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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
Making the Butter Come.

Before we turned our cows out TO
pasture, we had no difficulty in churn.
ing, but now they have been out two or
three weeks, and it is impossible to make
the butter come" This is the tenor of
numerous complaints, If you will add
quart of water heated to 90 degrees
to each quarts of milk, when set to
cream. and then put into the cream
about Onc-fourth its bulk of water at
81 degrees when the churn is started,
there will probably be no trouble. Use
boiled water in both cases, cooled
down to 80 and 81 degrees, as stated.
Evidently the sudden change to green
feed has Occasioned some element in
the milk that prevents the butter
globulcs from adhering to each other.
The thinning of the milk dilutes this
substance and gives a chance for the
butter to come. Very often this trouble
is due to churning too warm. or the
grass having occasioned too large a
proportion OF liquid fats in the butter.
The more the cream is churned in a
warm temperature the thinner it gets.
As a matter of fact, cheese has a ''be-
havior' OF its own that is often past
finding out; thus the cream of one COW
churned every day, although it may
be exactly alike in quality, will not
yield an exactly similar quantity of
butter in any two days. Another
reason for this trouble is the chemical
change which has occurred in the
cream of grass-fed cows, when kept
long enough in the home pantry TO
make up IA churning. More frequent
churning might be bctter.--John Gould,
IN Farm and Home.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
kBOuT SHEEP.WASHING,
An Unnatural Process That Should B
Allowed tn Fall Into Disuse.

An Unnatural Process That Should He
Allowed tn Fall Into Dtsuse.
Much has been published in regard
to the barbarity of the usual mode OF
washing sheep before shearing. They
are timid animals and particularly fear.
full Of getting into water. 1t is very
difficult to drive flock across stream,
and when one does succeed in doing so
they invariably jump it. They have
an innate dread of wetting even their
feet. 1t is not SO with other farm ami
mails. Then when sheep come to be
plunged in by the washers and retained
| five or ten minutes. what must be their
| feelings? 1t must be shock to the sys-
| tenn. and shocks are bad. This heroic
treatment is downright cruelty. Wash
ing removes only the loose dirt from
the wool, and it is doubtful if that en-
braces 2 per cent. Of the whole weight
of fleece, yet buyers deduct from 20 TO
80 per cent. for unwashed wool.
Washed or unwashed, it has to be
| secured before manufacturing. and
hence why wash at all? Farmers do il
| simply to save such an outrageous
deduction on the price. Three years
ago friend with a flock Of sixty sheep
did not wash, and said he should not
| again; but when he sold his wool he
was compelled to submit to discount
| OF 20 per cent, amounting to $25, and
now he has returned to the old process.
At a wool-buyer's store have seen un-
washed feeces thrown into the general
lot, and it is doubtful if manufacturers
make much difference, il any. In the
absence of desired information as to
the true inwardnaos of this WOOL
washing business, it must be concluded
that somebody is taking advantage of
the wool-growers who fail TO present
washed fleeces. As soon us they can
get full price for unwashed wool.
minus the weight of dirt washing
takes out, just SO soon will they be
glad to relinquish the unnatural pro-
cess. 1t would be well to test one Or
two fecces this season by washing
after shearing, and then one could
know just what shrinkage there is
Massachusetts PlOuqhnaan.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
THE DAIRY.

