the corner the pris
oner here, who was blockading de
sidewalk, sprang at me troat and j
struck me wid his fist, and it was only !
by superhuman effort dat I brung him
here.
He Coughed Up.
“Say, dad,” began the senator’s
son, “those big guns that they shoot
torpedoes out of just give a sort of j
cough when they get down to busi
ness, don’t they?”
“Yes.”
“You are a big gun, aren’t you,
dud?”
“They say that I am.”
“Weil, I need a hundred.”
What Did He Mean?
They were exchanging views.
“I wouldn’t run away with any
girl. 1 remember going up to the
old man and asking him for his
daughter. He told me to go to
Hades.”
"And did you go?”
“Well,” he mused hesitatingly and
reflectively, “I married the girl.”—
New Yorker.
A Benefactor.
Weary Walker—I'm ashamed o’
yer! Sawin’ up wood for kindlin’!
• Raison Tatters—Aw, g'on! dis is
locust wood.
Weary Walker—Wat's dat got ter
do wid it?
Ragson Tatters—Why, you chump,
dis is de kind o’ wood dat police
men's clubs is made out of.
Joys of Wedlock.
“We may as well come to an un
derstanding right now,” said the!
angry husband. “It may be hard for
you to bear the truth from me, 1
bat-”
“Indeed it is,” interrupted the pa
tient wife, “I hear it so seldom from
yon.”
Thoughtful, Indeed.
“Van Slick is very thoughtful.”
"How so?”
“Why. he has arranged an auto
matic atomizer on his auto which
sprinkles perfume along the street
and overcomes the odor of the gaso
line-”
Painless.
“Do you believe in the old maxim,
Xo pains, no gains’?”
* Hardly. With me it’s ‘Any pain,
no gain." "
“Indeed! What business are you
at/”
‘Oh, I’m a dentist”
Very Sad.
Deacon Fowler—Ye 6eemed great-*
ly affected at th’ sermon I preached.
Farmer Tenderheart—Yes. Yer chin
went up and down with them whis
kers on, an’ reminded me so much of
our poor dead Billy Goat that I just
burst right out a-cryin* an’ couldn’t
help it
Squirming Out.
“Oh, George!” she exclaimed, bit
terly, “I heard you tell your friend
that you didn’t love me any more.
Boo hoo!”
“Don’t cry, dear,” he whispered ten
derly, “I mean it as a compliment.
Of course I couldn’t love you any
more than I do now."
Touching Story.
Charlie—“Whew, but it was close
In that church festival!”
Tom—“Did you feel relieved when
you got outside.
Charlie—“I should say so. My
pockets were clean.’'
Get Rich Ouick.
Gunner—‘They say Barker has
been married three times. Did he
make any money out of marrying so
often?”
Guyer—“I should say so. He made
as much money out of marrying as a
'!t Joe minister.”
A UNITED STATES SENATOR
Used Pe-ru-na For Dyspepsia With
Great Benefit.
HON. M. C. BUTLER,
Ex-United States Senator From South
Carolina.
EX-U. S. Senator M. C. Butler from
South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In a recent
letter from Washington. D. C., he says:
“/ can recommend Peruna for dys
pepsia and stomach trouble. 1 bare
been using your medicine for a short
period and 1 feel very much relieved.
It Is indeed a wonderful medicine be
sides a good tonic.”—M. C. Butler.
Peruna is not simply a remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna is a catarrh remedy.
Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh of
the stomach.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, fo’-wcbus, O.
Taking Chances on Battle Field.
It is estimated that less than one
In one thousand of the rifle balls fired
in a modern battle hits anybody, and
if one is hit the chance is but one to
five that the wound will be fatal.
Woman Ascends Mont Blanc.
Miss Beatrice Tomasson, an Eng
lish woman, accompanied by guide
Joseph Demarchi, has made a suc
cessful ascent of Mont Blanc, in spite
of a heavy fall of snow.
Never play hat-pin selections. You
may get stuck some.
Care of the Hair.
It is now generally agreed that many of
the shampoos in use are injurious to* the
hair. The best treatment is frequent
brushing and absolute cleanliness. Wash
the hair in a lather of Ivor* Soap suds and
rinse thoroughly. Let the last water be
cool as it closes the pores of the skin and
prevents colds.
ELEANOR R. PARKER.
f36.00 per M. Lewis’ “Single Binder,”
straight 5e cigar, costs the dealer some
more than other 5c cigars, but the higher
price enables this factory to use higher
grade tobacco. Lewis' Factory. Peoria. 111.
The man who is afraid of his em
ployer will no^ give him credit usually
doesn't get much.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel.
Ocean Grove, X. J., Feb. 17, 1900.
A lean argument is better than
a fat lawsuit.—Italian.
Mrs. 'Winslow’s Soot him* Syrup.
For children teething, softens the iniras, reduces ?s
flsmmsuon. allays pain, cures wind co.lo. 25c statue.
The greater lawyer, the worse
Christian.—Dutch.
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Library for Negroes.
Henry Rosenberg, of Galveston.
Tex., bequeathed funds for the erec
tion of a library to be used for ne
groes exclusively. This is said to b«
the first instance of the klad in tbs
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Harvard Memorial Gate.
Senator Penrose was one of the
contributors of the Harvard class at
1881 to a gift of a $10,000 memorial
gate, to be presented on the occasion
of Its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Defiance Starch
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