The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-02-19
TISlTD LUTERNE.s

tlClo lOI Tile ADVANCE, J. embrace the
present opportunity while the wind
roars and the snow flies out of doors. to
write you Il brief account of my recent
visit to Lu Verne. Having been re.
quested by the Presiding Elder of the
District to attend tile Quarterly Meet
ing for him, started on Friday morn
ing the 5th and while you in Worthine-
ton were enjoying \ panic, thinking
that you were about to have the
worst storm of the season, was
enjoying Il horseback ride across the
beautiful prairie toward the sunset
ting. These are fine undnlating pr:.i-
ries and one is impressed as he rides
over them that there is room for a good
m my people here.
Lu Verne is reached at five O'Clock
P. NJ. and kind Christian people give
us Il hearty welcome. This is my third
visit to Lu Verne, twice as a sub-Pre-
siding Elder and once us the L. E s COZ:
panion i'll travel, and l ;.nl not there
fore surprised to find OH Saturday after
noon 4 congregation of sixty persons,
Notwithstanding it was known before
hand that 50 poor Il preacher as the
writer WAS expected to be the speaker.
We had thirteen as intelligent neil in
Quarterly Conference AS it has been
my fortune to meet anywhere east or
west. They seem to- regard Quarterly
Meeting Il little after the old Methodist
style as being Of sufficient Importance
and interest to he worth paying some
attention to, hence they had come
eight to fifteen miles to attend. A
full house gave us 4 patient hearing on
Saturday evening, and about fifty en-
joyed Ill excellent Love Feast on Sun-
day morning. A crowded house greet
ed us 1T eleven O'Clock n. NJ. and after
sermon, when told that ten dollars was
needed to meet the claim of the Pre-
sid ing Elder, they very promptly con-
triDuted $l2,65. Nearly fifty partook
of the Sacrament. On Sunday night
we had Il full house and several asked
the prayers Of the church. Rev. l.. II.
Brunson. the pastor, and the only mini
lister laboring in the county is evident
ly popular and is doing good work.
The Methodists of Rock county are
of the intelligent, earnest and true
type. Indeed, was very favorably inn
pressed wi Ii the people generally and
if they will but dispense with the little
that they are now doing i'll the saloon
business, which they contemplate do
ing; Wortl,ington will need to look to
her laurels. They have a fine country,
probably as we'll adapted to wheat
raising us any part of Minnesota.
They feel the Inconvenience of being
so far from the railroad, but are in
lulging hopes that their Inconvenience
is only temporary.
Having preached four times, and en-
joyed Il very pleasant Quarterly Meet
ing |, on Monday morning, turned my
face homeward, where | arrived safely
i'll time to be present at, and enjoy the
very interesting and encouraging I'm
ion Meetings at the Congregational
Church on Monday evening.
There is perhaps Il little jealousy of
Worthingten on the part of. surroud-
ing county towns,> which is not sur
prsi':g. but little more friendly i'll
tercourse among tile people will correct
t lis, except so much as is necessary to
promote 4 sufficient amount of healthy
competition. J. WLEWIs.
HOME, Feb. 10th, 1875.
FLAX EED AND STRAW FOR ANIMAL
EOOD.
We find in the Chicago Inter-Ocean
4 letter from DR.. G. X. Pattei ON,
whose home is on t e Honeywell Fam,
near Wabash, Indiana, on the above
subject. This letter will have adtli-
tional interest to our readers when it
is known That DR.. Patterson las been
i'll correspond, nee with the Colony
Company, AID that he has had in con-
nli,E.llvn d removal to the National
Colony. We can assure the III. that
it there is i. region i'll the West adapted
to Flax culture, it is Southwestern
Minnesota. the letter is rs follows
AS it may be interesting to some
farmers ~ klluW the properties of flax
Us ali.nAi food compared with other
suuo....,ces, | give results for l,VV
pounds us IL base, hoping every farmer
who ti.hts Lle H. ttr-Octail viii give it
Il careful reading. heterogeneous mat
tefs are termed flesh forming, blood,
liesu, cellular tissues Of animals c;lrbo-
i'y drs.l. S, fat forming, starch, sugar,
gum, etc.; crude fiber Is waste sub
st;.l4c< >. dung, &C.; mineral matter,
pilOstlitLes, silica, lime, potash, soda
lllaA liesI:t these last form the skeleton
or frame of the animal.
Here follows Il table in which the DIR.
shows that ~o.ll and Fodder contain as
follows to each 1000 pounds: Flesh,
Ill; rat, 7S9; Crude Fiber, 1O2; Miner
al, 80; Water, $50. Flax Seed and Straw
Contain Flesh, 3S6; Fat, 900; Crude
Fiber, 365; Mineral, ia; Water, 49,
Ed.
From THIS analysis it is plain to see
that lax Is better than corn, and flax
straw Is nucn to be preferred to corn
fodder. l could continue this analysis
through AL animal food, but my object
is only to correct the one error i'll ref
erellce to flax rs food.
Many persons contend that raising