The Marshall republican., 1907-07-12

n.~rt,cu,sr prize, but he might hsvs
sorA so. sometime. And 90. spplsled
and wondering. he forwards the
ashed for money. Another swindle OF
4 similar character L. the "free-silver"
offer. A letter something after the
following Is sent to the Intended VIC
tim; pear Friend: The list a
inst been completed Of the fortunate
~nersous who are to get q present, and :
vou are n Of them. The present 10
q fuII.size four-piece set of silver
ware: send us 81 cents to pay for
packing and shipping charges, and
the set will be delivered at your
door" AT the head Of this letter IL O.
n,cture of an elaborate four.piece tea
set which Dear Friend naturally
suppcses he IL to get. But he's wrong;
the letter doesn't say tea set. And IL
he sends on the money he will prob
ably get a set" composed Of butter
knife. pickiefork, spoon. etc, worth,
postage included, about half Of %
cents. 3
The angors goat industry has devei.
oped remarkably during the last hve
years. and Il is estimated that there
are now in this country about 1000.
900 Angoras. The largest iocks are
In Texas and New Mexico. but no
part Of the country II united for
them. Angoras endure extremes Of
heat and cold, and thrive on all kinds
OF soil except wet land. They prefer
rocky land covered with brush; by
nature they are climbers and brows-
ers. The dcnsely covered rough lands
OF the south, the worn.out farms Of
New England. and the "stumpage"
districts OF Michigan and Wisconsin
are especially adapted to them. Their
habit OF browsing makes them valua.
BILE for clearing land Of brush. Their
chief value. however, lies in their
long. silky fleece, which is known a.
mohair. This In largely used In the
N manufacture Of plush. imitation as
} trakhan, and b%riiliantines. The Unit.
ed States produced in 1893. s6i. 1854
pounds Of mohair. worth CYCLISTS. In
1905 our factories used 1.sS6.976
pounds Of domestic mohair. Showing
a considerable increase In production;
but In the same year the factories
used 1901 $40 pounds Of imported mo
hair. The total imports OF mohair In
1905 we're 2,G25.575 pounds. with an
average value OF 2s cents pound,
The present import duty on mohair
!, subject TO increase under certain con
dltions, 10 IL cents . pound.
-
r The careiessness unthinkingly prac
, ticed by some farmers and farmers
wives in the handling Of cream leads
one TO wonder that there are no,
more troubles experienced from faint
cd and unwholesome cream. And
n great many times the separator gets
the blame for the spoiled cream
where the fault lies in the way the
cream has been kept after II has pass
cd through the separator. In tn,
winter most farmers have no Ice boz
and the cream 10 put In the mos
convenient places. sometimes the Gel
lar with decaying vegetablss. some
times the kitchen with it, multitud,
Of cooking smells and sometimes II
tho woodshed. where all kinds Of rub
bish is apt to collect. The manage,
OF q creamery says he has had cream
come TO his factory 90 rotten M Z,
spoil a whole batch OF cream 90,
about 600 pounds Of butter. II,
traced II to n OF his patrons. an.
! told him he must change his method
OF he could not take his ream. Tn,
lady Of the house said: Il don
know what ] can do. supplied an
other creamery. and they had tn,
same trouble. and II 10 always q con
tinuai kick about the cream" Tn,
creameryman went to her cellar On,
o found the cream standing among DC
tatoes and onions. and things OF tina
Z sort. and these were the odors ne ha,
o found In her milk. The next tim
y she put the cream In the bedroom. an,
. the only change In that was . dinsI
emit flavor.