The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-21

'ne mhhlf'lu, causing thlS dread dis-
ease.
Timber for Butter Tubs.
Prot. Arnold said. n, III, last meeting
III the American Dairy mems As.ocia.
ton
There - no timber like white oak for
butter. II has very little sap. imparts
no unpleasant flavor. and Ia the third
place the grain Is tighter than any other
wood. These thrc. reasons make II
n of the least objectionable for pack.
ing purposes. II tn. tub l. propcrl,
prepared you may use ash or almost
any timf~r. First soak them In cold
brine; then ia boiling hot, brine. You
Yll tins soak out all tn. flavor at III,
wood. have heated butter nfkins
with steam. inserting a rubs.r hose
through a hole in one end Of IN. trkin.
and connecting IL with the boiler. The
no, steam being turned In. the wood
will swell and the steam will push IT,
way through the joints and pores,
by letting u stand fifteen minutes IN.
sap will bc taken out. but tina, don't
do everything. You want Ia an the
pores so full Of salt that the air can not
; penetrate through aud act on the but
ter next to the wood. but by soaking
them in boiling brine they bccom. II
fectually saturated and impervious To
air. A gentleman of my acquaintance
packed some In tubs thus prepared in
1873. and kept IL tin 1873. when IL was
good and sweet. aud that ri the edge
OF the firkin was as sweet ~ IL was
any where.
- Agricultural GslwcmGIsa.
To farm proiitably u must think
correctly aud correct thought comes
from reflection and training. II l. the
veriest folly To expect from the recent
graduate n trained experience; but ".
should ask for n trained mind which
can quickly receive the teachings 81
experience. and ht for profitable uses.
We do rot ask. for our part. for our
Soliegcs To graduate practical farmers;
we but ask that they graduate men
educated Ia act from principles. and to
think correctly. and in whom tn. charm
Ut n country lii. and the possibilities
81 u farming career have taken root
When farming, practical farming, has
the ~ npaihies Of an educated class ~
mes. there IL everything 10 be hoped
When men trained To think, and whose
thought in trained 10 take expression
ia action, enter upon the arena II "A
farming life. the possibilities Il our
soil and location xrs Ia becorne devsi. \
oped to an extent little realized. A
class Of educated farmers means great
er opportunities for the common lar.
mer. whose education has been derived
from toilsotne experience and the sDn-
f'ict 81 trials. IL NEAR better aud
more practical lectures, u high-toned
agricultural pres., the EXCLUSION Of
'Rad-beats from agricultural influence.
aud y healthier ;one In ngriculturr
generally. Education brings self
respect, and seh-respect draws To iisclf
the respect NJ others.--Ex.
TIE old .ss.hisseA PsmpLis.
This good. oid-fAshioned vegetable,
so losg and favorably known In New
England. a'most ind -pensable In IN.
culinary and domestic department. has
OF late years been degcnerating through
negligence or other auscs. Other veg
etables have been substituted and made
To supply it, place in whole or In part.
80 Tar n the writer's taste ~ concern.
ed, IN old-fashion.d New England
pumpkin pie. rightly msde, has not il
Superior in any of its modern susssi-
tutes. May e~uitivstors rate this veg.
etAhle too low, entirely, as food for
mich "'ws, swine and cattle. I can re-
the time vh~n pork Wa pTincipal.
" eade by feeding boiled psmpkin.
and POTATOES. with the addition IL a
small quantityof groand grain or bran.
ana Toe pork Was - sweet and good.
- spent AZ ~ell. AZ n ". get now
Mays fed o exclusively On cora and
when fed Ia mich COW. they give
good returns In the milk pail and rich
, yello@ butter for The marie, Also in
iaitening beef this was IN important
item at iced. The greatest objection Is