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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
THE DAIRY.

A COW that Is properly fed and prop
erly cared for will stand an excellent
chance Of maintaining good health.
Butter that is worked too much has
tho grain broken down and becomes
grease. Tons OF butter are spoiled by
working it to death.
Animals frequently suffer because
OF defect OF the teeth, which may forbid
the mas.ication OF their food. When
animals refuse to eat or take but little
food. IL Is we'll to notice whether their
teeth are all right. Farm and Homo.
"A man who claimed to distinguish
SO many distinct doors in . tub OF buttcr
drew on his Imagination instead OF the
butter. II they were in it no man living
has nose sharp enough to separate
thcm.-Western Rural.
A pound OF bran makes to within
seventeen per cent OF as much milk -
pound Of corn-meal which costs over
twice IS much, says Mirror and Farmer;
but corn-meal makes q richer milk.
while the bran makes richer manure.
Sweet corn in the roasting ear
stage, according to the experience Of
Professor Stewart. is the richest butter
making green food that can be given to
cows. Next to this come peas ard oats
grown together and cut when the pods
are just beginning to form and the oats
are In the earliest bloom.
Dairy stables ought to be kept Is
clean as possible. A dirty stable means
tainted milk. It isn't quite possible to
have stable ''as neat rs parlor," but
the nearer that ideal standard il APP
proximated the less danger there will
be Of ill-favored milk and Of dissatis-
faction with it or with butter made
from 1t. Neatness is one OF the cardinal
virtues Of the dairy. from the stable to
the delivery of the milk or the disposal
OF the butter.
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DEVELOPING HEIFERs.
How to Obtain = Cow ~ the Hlghes
Capacity for Prediction.

How to Obtain = Cow ~ the Highest
Capacity for Prediction.
1t was once very prevalent idea land
is still in some quarters, unfortunately
that any kind Of rough fodder is good
enough for young stock, whether steers
or heifers Swale hay and dry corn
stalks have made many . poor milker
that with proper feeding might have
been credit to the herd. Stunted
growth and poor development can be
seen in all kinds OF stock, because of
insufficient food; but in no case do these
have SO depressing an effect, perhaps,
IS with the females that are to supply
the dairy. The calf that, with proper
feeding during the period of growth and
after coming to the milking period,
might have become three-hundred-
pound butter COW, will hardly exceed
one hundred or one hundred and twenty
Ave pounds of butter per year under
the neglectful, haphazard plan Of feed
ing. which is also quito likely to precede
an insufficient milk ration when the
calf has become COW. To obtain cow
Of the highest capacity for production,
1t is not too soon to begin nearly year
before she is born. That is. having due
regard to the butter qualities Of the
sire and dam from which she is to be-
raised. 1t is as foolish to expect butter
cows from poor stock rs to look for figs
from thistles. It is not 50 important
that the dam should have the highest
milking qualities, though this will un-
dnnhf0A1v piun thu irfo
results. as rule; but it is essential
that the sire be pure-brcd Of . butter
family and from high productiveness.
A scrub bull may have no dairy qualities
in his blood. 1t is simply a lottery,
with the chances against one. to patron
ize such sire.
From the day Of the Calls birth 1t
should have the full measure of such
food. as much as it needs for growth,
and as much as it can digcst-bnt in no
ase more. 1t should be kept growing
-ithout interruption. The sooner 1t is
developed the Hss will be the expense,
both Of care and feed: for it il certainly
more expensive to spend three years in
attaining . size that could have been
reached in two There is better de-
velopment also in the latter case.
When practicable, it has been found
we'll to feed skim-milk from calfho0d
till the heifer comes into milk herself
1t is fed warm during the first month.
Ground oats and fine bran will also be
valuable assistants in growing bone and
tissue. These are especially important
in the winter as an addition to the hay
ration, which should be clover hay II
obtainable. II silage can he added. o,
an occasional feed Of finely-pulped
roots, SO much the better. Such foods
with warm quarters, dry bed, and
plenty Of good water. In winter. bring q
heifer to her full capacity as producer
OF butter. When she begins to give
milk. it should be kept in mind that, FOL
largest yield, she must have as much o.
. well-balaneed ration as she can digest
The measure Of profitably feeding 1
well-bred butter COW ceases only wher
the well-balanced ration is fed in exces,
Of her ability to turn it into dairy prod.
ucts.-American Agriculturist.
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PACKING AWAY BUTTER.
Conditions Under Which II IL Safe
Hold It for Higher Prices.

