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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Home Rutfermak kim n

Keep your cream in such a manner
that it may ripen evenly, which will
prevent loss in churning, writes a cor
respondent of American Cultivator.
Raise the temperature to about 50 de-
grees and keep it near that tempera-
ture until ripe and then cool it down
before churning. Well ripened cream
should be coagulated or thickened. 1t
should run from height in smooth
stream like oil. When hand is
dipped into it and held up it should
stick all over in a thick. even coat,
not running off and showing the sur
face of the hand. When the last drops
run off the hand back into the cream
holder. they should leave little dents
or depressions On the surface, which
do not close up for a second. The
cream sho lid have a satiny gloss or
fresh surface. Churn until the gran
ules are the size of wheat kernels, then
draw off the buttermilk and wash
through two OF three waters
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Dairy lea nliness.

How in the name of common sense
can we expect good, pure milk from a
cow that is fed on any kind of green
feed, dumped into filthy barnyard, or
allowed to run to pile Of horse ma
nure? No wonder everything stinks,
says an Ohio farmer in National Stock
man. l don't care how particular a
person may be about clean stables,
clean feeding and milking, if all uten-
sils used in making butter are not
properly washed, scalded and aired
they will stink, and sinking butter
will be the result In nine cases out
of ten l can tell good buttermaker
by the smell of her churn and butter
bowl and can tell good dishwasher
with my eyes shut. Dishes that are
taken out of soapsuds and mopped a
little feel sticky and greasy, but when
rinsed in hot water and wiped dry
they will shine and are clean.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Hfn Faith Unsk a Il en-.

One day the chodja prayed aloud that
God would send him q thousand pias-
tiers. "a full thousand. | could not
take less!' said he in concluding his
prayer. A rich man who had heard
the chodja praying thought he would
try his consistency and next day placed
bag containing 800 piasters in his
way. .The chodjaN found the bag and
counted the money, but as he was
turning to carry it home the tempter
stepped from behind wall and cried;
Yesterday in your prayer you said
YOU could not take less than a thou
sand piasters, and | wished to show
you your inconsistency. Leave that
money. 1t is mine.' ''Oh, no." said the
chodja. This money God sent me in
answer to my prayer, and shall take
it home. trusting that he who sent me
900 piasters will some time surely send
me the one outstanding plaster. There
is no inconsistency. but plenty of faith
in me!' And he walked away wei
satisfied, carrying the bag. - Coco
Words
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Meals as Remedies.

Every meal would be remedy ii
u were rightly taken" said a physi-
clan. Every article of food has some
curative property or other. and if we
ate correctly each mouthful would inn
prove our general health.
Nervous persons, for instance.
should eat lots of celery, for celery is
the best nerve tonic in the world.
Leeks and garlic are good for the di-
gestion and for the circulation, and
thus should be favored by the dys-
peptic and the weak-hearted. Aspar-
agus clears the blood.
"FOr the liver tomatoes are excel
lent. For the kidneys nothing is bet
ter than spinach. For the anaemic rice
is superb.
Grapes are good for malaria, and
pineapples will heal a sore throat.
''Rut opinions are the most valuable
food for all. A raw onion, taken
every night before turning in, cures
the worst cases of insomnia. Onion
soup is an excellent remedy for del1bl-
ty of the digestive organs"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Cautipn,

III. 3. Buermeyer. the president of
the mateur Skating association, was
talking about the caution that is need
ed in the practice of figure skating.
"One must be very cautious said
Mr.. Buermeyer, for there are points
in certain fancy figures where a fall
might mean fractured skull or a
broken arm. At the same time, though,
not does not need to carry caution to
extremes. One does not need to act
like the old Bostonian in the tavern.
This Bost0nian sat one evening in
q tavern drinking beer with three COM
panions of his own age. The others
drank their beer slowly-a sip or two
every five minutes But the old Bos-
tonian, the moment full glass was
set before him. drained it in a jiffy.
''The friend ON his right noticed his
queer conduct,
ct say. Alexander he said, why do
you always swallow your drink in one
mouthful?'
"'Once.' the other answered, L had
my glass knocked over baltimore
Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
INTERIOR OF COW BARN.

