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The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
smOkeleau Powder from Corn.

The recent war with Spain has empha-
sized the necessity for the use Of smoke
less gunpOwder in all army and naval en-
gagements. The old-fashioned gunpow-
der that burns with dense smoke sim
ply locates the parties using 1t and makes
them an easy target for the enemy and
the smoke also obscures the view so that
accurate aim cannot be taken. Smoke
less powder 0bviates these objections and
the advantages in It's favor are very
great. Distilled liquors or alcohol made
from corn Is one Of the principal ingredi-
ents used in making smOkeless gunpow-
der. AS this country raises more corn
than any other II can supply the nations
OF the earth with alcohol for making this
powder, and it is far better to use 1t for
killing men in that way than by pour
ing II down their throats. Large orders
have been sent to distillers in this COun-
try from the British government and
other foreign governments and our own
government is also making purchases Of
distilled liquors for use in making the
smokeless powder. This increased de-
mand for distilled liquors will be very
likely to increase the demand for corn
and thus give to the American farmers
better prices for their corn crops.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
AduIterated Cream.

No sooner does q certain article Of food
become widely used than certain class
Of men begin to devise methods to fall
sify and adulterate it. The use of cream
is spreading rapidly in the cities, and,
as a consequence, methods for giving the
cream a false richness are in demand.
Fortunately the men who get up these
methods of authorizations are almost in
Varlably ignorant of the possibilities Of
chemical analysis, and the crude COM
pounds which they put upon the market
are easily distinguished II enough is used
to make the adulteration profitable. The
latest method which has come to our no
tice Is one of falsifying cream, giving 1t
a richness not due to butter fat. The
product is called "albuminoid" and is a
mixture of boric acid and gelatin. This
compound when added to cream makes
1t thicker and apparently richer, and
also, owing to the bOric acid, makes it
keep longer. Fortunately both these
compounds are easily detected by the
chemist, and the dairyman who thinks
to increase his profits by the use Of such
a mixture stands a good chance Of in
curing a fine that will make hole in
his profits, and the hole will be Of sufil-
cient size to make him think twice before
running the risk second time. The ten
dency the second time Is toward pure
food products, and although such com
pounds as the above appear on the mar
ket with great regularity, we notice that
in a short time they disappear.
Dairyman.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
Sailing Hay.

A practice more generally followed by
our forefathers than it is to-day was to
salt the hay when being put into the
NOW or stacks. We all like our food
salted just to our taste and If the cook
does not make 1t salty enough the handy
salt cellar or salt shaker Is brought into
use at the table. Sailing the hay when
putting 1t into stacks or NOW will help
to cure it without becoming musty, espe-
cially IL 1t Is rather green and not thor
oughly dried. Stock will eat 1t much
more readily when salted in that way.
Take an old stack bottom, sprinkle salt
freely through It and then throw 1t In the
feed lot and see how little Of 1t the cattle
will leave. Wild animals travel for
many miles to reach salt ticks" where
the salt comes to the surface Of the
ground. Deer hunters, knowing this,
would secrete themselves near the salt
licks to shoot the unsuspecting wild ami
mails attracted thither by the salt.
Whether salt is absolutely necessary
or not for the health Of the animal it
It is certain that 1t stimulates the appe-
tite and aids the digestion and is Craved
by the stock and hence we conclude that
Il is beneficial. One Of the best ways to
furnish. the salt to the animals Is by
sailing the hay when putting 1t in the
NOW or stack. II salt Is given to stock
in large quantities at long intervals they
will eat so much Of 1t at once that the
following thirst will induce them to
gorge themselves with water and prob
ably result in doing them more harm
than good. BY sailing the hay this dam
ger will be obviated and the craving for
salt will be, at least, partially allayed.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
state Board Of Agrlculturo's Meeting,

At the forthcoming meeting Of the
State Board OF Agriculture, President
Geo. r. Morrow, of the Oklahoma Agri-
cultural college, will deliver an address
upon modifying the Characteristics Of
Farm Animals" which will be finely IL
lustrated with stereopticon views. Pres
ident Morrow before going to Oklahoma
was for many years at the head Of the
agricultural college department OF the
Illinois university, and besides being
leader in his line Of work is an enter
tanning speaker.
Hon. James Wilson, Secretary OF the
United States Department Of Agriculture,
and also Dr. d. r. Salmon, Chief Of the
United States Bureau of Animal Indus
try, have each promised Secretary Co
burn that II exigencIes Of the public SER
vice will at AL permit Of their being away
from Washington at that time they will
be present and make addresses at the
forthcoming meeting January 11-lS) OF
the Kansas State Board Of Agriculture.
DR.. Salmon's address will be upon the
subject Of "The Serum Treatment for
Hog Cholera"
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
OleOmaF2arlne.

