Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-09-29

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Why the frst milk drawn from 4 COW at each
milking, is the poorest. and Why that drawn
the '%'strippings.' are the richest, has been
the subject OF DR.. Sturtevant's and Prof.
Arnold's organizes, and together they seem to
have given the true reasons. Prof. Arnold
first says it is not because the cows udder is
an open vessel, in which the cream can
rise. but there is no such thing a., . backward
movement to milk, or any of its elements after
It has once started from the point Of formation,
but that ducts converge into the teat. d.. Sturte-
want says the heavier, more liquid part of the
milk, will move through the milk tubes more
easily than the solid and lighter portion. much
on the principle, we suppose, that Z pebble
would move downward in a tube of running
water, faster than the water, and that accounts
for part Of the result. Prof. Arnold says that,
in addition to this cause, the fat Of the mill, after
it has passed the initial point of secretion, is alb
sorbed into the general circulation faster than
the proteine ie, and 40 becomes poorer in fat the
longer It's retained In the udder. The facts
correspond with this view, for 1t has been proved
that the per cent of butter fat increases with
the shortness Of the time between ilkings, that
1t adds, wonderfully, to the butter production
of the COW to milk her every six hours, over
milking once in twenty-four hours.
I'VE suppose, the above being true, that the
COW milk every six hours, If she produced
more butter, would need additional food to give
her the fat for her system, that che would other
wise abstract from her own milk.
It is a fact we believe, In most cases, that the
phenomenal cows, when under test, are MIXED
every eight hours with the utmost regularity,
and this accounts for part of the wonders they
perform .-Hoard's Dai,yWaen
HINTS AND HELPs.
Rubber jewelry can be restored to it's original
black by rubbing with rotten stone mixed with
sweet oil.
White spots on vanished furniture, when
caused by water, can be removed by holding q
heated shovel over them.
Tomatoes act on the liver and bowels. and are
much more pleasant and safe than blue mass and
silver regulators" The Juice should be used
alone rejecting the skins.
Lemonade is the best drink in fevers, and
when thickened with sugar is better than syrup
Of sqnills and other nauseous things in many
cases Of cough.
The small seeded fruits, such as blackberries,
figs. raspberries, currants and strawberries, may
be classed among the best foods and medicines.
The sugar in them is nutritious, the acid is cool
ing and purifying, and the seeds are laxative.
At least 100000 cords of birch, beech and
maple timber are used every year in the manu-
facture of shoe lasts, and the same quantity is
used In making handles for small tools, and the
match business uses mp 30O, 900 cubic feet of the
best pine.
A Wisconsin farmer twenty-three years ago
planted q piece of waste land, unfit for cult
walton, with black-walnut trees. The trees are
now from sixteen to twenty inches in diameter
and have been sold for $4,000.
j. W. Gay, West Dedham, Mass, harvested
from one and one-half acres of land, last season
seventy bushels Of winter rye and sold 1880,
pounds Of straw. The crop was not grown in
competition for a prizt, but it came through
nanuring and good cultivation.
TIC utilize the feathers Of ducks, chickens and
turkeys, generally thrown aside as refuse, trim
the plume from the stump, inclose them in a
tight bag, rub the whole as il washing clothes.
and you will secure q perfectly uniform and
light down, excellent for quilting coverlets and
and other purposes.
or all the fruits with which VIC arc blessed,
the pc ach is the most delicious and digestible,
Gays DR.. Hall, in fact there is nothing more pala-
table, wholesome and medicinal than good, ripe
peaches. They should be ripe, but not over
ripe and half rotten; and OF this kind they may
make a part of either meal, or be eaten between
meals; but it is better to make them part OF
the regular meals. It is a mistaken idea that no
fruit should be eaten at breakfast. 1t would be
far better il our people would eat less bacon and
grease at breakfast and more fruit. In the
morning there is an acid state Of the secretions,
and nothing is so we'll calculated to correct this
as cooling, sub-acid fruits. such as peaches,
apples, etc. Still, most Of us have been taught
that eating fruit before breakfast is highly dan
gerous. How the idea originated I do not know
but it is certainly a great-error, contrary to both
reason and facts.