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Morris tribune., 1886-07-07

Cooperative Insurance by farmers,
the entire management in their hands,
takes in $75 zoo, 900 in New York and
meets losses as surely as any other
kind of insurance, while the average
cost is not half as much.
Morris tribune., 1886-07-07

King Theebaw had a gold cuspido1
which it took two men to lift.
Morris tribune., 1886-07-07

"drive your work." Do not let "your
work drive you."-Farm Stock and
Home.
Morris tribune., 1886-07-07

from the following celebrated bulls:
Oxford Geneva, (who is at
the head of the herd), Count
Butterfly the second, Figdets
of Hilhurst, Lord Lieutenant
and seventh Duke of Hilhurst.
Among them are fifteen fine
young bulls fit for service.
Correspondence may be addressed
to MR.. B. S. BULL, Prest. Min
nesota Agricultural Co., Kasota
Block, Minneapolis, or J. M. DICK
INSON, Supt., Hancock, would
be pleased to show them to callers.
Morris tribune., 1886-07-07

The Rural is asked by a correspon-
dent if potatoes are good for food for
mich cows. Perhaps we can hardly
call it good, but is better than moth
ing at all of the kind. 1t causes a
large flow of milk, but it does not
improve the quality. Every farm
grows potatoes however, and few of
them in winter might be fed to the
COWS with advantage to their general
health. There are always potatoes
that could be spared for such a pur-
pose. But they are not what we
should have for the purpose named.
If it was difficult to grow roots we
might consent to take up with in
ferior roots and tubers for feeding
purposes. But it is not difficult, and
we repeat what we have many times
said that every farmer who reads The
Rural and Stockman ought to grow
some roots tor feeding purposes. We
are so firmly impressed with the inn
portance of this subject that we very
naturally cannot see how anyone can
fail to be impressed with it. When
we think of the sickness that is
caused by feeding so much dry food
in winter, we are filled with anxiety
to do something to arouse everyone
we can reach to the Importance of the
matter.-Western Rural.
Morris tribune., 1886-07-07

Barley is the richest in ash of all
grains, which is due probably to Its
hull. It Is followed by oats, the ker-
mel of which is said to be richer in
ash than that of barley. In oil, oats
are ahead of corn by about 2 per cent,
and far ahead of all other cereals. In
sugar, barley and rye are superior,
oats comparatively rich and corn is
the poorest in this composition. Oats
are the least starchy of all the cereals.
The Ohio Farmer has this to say on
| the subject of making hens lay: Put
| two or more quarts of water in a ket-
tie, and one large seed pepper or two
small ones, then put the kettle over
the fire. When the water boils stir
| in the coarse Indian meal until you
have a thick mush. Let it cook an
hour or so; feed hot Horseradish is
chopped fine and stirred into mush as
prepared in the above directions, and
for results we are getting five to ten
eggs per day, whereas previous to
feeding, we had not had eggs for q
long time. We Lear good deal Of
complaint from other people about
not getting eggs. TO such we would
warmly recommend cooked feed hot
Boiled apple skins seasoned with red
pepper, or boiled potatoes seasoned
with horseradish are good feed much
better than uncooked food. Corn
when fed to the hen by itself has q
tendency to fatten rather than to pro-
duce the more profitable egg laying
A spoonful of sulphur stirred with
their feed occasionally will rid them
of vermin and tone up their system
Morris tribune., 1886-07-07
Hancock, Mimi. J

Herman, July 6, 1886.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
THE DAIRY.


One Of the most important subjects discussed
At the dairy conference, says the Standard, of
London, was the utill cation of separated and
skim milk. Mr.. Stephenson, manager of Car
rick's Cumberland Dairy Factory, who read q
valuable paper on the question, compared the
returns in money obtained from different
methods OF using tho milk. For pig-feeding
he estimate that, with pork at ID per pound,
the milk would come to only a little over I'd.
per gallon. A more proftab 0 use of 1t is that
OF making 1t into soft cheescs, very extensively
produced from skim milk in France and some
other continental countries. There is much
difference OF opinion as to the possibility Of
creating an extensiv. demand for this class of
cheese In England; but, considering that the
consumption OF foreign soft eheeses increases
in this country, there appears to be no reason
to doubt that English limitations would in time
find favor. Prof. Long has succeeded in maxi
ing some very palatabic soft cheese from skim
milk. There is no doubt, however, that MIR.
Stephenson is right in his opinion that the sale
OF separated milk, rs such, to consumers in
the towns would be the most profitable of all
methods of disposing Of ii, if the cost of dis
tribution could be diminished Separated milk
Ia OF course much fresher than milk SKINNED
after setting, and il it's consumption by the
public should become general few dairy farm
ers would be able to afford to do without q
separator. Milk simply deprived Of its butter
il a valuable food, and it would be a great ad-
vantage to the poor if it were supplied to them
In quantity at q low price.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Garden. Notes.

