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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
The DAIRY.


A feeding experiment for milk u
me Iowa experiment station shows
hat: /. Corn is not perfect milk RI
ion. .. The substitution Of bran and
,il meal results i'm an increase of guam
ity and quality of milk.
1t is claimed that the best material
.or the floor OF . dairy is wood. Any
irst class flooring wood may be used,
tut not wider than four inches. tongued
md grooved and laid in u thin coating
of cement. the joints in white lead. 1t
should be well painted.
One of the commonest and most
stupid faults seen in stock raising is the
,eIni-starvation of young animals, par
sicularly calves and colts, With good
.are their growth is more cheaply OBJ
sained than at any other time OF life,
and yet young animals are almost sure,
with ignorant farmers, to be raised on
diet that permanently dwarfs them
for life.-Farm. Field and Stockman.
The season of the year is fast APP
preaching when the cows must be sta
bled if good results are to be obtained.
No cow will yield her owner profit 1t
kept in filthy and badly ventilated
stable, and we believe that many OF our
readers will agree with us that the
average cow stable is the most filthy
place on the farm. 1t is therefore nec-
essary to prepare for your winter work
in dairying by putting your stables IN
proper condition, and to keep them so
il You expect to receive profit from
your cows. American Dairyman.
Drying off may be desirable under
some conditions with cows, but we
want to be confronted by the conditions
before we do it. Reduce the flow of
cows milk by reducing her feed just be-
fore she is due to calve. if you like, but
do not neglect to milk her clean. When
ever milk is left in the cows udder it is
more or less absorbed into her system.
If entirely absorbed no Immediately
perceptible bad results may follow, but
if, as is generally the case, greater or
less amount of milk coagulates in the
bag. it clogs the milk glands and is sure
to give trouble sooner or later.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The first essential of dairy is the
care of cows. Every COW should have
thoroughbred calf and every calf
should have such care that will make
her valuable when she becomes a COW.
After two weeks old calf should be
put on short feed of whole milk and
have some skimmik mixed in. Oil
meal or fiaxseed meal may be added
and some hay given to chew on. 1t is
noticeable fact that every time cows
are left out in the cold they de-
crease in quality of milk and butter fat
more than in the quantity of milk.
After cows have once fallen off in milk
it is impossible to regain the flow
John Y. Sawyer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

get some of the brakemen on the
freights to lei me ride.
''When arrived at the station,
found that long freight train had
just pulled up and was standing on the
side track to wait the coming of tn.
eastern bound express.
IL first approached the conductor.
and, explaining my condition. asked
him to carry me over his division, but
he dismissed me with the curt reply
that his train was a freight train ard
Inc was forbidden to carry passengers.
discouraged but not despairing. !,
went to the head brakeman and sought
20 induce him to allow me to ride on
one of the box cars.
SCOT any money! he asked.
"'Not cent, | replied, but
You'll have to walk then, he said,
and passed on.
81 tried the other brakeman with
like result; then began to feel pretty
blue. l walked up the track along the
eide of the train, wishing that had
never seen the state of Colorado.
presently | stopped to admire q
new locomotive that was in the train
near its center. 1t was a beautiful
piece of workmanship, fresh from the
shops, and was being taken south for
fhe Mexican Central.
while ! was standing there the train
was uncoupled just back of the locomo
tive, and the lower section backed dowr
60 another switch.
"a few minutes later the expires.
went by, and then the section that hac
been run back was brought on to the
main track and went laundering on it,
way to Ration.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

