Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-08-25
required. Pigs are not that kind of animals,
90 need very little salt.
HoLsrEINs FOR BUTTER.

HoLsrENs FOR BUTTER.
The dairy public will be interested in examin-
ing the following butter averages from the Lake.
side stock. farm of Smiths, Powell & Lamb, of
Syracuse, n. T., which show what selection,
breeding and care will accomplish.
These gentlemen write us under date of July
10, 1886, ''For the past eighteen months we
have tested % Holstein-Friesian cows and heif-
ers In our herd for butter (which includes none
Of the records made prior to that time) and we
find they make the following remarkable weekly
averages.
IS cows, 81 lbs. As ozs.; 10 COWS, 10 lbs. 4
ozs.: % COWS and heifers, II lbs. I o. 9 three
year-ods, ii lbs. 2-3 ozs.; IS three-year-olds IL
lbs. IA ozs.: two-year-olds, Ii lbs. 1-8 ozs.
81 two-yearolds, IL lbs. 1-8 ozs.; 81 two-year-
Odds, II lbs. 4-e ozs.; SO two-year-olds, 10 Lbs.
- ozs.'
Shred halt = firm cabbage very due; and
when shred stir into the following dressing.
One teacup of vinegar, two tablespoons butter,
saucepan, when it boils, stir in the cabbage lie,
boil once, then turn into an earthen bowl, cover
closely until cold: eat cold.
cH1NssE PEN WIPER.
Take . diminutive Chinese fan with q very
long handle, cover the fan with silk on both
sides, then cut several pieces of black cloth, and
cardboard, cover with silk and transfer Chinese
picture in the centre. To complete the orna-
mentation fasten few light feathers turning to.
wards the handle, and finish with fine cord and
small tassels.
HERRING BONE PURSE,
Only two needles are required for this knit.
ting. Cast ON eighty eight stitches, begin with
the silk forward, clip stitch, knit a stitch,
pass the first over the second, knit stitch
bring the silk forward and rib the next; whe1
this is done the silk will be forwards begin again
many stitches As are necessary, only it must be
. number that can be divided by four.
TO PUT DOWN pLEuRo-pNEuxoN1A.
Commissioner Coleman has prepared circula,
containing rules and regulations for co.opera'
ton between the United States Department OF
Agriculture and the authorities of the severa
States and Territories for the suppression and
extirpation Of contagious pleuro-pneumonia OF
cattle Tie circular quotes the provisions of
the law approved May 20, 1884, and Of that ap-
proved June 80, 1885. The latter appropriated
$1OO, 900 to be employed in such manner as the
Commissioner may think best to prevent the
spread Of pleuro- pneumonia
CURRENT NOTES.
A soil but five inches deep cannot be worth al
much as another that gives free scope to the
roots Of plants to whatever depth they may pen
citrate In search Of nutriment.
In feeding you want to notice that some ami
mails are more dainty as to their choice thar
others. Their likes should be respected.
Calv> g kept gaining vigorously through the
first year are worth at the end twice as much as
others that that have been retarded in growth
The latest and most reliable advices show
that the grain crop in Scotland will be two OF
three weeks late and light in yield of both grain
| and straw, mainly as the result Of cold spring
Roots will be rather better, but not an abundant
yield.
Roots or plants that grow by choice ten OF
twelve inches in the soil fail to bring up full
support when they are restricted to four or five
inches by reason Of impenetrable earth beneath
The annual convention of the New York
State Dairymens' Association will be held al
Norwich, Chenango Co., December ID.
PhilO Carpenter, one Of the pioneers OF Chica.
go died in that city August 6, aged 81. He came
to Chicago In 1882 when it had only 200 inhabit
ants. A 100 acre section of land which he teok
up for $500 is now in busy part of the city,
and worth 81, SOC, 900 exclusive of buildings.
The next meeting of the American Agricultu
raj and Dairy Association will be held at Phil
adelphia. September Ia, 1883.
For Hickory Nut Cake, use the whites of 4
eggs ~ cup sugar, q cup sweet milk, scant Il
cup butter, 2I cups flour, 8 teaspoonfuls baking
powder, tea cup nut meats.