Don't put the calves on a non-milk
.iet too soon. Dairy World.
Do the milking quickly, quietly,
regularly and thoroughly. ~. $. Dairy
mn.
| Some mixers kick, whip and
pound their cows till they get ugly and
pad tempered, which changes the milk
md spoils the butter.-Fdrn,, Field and
Stockmdn.
DO not look for fat COW as q
mixer. A good dairy COW may take
IN fat when dry, but she never comes
10 her full flow OF milk until the SUPER
abundance OF fat disappears. Dairy
World.
The dairy must stand back OF good
agriculture. The fertility of the soil
Fan not be maintained without the dairy;
whence agriculture without the dairy
soon commits suicide by feeding on
itself. N. y. Witness.
When milk sells at three cents per
quart the price corresponds with that
of butter at twenty-five cents per pound.
The butter. however, takes no fertility
from the farm, while the sale Of milk
carries off all the mineral and organic
matter of its composition.-Miss
Republican.
In dairy farming, when half the
milk. butter or cheese goes to pay for
food. the profit of the business is gone.
To-day it is question Of the first con-
sequence how to keep mich cows at
the lowest possible cost while getting
from them the highest possible prod
uct.-Boston Globe.
/ Sweet cream makes rather in
sipid butter, though its most serious
defect is in not thoroughly churning.
No amount of skill ut the churn can
get all the butter out of fresh cream.
that is, cream that has not been allowed
to ripcn with age. 1t may remain per-
fectly sweet and still yield up all its
butter. but it must have agc.-1mcri-
can Dairymen.
1t is of primary Importance that
the cow-housc should be thoroughly
well ventilated without being in the
slightest degree draughty. Cows, like
human beings, require fresh and pure
air the whole twenty-four hours. and
not merely when they are out OF doors,
and if they do not get it their health
will be certain to suffcr.-N j. Shop
herd.
A COW should be MIXED out in five
to eight minutes. II is hard work on
the wrists and muscles, but it must be
done or the COW will get a habit oil
dribbling the milk. which is very tire.
some. To cure this habit, which has
been brought on by slow milking. the
milking should be done more quickly
and in time the trouble will disappear.
N Y. Times.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
RAISE GOOD CALVES.
Every Dairyman Can DO 1t by Exercisir
prODer Care.

Every Dairyman Can DO II by Exercisin /:
Proper Care.
Let the calf run with the cow till the
milk is fit to use. A newborn calf is
weak, like a baby. It's stomach is moi
strong enough to digest quart or two
OF milk that is swallowed quickly or
poured down its throat only twice a
day. 1t needs to suck little at time
and often. Besides, it learns to drink
much easier after it has grown strong
by running with its mother three Or
four days. And by all means use II
calf-feedcr. Try it once and your
calves will do SO much better that you
will never want to do without one.
An excellent calf-feeder is made by
boring half-inch hole through the
side of wooden pail, just above the
bottom and directly under one of the
ears. Then take a piece OF nursing
bottle tubing three or four inches long
and strip of heavy sheeting about five
inches wide and IA foot or two long,
with a wide hem or fold in one edge,
anu IOll tHc III Afosh
till it makes roll large enough to fiji
tightly in the hole in the pail, but not
tightly enough to press the rubber tube
together and close it. The folded edge
of the cloth makes one end of the roll
larger than the other. Now draw this
roll nearly through the hole from the
inside of the pail. fasten the inner and
larger end with a few tacks, hem down
the loose edge of the cloth and it il
done. The milk runs slowly through
the tube and the calf learns to suck the
thing at once. After it has learned to
suck the feeder it can be taught to first
drink part of its mess and then suck
the rest, and so weaned from the feeder
gradually. -Cor. Philadelphia Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Unless butter be kept in moist at
nosphere the water of the brine will
svaporatc, leaving the salt on the out
,idc.
The pigs should begin to eat milk
rom the trough ut three weeks old.
md they may safely be weaned at six
weeks old, in favorable weather.
Western .Sminchcrd.
In making oatmeal pudding take
,ne pound OF oatmeal, put into basin;
add a litter pepper, salt and Clipped
,nion. Rub in four ounces Of pork
,uct till it forms a ball. Wrap in a
.lcan cloth, put into boiling water. and
,ook for two hours.
Boiled Berry Pudding. One pint
If bread crumbs soaked in one pint OF
sweet milk. three beaten eggs, one and
onc-half cups Of siftcd -four, one-fourth
of a teaspoon of salt: roll out and spread
with one pint Of berries; roll up and
DOLL in a pudding bag one and onc-half
hours.
Roses look finest when grown in
groups. The roscis a gross feeder and
loves cultivation. Liquid manure suits
its appetite and is especially good when
the soil is not OF the richrst. Apply
when growth is vigorous for three or
tour weeks in occasional doses, before
The beginning OF bloom. AD,erica,,
| Gartien.
Cows coming in on full feed may
suffer from Ovcr-distended bags. il
MIXED only at night and morning.
Such cows may be MIXED also at noon,
and ii Is better to do so than to run the
risk OF the injury which may follow
neglect on this matter. Remember,
these are often the most valuable
breeding cows in the herd.
Lemon Custard. yellks Of
four eggs and the whites Of two, one
cupful Of sugar, one cnpful OF cold wa
ter, lump Of butter half the size oil
an egg, a tablespoonful of corn-starch
rubbed smooth in a little cold water,
and the grated rind and the juice OF a
large lemon. Beat together thorough
" and bake like plain custard. Beat
the two reserved whites with three
tablespoonful OF sugar. pour over the
custard and brown slightly. Serve
with cake.-Good Housekeeping.
Cup Plum Pudding.-Takc one cur
of raisins, currants, -four. bread
crumbs, suct and sugar. Stone the
raisins, wash and dry the currants
chop the suct, and mix all the above
ingredients well together, then add two
ounces OF cut candied lemon peel and
citron. little mixed spice. salt and
ginger, say half a teaspoonful of each
stir in four well-beaten eggs, and milk
enough to make mixture so that a
spoon will stand upright in it. Tie i,
loosely in cloth, or put it in mold
plunge it into boiling water, and boi
for three and one-half hours.
A fruit raiser in Indiana finds cop
peras-sulphate of iron the cheapest
and least dangerous substances thai
can be employed for killing curran1
worms. He gives the following direc
ton for its use: .. To one gallon of rair
water and a teacupful Of copperas, dis
solving the copperas in the water. and
with an ordinary sprinkler sprinkle wei
the bushes about the time the worms
first make their appearance. If this ap
plication is made at the time the frs
signs OF these pests are noticed once il
enough. but should they hatch and be
come numerous then two or three more
| sprinklings are required.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
Fires From Mcteors.