Conditions Under Which Il 10 Safe to
Hold It for Higher Prices.
Dairymen or farmers who are packing
away butter for future sale in the hope
to get better prices by and by should
remember that only good butter. we'll
packed and stored in = dry cool place on
benches elevated at least eighteen
inches from the ground, will keep in
good condition. The butter must be
freed from every faint of the butter
milk; cooled before it is packed; sailed
evenly and thoroughly, SO that the
brine is mixed all through the mass and
is not in excessive quantity; tho paAk-
ages must be new and wholly free from
faint, and must be solidly filled; each
packing covered with brine until the
next layer is put in and then sprinkled
lightly with dry salt; and when filled .
cover Of clean muslin dipped in brine
should be laid on the top and the cover
sealed with dry salt and fastened down.
Good butter we'll packed in this way
is safe to hold for higher prices,
while fresh creamery" especially that
which is made from sweet cream. must
be sold at once, regardless Of low prices
caused by temporary oyersupply.
Where ice or other methods Of cooling,
such as clean special snbcellar, arc
available for storing butter there need
be no hurry to sell on falling market.
An excellent subcellar for storage is one
IL or IA feet deep, made in dry soil. and
walled up in brick; (but it does not mat
ter il there is we'll in the bottom II the
water is pumped and kept fresh
tight floor il made over the top and 1
glazed window is put in the floor.
Shelves are ranged around tho walls,
resting on bricks set out 2 inches from
the walls for supports, and the butter
packages rest on these. The we'll may
be protected by curb 8 feet high
around it.
The use of carrot juice for butter COL
oring is wholly u1sAd visable. The albu-
men in the juice quickly decomposes
and spoils the butter. II coloring il
used in spite of all objections. let it be
the clear annotto, dissolved in warm
water, of which tow drop, only are re-
quircd for each gallon Of cream. But
good taste and common sense (both OF
these are collateraD forbid the use OF
any coloring whatever: the natural
''gilt edge" Of the chlorophyl OF the
fresh grass, or clover, or o. the corn or
other soiling fodder, is alone sufficient
to give the delicate primrose yellow OF
the best butter. And every dairyman
should secure supply of such fodder
by foresighted plans laid for tho season
befora the work begins.-N. Y. Times.
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to her. am anxious that the true state
of the case should be understood by the
church people. Hetty would grieve to
think that her enforced absences are a
stumbling-block."
Her solicitude was genuine and OBJ
vious. Judge Gilchrist offered an as
suasive:
1--WE must have telephone wire run
from the pulpit to Miss Hester's room.
l have known OF such things"
II don't believe that Hester would
care to keep her room Sunday MORNINGS
Them whispered Perry, renfant terrible
Of the Wayt family. "She says family
pra, ers are all she can stand"
March, the recipient Of the saucy
"asi1e," cast warning look at the tell
tale. Inwardly he was amused by the
unlncky revelation. Spoiled child as
Hester was, she had marvelously keen
perceptions, and shrewd judgment.
She saw through the jugglery that de-
ceived the mass OF Mr.. Wayt's follow
ers, and rated correctly the worth of his
capital.
He juggled rarely to-day. Even his
voice partook OF the spread-eagle ele-
ment which interfused Divine services,
as conducted by the popular preacher.
The church was full to the doors, many
Of the audience being strangers and
sight-seers. The number Of "tran-
sients" increased weekly.
'IIe is like fy-paper," Hester had
said, this very Sunday, ~ the skirts Of
his well-dtting coat, clerisslly,sd* and
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
WHAT i LEARNED.

