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Shapes Of Eggs.

Various attempts have been made to
account for the diversity in shape seen
in eggs. A recent study convinces DR..
Nicolsky that the differences may be
all traced to gravity. and he finds his
idea confirmed by all the eggs in the
geological collection OF the st. Peters
burg university. He supposes that
pressure by the sides Of the ovary
tends to elongate the egg before the
shell has hardened. In birds which
keep q vertical position while at rest,
as do the falcon and the owl, the soft
egg is made short by the action Of the
weight of the body against the ova-
rian pressure; while in the birds that,
like the grebe, are nearly always SWIM
ming the egg is heightened because the
birds weight acts with the compress
sion Of the ovary. The egg is made
more pointed at one end than in the
other in birds that, like the gullemot.
are frequently changing their position
swimming and diving.
perching on the rocks. ETC.
-ScieAtific American.
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There can be NO doubt that the -
ture will present . good market -
cavalry horses. both On the EaseogD
and on the Western continent. n
spite Of the proclamation Of the e8afs
armies will still continue to exist ana
horsenesh will still be . large part q
the demand. Perhaps no arm Of the
service is harder to supply than the
cavalry, this being due to the tact
that 1t is very hard to find suitable
horses for the work in question. Be-
lore the recent war with Spain. some
army officers were sent West to look
up horses. One Of these said that he
found good horses very scarce. There
were many horses. but few Of them
had the points desired in q cavalry
horse.
We may expect that year by year
the Americans will obtain q greater
share Of the trade in the horses used
by the European armies. Hitherto the
foreign governments have tried to fos-
ter the breeding Of horses fit for army
use. and in France this has taken the
form of the naturalization Of the best
stations. But within few years We
have seen American horses pouring in
to the European countries, and We may
expect to see the custom become fash
lon. The American has great advan-
tages in his competition with Euro
pean breeders. The only thing that
can defeat our progress In this mat
ter Is the breeding Of poor stock. Let
the Europeans once become convinced
that the American horses are OF In
ferior stock and we will lose our horse
trade as We have already lost our,
trade in cheese. The movement tor
the breeding Of the best quality OF
horses should be pushed. We can
not afford to send scrubs to the mar
ket to be inspected by European buy
ers as samples Of American horseflesh.
Let US breed up and not down. Then
when the European buyer comes along
he will have such good opinion OF
American horses that he will become
the best kind OF an advertisement for
US. Farmers that intend to breed good
horseflesh should form associations in
each locality, in which associations the
needs OF the trade can be discussed
and steps taken to secure the services
Of first-class stations. In this way
only can we hope to accomplish much
good.
The Globe-republican., 1898-10-06
Exterminate Poultry Diseases.


It is probably easier to exterminate
poultry diseases than the diseases that
affect any other kind Of stock. This
is because poultry can be kept iso-
lated. Horses are constantly meeting
and coming into the vicinity Of other
horses. Cattle run In adjoining pas
lures. Hogs are transported from
place to place and are great roamers
In their pastures. But fowls may be
kept practically isolated. 1t Is even not
common for hens on one farm to
mingle with those Of the next.
We believe that with a proper man
agement. the poultry diseases may be
practically exterminated. Have the
feed right and then keep all things
scrupulously clean. Let in the sun
and keep the dust box full Of good
dust. Give fresh water every day.
These will mean that the hens will b
free from disease. Were these thin4D
observed universally there is no doubt
that some, il not all. of our contagious
diseases among poultry must soon die
out. Where a flock has a certain dis
ease the fowls could be allowed to die
or be killed and the place where they
had been kept used for keeping fowls
no more for at least a year. 1t Is our
that there are many fiocks
where disease is practically unknown.
A good many poultrymen know moth
ing OF the cholera. except what they
read in the papers. Clean up and ex.
terminate the diseases.
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Feed for Dairy Cows