ing Trinidad we struck steep grade.
which extended for ten miles.
'.This is pretty high grade" ! re-
marked to the conductor. who was a
pleasant appearing young man of some
twenty-three years of age.
EYES," he replied, land it !, one of
the longest on the line. 1t is to this
grade that ] owe my present position
On the road.
''Tell me about il" cried, eagerly
''Was there an accidento"
well. not much of an accident, but
there might have been had good luck
not favored me.
lit was five years ago. / had come
from the east to seek my fortune in
Colorado. After spending nearly two
years in prospecting in different parts
of the state, | resolved to go to Los
Vegas, New Mexico. and try to get a
position on the railroad, as / always
had liking for that sort of work.
1.Well. only got as far as Trinidad.
when found myself without dollar
In the world, and of course l had to
stop over and see if l could not get
something to do.
r went to the San Ia Fe railroad sta
zion and applied for work, but failed to
get any encouragement Then | went
10 the different trainmen and made dill
agent inquiries. but none of them knew
Of any job that was open.
"A conductor. who was then running
local freight on this line, promised to
postum as DTdhcaiial "ouiu
remain in Trinidad two weeks.
Ills head brakeman was going to
quit then. he informed me, and could
have his place If ] chose to remain
there till the vacancy occurred; but two
days later he was removed to another
division Of the road, and | was left
without any prospect Of employment in
Trinidad.
81 then resolved to go to Los Vegas
ut once, but, having no money to pay
my fare was at a loss to know what
to do.
s'At last, however, decided to go te
the railroad station and endeavor te
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
AMONG THE POULTRY.

An overgrown, excessively fat fowl
Is nuisance.
A LITTLE stimulating food will not
come amiss in moulting season.
YOU'VE turkeys will lay more eggs
than old ones, but they will be small !er.
If young turkey hens are to be kept
for breeding. select out the best of the
earliest Matched.
THE best table fowls are the games,
Cochins, Houdans, Brahmas, Lang
shans, Wyandottes and Dominiques.
THERE is no difference in any respect
between chickens Matched in an incu-
bator and those Matched under hen.
The best breeds for eggs are Leg
horns, Minorcas, Houdans, Spanish,
Polands, Hamburgs and Andalusians.
You've geese that have not yet COM
pleted their growth should be fed liber-
ally from now on until they are ready
to market.
CABBAGE makes good green feed
for winter. All the small, unmarketa-
BILE heads should be gathered up and
stored away.
VII pISCoAS hCpt III suldtl
yards care must be taken to keep an
even number An odd male will cause
continual trouble.
POULTRY of any kind intending to be
dressed before sending to market should
. be kept from food for twenty-four
hours before killing.
IT is not good plan to keep pullets
and old hens, fat and lean hens all to-
gether. They do not require the same
food and will do better separate.
EGG-EorND hens or persistent cases
of Group rarely pay for the trouble re-
qnired to cure. The Ratchet in ma
jority of eases is the cheapest remedy.
WHILE in many localities it is best to
close up the poultry house at night, dur
ing the day the doors and windows
should be opened, when the weather
will admit, SO as to secure good VEN
.ilation.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
MILK FOR CHEESE.
A Few Words of Advice From Practica
Dairyman.

