The Democratic advocate., 1909-11-19


ma and the United States following
closely in the order named.
In 100 analyses of juice from apples
grown in the New England states the
smallest amount of sugar was found
in that from the Ben Davis, 6.74 per
cent, while the largest amount, 1888
Der cent, was found in the juice from
the Baldwin.
Oats cut in the right condition TO
make hay contain 4.3 per cent or dl-
gestible protein, 464 per cent d1gesu
BILE carbohydrates and 1.5 per cent OF
digestible fats. Barley cut under ike
conditions has about the same feeding
value. while rye is considerably IN
ferior.
The Brotherhood of Good Road
Draggers has recently been organized
in Missouri. The membership is not
restricted, and the password is "dood
roads" Business and professional men,
farmers and bankers have Joined. CITY
and country roads are to be dragged
under cooperative plan.
A contract was recently made by d
Chicago coal company to furnish nara
coal for q certain ward school of the
CITY at S3.12 per ton. The fellow llV-
ing west of the Mississippi naturally
wonders if the Sc he has to pay over
and above this price is absorbed by
tha railroads in transportation charges
Honesty is the best policy not Only
as affecting ones standing In the
church and community, but in the
long run and short run it is proVed
every day to be the best policy Id the
business world. The fellow VINO
makes short cuts to fill his wallet
sooner or later comes to grief.
, That Minneapolis judge had pe-
coming regard for the public health
who lately denied the appeal OF milk
dealers of that place for an 1nJunctlon
to restrain the local board OF health
from seizing milk from INFESTED COWS.
The milkmen made the defense that
the milk was pasteurized, but this was
not accepted by the court as pertinent.
l farmers bulletin recently issued
by the department at Washington calls
attention to the value Of kale as
/ green food for hogs, cows and poultry.
AS silage material it is also favored,
costing but from II to % cents per
ton. while corn costs from IS cents to
S1.5O per ton. Green corn yields but
sixteen tons per acre, while kale VIII
produce forty tons.
One Of the quickest growing trees
for purposes of a shelter belt is the
| white willow. but it is hardly to be
| commended unless the shelter is need
ed badly, as it is a slovenly grower
and likely to become harbor LOT
| worms The cottonwood is mucn
| cleaner tree, if q somewhat slower
| grower. Where the winter season IS
| not too severe the Lombardy poplar
serves the purpose nicely.
| did development agriculturally along
| with other sister states west and
south. During 1900 the value of her
| agricultural products was $26,OOO,OOO,
| while in the interval following they
| have risen to $52.000,00O. The secre-
| tary of the state board of agriculture
| attributes this increase largely to the
| good work which has been done in the
| promotion of scientific farming by the
| state Institutes at the agricultural col
| iege
A dairyman living at Newburg, N. Y,
| is entitled to blue ribbon for the
| prices which he gets for his milk prod
| uct, as high as 20 cents a quart being
paid and the rich folk of New York
| city being his patrons. The cows are
| carefully washed and wiped before be-
| ing MIXED. while every possible pre-
| caution is taken in the later handling
| of the milk to insure its being as free
| as possible from dirt and bacteria. To
| the COW keeper who squirts milk on
his hands so that he can rinse the ma
nure off the cows teats and allows this
combination to drizzle into the milk
pail the above precautions would seem
the height of fussiness, but if there
is one thing more than another today
that is a drag ON the dairy and cream
cry business of the country it is this
same lack of cleanliness.
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