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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
THE PIooERY.
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Don't leave well hog in place where
a sick one is or has been moment longer
than can be helped.
Don't fail to examine such separated
we'll hogs twice day, and to remove any
that may become Ill.
Don't allow the same person to take
care Of the affected and we'll hogs.
Don't allow any intercourse OF men,
dogs or hens between the pens OF either
lot Of hogs.
Don't put new lot OF healthy hogs in
pen, or upon land, where swine plague
has been for less than three years, un-
less the same has been thoroughly
cleansed of all refuse, plowed or dug up
several times, and exposed to the air for
an entire summer season.
Don't forget that closed pens, sheds,
straw stacks and accumulated litter are
more dangerous than open country,
when swine plague has prevailed in such
places.
Don't water hogs from running
streams.
Don't place your hog pens, or runs
so that they can drain into running
streams.
Don't forget that all such places
should be well drained and kept as dry
as possible.
Don't bury dead hogs when you can
burn them up.
Don't sell or buy sic X hogs.
Don't visit your neighbors hogs when
sick or allow him to visit yours II well.
Don't forget that watchfulness, care
fulness and diligence will do more
TO prevent swine plague than all medi-
cines.
Don't forget that without these things
being adhered to, the most practical
vaccine will ever prove next to useless.
Ham aud Eggs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

SALT water, borax. and carbolic acid
are aids In the battle with vermin.
TRY keeping cranberries fresh by put
ting them ia cold water containing q
piece Of charcoal. Change the water
occasionally.
Pour vinegar over fresh fish, and the
scales will come off easily.
The luster of morocco leather is re-
stored by vanishing with white OF an
egg.
CARROTS and turnips should boil for
forty-tivc minutes when young; one hour,
In winter.
WHEN your sitter becomes clogged
with -four or meal, sift some hot ashes
through IL; you will be. surprised to see
how nicely II is cleaned.
To WASH flannel garments, souse them
In hot water, and put them repeatedly
through wringer. The garments
should never be wrung with the hands,
or put in cold water.
To REMOVE paint from silk goods,
saturate the part with equal parts OF
turpentine and ammonia, then wash In
soap-suds and let IL dry between blotting
paper, under heavy weight
JEwELRY can be made to look like
new by washing with ammonia and
water, or alcohol, then rubbing dry and
polishing with prepared chalk, applied
with flannel or chnmois skin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

We all know how much greater Is the
need OF sleep for children than for grown
persons, and how necessary for their
good IL is TO be able fully TO satisfy this
need; but how great 1t Is generally at
any particular age of the child is very
hard TO define exactly. The amount
varies under different climatic condi-
lions. In Sweden we consider O sleep OF
eleven or twelve hours necessary for the
younger school children. and OF at least
eight or nine for the older ones. Yet the
Investigations have shown that this re-
quIrement lacks much Of being met In
all the classes through the whole school.
Boys In the higher classes get little more
than seven hours in bed, and as this Is
the average, 1t Is easy to perceive that
many OF them must content themselves
with still less sleep. 1t is also evident
from Investigations that the sleeping
time is diminished with the increase OF
the working hours from class to class,
SO that the pupils of the same age enjoy
less, according as they are higher in
their classes. IL thus appears constant
ly that In schools OF relatively longer
hours OF work the sleeping time OF the
pupils is correspondingly shorter. In
short, the pro ongation OF the working
hours takes place at tho cost Of the time
Tor sleep. Science Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

For laying hens, tones that have been
coarsely ground are excellent as they
are digestcd and used as food. They
provide the necessary phosphates and
also lime for the shells to a certain OK
tent; they also contain proportion OF
nitrogen. Bones, when sharp, also serve
as grit. for masticating the food In. the
gizzard, thus rendering service as well
as providing the materials for the pro-
duction OF eggs. For very small chicks,
bone meal is better. and the finer the
bone meal the easier IL is digested by the
chicks. Some persons buy the ground
bone, sift IL, use the coarse part for hens
and the finer parts for chicks. Fresh
bones are much better than bones that
are dry, as they contain certain amount
Of meat and gelatine. Bones are very
cheap, considering their value. as the
hens will not eat very large quantity at
one time, but II fresh bones are broken
or pounded to sizes that can easily be
swallowed. the hens will consider them
quite a treat and consume a large
quantity. They can be broken much
more readily when heated in an oven.-
Farm and FIrcside.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
ABum subject.

