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The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Dairy Interests of New York

According to the recent census there
are at present in New York state
1901 COS COWS, which is a little over
four per cent more than the number
returned by the census of 1890. The
yield Of milk has, however, increased
over 1S per cent This would seem to
indicate a decided improvem in the
quality of the COWS, so far milk pro-
creased average of milk production
cided gain in ten years This is
doubtless due to the use of the milk
test and the milk scales On $1,000
farms milk production is returned as
the principal source of income for the
farms. This is 80 Per cent OF all the
farms in the state. Of the entire but
ter milk and cheese output about
s. 900 900 worth was consumed on the
farms where it was produced, while
SAG, 100000 worth was sent away for
sale. In the last census year milk
brought over S33, 900, 900, butter nearly
SIC, 200, 900, while cheese brought less
than One-fOurth of a million dollars
About 1912, 900 was received for cream.
The receipts for milk sold are steadily
increasing, while the receipts for but
ter sold are steadily decreasing,
showing the trend of economic condi-
lions in New York state. The milk
trade is proving more remunerat1ve
than the trade in butter and cheese.
The amount of butter produced on
farms decreased about % per cent in
ten years, most of it being now made
in creamerieS.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
On the High Seas.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.

BY T. H. LANCASTER.
Copyright. 1902. by Daily Story Pub. Coz
They were going out to the Philip
pines to teach the young ideas how
TO shoot, or, institute lecturer
once expressed it, to teach the young
shoots how to idea.
The deck of the Ell Cid quite teemed
with enthusiasm, educational, relig-
fouS and otherwise But one man hung
on the rail and su1lxed.
Three days out from San Francisco
and he had seen nothing of her 1t
was not NAL de mer, of that he felt
convinced. What it was he did not
say He smoked and sulked and
suIked and smoked.
His fellow-passengers eyed him crit
icaIly, wondering il he had soured on
his government job already They
were the rather inclined to this opin-
ion from description he had given
of the population they were destined
to enIighten and elevate.
"a race of mongrels,'' he had cut in
tersely when an enthusiast across the
table from him was descanting upon
the little brown mans virtues.
do you suppose he is homesick?''
a girlish looking teacher asked of the
man Iounging beside her.
1.-The Lord knows he returned
fecking the ashes from his cigar.
Then, as though his reply struck him
as rather a diScOurager to converSa-
ton, Il suppose he thinks this is what
Carlyle would consider case where
ones resource is to talk little and
that little from the newspapers"
The girl laughed.
ct seems outrageous to joke about
him when he appears to be so I'M
happy
WAS it his uncomfortable mood you
were bordering so deeply when 1 came
up?"
mo she smiled at the idea Ct
fJ.ix.
dn these waters and then got praised
for when they went home''
MEDIEVAL morality was a queer
thing" he admitted. 81 dare say ten
or twenty generations from now ours
will appear queer
Fl wonder if it will" she unused
, or course, he assured re1ent1ess1y.
Eff the march of progress is to be
continued onward and upward, we
must resign ourselves to figuring in
the far future as cut-throats and
thieves. Drake and Cavendish were
innocent children compared to the cap
tains of Spain; but those same red
handed Spanfards Christianized most
with one hand while they butchered
natives with the other
How dreadful of you'll" she pro-
tested.
mot at all. The only trouble is
that your mind has not learned to re
gard piracy as an approach to the
angels
ct do not think it ever will
Just you wait until you have had
a round with the little brown man
and the brown mans children You
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t'You will also expect to find in
them some trace of their man-eatfng
ancestors, won't you?" he Knocked,
lazily. Let me give you a piece of
advice. Don't go into this expecting
to combat only the evils of a degrad-
ed civilization. The wild beast is in
them, too No doubt those early civ
i1izers were a tough lot, but these is
landers were no saints. Christianiz-
ing a savage is a good deal like max
ing love to wOman-be too gentle
and meek and you get despised for
your palms."
Don't you know the girl said,
turning toward him conf1dentia1ly, @tof
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Mixed MetaphorS.

