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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
AGRICULTURAL
BETTER BUTTER
EFFORT TO BE MADE TO RAISE THE
STANDARD OF QUALITY.
Assistant state Food and Dairy Com
missioner Smith Has an Excel
lent Plan in View.
farmers Tribune.

G.. l.. Smith, assistant state food and
dairy commissioner, has formulated plan
for improving the butter output of private
diaries in this state. He proposes to furn-
ish country storekeeperS with placard
describing the different grades of the arti-
Gle and the relative prices which they
bring in the market. These placards will
be posted up in the places of business of
country storekeepers. AS the matter now
stands each butter maker thinks she makes
the best article in the state but this
placard will point out what the require
ments for the different grades are as they
are established by the retailer in the large
cities where the product is mostly disposed.
There are four grades of butter, viz:
ties necessary to reach each of these
and will relieve the country merchant
from the embarrassment which he often
experiences in explaining to butter
maker that her article is not SO good as
that of a neighbours. Mr.. Smith thinks
that it will be an educational force In rails
ing the standard of butter in this state.
Heretofore the best butter has suffered
diminution in price by reason of the fact
that in Me effort to satisfy the producers
there has been scaling down of price
on the good article and raising OF the
price of the poorer article.
Mr.. Smith thinks that if the butter pro-
duet of the state can be brought up to
uniformly good standard the supply will
come near equallng the demand, and that
oleomargarine will thereby be driven out
of competition with honest dairy butter.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
MASTERING THE BUSINESS.
Interest the Boys in the FlOcks-The
Parents Should Instruct Them.


Parents Should Instruct Them.
Recently l called on farmer in an adj
joining township, says H. p. Miller in
Ohio Farmer. He being at a distant part
of the farm, the son, a boy of II years or
more, volunteered to direct me to his IA
Their. AS we walked along my eye caught
sight of flock of sheep in an adjoining
field They evidently were strongly bred
query as to what breed they raised, he re-
piled he guessed they were fine wool. He
was apparently bright beyond the average,
yet he was so little acquainted with them
that he did not know the breed to which
they belonged
This is not SO much the fault of the boys
generally as of their parents. 1t is rather
an oversight. Parents generally do not
recognize at how early an age boys may
be instructed in the methods and processes
of farm operations. They are too often
considered mere children, incapable of I'M
Outstanding the technicalties of business,
until suddenly they are discovered to be
large enough to be useful in the regular
work of the farm. There is then thought
to be no time for training the eye to dis
Germ fine distinctions, or for studying
names and particulars.
The result is that the majority of boys
who grow up on farms and finally become
farmers themselves, never make the de-
tails Of farm operations and of stock
breeding and management a study-they
never master their business. They grow
up with the idea that farming is just hard
work, and their lack of understanding and
skill always makes it so.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
FARM NOTES.
(From the Farmers Tribune.


Observers find evidence that woman is
less contented on the farm than man.
l would more think of keeping cows
in stable without a plentiful supply of
absorbents than of keeping them without
sufficient food.
The successful dairy farmer must of ne
cessity be Industrious, clearly and honest.
With these three virtues he will succeed
anywhere.
Strawberries are the best of all berries
Every man that owns a piece of land
should have a patch of Strawberries If
your children cry for them you will give
them salt pork.
Practical common sense men in business
or professional life are free to express their
appreciation of the good work of the
grange and they are always pleased to note
it's prosperity.
It is especially true of the poultry yard
that whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing we'll. An Intimate every day
and every hour acquaintance of the flock
is what leads up to the profits.
The grange is developing class of think
ers and workers among the farming popu-
lation who will be heard in the councils of
state and nation in the near future.
Allowing for all exaggerations, 1t Is evil
dent that not only has value been tremen-
dously shocked under the present Demo-
cratic policy, but that the development of
The fact canont be too strongly impressed
that a COW is good COW simply because
she has an increased capacity for turning
raw material fed to her into the kind of
product that the farmer wants.
Narrow minded selfishness ought not to
have any place in the farmers heart. If
it is there, it should be taken out as soon
ing the grange and living up to it's pre-
cepts
Hens often learn to eat their eggs from
eating the egg shells which are given to
them with their food. They find it easy
to crush the shells which are thus scattered
in their way.
A COW in a normal state Of health will
give milk free from bad taste or odor. But
shut the COW up in a tight box of stable
where she is obliged to take back repeated
ly into her lungs the disoxygenized air she
and her companions have breathed and
sweet pure milk cannot be expected.
For the average farm dairy at least one
of the advantages of winter dairying is the
better demand for the product and, in con-
sequence, an easier market and better pri-
ces can be realized. There is no question
but that 1t is during the winter that the
substitutes for butter have their largest
sales on account of the scarcity of butter.
If sweet pure milk is wanted a plentiful
supply of pure water must be supplied to
the COW to enable her to properly dilute
the blood and juice of the body and thus
wash away through the kidneys the waste
product; otherwise they are likely to go to
the milk.
1t seems strange that many farmers can
not see that the same material made into
a poor product that will only bring 10
cents per pound can, with no more labor
as readily be manufactured into a product
that will bring Is or 30 cents a pound
Our plans for next season should all he
made now. while we have time to think
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
Farming or n PrOfessiOns

