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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
DlAl I I / ! Y a D &c III. TRY,
'INTEREsTIN CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
sHow Successful Farmers Operate TIL,
sss Departnsnt Of the Few.
tS Hints az to the Care Of Live stock
and Poultry. AZ *ss *= 3s
Destroying Our Market Abroad.

ne secretary of agriculture of Mis-
souri,, in his last report, SAYS:
Adulterated Cheese -One OF the worst
features IS Of this business is. that imi-
station butter comp pounds and adulter-
ated {. cheese are destroying the market
for United States dairy products
abroad To illustrate, in 1880, the
United States sold in Great Britain one
hundred and twenty-eight million
pounds of cheese, while Canada only
sold forty million pounds or less than
onlee-ithird what the United States did
In 1893 this condition Of the trade was
reversed, the United States selling to
Great Britain only forty-six million
pounds, while Canada sold one hun
dred and fifty million pounds, or more
than three times the amount sold by
the United States, a condition that
may ! be attributed almost solely to the
tact that in this country the laws per-
mltted manufacturers to brand skim
milk and filled cheese as full cream ar
ticles, and as such it was exported and
sold. @ II So - : + u u.
Adulterated Butter.-The same :S in
crease IN the sales of Canadian butter
and decrease in the sales Of butter from
the United States may be noted since
butterine has been manufactured and
placed upon the market: in imitation
OF and sold as creamery butter. In
dlcatlng this decrease in; 1898, New
York exported to Great Britain only
s1xty-flve thousand packages, while
Montreal exported two hundred and
tWenty-seven thousand packages, and
IN 1899, with Secretary Wilson, of the
United States department of agricul-
ture, making every possible effort to
extend the sale of dairy products in
Europe, New York exported one hun
dred and three thousand packages,
while Montreal exported four hundred
and twenty-five thousand packages, or
more than four times as much as this
great country with its largely extended
area, it's abundance of all kinds of
stock, food and grasses and it's supe-
rlor climatic conditions. The pure
food products of-this country are equal
IN character to those Of Canada. The
demand should be as good and the
supply far in excess. The unfavorable
condition of our butter trade with Eu-
rope may be attributed to the fact that
we have offered for sale in that coun-
try fraudulent imitation articles, that
we have lost the confidence of con-
sumers and brought into question the
purity of our product. So
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
Uniform Prices for Mixed Wool.

Prof. H. W. Mumford of the Michi-
gan agricultural station says An i'm
portant factor in the marketing of
wool by growers is that many insist
on getting a,.uniform price for their
wool even though they may produce
several grades Of wool differing much
IN their value to the manufactures.
Suppose the local dealer tries to pur-
chase this wool upon a basis of its
value, he must then pay different
prices per pound after he has made
an approximate estimate of the amount
of the different grades of wool IN the
lot. If the producer insists on getting
a uniform price for the entire clip,
the dealer must determine what safe
average price would be. You may
think that this makes, little or no diff
ference to the producer. We believe
it makes a very material difference;
first, because. the dealer is pretty sure
to strike under rather than over the
exact average price he could afford to
pay to be sure to save himself; sec
ond, since this is general practice in
Michigan, the grower seldom has an
opportunity to learn which arc the E
most valuable 3feeces and why. There
rs, couecquont1s-,- little -ohonoo% or hone
for Improvement SO long as this state
Of affairs continues. Local dealers have
more opportunity for learning the de.
tails Of the wool business and we think
would be willing to impart information
to producers of wool if said producers
would manifest desire to learn and
improve their methods in growing and
handling their woods. Your local deal
er, if he buys wool on it's merits and
pays what your wool is worth, should
have the privilege of handling your
wool. Commission buyers are al
ways ready to pay a uniform price for
your. wool because they are paid so
much per pound for buying wool, but
rest assured when they pay uniform
price they are keeping within a safe
average price limit. 80"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25