A German lady in a town in Ven
tura county had a daughter who was
her mothers pride, says the Los An
geles Herald The mamma bears
somewhat of reputation as Mrs
Malaprop, and is also a prosperous
merchant. On one occasion the daugn-
ter, who assists her mother in the
store, was, by diEt of hard work
among relatives and friends chosen
as queen of a street carnival to be
held in the town Maternal pride ran
riot in the elder woman's breast To
a friend she burst forth in this &c
static strain:
20 mein Mo1liei She vas so peau-
tifuI as neffer vast Dere vas no gerreI
beautiful as mein Mollie! Und she
vas sooch a goot cook-me;n gracious
she vas sooch good cookf Und she
vas sooch a good tressmaker-O dere
vas no gerrel like mein Mollie, Und
she vas de best clerk vat 1 effer hat
in mein shtore! Unit she vas a goot
musicianer-O mein Mo1lie vas de
greatest gerrel vat effer vas-she vas
yust Jack of all rabbits!'s
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Black Langshans-

From Farmers Review You ask
me to tell you something about BLACK
Langshans summer and falI layers.
Now that looks easy, as l have at
different times bred one KIND exc1H-
sivelv. thsesi sES5Aer, until have pred
r.e-..riv seSry variety in the standard,
eas. nnal1y after trying LanSsnans
once or twice have settled on them
as the very best all-around fowl among
the breeds, not only for table and
market, but eggs. 1 have a carefully
selected flock of hens and pullets
comprising three matings, 80 hens all
together, and during the month OF
January, 1902, they produced on a
corn and wheat diet $50 eggs and were
keeping up their average until the
middle of February, when 1 deter
mined to try blood meal and Red
Albumen." After feeding four reeds
in warm bran mash at noon as d.
rected my hens stopped laying, SO
that 1 got but three or four each day
1 went back to corn and wheat, "nlcii
1 put in a trough morning and night,
so they could get what they required
and after ten days they came back TO
an average of 20 to "a eggs per day
AS summer and fall layers the nom
sitting Mediterranean breeds excel at
that season, though the Black Lang
shan outranks all the other Asiatic
breeds from the fact that they are
more active and better hustlers
They excel the popular Barred Ply
mouth Rock from the fact that they
are more active and less broody than
they. But out of my 80 have offered
to sit yet this year I always let
each hen raise brood of chickens as
early as they will, as it reduces their
flesh and puts them in better condi-
ton to lay through the fall and win
ter. I find them unexcelled by any
for eggs the year around.-S. H. Cot
ton, st. Clair County, Missouri
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course, 1 wouldn't say it publicly, but
1 have always thought that there was
a good deal more of the savage in a
woman than in the man. Look how
she admires the bloOdiest kinds of
deeds, so they be bravely done. And
she has a hundred times the stoicism
that man has. You know that Rus
kin always said if it not for the
women there would pe no more wars.
Now, of course, he was inclined to
be severe with the sex-he had suf-
fered by it-but 1 sometimes wonder
on my soul if there is not good deal
of truth in that saying of his
The sullen man had ceased to lis
ten The other mans words filed his
ears: BE gentle and meek and you
get despised for your pains" He
moved away with the alacrity of hope.
He knew the number of her berth
and before night he would know more.
When she opened the door in re-
Spouse to his knock she found him
standing upon the threshold with a
matter-of-course air
1.-The sunset is fine. 1 want you to
come up on deck and enjoy it,
Thank you, but 1 have some study
ing to do she replied sedately-
--Oh, bother" he returned, with a
careless masterfulness that astonished
her. You have been doing nothing G
but study for the last four days I
began to think that you had gone back
on all your Sea-bred principles and
were having an attack of NAL de
mer-'
She smiled, more at his manner
than at his words
Come on he urged, don't you
know that sunsets are catalogued
along with time and tide? Wait for
| neither man nor woman Besides,
you ought not to cut the acquafnt-
ance of waters made famous by Drake
and Cavendish-''
ised her pride to avoid his society
! like Shylock, is prone to demand the
/ fulfi1lment of her bond
You see. I don't understand Span
| ish very well and will have to study
| it steadily during the voyage
Then he interrupted her, I'll
1 tell you what we can do. We can
practice speaking Spanish together
/ while we are admiring the sunset, .
| he laughed a little eXultingly.
| Haven't you found out now that ]
do not intend to take no for an an
| swer?''
.sBut the sunset must be gone by
| this time she objected
Probably it is, but there are still
| the stars Rest assured that as long
| as life lasts there will always be
something of interest for us to look
| at
YES" she agreed, stthe world is in
| itself a wonderful mystery
AYE, but 1 meant they would be
| interesting because we looked at them
| together The world in itself may be
! wonderful, but have tried it for foul
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Cornish Indian Games.

