Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15

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CLAIMS are dug from the sand off the
bay shore when Che tide IS. low Ehey1
lie quite a distance below the surface
andSit IS strange that the same round
IS dug over and over and each time
plenty Of CLAIMS are found rhey are
much the Sshape Of Gedar riiyergcl ans
but with white shell that lis thin, and
they have A neck pro truding The
method Of making lam bake is asS
follows: a number off stones six or
eight inches in diameter are placed in
asblazing fire until they are horoughly
hot. They are then spread in q fat pile
and sea weed streWIS over them. Then
alayer Of clans is put on and III the sea-
son sweet corn and sweet potatoes and.
often fresh oysters Over these are
placed plenty Of sea weed and eel grass
to keep in the steam and generally a
piece Of sail cloth over all. The whole
mass is thus steamed ID from the heat Of
the hot stones and when sufficiently
cooked the pile IS opened and the
ssteaming clans are brought On forrdin:5
ner. ItWould not be possible to con
vey an idea of the delicious flavor thus,
impaired to corn, potatoes, etc. or Of
the rare enj joyment Of CLANS baked il.
this way. n o one who has ever par
taken Of such a feast will forget it.
The bill Of fare this month at the shore
resorts comprises baked clans, clam
cakes, fried and boiled blue fish, broiled.
lobster, Wiener Wurst, tripe, with all
kinds Of vegetables in market brown
and white bread and winding up with
Indian pudding. Later watermelon,
sweet corn and sweet potatoes will form
part Of the menu. With the fresh air
from the salt water for al appetizer
and with such a bill Of fare for a dinner
no wonder that during the summer ex-
cursions are coming to- n arragansett
from all over southern New England
bringing thousands daily to this unique
and most enjoyable experienc
The welcome rains have commenced
to come in abundance since yI have
been here and it was a real pleasure to
the people to go out and Sect actual
/ " rain. n obody camp planned ne
happened to be without an umbrella or
if he got his feet wet. They seem. for
Igetful of al. else except that the
drought is broken. Ii a Boston paper
gives specific estimates on the drought
|slosses.a NeW Ri land and estimates-a
Toss of out s 77o, ,Ooo, coo. ,The value of
the agricultural products Of New
England in a normal year are estimat--
ed at $135, 100000, divided as fellows:
hay and forage, $43, 3,O0O, 900; cereals,
$500, 900; vegetables, 1884 800 900. On
these. the. loss is SO to rs per cent and
the loss on live stock and live stock
products owing to the failure Of hay
and forage brings the total estimate up
to over S. 100000 loss from this years
drought. Seven weeks of continuous
spring drought is a great calamity.
Corn is selling here at 63 cents a bushel,
oats are IS cents, and one dealer quoted
Ebest grade at 50 cents, bran has ad.
vanced from $40 to 1923 a ton and
gluten feed has advanced So a ton.
The short crops make a continuance
of high prices for feed a certainty. q It
is stated here that the extensive area OF
rainfall Of the past few days did not
reach eastern Canada where the best
baled hay comes from and it has not
rained there for sixty days.
3 w hen you are complaining Of too
much rain in Mower: county, come out
here for a while and see how you like
the conditions here, feeding mich cows
in the barn in June e. on 1913 hay and
$23 bran.
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Splendid Opportunit ties.
If you intend to buy 4. farm Of farm. ,l1ll
land in Central or n rthern N Minnesota,