The creamery interests of Kansas are
making a determined fight against oleo-
margarine and all forms Of imitation but
ter. They will ask the Legislature to en-
act more stringent laws upon this sub
ject, and they should have the earnest
support of all believers in pure foods
Adulteration Of dairy products has been
carried to such an extreme that very
stringent laws are required to protect
dealers and consumers from imposition,
and also to protect honest producers
from competition with a spurious and
fraudulent article. II oleomargarine Is
to be sold at all as an article Of food 1t
should be so made and put up tnat its
true character can be plainly seen and
detected everywhere, in the market, in
the kitchen or on the table. Beef tallow
and cottonseed oil mixed and colored
should never be sold as butter, nor In
such form as to deceive any one into
the belief that Il was butter. The word
butter has q well-established meaning.
It means an article Of food made wholly
from cows milk. II 1t Is adulterated
with any other substance 1t Is no longer
butter and should be marked and sold
and used for just what 1t is. It is worse
fraud to sell counterfeit butter than to
sell counterfeit money, for fraud In an
article Of food not only robs the con-
sUmer of his money but also robs him Of
the quality Of food and sustenanCe he
purchased and endangers his health and
strength as well. Every effort possible
should be made to drive out all impure.
foods and to protect the public against
all forms Of imposition in food products,
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
CommendAble Strife.

The Short-horn breeders and the Here
ford breeders Of this country have en-
tered into a spirited and laudlble strife
to encourage the exhibition OF the merits
of their respective breeds at the State
fairs and cattle shows in 1899. Both as
sOclatiOns are appropriating large sums
for special premiums and the prelimi-
nary fitting and development OF animals
in both breeds will be spirited and thor
ough. The encouragement will be such
that finer exhibitions will be made than
has ever been seen In beef breed shows
for many years. These are among the
leading beef breeds Of this country, and
the example thus set by these associa-
tlons will act as a stimulus for breeders
OF other kinds OF cattle, and the result
will be a general Improvement all along
the line Of cattle breeding.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
Corn In Rurope.

The commissioner from this country at
the Paris worlds exposition has secured
ample space for maintaining complete
corn kitchen during the great exhibition.
The various uses Of American corn for
food will be constantly illustrated by
skilled experts from this country, and the
results will be beneficial to American
producers Of this great cereal. American
corn Is constantly increasing in popu-
larity In foreign countries. All that the
people of any country need is to be edu-
Gated as to the beneficial qualities Of the
various products from American corn
for human food, and when they come to
know how wholesome and nutritious
such food is its use will be vastly In
creased. Millions Of bushels OF American
corn are now exported annually and this
export trade is sure to be largely in
creased from year to year. This will add
to the value of the farms and farm prod
ucts in the great corn producing belt of
this country until the standard price for
corn will be nearly or quite equal to that
OF wheat.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
Gmlott'a Failure.

That the race Is not always won by the
swiftest seems to be true in the cattle
business, and rank speculation and
plunging in that business are not with
out their downfalls Gillett was plung-
or Of the widest kind, and those with
whom ne dealt and who gave him the OPP
pOrtunity for the perpetration Of his
fraudulent schemes are not entirely
blameless. He that hasteth to be rich
and is not innocent might apply to both
sides In that gigantic speculation. Gill
lett operated In range cattle In central
Kansas. Bankers and commission men
seemed to back him with unlimited funds
and credit until his Indebtedness ranged
somewhere between one and two million
dollars. Then he suddenly skipped from
the country and left his numerous Credi-
tors to fight It out among themselves
over his meager assets. 1t Is thought
that he took with him half million dol
lars in cash, but there is no certainty
as to how much money he had when he
left. II the laws Of the land are not ad-
eQuate to prevent the repetition OF such
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
Unseemly Contention.

