The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-12

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clover offered in the market that is not fit
to feed but the same state Of affairs
exists with other foods hence all clover
! Ought not to be condemned on that
account. Add green cut clover to the menu
Of green stuffs fed the poultry, give it to
them after steaming and somewhat warm
and they will eat it greedily and 1t Will do
them good.
WATCH THE oLEo MEN.
Every dairyman in the country and
every farmer who owns a COW and sells
a single pound Of butter should set about
writing, at once, lay down this paper and
do it now, to his congressman protesting
against the bill now before congress which
amends the oleo law so that the tax will
be reduced from 10 cents q pound to 2
cents q. pound. If this bill becomes a law
butter producers will be precisely where
they were before the present oleo Law was
passed.; that is, they will nave In conpe-
tition with their pure butter a manufact-
ured material which the makers dare not
offer on its merits, but must color it in
imitation of butter in order to sell 1t.
Goodness knows we are sufficiently men,
aced with impure food now and to take a.
step would be criminal Do
not rely on the lawmakers and the resi-
dents of the cities to stop this threatened
evil; they do not realize as soil workers do
what the trouble means. Farmers are
strong enough alone to defeat this bill
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pers who is interested in pure food and
the selling OF butter and not grease for
human consumption, will write a strong
letter of protest to his representative In
Washington the proposed amendment will
be killed. We often blame our congress-
men for supporting things they ought not
forgetting that without any especial
knowledge of the subject in question they
see no wrong in it. See that they get the
knowledge and then watch how they vote.
1.-THE CORN STALKS IN THE FIELDS
During a recen+ railroad ia, ~ $500.
four hundred ,oiIas n u,as a,sao,,ra a;,sa ~
see the tons of stacked corn fodaar ~ +bs
fields The tbo:,yh+ uas 800 nat,ra'
..whyy hove +basa rna, n,or,-a. -, .ssnsas
to leave a portion of their labor exposed
to the elements?" Curiosity prompted me
TO get Off at one station where I knew an
old time friend lived who had gone some-
what extensively into the poultry business
adding it to a dairy business of consider
able size. AS we drove alongside his farm
there were the corn stalks, acre after acre
OF them, half buried in snow. After a
time we We're shown the poultry houses
and yards. The fowls were all indoors and
most of them huddled In lunches for
warmth. My friend is a little grouchy In
his disposition so I could only hint that the
stalks in the field would have made excel,
lent windbrealSs had they been located In
certain position and enabled the fowls to-
nave occupied the yards a considerable
portion of each day. TOO much work.
was the only reply I received. There are
poultry houses and yards and COW stables
and yards which might be made much
more comfortable IL the corn stalks rot
tlng IN the felds had been put around them
and we believe the return from the AMI
mails would have more than warranted the
labor involved to say naught of their
comfort. i often think that we of the farm
are good examples of the adage saving
at the spigot and wasting at the bung
mole" for we are exceedingly careful OF
the actual money we get but exceedingly
wasteful OF many of the things we raise.
which could be, indirectly at least, turned
INTO money.
SHOULD DAlRYMEN COMPLAINT
Complaints are constant amone dairv-s
men that the business is nor nroftabia. ~
course local conditioas have r,,,ah - ~ =
with the'state of affairs In any section but
ene rae. remains mat the American people
arc iast Becoming a hanons OF mix drink-
70. = Las summer 1ae trade IN mix inasa-
:. ~ W lalse Clues was very much great
- euan curing previous years. City health
poMIas are competing ra1sers to produce
iiiA UP 20 .ae seahaara ana even the topper
. lealHihs Ina the milk IS more satisfac-
10y as q iirs1-queneher In summer az
iease, lhah MAJ. ana spurious liquors and
- uiln1lIg ~ .reeiy. children In Cities
tanned, are being given milk instead Of