Denton County Record and Chronicle. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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THB RECORD AND CHRONICLE-
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
bnterestino chapters for
our rural readers.
■
Operate This
Bow Successful Farmers
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hints as to the Care of Live Stoek
And Poultry.
ends meet tf be pays •» Wfh jt price u I FARM A NT) ftA RDEN
do the western stockmen. The result)/ All 17 Ut1JIJ/I2ui#
Is as would be expected—the western'
A Now York Pouilkj Farmer.
About a year ago a report was given
naf Henry Van Dreser's poultry farm-
ing. You were told of the high price
got for his eggs, all of them going
to one grocer on Fifth avenue, New
York. It was reported also how many
hens he intended to have laying this
winter, and that all the eggs were con-
tracted at a fancy figure to one dealer.
The report seemed almost incredible,
but the business goes right on all the
same, and the money is rolling in,
writes T. B. Terry to Practical Far-
oner. Mr. Van Dreser is one of the
jN. Y. Institute force and a man who
(Succeeds when he undertakes any-
thing. He paid for a large, line farm,
nd made his mark in the world by
reeding Holsteins. A few years ago
jbe became interested in the poultry
^business. He says they always kept
pens, [jut they never watered them in
'winter, nor did they feed them proper-
ty. J he hen house was cold and filthy.
It was not cleaned out for years at
time, and their hens were all ages.
,Thej* did not get any eggs in winter.
When he determined to uiako a
jchange, and take care of the poultry,
ithey first dressed the entire lot, old
and young, and sent them to market.
| hen they bought a 200-egg incubator,
i^ext 200 eggs were procured from an
•expert. They paid $20 for these, as
ithey wanted to start with the best
imoney could buy. Mr. Van Dreser
(says he could not afford to breed up
:the old mixed stock they had. but de-
sired to take advantage of all that had
■been done in this line. The eggs came
iby express. They were allowed to rest
24 hours after they arrived before
•they were put in the incubator. The
{fifth day they were taken out and
•tested. The infertile ones were saved
to feed to the young chickens later on.
lOf course the eggs were turned each
♦day afterwards. The 18th day, along
toward night, the chickens began to
pick their way out of the shells. This
;poultry business was started by Mr.
|Van Dreser partly on account of a boy
they were bringing up, and he and the
boy sat up all night, so interested were
they, watching the chickens hatch out.
All of them were out by the ll)th day.
They were left in the incubator 24
hours. The chickens hatched out
numbered 87 to each 100 eggs, in this
first trial of the incubator; 76 of these
were raised, that is, 7(J grown chick-
ens were obtained from each 100 eggs
bought. In due time the little chick-
ens were transferred to a brooder, of
course. The lirst incubator was used
in tile house cellar. This caused the
tii'e insurance company to cancel their
ipojjfv, But Henry says tliey didn't
pi* vto bo stopped by any such
'J went ahead, but
w«o tHiJirticularly careful about lire.
Having such good results the first
time, Mr. Van Dreser was anxious to
increase the business rapidly, and
talked the matter over with his
.friends. Mr. Geo. A. Smith, the dairy
expert, begged of our enthusiastic
friend to go slow; and he did, al-
though it was hard work for him. tie
Ifelt his way along gradually, study-
ing and learning all he could. The
(second year another incubator was
[bought, and brooder to match. And
still they prospered in this new under-
taking. They built a two-story house
for the hatching and brooding of the
little chicks. It is 40x45 feet. The
herds have the finest bulls and the<
quality of the whole herd is good, and/
all the time it l«i being graded up. The
small eastern herds are either standing
sttll or retrograding in quality. As a,
consequence the western cattle are1
topping the markets when properly
fattened and finished.
Digestibility of Milk.
Feeds do afreet the flavor, but flavor
and digestibility are different factors,
and we have no proof at the present;
time that milk from a healthy animal
fed on clean feed is in any way af-
fected as to it-s digestibility by any
feed or combination of feeds, says
Hoard's Dairyman.
