Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-05-23

r ll mas Deen discovered that the
denatured alcohol act passed by con-
gress last winter does not confer the
benefit upon the farmers that it was
supposed and intended that it should,
owing to the restrictions Of the in.
ternal revenue laws which practically
give a monopoly to the large distil-
leries in producing the denatured al
cohol. To remedy this Senator Hans
borough of North Dakota has intro
duced an amendment to give farmers
the full benefit of the law Write to
your congressman to support it.
A new treatment for hog cholera
consists in injecting serum from the
blood of immune hogs rather than, as
at present, from those infected with
the cholera virus. Only 20 per cent.
OF the hogs thus treated have died.
! AS the loss from hog cholera amounts
| to over $15,000,000 annually in this
country, satisfactory remedy is of
| the utmost interest to farmers. While
this method has been patented by DR..
M. Dorset Of the bureau of animal in
! dustry, it has been thrown open to
! the free use of the farmers Of the
United States. 49,. NV .. ........ g.,
A fruit grower who put veneer pro-
tectors about his trees reports an un-
pleasant experience with mice. The
! little animals gnawed the strings
which held the strips in place, the re-
suit being that the thin wooden covers
warped outward, thus allowing the
mice to get in. Then the veneer
which had been, designed to pro-
tect the tree from the mice became
an excellent shield for the rodents
against the cold and storms of winter.
| With the bark of the tree for an album
dant store of food, here was habita-
ton such as would satisfy any reason
able mouse. AS several trees were
served in this manner the creatures
were given credit for knowing what
they were about. Smearing the string
with coal tar after. the tie has been
made ought to put an end to this
kind of mischief. @'.. ID. @t1 @'-.s s.%
Kansas farmers are taking to the
alfalfa. idea with enthusiasm. Secre-
tary Coburn of the Kansas board of
agriculture reports that there was a
gain of over 10000 acres devoted to
the crop during the year, the total
acreage of the state now being $751;
S13. Four and five crops are har-
| q
nearly as abundant as other grasses
| yield. Cut in the bloom, it makes a
feed upon which cattle and horses be-
come rolling fat. Even chickens in
the dead of winter revel in getting
hold of bunch of fresh, green alfalfa
hay Secretary Coburn states that
! the demand for information about al
falfa becomes more earnest and in
sistent each year. The editor of an
agricultural journal in Australia has
recently written him about the plant,
and in all sections of the United
States there is growing interest in
it. &"@i@5z raH .srEgE~ s....
The angora goat industry has devel-
oped remarkably during the last five
| years, and it is estimated that there
are now in this country about 1,000,-
600 Angoras The largest flocks are
In Texas and New Mexico, but no
Part of the country is untitled 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-
era. The densely covered rough lands
of the south, the WORKOUT farms of
New England, aud 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 as
mohair This lis largely used in the
manufacture Of plush, imitation as:
trakhan, and brilliantines. The Unit
ed States produced in 1899, 961, 1864
pounds of mohair, worth $267,875. In
1905 81 our factories used 1,S86,975
pounds of domestic :mohair, showing
considerable increase in production;
but in the same year. the factories
used 3,061,910 pounds Vt imported mo;
hair. The total imports of mohair in
1905 were 2,625,575 pounds, with an
average value of % cents a pound.
The present import duty on mohair,
subject to increase under certain con.
ditions, is IL cents pound !
d The carelessness unthinkingly prac.
ticed by some farmers and farmers
wives in the handling of cream leads
one to wonder that there are not
more troubles experienced from faint
ed and unwholesome cream. And
a 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 it has pass
! ed through the separator. In the
winter most farmers have no ice box
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