The remarkable possibility that mys-
terious fires may have been set by
sparks from other worlds than our own
has b.,en suggested to the Paris Acad-
envy OF Sciences by Mons. Oh. V. Zen
ger. From Il study of statistics for
several years, he learns that fires Of
unknown origin in woods, farmsteads.
barns, mills. and even in villages and
large towns. arc extremely often coin
cident with the periodical showers of
shooting stars. He points out that
during the first eighteen days Of last
August violent storms, rich meteoric
displays and CONGREGATIONS were Of
frequent occurrence. -1rhansaW 1raU-
tter.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12

and recreation in the perusal OF book
or paper: when sufficient taste has beer
developed TO induce the taking of some
interest in passing events outside If
ones own school district: but when, rs
is the case with thousands of women, no
such taste has been cultivated in girl
hood. and the seeming duties Of wife
and motherhood leave no time to ao-
quire or devote to it at later period.
life becomes no more than an animal
existence-bccomes a stagnant pool,
across whose waters no fresh breezes
blow; on whose margin no fair flowers
bloom; in whose depths is mirrored no
silvcry moon, no star Of hope: and the
spirit which should DO prepared at the
death Of the body to mount to higher
planes Of thought and action, finds
itself bound by chains forged on earth
chains which are not broken by tho
death of the body. but must still weigh
down the soul in its efforts to mount
upward into higher and better and
hOlicr atmosphere.
This Mrs. Parsons not only knew but
felt, and she was determined that no
sacrifice on her part should be spared.
ii necessary. that her girls might receive
ut least sufficient education TO enable
them to take and retain positions in So
ciety with the most intelligent of the
men and women with whom they would
be likely to come in contact in the hum
bic lives, which she expected and was
content that they should lead, as posi-
bic wives Of the coming men who were
to make the valleys and hillsides BIOS
som as . garden, and laugh beneath
their burdens of fruits and grains.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
ITO BE CONTINUED.

Chickens, two minutes after they
have left the eggs, will follow with
their eyes the movements of crawling
insects and peck at them. Judging dis
lance and direction with almost in
fallible accuracy. They viii instinct
lively appreciate sounds, readily rum
ming toward an invisible hen hidden in
box when they hear her ''call. hos
ton Globe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12

floats in upon them laden with healing
balm from the salt sea waves to find
not fIccmen. but. delving in mines and
upon leagues and leagues Of the richest
farming lands upon the continents
million scrfs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12

Never plant willows at all near un-
derdralns as the roofs of these trees will
surely enter the drains and block them.
N T.. Farmer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12

No man can enlist in the regular
army Of China, it Is said, until he has
shown bic courage BY havias teeth
pulled.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12
THE MONARCH.