The same objection that is made to
cotton-seed meal has also been raised
against ensilage, but Mr. H. B. Gurler,
who is supplying Chicago with a grade
of milk especially used by children
and invalids, uses silage freely, if
care is taken to use feeds that are
free from strong flavors, or if high
flavored foods are fed after the ani- \
mals are milked, the milk will have ,
no other than its natural sweet flavor
—provided that precautions are taken j
as to the cleanliness of the animal, I
stable and vessels hclding the milk.
That there is a difference in the diges-
tibility of milk from individual cows
is well known to every doctor. It
frequently happens that several ani-
mals have to be tried before one is
found whose milk is suited to the
stomach of a delicate child. We have
not yet, however, arrived at the point
where we can say that any clean food,
such as cotton-seed meal, or other
feeds of like nature, makes the casein
of the milk less digestible, and that
its use should be discontinued in con-
sequence. At the same time it should
be recognized that any food, if given
in such quantities as to affect the
health of the animal, will in many
cases cause the milk to become unlit
to use.
MATTEBS OF INTEREST
AGRICULTURISTS.
TO
Somt* (Jp-tO'Diitn flints Aboot Cul-
tivation or the 8oIl and Ytnlris
Thereof—Horticulture, Viticulture and
Floriculture.
Dairy Notes.
The passage of the Dunlap-Lyona
pure food bill by the Illinois legisla-
ture gives the consumers and produc-
ers of dairy products in Illinois some
hope that they will be enabled to get
some protection against frauds in the
form of adulterations and preserva-
tives. The thing that is now needed
is to have a commissioner appointed
that will discharge his duties with
regard to public interests. The task
has become almost herculean by rea-
son of the long years of delay. Illi-
nois has proved a rich territory to be
worked in the interests of every man-
ufacturer of so-called preservatives as
well as for the manufacturers of spur-
ious butter. Give us men that have
the energy and honesty that preseni
circumstances require.
* * *
The shipment of butter is almost a
science in itself. By reason of too lit-
tle thought in this regard the shippers
of butter frequently suffer consider-*
ably, if a man i3 to send forward a!
good deal of butter of different quali-i
ties it is very necessary for the de-
scription of his goods to be such that
it will be understood by the commis-
sion man to whom they are shipped
or by other customers. If it happens
that two qualities are in the same
batch, the whole is likely to be judged
by either the good or the bad. If it ia
judged by the bad, the price he re-
ceives will be low. If it is judged by
the good, then the bad butter may
spoil a good customer. It is best not
to try to deceive the commission man
or any customer.
• * »
The state of Washington ha* Just
put into operation a law that will cer-
tainly prove effective if it is properly
enforced. It provides for a state
The Soy Itean ns a Farm Crop.
A bulletin of the Indiana Experiment
Station says: A comparatively new
and promising leguminous crop for In-
diana farmers is the Soy bean. This
plant has been successfully grown in
different parts of the state and at
several points farther north in the
United States. It thrives in good corn
soils, and will grow wherever corn can
be successfully produced.
Being a quick maturing annual, it
will prove especially helpful to those
who cannot grow clover. A crop of
soy beans can be produced between the
spring and autniun frosts anywhere
in the state. The soy bean may be
grown for pasture, green forage (soil-
ing). for hay or silage, or for seed. It
will yield nine to 12 tons of green fod-
der, 1% to 2% tons of hay, and 10 to
40 bushels of seed according to variety,
condition of soil, etc. .
Varieties.—If seed is desired, the
earlier varieties, only, should be grown
in northern Indiana. The Medium
early varieties will doubtless mature
in most parts of the state, and are to
be preferred owing to their greater
yield. The later varieties might be
grown for soil renewal or soiling, but
they would hardly mature seed.
Culture.—The soil may be prepared
as for corn. If impoverished by prev-
ious cropping the soil should be well
I supplied with lime, potash and phos-
phoric acid. Nitrogenous manures have
| also proved beneficial in New England.
