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New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Sweet Cornstalks for Swine.

After several years experiments the
Kirby Homesteader, who keeps large
herd OF hogs, is so convinced OF the
value of the stalks OF sweet corn as
fodder for these animals, as well as
others, that he purposes the present
season to increase his planting OF this
crop. In explanation of the preference,
and by way Of reply to a Western
critic in The Live Stock Indicator, and
as practical suggestions, Colonel Curtis
says:
II shut one of my Victoria boars, a
year old, in a pen and gave him moth
Ing but stalks Of sweet corn and hegot
fat enough to butcher I havefed them
to other lots Of hogs and they grew
finely on them. make them a part
OF the food Of fattening hogs, because
they like them and because | think
they are healthy for them 'Minturn'
may call this an asthetical idea. May
be it is, and this is just the trouble with
most Western farmers, they don have
aesthetics enough. Ihave seen a state
ment that common yellow corn had as
much sugar in the stalk as the sweet
varieties. 1t may be SO, but l do not
believe it. Sorghum has more than
the sweet corn and why should not the
sweet corn have more than the COM
mon, following the same law?
II should be afraid the evergreen
corn would grow too rank on the rich
soils of Kansas, and be too coarse and
bulky to handle good. am SO much
in favor OF sweet corn for hogs and
cattle that this year [ shall double the
area, and plant three varieties, the
earliest for July, the next for August,
and the evergreen for autumn. 1t
should be planted SO as to have, in all
cases, a perfect stalk and as many ears
as possible. Almost always it is SO
thick in the rows as to be immature,
washy and lackingi in sugar. The more
ears the more berfect the development
Of juices and substance, and then it
should be cut for green feeding while
the corn is in the milk. 1t is true,
'Minturn,' that a good acre Of large
growing sweet corn will turn out more
real food than an acre OF any othe,
kind Of grain"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Plea for Sheep Raising.

Have you sheep? If not, get some.
They were never cheaper, and never
better. Don't fret about the "tarif1
on WOOL" It does not concern you in
the least. What you most need just
now is liberal supply of good, sweet,
fresh mutton for your table; let the
wool come in as an incidental" II
you cannot raise the needed money,
trade some Of the side meat hanging in
the smoke house, or two or three OF
the shotes intended for next falls kill
ing-anytning SO as to get the sheep.
We know just what we are writing
about, and we mean it. You ought to
raise every calf, and we are not going
to advise you to ':veaP' single one,
but il you feel that you must, don t
sell it to the butcher. Keep it until
at least five weeks old, make it thor
oughly fat, kill it yourself, and keep
at least one "quarter" for your own
table. Sell the other Quarters" to
some parties who know whatgood veal
is, and are willing to pay for it. You
will get more for them than from the
butcher for the whole calf, have a
weeks good living for yourself out OF
the head, liver, and the other quarter,
and have the hide for the trouble OF
killing. And SO with eggs and poultry;
supply your own table first, and sell
the surplus. OF course sell the '.early
broilers.' Townspeople are willing to
pay high prices for them, and don't
know that the old hen, which they so
much despise, is infinitely better, if
properly cooked, as well as greatly
cheaper. And SO on through the sea-
son. Live better than you have been
doing. Make a point of living as well
as you can. It is your privilege is
your duty to yourself and your family
and you will be better man, a bet
ter citizen and a better farmet forit.-
Col. F. D. Curtis, in Our Country
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
White Dresses this Season,

