The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-04-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
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through every article, Without specify.
ing any Particular ones, we will guaran.
ice that any II who does SO will fail to
get some hint, some suggestion. some
thought, that will start NJ 4 heW thought.
or train II thought which will be useful
In his w present practice. And the
same of almost every peccs issued during
the yea.. Many men of many minds, of
varied experience, express themselves in
every issue. We canpe, ,r'i .:yhat par.
ticnlar H.tirie or item NAV hit YOUR case.
but there will be some one we are sure.
Mind, thought. makes the thtsical
force put forth w iacn more effective
than that cxerted by the brutcs, whose
chief effort is muscular. The best fer
%tillizcr for any soil or CROP is tile h'iman
brains. The MAY Nh6S makes his head
most help his hands will, u very general
rule, make The most gain.
We know that the two hours n week,
Systematically planned for and set apart
for reading this piper, will iii the long
rua be the two mist profitable hours of
the week no matter how pressing the
work. a hundred to 0nc, that some hints
will be gained in the reading will facil-
late your work more than two hours of
actual aoil. Then the thoughts thus ac-
lulrcd, or set in motion, will supply
material 10 think about while the hands,
the arms, the legs. the body. are actively
engaged, and the work will be far less
tedious, less irksom. less firing. We sa;
all this as the result of much experience
and long observation.
HOW TO MAKE PERFECT BUTTER.
OF many thousand samples of butter
examined by the late Prof. l.. b. Arnold,
during the last % or 30 years, only one
was considered by him fitto mark perfect.
That sample was found at the Bay State
Fair, Boston, last Fall. Since the an.
nouncemcnt of this fact, many have rush.
ed into print to claim the honor of having
their butter adjudgcd perfect by experts
But we may express doubt as to whether
so keen a judge as Prof. Arnold Vas
would have awarded it the seal of perfcc
ton. After Judgment Of the Bay State
butter was made by number, il was fount
that the maker was selling it in Boston
at so cents a pound. His, and other sam
pies scoring up to 81, 9S and 80 per cent
were made in the ordinary way by cold
setting, acidifying the cream by setting i
in a warm place and frequently stirringit
and churning it as. soon as acidity appears
distinctly, but before it goes far enough
TO cut the ~1lavoring oils. ThoGhurn wa:
stopped as soon as the butter appeared il
granular form, the buttermilk then drawn
OIL, the butter carefully washed in colo
water until it ran away clear, the butter
sailed by sprinkling on the salt and light
y stirring il in, when the whole was
carefully pressed into a solid mass. anc
directly packed for market. Simple as
this process is, Prof. Arnold Justly adds
1T is oftener missed than followed"
ON sTARcnING AND IRONING.
Seeing an old Scotch lady recently iron
ing fine shirts and vests exceedingly well
| inquired how she starched them. She
said: Il do not use boiled starch any
more; no need of it. For five shirts ! tax,
four t%easpoonfuls of starch called Clos
sine, and one of powdered borax. The,
will be plenty stiff enough starched will
cold starch, and it is the most economical
way. Ii | want to make the bottoms o.
white skirts very stiff. | put borax into
boiling starch, making a little suds o.
white soap to wet up the starch"
never did up shirts end collars SO salts
factorily, us since | have followed tn,
Scotch lady's way. Some of my neigh
bors have also tried both of the abov,
methods of washing and starching. ant
report Il success. ! think elbow grease
has a great deal to do i'll polishing hos
oms, and ! have not much to use in this
way. ! have a bosom board. with .
s%tretchcr. which holds the shirt smooth,
| before me.
THE EST SORGHUM.
&c. Grcavc, Rice county, Minnesota
writes: | was much interested in the wa,
Sod House, of Thomas COUNTY Kan
SAG. increased his winter feed for stool
with sorghum which he regards supcrio,
to corn. AS he claims there is mud
difference in the feeding value of differ
ent kinds of sorghum, he made n sad mis-
take i'll not telling us what kin he plantc,
and his manner of planting and culliva
ting. He should let us know all about it
| intend planting some this spring. Tn,
winter here has been unusually severe
January being IL of the coolest month,
ever known, though February was mildcr
stock looks well considering the scarclt,
Of feed. Many farmers have not fed :;
pound of hay to their animals this win
ter. They are learning the value of corr
stalks and that when good they will win
ter animals in as excellent orderssas gooc
hay.
A HOME MADE FERTILIZER,
F. ID. H., Steuben county, New York
writes: A Maine farmer fortified NJ
acre of corn, II of potatoes, a small
wheat fed and a plot of grass at a cos
of $3.50. He took 100 pounds of groun,
bone and put in a half -hogshead with II
pounds of sulphuric acid, and water ad
ded. In five days it was reduced to
Jelly. More water was then added an,
100 pounds of plaster to dry it.. The mas
was then shoveled over and worked unit
it could be readily handled. The corr
s'hcre it was used was of n nice color
potatoes good, and the wheat and gras.
also showed the effects OF the phosphat,
in n marked degree. This is better tina,
paying $40 and $50 per on. I'VE are no
told how much water. probably three o
four times the bulk of the acid. Grea
care is needed in handling the acid, as i
is very acrid. and the water should b,
put in first, and the acid put in n little a
. time or great heat will be produced
Ed.
Hog raising has nearly followed tn,
cattle industry, though the hog choler;
and the low prices Of pork two years ago
led to the producing Of fewer pigs, nnt
this with the Grouth and loss of corn 70,
f%attening, has for the time being pushed
up values quite high comparatively. A.
it requires only a year to produce full
grown swine for the market, the greatly
diminished supply and higher rates will
be likely to bring out a mucn larger stool
of pigs the present year; and should tn,
corn crop OF 1883 turn out a very gooc