The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
A Job for Cold Weather.

can be made at Comparatively small
expense.
A Job for Cold Weather.
Outdoor painting that has for any
cause been postponed, may now be
done to even better advantage then in
warm weather. 1t is not quite so
agreeable to paint outdoors in
cold weather as it is in the warm
months, and the paint does not
spread quite SO easily; but there is
more leisure to attend to it, and the
paint, If it does take a little longer to
dry. lasts better than when applied in
late spring or early summer. 1t is as
serted in fact that a coat of paint
put on now and one applied next
June will need renewing at the same
time, 8 70 that there is an actual gain
of half a year in enjoyment of the
fresh coat. The cost of painting may
be very largely reduced by doing it
oneself. 1t is not difficult craft to
learn, if one has "gumption" and
uses his wits to get the knack OF it..
The farmer whose buildings need
painting. and are deteriorating for
the lack of it, may feel that he can
not afford to hire professional paint
ers at high wages to do the work.
But he a do the work himself,
taking his own time, at a gooddeal less
than half the cost. It is the time,
not the material, that counts up the
cost.
In buying paints avoid the prepared
article, which rarely proves durable.
1t is much betterto buy the best white
lead and raw linseed oil, and mix the
colors as desired. Painters say that
the yellows Of various shades make
the most durable colors, and as they
are, unless too intense, agreeable to
the eye, it is desirable to use them.
The best dryer to use is brown Japan,
other dryers, such as litharge, patent
dryer, sugar OF lead, ETC., being unreli-
able. Raw linseed, in connection with
the brown Japan, is preferable to the
boiled.
1t always pays, in getting paints for
outdoor work, to buy the best quality,
for a good article will long outlast an
inferior one.
Filth In DairyinR.
American Dairyman, under the
heading "There is dirt in it," says:
There are many dairymen who have
ar idea that their work is done with
the greatest care and that no dirt
gets into the milk, but this is because
they do not see the final outcome Of
that milk. VI would like to take such
men to the fu.+ory, and having set
apart a quart of the milk from their
dairy in a glass tube, showing them,
after "a hours of settling, how much
dirt, if otmanure, lies at the bottom
of that glass, or better yet. the 'skum
of ruin" to be found on the inside of
the separator drum. With that
knowledge they might be wiser men,
and attempt in the future to keep at
least a fair proportion of dirt out of
the milk. TO our way OF thinking it
is remarkable how much dirt is left in
the bottom of the glass of milk when
the milk is bought from the city deal
ers, and this knowledge makes our
sympathies go out to the cheese or
butter maker who has to contend
with such conditions at the factory.
The only wonder is that they are able
to produce as good material as they
do under such adverse circumstances.
The best manager ofafactory must be
one that chicks" energerically and all
the time.
Injury to Stifle Joint.
Horses and cattle are EXTREMITY IL
able to injury of the stile or hip-joint
from the wide and prominent portion
of the body. Added to this barn and
stable doors aregenerally too marrow,
and hung on hinges which permit the
door to blow shut, or partly so, and
the animals entrance drags it against
the hips. Horses and oxen are too
often embarrassed or unyoked and
forcibly driveninto the stables. Going
in with a rush the hips are violently
thrust against the sides of the door.
Sliding doors will greatly lessen these
injuries. Even though the injuries to
thehips of animals may not be serious,
yet the bruises and sores on the hips
of horses or cattle are unsightly, and
painful to the poor brutes when lying
down. And in summer flies torment
them because of the sores. These
bruises or sores should be fomented
or poulticed till the fever is removed,
and then daily dressed with the fol-
lowing: Tincture of arnica, two
ounces; acetic acid, one ounce am
monia, one ounce; soap liniment 10
ounces; carbolic acid, two drains.
Mix and keep in a we'll corked bottle.
The use of tar or grease from the wag-
on axle is yerviceable, but for horses
u~ncleanly, as the hands and harness
are sure to be soiled.
The Bee Moth.
The bee moth, Galleria cereana,
says Prof. Cook. is a generally recog-
nized enemy Of the honey bee; yet it is
usually powerless to injure but weak
colonies. e%speciallv of the yellow races