The Gazette, 1893-07-06, Page 7:.2
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HE FARM.
The Manurial Value of a Well -Fed Milofi
Cow.
The American Dairyman is disposed to
discredit the statements made in some agri-
cultural papers as to the value of stable
manure, and relates an experiment tried by
a farmer who had a field of uniform fertil.
ity and spread over half of it -the manure
from his herd of 30 cows which had been
stabled six months. This quantity of man-
ure represented the product of his herd for
that six months, and the crop from that
half of the field, in excess of the crop from
the unmanured half, showed that he receiv-
ed $3.30 for the six months manure of a
cow, or, if we permit estimates, the manure
of his herd was worth $6.60 per cow per
year.
This experiment is extremely interesting
and valuable as far as it goes, but it does
not go far enough to disprove statements
which have been made about the value of
the manure from a herd of dairy cows.
The markets of the world fix a certain
price per pound upon potash, phosphoric
acid and ammonia. It is easy for the
chemist to tell how much of these ingredi-
ents are excreted by a well fed dairy cow
in the course of a year ; Consequently, it
is nothing but a question of mathematics
which any school boy can figure out, to de-
termine how much money a person would
have to expend to buy in the open market
the amount of plant food contained in the
manure of a milch.cow during a year. But
whether or re t the farmer would get back
that money spent in chemical fertilizers or
in stable manure, depends upon other and
additional considerations —upon the season,
the crop, the solubility of the fertilizer, and
the needs of the soil in that particul•
field.
Thousands of dollars are expended in
chemical fertilizers for which the farmers
do not get their money back at least the
first season, on account of reasons which
have nothing to do with the commercial
price of the merchandise. It would be as
wise to quote one experiment of that sort
to prove that the market value of a ton of
muriate of potash is more than the agricul-
tural value, as it is to quote that single ex-
periment to prove the market value of the
chemicals in a year's excreta of a cow.
Meanvhile fields must be entrusted with
an abundance of plant food if we would
have an abundance of forage to produce
an abundance of milk.
Watering Milk.
The universal custom is to cry down the
act of watering milk without the slightest
regard to the uses for which the milk is in-
tended, says a writer iv the Jersey Bulle-
tin. Now the 'fact is, that milk and water
do not form an emulsion but soon come
apart if not constantly agitated. When the
mother feeds cow's milk to the baby the
fiesething she does is to put in a third the
balk of water; if the milk is Jersey milk
she adds more water and :.11 this talk about
Jersey milk being too rich for babies is
knocked higher than a kite. • If you intend
to set the milk for cream raising by the
cool process then it is an advisible plan to
pour the cans a third full of ice water and
the milk on top of that ; this chills the
milk and hastens the cream raising and no
harm is done to the cream. When the
cream is ready for the churn the chances
are that it is too thick for profitable churn-
ing and should be thinned by water, hot or
cold as the conditions may require.
Here we see are benefits to be derived
from watering milk and cream. To pat
water in milk that is to be sold for pure
milk is a crime to be punished as severely
as the law will permit.
There is still another way of watering
milk, to wit in the cow ; some claim it can
be done by means of their food but certain-
ly it can by selection. To be sold as whole
milk such diluted staff is as much a fraud
as if the milkman had used the pump handle
and added the contents of the well to his
cans.
It Is the Man Not Agriculture.
Young men on the farm are circumstanc-
ed in many respects much as are the great
majority off the farm. They have a future
and it depends very much upon their own
efforts what it shall be. Many realize this
and pave the way for a successful career,
by reading and study, by investigation and
observation, by a careful analysis of the
means and methods necessarily employed
by others who have got to the top, and by
practical persevering experiment. They
who do not realize, that the making of
themselves is measurably in their own
keeping, take things as they come, and
indifferently rather than otherwse, plod
their way very much as a door upon its
:hinges, without aim, purpose, or object.
Work on the farm is hard and unremitting
day in and day out all the year round, but
so is the daily toil of those in other call-
ings.
Poultry Pointers.
It seems natural for some to have better
success in hatching and raising chicks than
others, but it is not luck, it is simply a
careful looking after details.
Room upon the ground is what fowls
need and height does no good above a
couple of feet, just enough for them to
stand upright ancl°-flap their wings.
One always wants doors wide enough in
the hen -house to go in and to any part
with a wheelbarrow, to take out manure
and to wheel in fresh sand,to sprinkle under
the perches and over the floor.
Chickensshould not be allowed a chance
to put their feet into their drinking places.
They will drink water which is absolutely
filthy and full of the germs of the disease,
if not carefully prevented from doing so.