Game fowls were imported into Eng
land from India in the early part OF
the last century. Many were ASeelS or
Aseel Indians. the purest of Oriental
type. They were then, as they are to-
day, very muscular and compact in
FORM low stationed and of medium
size, with various cOlors. including
gray, white, black, buff, mottled and
laced. From the earliest of these i'm
portations and other fowls from the
same source, though not SO pure in
blood, it is said the Standard Black
Breasted Red Malay was produced by
careful selection and breeding. AS
early as 1870 Cornish Indians ap-
peared in the shows of England,
though at that early date it is not to
be expected they were of uniform
type and color, owing to the difference
in the ancestry of the fowls exhibited
by the various breeders. But the ex-
changing Of fowls among the fanciers
for new blood and careful selection in
breeding soon brought about Won
derfu1 improvement and the type be-
came fixed and permanent as that
of any fowl being bred to-day A trio
of Cornish Indian fowls was imported
into this country in September, 1877.
w. S. TempletOn.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Testers That Do Not Test.

A big cold storage company in Min
neapolis has been bidding for the
cream from the farmers in the sur
rounding territory. The hand testers
we're to be used to test the cream Of
fered for sale by the company. The
latter agreed to buy cream by the
test, paying enough for it to make it
more profitable to sell the cream to
the storage company than to sell it to
the local creamery. The creamerios
have become alarmed at the danger
to themselves of having any consid-
cradle quantity of butter-fat thus di-
verted- Accordingly the hand testers
were given a good deal of attention
and some of them sent to the expert
ment station for testing. All tests
showed the testers sent out by the
storage companies tested too low by
from six to eight per cent. Thus the
storage company could afford to pay
six to eight per cent more for the
cream than could the creameries,
which would, of course, give them the
bulk of the trade. The revelations
will probably cause some change of
tactics on the part of the great cor
poration, but will probably not put it
out of the field of operations.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
DR.. Gernauit's Experiment.

Some time ago we told our readers
of the experiment being made by Dr-
Gernau1t of Paris to demonstrate to
the world the correctness OF the the
DRY of DR.. Koch that tuberculosis
was not transmissible from animal TO
man. The physician named declared
that he had the utmost condolences IL
DR.. Koch, and to demonstrate to the
world that Koch was right he would
attempt to inocu1aIe himself with the
virus of bovine tuberculosis. This he
did, applying the vaccine to one arm.
The result has been that the arm OF
the experimenter now contains sew
era1 of the deadly tubercles, and the
victim announces himself as fully con-
yiHced that bovine tuberculosis is
transmissible to man. The doctor de-
c1ares cheerfully that he expected to
lose his life as result of the expert
ment, but that his death will save the
lives Of others. who would otherwise
have relied on the theory OF DR.. Koch
that the disease possessed by cattle
and known as tuberculosis is not
transmissible to man. The doctor
will attempt to save his life by having
his arm amputated, but the question
will then be confronting him as to
how far the disease has penetrated
his system. If he lives he declares he
will spend much time warning the
people of the danger from this dis
ease, which some are accustomed to
treat SO lightly. The war against tu-
bercu1osis should be pushed. Every
person that has COWS should ascertain
whether or not they are affected The
COWS should sterilize it, In our
creameries the skim-mi1k should be
pasteurized before being sent back to
the farms.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Pure Water for Washing Better


