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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-20
THE COST OF BUTTER.
Experiments Prove Dairy Fsrmipg 70 b.
Founded ON q Rock. N'Nh

Experiments Prove Dairy Farming 70 be
Founded on . Rock. N'H3
In the DAIRY contest ut the worlds
fair butter was male ut a cost OF about
1879 cents per pound. Fhe Minnesota
experiment station has since made 1T
at q cost of 10 cents per pound. Many
Leading dairymen figure the cost at
about IL to Is cents. This includes Tho
cost Of feed at the market price, but
also The cost Of labor, interest on the in
vestment, etc. You hear da'rymen talk
on every hand when. the. price Of cream
cry butter gets below 20 cents per
pound that there is no money in the
creamery, for when the four cents rer
pound for making is deducted it brings
the price received nearly or quite down
to the cost, that is. figuring the cost us
above at 10 to - cents: Eut there is
one thing, and q very important one,
too that they seem TO overlook. Inmak-
ing q pound of butter cost ~ cents we
have received pay for our crops at mar
ket value and have sold them to our
COWS right at home. We get the cash
for our. crops at 4 market value when
we sci! butter at;thescest of production
'(12H, cents per, pound), and we have
saved ourselves the troubl: of drawing
those crops to mar}.et. A man can bet
ter afford to sell cutter at the cost of
production than he can corn or oats or
wheat when the cost of a pound of but
ter includes the feed and labor at their
market value, as It does iE-, the above
estimates because he has already re-
ceived his profits On his crops in the
1879 cents per pound for butter. This
explains why the dairy farmer, if he UNI
~derstands his business, is more prosper
GUS than his neighbor who sells his hay
and grain instead of feeding it to good
COWS right at home. Do you ever Stop
to think that some farmers are selling
their very farm load by load, in haul
ing their cops to market every year
and putting nothing back on their
farm? The basic principles of dairy
farming, and more especially butler
making, are correct, for it consumes
the products of the farm and returns
the manurial elements to the soil af,er
the marketable dairy products have
been taken out. n ION of gilt-edge but
ter does not contain over so cents in
value in fertilizing elements. Dairy
farming is founded on a rock, and the
farmer who has energy and knowledge
enough to get a good herd of COWS and
keep them as they should lie kept, will
surely be successful, and he will leave
to future generations a soil that is ca
pable of feeding the human race At a
protit.~-Hoartl's De;ryman.
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ARSENIC ON SOIL.
When the Use Of Insecticides Is Injurlo
to Vegetation.

When the Use Of Insecticides Is Injurious
to Vegetation.
We are asked if arsenic falling from
sprayed trees is not injui ious TO vege-
tation. With the action of the rains and
the falling of the leaves most 1T the
arsenic which is applied to trees finally
reaches the soil. What then becomes
of it? If lime has been used with the
spray, The arsenic will be insolublc
when it falls upon the soil. 1t is posi-
lie that the organic acids in the soil.
and also carbonic acid, may dissolve
some of the arsenic, but it would BE-
almost surely made Immediately insol-
uble again by combination with lime
or other soil constituents. If soluble
arsenic is placed on the soil, it probably
almost Immediately goes INTO insolublc
combina tons, and =, remains where It
was placed unless slightly washed down
by mere mechanical means. Now some
plants appear to have the power to take
up every minute quantities of arsenic
and still thrive-probabiy SO minute
that the incest chemical test can scarce
~ discover it-but any appreciablc
quantity of soluble arsenic in the soil
quickly destroys the roots. If, there
fore, the grass and other plants under
sprayed trees continue to live, there
need be no fear that the arsenic will
injure the soil.-Farmers' Voice.
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

