Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-12-22


no preparation We're decayed an inch
or more in thickness those coated
with thick wash of lime were better
preserved, but were quite seriously at
tackled with worms; those posts coated
with hot tar were perfectly sound as
when put in the ground those painted
with petroleum and kerosene were
equally as sound and as good for set
ting. Let the posts get thnrougly dry,
and then with pan of cheap Kerosene
anu whitewash brush, give the lower
third of the post, the part to go in the
ground, two or three applications OF
the oil, letting it soak in well each
time Posts so treated will not be
troubled with worms or insects of any
kind, but will resist decay to remark
able degree. This We find to be the
simplest, cheapest and best method
OF preparation.
As breeder of diseases, there are
few things that excel the average
farmhouse cellar. 1t underlies the
whole house, with nothing to prevent
its exhalations rising into the upper
rooms, except thin board floor. In
this cellar all manner of things for
family use are kept the year round.
Meat, vegetables, milk, butter, bread,
pastry, preserves, pickles and fruits
are here stored in their various recep
tacles. There is very seldom anything
to separate the fruit and vegetables
from the other parts of the cellar, and
there is usually more or less decaylng
vegetable matter to load the air with
poisonous germs. At various seasons
of the year the cellar walls collect
dampness, or small pools of water lie
under their loose board floors, sending
up malarious odors into the rooms
above.
There are several States which pro-
duce a surplus of corn. OF these Hi
nois and Iowa are equals, the product
Of each being estimated at 100000,
900 bushels; Missouri ranks as third,
with 210000,000 bushels; and of the
other four, Kansas has made gaia Of
II 100000 bushels, as compared with
the crop of 1887; Indiana has gained
100000 bushels; Nebraska, 54 4,OOO,-
900, and Ohio 100000. The total
increase for the yea is believed to be
not fr from 560,000,000 bushels, or
more than twice the entire product OF
Illinois and Iowa together. The COM
parison affords aid to the imagina ion
in forming a conception cf the surplus
available for expectation, aeither di
rectly or in the form Of meat and
other provisions but only when the
mind dwells upon the magnitude of
the entire product of more than 2,OOO,-
100000 bushels is it possible to realize
the significance Of the name to which
corn is now entitled as king of cereals.
Now is the time to get rid Of the
poorer ANIMALS. II will not pay to
winter them, as better animals will
give larger returns for shelter, care
and feed. 1t is rot economy to keep
a poor animal through any season;
but it is most extravagant to keep it
through the winter It is the hight OF
folly in stock raising to sell the best
and keep the worst. True, the best
bring the largest prices; but you sell
the best and keep the worst, soon
your best will be no better than your
worst is now, and your worst will be
such that the more you have the
poorer you will be. You, by this plan,
constantly make your animals poorer
and as the stock raiser makes his ami
mails poor he makes himself poorer.
Ii he keeps up the process, bankruptcy
is as sure as fate. The opposite policy
is the winning policy. Sell the poor
est and retain the best. And sell
enough of the poorer animals that
you may buy a few better than the
best you now have. This is making
your animals constantly better and
yourself richer. Soon your worst will
bring qs much as your best now. If
you have not pure bred animals, sell
enough scrubs or grades to buy an an
imal of each sex, pure bred. Hold fast
to the full-blooded produce and to the
highest grades. Almost before you
are aware of it you will have only
pure bred animals. If once we start
with pure bred animals, the increase
of breeding makes us rich in focks
and herds Of the best blood in what, |
when the goal is reached, seems very
short time.
The trade in Christmas trees and |
green's grows larger year by year.
Thirty years ago Christmas tree was
seldom seen except in some home OF
the richest class, and the adornment |
of churches for the festival season was
confined to the Catolic and Episcopal |
denominations. But the immense in
crease of our German population has
popularized the Christmas tree
throughout the length and breadth of
the land and with the waning of old |
Puritan ideas the decoration OF church
es of all denominations has become |
customary. The extent to which ma
terials for these purposes are now re
quired is shown by the fact that
single dealer in New England last
year disposed of 10000 Christmas
trees, 25,OO9 yards OF wreathing and |
800 barrels of evergreen spray. The
smallest that are sold bring on the |
ground 10 cents apiece, while the
largest-25 to 80 feet in height
bring from 81 to $S.-Garden and For
est.
Chairman Britton, of the inaugural
committee, has received favorable
answers to his requests for the use OF
the corridors of the Interior and Post