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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
orr 4 Agricultural EXnOrts.

According to a report Of the Statis-
tician of the department of agriculture.
about one tenth of our agricultural prod
ucts is exported. The sum IS, however,
made up from a very few articles. These
are cotton, tobacco, meats, breadetui1s
and cheese. 1evcn-teuths Of The cotton
product goes to foreign markets. All
other articles, except those above stated,
when put together are hut 8 per cent. Of
the exports. The expiration Of tobacco
is not increasing materially or SO rapidly
as home consumption. More cheese could
be sold if its reputation for quality should
be kept up ana there We're more DISPOSE
ton 10 cater to faStidiOus or peculiar
foreign tastes. Butter exports could DO
made larger if they were Of better quail
ity. Our great American crop-corn-
is chiefly consumed on the spot, not 1norc
tnan Ore-siXth il is said, going beyond
the boundary OF the county in which it
is grown, and only . to per cent. heing
now exported. Nearly two-t thirds Of tuis
crop Is produced in seven states-OhiO,
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska, few others producing
more than is required at home, and the
larger portion having a deficiency to be
supplied by those seven STATES.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
r. LIVE STOCK COLUMN.E
WHICH PAY BEST, SHEEP OR CAT
TLE7 THAT IS TIE QUESTION.

Which Is More Profitable, Beef and MILK.
or Mutton and Wooi9-How Much Cow
and Sheep Tnlto from tho Soil and
How Much Each Gives to Man.
Can mutton be more chcaply produced
than beef? As bearing upon this subject
Stewart calls attention to the fact that
the sheep is u source of double income
meat and wool. He refers, too, to the
experiments of Sir j. 3. Lawcs, in refer
ence to the percentage Of food utilized
or stored up by different animals, and
these experiments presented the sheep i'll
very favorable light. OF the dry food
consumed he found that the sheep stored
up increased weight 10 per cent, while
cattle only laid up in increased weight 8
per cent; that is, 81 pounds Of dry food
Increased the live weight Of cattle.
So that, relying upon these expert
ments. sheep must be considered as ex-
cellenC utilizers Of food, az producing as
many pounds Of mutton, besides the
wool, from a given quantity Of food, as
rs can lie produced of beef; and, as the
best mutton brings as high a price as
the beef, it would appear on this basis
the sheep would give the fleece as extra
profit over cattle. IF this is not too
favorablo view, the sheep on suitable
lands must be considered among the
most prof Of farm stock. 1t is true
the dairy COW brings her profitable flow
Of milk to offset that OF wool, but the
dairy COW does not lay on flesh while
producing milk az docs the sheep while
producing wool.
A fleece OF ave pounds Of wool grown
in year requires only daily growth
Of ono-tifth Of I'm ounce, which can take
but small portion Of food to produce
T ne mineral matter taken from the soil
by the fleece is only 1.6 ounces per year,
and if six halt mutton sheep represent
cow the whole mineral constituents
taken by the six 1eeces would only be
SO ounces and about 10 pounds of nitro
gen, while the ordinary COW yielding
1900 pounds of milk would take &c
pounds OK mineral matter or ash and IS
OF nitrogen, or as times rs much mineral
matter aud 13 times as much nitrogen as
the tlocces Of the sheep. Montana Live
Stock Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
naeeEarhl.

free from ice; but in the winter at tho
north hens must have a warm house to
yield eggs. especially tho Leghorns and
similar breeds, Many farmers who
have no comfortable places Tor fowls in
winter can have something like that
shown in the picture, and by trihing
outlay secure eggs during the winter The
sides, where there is no hay, are lined
Up with boards, and the space is filed
with sawluSt, One advantage Of such a
house OF room is that ON warm days
hens can be allowed to run and scratch
on the feed floor
! often See directions for building a
shed attached to hen house under
which the hens may 20 in mild weather,
but IN tne north the snow would blow
into such a she'd unless it was closed
with some kind of doors. Hens delight
t. scratch in the cAaf and hayseeds
whi..I collect on the barn floor They
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