A Few Words of Advice From Practical
Dairyman.
As a cheese maker am free to con-
fess, l cannot produce good perfect
cheese from poor milk. l hear an uu-
initiated one say, "why. who would
expect any one to do that"
Let me whisper, however, that there
exists in the minds of many so-called
cheese makers the belief that it can be
done and that they possess the faculty
to do it. O. how deplore such ignor-
ant egotism. while look beyond the
cause, and pity the poor consumer who
has to grapple with the effect. This
may reach the eye of some dairyman
who is patron of a cheese factory,
and if SO want him to give ear to what
/ have to say.
Mr.. Dairyman, as great responsible
ity rests upon you as does upon the
manufacturer, and want you to appre-
ciate your position as food commits
sioner to y our fellow man. Milk should
be aerated in some way Immediately
after being drawn from the cow, as
aeration purges it from animal odors
as no other treatment will do. The
animal odors themselves are harmless
if they would remain the same as when
born with milk, simply tending to the
product 'cowy flavor" but the trouble
is they are dangerous germ-life,
which, fostered by retention of the
animal heat. develop into poisonous
form of faint.
The average dairyman can not be ex-
pected to give milk for cheese making
perfect care until he thoroughly appre-
ciates the fact that extra care of the
product means extra money in payment
A few years ago 1t was thought in
manufacturing circles that chilling the
milk was all that was needed to keep it
through hot nights for cheese making.
The writer was an apprentice in q
cheese factory in the seventies, and
can distinctly remember the frequency
of floating and tainted curds then prev
alent Makers then understood the inn
portance of souring gassy curds, but
they did not appreciate the necessity OF
Kidding them Of their foul odor by q
thorough exposure to the pure air OF
heaven. 1t was the same way with
milk, and what was not comprehended
by the makers as regards curd, was
also not understood by dairymen in the
care of their milk. But the most of us
know better now, and let us be true to
our knowledge and convictions. The
cheese instructors of the Empire State
trace the cause of many a makers bad
luck" to the neglect of his careless
patrons
At different times, as cheese maker,
/ have had conside rable trouble with
bad milk, but always make it a prac-
tice of giving each lot as it is taken in
an olfactory test, and if it smells a little
loft" I SO inform the patron. If a
batch of milk is so bad that it will in.
lure the common 10 of course refuse
to accept it. Following this course, and
daily enjoining upon the patrons the
imperative necessity of giving their
milk thorough aeration, | encounter
no serious obstacle in the way of pro-
aucing fine, full-cream cheese. &c orge
f. Newell, in Prairie Farmer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
THE LEAF CRUMPLER.
i Destructive Insect. which May. How
-. 4 II

i Destructive Insect, which May. How
ever, be Easily Kept In Check.
During the winter and spring months
one often finds upon the twigs OF va
rious fruit trees masses of dry. brown
leaves surrounding a long, horn-llke,
tubular case If one Of these cases be
carefully cut open it will be found to
contain a brownish worm or caterpil-
lar about half an inch long. This in
sect is the leaf-crumpler. and it often
becomes one of the most injurious of
orchard pests. The adult insect is a
small. grayish moth that appears dur
ing June or July. and deposits eggs on
the various trees that serve as food
plants for the larvae. These include
the apple. ounce. and possibly the
the peach, as well as both the wild and
cultivated varieties of the cherry, plum
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
Witty whirled down the lnuun.

YVES swiftly whirled down the noun
tain road.
Full four miles ahead. I could now
see the city Of Trinidad. knew that
1t would be impossible for me to stop
the engine before reachcN that place,
but | still hoped to check its speed
sufficiently to keep it from flying the
track.
This was my only hope. l could
sec long lines OF cars on the side tracks
and a number of engines switching
about the yards near the station. and /
shuddered as thought of what would
happen should the main track not be
clear when reached the place.
.Only few seconds now and / would
be at Trinidad. As one in a dream
again set the brakes a notch tighter,
and then. grasping the bell cord, rang
the bell furiously.
The engine seemed to be fairly lift
ed from the track a it swept round q
curve and went laundering on its way.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

While the profits resulting from diff
ferent classes of stock are dependent
largely upon the conditions that sur
round the individual growers, general
ly speaking, sheep return better
profit upon the capital land ana labor
required for them than does any other
stock. Skillful sheep raisers can un-
doubleday produce mutton. AS cheaply
as good cattlemen or hog raisers can
produce their specialties as mutton
commands usually better prices than
these products, there should be money
in it if there is in any butchers stock.
And in addition to this is the fleece,
which not unfrequently pays for the
whole keep of the animal. having the
mutton as clear gain.-N. W. Farmer.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
EMPRESS AND MOTHER.
In Spite Of Royal Pageants She Found
Time to Play with Her Children.