Itold secret, It wasn't much
For q little girl to tell;
And only told II, soft and low,
To my intimate school mate. Bellc.
But the silly secret grew and grew;
And all around IL spread,
Until at last II was hard 10 lind
The thing had really said.
And when sat In mammals lap
With all my troubles told,
She said twas the matter great" that gre v
From the little fire" Of old.
So learned q lesson well that night
Before went to bed;
And mamma gave me a rule to keeps
And this ID what she said:
"The only way Is never to say
word that can offend;
Not even close to the listening car
VI the dearest intimate friend!'
Youths Companion.
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closely -buttoned, cleared the front door.
Out OF the many that swarm and
buzz about him, some are sure to stick
that Is, take pews! That is the test
OF spiritual husbandry, Hetty! ! boz
lieve Ill be an infidel.'
Don't be utterly absurd" answered
her aunt in . spiritless way. Il haven't
the energy TO argue, or even scold.
Let Con be true, and every man .
liar Con forgive me, but am ready.
sometimes. to say that all men arc! But
can't let Him 60, dear!''
Mr.. Wayt gave out the opening hymn
in tones that would have been clarion,
but for an occasional break into falsetto
that brought to March's irreyerent mind
the wheeling drone OF bag-pipe.
I'VE are living. We are dwelling
In grand and awful time;
In IN age on ages telling,
To be living II sublime.
Hark. the waking up Of nationA
Cog and Magog TO the fray!
Hark! what soundcthf IT'S creation
Groaning for its latter day,"
His text was, as was his custom, start
linRly peculiar:
"Oniy TIE stump Of Dagon seas left to
him"
1t was political discourse, after the
manner of q majority OF discourses which
are miscalled National" Government
jobbery, nepotism and chicanery; close
corporations. railway monopOlics, mu.
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Thinninx Fruit ON the Trees.

This is subject which will properly
bear repetition. Among others who
have amply tested Its advantages, is
Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, Mass, who
stated in an address before the Massa-
chusetts Board Of Agriculture, after an
experience of more than twenty years
in thinning pears, and half as many in
apples, that the labor expended in this
way has always been worth more than
twice what 1t has cost, and in some
cases more than Ave times. He con-
fidently stated that 1t adds to the value
OF the remaining product from twenty
Ave to one hundred per cent. 1t pays
the largest profit when the crops are
heaviest. In such crops the difference
in the value Of the firsts and seconds il
greatest In 1883, when the apple prod.
uct was very large, and great guam.
tity went begging at small prices, first
class fruits sold for fully three times
the prices Of the others. But it should
be borne in mind that tho trees on
which the fruit is grown must receive
tair attention and good cultivation, for
fne fruit can not be grown on feeble
and stunted trees, nor gathered from
them. The finer and fairer the speci-
mems the handsomer and more perfect
and excellent will be those bringing
high prices in market; but IN all cases
the best fruit will grow on trees not
oyercrowded with crops. - Country
Gentleman
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
what Dolls should do.

A wooden-headed doll should be care.
full not to hit her head against her
mammals, lest she should hurt her.
A doll should keep away from the
rocking chairs, as the rockers may 20
over her and crush her.
A wax doll should avoid the fire, IL
she wishes to preserve q good COM
plexion.
Often an old doll with cracked head
and q sweet smile Is more beloved than
. new doll with sour face.
1t is q bad plan for dolls to be
stretched out on the floor too often, rs
people are apt to tread on them; and
doll that is trodden ON is sure to go into
. decline.
Mariory was reading these rules to
her dolly with very sober face. Thes
she laughed.
dolly" said she, Its funny, but J
really believe these rules are more for
me than they are for you. Morning
Light
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
rae OLD FARM At the MILL

The moist. brown soil in burrows lay,
Where the field sloped up the hill:
Below ths meadows stretchedAway
70 the farm house ut the MILL
A city lad. whose heart is glad,
A lassie country born;
How the old hills ring to the song they sing.
They sing and drop the corn:
Three In hill. three In hill:
Should the cut worm and the crow
Each claim his share. kernel there,
Yet one Is left 10 grow
o Polly, Polly'f was thus We sang that day
That the echoes soft repeated oft
30 far. 50 far away!
The years have passed-Ah, time goes fast.
Yet my heart is constant still:
And thoughts 60 forth to the distant North,
To the farm. house ~ the mill.
see the old field slope away,
And feel the breeze OF morn:
The old refrain comes back again,
We sing and drop the corn:
Constant still, const ant still,
To the love OF long ago.
Tho grief and care may claim their share,
Yet love is left, know"
OPolly. Polly: tho youth may pass away,
And latter years bring troubles tears,
Yet Love viii Last For Az,
Roy l. McCardell, fn Puck
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28

