The Wingham Times, 1885-09-11, Page 2THE FARM.
Milk r ll(Ilk I Milk
The question withnoat farmers in a civil -
Weed community is, not how much ' milk
can a Dow be made to give, but how much
will she give on ordinary feed, This sur-
prisingly few farmers know much about.
They think, perhape, that they know, but
their knowledge ie based upon a slender
line of facts. A cow has a big, fleshy, showy
udder, and milks fairly. She Is set down
as a big milker and as a profitable cow ;
perhaps, reckoned as the most profitable oow
in the herd. Near her stands a little oow,
with amoderately eized udder, and giving a
fair mess of milk, which she keeps up in
quantity all through the season, and which
in quality and real value makes her yield
felly equal to the larger product of the big
showy cow. The farmer does not know
this fact, and may never find it out, unless
he takes pains to learn it by a system of
weighing, and testing the milk of different
cows. We have never known a herd to be
carefully tested in thio way, when the esti-
mates of the proprietor and his men, who do
the milking and handling t f the oowa, have
not been proved to bo incorrect—often great-
ly to their surprise.
The system to be followed in testing is
about as follows : The milk of each cow is
drawn separately, and as soon as drawn,
the milker takes his pail (which should be
of tin), to a good scale, and weighs it,
ting down both the gross weight and the net
weight, after deducting the weight of the
pail. The pail should, by the way,be weign-
ed twice a week, for variations constantly
occur. Pails are washed and fie quently
scoured, so after a few days a slight reduc-
tion in weight will be almost always noticed.
A slate may be need for recording these
weighings, and it is well to have every Dow's
name written plainly, and scratched in or
painted neatly on the slate, and lines ruled
for the morning and evening milking. The
slate is taken every evening to the office,
and the net weights transferred to a bdbk,
care being exercised to see that they are
correct. if nothing more is done than to
keep this record for a year, the information
obtained will bo invaluable ; but this is not
enough—far from it, The relative richness
of the milk of different oowa should be
known. This maybe ascertained invarioue
ways. The whole of one day's milk of one
cow may be set, ripened, and churned whole
every day—taking a different cow each day,
and being sure to teat each cow four or five
days before or after she comes in heat. This
is perhaps the best plan, but it takes a good
deal of milk and considerable time, both of
which cannot always be conveniently spar-
ed. Besides, a single test for each cow has
little valve, compared with several, for there
will almost always be found variations in
the amount of butter yielded by the same
oow, even when the amount of milk ie the
same. A smaller quantity of milk carefully
weighed, will give very accurate results.
Thus, eight pounds of milk weighed when
fresh, put into a two -gallon bottle and left
unstopped until sour, and then churned by
shaking, will give very good results. Half
the quantity of milk in a one -gallon bottle,
will do very well, but the results aro less
accurate. The best way to manage this
bottle churning is, to fasten a strap around
the bottle, by which, and a stout cord, it
may be suspended at a convenient height
from the ceiling. The well stoppered neck
is taken in one hand, and the churn swung
actively back and forth. After a minute or
two, the stopper must be carefully removed
to allow liberated gases to escape, as is usual
in barrel churns.
Use of Sawdust.
The amount of sawdust made by portable
steam sawmills that have been travelling
through the timber sections of our country
has encouraged farmers to utilize it for farm
purposes, but the opinions of its value are
not agreed. It has been aeaerted by
some that its absorptive powers were excel-
lent, and that for bedding purposes it serv-
ed an excellent purpose, and' it has been
largely used in that manner. But by some
it is claimed that ordinary damp sawdust
will absorb but little. One who had tried
the experiment claimed that sawdust that
had not passed through any stage of decom-
position, when spread upon mowing land,
had killed the graes, although saturated
with urine and juices of the manure. If this
is so it is a matter of interest.