RO00 1Of Oo1fy C0WA
In the last issue Of The Farmers
Review We began the publication of q
paper read by Mr.. A. G. Judd On the
cheap production Of milk. It should
be understood by our readers that The
Farmers Review does not necessarily
agree with every view advanced in
articles published in its columns, as
We >all recognize that it is only fair
that both sides of a case should be
heard. So in the paper in question
there are some views expressed by Mr..
Juod that We are compelled to regard
as erroneous. The gentleman in ques-
ton takes the ground that the old way
OF feeding dairy cows, that is, giving
them the food in the rough and letting
them shred the fodder and grind the
grain is the best. Most of our expe-
rienced dairymen do not accept this
view OF the matter. They believe It
has been well proven that the silo is
. paying institution and also that the
grinding Of grain and even the scald-
Ing Of it in many instances pays well.
Mr.. Judd sticks to the dry fodder
regime and thinks he is making money
by so doing, but our best experiment.
ers have found very different results.
The figures are not given by Mr.. Judd
to prove his case, but the experiment
stations have carefully compiled fig
ures that go to show a decided advan-
tage Of the silage over the dry fodder.
At the Vermont station, in a test, a.
262 pounds of green fodder corn when
dried, fed with a uniform daily allow
ance Of hay and grain, produced 1858
pounds Of milk; 1892 pounds Of green
fodder corn converted into silage, and
fed with the same daily ration of hay
and grain, produced S.525 pounds of
milk.
At the Wisconsin station the results
were: From $500 pounds of green fod
der were obtained 24,440 pounds of 81
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is kept Of the milk supplied by each
patron, and also Of its quality in value
FOR cheese or butter. The products are
sold and the surplus, after taking out
the cost of making and selling, is d.
vided among the patrons according to
the amount of milk that each patron
sends. In 1856 there were 57.635 pa
irons of the 1.147 cheese factories.
Following the success Of the cooper
alive cheese factory has come the CO.
operative butter factory or creamery.
Inside Of ten years it is probable that
the making of dairy butter at home
will become as rare as is the making
of cheese at home, and a factory sys-
tenn of butter-making will be establish
ed far greater in extent and impor-
lance than is our present cheese fac
tory system. say "far greater" be-
cause the consumption Of butter ex
ceeds that Of cheese.
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So-opeH1tXV0 Oo1ry1n8 IN Cono01s
The Dairy World Of London, Eng
land. says: Mr.. c. C. James. N. A..
In an address before the Political
Science Club Of Toronto University,
deals in an able and interesting man
ner with the development Of agricul-
ture In Ontario. and traces the growth
of the cooperative movement in the
Province. He says:
We now come to the period en-
bracing the thirty years just ended.
1S67-1S97. The main feature of this
period is the rise of dairying as a spe-
cialty-it is the age of the coming in
Of the cheese factory and the creamery.
In 1851 the first cooperative cheese
factory had been started near Rome,
in Oneida county, New York state, and
soon after factories sprang up by the
score in the Hudson valley and to the
west and north. In 1864 Harvey Far
rington of Herkimer county. New York
state, with commendable enterprise,
crossed over into this Province (On-
tario) and started the first factory at
Norwich, in Oxford county. By 1867
there were half dozen more. In 1883
the number had grown to 635, and in
1896 there were in operation no less
than 1,147 that produced 1C4,Oco,00O
pounds of cheese. The gross value OF
the factory cheese made in this Pro-
vince last year was approximately H.
100000 dolls.
A word or two as to the cooperative
companies. The farmers of a town
ship desire to organize a company.
Half-a-dozen or more draw up an
agreement in accordance with spe-
cial act passed for the purpose, and
register the agreement at the local
registry Office. Sufficient money is
subscribed to erect a factory and equip
it. A committee of management is ap-
pointed. Fifty or more farmers agree
to send their milk daily to the fac
tory, where it Is made into cheese or
butter by an expert. Careful record
The Globe-republican., 1898-10-06