A Scotchman who had been en-.
ployed nearly all his life in the build.
ing Of railways in the Highlands OF Scou.
land came to the United States in his
last years and settled on the plains Of
the far West. Soon after his arrival a
project came up in his new home for tho
construction of a railroad through the
district, and the Scotchman was applied
to as man OF experience in such mat
tors. ''Hoot, mon!" said he to tho
spokesman Of the scheme, I'VE cannA
build q railway across this kentryv'
"Why not, Mr.. Ferguson?' why not?'
he repeated, with an cir Of settling thu
whole matter. why not? And dinnA
ye see the kentry's rs fat IS flure,
and you have nav place whatever to run
your toonnels through!"-Exchange.
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vapor constantly escapes from these
| tubes. Hold your hand near > cold
glass; the vapor will DO condensed in
slight moisture on the glass. When OK
ercisc throws 1t of rapidly you see It
and call it Precipitation. A labor
ing man may throw on two pounds in
twenty-four hours A physician once
| desired to know how much he per-
spired, and daily for thirty years
weighed himself, his food, ETC., and
finally estimated that Ave out of eight
pounds Of his food and drink passed OF
through his skin. You have read Of
the child who was girdlcd all over to
represent Cupid in procession. and
who died in few hours; what caused
its death?"
The tubes were filled. suppose. 50
they could not act Aunt Mary, what
makes the difference in the color Of
skim
Tho coloring Is found in cells Of the
lower side Of the cuticle; black in the
negro. white in the Caucasian. Albinos
have no coloring matter in the cells"
Cant we find any medicine or food
to change the color? I'd take any
thing to have complexion like Alice"
I'VE know OF nothing to change tho
color. But keep all those tubes open SO
that the drainage Is in good order; takc
long breaths of pure air to enlarge your
lungs enough to keep your blood pure.
and you are sure of healthy COM
plexion, which Is better than fair one.
This skin Of yours is more important
than you think, since it covers not only
the outside. but lines tho inside OF your
body, where 1t Is called mucous mem
brane, and does its part in absorbing, rs
we'll as throwing out secretions to aid
digestion.
Remember one thing. Exercise
opens these tubes SO that the perspira-
ton and other secretions begin to flow
out abundantly. Now, II you cool of
suddenly, the tnbes contract, throwing
back all the secretions they had brought
to the surface, and making you ache all
over: your throat is sore: your nose.
bronchial tubes and lungs all filled up
you say you have fearful cold. All
the trouble came because your
drains were closed. Skin Is not deep,
but il you want health and happiness,
take good care Of it. And your friend
Alice may remember that things, not
very deep, may have much good in them
II rightly used. "-.Watchman.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
A DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

q Handy Device for Keeping Chickens
Supplied with G0OI Water.
Mr.. A. =. Greim, Tompkin's Cove, N.
T.. sends description Of novel and
handy drinking fountain, which he de-
,cribes as follows: Here is the cheapest,
md in my opinion the best, drinking
iountain. and 50 simple that any one can
make it. First, procure pan or dish
the size required lmine Is an oval.shaped
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28

every farm. The
accompanying en-
craving shows one
which can not be
surpassed In effect
iveness. A plate Of
steel 6xl0 inches
should be shaped as
shown and welded
to . strong shank
that can be attached
to a heavy shovel
handle. After ham,
mering the edges
thin they are
ground properly
and brought within
half an inch of each
other. . circular
hole fully an inch
in diameter being
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NO. 2.

line Of No. 2, and place the dish or pan
in position.
In the illustration. A shows No. 2, C
shows No. lin position), Is is the dish.
and ID shows where hole may be cut
for handle. This fountain may be
carried anywhere, it will not upset, the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28

