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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
POULTRY YARD.



Any farmer who lives on farm situa-
ted one quarter of mile or more from
neighbors, may keep a flock of geese
with profit. If blessed with too near
neighbors, the geese might tresspass
upon their gardens or get into their
bean patches or fields of grain when least
expected. Geese are taught with no
trouble where they must stay, and they
will run in a pasture where there is
plenty Of water and grass, growing
rapidly without other food. The gos-
lings will do better if fed little corn
meal, mixed into dough and sailed every
night and morning until fully feathcred.
After this they will get their own living.
Geese may be picked once in six weeks
beginning with the first of May. They
should not be picked later than October.
GOslings usually sell for 81 Il head alive
when three months old. If kept until
fall they will bring 81 and leave the
farmer the feathers, which sell for about
fifty cents per pound. This is the esti-
mate where no extra feed is used. If
fed night and morning for q few weeks
before killing them for market. the geese
would, of course, weigh more and sell at
an advanced price. Many women make
a business of raising geese for market,
preferring them to hens, claiming that
they get their money much more rapidly
and with less trouble than by keeping
hens
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
Points for Dairymen,

Part second of Report of Maine Agricul-
tural Station, 1890, is devoted altogether
to the dairy interest, but the figures
given as the results of their experiments
rather prove the truth of theories long
held by practical dairymen than bring
out any new facts or ideas. Tests Of
three different breeds prove that the
smaller animal requires more food in
proportion to the live weight than the
larger one. The average yearly cost of
food for two years, reckoning food at
average market values, was $70.42, $40. "a
for Holsteins; S6i,77, $63.21 for Ayr
shires; and $5S.76, $59.T4 for Jerseys;
and the Holsten yielded 8, 800 pounds Of
milk, the Ayrshire 6,612 pounds aud the
Jersey 400 pounds. None of these are
high RECORDS, but they may be consid-
cred an average of the three breeds I'M
der ordinary good care.) One thousand
pounds of milk cost with the Holstein
IS. SIS, Ayrshire S9.49, Jersey $11.3O
(To reduce pounds to quarts divide
by 2 1-9.) One thousand pounds of
butter cost from the Hostein S27. O3,
Ayrshire $31. so, Jersey $40. SO; thus fully
sustaining the reputation of the Jersey
as butter breed, and of the Holstein as
mixers.
In these figures no account is made of
the value Of the feed returned in manure,
which by the report of the Massachu-
sets Experiment Station, would be about
two-ffths of the whole cost of the food.
The figures also show chat the digestible
food which it would cost 81 to make into
milk it would cost So. 50 to make into
beef.
These tables show one thing that many
farmers have not believed, and many
will not credit it now. The SKINNED
milk of the Jersey cow contains more
solid matter than that CT either of the
other two breeds tested, and less fat,
therefore it is more valuable as food
ration, and the same is true of butter
milk. They estimate the solids of the
skinned milk and buttermilk at two
cents a pound, which gives an average
of S12.76 per COW, which material is
wholly edible and wholly digestible. -
This would be an important item to those
who are trying to decide whether to send
their milk to q factory or make it up at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02

home, and also might serve as an argu.
ment in favor of taking home the
skinned milk and buttermilk from the
factories
From other records kept they come to
the conclusion that s'there is very little
evidence that steaming, chopping, wetting
or otherwise treating cattle foods that
are palataole without any treatment,
and of which the animals will eat a suffi-
clent quantity in their natural condition.
is good economy" But tbev concede
that saving is made when coarse or nm
palatable food is so treated as to randar
1T more readily edible or digestible.-
american CltItjUatOr
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
Dropping Wool.

A correspondent of the National
Stoclcndn asks that journal what makes
sheep drop their wool in winter some
times.
The most prevalent cause is too warm
quarters, says the reply. l have seen o
bunch of sheep shut mp in tight room
for the purpose of raising winter lambs
and shearng was neglected. BY spring
more than half of the wool had dropped
and they looked more ragged than the
proverElal street arab. Sheep are sens-
tive to storms and cold winds and should
be protected from them. Sheltered from
these is al! the housing they require
The coolest nights of winter, if still and
it does not snow, they choose TO lie out
in tina open. A shed fully boarded on
three sides and four of five feet on the
other, that there may be no draft of air.
makes the most suitable quarters. An.
other cause of the wool falling off is feedI
ing all the heavy grain ration at the com
mencement of grainfeeding. Here greau
caution should be observed. They should;
be seasoned into it gradually before full
feeding is entered upon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02