In Spite Of Royal Pageants She Found
Time to Play with Her Children.
The recent visit of the German EN-.
press and her boys to Felixtowe was
evidently an extremely pleasant one.
A correspondent writes to London
paper:
The five little princes of Felixtowe
won all hearts by their unaffected boy.
ish manners, but. now that they are
gone, no one speaks of them with
greater affection than the donkey boy
"Joe," who, every afternoon, proudly
ran behind his three feetest donkeys,
each mounted by little lad in a sailor
suit. The crown prince particularly
begged that his donkey should be
''klcker," and it was pretty sight to
see the dear little fellows galloping
along the sands and taking the wooden
breakwater at full speed. As an In
stance of their kindness of heart may
tell you that. on the occasion of the
birthday to which you referred in your
paragraph seeing Joe" pass their win.
dows they rushed out with platef full
of birthday cake, which they insisted
on his taking. TOO rich for me-
sale Joe afterwards. IL could only eat
little bit of it," Another day wien
riding the crown prince, trying to urge
his donkey to a faster gallop, caught
Joe" q good hit across his forehead.
lie was 50 distressed Mt having hnrt
him that he was reduced to tears, and
it was some time before he could be
comforted. repeatedly begging Joe to
forgive him. They wanted him to go
back to Germany with them, but thi.
Joe refused to do, and if you ask him
the reason he says he does not like
''going SO far from home.
The little fellows bathed whenever
it was fine and swan we'll. One could
not help feeling of establishment Ia
see the way they were allowed to
batne-without any ropes and no one
in the water with them. One day, as
the donkey boy was leaning against
their gate. the policeman tried to push
him away. At that moment the en-.
press happened to come up, and, nosic.
ing this, she held up her hand and said
to the policeman in her pretty Eng
lish: you leave the poor boy alona"
At another time Joe was on the beach.
and to his surprise the empress went
M and shook hands with him. lie
SAYS: II never felt SO ashamed in my
life! Why, before erery one and there
must have been over two hundred peo
pie there. didn't know which way tc
lookr 1t was pretty to see the EN-.
press sitting on the beach surrounded
by her five boys. They seem devoted
to their mother, and were constantly
running up to her, putting their arms
around her neck. Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
Ma |tiIv.Aa.,!. ARIEkI
HOMEMADE HARNESS HOOKS.

horse stable, as the tainted atmos.
phere destroys the grain of the leather,
furnishes the plated portions and
makes the whole sticky and disagree.
able to handle. In the accompanying
illustration, sent by l.. ID. Shook. of
Yates county, N. Y, the figures b Il
Il, represent a very good form of iron
hooks. which can be easily made from
strips of worn wagon tires. Place the
rounded side up and screw them to
the side of the building, or to grit.
The plain hooks, A A. are of either
wood or iron and intended for the col
lars, as it is not best to hang the coll
lars on the same hook with the bride
and harness, unless the hook be of ex-
ira length. Agriculturist.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

/ cast fleeting glance at the station
close ahead. only saw confused
mass Of buildings and cars: then |
dashed by like meteor.
'.Then. as ! gained level stretch OF
track the engine began to slacken its
speed. and presently came to stand
still nearly mile below the station.
Il was saved! A mist gathered be.
fore my eyes. and sank down uncon.
scious in the bottom of the cab.
''When l regained my senses found
quite crowd of people gathered about
me, among whom was the conductor,
who had returned with his train for
the missing engine. When he asked
me how | had come to be on the en-
CINE. told him that l was intending
to ride to Los Vegas, bnt did not men
ton the part the brake nan had played
in the matter
ITO my surprise, he did not seem dis
pleased at me for my attempt to steal
q ride, but cornplimented me on my
nerve in staying with the engine at
the risk of my life. and putting on the
brake as | did. had saved the COM
pany the less of several thousand dol.
lars, he explained, for which he him.
self might have been blamed.
You give me more credit than
deserve / replied. and then ex-
planned how l had been shut up in the
firebox till it was too late to leave the
engine.
HE cast a surprised glance at me,
and then said:
"Well, you certainly possess frank.
ness and truthfulness. which is, after
all. more to your credit than the per-
Torrance of brave deed would have
been. Come with me to Los Vegas,
and I'll see what can do for YOU
'.He took me with him to Los We
gas. where he obtained for me work as
brakeman, and six months ago | was
promoted to the position now hold. .
will Lisenbee, in Golden DAYS.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
HANDY HARNESS HOOK.