Would YOU advise me to stay on the farm
or seek some other profession? This ques-
ton was asked me a few days ago by
young man, and the answer may be profit
able to a number of EpitOmist readers.
The choice of a profession or vocation to
which future years are to be given, and by
which a living is to be gained is, or ought
to be, largely a question of taste and apti-
tude. Necessity is sometimes our master,
and we are all governed more or less by
circumstances 1t is the delight of destiny
to counterchange the plans and purposes
Of man. l therefore urge all young men to
choose the life that will prove most useful
which l think is farming trusting to haplt
to make it agreeable This much can be
said in favor Of farming: There is no bust
ness in which moderate success is SO near
certain. l know from experience that much
of the work on the farm is rough, and some
almost repulsive. l know by experience
that there are risks in farming as well as
in other businesses. Hail and frost, flood
and drouth, blight and insects, often destroy
the labor of months, and yet, despite all
this very few farmers, those worthy OF the
name ever fail to grow sufficient for the
coming year. / can not now recall one VINO
failed to secure this, provided he practiced
the virtues of economy, industry, temper
ance and energy, and was not Frustrated
by sickness other calamity. My young
friend appears to regard the chance OF
money making the strong point of profess
sion. l am willing that this should stand
first, for all have to live, but profess
sion or vocation for life ought to mean
S! eLeuL 'poouueW eIqou pure pueIS 9 10
dn 5u!plInq 9ul 'LoloBLBqo 10 uo!lBIuIoJ 9ul
sugsW sluL IgnlIIlds puB lBIoW 'lelueW
'IBo!sHud 'sIeMod Lno IIg 10 lusWdoIeAep IoJ
HlIunlLoddo uBeu pInoQs II SUP ueul eIou1
fine scope for this on the farm. Farming is
becoming an intellectual pursuit. This ele-
Yates and ennobles the business and exer-
cises all the powers Of those engaged there
in. So much for farming profession.
do not regard it as the only indispensable
vocation, but simply claim certain advan-
tages that one can deny. I also claim
farming to be the most independent of all
vocations Of life.-C w. Norrist, in the
init oicf
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
Stock Statistics.

The annual statistical estimate of the
live stock of the country is just at hand,
and is one of the most interesting docu-
ments to stockmen that has appeared for a
long time, showing that which has been
suggested in these columns as probable, is
true namely, that live stock are on the
decrease.
The estimates of farm animals for Janu-
airy, 1895, show decrease in the number
of horses, as compared with January 1894,
of 1882, or LII per cent; a decrease in
mules of 1923, or 0.81 per cent an in
crease in mich cows of 1929, or O.10 per
cent; decrease in oxen and other cattle
of 2,243, 952 or 6.13 per cent; decrease in
number of sheep of 2,753, 953, or Gil per
cent; decrease in the number of swine
of 1.040,782 or 23O per cent.
In value per capita, horses have declined
N.1 per cent; mules, 23.5 per cent; mich
cows have increased about per cent; oxen
and other cattle have lost in value Al per
cent; sheep have declined 2O.2 per cent,
and swine 1863 per cent.
The decline in the farm prices of horses
is very general Throughout the country
the exceptions being in the mountain and
Pacific states and Massachusetts, The
range of prices is from 1851 per head in
New Mexico to $81.21 in Rhode Island.
The average value of mich cows has in
creased from SPLIT in 1894 to $21 81 for this
year.
The average value per capita of animals,
as estimated, are as follows Horses $36 20:
mules, $4755; milch cows, $21 81; oxen and
other cattle, $1406; sheep, 1885, hogs $497
Total value of live stock on farms is
81 ,819, 446,3 O6, decrease of $751; $40 448 from
the total value of 1894.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
Cre0ming Milk.