Professor Cook says on this subject in
his book on bee keeping: 1t is safe to
purchase any time in the summer. In
April or May (of course you Will pur-
chase very strong stocks, if in the la,i-
tude of New York or Chicago-it will DO
earlier further south-you viii be able
to pay more, us You will secure the in
crease of both honey and bees. II YOU
desire to purchase in autumn that YOU
may gain the experience Of wiutcr,ug,
either demand that the ono of wnom
you purchase insure the Safo uniting Of
the bees, or else that he reduce tho sell
ing price at least one-third from his
rates the next April. Otherwise the
novice had better purchase in the spring
If you are Ia transfer at once, ii Is de-
sirable that you buy in tho spring, as ii
is vexatious, especially for the beginners,
to transfer when the hives arc crowded
with brood and honey.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
ABOUT DAIRY PRODUCTS
AN AMATEUR COW DOCTORS Expg-
RlENCE WITH ACONlTE.

A Gentleman with Fine Herd of Jer-
and 1t Knocks 1t Every Time-Twenty
Drops of tho Tjncturo ube Dose.
have thirty Jerseys, and as / depend
upon them largely for my bread as well
as butter | very naturally watch them
very closely, and read very closely to
learn all | can that will help me to make
the most out OF them. l have had CON
siderable trouble over since first MIXED
COW with garget or caked udder,
sometimes in one teat and sometimes
more, and lasting one, two or even moro
days in some instances. One year ago
last November lost valuable thorough
bred Jersey. l am fully satisfied, from
no other cause.
| never found any help for the diff
Guilty until last March, nearly year
ago, when l read an article from the pen
Of Smith b. Morrison, of Fort Atkinson,
in which he stated that he ueed in such
cases fifteen or twenty drops tincture of
aconite, given on an ear of corn. also
saw it recommended frequently by
others in different places. AS drown
ing man grasps at straws, | hur1iedly
procured vial of 'the rank Poison"
and administered dose to the first COW
that was affected, when, 10 and behold!
ut the next milking she was all right.
Soon another was affected. | gave an
other doee, and Mt the next milking all
was well. In O little while another cow
was troubled badly. She required two
doses. twelve hours apart, when she was
well. Mind you, don't say it cured
her, for don't know. am telling what
l know now, and not what guess
Soon neighbor came over and said
she had a COW with very bad udder, so
bad in fact that it was feared she could
not recover. ! gave her full dose Of
twenty drops, and told her to give an
other dose in the morning. She returned
the next day and said the cow was very
much better and wanted to know the
name OF the wonderful medicine. | told
her, and she got some and the COW was
soon well. | could enumerate many in
stances If 1t were Necessary, but | for
bear. | keep a small bottle of it in the
barn all the time, and 50 confident of its
efficacy have we become in our "igno-
rance" that we administer a dose when
ever occasion requires, and seldom give
the matter a second thought, for it is a
rare case that requires a second dose. -
r. a. Hallett in Hoard Dairyuan.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

with drain leading away from it. Tho
specifications are as follows; Sills are TO
be by Il, bedded level on tho ground;
the inner studs, Q by G, sheathed on both
sides with common boards, the outside
TO be covered with felt paper, the space
formed by sheathing to DO filed with
tan bark or sawdpst. The ontor stud
ding to be Q by 4, spiked to outside
shcathing and covered with common sid
ing, leaving space under frie2e and
above base Of three inches. The floor TO
be constructed by spreading from four
to six inches of tan bark or sawdust;
level the same and cover with common
boards, leaving 4 th-ce-Quarter inch
space between each. The plates to be
the same as studs, by II; rafters, ? by
4; roof shingled Ventilators in top
should be 2 feet inches square. Doors
doubled and filed with sawdUst.
The bill for lumber is az follows: Eight
pieces, by 10 by Il, for sills and plates
80 pieces, by G by 10, for inner studs;
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

