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Feeling by great force of will. But this is unsafe, us it pulls powerfully upon tae nervous system, which will not long stand such strain. Too many people "work on their nerves" and the result is seen in un- fortunate wrecks marked "nervous pros tration," in every direction. That tired
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-07

''OID ToM," horse that was riddep from the south during the civil war, has recently died at Tamaroa, ILL aged Il years.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-07

NEw YORK city drinks 160, ,000, COG gallons of beer annually and New York breweries produce 149, 900, GOO gal. Ions of if
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

TIE sta tement is made that Massa- chusetts has 10000 more women than men.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-07

IT is predicted that the European war scare will be revived soon after the coronation of the czar.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-07

Thomas Byrnes, New York's ex.cb;sf, of police, is about to establish himself on Wall street as a private detec,;vo
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Extreme tired feeling atliicts nearly every. body at this season. The hustlers cease to, push, the tireless grow weary, the ener. getic become enervated. You know just what we mean. Some men and women endeavor temporarily to overcome that
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-05-07

Down to the year 1890 Krupp had de. livcred to European nations over is.OOn cannon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
PIGS IN THE ORCHARD.

For a long time it has puzzled me
what to do with my land. The orchard
contains between eight and nine acres,
and a portion Of it had never been
ploughed. Top dressing every two or
Shree years was the practice, but it
vas expensive, as it always is when
YOU undertake to raise fruit and hay
from the same land. Moreover. much
Of the land had become hidebound from
repeated top dressing, and failed to re-
spond satisfactorily in both fruit and
hay.
Something had to be done, but what?
Many Of the trees were low headed,
and branched OFT so far as to make it
utterly impossible to use the plough.
for whether oxen or horses were used
great damage would ensue to the
limbs. Finally I concluded to try pigs.
although I must confess it went a
good deal against my grain to do so.
for to me there is no prettier sight than
a fine, growing orchard or a heavily
loaded one in grass.
Before and since putting pigs into
this orchard I have used all my sheen
dressing from a flock of fifty sheep,
made during the winter, spreading il
under the trees as far as the limbs
extended. ! have also used ashes TO
some extent. Last season tried them
Ia a small way. This year / had in
4 one time twenty-five hogs and pigs,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
FEMININE DAIRY WISDOM.
BY DOROTHY TUCKER.

II by accident you should have a poor
lot of butter, don't put your brand on
it and ruin your reputation by sell
ing it to a good customer. Use it up
at home in some way or sell it for just
what it is.
A good reputation as a butter maker
must be earned by painstaking and
skill and it will not pay to throw it
away by little carelessness. It will
take longer to mend a damaged repu-
tation than to make one from the be-
ginning.
Some people claim that it does not
pay to feed meal to cows on good pas
ture. We have seen it tried this year
One man has fed meal, and while it
did not seem to increase the flow of milk
at the time particularly, at the end of
the season it has given his COWS the
staying qualities that he did not sup
posed they possessed, and he is aston
ished at the amount of butter he has
made late in the season. The increase
has far exceeded the cost of the grain.
Another man tried, as he supposed
the economical system, and fed no grain.
His COWS are thin, dried up earlier, and
he is confident that he has sustained
a dead loss.
AS the cold weather comes don't for
get the calves. They are sensitive and
feel the changes keenly. Bring them
in before they get .pinched and give
them a warm pen where the sun
shines in, and plenty of good, nutri-
tious food. 1t will pay. To these
calves we must look for material to
reinforce our diaries. We must raise
COWS that will give us four hundred
pounds of butter in year. We will
never do it if we neglect and starve the
calves.
Arrange the stables so that the cows
are in the sunshine a, greater part of
the day. It can be done, it must be
done, for it pays.
Gull out the herds this fall and keep
the cows that give the richest milk. If
she gives a large mess, and rich at the
same time, so much the better. but
don't let the quantity decide the ques-
ton. Quality is what counts.
The cows that are persistent mixers
are most desirable, after quality OF
milk is considered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
DAIRY NOTES.

