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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
To TEST Adul.erated Butter.

Procure two long and thin walls exactly
alike. They may be had at almost any
drug store. Drachm vials of the oharac-
ter used by homepathists will answer
the purpose. Fill one of these walls
about one-fourth full with homemade
butter, or butter you know to be I'M
adulterated, then fill the other to the
same extent with the suspicious butter
that you desire to test. Cork the walls
and mark them to avoid mistakes. Next
fold one vial into the palm of each hand,
grasping it tightly. In about twenty
minutes the pure butter will have melted
from the heat OF the hand, while the
adulterated butter will have melted
much sooner, dependent upon the pro-
portion of oil that has been worked into
it. Regular bntterine melts in about ten
minutes. If both samples be genuine
they will melt at exactly the same time,
hence if one of the samples melts sooner
than the other, the inference that it Is
not pure will be entirely safe.
A further test may be made, If deemed
necessary by filling the vials near full of
ether, after the buffers have melted,
and shaking thoroughly. Under this
operation the butterine promptly COM
bines with tine ether, forming an almost
clear liquid while the pure butter does
not. If the adulteration is but slight the
the combination will not be entirely per-
feet, but it will be nearer SO than IN the
case of the unadulterated article. II
fifteen or twenty drops of spirits of wine
be added the proportion of pure butter
will at once settle to the bottom of the
vial, thus giving an idea of the per cent.
of the adulteration. If the bogus article
contains really no pure butter there VIII
be no precipitation whatever but the liq-
uid will remain the same as before the
spirits of wine was added.
These tests are proposed on the author
ity of Professor John Horsley, of the
Chemical News.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
THE GAZETTE. FORT WORTH. TEXAS, SUNDAY AUGUST "a.

not the men who make butter bringing
25 per cent. above the average price that
let their cattle shift for themselves so far
as relates te the water supply, knowing
that the best water to be had By this
shifting is extremely bad, to say the
least of il. They provide good water for
their stock and their stock reward them
with paying returns for their pains. II
would seem that there are very many
who cannot understand why their butter
can be sold for only half or two thirds
what their nelghbors sell for. It is the
careless people who never know till @
little while after how q thing ought to be
done, whether they want TO do it or not +,
so they allow their cattle to suffer for
water while they themselves suffer the
consequences in a shortness financially.
People ought to understand, says the
writer, that nothing really good can be
produced from cow when nothing good
has been given her. If given food and
pure, clear water she will respond with q
liberal supply of good milk. If gwen
poor food or foul water or both, the
milk will be inferior and the butter by
necessity be poorer than it ought TO be.
The foundation of milk, as to quality,
lies in the food that the COW eats, or the
water she drinks. If either or both be
poor, carrying the seeds of disease, the
milk and the products of the milk will
be poor or even unhealthy. This point
cannot be too strongly urged on those who
have the care of cows. The water of
all things, should be as pure and
good as there is a possibility of having 1t.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Pure water for stock.

This seems, at present to be a matter
of general agitation with writers of stock
literature. We have dropped into the
fashion to the extent of having found
good deal TO say on the same subject, of
late. OF course we well know that the
people of many portions OF Texas do not
have il within their power to supply their
cattle with the very best of water at this
particular season, hence all they can do
is to do :he best they can. For such our
articles have not been written; but, on
the other hand, there are many who
could have better water than their cattle
use, but who neglect to provide for it
they are the men we have been particu-
larry writing after. Hosts of cattlemen
driving their operations within our arte-
sian areas are depending upon ''tanks"
for water when q comparatively small
outlay would supply their herds with the
purest water that ever flowed on the
surface of any country. If there exists
anything worthy OF consideration in
what the pure-water advocates are say
ing these men are losing money by neg
lecting to provide that pure water. It is
for their consideration that we are so
often yentIlating through THE GAZETTE
what high authorities are having to say
on the subject.
The latest that We have seen on the
subject OF pure water for stock appears
in the Western Plowman. The writer
leads of by stating that as the hot
weather comes on there is apt to be a
great carslessness in regard to the water
that the cattle have to drink. A stag
nant pool is often the only resort that
the cattle have, and by necessity they do
not do as well as they would if they had
good, wholesome water, to drink. II is
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
The Pigeon Industry.