Flowing my garden in the Fall has always
given me an early and easily worked gard IN
Probably on a light, sandy soil plowi.y would
not be so beneficial, but fof all heavy soils l
recommend it l prefer, also, to manure at
the surface in the Fall, as the freezing and
thawing Ut the manure fines it 80 that when
The garden is narrowed in the Spring it mixes
the manuse thoroughly with the surface soil.
| practice blowing in narrow lands from twelve
to sixteen feet wide, back-furrowing so as to
make them b gh in the centre, and then with a
shovel clean out all the loose soil from the
dead furrows and throw up 10 the middle.
Then open a furrow 80 as to carry of all the
water from the garden, and not allow it to
stand in the dead burrows to saturats the soil.
Az 1t is best not to drive over the land after it
Is plowed, i pillow a land at one side Of the gar
den and manure. then pillow the next one, and
continue until all the garden is plowed.
An essential point III q good garden is free
dom from foul seeds. No crop Of weeds should
be allowed to mature the latter part OF the
season. The evil Of ripening a crop Of weed
seed .is not short-lived, for the seeds will re-
main in the soil for many years ald terminate
when the Spring opens. / have a quarter acre
garden that I have not allowed a wee to go to
seed on for twenty years, but it took five years
of clean culture before ! coull see much i'm
prevement in ii, and it was ten years before
the old seed in the soil ceased to give tronbls.
As an aid to keep the garden free from
weeds, plant everything in rows running the
length Of il, and put together those varieties
which will ripen about the same time. Make
looks better for ii, but much hand wedding is
saved by II, especially when carrots, parsnips,
and onions are raised - Waldo II. Byvwa, in
Eick'A
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04

An expert butter maker, the gilt-edge prod
net Of whose dairy finds regular customers in
Boston at more than fifty cents per pound, one
week last spring WAS notified by his salesman
here that his butter was inferior In quality.
falling far below his Usual high standard. An
investigation of the cause proved that, run
ming short Of his regular stock Of early cut
hay, ho had bought several tons OF hay Of a
neighbor, which had proved to be of 4 crop
cnt long after it was ripe, a dry, stalky grass,
full Of woody fiber and lacking in those palat-
able and nutritious qualities pertaining to
sweet, early cut well-cured grass. Again, his
cows, usually beddcd with dry sawdnst, were
beGded with bright, welI-cured straw. The
cows, dissatisfied with the late-cut hay, had
made part OF their ration Of the straw in use
for bedding.
Note the result Prime butter should break
or cut like way. The knife cuts smoothly
through the print or lump, leaving but a slight
dainpness on the blade. Such il the result Of
Q jndicions ration Of grain and early cut hay.
The substitution Of over-ripe hay and straw
IN the ration of the COW at once changes the
character of butter to o crnmbly mass, lack
ing the waxy consistency Of choice butter.
both sides in . crumbly condition. 1t lacks
the favor and character 80 essential to the
makeup of gilt-edge butter, and sells at .
very ordinary price. Causes SO apparently in
significant as the change in feeding lase-cut
aud over-ripe hay, where previously the aro-
matte, succulent, soft, early cut grass formed
tho principal part Of the ration, reduce the
quality of the product from @gilt-edge" to
ordinary. The successful dairyman watches
and guards against such changes in the cows
ration american CnffipdtOr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
THE KITCHEN.

