The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-23

Dairy Notes.
Reports are current that more than
he usual number of cows have been
~dlled this year by being struck by
lightning. Investigations reveal the
TRANCE tact that a large number Of
hem were killed while standing by
wire fences. The lightning would
trike the wire and instead of ground
ng would run along the fence its
Whole length. and somewhere in its
y curse would come nea enough to the
ows to affect them fatally. Had the
lightning grounded as soon as it
truck the wire the danger of striking
he cows at all would have been small.
70 was evident hat the posts in most
asses acted as non-conductors or at
east were so Inferior to the wires as
conducting medium that the light
ling hung to the wires. This will be
n easy matter to remedy. A wire
3 unning down the posts every little
Tray will be a means of conducting
The electricity into the earth.
d In a recent issue we took up the
he slaughter of t%uberculous cattle.
OF We cited the law that had been in eff
ect for a number of years allowing an
4 ppraisement of all animals slaughter
I'd. In the appropriation bill of the
/ asst legislature a clause was inserted
hat made more specific the name OF
B laughtering such animals and the
mounts Of money that could be OBJ
lined from the state for them. 1t
< fas taken into consideration that
here was a great difference in the
N alue of COWS Slaughtered dependent
n the progress of the disease. One
i wv with a single tubercle in her not
lrger than a pea would be valuable as
mixer for years. while a COW whose
Ings were In an advanced state of de-
.ay would be practically worthless.
T., therefore, all Slaughtered animals are
ow divided into SIX grades or classes.
lass A: All cattle that on slaughter
I. re found to be free from tuberculosis.
hese are paid for at full value by the
ate provided the valuation does not
fceed SIS. B, c, ID, E, and F, indicate
ole degrees of progress the disease has
ade in the animals. For B the own
l recover rs per cent of the value;
nfr c, SO per cent; for D, S5 per cent;
f1r &, rs per cent, and for f Is per
ia mt.
~ Tha 1oI&I@.I,1 80 o1oA-o rina
hg a question that is constantly being
nsidered. The difficulty of properly
lswering the question is increased by
re fact that the oleomargarine of to-
Is ~ is not necessarily the oleomargar-
Re of tomorrow, and the oleomargar-
that is turned u by one factory
NJ not the same as that turned out by
mi lother. Chemists have now discov-
4 ed that some oleomargarine contains
IN raffin, to give it firmer composition.
Irafin by itself is indigestible, and it
"a ay also be indigestible when incor-
rated with the fats hat compose
! somargarine, but we are not yet
rtain OF that point, for the reason
at no one appears to have investigat-
MAJ VIA paraftin will do in such a COM
lation. 1t may be less harmful than
itself or it may be more harmful.
may be that the union of p~arafin
tn fat permits some of it to get
rough the tissues with the fat, and
ere 1T may work all kinds of mis-
y lef-or it may not. However, peo-
} do not care to take their chances
such uncertainties. 1t is manifestly
~ ? duty of the government to ascer-
n sue facts for the people. If par
y n is to be sold as butter we should
least know what effect it will have
len taken into the human system.
, believe that every pound of oleo-
n, rgarine that goes out should have
mped on the package containing it
ingredients hat are used in it's
N' nufacture, Including all preserva-
es.
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