The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-07
INDUSTRIAL BREvITIES


well, not alone for the satisfaction Of
obtaining water for their own use, but
to determine the feasibility Of getting
it elsewhere on the line Of their road.
as i'm other parts Of the state. The
ert is brought from the Truckee river.
thirty-five miles west Of the new well,
and is hauled in tank.c ears for the sup
ply Of engines and domestic purposes.
The well is now down over 2, 100 feet,
but no water has yet been found, aside
from that which is hot or salt. The
work Of sinking is, however. being
continued, with the hope Of eventually
striking flow Of water.
The man who keeps an OK or COW
until it pines with old age is a double
loser by SO doing. 1t invariably costs
more in food and care to maintain an
old animal than young one As tho
vigOr Of life fails. digestion is less per-
feet and assimilation slower and more
difficult. and the waste is greater. As
the decline goes on, more and moro
food is required to produce milk or
meat. Old animals can be seldom fat
tened at a profit where 1t requires SO
much more time and food to do it.
But their flesh Is not equal to animals
in their prime. so there is q loss, both
in quality and cost Of producing.
The national interest awakened in
England by the recent ensilage exhibit
ton at the Smithfield club cattle show,
when samples from all parts Of the
kingdom were received, at the invita-
ton Of MIR. II. Kains-JacksOn, has
prompted that gentleman to take
measures for the formation Of an en-
Siege commission. 1t will meet early
in the spring to receive the voluntary
evidence Of exhibitors and others, and.
by the courtesy If the agricultural de-
partment of the privy council. will
sit 1T a Parliament street. in room
placed ut the disposal Of Mr.. Kains-
jackson by Prof. Brown.
A remarkable occurrence is reported
from bennington park. England. 1t
appears that herd Of fifty cattle, be-
longing to Lord bennington. had been
turned into pasture. where they
were well fed upon hay and oilcakc.
On two sides Of the pasture are woods,
Of which the underground is chiefly
yew. and one night the animals, break
ing through the fence. got among
these plants and ate them. Next
morning a large number Of the herd
were found lying about under the trees
unable to move. while six were already
dead.
The expectation of oysters from
America to Europe is rapidly bccOln-
ing business Of Importance. The
figures have been steadily increasing
during the last six or seven years until
they have attained dimensions worthy
of being chrOnicled AS q feature ot our
growing trade with the old world.
Good table oysters have boon arriving
during the season Mt the rate Of several
thousand barrels a week, and up to
the present time as many. probably,
as thirty thousand barrels have been
received,
The recipe for the government har-
ness dressing is rs follows: one gallon
ncats-fOOt oil. two pounds aybcrry tai
low, two pounds beeswax. two pounds
of tallOw. Put the above in a pan over
moderate fire. When thoroughly dis
solved add two quarts Of caster-Oil;
then, while on the fire, stir in ono
ounce lamp-black. Mix well and
strain through a Tine cloth to remove
sediment; let cool. and you have as
fine dressing for harness or leather
of any kind as can be had.
BY an order Of the council at New
Zealand. dated Wellington, the 22nd
of November last. the introduction OF
all dogs into the colony from Europe,
Asia, Africs. America, and the islands
Of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
oceans, except the Australasian colo
MES. is absolutely prohibited. The
order. however, will not apply to
animals shipped from the above named
countries before the LIST of June, 1885.
Statistics show that the wheat trade
Of California, Oregon. and Washing
ton Territory with Europe give en-
ployment annually to more than four
hundred sailing vessels going round
Cape Horn. The average passage for
each vessel is about 5000 miles, in
an average time Of little over four
months.
A farmer in northern Iowa finds
oats and peas cheaper than corn for
feeding pigs. He sOws two bushel OF
Canada peas and one Of oats to the
acre, as early in tho spring as the
ground will admit Of seeding. He
begins to cut and feed them as soon Al
the peas are Of the size to use for
cooking. The pigs cat the vines as
well as the pods.
Every plant begins life like nm ami
mal-a consumer, not producer.
Not until the young shoot rises above
the soil and unfOlds itself to the light
of the sun, at the touch Of whose rays
chlOrOphyl is created, does real con-
structive vegetation begin. Then the
plants mode of life is reversed; car
bon is retained and oxygen Is set free.