One That Can he Made from strips OF
Worn Wagon Tires.
by far too many farmers, instead of
hanging up the harness and collars
after being used. throw them upon the
floor. across the wagon seat. upon
benches, and if in the stable the
chances are that they are temporarily
thrown across the division between
the stalls All of this careless and
shiftless way Of doing business is cas-
lily avoided by having plenty of strong
iron or wooden hooks placed in some
convenient part of the wagon house.
Always avoid hanging harness in the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15
Hydrogen is the lightest substant

Hydrogen is the lightest substance
known. 1t weighs only one-sixteenth
as much as oxygen. 1t combines most
readily with oxygen and chlorine.
When burned or combined with oxY.
part of plants and animals. 1t is pro-
duced by the decay of animal and veg.
etable matter, or from molecules Of
water. by separating it from the atoms
Of oxygen.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

WAS the only
pa S S e n ger on
I h e fret & h I
train. ! was on
my way from
Trinidad, Col,
to Ration, which
lies just across
t h e II q t 0 n
IN o u n tains, a
Il i S I al &c OF
twenty eli G h t
miles. On leay-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-15

IT is important to have thrifty. igor
GUS breeding birds II you expect thrifty.
vigorous chickens. Now Is the time 70
be making tha salections.
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PnINTER5.

|" MONTANA, Washington, ORE
- 4vA gon and California resched
quickly and cheaply via Great
T Northern Railway Line.
- Ask your local ticket agent for
~ round trip tickets to any point In
~ the West or Pacific Coast via the
Great Northern.
- THE leading pleasure, fishing
and hunting resorts Of tho
IL Park Region Of Minnesota, of Lake
Superior and the Rocky Mount
sB aims reached easiest on the vari-
r. GUS lines Of the Great Northern
from st. Paul.
FARMERS, stock raisers and
S6 business men will find choico
49, locations in the Red River, Milk
River and Sun River valleys, 1t
IL Great Falls, and in Belt MINING
- towns, the Sweet Grass Hills, and
- along the Pacific extension Of the
- Great Northern in the Flathead
and other valleys Of Montana.
THE Great Northern reaches
" = more points in Minnesota
~ and North Dakota than any other
railway. 1t is the main route to
II Lake Minnetonka and Hotel L.
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AVA sent free, and letters of in
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, 1891-06-05

The most perfect production of the Col
condan mines is what is now known as the
Pitt diamond, which weighed, after several
cuttings, lO6 carats. 1t was sold to the
king of france in 1720 for $4,000.
Thu most beautiful stone ever known be-
longed TO the king of Caubul, and was
called the Mountain of Light. 1t was OF
the size of an egg, of great brilliancy, and
at one time was valued at e35O, 100000.
The Brazilian mines were discovered in
172S From these u diamond was taken
weighing 1,6SO carats, or fourteen ounces. 1t
was sent to the court of Portugal, where 1t
was valued at R224,O 10000. Later, how
ever, more conservative and trustworthy
judges set its value at 100000.
The rajah of NATHAN owns a diamond
that weighs 367 carats. Many years ago
the governor of Borneo wished to buy it,
and offered in exchange s5OO,OOO, with two
war vessels equipped with a number OF
ann and quantity of shot to boot. But
the rajah refused to part with it on ally
terms.
The great diamond of the emperor of
Russia weighs 1893 carats. The Empress
Catharine ii offered for it about $50, $50,
an annuity Of 5000 for life, but this was
refused- 1t was afterward presented to
Catharine by Count Orloff, who bought it
for the first named sum, without the an
nuity. 1t is now in the sceptre of Russia
The Sanci diamond weighs 100 carats. 1t
was vent as a pledge to King Henry III by
its owner, Sanci, a Frenchman. The serv-
ant in whose custody the gem was placed
was attacked on the road by robbers, but
managed to swallow the diamond before he
was murdered. Sanci afterward found the
body, cut open the stomach and recovered
the diamond