"SsVS"SVs
Not he who leads the conquering host2
Nor mounts the highest throne.
Nor wins the loudcst praise of man,
Though he achieve alone:
Not he who braves the battles front
when treason fierce assails.
And dares the deadly lannon's mouth
When only hope prevails:
Nor he who smitcs with NIL his poworS
The falsity of heart
! That turks in subtle rcasonings, - }
Or smiles in fancied art
But he who strikes the foe srtthfn
The part of self that keeps
The noble aspirations drowned
In mournful lotus sleeps.
Who hears afar the angels cali
And Titanlkc he strives,
Until in mortal agony
He rends the iron gives
And stands ut last soul confessed,
Cnfcttered. free and grand:
The victor over self becomes
The greatest monarch Of the landi
Birch Arnold, IN Detroit Free neAL
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12

In raising calves the observing
aairyman knows that II one out OF six
turns out EXTRA It 10 u COED showing
Eayai feW yrrker.
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CHAPTER vI.-COwrIkUEp.

PUBLISHED ny PERMISSION or J. r. DowNEY
CO.. PUBLIsHER& CHICAGO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-07-12

OF waiting until spring, when a new
house was to be begun, and when their
services would be much more needed
by their mother. But instead of going
to San Francisco they would only 90 to
Sacramento, where there was very
good school under the charge Of Prof
Cook, and being nearer they could be
the sooner reached in case they should
be taken sick.
Letting the girls 60 from her side was
the hardest thing Martha Parsons had
been called upon to do since she let
John take her arms from around his
neck and start on his long journey
twelve years before, when they lived in
the log house back in the States; but
like other mothers she loved her chill
dren and was unwilling that her girls
should grow up without every advan-
tage possible to give them. Their OPP
portunities for attending school had
never been very good, and for time
after they had settled in their present
home they were without any instruction
except such as she could herself find
time to give; and it was she. and
not their father, who had suggested
sShuiuS tieM away VI scHOOl.
In fact he had at first opposed it; not
because of the expense. but because he
thought their mother needed their helts.
and because he did not like to he scpa-
rated from them.
His own education was not so good
AS that OF his wife, and he did not look
as far into the future in planning for
their welfare; or if so, he did not under
stand as we'll AS she how completely an
nneducated woman. married to a man
who follows some kind of manual labor
for living. is cut off from all social
and intellectual intercourse with her
kind. and how barren of all that is
beautiful and ennobling her life be-
comes.
1t is bad enough to DO tied to an end
less round Of household duties, even
when tbs MUD can take essasiepal rest
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-11-30

The Lake Champlain Ice Trotting Assocl.
alton Organized In this CT y Friday.


alton Organized In this CT y Friday.
The call for meeting at the Van Ness
House Friday afternoon to arrange for
races Oh the ice the coming winter met
with hearty response and goodly mum.
Der of gentlemen interested in fleet footed
horses were present. Mr.. A. b. Ashley of
Milton acted as temporary chairman and
on motion committee to report a con-
stitution and bylaws consisting of +. f.
Brownell, Il. A. Drew and DR.. j. n.
Oliver of Burlington was appointed. The
committee made a partial report stating
that the name of the organization shall he
the Lake Champlain Ice Trotting associa-
ton, that the membership fee be 81 per
annum, and that the officers shall consist
of Il president, two vice presidents, Il sec
rotary, treasurer, an executive commit
tee of seven in addition to the officers,
eX-otficio members and a canvassing com.
mlttee of one from each town where neces
sary. A further report Is TO be made at
the next meeting.
A committee consisting of E. e. Brown
ell of Burlington, Darwin Rider of Mid
dlebury ana A. b. Ashley Of Milton was
appointed TO present names for officers,
and their report was accepted and adopted
as follows.
IIeSiueul--U. N. r OSJer Vi DlIlluElOu.
Vice -presidents-A. b. Ashley Of Milton
and Il. 5. Drew of Burlington.
Secretary-H c. Thorp of Charlotte.
Treasurer. +. Lavell of Burlington.
Executive committee-G. NJ. Delaney of
Burlington, H. T. Cults of Orwell, ID.
Rider of Middlebury, $. l. Stroud of St.
Adams, w. n. Phelps of South Hero, G..
A. Ballard of Fairfax, f. f. Brownell OF
Burlington.
Canvassiug committee-F F. Freeman
of Richmond, p. r. Miles OF Hinesburgh,
h. L. Cuts of Orwell, ID. Rider of Middle
bury, William Landon of Milton, w. e.
Allen Of Winooski, Z. NJ. Tierney of St.
Adams, j f Kelley of Swauton, +. Il.
Brayton Of Alburgh, II. c. Thorp of Char
lotte, W. A. Weed OF Shelburn, q. f. O.
kibmall of Nergepnes, G. NJ. Delaney and
+. f. Brownell of BURLINGTON, w. f. Whit
ney Of Williston, c. c. Warren of Water
bury, G. r. Page of MOrrisville, w. n.
Phelps Of South Hero. b. c. Blanchard of
North Hero, H. a. Booth of Ferrlsburgh.
The meeting then adjoutned TO Satur-
day, December l, at the Van Ness House
at O'Clock p. m. A meeting Of the eXecu
tive committee viii be held at the same
time and place.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-11-30
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT SOILS.
Information That viii Guide to the selcc-
ton of n Farm.