Fowls With or without Meat Foods.
ss&$ The Geneva experiment station has,
as previously ment toned in the Farm
ers' Review, been making trials in feed
ing fowls with and without meat In
heir food. "a part of the report says
o The results were convincing almost
startling, in the case Of ducklings fed
the contrasted rati ions. " The first lot of
Educklings was fed on corn meal,
ground oats, animal meal, and a little
skimnilk and dried blood. The second
lot was fed on wheat bran, corn meal,
ground oats and skimmilk or curd
Both lots were fed green alfalfa; and
sand and coarse grit were freely sup
piled. Before the experiment had been
long under way 1t was not unusual to
notice scrawny, granted birds,
with troughs full of good, apparently
wholesome food before them, standing
on the alert and scrambling in hot
haste after the unlucky grasshopper or
ny which yentured into their pen;
While the contented looking meat-fed
ducks lay lazily in the sun and paid
no attention to buzZing bee or crawl
ing beetle. The 80 meat-fed birds lived
and thrived; but the vegetable. food
birds s' dropped off one by one, starved
to death through lack of animal food,
SO that only. 20 of the 80 were alive at
the close of the fifteenth week of con-
trasted feeding: They were. then fed
for four weeks on the meat meal ra-
ton, and made nearly as rapid gains as
the other lot at the same size,@ two
months before; but they never quite
overcame the disadvantage of their bad
start on grains alone Some of the
comparative averages for ten weeks
from birth, the period OF profitable
growth for the larger ducks, are shown
graphically below, the first figure or
upper line representing the meat fed
birds in each instance: .>... y
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
Inspections for Tuberculosis.

In the SElgin district, Illinois, the
state inspectors of cattle are having a
hard time enforcing the law requiring
all cattle brought in from other states
to be inspected and to be declared free
from the disease. Recently number
Of stockmen in the section mentioned
combined to resist the law. The result
was that one of the state inspectors
was elected from the premises of "a
man whose cattle he went to inspect
The matter was taken up by the grand
jury and indictments were returned
against fveEof the stockmen for i'm
porting cattle from other states with
out the customary and required inspec-
ton. It is certainly to be hoped that
it will be made as hard as possible
for stock owners in other states to
palm of on Illinois farmers their dis
5eased stock. Illinois is making an at
tempt to find out the tuberculous cows,
and prevent their milk and meat
being used for human food. This
inspection will be OF little value
IF the state is to be made the
dumping ground for every herd outside
Of the state that is found to be in
sfected. The danger is greater in the
:Elgin district than perhaps any other
IN Illinois, for the reason that most
of the sdairymen there buy a good many
COWS to take the places Of the ones
they are CONSTANT sending to- the
butcher.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
+ Making q Natural Starter.

The method Of making this natural
starter is simple. There may be var1-
GUS plans, but one which is satisfac-
tory enough is as follows: "a perfectly
I healthy cow from clearly, well kept
dairy IS selected: After the under parts
or the, body are carefully brushed, and
the udder moistened with damp
cloth, the first few jets of milk from
the teats are rejected, and the rest is
drawn into a sterilized vessel. This is
then covered at once and taken to the
garry, heated to proper temperature
and passed through a separator. The
skim milk thus obtained is again col
lected IN sterilized vessel, carefully
covered, and set aside to sour. After
1t has become properly soured it serves
as a starter for the cream ripening
process OF course there are many
other methods Of obtaining natural
starter, for natural starter is moth
ing more than a lot of skim milk or
whole milk obtained under specially
clearly conditions from an exception
ally good dairy and allowed to sour
naturally. - #>ss>&-.
OF: course it is Impossible for the
: dairyman to be sure that such a
natural starter contains the species, Of
bacteria that is wanted for ripening.
Sometimes it may contain proper
species and at other. times an unfavor-
able species. Logically then the use
Of natural starter is very unsatis-
factory. But our dairymen are not so
much interested in the logic OF the
method as they are in: practical re-
suits, and care not whethersthe process
: they use IS the oretically the best, pro-
yyide ID: 1T gives them a good quality of
butter. 7 here can be no question that
the use of natural starters thus made
has been very decided advantage to
the butter maker .as::.its has been
adopted in the. last.ten years. < ...&
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25

Beefsteak Toast hop cold steak
or tongue very fine. cook ii q little
water, put in cream or milk, thicken.
season with butter, salt and pepner.
and pour over slices of toast. Boiled
ham may be used IN the same way.
adding the yolk OF an egg.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25