to turn each can around until the pro-
jectileS come under the Stats. To re-
move them, turn to or from you until the
Stats are cleared and then lift out To
avoid lifting the heavy tank cover, fasten
half-inch rope to the opening edge of
cover and let it pass over a cast pulley,
screwed to joist as indicated. Then, to
this end of the lrope, secure a weight
sufficient to balance and hold the cover
where wanted. The stub end Of q railway
iron is just the thing and easily procured.
Farm and Home.
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Notes.

ONE sheep with scab or foot rot may
infect an entire flock, fact which shows
how important it is to remove SICK anr
NAL from the well ones the moment tN.
slightest symptom of disease is seen.
THE remarkable average of SOD
was recently obtained for thirty shearllnV
rams from the Mertoun flock of Boroe'
Leicesters, by Lord Polwarth, kes@
Britain. Last year the Mertoun ayera!1
was S152.
STANTON HITCHCOCK, orleans CounTG
VT, writes: "Sheep are the most pfo.'
liable live stock on a farm, they requn
less care, work, and expense, and ylep
twice or thrice as much as COWS OF tp
same value. / would not advise per
son just commencing to buy great nun,
Der at first, but to commence in sma,.
way and work up. Of course there al
drawbacks in sheep-raising as well as y
other farming. But on whole l thi~
it is the most profitable"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
winter Rations Tor Sheep.

Not only is it true that sheep KEEP
confined in winter and fed to be fattened
relish change Of diet, but they alSO
generally gain faster on diversified IA
ton. Thus, of linseed oil-cake mca
alone it takes six pounds, according tt
the English experiments, to produce
gain of one pound of flesh, while of the
meal and peas mixed it requires only fouI
pounds. An excellent daily ration fol
sheep Ct the mutton breeds was found
to be one pound of clover hay, -four
ounces Of linseed meal and nineteen ana
half pounds Of mangles. -AmertcdN
Sheep Breeder and Wool GTOlCer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
SHEEP.
Points In Wool-GrOwing.

The finer grades of wool are moro
likely to hold their prices than the COM
moner grades, as the demand for
fine homemade wooIcns is increasing
An increased demand for the better
grades of wooden fabric, will naturally
bring a better demand for the finer
grades of the raw material; a demand
that the growers Of these grades will en-
deavor to supply Without going into
the care and management of sheep here,
attention may be called to some points"
that the beginner as we'll as the old
flock-mastcr in the West should not neg
let. First and foremost we want good
wool with fair staple, and fine but not
too silky fiber. This iber must be even
ly developed and thus be able to bear an
equal tension in all parts throughout its
length. The demand for such wool will
be even greater in the near future than
it is now. The secret of growing good
fiber does not at all depend upon breed
and grade, as too many or our growers
suppose, but upon the continuous good
health of the sheep while the fleece is
growing. Every neglect, such as starva-
ton, lack of water, and undue exposure
to the nclemcncy of the weather in win
ter, causes q weakened growth of fiber
during that period makes it more slen-
der and less firm, and if the sheep is
subjected to these conditions several
times in q season, each period will be
marked by q corresponding number or
weak places in the staple. The staple
should be also evenly fabricated for its
entire length, which in itself indicates
strong, healthy, unchecked growth, and
it has considerable influence with the
buyer. The next thing is to have sheep
that are well adapted to the climate.
Such animals will stand the Varying con
dtions better than others. Last, but not
least, good, high grade stock must be
selected in order to get the necessary
tinenesS of fleece 1t will cost more ut
first, wlt will more than repay the out
lay; but it must be properly cared for, or
the fleece will be of poor actual quality,
although it may be fine to the touch
american Agriculturjst.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
SUGGESTIONS OF VALUE.

