The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-02

since it is the moderately-fed and not
overfatted beast which meets the con
sumer's views, rather than the animal
which takes the prize at fat-stock shows.
Peter Henderson. one 0 f.the best a,l-
thorities upon market gardening, highly
recommends the white plume celery,
the stalks, inner leaves and heart of
which are naturally white, which fact
makes unnecessary the costly work of
banking the celery to bleach it. In APP
pearance the white plume is very orna-
mental, as the inner leaves are disposed
something liks an ostrich feather or
plume, which suggested it's name. tits
said to be crisp, solid, and of fine flavor,
but not as long keeping as the old green
sorts, its tenderness and crispness caus-
ing it to rot ocner
Here is a practical idea, in u few words,
from a correspondent of the Poultry
Yard:-I make saw benches for roosts
that is, 1 take 2x4 scantling and nail
legs to them of the length to suit space
and breed. These, as you will at once
see, can he moved at pleasure when
cleaning droppings, or for any other
reason that may present itself; but the
best part of it is as regards lice. Every
week | take my kerosene can and go to
the hen house, carefully pick up and
carry ont of doors my SAW benches,
pour the kerosene on them, and touch
it off; the flame will quickly run over
every part of it. and go without burn
ing the wood, but every mite or nit
that would have made one, you are rid
OF forever. l huve followed this plan
for some time, and have no trouble with
lice.
Animals kept up should be stined
rather than allowed all they will
eat. Eating and digesting are two diff
herent things-a fact l learned Ions ago,
with reference to myself, and which |
apply with advantage to my live stock.
There have just been new illustrations
OF it on the farm. Acrippled Jersy cow,
which is always kept in a box-stall and
waited on, had a continuous diarrhna,
and was running down. After wonder
ing why this was SO n careful inspection
of her eXcrement revealed the fact that
she was over fed. The diarrhpa was the
natural result of the INABILITY of the
stomach to digest the meal. Reducing
this food one-half arrested the trouble.
II. Stewart, in Che New York Times,
speaking in regard to cattle getting
choked with roots or apples, says:
Sometimes a tablespoonful of sweet
oil, melted lard OF linsesd oil poured
down the throat will make it easy to
work the obstacle up or down. If not
the safest thing is at once to take n
sharp, small knife and to cut down
not across-the gullet. directly over the
obstruction, first through the skin and
muscle and then through the gullet, and
make Il slit large enough to remove the
piece of root. This is safer than to
force anything down the throat to push
the root down into the stomach. The
cut is drawn together by two or three
separate stitches in the gullet and us
many as may be needed in the skin,
leaving the ends hanging ont of the
wound, SO they may be drawn out when
the edges of the wound have united.
This is u perfectly safe operation, and
is, of course, effective, without injury
being done"
Some recently complied dairy statis-
ties may prove interesting: About 81
coo 900, 900 is invested i'll the dairy bust
ness of the United States; Is, O00, 900
cows supply the milk. and it takes Co.
0oo 900 acres of land to feed them, and
100000 men and LOCO, 900 horses to at
tend to them and the milk they pro-
duce. These COWS and horses consume
annually 80, 900 900 tons of hay, 90, OOO,-
600 bushels of cornmeal and oatmeal,
215, 900 900 bushels of oats and various
other grains, the total cost of which is
about $500, 900, 900 per year., while the
hired help costs S16s, 600 900. The
yearly return for this investment is g.
1904 900 900 gallons of milk. which. ut
all average of twelve cents per gallon,
would bring sSl0,000 900.