! AN excellent and simple remedy
for a sprain is made by mixing the
well-beaten whites of six eggs and half
a cupful of table salt together. Apply
between thin muslin cloths. ~
Zig Pudding.-Chop huff a pound
of figs and mix with u teacup Of grated
bread crumbs, q teacupful Of sugNxs
TIVE tablespoonfuls of melted butter,
four eggs, beaten light, and five ounces
OF candied orange and lemon peel.
Turn into a creased mold, steam two
hours and half. Serve with pudding
sauce.-N. Y. Recorder.
Fried Breakfast Bacon.-Remove
the rind and cut up several slices Of
bacon, scatter in the frying pan and
fry gently. Beat up six eggs, add to
them salt and pepper, pour over the
bacon, let it set nicely and turn. Have
ready slices of toast, OF. which lay the
bacon and eggs, pour over little melted
butter.-Western Rural.
Tartar Sauce.-Put in a salad bowl
two egg yolks, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Mix thoroughly with wooden spoon,
while adding to this slowly" and grad
ually pint of sweet oil, dropping in
a teaspoonful, of vinegar at time when
the sauce is too thick. Add some fine
ly-chopped gherl<ins, capers, parsley
and two tablespoonful of prepared
mustard; mingle we'll and serve.-Bos-
ton Budget. :,
"A German cure for colds is called
egg soup, and is worthy of trial. Beat
mp the yolk of IN egg in pint of
water; put in little butter, with two
or three Jumps of sugar and table
spoonful of good whisky or rum; set
the dish on the stove and stir all the
time it is over the fire. When it begins
to boil pour it backward and forward
between saucepan and a pitcher until
it is smooth aud has gained a froth.-
n. Y. Sun.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
ROAD LEGISLATION.
An Ohio Papers Timely Appeal to thu
- State Le4iSlAture.

An Ohio Papers Timely Appeal to tho
- State Legislature.
The thing needed is such legs
one OF, its first duties. take up the sub
feet of improved road laws fer the state.
We do not know that any change is nee
essary in reference to the common un-
paved roads, unless q severe penalty
is provided against the working of the
roads late in the fall. All the work on
the common roads should be done early
in the summer.
The thing most needed is such legis-
lation as will give the most liberal en-
couragement to the construction of
paved roads. 1t is now a factthat near
" the whole people favor these i'm
provements. Each citizen is willing to
bear a fair proportion IF the burden of
the expenses needed. This is the al
most unanimous sentiment. There is
no other part of our indebtedness more
checrfully paid. thon that which is IN
Cured in the construction of good
roads. The expense is SO small com
pared with the vast benefits received
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-20
WHY butter Production Pays.

There is one advantage the dairymap
has who sells butter, and that is he does
not sell the fertility of his farm. The
real value of the manur1al substances
remain in the skim milk. Butter is car
honaceous, and may be said to be com.
posed of nothing that comes from the
soil. AS a dairyman exposed it: But.
ter is sunshine and water" Dairy
farms most always increase in value
not only because but little if anything is
carried away in the butter, but also be.
cause large quantity of manure is
made and the soil thus becomes more
capable of producing each succeeding
year.
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Absent-Minded, Indeed.

\ Scottish farmer who was little alb
sent-nlinded was one day going into
Perth with load of hay. He led the
horse out of the stable, but instead Of
backing it up into the shafts of the
wagon, he absent-mindedly led the ami
nal along the road, and never as much
as looked behind him until he walked
into the yard, leading the horse where
the hay was to be delivered.
''Where will back it into?" he cried
to the stableman standing by.
''8ack in what?" asked the man.
"The hay, you stupid IDIOT
''What hay? we've nae hay, We daft
gowk:"
Turning round to his CONSERVATION
the farmer for the first time appre.
kended the fact that he had left the
wagon at home and brought the horse
alone. In his hurry to repair the error
lie started of Mt trot, and was half
way back to the farm beforehe realized
the fact thut he had left the horse be-
hind.-Glasgow Herald.
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A POSER FOR HIS MOTHER.
Sho Couldn't Be Consistent In Furnishing
Her Two Sons,

