The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-01
INDUSTRIAL BREvITTRs

obtaining water for their own mso ~ y
10 determine the feasibility Of oett;sN
1t elsewhere on the line Of tha;r r~
as IN other parts of the state TIl
only good supply of water for the dan
ert is brought from the Truckee r;vor
thirty-lVe miles west of the new wal
and is hauled in tank-cars for the sna
ply OF engines and domestic purnnsas
The well is now down over q 1Od feos
but no water has yet been found asa.
from that which is hot or salt TN
work of sinking is, however ho;nu
continued, with the hope of eyentpaIlS
striking a flow of water.
The man who keeps an OK or ~,
until it pines with old age is a donbla
loser by SO doing. 1t invariably coSts
more in food and care to maintain az
old animal than a young one. Az tha
vigor of life fails, digestion is less ner.
feet and assimilation slower and mora
difficult, and the waste is greater. a.
the decline goes on, more and mora
food Is required to produce milk or
meat Old animals can be seldom fat.
tened ut a profit where it requires "a
much more time and food to doll
But their flesh is not equal to animals
in their prime, so there is a loss, both
in quality and cost of producing.
The national interest awakened IN
England by the recent ensilage exhibi.
tion at the Smithfield club cattle show
when samples from all parts of the
kingdom were received, at Che invita-
ton of Mr.. H.. 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 y~oluntarv
evidence of exhibitors and others, and.
by the courtesy Of the agricultural de-
partment of the privy council, viii
sit at Al Parliament street. in a room
placed at the disposal of Mr. Kains.
Jackson by Prof. Brown.
A remarkable occurrence is reported
from Darlington park, England. 1t
| appears that a herd of fifty cattle, be-
longing to Lord Donington, had been
turned into a pasture, where they
were well fed upon hay and olicake.
On two sides of the pasture are woods,
Of which the unaorgrowt III is chiefly
yew, and one night the animals. break
ing through the fence, got among
these plants and ate them. Next
morning alarge number of the herd
! were found lying about under the trees
unable to move, while six were already
dead. ~
The expectation of oysters from
! A NJ arSpa 10 Euro,Nn fu wNs1lv hnanxn
ing a 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 a feature OF our
growing trade with the old world.
Good table oysters have been arriving
during the season at the rate Of several
Thousand barrels a week, and up to
the present time as many, probably,
as thirty thousand barrels have been
received, ST5T #
The recipe for the government har-
ness dressing is as follows: gallon
neats-foot oil. two pounds bayberry tai
low, two pounds beeswax. two pounds
of tallow. Put the above ina pan over q
moderate fire. When thoroughly dis
solved add two quarts of caster-oili
then, while on the fire, stir in one
ounce iamp-black. Mix well a
strain through q hne cloth to remove
sediment; let cool. and you have as
fine u dressing for harness or leather
of any kind as be had.
By an order of the council at New
Zealand, dated Wellington, the zznd
of November last, the introduction Ok
all dogs into the colony from Europe,
Asia, Africa, America, and the islands
of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
oceans, except the Anstralasian colo
MES, is absolutely prohibited. Inc
order, however, will not apply 20
animals shipped from the above namea
countries before the LIST OF June, 1902
Statistics show that the wheat trade
of California, Oregon, and Washing
ton Territory with Europe give en-
ployment annually to more than lou
hundred sailing vessels going rounu
Cape Horn. The average passage LOT
each vessel is about 10000 miles, ID
an average time Of little over four
months.
A farmer in northern Iowa linus
oats and peas cheaper than corr TOT
feeding pigs. He sows two bushel q
Canada peas and one of oats to the
acre, as early in the spring as tne
ground will admit of seeding. nc
begins to cut and feed them as soon -
the peas arc of the size to use lot
cooking. The pigs eat the vines a.
well al the pods. HI !.
Every plant begins life Ike an am
mal--a consumer, not a producer.
Not until the young shoot rises ABOVE
the soil and unfolds itself to the ligns
OF the sun, at the touch Of whose rays
chlorophyl is created, does real con
strnctive vegetation begin. Then inc
plants mode of life is reversedi car
bon Is retained and oxygen is set troe'
IA gentleman in Perry county. III.