As soon as chickens are one week old,
cracked corn, wheat and rice make a good
combination, and where chickens run at large
nothing more need be added. When con-
fined in small runs fresh cut beef bones
should be fed two or three times a week.
Those who . recommend the swabbing of
the roost with- kerosene may not have in
yjew the fact -that this irritates the feet of
the fowls, and may cause lameness. The
proper mode is to have the roost movable,
take it outside of the poultry house, wipe
it with a rag that has been saturated
with kerosene,,ancl apply a lighted match.
This will destroy alrhce,.and not injure the
boost.
---Port€try shows can be made more valuable
by payin3 more attention to carcasses and
less to feathers; by provhig worth with egg
records and other marketable characteris-
tics. The unreasonable standard may take
from the utility points to add to the show
requirements and then what otherwise
might be a model bird? In England, prizes
are offered for the " business" hen —why
not in America ?
Handling Farm Produce.
The profit or loss in the crop depends
fully as much on the way it is cared for
and marketed as upon its successful produc-
tion. As a rule it does not take the same
amount of care and ingenuity to produce a
good crop as it does to care for it and
market it to the best advantage and at the
least cost.
A great many products are injured by
too much handling ; and with the crude
methods used it can hardly be avoided.
What is needed is an improvement in meth-
ods. The usual method of handling pota-
toes, for instance, practised by the majority
of producers, is, to pick them up in baskets
and empty them into pits or into the wagon -
box, when they have to be handled again by
hand or with a fork or shovel, and either
spend a gcod deal of time in picking them
up by hand or injure them and start decay
by bruising them with shovel or fork. Mr.
T. B. Terry, in his A B C of Potato Cul-
ture, tells us a better way.
For several years I have been using bushs
el boxes for marketing early potatoe-
while the skins slip, and for handling the
crop in the field all through the season.
This is one of the ways in which the po-
tato specialist can get ahead of the small
raiser. I think we handle our crop for leas
than half of what it used to cost us before
we got these boxes made. Our boxes are 13
inches by 16, and 13 deep, all inside meas-
ures. They were made a little deeper, to
allow for shrinkage. g'he sides and bot-
toms are made of ii stuff„ and the ends of g.
Hand -holes are cut in the ends.
The upper corners are bound with gal-
vanized hoop iron to make them strong.
The price paid for them was from $25 to $30
a hundred at a box -factory. Some Iight
wood should be used of course,so as to make
them as light as possible. They need not
weigh more than six or seven pounds. Early
in the season, while the skins slip, our po-
tatoes are dug and laid (not thrown) into
these boxes, and the boxes are covered as
fast as filled: They are thensafefrom sun and
rain till wanted for market. The covers
are simply pieces of boards cut about 15 by
18 inches. Dug one day and taken to mar-
ket the next,and set off on the boxes at the
grocer's, and then set by him into his de-
livery wagon and taken to his customers,
the customer gets them just as nice and
treshas though he raised them himself. Of
course, these boxes filled with potatoes
should be carried on a spring wagon, and
covered by canvas from sun and rain.
Halifax and Nickel -Steel.
Mr. J. H. Biles, the designer of the
steamers Paris and New York, expresses in
The North American Review the belief that
within 10 years a vessel can "leave New
York at noon and arrive at Southampton
at noon on the fourth day out."
Among the agents that will be instru-
mental in realizing the truth of this .pro-
phesy none is more important than nickel -
steel. A great source of gain in speed will
be in the lightening of the engines and
other paraphernalia of power through the
use of a lighter metal, such, for example, as
nickel -steel. This now costs much more
than mild steel, but is forty to fifty per
cent. stronger; it also costs no more now
than that steel did in 1875. Other methods
for increasing- speed will be the use
of oil for fuel, the building of more econ-
omical boilers and the lengthening of the
vessels. " In fine," says the writer,
" should nickel -steel be cheap enough
for use in engines, and should a
light boiler be secured for long voyages,.
the speed may be increased by two knots,
while oil as fuel would carry the gain to
three and a half, which would reduce the
time record between Sandy Hook and
Queenstown from five days fifteen hours to
four clays sixteen hours. Increase the
length of the vessel to 1,000 feet, its width
to 100 and its draught to 30, and it will
make 30 knots an hour and be . capable of
crossing the Atlantic in a little over four
days."
Halifax is just 788 miles nearer Queens-
town than New York is. It will take just
a full day for one of these nickel vessels to
travel that distance. This would make the
the trip from Halifax to Queenstown a mat-
ter of three days !
Canada is on the ground floor in this
deal. Halifax is ours- The nickel is ours.