]. T. Polk of Greenwood, Ind, mar
kets the milk of 100 Jersey cows in
bottles.
Late fall calves mean winter dairying
with fresh cows and high prices for
butter.
Salt IS becoming unpopular in butter,
largely because it is suspected of hid
ing some defect.
The sale of oleomargarine counter
feiting butter in color is prohibited in
thirty-two states.
The separator not only gives more
and better butter, but leaves more milk
suited for the calf
Aerate your milk where the air is
purest only, just as you give the COWS
the purest water TO be had.
Bulls tempers are often ruined by
teasing. They should see only their
masters, with stick and ring at that.
Good bulls of pure breed are very
general now and bull calves of similar
stamp are comparatively cheap.
Jerseys are still the COWS for cream
and butter, but Holsteins are in favor
for cheese and for milk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
BE KIND TO THE cows.

In Wisconsin none stand higher as
practical dairymen than T. A George,
and few succeed in having their cows
return them greater profits. or higher
prices says the Practical Farmer. As
he is a winter dairyman, and his butter
sells in a critical market at the top
figures, and is heavy feeder of silage-
fifty pounds a day-it disposes of the oft
repeated question: Does silage injure the
milk and BUTTER The real point, how
ever, that we wish to make is this. A
great deal is being said in regard to slim
ulating the maternal instinct in cows
that the larger the development of moth
erhood, physically and mentally. the bet
ter the COW will be, and that in this de-
velopment, allowing the calf to run with
it's mother for several days to be caressed,
will stimulate milk elaboration by draw
ing in a natural way from the milk fount
as affection would be supposed to cause
nature to be more lavish with it's supplies
of nutriment for the calf. Mr.. George
has been a believer in this, but few
years since he became convinced that if
he was kind to the COW and fed her Hber-
ally and exercised a little COW judgment
in the matter, the cow would give her
milk quite as copiously to him as to the
calf, and there would be no taking off the
calf that usually wakes the echoes and
means holding back all of the milk, or
part of two or more milkings, and a.
shrinking of milk as well. His plan is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
UP-TO-DATE METHODS OF FARM
ING

1t was T. B. Terry, think, who said
in one of his off-hand, practical talks
at farmers institute, that mo pro-
gressive farmer should let a single
season pass without instituting at least
one new method, with the view of lift
ing himself out of the everyday, stere-
otyped farm practices"
A vigorous thoughtfulness is one of
the best adjuncts to success either in
the farmers calling or any other. The
live farmer should and must be a dill
gent student. He must Of necessity
gain the most of his information in the
school of experience. Theories are to
be tested, until such an aggregation OF
facts are secured as will justify the
putting of new methods into extensive
practice.
The apostles of progress in newer
and better methods of farming, such as
Brown, Chamberlain and Terry, OF
Ohio, Johnston and Harris, of New
York, Peters and Furman, of Georgia,
and others, have not lived in vain. In
all cases, success was achieved by pit
ting correct theories into successful
practice. This required an outlay of
capital in some cases that would have
disheartened the tinid. When W. 1.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
WARM WElATHER HINTS.

have generally found that the heat or
the cold. the wet weather or the dry, the
windy or the cloudy day, affected me very
little if I went calmly on and made the
hest of it. SAYS writer in Harper s
Round Table Ones work should occupy
ones thoughts and hands so fully that
one has no time to be troubled about sur
roundings or atmosphere. The BUSY Wo-
man or girl is happier than the indoient
one for the reason that her mn NINA Is taken
A little caution about fans. Don't fan
so vigorously that you put yourself into
a heat by the exertion. Never fan the
back of your friends neck II you are SIT
ting behind her. Fan with gentle steady
motion, so that waves of air strike your
own face, but not so that you seno ICY
shivers down your neighbours spine.
On a very sultry day nothing is gained
by drinking a great deal OF ice water.
The more one drinks the more thirsty one
grows little water held in the mouth
q moment, and allowed to trickle down
the throat viii relieve thirst more effect
uallv thar a gobletful hastily tossed off.
The uestion comes up every summer,
how shall we best keep our homes cool
during the sultry part of the day? Shall
we close them and shut out the heat, or
simply darken them and allow the air to
come in? My way has been to open every
window, both at the top and at the bot
tom, early in the morning, flooding the
house with the sweet cool air. Then,
about 10 o'clock, or earlier, close the win
dows, except for a few inches at the bot
tom and fasten shutters and blinds so
that they will not fly open. Darker
every room which you are not using until
the sun goes down. But do not sit to
read. sew, or practice in the dark Your
go into the darkened rooms, do so to rest,
not to work
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
DEHoRNIN,i ,lATpi4iIs.

