Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-01-30
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the covers are spread, turn down the up
per sheet and all above it, leaving gen
erous margin below the bolster. Some
people, you know, pull all the covers
straight up to the top aud lay the boil
ster upon them, SO that when bedtime
comes the bed must be re.arra2ged at
the head. Boys don't like this wav, and
perhaps some other folks don't, either,
1t is the custom to pile two big, square
pillows on top of the bolster, and then
put on two pillow.shams and then,
sometimes, or perhaps before the
plllow-shams, sheet-sham. This is
setting q trap for the unwary. Only a
remarkably careful woman is equal to
the task of getting off all the " inery :"
properly. Why not almost, if not alto
gether, abolish shams of all kinds? Why
not honestly take off the big, square
pillows and supply every bed with a
comfortable bolster to take the place of
pillows? If you like adornment en-
broider or decorate the sheets and slips
themselves without any make believe.
Silk, lace and the like seem out of place
on bed, which should suggest repose.
Imagine big boy with boots on fling.
ing himself into the midst of fairy Gre
alton of pink satin and torchon!
Let beds be what they look like, and
let them look like what they are-real
resting places.-Philadelaohia Press.
Feeding Cattle.
1t has been claimed that the methods
of breeding and feeding cattle have been
SO much improved of late years that the
period of maturity has been hastened
more than one-half. That is, sheep or
pig which matured at 8 years or a
steer which was ready for slaughter at
years formerly is now ready for the
butcher at less than half these ages.
Pigs are said to be ready for pork at
months, wethers for mutton at 20
months, and 2-year- old steer is ready
for the block at that age. It is to be
feared that these claims are greater than
can be justly allowed. No doubt some
animals by excessive forcing are made as
fat and reach as heavy a weight at these
premature ages as others used to do in
tNi ice the time, but it is q question il
this forcing is profitable either to the
feeder or to the consumer. On the one
hand, an animal is forced to consume as
much food in two years as was formerly
spread over four years, SO that on the
whole there is no gain but in time, while
on the other hand the consumer has
very immature or half-grswn meat,
which is devoid of favor and nutritive
quality, and the meat is overloaded with
fat, which is waste. Physiologically il
is q matter of doubt if the muscular
growth of an animal can really be hast.
ened by any process of feeding. Fat
can be produced, no doubt, hut fat is a
diseased condition of the system, and an
excessively fat animal would soon die
under continued feeding. But if we ex.
anime the meat of one of these young
overgrown animals, it is found to be in
very great disproportion to the fat. II
is quite common, for instance, for the
8 months old pigs which weigh SOC
pounds to be turned wholly into the lard
kettle because the few pounds of flesh
under the fat is not salable or useful az
food. On the whole, it certainly does
appear as if we had carried the forcing
system of feeding to an Improbable ex:
IRENE. Every year the losses of swine
by disorders clearly traceable to over.
feeding increase in number, and al
though we are told that the dreaded dis.
eases have been overcome and have dis.
appeared, yet the feeding season nc
sooner begins again when the hog chol.
era breaks out as plentifully as at any
time before. It is q question if we car
safely follow English precedents in this
respect of forcing animals to prematur
ity: Certainly, if we are to suffer the
pains and penalties, the diseases and
losses among our live stock, which Eng
lish farmers are complaining Of, it II
| very clear that we can not afford TO dc
it and had better make haste more slow.
y.-N. Y. Times.