at the Wisconsin agricultural expert
mcnt station Professor Bubcock has been
testing u new machine for extracting
butter. The cream separating and but
ter extracting machines are chiefly
Swedish and Danish inventions, and
they are being adopted slowly in Amer
lea The creamery man is conservative,
like the farmer, and justly so. Mis-
takes arc costly.
Tho machine tested by DR.. Babcocl1
was one that could be used both as q
cream operator and butter extractor.
For producing butter il fed milk at the
rate of 200 pounds an hour and turned
ont fine article. 1t was n steam power
machine. But the butter made by it
was "sweet"-that is to say, the milk was
sweet when the butter was extracted.
The butter fat is extracted SO closely
from the milk that IN one case not more
than 1900 of per cent was left in.
The butter extractor would work with
perfect satisfaction il only Americans
would buy butter made from sweet
milk, of which the people Of Europ, are
so fond. But it win not act on sour,
thick cream. Cream Of any ripeness can
be made into butter by first mixing it
with twice It's quantity OF water or skim
milk and raising the temperature of the
mixture to 60 dess., then running it
through the machine. The butter that
results is Of the ''ripcned" cream favor
in demand in America, and it is ex-
tracted by the machine very thoroughly
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

8 pieces, by by -, for hip rafters and
collar beams; IS pieces, by by -, for
outer studs; go pieces, . by by 70, for
rafters and ventilator; 100 feet siding
IA feet long,
Two thousand feet common boards,
for sheathing, floor, roof. etc; % pieces
fencing, surfaced, IL feet long, for cor
ner boards, etc; e0yards building paper;
5000 common shingles.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
THE CHICKEN BUSINESS.
How 20 stnrt In to Mike r"uitry Rats
Ing Pay.

people who are going to invest their sgy-
ings in the chicken business" One n
girl, has $50, aid wants to know how 20
spend it. The other has 100 and has
also much grand"r ideas.
1f ] were the fifty dollar girl would
bay hens likely TO lay, and work for
winter eggs and pure bred early chickenA
| would build rs cheaply rs possible
warm house in tsgo sections, each ar
ranged to shelter fifteen hens. The house
should he lined with thick layer Of corn
husks, fastened IN place by laths, ard Il
should have n window IN tho eastern
| slope OF its steep roof-a second hand
hotbed sash, if could find one, would
consult the Eindest and most knowing
farmers in the country side about lulnbcr
and worbmen.
Such q house, 20 feet ny ., With par
tition Of wire netting. c0nld I've built II
rough boards f'r SIS; s. moro ygould
build outrile fences. Ten dollars should
be spent in foot; so more for "a trio Of
really good birds If h-ccd had chosen
as my specially. ;;!i Tire remaining SO
Should buy twenty IT thirty pullets and
/ young hons, Of any Lind, sort or Gescrip-
ton, provided ouly they had ''the laying
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
VERMlN on SHEEP.
Small bat Wicked Foes of the Sheep
IspAsCr.


Owing to their thick, warm 1eeces,
sheep arc moro subject to verrnin than
other animals The three worst pests
that trouble them are the sheep tick,
sheep louise and scabrnite. illustrations
Of all three are given below. BY far the
worst is the scab mite, which is some
thing similar to the itch mite that at
tacks the hands of dtrtypeople. Crozier
says that If lock of wool from scabby
Bheepis laid upon Il shoot Of white paper
there will be seen particles which look
like moving dust. These are ecab mites.
They are terrible in tiieir ravages. They
burrow into the animals skin under tho
wool and set up a running sore. The
sore becomes. covered with a ecah, and
the wool peels off. The itching is intol-
cradle Tho suffering creature RIBS it
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

\ correspondent Of The Rural New
Yorker gives the following illustration
and description Of q cheap winter hen
house with which he has had excellent
success:
Almost any kind Of house will do
for hens III warm weather, if they run
at large, and the house is kept clean and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20

The sheep tick IS about the size and
color of The insect that infests the beds
Of sloveuly bumon creatures. Ii sucks
Sleeps blood just as the other unnamed,
nasty little beast sucks the blood OF
humans.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-20
FARM AND GARDEN.
INFORMATION OF PRACTICAL. IMPOR-
TANCE TO RURAL READERS.