Have you the tired feeling? 1t is be-
cause you have been cumming. Nice
people hum as well as toughs. 1t Is
supposed that nice people go to bed at 10
o'clock, but very often they do not;
very often they eat lunches at IL o'clock,
and then sit up until 2 to let the cheese
and things settle This sort OF a bum
Is worse than a whisky drunk. or you
must get drunk, drink only good whis-
ky: champagne and wine OF every kind
splits the head. Beer is about the worst
thing you can drink, with the exception
OF champagne. II you drink too much
beer, 1t enlarges your liver, until IL rubs
up against your ribs The tired feeling
you hear people talk about is the result
Of this nice cumming. There are many
nice buns in Atchison, and they bum
at nice houses, and there should be q
crusade against them. When a bad man
buns, he is ashamed OF It, and tries to
reform, but your nice hummer imagines
that he is in society and keeps 1t up.
Your nice hummer has weak stomach,
which Is worse than a beer liver. The
nice bum, although not so hideous to
look at, is worse than the regular bum
against which people are warned
AtchJSOn Globe
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
THE DAIRY.
Dnuting Fresh MIX for Cream RaIsIn

DiIuting Fresh MIX for Cream Raising.
Perhaps the most valuable lessons
learned in the dairy world during 1890,
were taught by the failure of the ice
crop. Creameries and many large
diaries had become so accustomed to a
plentiful supply of ice that they had come
to think they could not get along without
it But experiment and experience have
discovered that by diluting fresh milk rs
per cent. with either warm or cold water
the time of cream raising may be so much
reduced as practically to do away with
the necessity of using ice for Dreaming
milk. The lesson is of great value and
has already been the means of saving
many dollars; and, rightly used, may be
the means of saving more. We do not
know of any carefully conducted expert
mcnts bearing upon the point, but from
the few observations made ourselves, we
are inclined TO think that those who have
made really good butter without the use
of ice wal find that it keeps sweet longer
and stands up better when exposed to the
air, than butter made with ice. When
ice is abundant IL is apt to be used too
freely, and the milk, cream and butter be
made too cold. Whether or not diluting
the milk has any influence on the churna-
biity of the cream, remains to be tested,
so far as we know.-The jersey Bulletin.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
Clearing Up Our Timber Lands.

In view Of the urgent need of exter-
nal timber planting in the prairie States,
for climate effect and economic uses,
the doubtful policy of clearing mp and
cultivating our natural timber belts
should have the careful consideration of
our people.
A bit of actual experience may prove
more convincing than whole pageants
of argument. About ten years ago 1
secured forty acres of denuded timber
land in Benton county for the small
sum of five dollars per acre. As por-
tions of the surface showed sprouts of
oak, ash, elm and other valuable species
of timber springing up, 1 determined to
hold the plat for few years and let ma
ture take her own course in retimber-
ing it.
To-day it is worth journey of q
! number of miles to note the size and
height of the timber covering the whole
lot. Thousands of the oak saplings
are eight to ten inches in diameter and
! from thirty-five to forty feet in height.
The timber on the land to-day will sell
for at least $15 per acre, leaving the
surface as il was ten years ago.
While worth far more than this sum
to the owner, who can utilize the thin
nings for practical farm uses, permit
ting, the timber in the near future to
attain saw log size, its present selling
! value makes fair income (s1.50 per acre
each year, for this class of land having
| little value for cultivation.
Thousands of our SETTLERS have had
experience of this kind, yet the prac-
tice of the majority of the owners OF
timber lands has been to cut off the
timber and sell the land at low price
to those who werenot able to purchase
the higher priced prairie land.
We should have a law exemptine
from taxation denuded timber lands
permitted to grow up again. If thus
exempted for say ten years the atten
ton ~ cur people would be called Il
this important subiect-Cor. Iotcf
StO.e Register.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