The seed may be sown broadcast
; with the wheat drill, in rows 16 to 24
1 inches apart, or with the corn drill to
I be cultivated as corn. The earlier va-
rieties of soy bean may follow a crop
of rye or barley or be sown in the
standing corn at the time of the last
cultivation, if the weather is season-
able. If sown in corn put in two rows
i of soy beans between each two rows of
! corn. Sow about two pecks to the acre
in rows, like corn, and cultivate, if
seed is desired. For pasture, soiling or
hay, sow four or live pecks to the
acre.
Food Value.—Soy bean hay com-
pares favorably with clover hay in
chemical composition. The seed is
very rich in protein and can therefore
be fed advantageously with corn. The
seed should be ground before feeding.
The seed is readily eaten. Stock as a
rule, do not relish the stems and leaves
at first, but soon take kindly to this
forage. Soy beans and sorghum sup-
plement each other as soiling crops.
Corn and soy beans, together, are said
to make good silage.
Harvesting.—Begin cutting at the
time of early bloom, for soiling. Cut
for hay when in full bloom, and as
soon as the pods have formed, for
silage.
Cost of Seed.—Seedsmen offer soy j
bean seed at $2.50 to $5 per bushel. !
'i'his makes the cost far too great to
justify growing soy beans as a general
ml He produced by these cows was es-,
timated to be 1.766,468,700 gallons.;
About one-eighth of this milk was
used on the farms where it was pro-
duced. The distribution of the re-
mainder—that is, of the milk sold off
the farms either as milk or as butter
or cheese—was said to be as follows:
Butter sold 225,000,000 lbs.
Cheese sold 225,000,000 lbs.
Milk sold 675,000,000 gaftL
There is an enormous waste in dairy;
production which few people realize;
1 hi3 waste I3 due to the practice too!
Horses for ths Gorman Army.
Julius Gold»cbmMt, consul u®n«ral
of the United States In Germany, con-
cerning the horses that are used by
the German army, says:
The following report concerning
horses for the German army la based
on Information received from officers
and from an experienced veterinary
surgeon who has for years superin-
tended the purchase of horses for one
of the Germany army corps. The so-
called "remonte" horse markets, public
SAVED BY COCOANUTS.
THE DOUR-FACED SEAMAN'S
TALE OF SHIPWRECK.
Clinging to Floating Hatch—It Turned
Over Kvary Twenty Minutes the Flrut
May—Hut the Night* Were the Worst
—A Nulclde.
I read in a local newspaper three
years ago that a man clinging to a
and private, take place in the months
prevalent among farmers of keeping^ of April to September In the parts of .
for dairy purposes cows that are not, Germany where horses are plentiful, I floating lazaret hatch had been rescued
good dairy animals. Mr. Alvord esti-i mostly in East and West Prussia, oc- I by a steamship about 200 miles off the
mates that upon t>.e farms of this; caslonally In Posen, Hanover, Hoi-j south Atlantic coast of the United
country many animals are kept—; stein, and Mecklenberg, and, rarely, in : States, says the New York Commer-
"probably some millions"—that "do the Alsace and the Hhine provinces. | cial Advertiser. He had been days in
not produce the value of their annual! Private remonte markets are allowed ;the water and when found was In an
cost, however cheap and wastefullyj to horse breeders, who have for years 'almost dying condition. Later be re-
poor their keeping may be." Thisj; furnished a large and superior .juota .ported that a companion had clung to
grave fact is generally recognized by j of animals for the army, and ;the hatch with him for two days apd
good dairy farmers, but unfortunately j who can offer lots of from 20 to 80 had thpn sunk , save(J this clipping,
it is not recognized by the rank and good horses. Such private markets jh0plng for further details but if they
•Vk« _5*®eral,y* ,.Instead "'V!"?,.6.?:" !)e_h?ld_0n grounds of appeared in print I never saw them.
| Yesterday at the Seamen's mission on
iU . 'Pike street I met the man. I was
•uanla proper there are more private |
than public markets
R H. HOPKINS, Jr.
LAW AND LOANS.
Office over McCormick's Drug"
Store, Denton, Tex.
