River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

is 50 great that, in one recent number
Of paper published in the north,
forty-seven country mansions, with
10000 acres OF shootings attached,
were advertised to let.
One woman will get a barrel of flour
and if 1t does not work well the first
time it is tried, il is condemned and
returned; there is no question about
the bread maker or her yeast Anoth-
er housekeeper takes the same barrel
of flour ami finds it first-class flour all
the way down, simply because she
knows how to make bread and how to
treat different kinds of tlour
The supposition that dark-colored
eggs are richer than those that are
light-colored, is only popular notion.
The she'll gives very little indication of
the quality Of an egg. Dark yolks are
sometimes preferred, owing to the
deeper color. but very often the light
shell egg viii contain darker Yolks
than those that are dark-colored on the
shell, aud something depends also upon
the feed.
4 theory that oaks are more liable
than other trees 10 be struck by
lightning has lately been put forward
in Eugland. the reason given being
that oaks contain iron. The answer
i, first, that these trees do not contain
iron; and. secondly. that if they did, it
would be more likely to preserve them
from destruction BY thundcr5olts than
to harm them, as they would then
conduct off the electric current quietly.
The legitimate profits arising from
the manufacturers OF pure, and what is
called high priced butter, is distributed
over All the land, among good farmers,
and goes 10 upbuild one of the most
important Industries of this or any
other land. while the enormous profits
arising from the sale of bogus butter,
sold under the flag of pure butter, goes
TO make a few millionaires, who will
not hesitate when they need to. to dog
the footsteps Of congressman to pre-
vent the nation from bringing their
swindlcs TO an end
The Danish law for regulating the
manufacture aud sale of bogus buffers
requires that All packages in which
limitations are packed for market shall
have au eliptical form like a flattened
o TO distinguish them from genuine
butter packages. This is "A sensible
and practical idea and we commend il
to those who are working to secure
needed state or national legislation on
the subject.
While speaking of coffee the following
statement by Susan Hale, in Gooa
/ H0useEecpiag may be worth quoting:
Coffee with cream is delicious, and the
/ lovely color it takes on as the thick
+ yellow substance drops down into it i
a ipy forever; but it is, alas. indigesti-
+ bic ] believe that many Of the people
who have decided that they cannot
take coffee would find themselves nour-
ished and strengthened without injury
+ by equa! parts OF wel!-made strong
/ coffee and hot boiled milk.
/ The sum of $500, 900 comprchends
/ the value Of the Percheron horses that
/ have been imported from the best
/ breeding districts of France by Mr.. NJ.
/ ". Durham, of "Oaklawu Farm.
and collected at this establishment dur
+ ing the past two years aggregate l,00t
head. nearly all recorded with peci-
grees in the Percheron Stud Book Of
France. From it great numbers have
/ been distributed to al parts % the
/ United States and British possessions
| contributing largely 70 the prosperity
Of the agricultural industries Of those
countries
The extensive scale on which the
I Western cattle companies conduct
i business is illustrated by project 81
f the Standard Cattle Company at Ames
+ Ncb. About 5000 acres of land
including thirteen improved farms
has been purchased, on which tht
company viii erect feeding barns
1 elevator cribs, meal-house, offices etc
The main building. or feeding barn
viii be 6S2x20i feet. and will contain
5000 stalls. where each steer will stant
+ alone and united. The elevator vii
be Of 10000 bushels capacity, witt
cribs attached to hold $4,000 bushels O.
corn in the ear. The works viii bt
run By a sixty-horse power engine
/ The establishment viii turn out 5000
/ 10 1000 bceves per anuum.