SQUASH BISCUIT. Two cups of sifted
squash, one cap Of yeast, two tablespoonfuls
each of sugar, butter, and milk. Salt to taste.
Knead with flour like bread and set to rise over
night Bake in a quick oven in biscuit for
breakfast
WDE-AwAKE PE-One cup Of sugar, one
cup of molasses, one-fourth cup OF vinegar,
two thirds cup OF water, and butter the SIZE Of
an egg. Simmer them together, then add one
cup Gf powdered cracker, allsplce, cinnamon,
nutmeg, and raisins. Bake with two crusts.
This makes two pies.
CURRENT JELLY Here il a recipe for cnrrant
Jelly, which has been thoroughly tested, with
great success, to our surprise, as we had al
ways thought the use OF water would be fatal.
Boil together for half an hour four quarts Of
currants. stems and all, and one quart Of
water strain and boil fifteen minutes. Add
one pound Of sugar for every pound of juice,
and Just bring to . boil Pour while hot into
tumblerA.
WELSH CUsTARD .-One cup Of dry, grated
cheese, four eggs, one cup OF milk, one tea
spoonful Of butter. two teaspoonfnis Of pre-
pared -four mixed with the milk. bit OF soda
the size Of : pea, half teaspoonful Of salt, and
1 pinch Of cayenne. Heat the milk, stirring
in tho soda, butter, salt, and pepper, with the
nour wet mp with : little mill, and pour IL
scalding hot on the egg beaten light In Q
bowl; add the cheese, best up for : minute,
pour into buttered custard cups, and bake in
I brisk oven for about twenty minutes. They
should b ppGy and lightly Drowned Serve
iustantly in the cups e they soon fall; pass
~ WaSsrA with them.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Deacon Budd's Experience.

At a revival in Rocky Hollow, Deacon
Budd arose to relate his experience" and
gave himself a very hard name, indeed, al
though he well knew, and SO did everybody
else, that he did not deserve the half of it.
But it was the style for the saints to give
themselves a setting down for the benefit of
the sinners, and Brother Budd played it for
all it was worth.
Yes, bretheren and sisters" he said in
conclusion, I'm sech a pore, mis- able sin
ner that it's a wonder the Lord has marcy
on ne, and lets me live. / feel as if I
haint no business in sech a meetin' as this,
and my place is in the corner behind the
door,"
Sister Brinev, who was a widow, and
suspected of a fondness for the widower.
Deacon Budd, arose and told her story,
and a sad one it was. There had never
leen such an utterly unworthy object, such
a continual monument of mercy, as Sister
Briney, if her showing up of herself was to
be taken for truth.
yes, brethren and sisters" she said at
the wind-up, I'm such a pole, mis- able
sinner, that it's a wonder I'm allowed to
stand here. / feel as if my proper place
was behind the door along with Brother
Budd. "-Trdreter's MagaSine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.
Care of Little Ones.

The New York Board of Health has issued,
according to custom, the following rules for
the guidance of mothers with nursing infants
during the hot weather:
Overlooking does more harm than anything
else; nurse an infant a month or two old every
two or three hours.
Nurse an infant of six months and over five
times in twenty-four hours and no more.
If an infant Is thirsty give it pure water or
barley water; no sugar.
On the hottest days q few drops Of whisky
may be added to either water or food, the
whisky not to exceed a teaspoonful in twenty
four hours.
Boil a teaspoonful Of powered barley Ground
in co~ffee-grinder) and one-half pint of water,
with q little salt, for fifteen minutes: strain.
then Ink 1t with half as much boiled milk add
q lump of white sugar size of walnut, and give
it luke warm from a nu~rsing-bottle. Keep bot
tie and m~outhp.ece in bowl of water when not
in use, to VIII ca a little soda may be added.
For infants 5 or q months old give half bar
ley-water and half boiled milk, with salt and a
lump Of sugar.
For older infants give more milk than barley
water.
For infants very costive give oatmeal instead
of barley. Cook and strain as before.
When your breast milk is only half enough,
change off between breast milk and this pre-
pared f0od
In hot weather, if blue litmus paper, applied
to the food, turns red, the food il too acid and
you must make a fresh mess, or adj a mail
pinch of baking soda.
Infants of six months nay have beef soup or
beef tea once a day, by its, if or mixed with
other food, and when ten or twelve months old
q crust of bread and a piece of rare beef to
suck.
No child under two years ought to eat at
your table.
Give no candies; in fact, nothing that is not
contained in these rules, without a DOCTORS Or
ders.
SPINNER complaint comes from overlooking
and hot and foul all. Keep doors and win
dcws open.
i Wash your we'll children with cool water
twice q day, or oftener IN the hot season.
Never neglect looseness Of the bowels of an
infant Consult the family or dispensary ply
sician at once and he will give you rules about
what it should take and how it should be
nursed. Keep your rooms as cool as possible,
have them well ventilated, and do not allow
any bad smell TO come from the sinks, privics,
garbage-boxes, or cutters about the house
where you live. See that your own apart
mentsa are right, and complain to the board Of
health, il the neighborhood is offensive.
Where an infant is cross and irritable in the
hot weather q trip on the water will do a great
deal Of good (ferryboat or steamboat and may
prevent cholera infantum.-Nep York Herald.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Why Pork II the Cheapest Mcas.

