Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-23

oehSi' % iohs do lney nave any worker
larvae in the hive with which to do II
In selecting brood for queen rearing
be sure to have no drone larvae for
the bees will often build queen cells
over them, resulting usually in moth
ing but dead drone.
II you do not find any queen and see
eggs scattered around promiscuouslv
some in drone and some in worker
cells, scme in one cell and none in the
next, you may be sure you have
fertile worker,-St. Louis Republic
How to Dress Calves.
Calves from three TO six weeks old
and weighing about 100 pounds or
say from so TO 100 pounds, are the
most desirable weight for shipment
the head should be cut out, so as 10
leave the hide OF the head on the skin
The legs shauld be cut off at the knee
joint. he entrails should all be re.
moved excepting the kidneys ana
liver, which should not be taken ont
Cut the carcass open from the neck
through the entire length--from head
TO bumgut. II this is done they are
not so apt to sour and spoil during hot
weather Many a fine carcass has
spoiled in hot weather because of rs
not being cut open. Don't wash the
carcass out with water, but wipe il
out with dry cloth. Don't ship until
the animal heat is entirely out of the
BODY, and s7efe9" tit tAe -sn~eass. VI n
a bag, as this keeps the air from cir
culating and makes the meat more
liable 10 become tainted Mark for
shipment by fastening a shipping tag
TO the hind leg. Calves under 30
pounds should not be shipped so
pounds is the minimum weight In the
Chicago market. and are liable to We
condemned by the health officers as
unfit for food. Merchants, too. are
liable to be nned, If found selling these
slunks, for violation of the law. Very
heavy calves, fed on buttermilk. never
sell well in our market-they are
neither veal nor beef-Chicago Trade
Bulletin
Varieties of Pigeons
The following varieties of pigeons
appear in the last premium list of the
Boston pigeon show: Carriers, pout-
ers, pigmy pouters, barbs, tumblers.
short-face tumblers, inside tumblers.
long-face clean-leg tumblers, long
face bald or beard tumblers, sadie
tumblers, mufiled beard tumblers NUT
fled barred tumblers, jacibines, owls,
African owls, Chinese owls, trumpet
ers, fantails, bluettes, silverettes, tur-
biteens turbits. magpies, swallows,
fairy swallows, dragons, nuns, arch
angels, tiplers and homers. Each of
these varieties is divided into several
classes, chiefly on the score of color
ing
Guinea Fowls.
Every farmer ought to have a few
guinea fowls to add to the variety Of
feathered life on the farm. They are
also a good protection against such
depredators as hawks and other enc
mies of young chickens. their loud
cries on the approach of any such in
truders giving signal to the weaker
rather wild fowl and will not bear
confinement we'll 1t is not best 10
KEEP them unless there is good range
The hens are great layers, but will
mostly steal their nests and will bring
off very large broods. The young
guinea fowl are very hardy, and not so
subject to disease as are other fowl
Among the Poultry.
The nonsetters are the best egg pro-
ducers.
Geese are chiefly valuable for their
feathers.
Do not discard a variety as useless
after one trial.
1t is poor economy to stint the feed
of growing chickens
The principal point when chickens
are to be sold is earliness.
Keep a supply of ground bone where
the fowls can help themselves.
Fresh earth in the poultry quarters
for scratching and busting is indispen
able
When the young chickens seem
droopy examine them closely for lice
especially around the throat and undes
the wings.
As general rule fowls of two years
Old make the best breeders. They
should not be sold until others can
take their places.-St. Louis Republic