In manyesections of the country rails
ing pigeons is figuring as quite an i'm
portant industry. The young pigeons,
before full fiedged, are placed upon the
market under the name of squads. -
They are regarded as great delicscy :,
and on this account they command a
good price, making the business of SQUAD
production very profitable.
Texas Is not as much on the consump-
ton of squads as are many of the other
states of our Union, nevertheless Texans
eat squads, more or less, and the taste
for them appears to be rapidly on the IN
crease. AT most of the fashionable res
taurants in our leading cities you will see
"squabs' chalked upon the bulletin
boards before the door as an important
attraction, and if you go in and call for
squads you get them. In few cases
they may be Texas squads, but squads
shipped in a refrigerator from some
Northern state are, considering all the
squads used here, in very large major
ity.
Now, this cannot appear otherwise
than strange IL associated with the well
known fact that the tame pigeon does
as well IN Texas as in any other section
of the world, and we are not at all sure
there would be any risk in the assertion
that it does better. 1t can be raised
here with nothing of trouble to speak OF
and next TO nothing in the way of outlay
for food. Our prairies abound in seed
ing plants bearing abundantly exactly
the kind OF seeds that the pigeon most
delights IN. Why, there are wild sun
flowers enough with many crops of seeds
lifarQIlv Uninp tn waste m susfs5u
millions OF tame pigeons for some months
in each year.
Give the pigeon home to stay in and
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
The Basket Worm.

On my return home after an absence of some
weeks I was surprised to find one of my arbor-
vites trees covered with an insect of specimen
of which herewith send you. As you will OBJ
serve the specimen looks like kind of cocoon
constructed of a silky substance into which are
woven fragments OF the leaf of the tree. The
cocoons, if that be the correct name for them
are suspended from the branches of the tree by a
web-like thread. On opening one of them
found snugly encased worm somewhat re-
sembling in general appearance the ordinary
cut-worm of our gardens.
evening 1 threw them out into the street.
Looking for them next morning found them
gone. Judge Of my surprise when little later
discovered them suspended by their web like
threads along telephone wire overhead, they
having evidently assembled one of the poles sup
porting the wire and located themselves as men
toned.
Please let me know Whist manner of insect
produces these cocoons, and how should pro-
coed TO rid my trees OF them. Do you think
destroyed the insects in their early growth?
MRS. ]. @. ST. CLAIR.
Fort Worth. Tex.
Most of our readers will readily recog-
nlze this insect, as it appears in the lar
val state, from the foregoing description.
1t goes by several common names, as
"basket worm, s'bag worm. '''sdrop
worm, - and so on, and is an insect of
wide range, being found in every section
of the United States at least. It is also
an insect of wide range so far as relates
to its natural food. Most insects feeding
upon vegetation are confined in their
range to certain species or orders of
plants, but not so with the basket worm.
While it seems to prefer the arbor-vites
or cedars, we have yet TO find a tree upon
which it could not make itself entirely at
home in case of necessity.
Most worms OF this general character,
as the silk worms, tor instance, are the
larvae or young OF certain moths or
millers, but this cannot be correctly said
of the basket worm, owing tsPthe fact
that only the male parent takes wings
and flies as a moth. The female passes
her life in the basket, never coming out,
and never changing location beyond
what she is able to accomplish working
slowly along cIingiug to tue underside of
the limb with her feet, and carrying her
suspended house with her. When fully
grown she q good deal resembles the
ordinary out-worm. as suggested by our
correspondent. The male, when at
tanned to the perfect state, is little
night-fiying moth of a blackish color,
whose wings, if fully expanded, would
about reach across the face OF silver
twenty five-oent piece.
Late in fall the female basket worm
deposits her eggs inside the case, ca very
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
castor Bean Seed wanted.

wish to plant an acre or so in the castor oil
bean next year. Can you supply me with the
seed? would furnish you with full report of
how my crop succeeded If you cannot supply
the seed, can you let me know where and OF
whom it might be procured?
Haskell, Tex. MRS. ALICE McCLATCHY.
We regret that it Is not within our
power to supply you with the seed de-
sired, having none on hand; and so far
as we know there is none on this market.
We think, however, that you might
procure a supply by addressing "Weath-
erford castor Gil mills, Weatherford ,
Tex The concern would also, we IN
derstand, send with your order PAM
phlet giving full directions for cultivat-
ing and managing the crop.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

large number) and dies. Indeed, the
number of eggs Is so large that on cut
ting open the case one can scarcely rid
himself of the impression that the worm
has wholly turned to eggs. The case or
basket, having been securely fastened TO
twtg, hangs on the tree through the
winter. Early in the next spring minute
worms are hstche6f from the eggs, which
crawl from the case and fall to feeding
upon the foliage of the tree. At the
time when the worm begins to feed it
also begins the construction of its basket.
At first, while it is yet very small, the
basket stands up from the twig, looking
like little bud, but finally 1t becomes
so large and heavy that the insect can no
longer hold it up in. that position, when
i: falls over and thence ever alter is sus-
pended from the under side of the
branch.
The scientific name of this insect is
Thyridoptsryx ephemer9 formio. One
might think the scientific name ought to
kill it, to a complete determination of
the species, but it don t seem to do so.
The remedy for this insect most gen.
orally resorted TO is hand picking the
trees in winter and burning the baskets.
If the baskets are carefully removed
from the trees in this way the next sea-
SON. broods will be cut short, at least.
If wholly neglected they will so multiply
that the next season will find them de-
stroying most of the shrubbery IN a yard
where they had fair representation the
seasoh before, In case where they are
already at work on the trees, and are too
numerous to pick off conveniently,
spraying the trees with London purple or
Paris green will usually put an end to
them. a tablespoonful of either OF these
poisons stirred into five gallons of water
makes preparation of about the right
strength. Simply watering the trees
would have no effect on the insect at any
stage of its growth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
Not /. Poisonous Plant.

