The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-16
WHOLE NUMBER l4l5.

oIuru over tnem. THIS WAS weighted viii
heavy logs and stones, to keep the pigs fron
lifting 1t when they tried to climb over a.
smother. Pigs are very gregsrious By nature
and their houses ehould always be limited Il
capacity, 30 that too many OF them will not Re
together at one time, or they are certain &
inJure one another, and usually the weakest, b
cr0wding.
CURING BALKY HORsR.
There are various ways Of overcoming {
balky habit in hofee The following method.
said 70 have been successful, may not be often
practicable. but II - suggestive. All Who have
handled horses know that they ere susceptible
70 feeling Of loneeOmeneas. One Leominstel
farmer took advantage Of this: He drove hia
horse, attached to rack wagon, TO the grove
for . email load OF wood, The aninal would NOT
pull pound. He did not best him with club. but
tied him 70 tree and let him stand. He went
70 the lot at sunset and asked him to draw. but
ne wouid not straighten ting. II made no nv
mind, said the farmer, 'swhen that horse went
TO the barn he should take that load Of wood.
The night was not cold. went to the barn. eot
blankets. and covered the horse VAN. and hs
stood still till morning. Then he refused 70
draw. Al noon went down. and be Vas prob
ably hungry and lonesome. He drew that load
the nrst time ! asked him. returned and got
another load before fed him. then rewarded
him with good dinner, which he esgerly de-
~.
Once he refused TO draw, bnt q soon q he cav
me start for the house he started after me with
the load. horse becomes lones some aud dis
contented when left alone, ~ much 60 % Q per
son, and claim this method. II rightly used. 10
Tar less cruel and 10 better for both horse and
man than to beat the animal with club
ADuLrERArIxG ADULrERArIoxs.
1t is not necessary TO take stock In the asser.
fion IN ~ the 20 0ulap M ecL - 49,.
grease Of hogs which have died from disease, or
even the poorer portions Of healthy animate, In
the production OF fats for adulterating butter
AID cheese. But those who try ont those low
grade fats and those of diseased animals will do
30 II BY such means they can get more for their
tten fats than to cell them for soap-grease and
lnbricating purposes. Hence the necessity OF
protecting the public against danger BY the
enactment OF laws that shall hold to strict &C.
count oil who manufacture fats for food, and
that shall compel them to mark euch goods for
just what they are. Not only are butter and
cheese adulteratOd By unscrupulous persons,
but even the deliberations are adulte rated. In
winter cotton-seed oil. eesame oil, and other
analogous eubetances are employed. In warm
weather stearine is used to give these soft oils
consistency. Yet THE 10 not enough for nm
ecrupulous counterfciter. Water is the cheap
est adulterant known. Water. II pure, 10 also
healthfnl. outwardly or inwardly. But you can
not mix water and oil. Very true. But gelatine
is raid to take mp water TO the extent of ten
pounds for one Of gelatine. Then the compound
will mix with fats. Here 10 the latest bonanza
In adulterations.
GERMAN srArIsrIcs
In Germany the extent Of land devoted to agri-
culture amounts to 7s.4Os.OO0 acres. This is
appOrtioned into holdings Of 2L acree and lese
l,95OOOO acres. OF to 25 acres, 20, Us 100; OF
25 to ESQ acres. ,UOUOOO. $50 acres and more,
l9,OOO,OOO; comprising meadow land, II. .OOO, ,OOD;
cereal. vineyard. and gardening land, "a, 900 900
viz: cereals and vegetables. 47,OLO,OOO; fod-
der. 6,OOO,OOO; pastureage S.lOO.OkO: gardening
land, l.OSO. 900; vintage. 33S OOO; rape, $40 200:
aax, 27.OOO: hemp. 81, ,OOc; hops, ll2 90; sugar
beet, S37 600: and chicory. 5000 acres. The
area of land occupied by houses, ysrds, roads,
and highways, aud covered by streams, amounts
to $500, 600 acres, and the extent of pasture,
heath and poor land is Il, ,O0O, 900 acree Forests
and woods cover an area OF $4,000, 600 acres,
distributed ~ follows; Deciduous 1900, 900
acres and coniferous q. .OOO,UOO acres. The fol-
lowing is the number Of farms and farm lots into
which the whole u the u, 600 acres Of arabic
land is divided: Of21 acres and lees, 2, s2s, ,si6:
"a TO IS acres. 2.27l. 1876; 2a to $50 acres and
more, 24,99i: total. s. 216,a44.
foR cHEEsE MAKERS.
