Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-17

half as much solids as new milk.
Weigh your cows milk at each
enough milk fatten her for the mar
ket. This is business.
Have you bred to good beef bulls or
are you still breeding scrubs? 1t does
not pay to raise poor calves. Raise
good ones or none.
Open drains are a nuisance on most
farms, and greatly hinder the opera
tions of the farmer, especially when
teaming in the fields is necessary.
It is not by any means a safe rule
to measure the value of COW by the
quantity of milk she gives, as some
milk is fully twice as rich as other
Mirror and Farmer.
The Healthfulness of Watermelons
There is no danger in eating ripe
watermelons if some other food is eat
en- before. The cooling juices of the
melon soothe the stomach, and this
fruit is often prescribed by doctors in
case of dysentery. Years ago, owing
to the great amount of water that the
watermelon contains, it was supposed
that it was injurious to all who have
stomach troubles. But experience has
shown that this is a mistake. Many
sick people can eat watermelon and
retain it on their stomach when all
other fruits disagree with them
American Cultivator.
Vegetables as Medicine.
While nearly all vegetables are
more or less healthful some of them
possess special remedial properties,
and if we would take our medicine in
this form instead of harsh drugs, it
would be better for our stomachs and
our pocketbook.
Asparagus and carrots act directly
upon the kidneys, stimulating them to
action.
Tomatoes contain an acid that
makes them of great value in liver
troubles, and people with torpid livers
should eat them freely.
Spinach and beets contain iron,
spinach especially in large quantities,
and they enrich the blood.
Sweet corn is a good blood purifier,
cleansing it from bad humors, and it
has been recommended for cancerous
affections.
Celery is of great value in nervous
diseases as it quiets and strengthens
the nerves.
Onions are good as an all-around
remedy, and one of the most whole
some vegetables one can eat.
Rhubarb is good for the blood, and
being an aperient is just what we
need in the spring to cool and cleanse
the system Field and Fire
side.
Celery Refuse.
Truck growers and farmers making
a speciality of this crop often wish
for profitable manner in which to
utilize the wastage, but up to the pres
ent nothing has been accomplished.
The well-known celery salt" is a
preparation of celery seeds and this
answers requirements so far as a
celery flavor is concerned. We are
advised from Washington that the de-
partment of agriculture has never in
stigatea the subject of profitable utili
zation of celery refuse. 'It is a ques-
ton whether any process which in
wolves drying would be satisfactory,
as most of the flavor, which is due to
a volatile oil, would doubtless be lost, ;"
writes an official of the department.
II would suggest in the utilization Of
the waste product a process of canning
waste celery. If the cooking is
slight large part of the volatile oil
can be retained in the canned product,
which would then be useful in the
making of soups. Waste celery leaves
are often employed in this way in do
nestle cooking Orange Judd Farmer.