Hoard's Dairyman and the Breeders
Gazette are indulging in an acrimonious
and seemingly needless controversy over
their knowledge and judgment as to
dairy breeds and beef breeds. The Dairy
man intimates that the Gazette is not
posted upon dairy breeds when 1t de-
scribes a beef outline by calling 1t milky
looking" and that 1t is no wonder that
farmers and breeders become confusedly
mixed In their ideas of breeding when
such ideas dominate leading cattle writ
ers. The Gazette respond by charging
the Dairyman with the use Of "driveP'
and intimates that there is great op-
portunity for the Dairyman to progress
in its knowledge Of dairy breeds. Boys!
boys! come off! There is room enough
for both and for all. Don't waste your
readers space In trying to tell what the
other does not know, but use 1t in telling
what you, yourself do know. What the
best man don't know would make a very
large book. It takes all sorts OF people
to make the world and 1t takes all kinds
OF cattle to supply their wants and de-
mands.
The strict dairyman wants a dairy
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

In the State Of Iowa there are more
than thousand creameries in active OPP
Grafton. These CreameTies have benefit
ed the farmers of the State in many
ways. They have furnished the farmers
a better price for their milk products
than they could obtain in any other way.
They have furnished the farmers ready
cash for these products every month in
the year so they could have money to
use when they needed it most. They
have enabled the farmers to utilize their
grass and grain by converting them into
the higher-priced commodity Of butter
Tat. They have induced the wedding out
of the poor and Improbable cows that
were kept and fed at loss and the re-
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
reckless spectators in the cattle or any

reckless spectators in the cattle or any
other business then they should be speed
lily amended. Honest business should
have ample protection from the imposi-
tlon arising from such dishonest deal
ings. We have a bank commissioner
whose business 1t is to keep close watch
over the banks and prevent dishonest and
fraudulent transactions in that business
Perhaps 1t might be well to have live
stock commissioner whose business it
would be to prevent gambling and frauds
in the live stock business and to warn
honest dealers against dishonest plung-
ers.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

placing Of them with cows that produced
an annual profit from both milk and
calves. These creameries have added
vast sums TO the wealth Of the farmers Of
Iowa. And why not have a thousand
and more creameries in Kansas? The
climate is mild and feed more easily pro-
duced than in Iowa, and in Kansas the
creamery business could easily be car
ried to the highest degree Of perfection
and profit to the farmers.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14
Meats for Food.

We are nation Of meat eaters, and the
agricultural department has for the past
year been making special experiments
and investigations into the values and
uses Of meats for human food. DR.. Wiley
has been in charge Of this work, and he
says:
Meats should never be eaten until
they have properly ripened; that is to
say, until they are about to decay. They
should be three weeks old, at least, be-
fore being cooked A chicken killed to-
day ought to hang three weeks in a cold
place before going on the table.
Lean hogs are better than fat hogs,
and farmers before long will find more
profit In raising the former than the
latter. The fattening Of a pig in old
days, and even now, was all that farm
er did with the animal to fit it for mar
ket, but soon it will be known that lean
meat is better than fat meat for meat
eaters.
Men could not and should not live
upon meat alone, for the reason that it
is wanting In carbohydrates, that is,
sugars and starches These are trans
formed by the body into fatteners. Fat
meat does not give this, although people
have always eaten fat with the idea that
It is a fattener Cereals contain the car
bohydrates, sugar and starch, and these
are fat givers.
"a hard-wOrking, muscular man, who
needs heat and energy, should eat plenty
Of fat meat, but man Of sedentary hab-
It's should partake sparlngly OF 1t and
should consume more lean. The egg is
wonderfully perfect food, containing
all the chemical elements needed to sus-
tain the body, except the carbohydrates.
A meal Of soft-boiled eggs and rice is
most evenly balanced The egg contains
the needed fat, phosphorus and nitrogen,
and the rice possesses starch and sugar.
AS a fact, however, man feeds himself
largely according to his taste and ability.
His mental attitude toward his food has
everything to do with his power TO di-
gest it, and II he does not like 1t the
probability is that it will not do him any
good, no matter how we'll balanced 1t
may be.
Meat should be kept three weeks be-
fore eaten. 1t should be properly ri
pened. and. then there would be no dan
ger from diseased meat. Hang killed
chicken out of the window, as the Ger
mans do, head down, and when the head
falls off the fowl is ripe for eating. 1t
should not be touched before. The same
rule is true of game. Fish and eggs
should be eaten the day they are taken,
but fish If frozen on the day caught Will
be good any time taken from the ice.
Fish is not brain food That's an old
idea, all wrong. The phosphorus needed
by the brain comes from vegetables,
eggs and plants"
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-14

One of the important things about good
farming that most Of us have to learn,
is to avoid waste. We pay taxes on land
that we do not farm; we only half Guilt
vate our fields and so waste both land
and labor; we leave large percentage OF
the crop in the field; we waste time and
capital in raising inferior animals; we
waste energy in trying to do more than
one man can do right; we waste money
In buying what we should raise our
selves; we waste opportunities to inn
prove our condition by staying away
from institutes and fairs and by neglect
ing to read papers; we wasts-ln thou
sand ways and then we are ready to say
farming don't pay" And IL is no won
der.-Fruit Grower.
The evening times., 1898-10-20
wANTED-HoRsEs AND VEHICLE.