White is to rage again in dresses this
season, and not a dissenting voice is
heard against it's wear, even from the
chronic croaker who usually croak
anyway. Six out OF ten OF the elegant
toilets made this season are cut with a
round waist. A number are of the
fine-plaited blouse shape. Some are cut
plain, but depend for good effect opon
the pretty and graceful lace fchus, lace
edged nuns folds Of the goods crossed
over the chest, or other like trimmings.
The majority, however, showayoke of
rich call over" embroidery, with sleeves
OF the same. The skirts are made in
endless stylish ways, but no richer tot
let's are seen than those with enlbroid-
cred ruttles alternating with plated
ones Of Oriental lace. or three deep
flounces Of the embroidery alone. a
dress for evening wear, made in the
former fashion, shows bodice open
ing surplice-fashion It is unlined and
reveals an under bodice open in a
square shape, and trimmed with white
lace insertion and edging. The sleeves
are short, but the arms are to be COW
cred to within five inches of these
sleeves by long silk gloves. The train
ed dresses, made wholly OF lace and
net, over Princess-slips OF white silk,
are lovely beyond description. Strings
OF Roman pearls about the throat,
and a garniture OF white half-blown
roses, and palest green MOSES, and
feathery foliage are Questionable ac-
Scessories to these. Sometimes the
white dress is made up over mauve,
turquoise blue, pale green, yellow or
pink foulard or taffetas, and decorated
with ribbons rf1owers to correspond;
but the perfectly white toilet, with
lace trimmings or ribbons Of the same
is considered in more perfect taste,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Summer Drinks.

There is a popular delusion in regard
to Summer drinks, and it is harmful
as leading people to suppose that it is
necessary to drink a much larger
quantity in Summer than it is in the
Winter. Excess Of liquid food is need
ed in the Summer only to replace the
loss of moisture by perspiration from
the skin. But drinking to excess ofany
liquid only increases perspiration and
this then increases thirst. The use of
tobacco in any form in hot weather
encourages thirst because Of the ex-
element OF the salivary glands and
the action OF the tobacco on the
throat. The excessive use of water
and the usual Summer drinks pro-
duces a constant craving formore, and
this causes the most proflse perspir-
alton, which weakens the system,
creates risk Of taking cold, causes chills,
and induces what is wrongly called
malaria, and this too often ends in
typhoid fever OF the equally danger
GUS Summer complaints. Ii one re-
quires drink in the field, water with
some oatmeal in it and a little cream
of tartar is the best.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Breeding Mares-An Opinion.

A correspondent OF Farm, Stock and
Home writes thus: believe that the
farmer at least who has to work his
mares, as most OF US do, through the
spring and summer, should arrange to
have them foal from the 1st to the
18th Of November: Give them warm
box stalls with plenty Of good food,
and with, now and then, light exercise
during the winter; and the colts will
be ready to take care Of themselves in
the spring in a good pasture, while the
mares are readyto en- Ter the springs
work in good heart, and continue so
through the working season. Try it
and see if you do not raise much bet
ter colts. The mares at that time are
in q state Of quiet, and can give their
whole attention to the care Of the
colts. Then, coming from the first to
the 18th OF November, the colts get a
good start before the rigors OF winter
are upon them, and living largely up
on their mothers milk for the first
four months, grow fast and strong,
and are exempt from many OF the ills
attending the nursing season while the
mother is hard at work, through thick
and thin, hot and cold, wet and dry.
This is my opinion only. Now let us
hear from others.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
only relieved by the spray Of flowers
thrust into the belt or mingling with
the fots Of lace on the corsage.

Timely Advice to Young Married People.
'Drivegently over the stones!" This
piece of advise which is frequently
given to inexperienced whips, may be
respectfully suggested to the newly
married. There are stony places on
the road to happiness, which if not
carefully driven over may upset the
domestic coach. The first rock ahead
which should be marked dangerous,
is the first year OF married life. Here,
especially, tits the frsts step that costs;
as a rule, the first year either mars or
makes a marriage. Duringthis period
be brought out OF a horse, as butter
out OF a highly bred Jersey COW, by the
consumption OF enormous quantities
OF food. Excess of food weakens
a working animal and disables it from
work. Itinduces Indigestion, and that
Is worse than spare diet. The daily
ration OF an Arabian horse, which car
ries it's rider 100 miles in a day is
six pounds of parched barley,
while the rider eats only a handful OF
dates. The Arab and his horse are
both wiry and sinewy, and muscular
animals, without fat or useless flesh.
The same principle should be followed
in feeding farm horses. A rigid rule
should be adopted for feeding, and if q
horse is worked extra hard upon any
occasion, it should berestored by rest
and not by the use of more food than
it can digest, especially when the sys~
tenn is weakened by the overwork.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Benefit of Thing Wet Lands.

