The Red Cloud chief., 1896-01-24

far east as sunrise or from IS in the
morning. There were a few trees IN a
small plat | found years ago leaning.
ore northwest ban kcd on southeast. one
leaning north barkcd on south. ono
leaning southeast barEcd on southwest;
me stood close to the north sitc Of tha
fence, stood upright and sound, This
gayc me evidence In n nutshell: and
since | have examined thousands of
trees and universally find tho same
conditions. producing the same effect.
Set leaning to mo latcr-aud don't
you forget it. Edison Gaylord.
I;cnnct.
The most important factors In choose
manufacture are the preparation and
use OF rcnnot; next that rcnnrt be Of
the proper sort. Ten or tWc.,o years
ago rcnnets brought as high a5 -
cents apiece. Today the majority OF
them sell for only ten cents apiece.
What has caused such a decline in
prices? Because home made r%enncts,
generally far superior to those uf which
! am about to treat, nguraiivoly speak
ing. are going out NJ date.
American farmers are acquiring the
habit of using a great many imported
renneta. They are especially used in
large factories. They are generally
marked ~"Bavarian," whether they
came from Bavaria or not. for not all
of them came rom that country any
more than they do from the requisite
kind of animals. Swine, sheep and
goats furnish not II small nuIhber Of
the che. ronncts on the market. These
being often poorly packed and then
neglected so that they become both
wormy and mouldy. cannOt help nf-
iecting the quality of the cheese.
An experienced ChcCse-maker. ot
course, may have bad luck occasion-
ally, just tho same as the farmers
wife with her butter. Pure milk and
good %rennet, however, are the pr!nci-
pal things to commence with. The
chief difficulty lies in what Is termed
alkaline bacteria. which possesses the
power to melt the cascino. aud h II
deprivcs a considerable amount of the
solids from entering into the compost
ton OF the cheese. Albany Journal.
, Small Farmers. II find this is n
phrase which Ia disliked by many, but
IL Is better TO be n good and successful
small farmer than IN unthrifty and un-
successful large farmer. We often see
business men begin in a limited way
and do well until they get aspiring.
No sooner have they made Il little mon
ey than they spread out. buy a larger
stock OF goods. partly or chiefly Uh
credit, and indulge in great eypccta-
tons" which fail Of realization. Many
n man caa 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 unfIsh-
ionable and 20 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 n bigger burden on
their shoulders than they can carry.
a Gas Trec.-A gas tree was discoy-
tTcu III tllt SbitiItI u part vi "doIlHS"
ton coulty. Pa, in n very curious n
IIunley Gooch and his son were chop
ping down an old and hollow tree, when
they thought as they struck into the
hollow that they smclled the odor OF
gas. The son struck n match and an
piled II to the hollow, which the AK
had opened. Instantly there was an en-
plosion and the young man had difficult
ty in escaping without serious injury.
The tree continued 10 burn until its
bark was burned off. The ak, which
was left in the tree. had It's handle
burned. 1t Is likely that digging near
where the tree stood will show q 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 q large
quantity at q time.-Ex.
Roots OF Clover.-A German author
ity says that the root and stubble Of r
good crop OF red clover wcSSh over
three tons per acre when air dry and
contain $50 pounds of nitrogen, Z
pounds of phOsphoric acid and II
pounds of potash. all OF which il placed
when turned under, in the most avail
able form for growing crops. We cali
attention particularly to the large d.,
mand which clover makes on the sol,
for potash and phosphoric acid. II 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 proyerb,
Glover without manure makes the
father rich and the children poor
Forest and Prairie Fires.-h great
menace to farming in the west are the
forest and prairie fires. Farmers have
got 10 learn that every big fire does
immense damage TO their growing
crops; it heats the air, ana dries up
the surface so that water will roll off iC