We had always supposed that if sawdust
was used as an absorbent and was well mix-
ed with manure it would become charged
with the chemical change of the manure in
its decomposition, and so become available
with the manure. It is a singular foot that
sawdust is very slow of decomposition when
left to itself, and this has been verified by
one who placed a large quantity in his barn
yard in the supposition that it would come
out in a little time :,suitable c for manurial
purposes, but which, much to his surprise,
after remaining there about ono year, was
found to bo about as fresh as when first
placed there, and of no possible use as a
fertilizer. It would teens as though saw-
dust well dried would make an excellent
dryer in the manufacture of domoatio phos-
phate, and that the acid would tend to re-
duce it to such condition as would at Ieast
prevent any injurious effeote upon growing
crops. It is pleasant to use for many pur-
poses. Thrown under a shed in winter
where hens are kept to get at the sun, it
affords a much warmer footing than the
frozen earth.
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Attend to the Fall B ceding.
When the pastures begin to fall off, some
extra food should be provided for all the
stook, but especially the oowa. Horses are
always well oared for, but the oowa are too
often neglected, both as to food, and a sup-
ply of pure water. Those farmers who
have provided some soiling crops, will find
the benefit of the fresh green fodder ; those
who have not, will now see the dieadvantage
of being short of teed jnet at this season.
It is very easy to secure this supply of food
for the short season. Every farmer has a
neglected piece of land, which is bringing in
nothing, and which could be madeto pro-
duce a very profitable crop of green feed,
Such an opportunity should not be neglected.
Where the supply has been provided, a lib-
eral feed should be given daily. It is a mis-
take to suppose that it is better to [lave the
food for winter, and spare it at this season.
When any animal is kept phort of food, it
goes back rapidly, and more food will be re-
quired to make up this lost ground, than
would have kept the animal in its normal
condition. This is especially true as regards
swine ; if these are permitted to fall off now
for lack of food, they will consume much
more than the present gain, in recovering
the lose. Animals that are intended for
fattening, should be kept on full feed now,
and those to be wintered over, should be
kept in good condition. The old, and true
adage, should not be forgotten, viz : "an
animal that is well summered, is half win-
tered."
POINTS 01' HISTORY.
In 1607 Virginia was colonized by Sir
Walter Raleigh ; in 1608 Champlain found-
ed Quebec; and the following year New
York was settled by the Dutch. To these
settlements, in 1620, was added that of
Massachusetts after the historic landing of
the "Pilgrim Fathers."
Horace Walpole relates that when the
beautiful Countess of Suffolk married Mr.
Howard they were both so poor that they
went to Hanover, before Queen Anne's
death, to pay court to the future Royal
Family. Having a party to dinner, and
being disappointed of a remittance, the
cowl
tees was forced to sell her hair to fur-
nish the entertainment. Lang wigs were
then in fashion, and her hair, being very
long, fine, and fair, produced her twenty
pounds.
Tea, according to Chinese writers, was
first discovered in the 18th century. An
' impost was placed upon it by the Emperor
Te -Tsang in 781. It was.introdaced into
Japan from China in the 9th century. The
Dutch introduced it into Europe in 1591 ; it
was used in England on some rare occasions
prior to 1657, and was sold at from £6 to
£10 per pound. Millions of pounds weight
of aloe, liquorice, and ash -tree leaves are
every year mixed with Chinese toes in Eng-
land. Tho annuli consumption of tea in
Great Britian is 30,000,000 pounds, while
that of all the rest of the civilized world
only amount to 22,000,000.
Three attempts have been made to kill
French sovereigns by infernal machines one
of which has been directed against each of
the three last sovereigns, On December
24th, 1800, St. Regent tried to blow up the
first Napoleon with a barrel of gunpowder.
charged with grape shot, He missed
Napoleon, but hit 73 others, killing 20.
Fieschi attempted the life of Louis Phillipe
on July 28th, 1835, by firing an infernal
machine as the King and his eons rode along
the lines of the National Guards on the
Boulevard do Temple. The machine con-
sisted of 25 gun -barrels fixed in a frame and
charged with various miaailes, which were
fired simultaneously by a train of gunpowder
He only grazed the King's arm, but killed
Marshall Mortimer and seven others. On
January 14th, 1858, Orsini, Pierri, Rudio,
and others, made an attempt to ki4 Napo-
leon I1I, by means of hand grenades ; this
was also unsuccessful, and by it two persons
were killed and many wounded,
In the case of a miser itis much easier to
take things as they come than, part with
things as they go.