Tho Ground Plan, Elevation and Side
View of an Ice House of Sufficient Ga
pacity for Largo Farm Dairy and
Household and Farm Use.
The capacity Of the houseis IL by 10 by
12 feet. This will hold over 100 tons of ice,
or over half q ton per day for SIX IN onths
in the year. The coil upon which the
house stands, if not porous should be
well drained by means Of u foot Of
gravel, rock or other suitable material,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
To Get

I'm one store where went to buy Hoods
Sarsaparilla tho clerk tried to induce me buy
their own instead Of Hoods; he told me theirs
would last longer; that might take it OH ten
days trial; that II did not like it need not
pay anything, etc. But lie could not prevail
on me to change. l told him knew what
Hoods Sarsaparilla was. l had taken it, was
satisfied with 1t, and did not want any other.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
THEY WILL HAVE TO MAKE UP
FOR II NOW.

1t will be remembered tina. the Off :
Gals OF Logan and Gilmore have, du-
ring the past two years, boosted Of
the fact that their rate Of taxation
was lower than in A!turas. This,
willie true as far as the rate was con
cerned, was really a falsehood, since
the valuation of property WAS increased
to make up for the decrease in rate,
SO that the taxpayers really paid more
taxes than they did in Alturas.
Blu, t'.is is not all. The act Great
ing the counties of Gilmore and Logan
required those counties tt pay their
proportion of the county Indebtedness
at the date Of the division.
This they failed to do, but mus,
now do so. The taxpayers of those
two counties will therefore have to
pay not only their proportion of ths
Indebtedness as it stood two years ago
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS.

The trustees Of Haley school di.-
trict met last evening, and discussed
the affairs of the district pretty tho
roughly.
AS the new law is to 90 in force
only GO days after its passage, it will
not affect the district during the cur.
rent school year.
The funds are about exhausted,
however, and the school must either
be run OH credit for the next two
mouths OF the year, OF the school must
be closed now. A meeting of the
Board, to which the teachers were in
vitrd for consultation, was called for
half past 2 o'clock this afternoon, at
the schoollouse.
The outlook for next year, when
HALEY will draw a pro rata for only
one district, instead of six rs now,
was also considered. 1t is OF cour. e
impossible to state just what amount
will be available, but Trustee Garrett
believes that, from the present out
look, the district will get about $3.50
from the school fund. AS the school
cannot be run for less than $4O0 per
month, or $1,000 per school year OF 10
months, the remainder will have to
be raised by q special tax of about
60 cents on the 800. The taxpayers
will be called upon to vote on this
question, at the general school election
in June.
In addition to the s2G50 which it
will be necessary to levy by special
tax to keep the school going, there
will be regular levy Of one per cent,
to pay one Of the school bonds, be
sides the interest on the debt. This
will amount to something like $500
so that, in addition to the general
tax Of so cents on the dollar levied
by the county for school purposes,
the district will have to raise about
$4,000 more this year.
Surely, the size Of the district
considered, no community ever did
better than this by the growing gen
Grafton.
LATER The school will remain
open two weeks longer, when special
election will be held to vote upon a
proposition to levy 60>cent tax.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
Be Sure:

II you have made up your mind to buy
Hoods Sarsaparila do not be induced to take
any other. Hoods Sarsaparilla is a peculiar
medicine, possessing, by virtue Of its peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation,
curative power superior to any other article
Boston lady who knew what she wanted.
and whose example is worthy imitation, tells
her experience below:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
VALUE OF PROPERTY OF DECEASED
PERSONS.

The value Of property depends
largely upon the way It is managed
and the use to which it is put. A
good manager will make a property
pay large profits, while All unski!lful
manager would run the same prop
erty in debt. So with property which
remains unexploited.
This is probably the explanation OF
the great shrinkage in the value OF
property of deceased persons, which
can hardly ever be sold for so pc,
cent. of its cost. A case in point is
the estate of the late Archie Borland
The deceased was in former years
a miner on the Comstock, working
for 81 per day. But by lucky in
vestments he acquired wealth, unit
he was supposed to be worth sevcra
millions Of dollars. Yet when his es
tate WAS inventoried, the other day
his real property was only APPRAISED
at 1896, 80, aud his personal prop
erty at S2S9, 252. To be sure he helo
many hundreds Of thousand shares 0
mining s,o,k in addition. But thes
were returned as without value, al
though their cost would figure vi
in the millions.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
"WHERE THERE'S A WILL.