There is quite broad belt OF terri
tory in Iowa, on the divide between the
Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers,
that in a rainy season is too wet for
cultivation, except where there isgood
natural drainage. The soil is black,
clay loan from three to five feet deep,
underlaid with an almost impervious
clay subsoil. At times the soil will be
so full Of water as to allow cattle and
horses to sink ten inches in passing
over an upland meadow; while one
third OF all the land can not be work
ed in wet seasons. The water so read
lily passes through the soil that a few
tile drains properly located will render
alarge territory comparatively dry.
These lands, when tiled, are among
the best in the State for agriculture.
Thing has not decreased the flow OF
springs, but has greatly increased
their number by forming tile-springs,
thousands OF which are utilized for
watering stock It has not apparent
~ decreased the supply Of water inthe
wells. 1t has diminished the number
and extent OF freshets by substituting
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
When Not to Propose.

A lady correspondent gives the fol-
lowing instructive hints on the all i'm
portant subject of popping the ques-
ton:
"Never propose to a girl who has been
out driving the day or the evening be-
fore with another man. Women have
not the versatility Of men, and cannot
as readily turn from one object to an
other. Never proposeto q woman who
has recently rejected some one else.
Woman is naturally sympathetic, and
in refusing proffered love she instinct
lively, almost unconsciously, devotes
herself to life ofcelibacy. Sheshould
be carefully watched until the re-
action takes place, and then she be-
comes even better prepared than be-
fore to lend attention to a declara-
ton. II she has been engaged and the
relation has been dissolved, the lover
may even be a little careless in the
selection of his time. To q girl once
engaged all engagement becomes a
necessity, and she is prepared at al
most any moment to listen favorably
to an advantageous proposition. To
propose to a girl in her own home is
madness, and if the excursion fails the
inevitable deduction is that for such a
girl the evening is the only time that
promises any possibility Of success.
1t is a work OF supererogation to dwell
on evening declarations. Every man
understands them, and he has only to
make the most cursory examination
as to the health OF the subject before
intrusting his ambition to words
be-DemOcrat.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Some Timely Recipes.

The following recipes, the value OF
which has been proven by frequent
trial, says the Baltimore Sun, will be
worth bearing IN mind, now that the
hot weather is here, and drowning
cases and sunstrokes will very likely be
as numerous as usual
In cases of persons apparently
drowned they should be laid gently
down, their wet clothing quickly torn
off and dry blankets wrapped all
around them. Then artificial respira-
ton should be made by bringing the
arms away from the sides, bringing
the elbows up together above the
head, pushing the arms down again
and around so that the elbows meet
over the pit Of the stomach, and so
on at the rate Of about sixteen times
in a minute AS the arms are brought
down gentle but firm pressure should
be made on the stomach just below
the end of the breast bone.
In cases OF heat or sunstroke lay the
person in cool, shady place. Loosen
his clothing. Let the bystanders rub
the arms and legs with pieces OF ice
wrapped in towels until the excessive
heat Of surface is allayed. Give TWEEN
ty drops Of aromatic spirits OF harris
horn in a little water every twenty
minutes or half hour. No effort to
raise or walk should be allowed until
the person is, quite restored. Harris
horn is said to be better than brandy
in cases of sunstroke.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
How to Prevent Malaria.