A Baltimore man called a letter carrier a
liar and was promptly knocked down. He
is now punishing the Government by going
to the post office for his own mail,
A paper by Admiral F. S. Tremlett on
quadrilateral constructions near Cernao has
been read before the Anthropological Insti-
tute, London. The enclosures were explor-
ed by the late Mr. James Miin. In each
case the boundary walls aro formed of coarse
undressed stones put together without any
kind of cement, and have built up within
them a series of small menhirs or "standing
stones." The enclosures also contain bee-
hive structures for cremation purposes, red-
dened and become friable from the effects of
great heat. It wonld appear that the pro-
cess of cremation had been a very perfect
one, as not a particle of calcined bone was
discovered in any of the enclosures,
YOUNG FOLKS.
The First Tamale.
Once in an Eastern palace wide
A lime girl sat weaving :
So patiently her task she plied
The mon and women at her aide
Flocked round her almost grieving.
" How is it, little one," they salt,
" You always work Bo cheerily?
You never seem to break your thread,
Or snarl or tangle It, instead
Of working emooth and clearly.
" Our weaving gote so worn and Boiled,
Oursllk so frayed and broken.
For all we've fretted, wept and tolled,
We know the lovely pattern'e spoiled
B lore the King has spoken."
Tho little child looked in their eyoe,
So full of care and trouble :
And pity chased the eweet surprise
That filled her own, as eomotimes flies
Tho rainbow In a bubble.
" I only go end tell the King,"
She said abashed and meekly,
You know he said in everything—"
" Why, eo do we ?' they arled, " we bring
Him all our troubles weekly 7'
She turned her little head aside ;
A moment let them wrangle ;
" Ah, but," ehe eofEly then, replied,
I go and get the k not untied
At the first little tangle?'
0 little children—weavers all !
Our broidery we spangle
With many a tear that may not fall,
If on our King we would but call
At the first little tangle.
A (berry Festival.
A curious fe takes place in the Ger-
man city of Hamburg, when tho cherries
are ripe. It isa festival for the little folk,
who march in a procession through the
streets, waving cherry laden branches. The
Cherry Festival has been held for more than
400 years, and it serves to put all the peo-
ple in mind of a victory won by none but
little children over an army of fierce men—
an old, old story that ie very touching and
beautiful, and which the citizens of Hamburg
do not wish to forget.
In the year 1432 Hamburg was besieged
by a great army. ; The army of Hnseites it
was ; its leader remembered in history as
Procopiva the • Great, The war had been
raging for many years and on both sidea it
had become very bitter and cruel ; and so
the people of Hamburg were terribly afraid,
for they could not hope to hold out ageiaet
a great multitude of men who had been
trained to war. A council of the chief cid-
zone was held to consider what they should
do ; and at length some one suggested that
they should send out the little children,
for when the great army of soldiers saw them
the sight would melt their hearts and they
would do no more harm to the town.
Then all the children were gathered to-
gether from their homes, and they were put
in order in the streets, and the city gate was
opened, and they were told to march out
and meet the army. The soldiers lying out-
side, and who had Dome to destroy the oity
and murder all who were in it, were sur-
prised to see the gate awing open, and
greater still grew their amazement when
they saw the little children, clad all in pure
white robes, come forth, and when they
heard the pattering on the road of little
feet; and when the little ones drew timidly
up to their tents, the eyes of the rough sol-
diers began to fill with tears, and (as there
were oherry orchards all about) they threw
down there arms and gathered beautiful
branches oft the cherry trees, full of fruit,
and sent back the children to their parents
with answers of peace.
And that Ie why the Hamburg children
down to this very day get their cherry feast
every year, and the people turn out to look
at them, and think with grateful tears of
the army of little ones who gained the eweot,
bloodless battle, and saved the good old town
from destruction 450 years ago.
" (Melts Never Thrive."
