Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-01-09
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The eleventh annual convention of
the state Association of the Agricultur-
al Societies of Michigan will be held at
the state capitol at Lansing, commenc-
ing Wednesday evening, January 80,
1884, with opening addresses at 7 P. M,
All agricultural, horticultural, and kind
red societies are entitled to representa-
ton, and are urgently requested to send
three or more delegates. A cordial in
vitat1on is also extended to any and all
persons not officially connected with any
society, who are interested in agricui-
ture and its development, to attend this
meeting.
AND now it is declared that the use Of
boraclc acid as food preventative is in
curious to health. DR.. Foster, of Am
sterdam, sRys that 1t appears that the
addition OF boracic acid to the food leads
to an increased discharge from the in
testlnes Of albuminOus substances which
come mostly from the food taken, This
effect cannot be considered as a favor
able one, to say the least. Iffurther ex-
perlence give the same result, it will fol-
low that boracic acid is not as well fitted
Tor preserving articles of food as is gen
orally believed. It will, moreover, be
necessary to be especially cautious about
the addition of the acid to milk which is
to be used by young children The
board of health of Brooklyn, N.Y., have
Just forbidden the sale In that city of a
food-preserving preparation which Is
said to be largely composed of that sub
stance. I.H ~ EaE l .- SO"
ITALY will not be very formidable
competitor in the grain markets of the
ensuing year. The report of the crops
of 1888 show that of wheat Italy har-
vested As, 166, 900 hectoliters, or 128,-
l35, 900 bushels, which was about 80 per
cent OF medium crop. This is the third
consecutive year in which the wheat
crop of Italy has fallen below the aver
age production, the SHORTAGE In these
three years having amounted to 90, IT'S,
800 hectoliters, or about 60,258, $40
bushels, 'deficits so much the more de
plorable and dolorous," says the report,
. seeing that the medium production of
wheat with us is estimated in the poor
and shameful proportion. of TO- rs hectic.
liters per hectare-about 12I bushels
per acre. Nor better fortune had the
wheat production in the various other
European states" .,,. II.
DIR. STURTRvANT says that there is no
arguing upon taste, as what may be
found most palatable to one person may
be little relished by another. To his
liking Ayrshire milk is the most palata-
BILE of all milks, shut. Jersey cream is
more palatable tome than Ayrshire milk,
and I prefer jersey cream thinned with
milk to anything in the milk line. One
meal day [ make upon crackers and
cream, and myself and family find milk
one of the most satisfactory of foods.
When we regard cheapness, palatabil1ty,
and completeness of nutriment, milk
stands preeminent among foods, and Its
consumption could be proftabIy and
pleasurably increased fve-fold. While
supplying New England village with
milk some years ago-a village of we'll
TODD people-my surprise was very
great to find that the average consump-
ton was just one pint daily to the fam
| lily, a quantity less than is consumed by
one in my own family. But, to the pub
lie, milk seems to hold the phenomenal
position of the cheapest of foods used as
a luxury"