Some years ago enthusiastic poultry breel-
ers made the extraordinary claim that 1t costs
10 more to produce a pound OF poultry than a
poand of pork. Possibly, deducting value OF
eggs from laying fowls, this may often be the
fat: but that is net what was meant The
truth 10 that for many reasons chicken meat
must always cost more 10 produce than any
other, while pork is nearly always the cheapest
of all meats. Tit hog has q smaller proper
ton of bone and limbs than any other doncs-
tic animal. Its body is compact, and its
digestion is rarely out OF order. A further
possible reason is that the hog loses less than
Other animals by evaporation. Horses, cows
and many other stock sweat from their entire
bodies. The pig only perspires through two
or three small issues III his front legs. This
inability to sweat, caus ng tho retention OF
much matter in swine's flesh that would in
other animals pass off into the air, is un-
pleasantly suggestive as to the beaIthfulness
of pork as food, especially that slaughtered in
warm weather. As the hog Is thus lacking in
means Of removing effete matter through its
skin, IT Is the more important that the other
excretory organs should ALWAYS he III good Or
der. Hence the advantage Of feeding sulphur
and charcoal occasionally, to keep the bowels
open. Cora, which will always be o staple
food for hogs, has the advantage OF being both
laxative an d~inretIc, but ii is so fattening that
plenty OF water and some green food should
be fed with il to promote free discharges Of
the urinary organs. If pigs do not ifstten
quite as fast on this regimen their fiksh will
be apt to make more healthfnl food l1asneri-
can LSx{iyaf0y.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
He Proposes Not to Interfere Further
With His Wige's Toilet.

A young married man of this city dis
covered a freshly opened box of face pow
der on his wife's toilet table. Being OPP
posed to the use of such materials he flung
it out of the open window, and it alighted
safely on the head of a gentleman who was
going to church in his Sunday best, and
enveloped him from head to foot like a
spring snow storm.
Come down and be murdered" he
yelled up to the man in the window, shak-
ing his fist and describing a war dance.
Come up and I'll fight you," shrieked
the powder magazine above.
The wife appeared as a paciticator; armed
with a whisk broom she descended to the
sidewalk and the husband had the salts
faction of seeing her dust off the strange
man., while she made soothing apologies in
invisible tones.
And the husband has decided not to in
terfere with his wife's toilet relations in the
future.-DetrOjt Post.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Why She Always Dressed in Black.

A pretty little blonde, actress at n of
the boulevard theatres, exhibited q singular
taste by appearing in toilette Of deep black
on all occasions, from the first of January
to the last of December. DESTROYS of
knowing the cause of this eternal mourn
ing, her intimate friend, Mile. A., de-
manded:
How happens it, my dear, that you are
always clothed in sable?"
That is my secret"
"But one has no secrets from a sincere
friend. Is it a vow?"
Perhaps"
DO you mourn a first lover"
AMa foi!-no."
"A parrot, a King Charles, a protector"
i detest all pets"
what then, pray, is the virtue which
you desire to exhibit"
1T isn't a virtue"
well, what them"
aThe Wilderness of my shoulders, curl
euse!"
Mon dieu!--I suspected it,"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Care Of Preserved Frm;G