Razzle-I bet ! can keep an umbrella
longer than any one.
Daxzle-Does that belong to you"
Razzle-Yes.
Dsxxle--No wonder.-Life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28
Wonderful Discovery.

in science that has been made within
the last year or two is the fact that .
beam Of light produces sound. A beam
Of sunlight is thrown through lens on
a glass vessel that contains lampblack,
colored silk or worsted, or other sub
stances. A disk having Sits or OPEN
ings cut in it is made 20 revolvc swiftly
in this beam OF light SO as to cut it up,
thus making alternate flashes of light
and shadow. On putting the ear to the
glass vessel strange sounds are heard
SO long as the flashing beam is falling
on the vessel.
Recently more wonderful discovery
has been made. A beam OF sunlight is
made to pass through prism, SO as to
produce what is called the solar
spectrum or rainbow. The disk is
turned, and the colored light of the
rainbow is made to break through it
Now place the ear to the vessel contain,
ing the silk, wool or other material
As the colored lights Of the spectru a
fall upon 1t, sounds will he given by
different parts Of the spectrum. and
there will be silence in other parts.
For instance, il the vessel contains
red worsted, and the green light flashes
upon it, loud sounds will be given.
Only feeble sounds will be heard when
the red and blue parts OF the rainbow
fall upon the vessel, and other colors
make no found at all. Green silk gives
sound best in red light Every kind OF
material gives more or less sound in
different colors, and utters no sound in
others.
The discovery is strange one, and it
is thought more wonderful things will
come from it.-Golden DAYS.
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nervous restlessncss, he sprang up and
looked through the gap In the boughs.
The light went out, and, st the same
instant, the delayed storm burst in roar
and rain.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-08-28

left above them in the plate. The
plate should then be. tempered 50 1t
will hold keen edge without breaking
il 1t strikes an obstruction. Hung in
shovel handle and ferruled. this appli-
ance will cut more brush and do 1t
more closely without being ground
than any thing on tho market. One
edge protects the other, and unless .
thin stone be standing on edge they
can not be dulled without being driven
into the ground. A smaller, lighter
pattern is excellent for cutting corn
and tobacco Farm and Home.
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DRINKING FOUNTAIN COMPLETE.
chicks can drink from either side, they
can not soil the water. and they can
not get on the pointed top-Farm and
Eiresida.
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Samuel Dey, of Wesley, Me-, is ono
of the greatest bear hunters Of his
time. During his life he has killed go
bears and cubs, receiving over ~, 600 in
bounties therefor.
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-"Your husband seems very fond Of
angling" "IIe is" Does he bring
home all the fish he catches?' "YOs
and more too. Washing aon Post
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Something New.

A tool for cutting corn, tobacco, etc.
and for clearing up brush is wanted on
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soap-dish). and then cut board (Of any
sizc you wish) the shape Of No. .see
illustration). and another tho sc4pe Of
No. 2. You may now At the pieces to-
gether by mailing No. l on the dotted
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How Long DO They Live .

How many Of you know how long the
birds and animals live?
None Of our common pets, the cats or
dogs, live very long. once heard Of .
cat that lived twenty mine years; and Of
dog that was twenty-five when he
died. But this does not often happen.
A horse can not do much work after
he is twelve or fourteen years old; but /
heard Of one horse that lived sixty-four
years.
Birds sometimes have long lives.
There was once parrot who lived over
hundred years, and ravens often live
much longer.
A cOckatoo in far-off coun try was .
cheerful old pet when he was eighty
five years old. lie would have lived to
be older If he had not grown SO cross
that he would fight and hurt himself.
A dove once lived twenty-five years in
q cage.
Fish are such selfish creatures that
they surely ought to live long They
never get hot
Carp are said to live hundreds Of
years; and pike are also very hardy old
fellows.
There are some insects that live but
few hours. Some live but day. and
all Of them are short-lived.
The wild beasts do not live long; but
elephants are sometimes very old, and
then they grow helpless, just like old
people. and can not do any thing foy
themselves. Santa Claus.
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