Upon cheese and it's digeetibility, Prof. Ar.
mold, good scientific authority, says digestibility
depends principally on the presence Of the
phoephates OF lime, iron, coda, and magnesia.
He adds:
In proportion ~ these are dissolved by acid
and washed out hy the whey. the cheese be-
comes insoluble In pepsin and indigestible.
Sometimes not over 10 to Is per cent Of cheese
is available for food. When they are left in
the cheese ie nearly oil digestsble. II we get Ia
the acid beforethe whey is suficiently
the phoephates 60 ont with the whey: II We
allow the curd TO lie and soak In sour whey IL
cauees waete Of the phosphates. II We draw
the whey sweet. or on the verge Of turning acid,
and get the rcnnet action ahead OF acidity, 90
that little or no whey can be expelled after the
acid develops, the phosphates are nearly oil re-
tanned. We may then cheddar the curd or keep
II loose by stirring without damage. The more
II II then aired the better the bad odors escape
with the volatile oils, and stirring assists this
Exposure aleo develops flavor. But the tenn
pcrature should be kept above % until the
duccd to 10 per cent the cheese will not leak.
Cured, whole-milk cheese should cOntsin about
one-third water, one-third fat and one-third
caseinc. There 10 no need Of acid to secure
drmneea. which depends on getting ont the
whey by rennet action. Much acid makes .
dry cheese Of poor quality. In curing the milk
sugar turns to Tactic acid. but this does No harm,
SS~@HpSSs
FARM NOTES.
Propositions to cultivate elk - IN industry
for profit here should be treated as visionary and
akin TO tohumbuggery .-Wsstern Fdvnasr.
Cape Colony having become infatuated with
ostrich farming began to look upon WOO! grow
ing - . slow resource, and the export declined
from nearly ~ 600 pounds 10 1874 to 81 .OOO,.
600 in 1884. Meanwhile. as might have been
expected, the feather business became overdone,
and prices dropped from $3.50 to $50 = pound.
Now, qCite In the natural order, agricultural
sentiment again returns to the sacrificed sheep.
Moral, by the Knoxville American: 1.-THE os-
trich IL bird that thinks It avoids disaster BY
sticking its head In the eand.'
Prof. Ssnborn 10 reported % believing the
possibilities OF production OF the average farm
in Missouri to be .'lOU bushels OF corn, afty
bushels OF wheat, and seventy OF Oats." II the
soil is properly cultivated. Perhaps. But the
possibilities OF the average farm anywhere are
always about the average OF the section where
high nanuring. There 10 no doubt, however,
that high manuriDg and high cultivation pay.
Tree trunks may be scrsped OF loose bark, and
II infested with M0ss or scale be painted with .
mixture Of lime, SCOT, and clay Work the
brush vigorously. that the liquid may get into
every crcvice. Some Of nour grOwere 6nd In
linseed oil one OF the best washes against bark
anu ~ auuo W IetueI toeu Oetr4CtS from
The appearance Of the trses.-POpular Garden
ing.
An experiment WAS lately made at the Michi-
gan Agricultural College Farm to zee how much
hay equal lots of Merino and Soathdown sheep
would eat up clean. The result showed about
an equal consumption, although the Southdowns
averaged nearly afty pounds heavier than the
other sheep.
The celebrated botanist De Candolle set the
age OF the elm 1t 335 years. the age Of some
palms have been set down ct 600 to 700 years,
that Of an olive tree at 200, that OF plane tree
at 72O, OF cedar at 800. OF an oak 1t $500, of
yew 1t Z, $50, and Of baobAb tree st 5000,
..Buttcr-making . practiced on many farms
IL IN absolute waste Of the raw material" No!
Tne butter 10 good for wagon-grease aud for
boot.gresse, unsalted.
Good Advice.
''You ought to be married sir, said
the phrenologist to the victim on the
stage: ..Yes, sir. You ought to be
You have no right sir. to
have lived bachelor SO many years.
Now, look ut your clothes, sir! Who