COWS in and letting them out of the
stable, in that they all go through a
wide door and into a much greater
space than where the other plan is
used.
The stable can be kept cleaner, as all
the manure is confined in one space
and is more easily removed from the
stable Another gain is the greater ra-
pidity with which the herd can be
MIXED, as the mixers can pass from
one row of cows to the other without
passing around the two rows of COWS.
Some of our barns are arranged for
the wagon wheels to go in the drops,
but by far the better way is to have
it run on top of the driveway. The
platform OF driveway of my barn is
five feet eight inches between the
drops My wagon is four feet six
inches, which obviates any chance of
getting the wheels into the drops.
!. In these days of certified milk it has
been clearly shown that the paramount
duty is to maintain a high standard
of absolute cleanliness. This plan keeps
all the manure within easy reach of
your wagon for removal and between
the cows, the walls or sides of your
stable never get spattered with the
droppings from the COWS as they are
put in or let out Your land is bene-
flied with the liquids, which possess
nearly as much enriching properties as
the solids
The alleyways in front of the COWS
are seven feet two inches wide, the
beds on which the cows stand are four
feet seven inches on one row and four
feet eight inches on the other, while
the drops are sixteen inches wide and
six inches deep.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
A Roman Blu tcher's Shop.

The Museum of Antiquities at Ores
den has an interesting marble relief
from Rome which represents an an
cient butcher shop of oblong shape
divided by a pillar into two unequal
parts. In the greater stands the butch
er, with a high chopping block resting
on three substantial legs before him.
while behind him hang the steelyard
and a cleaver, he himself being occu-
pied in dividing a rib of meat with an
other cleaver. On the wall above him,
lust as with us, is row of hooks near
to each other. on which hang pieces OF
meat already dressed-a rib and leg
of meat, pork joint and udders Ia
tidbit of the Romans); also lungs and
liver. and last of all the favorite boar
head. On the left, in the smaller divi-
sion of the shop, the wife Of the butch
er sits in an easy chair, with an &C
count book ON her knees, engaged in
assisting the business of her husband
by acting as bookkeeper.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
when Lee Resfxned.

In "Recollections and Letters of Gen.
eral Lee" by his son, Captain r. E.
Lee. new light is thrown on the great
commander st the time Of his resigna-
ton from the United States army. In
letter to his sister he says:
with all my devotion to the Union
and the feeling of loyalty and duty of
an American citizen. | have not been
able to make up. my mind to raise my
hand against my relatives. my children,
my home. | have therefore resigned
my commission in the army, and, save
in defense of my native state, with the
sincere hope that my poor services may
never be needed, / hope l may never
be called on to draw my sword.
know you will blame me, but you
must think as kindly of me as you can
and believe that L have endeavored to
do what thought right
That he really did not expect to fight
is shown by the following extract from
a letter to his wife: II do not know
what my position will be. l should
like to retire to private life if l could
be with you and the children, but if l
can be of any service to the state or
her cause | must continue"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20

One who has been employed these
thirty years in slaughter houses as
bookkeeper saleman, etc. tells me: Ito
say that butchers are hard hearted is
far from the .truth-zthat is, in most
cases. Let me explain how the shed
ding of human blood affects them.
once saw butcher cut his hand very
severely, and not one of his twenty or
more associates could be induced to go
near to assist him. / had to bandage
him up as well as could and send him
to hospital. Another butcher who
had helped slaughter from 1000 to
1000 hogs a day for years saw WON
an throw herself before freight train
which mangled her fearfully. He
promptly tainted. | have seen more
than hundred fights at slaughter
houses, but never yet saw butcher at
tempt to use a knife. New York
Press.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20

The advantages Of a cow stable hav-
ing the two rows of cows facing in op-
pOsite directions can be stated as be-
ing many, writes a New York dairy
man in American Cultivator.
The plan permits one to drive wag-
on directly through the stable on the
platform or driveway between the two
drops. Into it's water tight box the
liquids and solids are gathered and
taken directly to the fields. 1t affords
q greater convenience in putting the
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Lone Star states.
Charlotte BrOnte's Husband.