At the Ohio experimental station in
1895 bunch of steers consisting of six
teen head were dehorned preparatory to
feeding test.
With six of these steers extra care
was taken 10 fill the stubborn with
oakum, saturated with a weak solution
of carbolic acid, and over this a band
age of muslin was secured by fastening
under the throat. Six others were
treated with the oakum and acid, but
left without the bandage. The other
four were given no attention after the
horns were clipped off.
The herd after dehorning was turned
out together and all treated alike for
the five weeks following No expert
ments of any kind We're conducted to
show variations from the different
methods of dehorning, except mere OBJ
servation, which seemed to justify the
following opinions:
The cattle dehorned with the saw
suffered more than those that were de-
horned with the clippers; possibly not
more in the same length of time, but
certainly as much for a period Of time
almost twice as long as those taken off
with clippers.
The saw did a little smoother job
than the clippers, but there was so
little difference in the appearance of the
stubs that only an expert would be able
to tell by which instrument the dehorn-
ing had been done.
The animals not treated after dehorn-
ing apparently did as well as those that
were given all possible protection, but
the sores did not heal quite so rapidly.
The extra care of bandaging the
stubs did not seem to be of any mark
ed advantage, but the application of
oakum and the solution of carbolic acid
was, 1 believe, well worth the trouble of
applying.
incidentally, it is worth while to men
ton that one of these sixteen steers
died four weeks after dehorning; in
directly a result of, but caused directly
by over exertion in a scramble for
supremacy, in which the bleeding from
the horn-cutting was opened afresh,
from which the animal bled to death,
though every known means were used
to stop it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
gAe Dairy.
PRE- sERyING THE GRAIN OF BUT
TER

There is no part of the process in
volved in making an extra quality OF
butter that is of equal Importance with
properly working it, says the American
Agriculturist That the buttermilk and
water must be taken out of II and the
salt put into it are matters Of neces-
sity, and the man who can invent
some cheap method by which this can
be done without working the butter
will be the dairyman's benefactor- TO
make fine butter we must retain the
grain in it, while all working, much or
little, tends to destroy this grain. The
modern plan of working butter is 10
do away with working it as much as
possible, and do that little as lightly
as can be. ard at the same time eXpel
all the milk and water and introduce
the salt. To do this, stop the churn
when the butter granules are very Tine,
draw the milk and introduce water al
a temperature of So degrees f., which
hardenS the butter, and when the wa
ter runs clear introduce the salt, mix
ing it we'll with the hard granules OF
butter in the churn Then remove the
butter tC a table and press into shape
for market. This will need no second
working to remove the notified APP
pearance. Do not expect to succeed
perfectly with the first trial, but a
little experience will soon teach how
to overcome the difficulties. 1t is well
at first to wash the butter in the churn
with a strong brine, instead of clear
water until more skill is attained by
practice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
farm and GARDEN

and it was wonderful as well as sur
prising the amount of work accom-
plished. The most of the sod was old
and tough, but the pigs noses were
tougher, and they rooted up and pull
verized more than half the ground,
stirred the sheep dressing into the soil
under the trees, and ate up all the
small and wormy fruit.
At the time I took them out-about
September 25-you couldn't find an APP
pie under any of the trees in all that
large orchard. However, such fruit as
/ gathered from the trees has never
been taken from them before, not in
my remembrance. My Roxbury rus
sets were double the size they have
been formerly and all the other fruit
was much larger, freer from worms
and better colored.
Now l shall continue the same meth
cd of Improvement this year, but that
portion Of the orchard where the pigs
have been the longest and done the
most work viii be divided off and the
pigs kept out. This portion will be
narrowed, seeded heavily with clover,
making good pasture for more pigs. l
think the problem is solved for this
orchard.-W. P. A, in Ame11ean Cultl-
Vafor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
HEALING BROKEN LEGS IN AM
MAILS.

