The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-05-09
unfaling delight, and net little prof

il. Again, it is an occupation that
seems to develop the philosophic fac
Ulty, as cobblers are usually quiet
reasOners on the nature of life. A col
ony Of bees is a little republic and
the passions, ambitions, intrigueS and
activities of life are at work IN and
about the hive. Beekeepers who attend
society meetings year after year, agree
that honey is markedly a wholesome
product, as shown by the health of
their associates, though they think
honey is destructive to teeth.
1t seems that flowers are not the
only source Of profit to the bees. Even
in March some keepers set their colon
les out, and the bees at once replenish
their nearly exhausted stores by bring
ing in sap which they find almost any
place in the woods oozing from the
maple trees. Then come the early
spring flowers, dandelions. clover and
Eastwood. In midsummer they feast
upon nectar from various wild flowers,
and from cultivated clovers. The sec
ond crop Of clover furnishes them
abundant pasturage until the appear
ance Of golden rod. Then the bees feed
upon the frost flowers.
Soil of This Great State.
Wisconsin is more and more attract
ing interest by reason of it's agricul
tural possibilities. A party Of experts
from the agricultural department at
Washington will spend three months
IN Wisconsin during the coming sum-
mer investigating soil condition. A
quantity Of Sumatra tobacco seed will
be brought to the farmers, for it is be-
lieved this choice variety can be raised
here. Every one knows the Heinz con-
Germ OF PittsburG. It's representatives
have lately been up in the Boscobel re-
glon, talking a pickel factory to the
people. Sometimes 800 bushels to the
acre Of cucumbers are produced, but
the wisconsin average is 100 The
vines should be gone over every morn
ing and every pickle in sight picked off
no matter if it is barely an inch long.
1t the cucumber is allowed to grow it
saps the vitality OF the vine which
| quickly turns yellow. Heinz & Co.,
| pay 50 cents a bushel, so if a family,
men, women and children, raised from
2OO to 800 bushels on an acre, it would
| yield them from $500 to $3.50. It is
| an industry in which the children could
participate. The community is called
upon to put up some money, etc, to
| secure a factory.
How Oleo Is Made.
The OIeo bill, while not all the dairy
| men wanted, is regarded as a great
| victory for them. OleOmargarine Was
hrst manufactured in France In 1869
the French war office, at the instance
| OF Napoleon III, who was DESTROYS of
discovering a substitute for butter that
would keep longer and also increase
the dietary OF the poor, offered a prize
for the best substitute for butter.
which was won by NJ. Mege-Mouries. a
Partisan chemist. Mege- INQUIRIES was
persuaded that butter fat contained in
milk Was absorbed from the animal
! tissues Of the COW. The method finally
devised by him for the manufacture
of oleo Oil Was to heat finely minced
beef fat with water carbonate or
potash, and small fra gments Of fresh
stomachs Of sheep, to temperature of
about Us degrees Fahrenheit. The in.
fuence Of the heat, together with the
pepsin contained in the sheep's stom-
ach, separated the fat from the cellu-
lar tissues. This fatty matter was
then removed and when cool was s11h-
Jected to hydraulic pressure sufficient
to separate the stearin. The oleo oil
was then chnrned with milk and water
in the proportion of ten pounds of oleo
oil to four pounds of milk and three
plnts OF wafer. The resulting COM
pound was washed and declared ready
for use
Men That Interest Stout
When Senator Stout gives his eonfi-
dence to a man one may De pretty sure
the man is a hard worker and ON prac
teal lines, for the former is a keen
business man and sizes up men with
great accuracy He is after the real
thing, not the imitation. Here and
there are men that Senator Stout in
clines strongly to-a few of the univer-
sity faculty he has up to Menomonie
to confer with, especially as to educa-
ton. He draws no line between cul-
tivated men and rough diamonds, pro
vided they know their business and do
not affect to know. Exact knowledge
appeals to the Menomonie man.
Whether it be education or road build
ing or farming or forestry, whether
the man be from abroad or Washing
ton, or from the west town. a man
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