The husband Of Charlotte Bronte,
Mr.. Nichols. is still living in an Irish
village, the object of much honor and
respect among large circle of friends.
Mr.. Nichols has had the unpleasant
task of denying some ill-founded COS
sip concerning his brilliant wife. VINO
died a few months after her marriage.
Among other things, it was said that
he discouraged her from writing,
totally untrue statement which ME-.
Nichols has been forced to contradict
again and again c. *. Shorter, iii the
London Sphere, now repeats the con-
tradiction. He is an authority ON the
Brontes. and he annotated and wrote
an Introduction for the Haworth ed1-
ton of their works lHarpers), for
which Mrs Humphrey Ward wrote the
perface. This edition includes elsO
Mrs. Gaskells Life of Charlotte
Bronte''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Poke Root For Garnet.

Poke root is probably the most eff
fective known remedy for garget, or
mastitis, says Hoard's Dairyman. 1t
lessons the inflammation and prevents
suppuration if applied externally or
taken internally. The dose in these
cases is from one-third ounce to two
ounces three times daily. 1t is not
usually applied in form of poultice,
but is just as effective in this way, if
not more. When given internally it is
we'll to give an ounce of acetate of pot
ash with each dose.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
INCREASING FAT IN MILK.
Varying Opinions as TO the Emcacy
Of High Feeding.

Of High Feeding.
Increasing the fat In milk is one OF
the much disputed questions. Many
dairymen believe that milk can easily
be made richer in butter fat by high
feeding. while our experimenters from
their rather limited experiments have
concluded that the farmers and dairy
men are mistaken and that feed has
practically no effect on the fat content
of the milk, says L. W. Lightly in Ma
tional Stockman.
The Cornell experiment station lately
issued bulletin (No. 222) giving full
particulars of a four year experiment
The plan Of the experiment was to
take cows that were kept on a farm
on rather poor feed and an insufficient
ration and learn what they would do
them to the station and feed them up
to their capacity of eating and digesting
a ration rich in protein, digesible and
such as any practical dairyman might
consider very good feeding. These
cows were such as are very often kept
Ou 1dIIlS, SOuuC IdLlNCS dhu SObuC vain
Jersey or ShOrthOrn blood.
The various tables in the bulletin
show very distinctly that the individ-
uality Of the cow is an important fac
tor. While some cows show gain of
about 10 per cent in total butter fat
while under liberal feeding, others
show little or none, yet on the whole
herd of ten cows the increase in fat
was about 6 per cent. At the same
time the milk production was increased
SO per cent, and this increase was Sc
! cured economically SO far as food cost
was concerned.
From what Professor H. III. Wing,
under whose direction this experiment
was conducted, said before the Normal
institute at Cornell | concluded that
his conclusion is that the farmers and
dairymen were not entirely wrong
when they believed that liberal feed
ing made richer milk, but at the same
time the improvement along this line
is limited More of those practical
common sense experiments are needed
| to fully demonstrate this problem.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
The Butter Eye.

A yeliOwish tinge in the skin is con-
adhered a point of great Importance in
Jersey cattle. How much foundation
there may be for it has never been
satisfactorily determined. but there is
an impression among certain breeders
that the presence of an orange circle
around the eye is indicative of the
ability of the cow possessing it to not
only produce great yield of butter,
but to give butter of good quality and
the highest flavor
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
NNt In His Line.

"What is this:" asked MIR. Near
stopping a moment at the novelty
counter.
This is a handy little arrangement
for carrying your loose change" said
the salesman. proceeding to show him
q new style of coin holder.
Loose change: | never have any
remarked Mr.. Near. passing on.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Butter For the Navy.

The dairy division of the department
Of agriculture has been assisting in
procuring butter for the use Of the
navy and the army by drawing con-
tracts for buttermaking and supervis-
ing. their execution. Under this sys-
tenn over 100000 pounds of butter have
been purchased during the year by
the navy department alone.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Sage Advice.