Because your cow happens TO get her
leg broken, do not knock her in the head.
says the Practical Farmer. We have had
three accidents OF that nature lately, and
all three animals have fully recovered.
The first, a good yearling heifer, Had her
left hind leg broken below the hook by
small stone. We tmprovised a sling that
held her very satisfactorily. We cut two
poles five feet long, suspended them from
the joiSts in a shed by a rope at each of
the ends, so they lay horizontally about
three feet from the ground, and two feet
apart. Then we lifted the heifer between
them, spread two sacks under her breast
and belly, sewed the ends TO the poles
with binding cord, not tied, as they would
soon become like rope, and hurt her
when she rested. We fastened another
sack in front Of her chest and one behind
her thighs. These kept her from throw
ing herself out of the sling. Then placed
a wide board, lengthWise with her body,
between her legs, and dug the earth from
under the broken limb. By slipping the
ropes over the joiStS we kept the sling
adjusted to her comfort With a tenn
porary manger set high under her head,
she could reach her food easily. She rest
ed or stood as her feelings dictated, and
really seemed to enjoy herself. In three
weeks we gave her her liberty, and after
four months no one could have told which
leg was injured without a. close examdrla-
ton.
The second was COW about six years
old. We found her with one hind leg
broken above the hook. We let her re-
main where she was, although it har-
rowed our feelings somewhat. and carried
feed to her. She soon learned to rise and
limp about and now runs with the rest
of the herd with only the slightest hint
of lameness to remind us of what unas-
sisted nature did. Another COW, twelve
years old, fell on a slippery floor and
broke her foreleg below the knee. The
grating of the fractured ends was quite
audible every time she moved, and the
part below the break appeared TO be held
only by the skin. Thinking that even
nature, with human help, could but fail
in such a case, 1 proposed to knock her
in the head, but father thought it best 10
give her a chance for her life, so we put
her where she could get plenty of grass
and water. And would you believe it? so
completely did she recover that few
months after, when taking her with nine
teen others to market. she led the rest
on a run for the first mile. Fearing they
would take the wrong road, followed
them, and though l made a good second,
1 almost wished she would break another
leg before we got to the end of that heat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF SOIL
EvES3 TIIITY

Bulletin No. Al of the Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment Station is an
interesting and valuable report relating
to the essential elements of soil fer
tility and showing the effects of differ
ent methods of farming upon the con-
servaJion of those elements. The essen
tial elements most liable to be deficient
are nitrogen, PHOSPHORUS, potassium
and calcium. In grain farming, in
producing and removing one acre of
wheat GRAIN and straw, there is a, loss
Of 10 pounds of phosphoric acid, 20
pounds of potash and 80 pounds OF
nitrogen-113 pounds Of mineral mat
ter. These figures illustrate the loss Of
fertility by exclusive grain farming.
The conclusion is reached, as a result
of experiments, that in dairy farming
there is no loss Of fertility, but rather
a gain. Fall blowing keeps the nitro
gen of the soil in better condition than
late spring blowing. The change of the
nitrogen from humus to available
forms QSnown as nitrifcation) goes on
in the soil until quite late in the fall.
This change is most rapid near the
surface, where there is plenty of oxy-
gen from the air. In early fall blowing
this available nitrogen is near the sur
race, where it does the growing crops
the most good. In late spring piowing
this available nitrogen is plowed under
and raw nitrogen is brought to the sur
face Perfect drainage is an important
factor of nitrifica ton; in saturated
soils it can not take place on account
of the exclusion of the air. Too much
nitrogen causes a rank growth of straw
and leaves.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14
TESTS OF AGRICULTURAL NIPPLE
EyENsF-S