J-JOSKINS & GAMBLE,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
Rooms 2 and 3, Abney building',
Southwest corner square.
ithe horse breeders and occur mostly .
in East and West Prussia. In Lith-
450 gallons of milk annually, as sup-
posed in the above estimates, dairy
cows should average from 575 to COO
gallons of milk annually, and instead
of 125 pounds of butter annually, as
asupposed In the above estimates, good,
dairy cows should average from 200
to 225 pounds of butter annually. If
cows of the proper standard of produc-
tion were kept, two cows would pro-
duce what now is produced by three.
The enormous loss, therefore, that ac-
crues to cur dairying industry through .'depots before they are turned over
the use of cows not up to the standard
excellence will be apparent to every
one.
reading a last year's magazine at one
(of the tables, killing the time before
The buying is done by Ave army fan appointment with the chaplain of
jcommissariats, consisting each of one ;the floating church. The attendant
{presiding onicer, one to two assistant ,was te|]|ng yisitor U)at (hey ha(J
(Officers, one veterinary surgeon, and |deep.gea men mostly at this home,
jone secretary. The horses purchased fsallor8 from gh, Qf ,he chjna (rai|p
pre generally three years old, in ex- ,whkh d0(.k at (he foQt Qf thfl gtreet
J D. PARKS,
LAND AGENT AND NO-
TARY PUBLIC.
Office over McCormick's Drug-
store, Denton, Tex.
jceptional cases four years,
mer remain one year at the remonte
The for-
QRANVILLE JIARRIS,
Practical Horseshoer.
Sledge's shop, West Oak street,
Denton, Texas.
Nlirnbfl for Hom« Grounds.
From Farmers' Review: Plant a
few small shrubs near the house, so
that the foundations of the house will
be screened and the house
rise out of its surroundings. Tne
choice of shrubs depends somewhat on
the soil and location. There are a
great many shrubs that are very ap-
propriate for planting on the grounds,
but only a few will be named here.
Common Lilac.—Syringa Vulgaris—
This is one of the commonest and,
most highly praised of garden shrubs,,
to
the regular service. There are no
iflxed rules as to the weight of the
horses, and when horses are weighed
(in such places it is on account of scien-
tific food experiments or private in-
terests. Buit it is safe to say that full-
breasted, compactly-built horses are
'used. They will average in weight
seem to /about as follows:
Artillery draft horses, 1,100 to 1,200
pounds, artillery saddle horses 900
pounds, cuirassier horses 1,000 to 1,100
pounds, Uhlan horses 900 to 1,000
pounds, hussar and dragon horses 800
,to 900 pounds.
The common run of horses for the
,Iine cavalry are bought at from $80 to
.$100, while the heavier horses for ar-
The boast of one mission to another
•along the East river always is: "We
'have deep-water sailors at our house."
Then one of the readers was pointed
rout as an object of interest, a relic of
•shipwreck and desperate suffering on
jthe high .seas.
"He spent a week holding onto a
.barrel in the Pacific," said the at-
tendant. I asked the man a little later
if such an experience had befallen
him.
"It was in the Atlantic," said he, get-
ting up from his seat, "in 30 degrees
— that's off North Carolina. And it Oiiice over First National Bank,
J B. WILSON' & 13RO.
LUMBER, SHINGLES,
Sash. Doors. Blinds. Mould, Lime. Ceme&w,
Paints. <>iis, varnishes En*. Corner Locust
aud McKinnev. oue block norm of square.
BATES & ROARK,
A TTORNEYS-A T- L A W.
was a hatch I had."
He was boyish and well built, with a
wholesome German face and heathy
blue eyes.
"How did you get In the water -fall
Denton, Texas.
and one that has given rise, either by! ,tillery run from $140 to $100, and the overboard
natural variation or by crossing with
other species, to a grejit number of;
superior forms. The colors range fron^
white to various forms of Iliac.