Nov you're your own master" said
the wise father. you must begin to
build up a reputation for yourself
All right, governor replied the
youth.
"And remember" continued the old
gentleman you can't build up repu-
tation with the bricks you bring home
in your hat" -EXchange.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
BUTTER AND CHEESE

Succulent food increases the flow Of
milk, but does not materially increase
the proportion of water in it. The
relative proportions of fat and casein
are changed in marked manner by u
change in the ration. An extra yield Of
butter will naturally follow the use Of
richer feed if the COW has been well
selected
Rfpem the Cream.
| Cream should not be churned the day
it is taken. from the milk. but should
be allowed to ripen. ~
Sage Cheese.
Sage cheese is very popular for local
distribution i'll certain parts of the
United States. 1t is manufactured like
ordinary cheese, but an infusion Of
sage leaves or sage extract is added to
the milk before the rennet is put in. 1t
gives q greenish color to the product
and a characteristic favor.-American
Agriculturist
when to Churn.
Always churn just as soon as there is
cream enough and sufficient acidity de-
velops If cream is held beyond this it
will be injured.
Salt In the Churn.
Sailing in churns is practiced by
most creamery buttermakers, says
American Agriculturist. 1t is thus pos
sible to incorporate the salt more even
ly than by simply working it in after
the butter is taken from the churn.
About one ounce of salt to the pound
is q standard quantity.
Cream Hard to Soften
Cream globules made from cows long
in milk are coated with the cheesy
matter of the milk more tenaciously,
as this white substance is more solid
or firm than during the first months of
milking and is not so easily rubbed OF,
and. being very hard TO soften, long
churning is needed.
FOaming Cream.
FOaming of cream in the churn may
be due to too low or too high tempera-
ture or too long keeping. When the
cream is perfectly ripened before
churning the churn gets out more OF
the fats and the buttermilk carries
away less.-Texas Farmer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Benefits of Selling.

Trials at the experiment station Of
Wisconsin showed that by soiling in
summer a certain area of land will
butter that it will when pasteuriZed.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
A Germ Destroyer.

Sunshine is splendid germ destroy
er. but If the barns contain no windows
to let the light in there will be no or
portunity for it to do its good work.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-01-20
Great Presence of Mind.

On one occasion a great public din
ner was given to Isaac Hull by the
town of Boston. and he was asked to
sit for his picture to Gilbert Stuart.
the celebrated artist who was a great
braggart. When Hull visited his
studio Stuart, according to the Indian
apolis News, took great delight in en-
tertaining him with anecdotes of his
English success, stories of the marquis
of this and the baroness of that, which
showed how elegant was the society
to which he had been accustomed. I'm
fortunately. in the midst Of this
grandeur, Mrs. Stuart, who did not
know there was a sitter. came in from
the kitchen, with apron on and her
head tied up with some handkerch1efs,
and cried out: do you mean to have
that leg of mutton boiled of rOasted!'
to which Stuart replied. with great
presence of mind: ASK your mis-
tress. Denver Republican.
Lone Star states.
In the course of conversation at a
club the other evening man referred
to ''the Lone Star State
what state do you mean?'' he was
asked
why, Texas, of course"
WELL" he was told. do you know
that there are no fewer than five indie
pendent sovereign states which use a
lone star on their national flags today I?
They are Turkey, Chile. Cuba. Liberia
and the Kongo Free State
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
AMERICA.
NEW CROP FINE.
Quality of Wheat the Best and the
Yield Large.