A Brazilian has patented an artificial
tooth, which Is hollow and has a valve
in one side through which the air Is
exhausted to cause the tooth to grip
the jaw after the tooth has been fitted
to the gum.
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dust In our tea, Eastwood n our hams
and sand In our sugar. but the eggs
cannot be successfully counterfeited.
Our little friend. the hen, with her mar
velous inside fixtures. will still con-
tinue at the old stand, putting her
humble gst.t together and Smelling out
this most miraculous of animal prod
uct, the egZ.-H. w. Collingwood.
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Experiments In feeding and in COM
putting the value Of eggs, show that 10
no estimate il made for labor. one dog
en- eggs can be produced at a cost OF
about six cents for food. or about half
cent per egg. II all OF the food al
lowed to hens were converted into egg,
the profit on a dozen eggs would be
large. even when prices are very low.
but much depends on whether the hens
convert the food into eggs. flesh or sup-
port Of the bodies. 1t Is a fact De-.
onstrated, however. that when a DOE
eggs are marketed they carry from H.
farm but little Of the nutritious ~.
ments Of the soil in proportion to 49,.
value In market. and on that accourn
they are az profitable as anything -
can Be produced on the farm.-Poulev
Keeper.
What can't be cured ohroull h ven
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DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.

How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department Of the Farn-A Few
Hints - 70 the Care Of Live Stock
and Poultry.
The Globe-republican., 1898-10-06

Be careful how the new grain Il fed.
4 n liable to produce cases OF What
you vill probably call cholera
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lage. which, fed with 1.64S pounds of
hay and 1854 pounds Of grain, pro-
duced 1896 pounds of milk, containing
840.4 pounds Of fat.
From 29.so0 pounds Of green fodder
were obtained 1880 pounds of field
cured fodder corn, which, fed with
1857 pounds of hay and 2,743 pounds
Of grain. produced 7,119 pounds OF
milk, containing 1882 pounds Of fat.
At the Vermont station the silage
ration produced S37 pounds, or II
per cent more milk than was obtained
Of the fodder ration. At the Wisconsin
station the silage ration yielded 377
pounds more milk and % pounds more
fat-a difference in favor of silage OF
8 per cent in milk and per cent in fat.
These figures are from the book of
Professor Henry on Feeds and Feed
Ing"
The Globe-republican., 1898-10-06
Figuring on Hens.

Figuring on Hens.
Figures do not lie, although they will
lie heavy on a fellows pocketbook
when they go wrong. Comparatively
few Americans ever become million
aires in fact 1t is, however, a glorious
privilege afforded most of us that we
may be millionaires in theory. My
grandfather owned a whale oil fac
tory at Plymouth, Mass. l am told
that seventy-five years ago he made
some remarkable figures. He said that
in the year 1900 there would be U.s.
100000 people in this country; that
whale oil would be worth SIG a pound
because It would be the chief lighting
fluid, and that every one Of his grand
children would be millionaire. Now
We have the population that the old
gentleman prophesied, but the whale
ships are rotting at the wharf in New
Bedford, and I lack nearly 1898, GOO OF
being a millionaire. The figures were
right In their day, but the old gentle
nan could not know that some day a
prospector would bore hole into the
ground and start the world into blaze
OF light with petroleum. The world Is
happier and brighter because I am not
a millionaire from the profits in whale
oil. I am happier because have the
great privilege Of figuring out profit
in the chicken business. What I want
to say Is that while figures may 60
wrong In some lines of business. It Is
always safe to figure on chickens.
There can be no ghost Of . substitute
to rise up and call Us down. We may
have lime In our hour. lard In our but
ltar. PEANUT shells In our eoRee. saW-
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What can't Be cured ahroall b vsu
insured. -
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A Mitchell county minister may some
day receive call to go straight up,
body, soul and breeches. His home is
lighted by means of an acetylene gas
plant of his own construction.
The Presbyterian church at Downs
is being torn down and will be sold
for old lumber. 1t was struck by
lightning some weeks ago and DANA
ged SO badly that repairs were out of
the question.
There is talk of organizing q com
pany with a capital stock of $50, 900,
whose business it shall be to rebuild
and repair the bridge over the MINES
cab river, near Belle PLANE. This
bridge has proved to be good thing
for the Missouri Valley Bridge COM
pany, and the promoters of the stock
company feel that the money which
goes annually to the Missouri Valley
people, should be kept in the county.
The bridge has cost nearly $4,000 to
date, yielding profit of about So. 900
since it was built. It is believed that
the bridge can be made to yield 100
per cent to stockholders in ten years,
or an annual dividend of 10 per cent.
At Bluo Rapids the water works,
Touring mill, a plaster mill and a
foundry are operated by water power,
and there is power going to waste yet.
1t has been fully demonstrated this
year that the castor bean is no failure
in this country. Although the acreage
is small, in every instance where they
have received the least care, the quail
ity is excellent and the yield has been
good. Many farmers who have wit
messed the success of others in this
line viii try patch of their own nsxt
,yoaE. s,
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Things are very different in different
places. Lawrence gives jointist six
months and $500, while man convicted
of petty larceny gets 81 ard ten days.
In Atchison a man convicted Of petty
larceny gets ten months and $50, while
the jointist pays in his little SIS and
goes back to jerking beer. Which is
why we remark that things are diff
ferent in different places.
A Mcpherson county farmer says:
Second-growth sorghum has been pas
tured without harmful results In 9TH
er cases animals have died within a
few minutes after they commenced
eating it. The peculiar conditions
which make it deadly poison in some
cases. and a valuable, nutritious feed
in others, have not been made out. 1t
was at one time thought that only
frost-bitten cane was dangerous. La
ter reports have shown that fatal re-
suits have occurred from feeding on
cane which had never been frost-bit-
ten. We have never heard of any bad
results to stock from eating sorghum
hay, whether from the first or second
growth.
Abilene's city fathers nave fixed a
license of SOS per day for peddlers ant:
street fakirs. 1t is intended to be pro-
hibitive in its effect.
This is the first year that at q SOL
diers' reunion the veterans of the civil
war are not considered the whole
thing. But the old boys are perfectly
willing that the fighters of a later date
should come in for their full share of
glory. There will never be any strug-
gle in this or any other country which
win dim their fight put up back in the
sixtieA
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

