The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-01-20

ing eleFatlOn OF temperature or Suect-
ing the system of the animal to de-
gree which would make the flesh unfit
for human food.
Any organ or part of a carcass which
is badly bruised or affected by tuber-
Cu1osis, astinomycosis, abscess, sup
rrrating sore OR tape worm cysts
should be condemned.
The Garden.
In the kitchen garden, rs fast as the
crops are off, everything should be
cleaned up ard made tidy, and, as far
as possible, the soil be made ready for
spring crops. The tops of asparagus
should be cut and burned and the beds
well covered with good manure. Beets
and carrots must be got in as soon as.
there is danger Of hard freezing, or
they will not keep well for winter use.
Squashes also must be gathered before
touched by frost, handled as carefully
as eggs and kept in dry, cool, frost
proof place.
In the flower garden beds of hardy
bulbs, such as tulips, crocuses, ETC.,
may be set at once. The soil should
be deeply spaded, and it is all the bet
ter if little sandy and made rich
with rotten manure. Tulips should be
set three to four inches deep. When
the ground is about to freeze up throw
cover Of strawy manure or other lit
ter over the beds and let it remain till
spring. Besides the bulbs enumerated
snowdrops, narcissus and jonquils are
to be similarly treated and planted at
a depth according to their size. After
frost has touched the dah1ia and Gamma
tops they and all other tender bulbs
should be taken up on a dry day and
labeled and stored away for planting.
The Age Of Bees.
This depends almost entirely upon
circumstances. It may be impossible
to decide how long working bee
would live if kept from wearing itself
out by constant labor in the field. It
may live one year or more, but the av-
erage life during summer is not over
three months, and during a great honey
flow it may not be over six weeks
Experiments may be made by introduc-
frg Italian queens to colonies of black
bees, at various seasons of the year,
and noting the time when all the
blacks disappear. Bees hatched in au-
tumn will live through the winter un-
| til spring. Drones i've a shorter time
than workers. Kept in a queen1ess
hive they may live three or four
months. Being useless, except for mat
ing purposes, the workers soon get
rid Of them. 1t is supposed that when
their usefulness is at an end they are
driven out to perish, but it may be
that they live out their allotted time
and in the throes Of death the workers
take them out to die. The queen lives
to good old age, some as long as four
years.-Southern Live Stock Journal.
The Profit From Geese.
A goose lives a great many years
and produces young until aged. When
once a large flock of geese is obtained
the young may be sold Off entirely,
except to replace any loss of old ones
Geese bring about one dollar per pair
in the large markets, but they also
give profit on feathers. 1t is not
encouraging to keep geese unless they
can have some place to procure their
food, such as a clover field or pasture
They will cost nothing if conditions
are favorable to them, but if they are
to be fed they become expensive.
Items of Interest.
A straw shed may be made as warm
as benk barn.
Baby tread powers are now made
for running baby separators.
It is very seldom that horse gets
cast il tied short.
A warm barn and a good bed save
grain in winter.
It is time those porkers you mean
to turn off in the fan' were getting
in good shape.
If turnips are fed, do the milking
before feeding, unless your customers
are fond Of turnipy favor.
You can make pound of pork cheap
er now than in ordinary December
weather. Are you crowd1ng the shoats?
Happy is the man with fresh COWS.
Butter is high and steadily advanc-
ing.
"All out of DOORS is too roomy a
place for milking The successful dairy
men milk under shelter.
Keep book account with your COWS.
Know what they are doing and what
income you have from each. 1t !s
business.
One Of the points for stock growers
to keep in mind in improving their
breeds is that the quality can be i'm
proved without increasing the cost for
food.
II sheep or pigs are allowed the run
Of the orchard they will destroy many
insects by eating fallen apples and win
do better for the succulent food thus
obtained.
The jackson Park dairy test has
proved that there Is a general purpose
cow and that she will make butter.
The special dairy COW makes more Of
it, however.
Milk with dry hands. 1t is Tar too
common to keep the hands and the
teats dripping wet with milk. It may
be little easier to milk with wet
hands, but it is filthy habit.
Good butter can be made when all
the butter fat Is taken out of the milk.
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