The manager of Australian but
ter factory says that he has found
it to be practically impossible to make
good butter with water from creeks
and streams. He first experimental
with water from streams and rain
water caught in 1000 gallon tanks.
He invariably found that the butter
washed with stream water got off
flavor after it had been in the mar
ket a little while, but that the water
washed with rain water remained
good for a long time. He then tried
filtered and unfiItered water. The
butter was made in two lots and
watched. After seven days both but
tiers were good. After fourteen days
the butter washed with filtered water
was good, while the butter made with
unf1tered water was slightly off and
molds were showing on the parchment.
After twenty-one days the first butter
off in flavor and was bitter near the
surface. After forty-two days the
butter washed with filtered water was
good, while the other was more pro-
nounced in its bitterness. At fifty
six days the first butter was slightly
off in flavor but eatab1e, with no mold
showing. Tie butter washed with
unhltered water was very mo1dy and
had a rank and very bitter flavor.
The unfiltered water had all the ap-
pearance to the eye of being pure.
Without doubt much of the bad flavor
of butter is caused by the water with
which it is washed.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Possibilities in Cow Development

Possibilities in Cow Development.
The dairy commissioner of Mime
sofa says that the dairy cows of that
state are producing only one-third the
amount of milk and butter fat they
should produce. What is true Of
Minnesota is true of every state of
the Union The dairy proposition
would not be such a serious one to
face if could get men to deal with
it intelligently and develop their cows
Unfortunately for the dairy interest
we have a great multitude of farmers
that see in the COW no possibility Of
development. They imagine that
wire grass pasture will make as
good a dairy COW out of her as she
could be anyway. But this is not the
case The COW that is well fed from
calfhood to motherhood makes a far
better mixer than does the one that
is left to hustle for herself on all
kinds of pastures. 1t has been dem
onstrated that even the common COWS
of our country can be made to yield
far more profit than they do at the
present time if they are given the care
that growing cows need. Cows are
generally fed hit-or-miss. Being
young stock" they are considered
of no particular moment. Perhaps the
only food they have for weeks is dry
straw. That they do not get the nutri-
ment needed from this food is mat.
ter of little Importance to the owner
who simply says ooh, well, they are
not giving milk Right feeding and
development must go together.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Butterine in England.

The English have taken up the use
of the word butterine, but are apply
ing it in a sense entirely different
from its application in this country.
We have used it to designate oleomar-
garine, that is, bogus butter. The
English propose to use it to designate
all kinds of butter and butter substi-
tutes if they have in them more than
16 per cent of water. In England the
rule is to go into effect on the first
day of the new year In Ireland a
longer time of grace is given, as the
Irish have been so long in the habit
of brine sailing and washing that it
would not be possible for them to
change their methods in the few
months left of this year For Irish
butter that has been sailed in brine
the day of grace is extended to the
first of January, 1904 In the mean
time Irish butter is to be permitted to
carry as high as 1S per cent of water
We have yet to see what the courts
will do with such a law. 1t may stand
in England 1t would not stand in
this country Pure butter-fat is not
butterine, no matter how much water
may be mixed with it.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Avoid Lice.

