Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-03-19

IL mas 10 IL Iittit wv Hlutii' VIZ NiIiAh,
as we now find here aud there trees
that have been set over as far as 2
and 3, and in almost every case trees
thus grown will show injury. even as
far east as sunrise or from S iii the
morning. There were q few trees in a
small plat ! found years ago leaning,
one northwest barkcd on southeast, one
leaning north barked on south, one
leaning southeast parked on southwest;
one stood close to the north side OF the
fence, stood upright and sound This
gave me evidence in nutshell; and
since | have examined thousands of
trees and universally find the same
conditions. producing the same effect.
Set leaning to mo later-and don't
you forget it. Edison Gaylord.
Rennet.
The most important factors in cheese
manufacture are the preparation and
use. of rennet: next that rcnnet be of
the proper sort. Ten or twelve years
ago rennets brought as high as so
cents apiece. Today the majority Ct
them sell for only ten cents apiece.
What has caused such a decline in
prices? Because home made rennets,
generally far superior to those of which
! am about to treat, fguratively speak
ing. are going out of date.
American farmers are acquiring the
hablt OF using great many imported
rennets. They are especially used in
large factories. They are generally
IN orl.nI DO
came from Bavaria or not, for not all
OF them came from that country any
more than they do from the requisite
kind OF animals. Swine, sheep and
goats furnish not small number OF
the cheap rennets on the market. These
being often poorly packed and then
neglected so that they become both
wormy and mouldy, cannot help af-
fecting the quality Of the cheese.
An experienced cheese maker, of
course. may have bad luck OCCASION
ally, just the same as the farmers
wife with her butter Pure milk and
good rennet, however, are the princi-
pal things to commence with. The
chief difficulty lies in what Is termed
power to melt the caseine, and thus
deprives n considerable amount of the
solids from entering into the compost
tion of the cheese.-Albany Journal
Small Farmers."-I find this is a
phrase which is disliked by many, but
it is better to be good and successful
small farmer than an unthrifty and un-
successful large farmer. We often see
business men begin in limited way
and do well until they get aspiring
No sooner have they made little mon
ey than they spread out, buy larger
stock of goods, partly or chiefly on
credit, and indulge in great eXpecta-
tons which fail of realization. Many
man can manage a smaller business
who gets out of his depth when he tries
to conduct a larger one. Or, in the
fluctuations of trade. the times are not
so good. he cannot sell the larger stock
he has got together; before times i'm
proved many articles become unfash-
ionable and go down in value, and the
issue is bankruptcy. In like manner,
many farmers who succeed in a small
way, go into this, that. and the other
thing until they get bigger burden on
their shoulders than they can carry
A Gas Tree.-A gas tree was discov-
cred in the southern part of Washing
ton county. Pa, in a very curious way.
Hunley Gooch and his son were chop
ping down an old and hollow tree, when
they thought as they struck into the
hollow that they smelled the odor of
gas. The son struck match and ap-
piled it to the hollow, which the AK
had opened. Instantly there was an ex-
plosion and the young man had difficult
ty in escaping without serious injury.
The tree continued to burn until its
bark was burned off. The AK, which
was left in the tree. had its handle
burned. 1t is likely that digging near
where the tree stood will show large
and valuable supply of gas. 1t is likely
that the gas in the tree had been slowly
accumulated through apertures in the
soil not big enough to release a large
quantity at ume.-Ex.
Roots of Clover.-A German author
ity says that the root and stubble of q
good crop Of red clover weigh over
three tons per acre when air dry and
contain 1870 pounds of nitrogen, z
pounds of phosphoric acid and n
| pounds of potash. all Of which is placed,
when turned under. in the most avail
! able form for growing crops. We call
attention particularly to the large de-
mand which clover makes on the soil
for potash and phosphoric acid. If the
resulting crops are removed from the
soil one can easily see how clover can
be used for soil robbing as we'll as
restoring fertility. 1t is this fact that
has given rise to the English proverb,
Glover without manure makes the
! father rich and the children poor"
Forest and Prairie Fires.--A great
menace to farming in the west are the
forest and prairie fires. Farmers have