The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-29
Industrial Brevities.

Kansas correspondents report apple
buds generally alive, and promising o
fair crop of fruit. Peach buds were
killed by the severe cold in all por-
tons of the state, except in the south
central, where the promise for a full
crop is encouraging. Pears and cher
ries promise an average yield, except
in the extreme northern counties, where
they were damaged considerably
during the winter. Blackberries and
raspberries suffered from freezing, and
will not make an average crop. The
harder varieties of grape promise an
abundant yield in all sections, while
strawberries will make about a half
crop. The prospect for a fruit crop is
much more encouraging than was an
ticipated. Persons living in isolated
regions in the territory are fond of
stating that there are no insects to
trouble fruit, or the trees and vines
that produce it. They seek to convey
the impression that there is something
in the localities where they live that is
untavOrable to insects. This, how
ever, Is not the case. II is only a ques-
ton of time when insects, high taxes,
and paupers will be as common there
as in other places.
Henry Woodford, ~farrier, was pros
ecuted the other day in London by
the Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals for having burnt the
mouth of a horse for ''lampas," which
is an inflammation of the roof of the
mouth caused by teething or a disor-
dered stomach. A witness stated that
he saw the horse held by a switch on
the nose, whilst Woodford was smear
ing the roof of the mouth with q hot
iron. There was a quantity of smoke,
and a frizzling noise arising from the
burning of the flesh, and the animal
was moving its head backward and
forward as If in great pain. The
magistrate dismissed the charge, as
the ~'tevidence showed that veterinary
surgeons were divided in opinion as to
the treatment for lampas."
Mr. A. G. Tichenor, says q London
paper, has lately patented a process by
which a current is passed through
milk contained in a vessel of special
form, and butter is formed in little
balls on one of the electrodes. It is
said that to extract the butter from
forty-fve litres of milk, the current
from a dynamo-electric machine
equivalent to that of about forty Dam
lell cells, for from three TO five min
utes is all hat is required. With such
a current the balls of butter are suffi-
emily voluminous to detach them
selves from the electrode and float to
the surface of the milk but the butter
thus obtained has still to be churned,
SO Is to work the small pieces into a
compact mass.
In filming three butchers, a short
time ago, for selling blown mutton,
Justice Massey, of Brooklyn, made
the following sensible remarks: sit
seems to me that a butcher who sells
diseased met is as guilty as an apoth-
ecary who sells poison. The fact that
the druggist was ignorant of the ma
ture Of the goods be sold would be no
excuse, and If he knowingly sold pois-
on because it cost him less than the
drug asked for he would be guilty Of
q great crime. The same is true of
these butchers. / think they should
not be allowed to sell If they don't
know diseased meat, and should be
severely dealt with If they knowingly
sell it,"
Ii Is often q mystery why vel -built
and carefully-managed houses, espe-
cially in the country, burn down. An
illustration OF unsupported causes was
found by the Sanitary Science club Of
Boston on one Of its visits of inspec-
ton to the houses of the. members.
The cellar had been lathed and plas-
tered, and the wood was allowed to
touch the hot-air pipes of the furnace
in four out of the six places where the
pipes passed through. The aim
seemed 10 be to make as tight q joint
as possible. "a very hot fire could
hardly have failed toehar the laths.
An Endlish paper says: Lord South.
esk's choice herd Of polled cattle was
sold off at Kinnaird last Wednesday
Fair prices were realized, but only
four were sold for the American mar
ket, which were purchased by LORD
I Airlie's factor for Mr.. Lyulph Oglivy's
farm Ia Colorado. Several lots were
) bought by Lord Aberdeen and Lord
! Strathmore for their respective herds.
, The breakup oil the Kinnard farm and
establishment is greatly regretted BY
all classes in Forfarshire.
: Prof. Sheldon says the daily school
7 near Cork has had the effect Of per
. ceptiDiy raising the average OF butter
. in the south Of ireland. A number 81
Young women have been well drilled
! In the principles Of butter-making IL
that valuable institution, and these Ii
. turn have carried the refoym into the