Whlle separtOr companies are rivalfng
each other to see which can produce a
machine that will skim butter-fat the most
closely, how is that class getting along
who depend on the old-fashioned way of
Swimming milk? 1 mean those dairymen
who set milk at home, let the cream
arise and lift it off the milk in perforat-
ed tin skinner, says Geo. E. Svemell in
the Practical Dairy Man. They can depend
on no cunning mechanical device to auto
matically and clearly extract all, or nearly
all of the fat globules in their milk. They
must trust in a measure to nature The
old idea was that a long length of time
was necessary in which to let nature thor
oughly do this work. And SO in the past
and many, many times at present the set
this is mistake is now acknowledged by
all successful butter-makers, but wherein
lies the error? Advocates of the souring
principle have believed that butter globules
continued to struggle to the surface until
the milk was loppered. They failed to take
into consideration the fact that the condi-
tions surrounding the milk have everything
to do with 1t. By unfavorable conditions
milk can be caused to sour before more
than half of the cream has arisen. or
through favorable conditions not the slight
est acid reaction will show in the fluid when
the butter-fat has all gravitated to the
surface
OF course it Is for the butter-maker in
prudence and wisdom, to regularly apply.
despite the variations of weather or season.
the conditions that yield him the most
cream from which he can make the most
salable butter. Now, ii he sets the warm
fresh>milk in warm atmosphere. cream
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
Remember.

To take a postal card and send to
the REPRESENTATIVE, 800 Boston Blk,
Minneapolis, the names of such per-
sons, either Populist or otherwise, who
would be likely to subscribe for the
REPRESENTATIVE, and we will send
them sample copies, free of charge,
and be obliged to you beside. That is
the way to push the Peoples party.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13

- >' '''''''''.'.'..... .$Uo12
AS she was now only three months from
calving, all grain was taken from her; but
as grass was good and the cow in splendid
order, she gave a good yield of milk and
butter Gas will be seen in next tablet
through July and half of August, when she
was just dry, and had six weeks rest, and
then calved again.
It need hardly be said that the butter
from this COW was exceptionally fine. Dur
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13
Keen in Addition Yield Of
SET 80
Profit $40. 70

51.0U $4J. 10
1 considered this a good showing, but l
assure you it was not my first attempt at
dairying. had worked up to it by degrees,
acquiring experience as l went. And l
could have made no such record with a
poor COW. Do not, however, think that l
am blind to the merits of any cow but
Jersey. Far from it.
A good COW is good COW, all the world
over be she what breed she may.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13

ing seven months from Oct. / to the end
Of April 1 sold it for 80 cents pound, and
the rest of the time for Is cents. This was
before kept registered Jerseys) Now, we
can soon see how my COW and l STOOD at
the end of the year, by referring to the an
nexed table, giving her monthly yield and
the cost of her keep.
Cost of Keep in Addition Yield Of
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-13

ing is retarded and souring is fastened. He
knows that after the milk is loppered no
more cream will arise. but he fails to see
wherein the quality Of the cream already
arisen is injured by its acid change Not
possessing a clear understanding on this
subject he Cor she) goes on even ...the pre-
sent day, making butter from cream rolled
rather than SKINNED off from milk as thick
as jelly. Then these same ones will write
to the editor of an agricultural paper ask
ing what is the cause of white specks In
butter, rancid butter, and why their butter
brings only a minimum price, They surely
need to learn the Importance of forcing the
craem out of the new sweet milk as quick
ly as possible, to accomplish which they
must lower the milks temperature to As
or so degrees accomplished the two-fold
purpose of dreaming it quickly and retard-
ing the development of acid. BY a proper
handling the cream ought to be all out Of
it in q hours at the longest, and then 1t
should not be allowed to float there a
minute longer. 1t is the opportune time to
skim it, to obtain the largest yield of but
ter, and that of the best quality. White
specks are avoided because there is no
loppered casein clinging to the cream, and
good flavor is preserved because it has
time to be injured by the deteriorating
changes that effect long-standing milk.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27
THE STAGE.