Plea Sc tell me the correct name OF the vine.
q leaf and section of stem Of which enclose. Is
it poisonous? You may answer through the
GAZETTE.
Can you tell me where could get the first
annual report of the geological survey of Texass
EMMA GEORGE.
Jaytown, Kent county. Texas
Your plant is known to botanists as
Wits inoisa. 1t belongs to the grape fam
lily and is, therefore, not poisonous.
With its pretty trifoliate and thick leaves
it makes very attractive ornamental
climber for the gallery or window where
q long growing vine is not needed.
We understand that but a small edi-
ton of the geological report named was
printed. hence the possibility exists that
there are now no books to send out. Ii
this is SO it is unfortunate, as the work
is an exoellent one, and should have
gone into the hands OF every Texan in
teresting himself in such things. The
report, IL still to be had. might be OBJ
tanned by addressing Professor E. T.
Dumble, State Geologist, Austin, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
artesian Area in New Mexico.

The Northwestern Live Stock Journal
Says the people of Springer, n. M, are
jubilant over an srtesian well just fin
ished on the Taylor ranch near that
place. The water bearing stratum was
struck at depth OF 251 feet, and though
the bore is small the outflow is 2l0 GAL
ions a minute. The extent of the arte-
sian area is not yet known, there having
been no scientific Investigation made as
yet, though general appearances would
seem to indicate that it is pretty large.
Everybody is now talking of artesian
irrigation, and of supplying large cattle
ranches with artesian water. The growth
of grass in that region is capable of sus-
tanning thousands of cattle to each single
head now to be met with. A want of
water has been the main drawback.
Other wells will be put down without
delay
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our subscribers,
which may be of general information. Inquiries
of personal character that require answer by
mail should always have stamps inclosed. Please
give full name and postoffice address, in addi-
ton to any such signature as Subscriber" or
ga. G.. D., - not for publication, but to enable
us to communicate promptly with the inquirer.
Parties desiring answers by mail must inclose
stamp for return postage.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24

Sugar Chill Cure is the latest diseov-
cry; perfectly tssteless; children cry for
it. A sure cure for chilis and fever.
Sold by South Side Drug Company and
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THE PILOT BOAT REGATTA.
Seven Greyhounds Entered and thu
Race to Be Good One.

Seven Greyhounds Entered and the
Race to Be Good One.
The pilot boat regatta, to come off on
Thursday next at Tybee, is all the talk or
the Bay, and it is certain that seven boats
will enter, and possibly eight.
The Sophie Amelia X. and Pride will
come over from Charleston, and are ex-
pected to arrive in the roads tomorrow
morning.
The Oracle of Brunswick arrived vester-
day and will go on Wllink's marine rail-
way this morning. The Telegram of Bruins
wick is expected to get into the roads to-
night.
The Uriah Timmons of Darien is expected
&c reach Tybee during tonight or early to-
morrow morning.
The Sprite of this city will not enter the
regatta.
The Mecca came off the ways yesterday
morning and looks like sure winner. The
Mecca and the Mary Odell will go down the
river to-day preparatory to entering the
race.
1t is on the programme for tomorrow
afternoon for the Mecca, Telegram, Oracle
and Uriah Timmons to have a little
squirt off Tybee to see how they will go, SO
that their ballast may be trimmed accord
ingly. 1t may be called preliminary race
between the Georgia pilot boats.
Capt. Fitzgerald, who sailed the Sprite i'll
the May week regatta, will be the guest Of
Capt Kressel on the Sophie Amelia K. on
the day of the regatta, and it is expected
that the jolly old tar will take turn at the
wheel.
A Charleston dispatch to the MORNING
NEWS says that the pilot boat Sophia
Amelia K, Frank Kressel owner, sailed for
Tybee yesterday. She has on board.
besides her owner and crew, Pilots S. S.
Hancock and William H. Barke and Henry
Musgrades. The dispatch states that nc
other boats will enter from Charleston.
There is general regret expressed here
that the Frances Elizabeth will not enter
the regatta, owing to recent bereavement
in Capt. SWANS family.
Notwithstanding the authority of the
Charleston correspondent, a Savannah pilot
said last night that he received letter from
Charleston yesterday, in which it was stated
that the Pride will enter. If, however, the
Pride does not come over, the race will be
narrowed down between only six pilot
hnatc