The Columbus journal., 1898-06-01

1uO NOsOHsuS uoUbGs
Is there no way Of stopping this
abominable way Of coloring butter and
cheese . rich orange red instead Of .
mild straw yellow? Some one says
coloring butter 10 . dirty trick and I
am much inclined to think % myself.
writes L. 8. Hardin In Home and Farm.
Coloring matter IL made Of al sort Of
stun, from q filthy mass Of seeds called
anatto that comes In . dirty package
from South America. to analine. rank
poison taken, I believe. from the ofRal
of coal oil. There should be law for
bidding its use in butter and cheese a.
we'll AZ oleo except perhaps, in goods
intended for expectation, when they
should 90 in hand to the seashore. The
fact Is there IL no need for coloring
dairy goods. Any kind OF . good COW
will color her milk II you will feed her
roots, green cured hay or ensilage in
winter, while she can not help coloring
It while ON grass. 0uernseys and Jer-
seys have more color than other breeds.
I am glad to state that the fashion"
with fine butter Is getting lighter in
color all the time. Some makes OF
coloring matter are comparatively
clean. but some are vile and have been
known to kill children that ate them.
Let us get rid of the bad habit.
Little Things Pay.-Guthrie Center
Qowa) Guthrian: A citizen Of the coun.
ty. who runs . 13o-acre farm, reported
to US his income for the past year from
his cows and poultry. He kept six COWS,
and sold from the six milk and cream
to the amount Of $500. He estimated
that the family consumed milk. cream
and butter to the amount Of SIS. He
received $l905 for hauling milk and
cream for others and sold three calves
that he now estimates to be worth $50.
He has sold poultry in excess Of $50 BE-
sides the eggs sold and consumed. Of
which he kept no account. His income
from those two items the past year waa
in excess Of 500. Cows and chickens
pay. One reason Why 20 many renters
fail to make farming pay II the fact
that they give no attention to these two
profitable and important itemA The
dairy and poultry business pays on
Guthrie county farms II It II given
proper attention.
Home made Ineubators.-Wo fre-
1uently see in poultry and other pa
pers plans for making Incubator at
home. We do not have much conf
lence In them. The well-made incuba-
tor In q delicate piece Of machinery and
It is doubtful II many men can from,
newspaper descriptions make incuba-
.ors that will do the work required. Il
has taken generations to develop the
incubator to its present de-
.ree OF perfection and we do not believe
hat any man can do In . day or two
what 1t has taken many men many
,ears to accomplish. A man 10 likely
o lose more money In eggs and chicks
NTH q homemade incubator than
would pay for . machine manufactured
" skillful men.
Foot and Mouth Disease Abroad
rhe Americans have good reason to be
n their guard against tho importation
4 cattle affected with the foot and
mouth disease. The United States con-
nj in Switzerland reports that thou
ands Of cattle In that country have
he foot and mouth disease. Few Swiss
attic have been imported directly to
he United States. but how many In
ways no one can tell. The
;wiss government has within the last
ear tried to prevent the importation
{ cattle from Italy and other neigh
oring countries where they wers in
ected. but It II believed that many
lex cattle have been brought IN in
pits Of the regulations.
Weeds In the pasture aro objection
BILE, though not to the oa0o extent |
hat they are tn the AeSdG Too often
hey have caused great 1nane3al loss
y rendering unsalabIe tie peoduets q |
hs COW. Therefore Il - advisablo to
ID tess posture of them . sooa -
osstble