SABpou's income from royalties on
his plays is one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars year.
CoyENr Garden theater has just had
Its orchestra sunk three feet and hall
below the level of the seats.
SARAH BERNHARDr is writing her
memoirs. They will make long book,
as she begins with her early childhood
and the story of her beginning on the
stage
SARAH BERNnARDT drew q large au'
d;ence to Paris civil court lately
where she was sued for not paying Q
horse dealer's bill. She said that shf
always destroyed receipts, but that she
had paid this one, and, being asked l
she would swear to it, said ''Je lie lure'
and won her case.
HERE is plot for Gilbert and Sulii
van. On Fl. NJ. S. Ringarooma, on tn
| Australian station, the captain rccentl.
reprimanded the surgeon for some Sigh
breach of duty, whcreupon the latte
nut the captain on the sick list. In
cantain then ordered the surgeon undo
arrest. He then reported that tn
captain was suffering from mental di'
ease and was incapable OF commandin
the ship, but the captain had him cour
martialed and dismissed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27
CLIPPINGS FROM SCIENCE

IT Is difficult to record the tempera-
ture at the bottom Of the ocean. The
pressure of the water, at great dcptns'
brushes the thermometer.
A WHALE is an animal. 1t is warm
blooded; its young are born alive. Inc
mother suckles them just as COW
suckles it's calves.
LIGHT travels at the velocity OF one
hundred and ninety-two thousand
miles in a second, and eight minutes
and thirteen seconds are required for
the light of the sun to reach the eartn.
DIR. JupKINs and DIR. Rotterman, OF
Cincinnati, declare that vaccination
does more harm than good. They say
Il no longer is of benefit. and they dis
courage it.
excavating the old Roman town OF
silchester, in Hampshire, last year
bleachery was discovered, with FUR
nnces like those at Ponpeii, drying
furnaces, storerooms, wells, and stones
for grinding the dyes
LORD RALEIGH has made q Hash
light triumph. He photographed tho
breaking Of soap bubble, process
which occupied between the two-hun
dredth and three-hundredth part OF
| second.
SIR ROBERT BALL, the astronome
roval for ireland, is said to believe tina
the time is approaching when posterit
will be able to construct machiner
that will be operated with heat OF
tanned by the direct action OF the sun
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27
Not Quite Right.

No man is hero to his valet, and
perhaps no poet to his baker he lives
in Putuey, and almost every day he
walks a few miles to Wimbledon, and
goes to caleshop there, where he
buys cakes to give to little group OF
poor children, who have learned to
look forward this frequent treat.
Some one who knew the poet by sight
said to the shopkeeper: do you know
who this gentleman who buys SO many
cakes of you lisp" "Oh! he's q poor gen
tleman who isn't quite right IN his
head. He's always buying cakes fof the
children. Chap Book
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27

TIE Hon. Samuel w. Allerton, Of Chlcar
70. is enthusiastic on the subject OF Hot
Springs, So. Oak. He writes - fonows:
Fred 4; Evans, Esq. nI rrSp. Inc EVANS
NV dear Sir: believe that when the
American people know Of the great curin9
power Of your springs for rheum etasm tnat
YOU win have to build more hotels, the GU
mate is 30 much better than Hot SPRING.
Arkansas. Yours truly, ... +
SAMUEL w. ALLERToN. i.
The G. b. & O. r. H. have Just published
a pamphlet descriptive Of the Hot Springs,
and copies can be had free by addressing +. q
Eustis, Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Chicago.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27
A LIVING SHADOW.
Remarkable Transformation OF 3
North Carolina Man.
Strange, But True, Story from the Lumbe
Regions OF . Southern Statc-ver-
lied by Personal investigation