WANTED-To buy, a horse on weekly payments;
suitable for market and delivery wagon; must
be sound and moderate N price. Call at He
LEY'S MARKET, 202S l4lh st. NV. oeIS-St
The evening times., 1898-10-20
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
Washington { Great Falls
Electric Railway
River Road.
Only Direct Route to Glen Echo
and Historic Cabin John
Bridge.

On and after August "a cars will leave Union
station, 2eth and Prospect ave-. West Washington
terminus OF the Metropolitan and Capital trac-
lion Company lines). as follows:
Every 81 minutea from 5:5osA n. to $50 A. II
Every 20 minutes, from $40 A. ~ to p, NJ
SVery ID minutes, from . P. n to e:3o r u,
every 20 minutes, troli $50 p. H. 70 A'S"
p. NJ
Returning leave Cabin John Bridge fnd Glen
Every 30 minutes, from $50 A. N. to $50 An
Every 20 minutes, from $50 A. n. TO 2:so fa-
Eve-y is minutes. from ESQ p d. to 10 r: d.
Every ID minutes. from 10 P. II. To II T. ~.
er ofterer, traffic demands
my Att r. T. FOWLER. Supt
The evening times., 1898-10-20
Baltimore &OhiO
Railroad.
Schedule In effect June 1s, 1893


Leave Washington from Station. corner Of ges
Jersey Ave. and St
For Chicago and Northwest, Yestfouled Ltn-
tied trains 1:65, 11:25 A n, sos P N.
For Cincinnati, st. Louis, and indianapolis. Ex-
press, u:25 A. NJ vestibaled Limited. S;.a p.
II. Express HISS P. NJ
For Pittsburg and Cleveland. Express daily.
nos A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ
Fer Columbus. Toledo and Detroit, II IS P. n
For winchester and points on Valley Branch
900 and '11:25 A. NJ and $50 P NJ
tanooga, Knoxville. Bristol and Roanoke. I1:45 P.
NJ. daily; sleeping cars through
For Luray, $40 P. NJ. daily.
For BaltimOre week-days' .lG S;09' @ s;3o' E7iSa
xi2 :O5 NJ. xi2:15, x1:15; 800 S:26 34;9o a:S5,
I5.o5, 1910 1880, x6:2o. $50 xs:oo, Sis, x9o0
1000. HIS. x11:50. P: ". and xl2:ol night.
no a5 90 x1.I5. x3 90 800. 4:35, x5:05. x5:la
$50. Ks 100. x1o:09, HIS, x1:5o P NJ, xlz;u
hisn. g ArnaDoIis 7:1o. $50 A. NJ. 12:15 and $50
p NJ week days. $50 A. II. and ASS p. " sun
u7yS r. Frederick weekdays, s:oc. u-25 A ~.
4:so. $50 p. NJ. sundays' s;oo 4 N; i:dS =. ~
For Boyd and way POINTS, weekdays. % A n,
s,onrinr only at GaIthersburg and Germantown.
$50 $50, 7:O5 P. N Sundays. 900 A. NJ,
'IS; For Gaithersburg and way points. wsek-lays.
s.s0 A NJ; ESQ, 500. 4:SS, 5:S5, 7:O5. lisa
NJ Sundays, 500 A. NJ. lis. 4:Ss, T:o5.
For Washington Junction and way points goo
principal stations west OF Gaithersburg
onIy), 80, $50 P. Il weekdays; 9;oO A. NJ l:is
uoYai Blue line for New York and
Philadelphia
All trains illuminated with Pintsch light
rI.e rof ,,asL-davs, 7:05, $500, 10 A NJ I2:Os
n lis P. ~ TALL foregoing trains have Din
ING Car attached), 3:0o sos Dining Carl, sea,
I9-o1 night Sleeping Cur open at 10 o'clock)-
S,,rdavs 7:O5, geo A. N. Q:15 Dining Carr,
200 Is :o5 Dining Carl, 500, I2:n night; Sleep
| ing Car open at 10 o'clock
Parlor Cars on all day trains
! For Atlantic City. 1000 A. NJ, H:S noon.
lis and 500 P. NJ, week-daya
For Cape May. 1906 noon
| .Ercept Sunday. xExpress trains
| Baggage called fer and checked from hotels
| ,,5 7esidences by Union Transfer Co., OF orders
| Is. ~ ticket Offices 619 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, New York avenue and Fifteenth street.
| and at depot x,,,,,x-
| WM. NJ GREENE ID; B. MAKrS.
Gen. Manager. Mgr. Pass Trafac
The evening times., 1898-10-20
RAILROADS.
Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.