"Why don't the city move China>
town." asks the Boise Statesman, and
it goes on to answer Its own question
as follows:
There is no denying the fact that
such a move canLot be accomplished
SO long as property owners consent to
provided the Chinese are inclined to
stay in their present quarters.
Only strict showing that the
health o. the city demanded their re.
movai would be considered by the
courts as any justification of any city
ordinance AIMED at that result, and
il Is doubtful even if such showing
could be made that the courts would
uphold the ordinance.
The property owner has the legal
right to rent to whom he chooses.
| Any interference with such well
recognized right would be both i'm
pertinent aud unavaillng.
The editor Of the Statesman seems
to be laborlns under a misapprehen>
sion. 1t may be "impertineAt" to
interfere with an owners ri ght to rent
his property to whom he CHOOSES; but
such Interference is not unavailing.
In localities where the social evil
is sought to be regulated in ever so
Sigh. degree, city ordinances pre-
scribe the conditions under which 1t
is tolerated, and one of these condi.
tons is to restrict the houses of ill
fame to certain sire, is.
The city OF Boise can, if it wishes
to make an earnest effort in that di-
rectlon, releeate Chinatown to one or
two back streets.
And, let us add, that experience
elsewhere has demonstrated the fact
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28

The tax levy for State purposes,
this year, will be 944 cents on the
800 valuation. And, the worst Of it
is that, neither Gilmore, Logan, Al
turas, nor Alta, Lincoln or Gilmore
will get a cents worth Of direct ben
eft from TIE levy. Such counties as
Bingham, Latah and Ada, however,
which have State institutions, will get
nearly all the benefit of the money
thus raised. The trouble with us is
that while we have been fighting
among ourselves over the division
question, other counties got away
with the State institutions.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28

but the accumulated interest on that
amount.
The debt cannot be apportioned
much before next July, if then.
II it is apportioned at that time,
III per cent, will then have to e
added for accrued interest for n years
at per cent. per annum.
This will have to be paid out Of the
general fund, before dollar OF tina,
fund can be drawn for any other pur.
pose. AS the general fund must be
kept in condition to meet all the cur.
rent expenses OF tbs county, the levy
will have to be sufficient to insure
that result.
Anyone can therefore see that the
rate will have to be much bi gher thar
for the past two years; that. in fact
it cannot be less than 81 to 4 pei
cent. And this on the increased va
luauon SO ostentatiously made by the
divisioni>ts.
Oh, it is great fun to divide 9
county. But the taxpayers invariably
pay for all this fun.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28

hNTpD-Agents to sell Pinless Clothes
w hkH LII Line the only line ever in.
vented that holds the clothes without PIN; per-
feet recess: patent recently issued: sold only by
SCENTS to whori the exclusive right is given; on
receipt of so cents WE will send sample line by
mail: also circulars. price list and terms 10
AGENTS; secure .osr territory ut once. Addre So
THE PINLESS CLOTHES LINE CO, II Hermon
Street, " orcester. Mass.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28
The way to move Chinatown
in Boise as elsewhere, is to move it.
None Of the laws passed at

None Of the laws passed at the
last session Of the Idaho Legislature
have been printed; and only certified
copies, obtained at great expense, are
available. Although every citizen is
expected to obey the laws i, is cer-
tainly rot possible for him to do Sc
unless he has some means Of knowing
what the law is.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-28

that such a requirement, instead of
injnrng the property at present oc-
cupled by Chinese, and that Of the
adjacent blocks, would quadruple the
value Of it.
The owners OF Chinatown property
should therefore be the first to favor
the passage OF such an ordinance.