w. +. Kaliher. one of the patriotic
young men of Princeton, came up on
Mondays train and had his name
placed on the enlistment roll of the
militia company here Six other young
men of that town, Chas. Freer, Ed.
treer, Will Soule, Roy Soule, Ernest
Robideau and Jack Campbell also sent
word that they want to go with the
company from here when it is accepted.
Since writing the above four other
boys from that place have volunteered
making a squad of eleven at Prince
ton.-Nille Laos County Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

George Howard, the former inmate
OF the reformatory who fell from grace
and stole a St. Joseph farmers span OF
horses, drove them the same night to
Princeton, there sold them and went
to Milaca to spend their price in riot.
Gus living, yesterday pleaded guilty to
the offense charged in the indictment
and the court gave him a sentence of
two years at hard labor in the Still
water penitentiary. He was very glad
that he got off so lightly. Deputy
Sheriff Bernich will take Howard to
Saltwater on Friday.-sSt. Cloud Jour-
mol Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

A replevin action in which Geo. A.
Presley was plaintiff and Oscar Baker
was defendant was tried before Justice
Bonck Friday. ~~ This was a case
brought to regain possession of a dog
the property OF the plaintiff, which
had been taken by the defendant
while acting as poundmaster under ar
ordinance of the village Of Milaca.
After due consideration of the evidence
produced the judge was Of the opinion
that the dog was illegally distrained
and found for the plaintiff. Chas. A.
Dickey appeared for the plaintiff and
A. E. Giddings, of Anoka, for defend
ent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The Populists of Mile Laos county
held a mass convention at the village
hall last Saturday afternoon for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
State and congressional conventions
OF that party. There was not a very
large attendance, none of the upper
towns of the county being represented
The delegates elected were S. NJ
Byers, R. S. Shaw, James Vinson
Isaac liver and W. B. Carter. Thew
will represent the county in both the
State and congressional conventions
K" S. Shaw, S. NJ. Byers and I. S
Mudgett were chosen as county com
mitteemen for the ensuing year. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