The nickel ship cannot develop too quickly
for us.
Murdered by Squatters.
Advices have been received from Piedras
Negras, Mexico, to the effect that some
days ago DonLuis Caravangas, one of the
officials of,the Durango Bank, left there to
pay a visit to his ranche, which had been
taken possession of by a party of squatters.
Don Luis determined either to force them
to pay rent or to eject them. The squat-
ters were informed of his intention, and
having at once decided to wa ylay and
murder him, four of their number were
selected by lot to carry this plan into exe-
cution. As Don Luis, accompanied by a
single attendant, was riding past a clump
of brushwood about four miles from the
ranchea volley fired point blank killed
both him and his attendant. As soon as
information of the crime reached the Gov-
ernor of Durango, he telegraphed to the
captain of the Rangers at Tapona, who,
accompanied by a body of 50 picked men,
mounted and rode to the scene of the crime.
This display of force overawed the outlaws,
and the gang, 22 in number, dispersed.
Sixteen of them were overhauled, and, after
a desperate form of trial, shot by their
captors.
A man of English colonial birth and rear-
ing; found something amusingly and char-
acteristically American in an incident con-
nected with the late Bryan'Mcawyny. The
Englishman made McSwyny's acquaintance
one morning in hie shop, when the friend
of Ireland s iavely measured him for a pair
of shoes. Less than ,twelve hours after-
ward, at a public dinner, the Englishman
found himself seated opposite his acquaint-
ance of the morning, who, in correct evening
dress and wearing a smile that betrayed no
sign or sense of aught incongruous in the
situation, bowed in recognition of his cus-
tomer.
__ IiBtT IN g BOAT TO DIE.
Barbarous Refusal of a Schooner's eaptai
to Rescue a Castaway. •
One of -the most pathetic and heartrend
ing stories of the long series of disaster
at seaduring the late terrible gales wa
told to a reporter by Captain James 0. El
well of the steamship Panther, which arriv
ed at Philadelphia from Fall River recently
One evening at 6 o'clock the lookout call
attention to some object wbieh, on close
examination through the marine glasses
proved to be a boat seemingly empty an
adrift.
"She looks like a shallop," remarked th
mate, as he took another long gaze through
the binoculars.
"Well, it's not much out of our way, any
how, to take a closer look," observed Cap
tain Elwell. "Steer for it, whatever i
is." As the Panther came up close along-
side the mate cried : "Why, there's
body in the boat," and just then an emaci-
ated individual, who in the gathering twi
light looked like a fantasy of grim death
itself, raised himself in a sitting posture
from the bottom of the skiff and cried in a
creaking, husky voice
" Pour los vueno Dios,
captain."
Captain Elwell, shocked beyond measure
at the half-dead appearance of the poor
fellow, immediately lowered a boat and
brought him alongside. Tenderly the
American tars lifted him up the side and
carried him into the cabin, where he was
placed upon a sofa. His dark eyes, lacking
luster from fasting and privation, looked
up at Captain Elwell with such'a glance
of pitiful gratitude that the gallant skipper,
rough and ready seamen as he is said : " It
was enough to unman the stoutest heart."
Everything was done to make him comfort-
able, food and stimulants were administered
cautiously, and in the morning the castaway
was able to tell his story.
" My name," he said, " is Yedo Portalar,
and I hail from•Flores, Western islands.
On Monday last I was at Southampton,
Long island, fishing and was caught in a
freshet in the creek. I jumped into my.
boat, which, as you see, is a little flat-bot-
tomed shallop, and endeavored to reach the
opposite shore. The wind rose and blew me
nut to sea. I lost one of my oars, but scull-
ed with the other and kept the boat head
to sea as long as my strength lasted. For
three days I was buffeted about by wind
and sea and did not see a sail. I had no
food or water, but my courage did not fail
until the morning of the 10th, when a large
three masted schooner hove in sight. I got
off my shirt and tied it to the oar and, as
well as I could, waved it aloft. The schoon-
er bore down and came close alongside.
They asked what I wanted. I said : ' I am
adrift three days without food or drink ;'
take me aboard.' They cursed me for 'a
—Portugee' and told me to go drown
and then sailed away. I called to them
in the name of the good God and holy
mtther to save me, but it was no use. I
then knelt down and prayed and resigned
myself to death. The hunger and thirst
were dreadful. A little rain fell and I
sacked my wet clothes for a alight relief.
From the tortures of a patched mouth I lay
down in the bottom of the boat, and had
given up all hope, when I heard the noise
of a steamer, and, thanks be to God and
Captain Elwell, was saved."
