The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1899-01-07
A Wool Outlet In Japan.

Reports received from Japan to the
effect that wooden goods are rapidly
supplanting those of cotton manufac-
ture in that country is another con-
vincing proof of the superiority of the
former fabric over the latter, says an
exchange. Woolen underwear is be-
coming more and more popular in ia
pan, having displaced all other fab
RIGS used for that purpose. The year
ly imports Of. mousseline delaine
amount to .37,00O,0o0 yards. Wooden
rugs. and blankets are often. worn in
Indian style, and many shops are de-
voted zentireIyy y Sheepedo
not thrive in Japan, and the four wool
sen factories furnish less than twelve
per cent of the goods necessary for the
consumptive capacity of the country.
Consequently, the mills are compelled
to import the most of their raw ma
terials. One of these factories, by the
way, is preparing cloth for the army
and navy. 1t Is not at all surprising
that Japan, in spite Of her limited re-
sources as a wool-growing country,
should demand more wooden and less
cotton fabrics. Proportionately more
woolen goods are being used every
year, and it is but natural that the Is
land Empire should adapt herself to
the fleeces Of wool-bearing animals in
preference to cotton, as all other civil
lied nations are doing today. The de-
velopment of the woolen industry in
Japan will result in opening new mar
kets to the growing manufacturing in
terests of the United States Germany,
Great Britain and other manufacturing
nations of the Old World are practi-
cally supplying the demands of the Far
East in the importations of wearing
apparel, and the industrial growth OF
Japan, as we'll as Of India, China and
other countries, will have a tendency
to stimulate the export trade of the
United States rather than depress it.
Proper Housing of Chickens.-The
loss of young chicks is very great on
most farms, amounting to one-half or
more Of all that are hatched, and nine
tenths of this loss is clearly prevent
able. The causes of loss are many, as,
for example, gapes, drowning, or chill
ing in wet dews and rain, the depre-
dations Of rats, hawks, skunks and
other providers, and then the giving of
improper food or failing to furnish
grit and to keep the coops clean. Near.
ly all these losses are preventable by
furnishing suitable place to keep the
chicks for the first five or six weeks.
and then, if they must be moved, have
safe house to put them in. I have
found that. young chickens do very
much better on floor raised consider
ably above the ground, and now make
all my coops and the houses to put
the chickens in at weaving time with
a floor raised so high above the ground
as to give free circulation of air un-
der them, so that. they will not be
damp, and there is no place for rats
or other enemies to find shelter
Country Gentleman. j. =
Moldy Tubs.-The mold question "a
again at the front and receivers are
sending out advice along that line.
The butter-makers are puzzled and are
reading up to find how to prevent this
trouble. Use only tubs from we'll
seasoned wood, good parchmen paDer
brining tubs before packing: keep tubs
In a dry place in factory. Elgin Dairy.
Report. sss.S. Is ..773,14
n The Poultry Messenger advises put-
ting away some second growth clover