The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-09-09

And the hours of school arc DER,
| Happy, healthy girl and boy,
Full of simple, careless joy,
Free from tyrant fashions rule.
Going to the district school.
In the busy noon Of life,
Mid Its restless fever strife.
AS your pathways shall divide
From the roof-tree wandering wide
| Memories Of these morning hours,
Songs Of birds and scent Of flowers
B!eat OF lambs and song Of ril
W i'll come sweetly DER You still;
And your thoughts 60 ycarning back
Ger that simple childhood track,
When the longest road you knew
W as the one that led you
The school-house, just mile away
Where the birch and rule held sway.
COST OF MAKING MILK
Those who keep but one or two cows in cities
villages, and at suburban homes are ~ much in
tcrested In the cost Of the production OF milk as
the farmer or dairymaa who feeds many. A
series of careful experiments have been made at
the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton to determine the cost Of making milk from
various foods tried and by several combinations
gluren-meal (the refuse from glucose tactories),
hay. corn fodder and corn ensilage. synopsis
OF the published results shows that IN feeding
bran or shorts, corn-meal and suten-meal, three
and a quarter pounds weight Of each were used.
Two of the foods were also combined, making
elk and half pounds to feed each COW daily
and ut times accumulation Of three kinds was
used, making nine and three. quarters pounds
feed daily to each COW. The remaining food
was either hay, dry-corn fodder, or corn ensil-
a oct tofh
cow In one day was twenty pounds and of ensil-
age ffty.fve pounds. The apparent bulk of the
ensisge over the hay, as shown by weight, may
be understood when it is remembered that the
hay is dry while ensilage is juicy. The highest
cost Of milk per quart was from liberal hay and
grain feed, being two and three -tenths cents per
quart. The milk produced at the lowest cost
was from moderate feeding Of ensilage and
corn-meal and was but eighty-three-hundredths
cents per quart. Practically, it will be see n
by feeding hay and grain costs as much as two
and one-fourth quarts produced by feeding ensil-
age and corn meal. 1t Is also stated that, so far
as the quality Of the milk was concerned, under
the various conditions of feed given, no serious
alteration in its composition was noticed.
LIME WATER FOR BURNS.
correspondent writes that the readiest and
most useful remedy for scalds and burns is an
embrocation OF lime water and linseed oil.
These simple agents combined form a thick,
cream-like substance, which effectually excludes
the air from the injured parts, and allays the in
fammation almost instantly. He mentions
case where child fell backward into bath.tub
OF boiling water, and was nearly fayed from her
neck to below her hips. Her agonies were in.
describable, but her clothing being gently remov-
ed, and the lime and oil preparation Tricky
spread over the injured surface, she was sound
In five mi Snho I've
were carefully washed with warm milk and
water three times a day, the oil dressing renew
cd, and the little patient rapidly recovered.
Though all the ecalded skin came off, she did
not have scar. This remedy leaves no hard
coat to dry on the sores, but softens the parts,
and aids nature to repair the injury in the readi-
est and most expeditions manner, This mix
ture may be procured in the drug stores; but il
not thus accessible, slack lump Of quick-lime
in water, and as soon as the water is clear mix
it with the oil ard shake it we'll. II the case is
urgent, use boiling water over the lime, and it
will become clear in five minutes. The prepa-
ration may be kept ready bottled in the house,
and will be as good six months old as when first
made.
THE TEMPERATURE FOR FOOD
The following are the practical conclusions
! arrived at by DR.. Franz Spacth: A temperature
Of 1O4-122 Fahrenheit generally is the best for
be mastcatcd it should not exceed 95 .. Fluids
may be borne at 14o-149e in small swallows il
cold solids are eaten with them. The warming
| Of the body, for which purpose hot drinks are
sometimes taken can be attained at temne ratnres
which exceed the blood-heat (99.5o Fahrenheit)
by 1924 Q Fahrenheit, and the danger and pain
OF higher temperatures are needless. People
who suffer from stomach troubles, especially ul-
ceration, shorld carefully avoid high tempera.
| tures Children especially should be guarded
against this dangerous habit. For nursing in
| fants Nature has clearly indicated the proper
| temperature. Mothers milk is at 1904 . Fab.
renhet: therefore all artificial food should be at
| this point. These experiments and the practi-
| cal points deducted from them are Of the great
| est value hygienically, and should be Needed
| american analyst.
| barrel of lime is indispensable shout tho
poultry house. A thorough busting of dry. air.
slaked lime all over the inside will keep out YER
! min and sweetcn the air. It also destroys the
parasitfcal worms and their eggs, which are
voided in the droppinge, and so prevents gapes,
the worst Of all diseases of young chicks. As
| long as the manure is kept dry the lime does no
injury to it. but rather helps to keep it. because
| 1t abeOrbs moisture aud preservesit from decom.
| position-absence of moisture being upfavora-
BILE to any chemical change. barrel of plaster
In the stable will be equally useful as It absorbs
! the ammonia, and keeps the air pure and free
from the pungent odors which attracts flies and
annoy the horses. The floor should be we'll
] busted with it ouce day.
VALUE OF BRAN.
If $l2 worth Of bran will leave just about its
cost on the farm, in the form of increased value
to tie manure, the same, substantially, as 50
much expended for any other commercial fertil-
izer, then what is the use or sense, in a farm
ever having an animal in poor, half starving
condition, II it has healthy appetite enough to
eat bran? 1t costs next to nothing to feed all
that cattle can BEAUTIFULLY consume, except the
| interest value 1T the Investment till the crop
from the manure is raised; and in the case OF
| feeding mich cows, comes back az fast as eaten
almost, In the form Of milk, butter and cheese,
| Wn1le ~ much more comes from the manure, in
the form OF better crops, later on. If farmer
has not the money to invest in bran for stock
feeding, he can make more than so per cent, per
annum on the money he should borrow to buy
al he needs to feed.-Hoard's Dairynsan.
| WARTS ON cows.
Warts are quite common on cows udders: Al
80 the large, rough, bleeding ones that appear
on various parts, and have been known to grow
to . large tize. They are often very trouble
some when the COW is in milk, ~ these cause
pain from being pulled out Of the root by the
hand Of the mixer. Take pair Of sharp scis-
sors and clip them of near the skin, then dress
with chronic acid, one part, and pure water,
four parts-it should be kept in the dark-taks
4 stick ~ large a. pencil and tie = small lne
rag on one end; dip in the acid and apply to the
cut surface once day or once every two days
until the wart b level with the skin. This must
be washed of before milking. II properly done
there will be no mark. 1t is equally % good on
the human subject. In treating the large warts
1t 10 not best to cut them much, IL ut all, % it
makes them very painful, Apply the acid care.
fully and renew the application until it is near
the skin. then stop and the space will heal nicely
| without leaving ark.-Hoard's Dailyman,
| BUTTER By THE ACRE.
Mr.. Hiram Smith has been advocating . new
way for measuring the yield Of butter. He
abandons the old style that used the COW test,
and has adopted the acre test. He does not