What is known as the Wisconsin
card test is the only one 50 far brought
forward that will dictate good and
bad milk as relates to noxious fer
ments. This test is especially valu-
able to the manager Of a factory. ana
more SO if som Of the patrons have.
been brin ging milk that should be ex
Guided g, sbecause Of ncleanness. Every
patron should nsists that the creamery
Or cheese factory be supplied with the
test, as it's OF 4 tile use for the ma
jority OF tho atrons to bring perfect
Esnillkx e that mil IS to be reduced In
quality by having. dirty milk poured
with It.
The som nambulis who tumh.es
from q roof IS al ation OF one
Waysto fall asleer sSs8ss
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25

The number Of plants known Ia
commerce is placed at 200, and 81
these 420 are applied to the making 81
perfumes. sss;
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
FARM A N ID G a !RDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
s.3 AGRIcULTJRiSTS. .8s=

Horticu1tural Observation

3F &
Whether, in making new strawberry
plants by runners, 1t is advisable to
pull off the first runners lis a dis
puted point. a Wisconsin grower says
{ that this practice is mistake, and
that the first runners are strongest and
moreover they will not set too many
! plants in a row if permitted to grow.
Summer pruning always means a
loss Of foliage, and that in turn means cans
q loss in the development Of root. IN IN:
Guiding its vigor. While some advo-
! Gates Of summer pruning say the tree
will survive, yet it is hard to under
stand why it is not better to do this
work at a time when all growth is at
a standstill. Y @ s5s$5 81 4
It is rather surprising that the score
taries of horticultural societies do not
show more enterprise in advertising
their meetings. The horticultural So
ciety Of one of our large western states
has just held it's summer meeting, and
not only were no notices sent to the
agricultural press. but not all Of it's
members received notice of the meet
ing. This is an inexcusable blunder.
b 1t not only lessons the attendance on
the meetings, but Is exceedingly an
moving to those that wish to attend and
receive no notice. ~ y. =. -:
"A horticulturist advocates a hedge
OF the Amur barberry. He says it is
perfectly free from rust, is dark
green, occupies but little space, is a
very strong bush and spiney enough to
turn stock, dogs, cats, ra bbits and
boys" That may be so, but what do
we want of such hedges anyway? The
day of the hedge as a boundary is past.
Wire fences are more serviceab1e and
can be made more beautiful in appear
ance. A barberry hedge is something
to keep away from. What advantage
is there in surrounding ones self with
a wall of thorns? - PA ~s-.
e. E - sssS5s r
In preparing the land for grape
vines, plow the ground deeply, and, if
possible, subsoil. Then pulverize the
ground thoroughly to give the small
roots all the chance possible to develop.
It is best to set the vines not nearer to-
gether than feet The holes in which
the vines are set should be each 2 feet
square and from Is to 20 inches deep.
# large number of vines are to be
set, the land should be previously
marked off, so that the rows OF vines
will be straight both ways; as this
Doth improves the looks Of the field
and makes it easier to cultivate. One
grape grower advises to keep the sur
lace soil separate from the gsubsoil
when digging the holes, and to put
+ f. s1o'e'tcnT1IIs uIrsrCc uII wHeu uIIIuE
Z up the holes. This will give the roots
good medium in which to develop,
once we'll rooted; and growing the vine
can send its roots into the less con-
genial soil, without experiencing a
Dack-set. In the fall, in regions where
3 winter protection is needed, this may
be obtained by plowinga furroW on
each side Of the row and throwing the
dirt up toward the vines. In the sprine
this dirt must be leveled to admit Of
even culture. The vines may be staked
and tied to the stakes till they are two
years old, when they may be fastened
to wires strung between posts.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
Chicks ON Free Range.