Bulletins and of the Utah expert
ment station contain interesting results
from tests of draught of farm wagons,
plows, moving machines and harrows, as
measured by self-recording dynamo
moter.
The conclusions as stated in these bulle-
tins are as follows:
some II per cent; that trucks or wheels
under the end of the plow-beam decreases
draught by about IA per cent, add uni
formity to the burrows and lessen the
work of the plowman.
When the traces are not in line with
the draught of the plow the draught is in
creased.
Lengthening the hitch slightly decreased
the draught. A share badly sharpened in
creased the draught Sc per cent. over a
new share. a dull share drew harder than
a sharp one, but not as hard as a badly
sharpened share. Draught decreases with
the depth and with the width per square
inch of soil.
Walking plows gave slightly less draught
than Sulky ploWs with rider. Sulky
plows drew easier downhill, but much
harder uphill than walking plowS. A
share straight on its land side and bottom
took land well and gave a slight decrease
of draught. A loss of draught was found
on a sulky plow when its adjustment to
take land was made from the pole
A wagon with fellies IL inches wide
drew on moist but close blue grass sward
4l.6 per cent. harder than wheels with
fellies inches wide. On a dirt road.
slightly moist, the narrow tires drew
12.7 per cent heavier than the wide tires.
Draught on plank road is one-fiftieth
of the load, and not one-seventh of the
draught on a dirt road in its ordinary con-
dition after a rain.
A load over the hind wheels drew 10 per
cent. easier than over the front wheels.
Lowering the reach of the coupling pole
on the hind wheels decreased draught:
wagons draw easier when the traction has
an upward incline and harder when
horses are hitched TO the end of the pole.
Loose burrs reduce draught 40 per cent.
An old moving machine repaired drew
easier than a new one.
The draught was ST per cent. greater for
a well-sharpened sickle than one more
nicely sharpened.
A pitman box set tight gave less draght
than one set loosely.
When cutter bar is not near right line
with pitman rod the draught is increased.
When guards are out OF line the draught
is increased.
When cutter bar inclines upward
draughe is decreased.
When the sections of the sickle do NOT
strike in the center of the guards the
draught is increased.
The draught was decreased ten pounds
by the driver walking.
A loss of force was observed when the
wheel at the end Of the cutter bar failed
to work well.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-14

Chamberlain began high farming on an
old, Impoverished farm on the western
Reserve, he steadily sank money our
ing the first eight years. However, at
the end of that time the income largely
exceeded the expenses. From a non
paying farm it has become q paying
one. and the neighbors now approve VI
the very methods they once condemned
This is one of the many instances
where resolute will is necessary TO put
into practice methods that one knows
to be right. 1t is an uphill business
to go against the common judgment OF
all your neighbors. Real, substantial
success in farming, as in other occupa-
tons, depends upon doing everything
in the best way. Improved methods
with improved implements and lncreas-
ed excellence of product at a diminish
ed cost, constitute the keynote Of sue
cess.
Do not keep along in the old paths.
Keep an accurate account of the eX-
pensa and profit of each crop. Charge
for your own labor and that OF the
teams, and for the wear of the lmple-
ments If the crop does not pay, try
another kind in a small way at first.
Experimenting adds much to the
pleasure of farm life. The farmer who
| takes no lively interest in his work is
seldom successful one. Enthusiasm
is essential to progress.
The temptation to raise but one or
two cash crops is almost irresistible.
This has heretofore been a great draw
back in southern agriculture. This has
been done to the neglect of modern
methods for the reclamation of land
that has been exhausted by constant
cropping. In spite of all the dis
couragements that surround the farmer
at the present time, he can, If he will
but avail himself of the "up-to-date
methods of farming" make a success
of what would otherwise, under old
methods, prove a signal failure.-Farm
and Fireside