When incubators and brooders are
being used in the rearing of chicks
every caution is necessary to keep
old hens away from the breeders. If
they are allowed to run in the same
locality or if the chicks of hens and
the chicks from the breeders be per-
mitted to run together it is almost
certain to produce an epidemic of lice.
One of the great advantages of rails
ing chicks in brooderS is that no lice
are present. This advantage should
be maintained. Won Cu1in says: I'VE
have known a whole section of brood
er houses to be flied with lice by
placing a single brood of eleven
chicks, whose mother died, in a
brooder with other chicks. The new
corners were not suspected of being
lousy, and the lice multiplied and
spread through all the adjoining yards
and rooms before being discovered
We have also known roup to be spread
in the same manner-in one instance
breaking up the establishment. In
the latter instance the proprietor was
warned, but he knew it all, and had
it all his own way. Things that seem
small or trifiing sometimes make ire
mendous results. By watching and
directing small matters we control
greater ones.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Development of Brothers

The broi1er should not be fed from
the first with the idea of making him
fat. What he needs at the outset
of his career is food that will make
frame and muscle. Corn and corn
meal should not therefore be given
in any large quantities Soft food is
also said to be not entirely suitable.
When the birds have attained a weight
of a pound or a pound and a half they
may be given a fattening food. The
time during which this need be given
will be short that no bad results
need come from it,
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Price for Poultry Products

From the Farmers Review. What
have been the prices for poultry prod
ucts this summer as compared with
previous years2 Friends in the CITY
write me that they have been paying
at least so per cent more for all their
eggs and fowls this summer than
ever before 1 think If some of ms
would report these prices to the Farm,
ers' Review it would be of general
interest-Hiram Parks.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
Hope for the Hog Crop.

The short corn crop of last year IS
very largely responsible for the high
prices that are being paid for hogs
to-day. These high prices, if long
continued, are certain to affect the
habits of the people as to the eating
of hog meat. 1t is for the benefit of
the pork producer to have prices at
medium point but have a market
for an enormous number of hogs. In
this way the profits are widely dis
tributed through the farming COM
munities. The whole country is hap
pier for it. Certainly no one wants
to see an era of high prices for foods
and congested money centerS. The
outlook for the corn crop is now good.
Farmers that have hogs will not need
to send them to market before thew
are at a size to be marketed to the
best of advantage A 25O-pound hog
is far more profitable under ordinary
conditions than is the 15O-pound hog
The short swine supply to-day is large
" due to the fact that last year and
this spring hogs too light in weight
were marketed. The rapidity with
which swine multiply will save the
situation Meantime every farmer and
every citizen is interested in hav-
ing good big crop of healthy hogs
Winter Protection of Strawberries.
In the case of strawberries it is not
the e-eezing that does the injury. On
many soils, especially clay, when the
ground freezes all night and thaws
the next day under the influence of
the bright sun, the ground contracts
and expands, and thus heaves the
plants up, pulling the roots loose
which weakens men, Now A. we place
some coarse litter over TIE piants
merely to shade them from the sun
to prevent thawing during the day,
and the frost comes cut very slowly
no injury can result The plant must
have air for its foliage even if frozen
solid, hence, any heavy, dense mass
like manure will smother and iniure
it. The strong ammonia washing
down from manure is very bad for
the foliage, and it should never be
placed directly on the plants, but it
may serve a good purpose in conserv-
ing moisture between the rows. Light
chaf, straw, or marsh hay may be
used.=R- NJ. kellogg.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21

The average woman doesn't care
any more for the privilege of voting
than the average man does for the
privilege of putting a baby to sleep
Chicago News
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21

Nearly every farmer can easily raise
all the fruit his family can consume.
and it will greatly reduce the cost of
living.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21

Matrimony is a school in which
women un1earn most of the things
they knew about men,
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21

Even a tight-rope walker may find
it hard to maintain his balance at
bank
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21

One man hung on the rail and sulked-
will find that they are not the little
innocent dreams of darkness your
imagination and the newspapers have
led you to believe
The sulky man had drawn insensi-
aBly nearer The speakers pessimis-
rte views conceded comfortably with
his own evil mood. The girl spoke
after a pause.
81 shall expecC to find my pupils dis
Inquired mentally and morally by the
degraded civilization that has been
forced upon them." she said.
The Globe-republican., 1902-08-21
New Zealand Dairy Business.

The dairy business is increasing rap
idly in New Zealand, and the govern
ment is doing all in its power to
boost the trade