princeton has become, within the
the past two years, one of the most i'm
portant potato markets in the State.
IL Is safe to say that during the past
season over two hundred thousand dol
lars in cash has been paid to the farm
ers: for that product alone. The dis
trleution of this large sum of money
among the farmers Of the country
tributary to Princeton has put the
most of them, who were in debt, on
their feet again, and added largely to
the prosperity Of the whole commun-
ity. $780, ..:@
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Mr.. Andrew Lavender, of Spencer
BROOK, upon whom an operation was
performed last week by Drs. Tarboz
ano Cooney OF this place, is reported
improving. A portion of the bone be.
nina I'm the left ear was opened, chiseled
and large amount of pns removed
He will recover unless complications
arise.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

In another column will be found an
interesting letter from Fred McClel-
Ian, who at the time of writing. had
with his party crossed the divide. with
some prospects of reaching the Copper
River, their destination,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Mrs. A. A. Love and daughters left
Monday for Huntsville, Alabama,
where Mr.. Love went last winter.
Asa has obtained employment at that
place and intends to locate there per-
manentlV
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Inc American Business College,
Omaha, Neb., offers complete course
OF instruction in bookkeeping and COM
merclal arithmetic free Of tuition. To
avail yourself of this offer is the same
as accepting a present of $50.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Miss Carleton, of the kindergarten
department of the primary schools pre-
sented each of her little pupils with a
neat hand made souvenir containing
several pen and ink drawings of birds
and children, and the names of all of
the scholars Of her department.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Ii you wish to secure enrolment as a
free student in the mail department
OF the American Business College,
Omaha, Neb., send in your application
at once. Their offer of free course by
mail will be open for limited time
Onlv
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The county commissioners met last
Thursday. The only business trans
acted was the allowing of bills and the
laying out Of a new road in Greenbusb,
The official proceedings will be pub
lished next week. .-~ ..-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Prof. d. r. Cloyd, who was one of
the instructors at the summer training
school last summer, was in town SAT-
nfoay, REPRESENTING an educational
work. He has been appointed as CON
ductor OF the the training school to be
held at Anoka in July.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The notices for the Republican
primaries which are to be held in the
different precincts in the county June
p, should be posted by the precinct
committees on Or before June IA.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

6. Fl. Swansey is meeting with sue
cess in getting signers for the Parme
lee library which he is putting in here
He expects to complete his work ani
have the library in running order mex
Taal-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The Princeton creamery, which is
under the management of G. II. Chad
bourne, has commenced to receive
cream from the farmers and will be
run during the season.. ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The members of the Mile Laos
county delegation to the congressional
convention at Anoka last week were
entertained at dinner by WILDER Chase
and wife. The boys speak very highly
OF Wilber's hospitality and the way
they were entertained at his home.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09
At its last; n

At its last meeting Wallace Rines
Z. a. r. Post extended a vote OF
thanks to the school children and the
different fraternal societies that took
part in the Decoration Day parade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The Marks horse and auction s,1a
came off Saturday as advertised and
was we'll patronized by the farmers of
the surrounding country "A large
number OF horses carriages and har-
nesses were-sold at reasonable nrices
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Abe Sleeves lost his pocket-book
Monday, containing one hundred dol
lars in cash and notes and other val
liable papers amounting to nearly a
thousand dollars.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

Everybody invited to examine the
finest line OF gents and boys clothing
ever brought to Princeton, also wall
paper, ETC., etc. No trouble to show
goods and prices at Bvers:.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09
The Milaca and Princete

The Milaca and Princeton base ball
clubs will cross bats at the. fair
grounds next Sunday. The bows are
nard at work every evening getting in
shape: and say that they will give the
up river team an example of fast ball.
Admission, Is cents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

The list of uncollected personal prop
erty taxes was filed in the Office of the
clerk OF the district court, last Friday.
The sheriff succeeded in collecting the
greater portion of the delinquent taxes
which were placed in his hands and
returned only s115.OO as uncollectable.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-06-09

B. NJ. VanAlstein went to St. Paul
yesterday, as representative to the
grand lodge of Oddfellows. which is in
session at the State capitol.