WILD mint scattered about the mousse
will rid it of rats and mice.
MIRRORS should not be hung where
the sun shines directly upon them.
WARM soap-suds will keep the bugs
off of house-plants and make them grow
very fast.
To REMOVE finger-marl1s, putty-stains,
etc, from glass, put little soda in the
water with which you wash it.
If kid gloves are laid upon damp
towel for two or three minutes, they
will go on with less chance of tearing.
DIsH-TowELs and dish-cloths should
be washed, scalded, and thoroughly
dried every day, OF they soon become
musty.
To KEEP linen from turning yellow
put it away rough dry after washing
and bleaching we'll and rinsing in blue
water.
A BROOM may be kept in good condi-
ton for long time if it is washed once
a week in clean hot suds, and then hung
up to dry.
COOP flour is not tested by it's color.
White flour may not be the best The
test of good flour is by the amount of
water it absorbs.
A RANGE may be kept looking bright
and nice with little trouble if it is wiped
carefully with brown paper after greasy
food has been cooked.
To CLEAN white kid shoes rub them
gently and thoroughly with perfectly
clean white flannel cloth dipped in di-
luted ammonia water and white soap.
To REMOVE ink-stains from wood take
half u teaspoonful of oil of vitrol and
dilute it with q teaspoonful of water,
and apply with feather to the damaged
spot. Let it remain for few moments
and then rub it off quickly. If not sue
cessful the first time, repeat until the
ink is entirely removed.
IT is an excellent plan to keep large
box in which all odds and enas of vel
vet, ribbons, etc, are keep. Such an
omnium gatherum will prove a mine
from which bindings, bonnet trimmings
and other minor necessaries may fire.
quently be extracted at need, and thus
save many dime or 25cent piece.
The appended recipe for tanning
skins with the wool or fur on-for use
in sleighs or wagons, or house-rugs, or
for other purposes-is given by CITY
and Country: eff the hides are not
freshly taken off, soak them in water
with little salt until they are soft as
when green, Then scrape the flesh off
with the feshing knife, or with smooth
round edge, and with sheepskins the
wool should be washed clean with soft
soap and water and the suds thoroughly
rinsed out. For each skin take four
ounces of salt, four ounces of alum and
one ounce of borax. Dissolve these in
one quart of hot water, al d when cool
enough to bear the hand stir in suffi-
cient rye meal to make q thick paste
with half an ounce of Spanish whiting.
This paste is to be spread over every
part of the flesh side of the skin, which
should be folded together lengthwise,
wool side out, and left for two weeks in
an airy place Then remove the paste,
wash and dry the skin. When not quite
dry it must be worked and pulled out
and scraped with knife made for the
purpose, shaped like a chopping knife,
or with a piece of hard wood made
with sharp edge. The more the skin
is scraped and worked as it dries the
more pliable it will be-"
l
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02

tala or Macrophylla in every way ex-
cept that the leaves often assume
brownish color. The perianth consists
of nine yelowish-white eliptical petals
five inches long and three greenlsh-
white sepas. The odor is OF a
resinous kind not agreeable. 1t blooms
in late May with nj. macrophylla.
Rural Nclu YORKER.
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w
wheel tires. Additional weight can be
supplied by laying green poles across the
tires and tying them firmly with wire
The drag is especially useful in smoothing
down cotton and corn ridges and is
easily made.-Fnn and FiTesjde.
Short Notes for the Farmer.
Even the tramp is willing to work to-
morrow.
Put polish on your work-it looks bet
ter for it. Looks make value.
What legislature can ever perma-
nently help the idler and the spend
thrift?
Thunder terrifieth not the deaf man,
nor doth it keep him awake o'leghts.
Heat is needed for food digestion: why
then pour ice cold water into the diges-
ter?
Isn't the man who is behind the times
rather apt to backbite or speak i'll of
them?
Tell us how you would make boy
understand that little chickens need
something besides corn meal.
Give the reason why the maker of o
patent medicine should rot print an
analysis of his stuff on the outside Of the
package.
Now then, how much butter fat have
you been giving away? It's high time
you either found out or stopped keeping
COWS.
If people talked only of what they
knew, wouldn't there be so many lapscs
of silence that deafness wouldn't be so
grievons misfortune?
Retirement from active business while
one is still hale and hearty should mean
plunging into more important work.
Retirement from business never means
cessation of work to a we'll balanced
mind.
Is a smart, Industrious, ambitious fore
| man on farm justified in discouraging,
curtailing or embarrassing the work of
other smart and induStl iCuS hands in
order, by contrast, to selfishly enhance
the value of his own labor in the eyes Of
their common employer?
One truth about irrigation in the arid
| regions is that many private individuals
are investing their money in plans for
| utilizing the river water so that the now
| barren soil will produce crops They
are not asking the Government to help
| them, but are doing the work them
| selves, and have as much right to do it
| as Eastern farmers have to make cram
berry boys.
An Iowa farmer says that the best
| disposition he can make Of the polltry
| is to turn the whole stock over to the
girls AS a result of this. arrangement.
| he says: 1--WE find it very profitable, for
we have all the poultry and eggs that
| the family can use, and l am not called
| on for pin money"
Some six or seven years ago-the date is
| not legible on the stake-a single plant of
| Magnolia hypoleuca was sent to the
Rural Grounds by the Parsons Nursery
| of Flushing, L. |. 1t is now blooming
for the first, the tree boing some sixteen
feet in height. Iuresembles the Tripe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
His HnhhY