Mrs. Edmund Russell, the apostle OF
u sthetics, has voice which would break
lamp shade.
This remark is not meant to be inn
polite, and II ought to be true, for the
lady herself is authority for the state
ment
1T was In Boston, {" she said. 's1 was
talking with famous voice teacher
about tones and vibrations, and we both
sounded a certain note in unison. We
must have hit tho exact unit Of vibra-
ton of an eighth-inch shade, for near
where wo were standing the crystal
globe about q Gas Jet quivered and
snapped We looked at it and a crack
ran quite around it. The sound had
broken it
This is rather an unusual incident,
certainly, but the principle is fami lar
enough A dog trotting across a foot
bridge can break 1t down If he happens
to hit the unit OF vibration, which, OF
course, differs with the length of the
bridge. --DetrJtt Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
Tho Rurred..t Path IN Life.

II it be but irradiated by good health. is shorn
of half its distaste.ul features. Hosts OF dis
tinguished men and women have uttered re-
grets for past when young, full Of vigor and
hope, though battling with obstacles that
seemed we'll nigh insurmountabie. their pulses
beat. their veins tingled with the glow Of joy
GUS health. Chronic invalids, would you once
more feel that glow, would you-es Of yore-
sleep, eat, digest perfectly? Then use, with
persistence, Hostetters Stomach Bitters. fore.
most among tonics, most reliable OF vitalizing
medicines. Nervousness, dyspepsia, hypo-
chondria, loss OF appetite and sleep, this
grand reparative OF a debilitated physique and
Impaired constitutional vigor speedily prevails
against. Rheumatic ana neuralgia ailments,
Inalarial disorders, kidney troubles. and the
growing inhrmities Of age are successfully COM
bated by this benign specific.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

under cultivation In tho United States
have more than doubled since the war.
and now comprise about one-third OF all
the land In the entire Republic. When,
a few months ago. prices OF farm pro-
ducts were low, and there was tempo
rary depression of agricultural interests,
these facts were not considered. The
population of the United States has not
doubled since the war, but the number
of acres under cultivation have, and one
acre will produce much more food than
is requisite for one person. The food
supply was far greater than the home
demand, and, very foolishly, we were adj
hitting foreign food products to the
value OF SEA, 1000, 900 yearly to compete
with the over-productlon OF our own farm
ers.
The demand for sugar Is steadily in
creasing, aud, by the statisticians csti-
mate, 1t will be but a short time until the
sugar bill of the Nation will reach the
enormous sum OF $500, 900, 900 yearly.
This should be spent with American pro-
ducers; not penny OF 1t should go
abroad. The eminent success OF the
Grand Island, Nebraska, beet sugar
works will encourage new enterprises
and within the next five years $50,
600 year, at least, are likely to be paid
for beet sugar, grown and made in the
Western States.
As to Cotton, we are producing about
[One-half of NIL g fiber used In the orld
land we are likely to sustain our suprem-
lacy. And as to tobacco, we are likely To
become independent OF Cuba or Sumatra
for the finest growths; of good and me-
dunn kinds we already grow enough for
homo usa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