She Couldn't BE Consistent In Furnishing
Her Two Sons.
Children are philosophers very fire.
quently, but this does not alter the fact
that a mother with four small boys will
have more or less patching to do every
day. There arc two sections of a small
boys pantaloons that will succumb to
wear and tear unless constructed of
ten-inch armor plate. Anyone can guess
that these are the seat and knees. This
mother with four boys, living on Har-
wood street, has a job of mending every
night. Little Tom manages to wear:
the knee of his breeches out every day.
Christmas night his mother said to
him: ''To,n if yu', wear hole in your
pants tomorrow I shall cut them off
above the knees; l I'm tired of patching
your trousers every night" Yesterday
when Tom came home to dinner the
knees of his trousers were frazzled out
as usual, and true to her word his moth
err took pair of scissors and clipped
the garment above the knees. Tom felt
that he could not face his playmates in
any such trousers, and, broken-hearted,
he resorted to tears and wept bitterly.
His grief continued until Jimmy came
in, and when Tom discovered two large
holes in the seat of his brothers
trousers he gave way to laughter.
Toms laughter became so boisterous
that his mother asked him: "What on
earth is the matter with you?" Tom
only pointed to those holes in the seat
Of his brothers trousers and shouted
hilariously. Still no one saw where tie
laugh came in, and when his mother
again demanded the cause of his hilarity
he replied: II am thinking, mamma,
how funny Jim will look when you cut
off his pants above them two holcs."-
Dallas (Tex.) News.
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~.

"A1y darling Molly, you have made
me so happy"
'But don't you feel terrible big
amist-accepted by two women in the
same day."
1T was cruel jest of Nellie's."
Yet she meant no HARM"
Nevertheless, should like to pay
her back in her own coin."
eyes; how can we manage ito"
''Look, Molly! Here is Capt. Durston
coming up the drive. We will pretend
that Nellie and are engaged"
''Delightful!"
The captain entered and exchanged
greetings.
"Havc you heard the news. Capt
Durston?" said Molly.
>"What news?"
''Nellie has accepted an offer of mar
rage"
"Yes; I am delighted to say am
quite aware of it,
Molly and MIR. Beaumont exchanged
g]ances.
'Why, who told you?"
''IIa! ha! Who in the world should
tell me but your cousin herself?'
'Nellie? Impossible!"
"Not ut all. I have just authorized
the announcement in the country news
PAPER"
"The deuce you have!" exclaimed Mr..
Beaumont, excitedly.
"And why not, sir?''
because it is utterly false, sir"
"Sh-h! What:is the natter" cried
Nellie, running into the room. Surely
you two gentlemen are not going to
quarrel herc!"
"Capt. Durston states on your au.
thority, Miss Nellie, that you are en-
gagged to be married"
ut is perfectly true. believe am. "
Molly threw herself into an easy
chair and began to sob and show signs
of becoming hysterical. Nellie and
Durston stood looking bewildered,
while Beaumont regarded Nellie with
a glance of mingled surprise and con-
tempt.
81 thought. said Beaumont. this
farce was at an end. Miss Nellie"
Farce! What do you mean?"
Suddenly q smile broke over her face,
and she burst into a peal OF laughter.
Then everybody laughed, everybody
congratulated everybody else, and
everybody was in the end supremacy
happy. But three of the company in.
sisted that Nellie was wicked, lncddIe-
se:me, mischieyous little thing, and that
she would have to be kept we'll in hand
when she became Mrs. Durston.-Titr
Bits.
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She Knew Her Rights Well

She was evidently from the country,
and when she boarded a car and handed
the conductor dollar, with instruc-
tons to be sure that he made the right
change, he knew that she was not a
woman to be fooled with. Following
the usual custom of conductors who are
short of change, he pocketed the note
and returned to the platform, intend
ing to give her o5 cents when he had
taken more fares. The passenger fol-
lowed his every movement with sus-
picion until the car stopped at Wash
ington avenue, when the conductor ran
ahead to see that the railroad tracks
were clear. Quick as flash the woman
jumped from the car, pursued the as
>tonished conductor, overlook him, and
bclabored him with her green umbrella,
shouting: II knowed you was goin' to
steal it, you brass-buttoned thief"
Only the interference of bystander
saved the conductors skull, and no ex-
PLANTATION would satisfy the irate coun-
try woman until the change was placed
in her hand.-Philadelph Record.
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Remedy for Hard Milking.