An insurance agent in Rochester
never uses letter stamp of the current
series. He bought up great lot of the
stamps of 1859 and 1861, and he uses
these on all his letters and goes about
feeling that he is making it hot some
how for the postal department.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
THE DAIRY.
Two Convenient Devices.

Every one who cares for milk, in vat
or tank, feels the necessity for some way
by which the cans may be kept in a Ver-
teal position at all times, whether full,
partially full or empty. TO prevent the
cans from bobbing to one side, take
pinch strips, b b B, cut to fit inside the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
THE FARM M.
Do Hay Caps Pa

I 1862 I bought
and made 100 hay
APPS IL yards
square, which cost
me so cents each,
making a total of
$50. They have
been in use yearly
since then with
but little repair
ing. In a recent
ovcrhauling f o 7
repairs l find a
loss of only six
caps in twenty
eight years SER
vice, and this SER
vice has not been
confined to the
hay field, for l find
them very handy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02

for other purposes. The other ninety
four were put in good order by one days
work. | have just made tWentY-scyen
more, and it cost per cap % 4 cents each
for the cloth. which is good unbleached
cotton / = yards wide without oil or any
other preparation, and was bought at Is
cents per running yard. One person
made them all in half day with sew
ing machine averaging ten minutes to
each. They were hcmmed on two sides
and the corners turned and stitched to
hold the strings The strings are q sim
gle strand bag string cut % inches long
to run through the corners Of the cap
and the ends tied together in a square
knot. Another knot is made about two
inches from the cap, which gives two
lengths of string to fit different sized
heaps. Experience proves this to be a
good arrangement. The sticks are of
straight grained, hard wood, . feet long
and half an inch square, and planned
smooth with long tapcring point. In
putting on the caps two can work TO bet
ter advantage than one. They should
be put on as tight as the cloth will bear
without strain. The sticks should be
pushed into the heaps with the inner or
point end the highest. When l think Of
the amount OF hay my caps have saved
me, l do not ask myself whether they have
paid or not. Last year | bought some
unbleached cotton yards wide and made
a sheet wide and long enough to protect
o large stack of hay. 1t more than paid
for itself and is good Cor twenty years to
come. 1t is very handy to throw over
load in an emergency. 1t is a good fail
ing to have it too large rather than too
small This sheet was made with eylet
holes in the sides and ends in which to
tie strings and cords. To these cords
weights are attached to hold the sheets
in place.-Fd1m and Home.
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OUR RURAL READERS
WILL BE PLEASED WITH THIS
DEPARTMENT.

Do HAY Caps Pay?-A Wagon-Tire Land
Drac-Short Notes for the Farmer
Dropping Wooi-Points in Wool Grow
ing-Geese on the Farm Cater to the
Public-Iwo Convenient Devices.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02
A VVagon-Tire Land Drag.

very cheap and serviceable drag
can be made by wiring firmly together
three wagon-tireS as shown in the en-
craving. 1t is best to have the tires of
one size, though the hind one can be
smaller if you cannot get them alike.
The larger they are the more ground
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02

they will cover, of course, and tires from
hind wheels are to be preferred to fore
wheel tires Additional weight can be
supplied by laying green poles across the
tires and tying them firmly with wire
The drag especially useful in smoothing
down cotton and corn ridges, and is
easily made.-Fd7m and FHeside.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-02

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ASTRAY BUT RECOVERED
TALMACE breaches ON THE
NECESSITY OF A REDEEMER.

