The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-03
NOTES PICKED IN MANY FIELDS.

Cheese has been one of the staple foods
from time immemorial. 1t has more OF the
elements to sustain life than butter, If left
in it's natural state. 1t is fact that the
very best cheese of today is made In the
primitive fashion of our forefathers, and
they knew nothing Of the use of borax and
boracic acid. linseed oil, copperas and other
sickening stuffs that are used to save the
labor of washing the cheeses occasionally
with sailed cold water. The only real color
Ing comes free of expense, and that is sun
shine, for the COW, if she be deprived of
that, her blood becomes impoverished, her
vitality lowered, her resistance against at
tack of sickness weakened, her skin and
butter-fat of pale color.
Horse Facts-Jan. l. 1893, the number of
horses in the United States was 16, zoe, 1902,
worth 1892, 225, 1885, averaging $500; 1894, same
date, lis, 633 less, value $223, 600, 1856 less,
erage, $40.93; 1885, same date, number 15 $685.,
31S value 1915. 7S0,5SO average value, 1854;
1885. same date. number 10. ,O57, value
$500, 140, 1856, average $33. OF. Net result of
three years: Decrease in number, 1,081 745;
in value, 1892. O84, s99; in average, $2S.13
Any one riding through the country, even
goiong On an express train at the rate Of
forty or fifty miles an hour, can tell when
he is passing through dairy district, by the
fine houses, the large barns and the evidence
of thrift on all hands. If you wish to pur-
sue your Investigations little further you
can go as ] have done and ask the banker
who deposits the money for them. 1 asked
a banker in Jefferson county if any of the
farmers deposited money with him. He said
Yes, we have got 100000 of your farmers
money" 1 said, what class of farmers de-
post pos the money!? Why. he says, 1T is
farmers mortgaging their farms?" He said,
Few l said. What business are
they in?' He said. "They are in the wheat.
barley and tobacco business, and some are
selling off their farns.'
During the week ending May 90, &c. there
was imported into Great Britain 1851, 800
pounds of butter, 1,4S5, 100 pounds of mar
garine, $685. 100 pounds of cheese, 80 gal
mill ond nd 1 G
of condensed milk. Over the corresponding
week of last year there was an increase of
about % per cent in the importation of but
ter and about 5 per cent in the Importation
of cheese and olemargarne.
A great many have idea that the prin-
cipal portion of the butter of the country is
made in creameries. According to the last
census, the production of farm butter
amounts to 1888 pounds per inhabitant
while that of the creamery make Is 1924
pounds per inhabitant. The total per inhab-
entire year. This is only about one-third the
amount consumed by ordinary butter eaters.
The Cornell IN. Y > station has been try
ing to find the best time a year to prune
and has concluded that the best time is when
the knife is sharp Limbs were cut from
both young and old trees every month in the
year, and the wounds were studied to de-
termine which healed over quickest and
best, but no difference was discovered. It
was found that branches growing upright
healed more quickly than those growing
horizontally.
What makes some men so foolishly dis
honest? A creamery patron near Monroe,
Wis, the other day disclosed a small min
| now in his of milk. watch was put
on him and he was caught dipping water into
his milk can from a small stream he crossed
on his way to the creamery. He paid fine
of SIPS to settle the folly. If that creamery
was run on the Babcock test plan, it would
not matter how much a patron watered his
milk, for he would cheat no one but him
self.
Honey is the most healthful and delicious
of natures secretiens either as a sauce
relish or delicacy. 1t will cure or help cases
of Indigestion, mal-assimilation coughs
colds and lung trouble. Prevents and cures
Group and dphtheria, it is used in gravel
and other kidney diseases, including the
dreaded diabetes and Bright's disease. 1t
Is very efficacious in constipation and torpid
liver. 1t is sedative and is helpful for the
child and Strengthening for the aged.
Never be too sure that your fowls are not
troubled with lice even though you cannot
find them on the birds. Many roosts are in
tested with mites that live on the fowls dur
ing the night only. If you are feeding lib
orally and otherwise giving proper care and
yet the fowls are not doing WELL nine times
out Of ten it is ice and lice only. These
pests should receive double attention this
month.