A Sohool Board Inspector, says an English
exchange, tells the following story : The
next composition I examined was that of a
not particularly intelligent looking little
lad, with a sallow visage, and lank, red hair,
his daily employment being to assist his
widowed mother, who kept a "leaving shop"
in the neighborhood. Master Hollier had
taken for his theme the time honored axiom,
" Cheats never thrive," but hie treatment of
it was remarkable chiefly from the circum-
stance that he had altogether mistaken the
sense in whichit is generally applied,
" The way to thrive," wrote the widow's
son, "is to meke,ull that you have a chantz
of making. When you goes to buy a thing,
and the man arstes you so much, if you do
not bate him down then you cheat yourself,
and so you wont thrive. So the same when
you want to sell a thing, and you do not
arst so much as you might got, though per-
haps it might not be wuth it to any one
what knew, then you will not thrive. It is
rong to cheat anybody, but itis very foolish
to cheat yourself. If any body wants to
borrow any money on an article you mite
cheat yourself if you lent her mor'n
'bout a quarter what she arst, then you
might bo sure that you have not cheated
yourself, and then you will thrive. The
way to thrive is to get all the money that
ever you can.—Yours ever trewly, William
Augustus Hollier,"
HINTS TO YOUNG: HUNTERS
No gun shoots where it is pointed.
Damp or corroded shells ought never to be
loaded.
A bullet never travels in a straight line,
even for a short distance.
A bullet is deflected from its course in
changes of wind and temperature.
Hold your gun level. The longer the range
the more important this rule becomes,
Good results should not be expected with
one gun and one kind of ammunition at all
distances and for all purposes.
A gun barrel clamped in a vide will not
shoot its bullets so close together aa when
a good marksman shoots it from a reet.
Violent exercise just before shooting will
ruin any man's soore. Dissipation of any
kind will have the same effect,
The muzzle of a gun is always dangerous ;
if not so considered, one soon contracts the
habit of being oarelees with loaded firearms.
It is any easy mentor to shoot when the
trap is up, or to shoot on the wrong target;
both these errors should be guarded agains
at eaoh shot fired.
Primers should be seated carefully to avoid
crushing of fulminate, and when seating
them care should be taken that powderis out
of therange of any that may explode.
No one who is afraid of the recoil of a gun
can make a good score. Never winoe before
you are hurt; there is plenty of time to do
that afterward,
Not one half of the guns made are worn
out ; by far the greater number being ruined
through lack of Dare or on account of being
tinkered by their owners.
Examine your firearms frequently to see
if rust has begun to form. Make it a point
to prevent rust rather than remove it, Keep
gune away from damp walls, and do not
eave them in positions that tend to warp
the stooks.
In shooting, the longest range of tlee'gun
°should be taken into consideration. Ask
yourself : Where will the bullet drop? The
man who uses a long range rifle to shoot at
a bird in a tree, is either very careless or
very ignorant,
A gun may shoot poorly because it is not
fitted with fine sights, a fact which some-
times is not fully appreciated. For instance,
a telescope, spirit -level and vernier add no-
thing to the accuracy of a gun, but only af-
fect the power of directing shots.
Hold your gun in the same manner every
time it is fired ; that is, with the same pres-
sure to the shoulder, and do not hold the
toe to the shonlder at one time and the heel
to the shoulder at another. The proper way
is to hold the centre of the butt plate to the
shoulder.
The man that doesn't leave his wits at
home is the one who succee ds in any kind
of shooting, whether in the field, at the trap,
or before the target. Do not imagine that
becanee you are easily excited, it Is impos-
sible to keep cool. Try a little enforced
coolness; perhaps your excitability may be
only a matter of habit.
Powder is very eusoeptibl e to moisture
of any kind and will be materially injured
if left exposed even for a short time in a
damp atmosphere. The residuum, that is,
the burned powder remaining in the barrel,
has the same affinity for moisture and may
be as effectually softened by means of breath,
fog in the barrel, as by the applioation of
water. —
Professional Etiquette
prevents some doctors from advertising their
skill, but we are bound by no such conven-
tional rules, and think that if we make a dis-
covery that is of benefit to our fellows, we
ought to spread the fact to the whole land.