siAr;oS CORNER OF SIXTH AND STREETS
''% a. NJ WEEK DAYS. PITTSBURG Ex-
PkEss-fsslc. and Dining Cars Harrisburg to
Pitr-LuTs
lo;5o = ". PENNSYLVANIA LlaITED.-PuIi-
MAJ Sleeping. Dining, Smoking, and Obserxs-
ton Cans Harrisburg to Chicago. Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, st. Louis Cleveland, and Toledo-
,ot Bnfer Psrlor Car to Harrisburg.
i";oo a NJ FAST LINE--PuIlman Buffet Parlor
Sn 70 Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harris
burg to Pit.shurz
$50 r N. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS Ex-
.IoS-sleep;ng Car Washington 70 ST. Louis.
.. sleeping and Dining Cars Harrisburg 70
-. ~ Louis. Nashville (Yia Cincinnati). and Chi
7;2o r NJ WESTERN ExPREss.-Pulnan Sleep
ing Car to PirtsbCzg, Chicago, and Harrisburg
80 20 Cleveland. Dining Car to Chicago
';2o P d. sOUTH-wEsTERN ExPREss.-PuIi.
man Sleeping Cars Washington to PirrsDurs
do 5;o;,n aaIrrsoury Iy to ST. Louis and Cincinnati
1870 P. NJ PACIFIC ExPaEss--PuIlman
81 sso,eePing Car to Pittsburx.
oD oOa S, n. for Kane cananGaigua. Rochester.
-, n M NIAGARA Falls daily, except Sunday.
io;oo A. N. for Elnira and Remove d1ily, en-
Ssp, Sunday. For wHIiamsport, daily. s:ss
1;2o p n. for EiIliamsport. Rochester, Erie, Buf
faio, and Niagara Falls daily, except Saturday.
VIII Sleeping Car Washington 10 Rochester.
1910 N. for Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester.
Sleeping Car Washington TO Rochester satur-
days only.
For Philadelphia, New York and
the East.
400 p. n. CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED"
61aiiyi al Parlor Cars with Dining Car tron
saitimore Regular at TOO Dining Carl. $500,
300 1000 Dining Carl, and I1:m Dining
Car from Wilmington, A. NJ. I2:s5, ans, An
3Dining Car from Baltirnore1. 6:59, 1e:eo, aDa
u:O p. n On Sunday, 700 Dining Carl,
eco 300, Hoo Dining Car from WilmiLgton)
A. NJ, 2;15, BIS. 4:sO Dining Car TON BaIti-
more): $50. 1000, and n:5o P NJ For
Fniiadeiphia only. Fast Express, T:5o A. NJ
wee week days Express: 12:l5 P. n weekday.
For Boston. without change, 7:5o A Il week
:, days. and 4:2o P. ~ daily
s:I5. $780, t4:oo Limited) l:20, 4:ss. $40, s:Is.
$50. 7:20 10:eo. 10s40, HIS, and II 80 p. A.
On Sunday. 700. 500. s:0o 9:o5. 1880. I:oa
ited. 4:2o, $40. s:15, $50. T:2O, 1000. lo:Io.
and so p NJ
For Pope's Greek Line, 1850 A. " and 4:3s P. Il
weekdays: Sundays. s:o5 A. ~
For Annapolis, 7;0o 900 A. NJ, 12:15 and $40
P. daily. except Sunday Sundays, POS
A. N. and $40 P. NJ.
Express for Florida and points on Atlantic Coast
Line. 4:30 A ". 3:46 P. NJ daily; Richmond
only. 1851 A. VI. week k-days; Atlanta Special,
via Richmond and sesboard Air Line. 4:l0 P.
~ daily Aceommodation for Quantico. 7:i5
A. M- daily and AIS p NJ weekdays
Scashore Connections.
For Atlantic City Via Delaware River Bridgr.
sll-ran rou.s), S:15 (4:Oo Congressional Linz
ited'D P. NJ. daily, via Market Street Wharf,
1000 and loo A NJ, 12:45 P NJ. weekdays.
Il:5O P u. daily.
| For Cape May, HOO A n weekdays n:50 P.
NJ. daily.
Ticket Offices, corner Fifteenth and Streets.
| and at the station, Sixth and B Streets. whers
| orders be left for rhe checking Of baggage
| II destination from ho.els and residences
| J. 9. HUTCHINSON. J. R. WOOD.
General Manager. General Passenger Agent