Keeping fruit or any provision depends on
three things. 1t must be sound to begin. A
speck of decay or acid change will develop
Torment in a kettle of fruit Second, the Jars
or cans must be air-tight. The object Of steam
ing the fruit 10 to expei the air and arrest the
change In the juice, which would naturally
proceed to ferment Air penetrates in finer
ways than we can d scern, and needs much
less than the crevico of q HAIR or a pins point
free from cracks or ~air-bubbles, well-g,azed
stoneware free from flaws, yellow ware, or
strong, dark earthen jars will keep the fluit
from the air, provided il il sealed with wax,
pntty or bladder, soaked andleft to shrink on
the mouth Of the Jars. Cans with screw tops
and rubber rings are apt to have 81 ght defects
which prevent perfect sealing, and can not be
depended on without wax
Third, the jars must be kept in q dry, dark,
cold place, very little above freezing. A shelf
In 4 furnAce-warmed cellar, or store-room
opening from a kitchen is not the place to pre-
serve fruit Il may be put up in the best man.
Light, or where it 10 not cool. Glass cans
should be wrapped in psrer, buried in sand or
sawdust, or kept in . dark closet Packed
with plenty Of chat, oats, dry, sifte1 ashes,
most preserves will stand free2 ng weatheA
without injury, but each can needs IL least TX
inc les Of noii-conducting material about it d
all sides for protection. A pit on one sido Of
the cellar, dug below the reach OF frosf. and
lined with boards, with straw or ashes between
them and its walls, will keep preserves from
heat or freezing. A pit dug IN the cellar, four
feet below the level OF its floor, well drained
and lined as above, will prove the best place
for keep ng small quaint ties Of preserves,
enough. for q single family. -Sasaa Torcr, IN
Tirkss .MuG6ziae.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Protection Against Bees.

The danger of attempting to work among
bees without some kind of face covering has
recently been exemplified in the case Of an In
diana farmer, who lost his life from his to-
merity. The farmer had q large number Of
colonies of bees, and one day recently a swarm
came out which seemed of q somewhat cross
dispos ton. There was considerable trouble
in hiving them, and while doing this the man
was stung twice on the side of the nose. He
complained at once Of the unusually severe
pain, and his wife, who was assisting him,
FASTENED 10 the house for medicine. When
she returned, which was less than five min
utes, she found her husband lying dead upon
the ground, having evidently expired in great
agony, The opinion Of the physicians was
that the cause of death was paralysis of the
heart, induced by severe pain of the stings.
There are many bee-keepers who boast that
they are able to do all the work of the apiary
with no protection to the face, and while It
may be a little unpleasant in very VAIN
weather to put on q veil, still, when the risks
are run are taken into consideration, it is
just as well to be a little less bold and take pre-
which may possibly be the means of
life, as would have been the case in the
instance cited.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04

that corn. cut up corn anA IN = ~ room 81
: feed Of hay. 10 his fosd waa "a s. one feed of
corn fodder with the corn, ono f1ed OF corn
fodder without the corn one day, aud the nett
day : feed Of hsy aud . feed of corn fodder.
In addition, he was fesding from three to four
quarts Of corn meal to each COW. He believed
corn meal to be cheaper than hay. He was
also feeding brewers grains, shout q peck .
day, or six quarts to Z cow, because he con-
stt.ered 1t q good feed when in proper condi-
ton AMI properly fed. He also demanded that
suca starch-feed should be fresh and fed be-
fore fermentation takes place. II he had his
choice no would feed early cut hay, and per-
quarts of corn meal, if he were feeding ono
mich COW. For a dairy he would substitute
brewers grains for tho wheat bran He would
not uss brewers grains II they were ferment-
ed He had found il impossible 10 get starch
feed that was not sour.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-08-04
Ho.c Cforer Seed Gro,r,.

When clover slcd 10 own very carly il GERM.
mates 30 slowly that little of it il sprouted be-
fore the soil Is open and warmed by the spring
heat. The seed viii par ia'ly swell with every
spell of warm weather. 1t sometimes sends
forth O rootlct and q leaf before spring fairly
opens, and in this case it is lost, a. the plant
when first startel is extremely tender. Very
early sowing is on tn 8 account Objectionable.
II the field is narrowed in spring TO make a
good seed-bed, it gives all tho advantages OF
carly sowing in securing sufficient covering to
the seed Ihe narrowing should be done
before the seed is sown, or it will be covered
too deeply.