Malaria, that scourge in so many
localities, may be averted by planting
forest trees, sunAowers or shrubs of
rapid growth. This poison is said to
be some gas, and that which may be
supposed at least q constituent Of it,
because found in almost every COM
pound gas, is carbon, either as carbonic
acid or carburetted hydrogen. AL
though the effects OF these gases, when
pure, do not correspond exactly to
those OF malaria, there is no doubt
that long Inhalation Of them or their
compounds in the air will injure the
health, and perhaps may produce the
effects of malaria. Many well-proved
facts tend to show that malaria is
decomposed by vegetation, and thus
another analogy to the compounds Of
carbon is established. The interest
ing experiments Of Lieutenant Maury
with sunhowers, by which the
malaria, before prevalent was
completely excluded from the OBJ
servatory at Washington, showed that
a plant growing rapidly, though not
very high, was an efectual protection.
These experiments were formed on OBJ
servations accumulated during the
last century, and recorded in most
works on malarious diseases, nearly
all Of which tend to show further the
analogy Of malaria to carbonic acid
gas. It is heavier than the air; set
ties and accumulates in low places; is
absorbed in passing over rivers (car-
ried by wind); also by growing vegeta-
ton; abounds most in spring and fall
when that growth is dormant, and is
always considered q product of vege-
table decomposition. In newly-culti-
waited countries the hot sun hastens
decomposition, and the heavy malaria
lies near the surface, because there is
not sufficient vegetation to absorb it,
and no wind to carry it away or diff
fuse it through the higher air where
the tree-tops would dose. Forests and
trees are among natures great purifi-
ers Of the air, and as such should be
everywhere protected and cultivated.
Ben: Perley Poore, in Boston Guilt
vator.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05

them both. Here was certainly conf
dence. It struck me that the young
ladies were exceedingly vivacious, as
they kept upa constant litter, and
.their murmurings OF soft nothings were
somewhat embarrassing to my sensl-
tive nature. Twas just beginning to
congratulate myself on having so much
confidence reposed IN me by my host
when what was my astonlshment TO
see the young man dragging a mattress
into the doorway and making ms htu
there. AS he was going to lie down he
drew forth a large-sized six-shooter,
and, placing it under his pillow, lay
down to sleep. was virtually under
arrest. There he lay between me and
liberty All my dreams OF confidence
were instantly knocked into a cooked
hat. was not sorry when the sun
arose the next morning.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Cutting and Curing Clover.

Good, well-cured clover is good food,
especially for sheep; but when black
and dusty it is hardly fit to place be-
fore stock. Under ordinary circum-
stances it can be had sweet, clean and
bright, as we'll as otherwise. II the
mower is started in the morning, run
it until noon or later, and rake and
put up the clover in cocks before YOU
quit the field at night. It will cure al
most as much there during the night,
by heating, as in the daytime, and it
will leave the blossoms and leaves all
intact; exposure to hot sun causes
them to fall off, leaving only the bare
stalks to go to the stack or NOV.
Early in the morning, when the dew is
off, turn out the cocks, shake up the
clover once or more before dinner, and
Immediately after it will be ready for
the barn. Some prefer to NOW late in
the afternoon, letting the clover lie in
swath over night, to be stirred, raked
and hauled i'll the following day; but
if a heavy dew or rain falls during the
night, the hay will be black and stock
will eat it less eagerly. Caps ofcotton
cloth can be used to good advantage
to cover the clover when in cocks.
Near the cities clover is often sold
in small bundles to be fed to city
horses as a kind OF q desert or al
Tentative. It can be made highly
profitable to any one conveniently
situated.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05

spend more money than they
receive. Teach them that a cali
co dress paid for fits better
than a silken one unpaid for. Teach
them that a full, healthy face displays
a greater luster than fifty cosmetic
beauties. Teach them to purchase,
and to see that the account CORES
pounds with the purchase. Teach
them good common sense, elfhelp and
industry. Teach them that an honest
mechanic in his working dress is a bet
ter object of esteem than a dozen
naughty, finely-dressed idlers. Teach
them gardening and ..the pleasures Of
nature. Teach them, ifyoucan afford
it, music, painting, ETC., but to consider
them as secondary objects only. Teach
them that the happiness OF matri-
mony depends neither on external ap-
pearances nor on wealth, but on the
mans characterized Blade.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Farmers Paragraphs.