From Wednesdays Daily.
New wheat is coming in rapidly, and
from all reports there will be very gen
eral threshing from the shock this fall
if the present good weather holds. All
of the wheat so far received by the local
BUYERS has been No. northern, and it
is thought that practically all of the
wheat will grade that. The average
yield in this vicinity is now estimat
mated by the buyers at somewhere be-
tween fifteen and twenty bushels. Most
of them think that it will average near
er twenty than fifteen. Wheat is all i'll
the shock now, and all of the threshing
machires that are fitted out are at work.
It is thought that the season will be
shorter than usual.
Some of the farmers who have come in
say that there will be little No. 2
wheat, but none has come in yet. Some
of the yields reported range between
twenty and twenty five bushels to the
acre, but most of the farmers cannot
say yet what the yield will be, as entire
fields have not been threshed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
BROTHER {
MAGNATE.
CAUSE OF DEATH A MYSTERY
Chemist Finds No Poison in Candy
OftedahI Boy Ate.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The death of the seven year-o son of
Neds OfteGahl of AIedo township, Blue
Earth county. who died after eating
mixed candy, is still a mystery.
State Chemist julius H. Hortvet. who
nslyzed a sample of the candy, re-
ported yesterday that it contained no
poisonous coal tar dyes, mineral matter
or metals. The candy sold at 10 cents
a pound, and is declared to be legal by
the state chemist.
This probably closes the investigation
as far as the state is concerned, although
according to the physician who attended
the young SON he evidently died from
poisoning. His sister was also taken
sick soon after eating the candy, but
recovered after medical treatment.
''It is possible that only the candy
which the child ate contained poisonous
natter said member of the state
dairy and food commission yesterday.
This is the only explanation that we
can give Certainly the sample of the
candy analyzed by our chemist does not
contain any poisonous matter"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
CUT OFF FROM BOARD.
Directors Will Hereafter Look After
the Normal Schools.
From Saturdays Daily.

from odluIudS , Ddlly.
The removal of the state educational
institutions from the management of
the state board of control, except as to
the erection of buildings, the purchase
of fuel and the securing of insurance, is
an accomplished fact, the change taking
place Aug. |.
At the meeting of the state normal
board yesterday the first under the
new regime, estimates covering the sup
plies needed for the normal schools dur
inc the next three months were pre-
sented to the state normal board in
stead of to the board of control, as was
i,r4~sinusi. The CUSTOM 5fiJesss e2timates
include the cost of minor repairs at
the schools, the cost of stationery, and
other items of current expense. Alvah
Eastman, president of the normal board,
under the new law will act as purchas-
ing agent, and he will be required to
ieport to the board quarterly.
Ht SufDliltl SCloolS at Iiit Hol
schools just closed were unusually sue
cessful, according to reports filed with
was large, the personnel of the stud
ents was above the average, and the
quality of work accomplished unusual
ly high. The attendance at ST. Cloud
was slightly smaller than in 1904, ow
ing to the fact that there were several
summer schools in comparatively
small territory.
The following additional teachers were
elected:
st. Cloud-Harriet Rumball, reading;
Elsie Drayton, physical culture; Eliza
beth L. Smith, assistant in English and
history; Adelaide Kibby, principal pri-
mary department.
Winona- Mary Z. Rich, elementary
school; Christine BoySon, assistant in
English.
Moorhead- Beulah Hopkins, Anna S.
Idtse, Minnie Olson, Emma P: Lincoln,
Mrs. Anna Hanson and Grace Theresa
Hannebahl
Mankato- Margaret Lindahl, Ella
Louise Hibbard, Luella Moves and Eleon-
ore Stempl, elementary grade; Frank
Edwin Older and Ursula Pringle. adj
vance grade; Blanche Dyer, Ida Mathil-
la Nelson and Lily Weir, three year
elementary grade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-08-11
BEWARE OF RICHARD FERRIS
He Is Alleged to Be Crook; Works
the Bankers.

From Wednesday, Daily.
Richard Ferris is new offender that
is troubling the Minnesota Bankers as
ISOLATION He asserts that he is broth
er of Dick Ferris of the Lyccum. He
gave bogus check as part payment for
a farm and was not known at the bank.
As much confidence in his relationship
claims is entertained as in the genuine
ness of his checks. A warning card has
been sent out describing the check manip-
ulator. and members of the association
are asked to communicate if he attempts
the same game that he tried at Little
Falls The description sent out by F. f..
Holton, secretary of the protective COM
mittee. follows: Looks to be about 30.
about five feet nine inches tall, weight
l35, medium light complexion, smooth
face, front teeth have gold filling, wore
suit of dark clothes, wide trimmed felt
hat. dark shoes, habit of twitching head
forward and upward, good talker.