sands VINO would get tine pure alr anu
the sunshine no other way.
One of these dispensers of Natures
gifts is the Country Week" insti-
tuted by leading Chicago newspaper.
Chicago has hundreds of thou
sands of poor children who know
very little of the beauty of the
country. Some of them don't
know the difference between a
saw-buck and milking-stool. Thou
sands of them never saw blackberries
growing, and a good many of them
wouldn't know a blackberry if they
saw it, SO seldom do Injuries come to
them.
Every summer, Country Week"
parties are sent out by the Fresh
Air fund. Some of the excursionists
have developed an ignorance OF coun-
try life that would be amusing if it
were not pathetic. One little fellow
who was sent to Michigan home for
his visit saw a brood of chickens for
the first time. The little arab had
lost his father and mother when he
was a baby, and had been adopt
ed by neighbors. When he saw
all the chicks following one moth
er it puzzled him. He watched
them long time, trying to figure
out the problem. Finally his face
lighted up, and he exclaimed, triumph
antly, "Oh, know now She adopted
them ALI"
His solution was so full of meaning
to the motherless wanderer that the
kind woman who entertained him had
not the heart to undeceive him, and
that boy probably thinks to this day
that the hen with the big family was.
scratching and clucking for charity
sake.
The list of such experiences is al
most endless. Surrounded at home
by poverty, shut in by city walls, and
viewing the heavens through clouds OF
factory smoke, the children hardly
know what to do with the seemingly
inexhaustible riches of the country,
To have all the room one wants
to walk on carpets of grass
with no one to demonstrate; to see
broad horizons of blue, bounded by
leafy trees and green hills-that is the
"country-weeker's" vacation. And the
delight does not end there. The visit
is an education, an initiation into the
best of Natures teachings, and after
wards beautiful memory to be carried
tn, ough life of care and toll.
The plan of the Country Week" is
very simple. People who have coun
| try homes within $50 miles of Chicago
volunteer to entertain the boys an6
girls or their mothers. Other people
send money to the fresh air fund.
All the money that is contributed
goes toward sending some youngstel
where he can be better and happiel
than he ever thought possible. 1t is (
spot cash symnathv = onpannnv- nm
scriptions for shares in any amour
from one cent to a million dollars
there are no assessments, no losses, ne
officers, no anything but big dividend
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poultry In France.

In France the fattening OF geese for
market Is the business of men, who do
nothing else. They contract with the
dealers to get their stock in marketable
condition at a certain time for price
agreed upon. France is considered the
largest poultry market in the world, the
keeping of poultry being done In man
ner that makes II pay. 1t is not uncom-
mon to see the French peasant driving
into market flock OF several hundred
geese, selling them as we would so many
sheep or hogs. There are also many
who go among the farmers. pluck the
geese feathers, and market them on per-
ientage; this gives employment and
living to many poor Professionalism
A0rfcnlfliy.isL
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
Crns.-Rrnd FowIa.

There are many who agree with the
Germantown telegraph In its statement
that cross-bred fowls are far better and
more hardy from the shell than the pure
bred. Following are some OF the benefits
named by this authority: I'VE can COM
bine good traits. The brown Leghorn
laws the smallest egg, the black Spanish
the largest Where merely a CONNER
cial egg trade is to be reached, this cross
has its marked effects. We may not
equal the Spanish eggs as an average,
but we make up a sort of middle size
iust the size to sell we'll in market We
can combine early maturity with plump
growth. The Aslatic fowl grows slowly,
but IL counts in weight. IL would take
too long to get it 70 broiler II lett all
alone; but II we cross QUICK Erowel,
the Leghorn, fer instance, on these
AsiatIc hens, we get the quick growth
and the body, too. This is Indeed q de-
cided advantage.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
BucIwheat Cakes.

Nice buckwheat cakes are made Of
four CUPS of buckwhent fonr-nnH soen'
full OF salt mixed up with three cups OF
hot water and one cup OF cold milk,
making the mixture about blood warm.
Beat this batter vigorously, and add
cup OF liquid yeast or yeast cake dis
solved I'm a cup OF luke-warm water.
Buckwheat cakes, after the first rising,
should be raised with some Of the batter.
For this purpose there should always be
made at least a pint more than is used
each time, and this should be set away
I'm cool place to serve as yeast for the
next batch of cakes. These cakes raised
with buckwheat batter will be better
than the first raised with yeast
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
Cnlerx on rOaat.