Beauty, Pathos and Comfort Found in
the Fifty-third Chapter of IsaiaI--How
and why Men and Sheep Go Astray.
whatsoever VIII, Let Him Come.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-24
CHURCHES AND PASTORS.

Es,t Fairfield Is to have Q new Copgfe-
c.,,nrs al chnych vhich will cost from six 10
sish, thou,.nd dcllars The contract has
been awarded to W. L. Sullivan of oaf'-
toa.
VIM. Brsnasgsn, Esq Of Belfast has
gwen to the C.'hol'c Society Of bei.ss Sa
beautiful little church csstios ABOUT S'oeo
I, will be dedicated on Thankseising asy'
tho sxarcises 10 be conducted o. bAnoP
Hesl.y Of Portland.
Raw. Edward Allen of Iowa hss accepted
the al 10 becaue pastor Of the Consrsss'
Nonal church in Sanford, and will os gio
hi, LAHORE ct orcs. He 10 very pieasin 8
.p.sker. ard hi1s fair to suit the people
Who attend his church. Mr.. Ives, Who
recently rssigned, has no settled pAs'orase
- yet.
The new Baptist church at Teaants II Ar.
bor wa, dedicated on "Wednesday OF Las
week. The total cost was e7Soo exeiohvs
Of ths memorial windows, AMI Il vas dedi-
Gated free from debt, Capt. Joseph Wsu'
naviug personally donated $500 Of thit
ann. There are several beautiful memo
rial wiadows in the building. The church
has a me mbership Of 256, AID the Sabbath
school numbers 900.
The rsncva ted and rsmodeled Free Bap.
ti.t church 10 Charleston was re-dedicstes
Friday Of last week With appropriate ser
vices The sons ard daughters OF Des
Ell, Ii Jenpison, dsceased. one OF sfie foano
ers and principal Supporters Of The eluref
in early days, have placed oeauuia. ms
mortal widow in prominent psts Of 'h'
ejiHce, ss token Of respect for theil
fathers ne Dory and his moral aud relis'ou
wo,th. He wss deacon OF the church To-
long period Of time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-24
MAINE PEOPLE.

Stephen A. Wilcox Of TreEco.t, Me, So
years old, is one Of the best farm hsnds Ia
that town. This year he WORKED for the
"A n consecutive season in the hsy fl Id
His wife is living and they have been mar
ried so years.
Joseph Willianson, j., OF Belfast, was
admitted to the bar Wedlesday aft r1oon,
psssidg an excellent examination. We are
pleased to know that ne will settle hare and
hang cut his single from hisfa'her'S office.
Republican Journal.
TIE Rosnoske IVA Times records ihs
organization Of company called he Cush-
msn Iron Company, for the manufacture of
iron in that city rhe officers OF the Com
pauy are all Maine men, aud with one ex-
caption, graduates Of the Msire State Col
lege Thst exception is Mr.. a. d. Bird
of Rockisnd. Toe State College, boys srs !:
C. G.. CushmaD, pre- sidt mt and manager !;
John Bird %, vice president and superin-
tendent; A. J. c. fiji .ectetsry and tre,s
urer; and C. G. Cushmsn, J I'm Bird, %,
A. Coffin and j. E. Buzzeli, directors.
October I9.b, ls4l, Captain Thomas Day
of Pnil psburg and Miss Hannah Bitber Of
Portland, we're married in that city. AZ
TER the lapse OF ff,y years, on Monday eve
niug, the couple at their home ia East
Brunswicx, with children, grandchildren
aud scores OF warm friends. observed the
anniversary day. Cpp.sia Day has passed
more than thirty years of his life upon the
SEA, chiefly in the North Atlantic ard
East Ipdisn trade. During sill that tims
he escaped being. wrecked aod new
er had an accident. He was nine
years in The United State. COST Survey aud
eleven years keeper Of Ssguin Light. He
now lives on his farm in Brunswick, the
house being enc hundred and twenty years
old. The years have rested lightly on The
captain, and Mrs. Days hair is not yet Sill
vered. IL this owirg to the fact that she
was msriai St the age Of fiheen2 O1ly one
person, Mrs. Days sisssr, who witnessed
the marriage ceremony was present at the
golden Wedding,