Hard milking is commonly due to a
small milk duct or want of elasticity of
the iu,scics that close the end of the
ieat. This may be remedied by making
Il smooth wooden or bone peg, slightly
thicker Ill the middle than ut each end,
and with Il small knob at one end, to pre-
vent it from slipping into the duct.
After milking, this is well CREASED with
fresh vascline and inserted in the teat.
In few days the tensions on the muscle
wilt loosen it, and the milking will be
freer. It must not be continued too
long, or the contrary conditions run
ming OF the milk-may he caused
Rural World.
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IN return, that the desire is general to
improve all the roads on which there
IS much travel. The present law is
good enough as far as it goes. Under it's
operations, however, only few of the
more favored roads can be improved.
What is needed is 4 law that permits all
roads to be improved as soon as Il ma
jority of the persons most interested
and who must bear the chief burden
Of the expense desire to do so.-Toledo
(O.) Commercial.
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Doafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear: mere asre y
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition Of the mu-
.cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. %Wh hen
sthis:tube gets inAamed you have rambling
Sound or Imperfect hearing, and when tits
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
aud this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out;of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but All int1amed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free. 80.
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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III.

''Why, Molly, dear, whatever is the
n.atter?"
''Don't come near me! TIL nc-never
for-forgive you. You are horrid,
mean th-thing. I'm packing up and go
going away" %
"Now. don't be silly girl. What
have l done?"
"You pro-promised to refuse him, and
then actually accepted him. You
treacherous creature! I'll never speak
to you again. To play such u vile trick
on me! How could you be SO heart
less?"
But saw you leave the room before
I gave him my answer"
IL came back and listened outside the
door, heard you accept him, and then
rushed away"
my dearest Molly, it was all prac-
tical joke. thought you were out of
hearing, and I was just teasing him. I
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-20
Trees Need Moisture In Winter.

1t is an almost universal mistake to
think that trees require no water, OF
but very little in winter. There is
evaporation and great deaf of it all
through the winter, and if moisture is
not close at hand the tree will: die.
Keeping this in mind it will be seen
why there is great benefit in mulching
newly planted trees. 1t keeps the first
from the roots if placed on the ground
thick enough, which it should be, aud
in this way it is easier for the roots to
sustain the calls ehe tree makes for
moisture to meet The loss by evapora-
ion.-New England Farmer.
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She Had Reformed.

Ethel Molly told me yesterday, Nell,
that you had resolved to give up talk
ing slang.
Nell--Yes, I have. I thought it all
over, and I've made up my mind that
even if the young men do seem to like
a girl whose talk is bright and slangy,
when it comes to getting married she
simply isn't in it.-Somerville Journal.
ic1'
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COME WEST FOR YOUR SEED. ):

COME VEST FOR YOUR Bed:
That's what we say, because it's the
best. Salzer's Wisconsin grown seeds
are bred to earliness and produce the
earliest vegetables in the world. Right
alongside of other sediments earliest,
his are 20 days aheads just try his
earliest peas. radishes, lettuce, cabbage,
etc! He is the largest grower Of farm
and vegetable seeds, potatoes, grasses,
clovers, etc!
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
it to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., In
Crosse, Wis, withA10c postage,syou will
getsample package of Early Bird Radish
(ready in 16 days. and their great cata"
logue. Catalogue. alone SC postage. (K.)
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81 DON'T LOVE HIM A BIT"

Utility recommending novels to ladies'
nowadays. There are as many differ
cnt schools of readers as of WRITER'S
But you know by this time my taste
4 fin fiction"
t;5s mot so well, am afraid, as could
wish. Hem! If you would-er-only
let me become your sole literary reader,
faster and adviser for life!':
II am afraid don't understand you,
4 Mr.. Beaumont"
Cannot you guess what has brought
.me here this afternoon? lIet me be
frank with you. Oh, Nellie. we have
I been friends: now for: a long time.
B Every year you become dearer to me
| and more necessary for my happiness.
I viii you not become my wife? Speak,
darling! Say. you consent. You can
not guess how I long to have you al
ways by my side Say yes and make
me. the happiest man in all the wide
world"
Eroma,vhere she sat Nellie saw the
2utter Of light blue gown as it passed
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am so sorry have hurt your feelings,
and will confess all. have been hoax.
ing both of you"
t'HOw?"
'Mr. Beaumont never meant to pro-
pose to ne-he loves you alone-but he
went through the farce at my request.
He is waiting downstairs to see you. So
battle your eyes, make yourself pretty,
and come down. gave the poor man
quite fright, but am awfully peni-
tent and he has forgiven me. will tell
YOU all about it. There-we're coed
friends again, aren't we?'
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Home Seckers' Excursion to tho South.
February 18th and March 10th, 1896, Land
Seekers Excursion tickets will be sold from
all points in the north and northwest over
the Big -Four Route to points south and
southeast at one fare plus two dollars.
For excursion rates, time cards, and Free
pamphlet descriptive OF southern farm
lands address j. G.. TUCKER, G. n. A., Big
Four Route, :84 Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.
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KEEPING COWS CLEAN.