Therefore we cause to be published through-
out the land the fact that Dr. R. V, Pierce's
"Golden Medical Discovery" is the beet
known remedy for consumption (scrofula of
the lungs) and kindred diseases. Send two
stamps for Dr. Pierce's complete treatise on
consumption, with unsurpassed means of self -
treatment. Address, World's Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
qiustles have probably reached their maxi-
mum in size for at least six months to come.
Belts to be fashionable must be very wide.
Composed of Smart -Weed, Jamaica Gin-
ger, Camphor Water and best French Brandy,
Dr. Pierce's Extract of Smart -Weed is the
best remedy for diarrhoea, cholera morbus,
dysentery or bloody flux,colio or cramps,and
to break up colds,
Whlte frocks are worn to excess in Eng
land.
* * * * Secret, involuntary drains upon the
system cured in thirty days. Pamphlet giv-
ing particulars, three letter stamps. Addrer s,
World's Diepeneary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Huge bridal bouquets are no longer in
vogue.
The public aro often very unjust but nev-
er consciously so. What tie y see clearly to
be justice they always approve. It often
takes a long time to bring them to see things
as they really are, but in the and their
verdict is always right, It was faith in the
idea that induced the manufacturers of the
" Myrtle Navy " tobacco to stand by their
superior brand under every discouragement
at the outset. The public verdict has been
rendered at last, and it is emphatically in
their favor,
Sashes aro a feature in fall toilets.
Prevention Better Than Cure,
Many of the diseases s8' prevalent in these
cuss aro caused by using soap containing
impure and infectious matter. Avoid all
risk by using PERPEOT1oN Laundry Soap,
which is absolutely pure. Ask your grocer
for PERPEOUION, Manufactured only by
the Toronto Soap Co.
0 K Testimony,
The testimonials we publish may bo veri-
fied by any person who may doubt their
truthfulness,
Elgin, Deo. 18.—We, the undersigned,
have used Nerviline in our families as pre-
pared by N. C Poison & Co., of Kingston,
Ont, and certify that it never falls to give
relief in oolde, coughs, and rheumatic pains;
and we have no hesitation in recommending
it to the publio. W. Pennock, Postmaater,
Elgin ; Henry W. Warren ; Eliza Powell,
Elgin ; Cophas Brown, South •
Crosby.
Ten cent trial bottles may be purchased at
any drug store, Poison's Nerviline, the
never -failing pain cure, Try it now.
All gray greens will be much worn.
tar Alma Ladies' College, St. Thomas,
Ont., has full staff and complete erurses In
Literature, Muefo, Fine Arts, and Commer-
cial Soienoe. Re -opens September 10, 1885.
For 50 pp. announoement, address Princi-
pal Austin, B.D.
Green in various subdued shades will bo
a leading color in fall and early winter
fashions,
The V shaped corsage is very popular in
Paris.
When Report
Reaches us that counterfeit bank bills are in
circulation, we carefully f xamine every bill '�"
in order to protect ourselves against loss.
How much richer would we be, how much
suffering would we escape, did we exercise
in all things the same careful scrutiny. Im-
itations, cheap and dangerous, are being of-
fered for that great corn remedy—Putnam'e
Painless Corn Extractor. Beware of all
remedies offered you as being "just as good
as Putnams" Is it not proof positive that It
is the beat when such arguments are used to
effect the sale of substitutes. Use Putnam's
Painless Corn Extractor. Sold by druggists
everywhere, n
M. Perey, a Dijon astronomer, offers a
novel explanation of the frequency of the
earthquakes which have produced so much
disturbance on the surface of our planet of
late, His theory is that they are caused,
ke the tidos, by the attraction of the sae
and moon.
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ASK YOUR GR0C18I5 OR
IMPERIAL FRENCH SHOE BLACKING
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inetiuoted it not acquainted with the business.
Box 256, St. Catharines.
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For freight, passage, or other information
Apply to A. Schumacher & Co., Baltimore ; S,
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