II not used in soup celery may be
creamed and served on toast. The fol-
lowing recipe is well worth trying: Cut
the stalks of celery into inch pieces,
cover them with milk and let them boil
until tender. Season to taste with salt
and pepper, and literally with butter,
pour over squares of hot toast and serve
at once. The milk may be omitted and
the vegetable stewed in water till ten
der, seasoned to taste with salt, pepper
and butter. In this recipe it is not to be
served on toast A pinch of soda should
be added while IL is cooking,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; 1t is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs Is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
it's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made 1t the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale In Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand viii pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. car.
LOUISVILLE. ~. NEW YoRk. ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

One pound of lean beef cut into small
bits, with every particle of fat removed.
Put In a wide-mouthed bottle, cork
tightly, and set in a kettle OF cold water.
Boil three hours. There will be small
cupful OF the juice; season with u salt
spoonful Of salt, and give few spoon
fuls Mt a time
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

THE French have custom of visiting
the graveyards Wherein their relatives
are buried on the first OF November.
Last year there were 5000 visitors OF
that sort, and this year there were 190,-
600 in the face Of the most terrific down.
fall of rain.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
sweet Potato Croquettes.

Boil six large sweet potatoes until they
are just tender, then remove the skins
and mash the potatoes through colan-
der or vegetable press, add table,
spoonful or butter, a tablespoonful OF
salt, dash OF pepper and tablespoon
full of sugar Mix thoroughly, form into
croquettes, dip first in egg and then in
bread crumbs and fry in smoking hot fat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
TapIoca Pudding.

Dissolve teacupful of tapioca in
quart of water over night In the morn
ing, pour off the water, and boil 1t In n
quart of milk with two tcacupfuls OF
sugar. Pare and core eight apples,
filling the opening with lump of sugar
and bit of cinnamon; put In a baking
dish. ana pour the uapiocu over them.
Bake Two hours: serve cold.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
Spanish Buns.

One cup brown sugar, one-half cup
molasses, one.half cup sour milk four
tablespoons melted butter, one egg and
yolks of two (save the whites OF two for
frosting,) one teaspoon soda, one and
one-half cups of -four, one tablespoon
cinnamon, the same of cloves II desired.
Use brown sugar for the frosting, STIR
ring until quite white.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
RoIy-PoIy Padding.

Make q rich suet crust roll rather
thin, spread jam Tor any kind Of fruit,
leaving a margin of paste where the pud-
ding joins, roll it round, tie in cloth
that has been sprinkled with -four, drop
in boiling water, keep cooking two hours,
take off the cloth. lay on a fiat dish, and
serve while hot with lemon sauce.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

Farmers. as rule, have collection
OF all kinds OF fowls. Fanciers call
them dunghIlls. Showmen class them as
mongrels. But be they what they will,
II the males were killed of and pure-brcd
fowls substituted. there would be more
eggs. more spring chickens, and better
health"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
Nrnnax cha Yoar mound.

Miss Smith says: 1Can / make So per
week in the plating business?n Yes. 1
make - TO SIS per day plating tableware
and jewelry and selling platers. II. X.
Demo & Co., Columbus, Ohio, will give you
full information. A platter costs IS. Busi-
ness is light and honorable and makes
money the year round. A READER.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30

and the knife should be exceedingly
sharp to avoid splitting. The fans, with
their handles cut of, are laid on little
wooden supports 70 which they are firmly
screwed In the center. The material Tor
this stand costs but trihe and II Is a
light and graceful bit OF furniture for a
summer room.--Fdrm and Home.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
REAL RURAL READING
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE-
PARTMENT.

Agricultural ProsprrIty--Good Use for \
Useless Article Not 20 Have "Choi-
era'-Diiuting Fresh Mmkfor Cream Rails
ing-Poultry In France--Benss and sone
Neal-A bamboo stand-The Kitchen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
PRACTICAL RECIPES.
Family Plum Pudding.

One-half pound beef suet, one-hali
pound currants, one-half pound raisins,
three eggs, half nutmeg, bread and
-four to mix. Boil for the usual time,
and serve hot
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
A Good Use for "A Useless. Article.

What is more provoking than a wooden
button that gets tight on the screw and
pulls out, because you forget to turn 1t
always the one way? What is more
abundant and more useless than broken
hinge? Did you ever substitute the latter
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-30
EnrIIsh In the Yenr aooo

A pathological statistician calculates
that in the year 1000 there will bt
LOO, 600, 600 people who speak English,
and that the other European languages
will be spoken by only 500, 900, OOt
people.