The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-04
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INTERESTING cIl APTERs ron
OUR RURAL READERS. # B. u.
How nccassful Farmers Operate This
partnent of tho & Farm -A Few Few,
ESs Hints Hin IS to the Cars Or Live stock
and Poultry. $s5. S5# ss 8 Ell
/ q Dairy Notes. /, as$ i K #55
The feeding OF Whole corn to calves
rs recso & y ended by a good many dairy
men that have tried it, When skim
milk 1lll Is fed something will be-. useful
| 70 q balance it up and increase the ele-
E men Of energy and heat. Calves util-
| lze Era whole ole corn more fully than do.
COWS. Before they are year old their.
digestive habits are such that none Of
the corn is passed whole. But while
THIS Is true, it is not advisable to feed
corn without limit. In fact too large
quantities of corn might destroy the
possibilities Of the future cow, by
creating a a tendency to lay on fat. :
Some are now suggesting that the
best way to control the sale of oleo-
margarine is to compel the manufact-
urers and retailers of it to put it up in
one and two-pound packages. This is
in line with the suggestion that Mr.
]. II. Monrad has often made that oleo-
margarine be sold in packages of GER
tain shape, as oval, as is done now in
some foreign countries. Either of
these methods might prove effective,
but it is barely possible that the courts
would declare them unconstitutional
1t must be remembered that the for
elgn3 countries that have such laws
are not governed by constitutions like
the ones under which we live, and be-
cause law is constitutional in Eu-
rope Is no sign that it would be equally
SO here.
The more preservatives are investi-
gated the more Objectionable they are
found. In England, as well as in
A\1, CAACJ dA0 UC1uS 1OOhCu b1tCA.
From things that have come to light,
it cannot be doubted that during the
last few years especially the use of
personalities in milk, cream and other
food products has caused very large
amount of sickness and many deaths,
especially among invalids and chill
dren. Last year the British parlia-
m %11 ~ ~,
vestigate the use of preservatives in
food. Its investigations have brought
to light a good many things of inter-
est. One distinguished physician said
that he had been experimenting with,
boric. acid on himself and friends. In
small quantities the kidneys could dis
pose of it, but it had a tendency to &C
cumulate. He used it in larger guam
titles on himself and it had the effect
OF causing loss of appetite and lassi-
tude. It should never be used in milk,
as it especially affects the digestive
powers of weak children and babies
Dr. Voelcker, consulting chemist to the
Royal Agricultural Society of Eng
land said that boric acid should not
OO uoCdi LII AAAh 1Au S1Cauu La. w d4-
ford, health officer of Cardiff, said that
boric acid is injurious in the quantities
in which it is used in milk. DR.. Hill,
health officer of Birmingham, said
that the people that put boric acid in
milk know nothing of it's medicinal
properties. It Is a drug and requires
regulation. The use of borie acid is
being discarded and more dangerous
chemical put in its Questionable
hyde. This latter hardens the album
nous matter in the food. DR.. Gamer
on -.ealth officer Of Leeds, said that
for some years diarrhoea among chill
dren had been on the increase in
Leeds, and this was probably due to
the use Of chemicals in milk, as some
of these preservatives have the prop
erty of inducing such a condition. DR..
Mann, health officer for Manchester,
said that no representatives. of any kind
should be permitted in milk Readers
Of the Farmers Review will remember
that boric acid is one of the least OBJ
,jectionable preseryatives. In England
it has been found that several more in
furious drugs are Delng employed. In
vestigations further showed that no
matter how harmful the preservative
might be, prosecutions are practically
impossible under any. law that pro-
hibited Injurious drugs, as the manu-
facturers could always find some ply
stefan that would go into court and
say that such drugs are harmless.
II $50 e Poultry Notes. ss55 E.,l N
S The cheapest food for poultry is not
always the best. In fact on the ordi-
nary American farm it is seldom the
best. We remember one farmer that
purchased. q sitting Of Buff Cochin
eggs. He put them under hen and in
due time got two chicks from them,
one male and the other a female
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