Strange, But True, Story from the Lumbef
Regions OF Southern Stato-ver-
lied by Personal investigation.
(From the Greenulls. NJ G.. Rseeetor)
The following interview has Just been
given our reporter by Mr.. G. A. Baker, the
oyerseer at the farm Of Col Isaac A. 6ugg,
of Greenville, N. G. twill interest any
one who has ever had Typhoid fever. Mr..
Baker said in part:
II was living in Beaufort county, and on
the "a day nf October, 1893, Twas stricken
down with typhoid fever. had the best
of physicians to attend me and on the 18th
day Of January, 1894, Twas allowed to get
up. I was emaciated, weak and had no APP
petite. could only drag along Tor . shor!
distance and would be compelled to Sit
down and rest This continued for some
time and began to give up hope OF ever
getting we'll lost my position In Beau
fort county and having secured one IN Pitt
| county, clerking in store, undertook 1t,
| hut was so weak could not do the work,
and had to give it up. The disease settled in
my knees, legs ami feet. was taking frs
| one kind OF medicine and then another, but
/ nothing did me any good. was mighty
low spirited. / moved out to Col Sugg'
about four or five months ago ana COM
menced tnking DR.. Williams Pills. I took
three day for about three months. began
to regain my appetite IN p weeks time,
and then my weakness began to disappear
and hope sprung up with a blessedness that
Is beyond all telling At the expiration OF
the three months was entirely cured anc
could take my axe and go in the woods and
\ do as good days work as any man. wal
troubled with dyspepsia and that has disap
peared. 1t is also o splendid tonic Tor veal
people. say, Mr.. Editor God bless DR.
Williams. May be live for q long time.
know he will go up yonder to reap his re
ward, for he has done wonderfui LOT
good Tell everybody thatasks you about Dr
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People that
they will come to me ! can certainly satlsf
them as to their merits. I always carry
2 box of pills with me and whenever rec
q bad / take one"
ness of Mr. Baker and his statement may
: relied on.
n DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, In
a | condensed form, all the elements necessar
to give new life and richness to the bloc
9 and restore shattered nerves. They are a
r unfailing specific for such diseases as loc'
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitu
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatlsu
e nervous headache, the after enects OF
d grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale an
v tsaliow compilations, all forms OF week.-mrs.
= either in male or female, and all Diseases :
: sultiug from vitiated humors In the pi0o I
t Pink pills are sold by all dealers, or Will
v tent most pa;d on receipt Of price go cen
a box. or six boxes for $500 by address,.
D.. williams Medicine Co., Schenectad
II | N Y
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27

Don't forget that the great summer tou l
ist route is the Michigan Certrcl, line NJ
first-class travel, the popular line to Mag,
ara Falls, Mackinac Island, the Thousand
Islands Of the st. Lawrence, the White
Mountains, the Adirondacls, Portland ~
tie Sea, Boston, and New England points,
New York and the seashore.
Send ten cents postage Tor "A summer
places and how to reach them.
o. w. RrGGLEs,
Gen'l Pass'r and Tkt. Agt., Chicago.
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+--
A rfisfion Of Mercy.

Longhcad Madam, Il wish to draw
your attention to the sad case OF poor
family. The father is too old to work.
the mother is bedridden, and the i've
little children are crying for bread.
To cap all, the poor creatures are about
70 be turned out on the street unless
some one will.pay their arrears OF rent
amounting to $50. ~ sle
J Mrs. Kindheart-- How terrible! Here
Is the $50 for the rent BY the way
may l ask who you are?
Longhead tas he disappearedeCer
tainly, madam; am the landlord.-N
Y, Tribune. tsss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27

The route to Chattanooga over the Louis
vile Il Nashville Railroad is via Mammoth
Cave, Americas Greatest Natural Wonoer;
Sneciallv low rates made for hotel and
Gave fees to holders of Epworth League
tickets. Through Nashville, the location OF
Vanderbilt University, the pride OF Inc INC
Methodist Church, and along the line De
tween Nashville and Chattanooga where
many of the most famous battles OF the wa
were fought. Send for maps OF the routt
from Cincinnati, Louisville Evansvi a.e an !,
q p ArMoRr, General Passenger Agent
Louisville, KY, or GEO. B. HoRSER, d. r
A., st. Louis, Mo.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-07-27
ELECTRICAL SPARKS.

THE longest submarine cable is thai
from Brest to st. Pierre, placed in ls09'
measuring Eve thousand and thirty
three kilometers.
AN electric railway mail service has
been inaugurated between Pottsyine
and Minersville. Pa. Three mails are
carried daily.
IT is expected that some time this
year the tow-linc mule Will % sue
ccedcd by the trolley along the cana
between Syracuse and Buffalo. n y.