Portalar could not make out the name of
the vessel, as he cannot read English, but
aid that she was a clipper -looking craft,
ery trim and smart, with bright spars
Captain Elwell thought that in his weak
ondition he ought to have medical attention
nd considerably stood out of his course
nd landed Portalar at Block island. He
took him up to the hotel, got a doctor and
aw that he was comfortably fixed before he
eft him. The grateful Portuguese took the
aptain's sun -burned hand and placed it on
is heart and in broken English and Por-
ugaese poured out all the blessings of this
world and the next on his rescuer. When
he sighted the boat the Panther was about
ve miles southeast by south of Black island.
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Life on a Sealer.
The Antarctic Whaling Expedition is
back again after a nine months' absence. A
member of the expedition gives in the Lon-
don Times on Saturday morning a vivid
picture of the horrors of sealing. " Now"
he writes, "a fall boat is making its way to.
the ship. We steam towards her. As we
near, the engines are stopped and she glides
alongside. The cook or the steward rushes
from the look -out, the doctor from the
wheel, one working the steam winch and
the other unswitching the skins, while the
boats' crew swallow a hasty meal. The
boat being unloaded, they are off again for
another fi.l. The greatest rivalry exists
between the boats' crews, each endeavour-
ing to get the greatest load for the day.
Another boat is seen approaching, and
away we go again, dodging this piece of
ice, charging that piece with our sturdy
bows, boring away where the ice lies close-
ly packed, rounding this berg, and on to
the next until we reach the boat, which is
down to the gunwale in the water, with its
crew cautious, plying their oars as they lie
croachedupon their bloody load. So it
goes on from day to day; hay is made while
the sun shines, and the pile of skins and
blubber rises high upon the ship's deck."
Bnried Treavare•
A few days ago a number of old and
musty documents were found in the City of
Mexico, by which it was learned that treas-
ure valued at $2,000,000 was buried under
a certain house in that city. The docu-
ments bore official marks, and stated that
the wealth was secreted by order of Em-
peror Maxmilian. The excavating was be-
gun, and in a short time a clay vessel filled
with gold powder was unearthed. Then
came several pieces of solid silverware. A
depth of only a few feet has as yet been in-
terrupted by a great flow of water into the
cavity. As soon as the water can be shut
out or controlled the work of excavating
will be resumed
Some of the French soldiers, wounded in
Dahomey, who have been sent home to be
cared for until convalescent, have been in-
terviewed by French journalists. They
speak of the intense beat of Dahomey, and
say they fought under great difficulties by
reason of the nature of the country. ` They
found the women much more redoubtable
than the men. These Amazons carried re-
peating rifles, and had cords round their
wrists for the purpose of binding any
Frenchmen who might fall into their hands.
BUILDING MATERIAL.
uCL-I A�
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty Wrougbt, Cut and
Wire Nails, Spikes, Tools of all kinds, in
great Pr3fusion at
tinter llnr's
o Fordw±h
Hardware o Store,
full stock of all kinds of Hardware. No
need to go to the "big towns," for we have
everything. Come and deal at a first-class
house, where goods are way down cheaf . Immense line t f
ALABASTINE for the walls, in all colors.
Tinsmithing and Repairing a Speciality
An elegant stock of
SOOTS
AND
P. H. SHAVER'S, GORRIE,
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Something choice in
Gents' Walking Shoes,
Ladies' Lace Boots,
Boys' and Girls'
Boots and Shoes.
II have the choicest leather in stock and make a speciality of ordered work. Per
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HERE
AIE You
MOVING TO ?
We are going to
CrIIPT" EWA.
Co., Michigan, near Sault
Ste Marie.
WHY DO YOU GO THERE ?
Well, we have. five boys,
We have sold the farm for $5,
000. We can buy 640
acres between Pick-
ford and the Railway
station at Rudyard,
and have a good farm
for each of the bo �y s
and have money left.
What. can a renter do there?
He can huy a farm on five years time
f3.nd pay for it with one-fourth of the
(money he would pay for rents in that
time, and own his own home.
Is it good land ?
As good. as any in
Huron Co., Excellent
nor Oats, Peas, Wheat
Clover, Timothy, Po -
toes and all kinds of
toots. Prices are as good as any on tie
lakes, owing to the nearness of the
inines and lumber woods to the west -
`ward.
What class of people live there ?
They are nearly all from Huron Co.
,You beet there so many old
tthat you can hardly believe
left home.
I want to see that land. "Who has it
for sale ? Inquire of
E. -C. DAVIDSON
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
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