Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-08-25

| which will give comfort to the lower animals
will make them doubly profitable to their owners
| aside from the humane bearing upon the sub
| jeCt.
A BEES WORKING TOOLS
| working bee exhibit the combination of basket
| brush and pair of pinchers. The brush
| the hairs Of which are arranged in symmetrical
| rows, are only to be seen with the microscope
With this brush of fairy delcacy the bee brushes
| its velvet robe to remove the pollen dust with
| which it becomes loaded while sucking up the
| nectar. Another article, followed like spoon
! receives the gleanings which the insect carries
to the hive. Finally, by opening them, one up
| on another, by means Of q hinge. these two
| pieces become pair Of pincers, which render
important service in the construction of combs
GREEN PEPPER PICKLES.
Take large green bell peppers, cut circle
| around the stem end, take out piece, and save
to put back. Take out nearly all the seeds
place in jar, slipping each piece back in itf
| right pepper. Fill up the jar with strong salt
brine, as for cucumbers. Let them remain in
crisp. cabbage chopped fine, and plenty of white
mustard seed and bits Of cinnamon sticks and
cloves mixed through it; press the lower part OF
the pepper tull. Then add small cucumbers,
green Chilli peppers, very small onions, nastur-
| tiums, radish pods, green tomatoes, or any 9th.
| er small fruit; green them, fill up the pepper
and sew on the piece. Place the peppers in a
jar, pour boiled vinegar over them, cover tight
DO this three successive days, small piece of
horse radish root improves the vinegar.
BEE PREMIUMS.
The several state agricultural societies in the
Northwest aggregate in premiums awarded to
hoo hoie 70 Ind INN rs
agement, $342. OF this Iowa gives $177; Ne
braska, $113; Wisconsin, 500, and Minnesota,
$l3. Dakota offers IS on honey produced in
the Territory.
ICE FOR MILK.
Probably there are thousands and ten thou
sands, yet, who are making butter through the
hot summer days, and getting very much re-
duced yield of butter per 100 lbs. Of milk, be-
cause of early souring Of the milk, who impute
the loss to poverty in the milk, and do not know
they could bring the yield right MP the very
next churning if they had ice or very cold water
with which to cool the milk as soon az it comes
from the cows. The truth is, the fat is in the
milk and can't rise after acidity sets in. and is
small way, to the pigs. Millions are lost every
year for the want of c old water or ice, to keep
the milk sweet till the fat gets out-Hoard's
Dai7ynaan.
APPLES.
Apples green or ripe, during the year ending
June 30, were exported to the value of $40, $685.
and the year preceding, $l,572, 1876. Dried ap-
Piles exported last year, $54s, 443, and in 1885,
y ,O62, 859. Late advices note the English apple
crop as likely to be very small, and that large
demand is expected for American apples this
season.
LIBERAL FEEDING.
Feed literally; that is, feed all that the cow
will eat and thoroughly digest. Raise all the
feed you can and feed all you raise. That lie,
do not stint your cows in order that you may
sell few bushels Of grain or q few tons Of hay,
In feeding your cows they in turn will not only
feed you, but your land also. That which is
sold from the farm is gone forever; that fed on
the farm remains as good manure breed
er's Gazette.
The Red Wing, MIMI, Industrial Association
fs making preparations for grand fair Sept.
28- 80 prox. The citizens generally are taking
. deep interest IN the affair and have subscribed
literally in the way of special premiums. Some
Of these novel offers For the prettiest babies;
the girl not over Is years old who makes the
best pies and doughnuts: the young lady who
makes the best bread: for equestrianship; best
looking girl; best preserved farmers wife over 40
years old; to the one who brings the largest
number of her own children; the best preserved
farmer over so years of age, etc. A Farmers
Institute will be held during the fair.
TREE BUYING.
Foreign tree peddlers are said to be numerous
throughout the country, and find no difficulty in
securing customers through the exhibition Of
beautiful specimens preserved in jars which
magnify the apparent size. In most cases the
purchaser who invests in trees upon the prom
Use held out by these snowy fruit exhibits will
never come any nearer . realization Of his fruit
paradise than an inspection of the preserved
specimens. Thousands of dollars are yearly
equandered in our state in buying nursery trees
that are known to every experienced native
uradapted to withstand our climate. The
safest course is to buy only Of home nursery
men, who expect to continue business here, and
will not risk their reputation by making state
ments concerning the hardness Of nursery stock
that experience win not verify. -Faribaun Re-
publican.
SALT FOE HOGS.
Az rule hogs require very little SALT small
quantity Of which acts upon them as IN active
pureative, and more of it - IN acrid poison.
Some persons occasionally have given the brine
from . meat barrel to the pigs supposing it
would be good for them, and have killed them
by 90 doing, the salt causing fatal Inflammation
of the stomach and bowels. It IL quite sufh-
cient to throw very little salt t. pigs In their
feed trough once . week or In two weeks, but
not more or oftener. When they do not take
1t willingly one may be sure they do not want
it. The reason Why cows and sheep want salt
frequently IL that there in considerable salt In
milk, and these animals commune large guam.
tity Of coarse food, to digest which some salt i