The folly OF storing farm products
when the price is already high enough,
is shown in the fact that lot of two
hundred bales ofhops, ofthe year 1882,
We're recently sold at Sheriffs sale at
Schenevus, n. Y, at five to seven cents
ger pound. The year they were har-
vested they would have sold for up
wards of dollar a pound.
A hen is mature at 2 years, and in
Che third year begins to get old and is
past her prime. Some hens will live
up to 10 years and lay freely, but
there are few so long lived. AS a. rule
1t is best to keep only young hens and
Kill off all in the third year, supplying
their places with the best OF the pull
lets. The surplus fowls then go to
market in their best condition for the
sable and bring the highest prices.
The greatest incentive to growth of
grass is to fertilize the lawn freely.
Autumn application OF old rotted
manure, to be raked off the following
spring, after the strength has been
conveyed to the soil, will bring best
results; next to it in efficiency is ground
bones with the addition ofground gyp-
s:sR,n, sown broadcast early in the sea-
Som The latter is superior in one re-
:spect-more lasting; it's effect is plainly
91iscernible for several years. .Unlesch-
ed Wood-ashes is always in order as a
topdressing; very invigorating to
growing grass.
Portions OF California are suffering
from visitations OF grasshoppers,
<.reared by heglorious climate" The
San Francisco Chronicle says: cit
would not be pitching the present
article III an alarming key to say that
a large portion OF the foothill region is
not only threatened, but is being de-
vastated by such swarms Of grass
1loppers that they amount to nothing
short of a plague. The grain crop,
which only promised about half a yield
before, is now likely to be utterly
ruined" In Grass Valley the insects
are eating the peaches down to the
pits.
Mr.. A. S. Parker communicates to
The Connecticut Farmer these items
of late planting: Zone Of our best
farmers plants squashes June 10 and
not before, for he says the stalk-borer
does not touch late-planted squashes.
Another successful grower plants them
the 18th OF June. A farmer, whose
planting ground is meadow, remarked
the other day, Tllrisk having corn if I
don't get it in till the 18th Of June;
and he always has good corn. We
plant peas and sweet corna at intervals
of about two weeks until July l, and
thus have q supply for the table, be
side we nearly fatten our hogs onsweet
corn cut up at the roots, and we al
ways have good pork
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-08-05
Bees Swarm on a Mans Head.

Baltimore American: Mr.. J. B,
Runkle, merchant at Mount Airy,
Carroll County, has number of bee
hives in the rear of his house. The
bees have been quite lively tor the last
few days, and the odor OF the locust
blossoms has had the effect Of draw
ing out the families from every hive.
Recently the bee family of one of the
hives took a notion to Swarm" Mr.
Runkle said they were Italian bees.
They got up into the air in a knot and
buzzed around. They seemed a little
choice about lighting spot. There
was no place around that suited them.
and they buzzed away little longer
Mr.. Charles D. Landerkin, telegraph
operator, had been to dinner and was
coming back to his office. He had to
pass right underline bees. 1t occurred
to the bees that Mr.. Landerkin's head
would be good place to sit on, and
they began descending. When the first
bee struck his live end just under Mr..
!4anderkln>s hat-rlm helumped several
feet and quickened his pace. He was
not quick enough though, and several
hundred bees landed on him in a lump,
and the balance OF the swarm Were
preparing to do the same thing. Mr..
Landerkin ran, and with his hands
scraped the bees from his hair and face
Mr.. George Grouse, who was coming
down the hill behind Mr.. Landerkin.
seemed to offer an attractive landing
place for the bees, too, and humble,
OF them landed on him. He did not
fare as badly as the operator. Mr..
Landerkln was SO severely stung by
the bees that he tainted, and DIR. 3. ii
Todd was called to attend him. Hi:
face was terribly swollen, and he was
suffering severe pain. Mr.. Runkle sale
that one OF the bees struck him on the
side OF the head and knocked him
nearly ten feet up a grade