We notice that one poultry writer
is advocating giving the old hen full.
liberty to drag her chicks anywhere.
He says that if this be done the chicks
will be harder, more fully developed
and in every way better birds when
mature than those reared to the wean-3
ing age with the hen confined t6 a;
coop and a few square rods Of ground.
But we would suggest that the trouble
comes in the fact that there are like
" to be very few birds to mature. BY
the time the old hen has dragged the
lives out Of some Of them, and cats
and rats have had their pick, to say
nothing Of the bout with the cape.
worm, the number will be few. Nor.
are we convinced that tits shealthful
for "a chick to be over exercised or that
It is rendered hardy by being soaked
with the dew or chilled by cold winds.
When q hen drags her chicks to- a re-
mote corner Of the farm the mink or
cat finds It a good chance to gather. in
one of the stragg1ers now and then.
Firm Fences. There is nothing il.
relation to poultry keeping that gives
more satisfaction than a well built
poultry fence Of wire on posts that are.
SO deeply set they will never incline in
any direction It pays to have a firm;
fence. will save great deal OF
Yexation. he posts should be SO deep
set that they will stand wind and
frost and soil moi sture. This can
he obtained only by having the holes
dug SO deep that the bottoms OF the.
posts will be below the region jet
to- heaving Is the spring, which does
not necessarily mean below the region
of frost.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-08-25
Variation of Tempera .ure.

Probably the greatest diurnal tenn
perature range on record is that re-
ported by N J. Itchy, a late traveller IN
Mongolia. The temperature at UrgA
was So.2 degrees at a. !, and IS.
noon it had risen to 1868 degrees.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
Cnhcnuihn FOR THE
OuUOCIlU6 MESSENGER.
An Alleged Confession.


Many will remember the trial
and execution of Theodore Du-
rant, in California, for the murder
of Miss Blanche Lamont and Miss
Minnie Williams in church. The
whole affair was an extremely Gen.
sational one and attracted national
attention because of the fact that
the young man stoutly protested
his innocence and was finally con-
victed on the merest circumstan-
tial evidence.
Now comes the story from a
California paper that Rev. ellison,
who was the pastor of Emanuel
church where the bodies were
found, made q death-bed confess
sion that he committed both
crimes. He was an active witness
in the prosecution of Duraut and
his motives in doing so are now
made clear. Eek.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
CONVENT OF MERCY.
s.. nartinviIIe, La.
This Institute offers superior advantages to Pa
rents DESTROYS of giving their children solid
md refined educa on.
TERMS OF TUITION,
MUSIC, ETC,
MODERATE.
For particulars apply to
SISTERS OF rlERCY.

II troubled with rheumatism. give
Chamberlain's Pain Balm trial. II
will not cost you cent II 1t does no
good. One application will relieve the
pain. 1t also cures sprains and bruises
In One-third the time required by any
other treatment. Cuts. burns, frostbites.
quinsey, pains In the side and chest.
glsndular and other swelliDgs are qnick-
y cured BY applying 1t. Every bottle
wsrranteed. Price, % and 80 cts. For
sale BY 7. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28

Mise Stella Durand returned
home Thursday evening after q
stay of two weeks in Jeanerette,
she was accompanied by Miss
Marie Grevemberg.
Now is the time for the planters
to make hay, but the season has
been 60 wet that none has BEEN
able to make my yet and the
prospects ar6sp1 very encours-
ging. thep6co> unless the rains
cease sol We Ny expect . short
forage crol
Two police men were murdered
in New Orleans this week. and
one seriously wounded by two
worthless negro hoodlums. The
wounded police man is Auguste
Mora, formerly from st. Martin
vile. The brutal murders enra-
ged the people of New Orleans to
such an extent that for q while the
city looked as If it was in hands of
furious mob. The people went
about ARMED. and it is reported
that four negroes were killed and
q number beaten. The negro MUIR
derer is yet at large, and may ne
yer be capturned.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
Cure for Cholera Infantum-
Known to Fail.