This Important End.
A simple device for keeping COWS
cleon in the stable is made by fastening
Il board (A) across the stall over the
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"IN Italy," he was telling her, 'tthey make
-four out OF chestnuts" "Do they2" she
answered, sweetly; what q bonanza You
would be to them. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-02-20

WArwoRN WArsoN-''Pardner, do you
"Wot pie.''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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BEECnAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
&C. Get the book (free) ut your druggists
and 90 by it. Annual sales 6,OOO, QUO boxes.
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"Well, Mr.. Beaumont, have sounded
my cousin, Molly"
And do you really think I may hope
for success2'
II am sure of it, She is very fond of
you, but not yet fully aware of the
fact. We women are curious crea-
lures"
''It was very good Of you to offer me
your advice and help"
mot at all; we are very old friends.
Now, don't you be rash, or you will
spoil everything. You must do exactly
as 1 tell you. You must come into the
drawing room and propose to me-"
( Propose to you"
"Yes; aud mind you act the part
we'll"
II don't understand YOU"
+ swell, while you are proposing to me,
Molly will be behind the screen. When
she hears your protestations of love for
me, she will think she has lost you and
will discover the true state of her
heart"
Put, really, this seems rather
{ Snow, don't argue. DO just as tell
you. Come into the drawing-room at
once. or she will suspect collusion.'
'Onc moment. Don't you think-?''
J. s'Not word. hear Molly coming
downstairs. will sit here on this sofa.
When I raise my hand, begin. Can you
tell me of a good novel. Mr.. Beaumont?''
''Well-er-it. is rather a RESPONSE
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Mn. MUCuMoNEY-"Ilov love you for all that
inst what Iloye YOU for."-Boston Courier.
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cows back just high enough not to
touch. her when standing at ease.
When she voids excrement she arches
her back; the board obliges her to
step to set the desired position and the
excrement falls into the gutter. The
board ma, be padded SO as to prevent
rubbing eff the cows hair and must
be adjusted for each cow, according to
her height and length. The plan is
effective, cheap and does not interfere
with the animals comfort.-Farln and
Home
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II am sure don know. but"
''Now, be sensible, Molly. You know
/ you are very fond of him."
II don't know anything of the sort.
sSI don't care bit about him-that is,
* think he is very agreeable, and hand
some, and kind-hearted, and oil that
''You might add clever. virtuous and
4 fascinating"
Sss ':Why?"
because then you would have given
him all the qualities that a woman can
/ expect in the man she would marry"
Nj Really, Nellie, I believe you are
\ nothing but scheming little match
Z maker"
''In this instance perhaps am. But
i it is certainly IL very desirable match,
and you are both head over ears in love
with each other"
II protest, don't love him a bit"
+ 'You don't know your own mind
H ''Oh. yes, do. l don't love him, and
I wouldn't marry him."
do you mean that"
T. swell, of course do"
= ''Then I'll marry him myself"
''You?"
! 'Why not?"
"Oh, of course it is nothing to me-"
"Quite So"
"But I think it very mean of YOU
very, very mean-not to have told me
that you cared for him."
NOW, Molly. just listen. Mr.. Beau
mont, I am sure, thinks you do not like
him, and that you would refuse him if
he asked you to marry"
.'Do you think SOP
Eyes; so I believe, from something he
dropped, that he is going to propose
TO me this afternoon. Now, if you slip
into the drawing room and hide behind
the screen"
II shouldn't think of doing any such
thing. The ideal"
do as tell you,, dear, and you will
hear Inc refuse him. l was only jest
ing when l said l would marry Mr..
beaumont myself"
':Thcn you are sure you don't love him
the least little bit, Nellie, dear?'
Not i'll the least. You will hear me
tell him so if YOU wait"