The soil is a compound substance of
mineral, vegetable and animal particles
that form the upper stratum of the earths
surface. In selecting the site for fam
there are many things to be considered in
addition to the character of the soil.
Among these is the important one of loca-
ton with regard to market facilities,
health, good neighborhood and prospec-
tive rise in value, Soils admit of many
classifcations, arising from their different
constituents. Rocks are the original basis
of soils, having by the long continued
agency of the forces of nature, by air,
moisture, frost and heat, been re.
solved into minute particles, taking
on the form of earth Soils are called
stony, gravelly, clayey, peaty, etc,
according as the substances named CON
stitute leading feature in the compound.
A loan is a soil chiefly composed of sill
cious sand, clay and other mineral sub
stances along with large percentage of
decayed vegetable and animal matter. to
which it principally owes its fertility.
The pulverulent brown substance formed
by the action of air on solid animal or
vegetable matter. is called humus, and is
a valuable constituent of soils. 1t renders
stiff soils friable. absorbs and retains
moisture and in large degree supplies
the mineral elements of decayed matter
in soluble forms for plant growth.
The capacity of a sandy loan for retain
ing moisture depends on the amount of
decayed vegetable matter which it con
tains and without which it will be infer
tile. Sandy and clay soils requires differ.
ent treatment, Each will be benefited bv
an admixture with the other but the
union of pure sand and clay alone will be
sterile unless supplied with decomposed
vegetable matter Under draining is
highly beneficial to clay soils. a sandy
loan is easily worked and is among the
most desirable of all the soils
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-11-30
Stories That Are Told.

Trees planted around a house dis
lance of twenty feet or moro are now
talked of as better lightning protectors
than rods.
Whoever would attempt to keep per-
manent meadow by top dressing should
select other grasses than timothy for his
sod, unless he scatters seed freely with
the manure applied says A. w. Cheever.
1t is mistake, says f, d. Curtis to
mix chilled milk with fresh, rs the latter
will be injured by the former.
An experienced poultry man maintains
that fowls live, thrive and pay about as
well in confinement (when properly man
aged and care ior) as when running at
large. But they will never bear crowding,
Readers having silk cocoons of the crop
of 1893 for sale should apply to the "com-
missioner of agriculture, Washington,
D. C., and obtain circular relating to
terms of purchase
Recent reports are to the effect that
there will be barely half a crop Of apples
in England and Scotland.
Reports from the northwest show an
average yield Of eighteen bushels of wheat
to the acre in northern Minnesota and
fifteen bushels to the acre in Dakota.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-11-30
Personihed Plants.

Plants are thus personfed by The
Western Christian Advocate: The pepper
and mustard represent a class known as
sharp people; the spice trees, others,
and tobacco and barley saloonkecpers.
The violet and lily are the preachers of
humility, purity aud righteousness. The
tea plant and catnip are the old ladies of
the village, without whom society would
be incomplete The beet and sugar cane
are confectioners; roses and pinks, per
tuners; wheat and corn, provision deal
ers; and the cOcoanut palm furnishes as
many articles as the country store. The
little wayside plants by stagnant pools
are scavengers. Some plants prefer water
they are the Baptists; some run all
over-they are the Methodists; some
stand up straight and orderly--they are
the Presbyterians; others cling to ancient
walls and churches-they are the Episco-
palians and Catholics. There are plants
that live alone, like hermits; others lead
a nomadic life, wandering all over every
thing,