During last May an infant child Of
our neighbor was suffering from cholefA
infantum. The doctors had given up all
hopes of recovery. I took q bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarr-
hoes Remedy to the house. telling them
! felt sure 1t would do good il used &C.
cording to direction. In two days time
the child had fully recovered. The child
is now vigorous and healthy. have
recommended this remedv frequently
and have never known 1t tc fail.--Mrs.
Curtis Baker. Bookwalter, Ohio. For
sale by T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
To The Weekly Messenger,

To The Weekly Messenger,
Mr.. Editor:
Please allow me space in your
paper to say I returned on the
18th of July from attending the
sixth district Union Baptist Asso-
citation, held at New Iberia, at the
Mount Galway Baptist Church,
Rev. j. B. Livingston, Pastor.
We indeed had q grand time;
our Lady President. Mrs. Susan
Jenkins and the other women are
doing grand work for the Master.
I am the district missionary for
this district
p G. Hmm
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28

The decision handed down by
the Supreme court in the test case
holding that the poll tax provi-
sions touching the franchise does
not 60 into effect until December
31st 1901, affects fsvorably proba-
bly, q majority of the voters in the
state. and will make a great dill
ference in the vote in the fall cleo
tiona Following is an extract
from the decision of the court,
read by Justice Blanchard:
This article 1873. then, went in
to operation onlyOn the day fol-
lowing the general State election
Of the present year, 1900.
This being 80, it follows that the
first poll tax it imposes. the pre-
payment Of which is prescribed as
q prerequisite to voting at an cleo
ton, is that for the year 1900.
In order, then, to vote at any
election held after December 31st,
1901, the poll tax receipts for 1900
and 1901, paid on or before Dec.
81. respectfully, of those years,
must be exhibited.
It follows, therefore, that the
production of the tax receipts for
the payment of poll taxes, as q
prerequisite to the exercise of the
right to vote, cannot be demanded
until 1902.
At any election held after the
beginning Of the year 1902, and
during that year, the voter can
and must produce his poll tax re-
ceipts of 1900 and 1901, showing
The payment ut the constitutional
poll tax on or before the 31st, of
December of the years, respec-
lively, because the TAX will then
have been levied for two years
preceding the election. But he
cannot now produce such receipts,
Tor the reason that no levy of this
constitutional poll tax has yet ma
tured.
It is this purely constitution al
I'oll tax, levied by the Constitu-
lion itself, which must be paid as
} prerequisite to voting, and not
he poll tax of 1893 and 1899, le-
vied by Legislation enacted under
he Constitution of 1879.
The poll tax of those years is |
held not to be the poll tax with
which article 1913 of The Constitu- |
ion of 1893 deals -Jeanerette
Coast Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
The Best Remedy for Stomach
and Bowel Troubles.

II have been In the drug business for
twenty years and have sold most all Of
the proprietary medicines Of any note.
Among the entire list have never found
anything to equal Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholers and Diarrhoea Remedy for Ml
stomach and bowel trouble" says o. W.
Wakefield. Of Columbus. Ga. This re-
medy cured two severe cases of cholera
morbus In my family and have recon-
mended and sold hundreds Of bottles VI
1t to my customers to their entire satis-
faction. 1t affords quick and sure cure
In pleasant form. No family should
be without 1t. l keep it in my HOUSE, at
all times.' For sale by T. J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
WANTED.

Men for saw mill work. good houses
for families and steady work. Only able
body men wanted, for further informs-
tlon apply to
SAM SHELBURNE,
Louisiana Lumber Co., Limited,
Rochelle, La.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reswe.
Der had the misfortune Thursday
morning to lose their little boy,
Felix, he was aged 18th months.
Tomorrow as usual the famous
Greig Cornet band will give their
open-air concert on the church
square. II the weather is fair a
large crowd will be in attendance.
1t is possible for our people to
have fine system of local tele-
phone, and an exchange of their
own at q very small cost. We will
have more to say upon this matter
in q short time. This is the only
town Of any consequence in Louis
lana without q telephones ex-
change.
DIR. D. G. Liable is now the pro-
prietor of the Vida Refinery which
is located in Iberia parish. near
Loresuville. The Doctor paid $685.
100 for the refinery and plantation,
and he is now making the neces-
sary repairs to the refinery, and
will be ready to take in the grow
ing crop.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-07-28
State Of Louisiana. Parish Of st. Martin
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNl

Notice is hereby given to an application
for the Pardon of Numa Angel, convic-
ted Of Manslaughtcr on the 18th day Of
October A. ID. 1899. In the Hon. 10Th in
dicial District Court Of Louisiana, 81.
Martin Parish. will be made.
July 18th. 1900. J.B. ANGEL,