Syringa Persica. This is a distinct;
small growing species, with slender,
-best horses, which are used for the
Kurassier Garde regiments, are seldom
bought under $200. This applies to
'the remonte commissariat's work. Of-
'flcers, as a rule, ride East Prussian
horses. Those that can afford It buy
straight branches and lilac or white] ^English blooded stock at fancy prices,
flowers produced in small clusters. The
form bearing white flowers is named,
Syringa persica alba; and there is one
with neatly divided foliage, Syringa,
persica lancinlata.
Philadelphia. This is a genus of
shrubs which are remarkable for the
abundance of white and usually sweet-
scented flowers they produce. They
will thrive on almost any good soil,;
and require *10 special treatment
Philadelphus coronnrius, I'hilade!
phus tomentosa, Philadelphus gordon-.
The best Prussian horse brings from
$225 to $340. These are all however
bought at an age of from 5 to 6 years
an; 1 well trained, since the Prussian
horse is hardly fit for use before Its
sixth year is concluded. English and
Irish horses, which are largely bought
in Hamburg, are, owing to the richer
nourishment they receive on their na-
tive pastures when young, fit for use
at the age of four to five years, and
are less nervous, shy and excitable
than the Prussian horses. The Irish
crop. Farmers are advised to try soy J and is very fragrant. It retains
lanus are all large growing bushes and; .horse is the easiest to ride under all
give a succession of bloom.
Honeysuckles, or l.onlcera, are all of
the readiest culture, an.1 succeed well
even in poor soils. There are a large
number of species, some vining and
some of a sturdy bushy habit. I.oni-
cera fragrantissima blooms very early
basement has a cement floor and there brand ror ho,h hutter and cheese. The
'the incubators are used, four of them f,iepse is to be labelled Washington
nou. Three have a capacity of 300 Fu" Cream cheese and can be made
eggs each, and one of 200. They ia- on,y 'mm "'hole milk and must con-
tend to get another next spring. The ! tain not lcS3 than 30 Per cent of but"
•brooders are in the second story. There I ter fat' No clleese Is to be made con-
•^are four of them, three of 300 chicks j ta'n'ng less than 15 per cent of but-
jcapaeity and one of 200. The chicks i ter 'a'- Filled cheese will be sup-
iare kept in these, with the little run- Pressed with an Iron hand. A uniform
•ways attached, for three or four i hutter brand stencil reading "Wash-
weeke. Mr. Van Dreser says the j 'nKt0I> Creamery Butter" is to be is-
keep the number of *
brooders will keep tbe
Ichicks they are rated for that long
•safely, and then the chickens need
niorc room, as they are growing. An
educated expert, a graduate of Cor-
nell University, has charge of the
business now. It has grown to be so
^large that one man's constant atten-
tion is needed. They are now arrang-
ing e system of outdoor brooders to
transfer the young ehioks to from the
brooding house. How many laying
hens do you suppose they have this
winter? Twenty-three hundred. Yes,
a single hen house, built last season,
to make room for their growing busi-
ness, is 3ti5 feet long, 15 feet wide anil
jM',6 feet high. The apartments inside
are 15x15, with wire netting for divi-
sion walls. Nine tons of Portland
cement was used to make the floor
of this one building. So perfectly Is
the building constructed that it never
gets freezing cold inside. In the center
of this long building a single large
room is built tfto stories high, which
adds to the looks very much and , ,. ,
makes an office where the books are : tho ''usmess. At present our trees
k- pt and the btisine ss matters attend- i P™dUce cr°ps unp. >ca!'' aml then
ed to. There is a stove in this of \
course. I asked Mr. Van Dreser if he
sued to the creamories and no butter
made outside of the state can have the
use of this stencil. One good point
about the new law is that it prohibits
the buying of oleomargarine by any
state institution. This will put a stop
to the use of oleo in the poor houses
and other institutions of like charac-
ter. All milk dealers in cities of over
1,000 Inhabitants must have licenses.
| Process butter may be made, but must
be marked "Renovated Butter."
Regular Crops Needed.—More than
i anything else, we need regular mar-
kets and a steady demand for our ap-
I pies, says A. B. Barrett in Michigan
Farmer. But a regular market natur-
ally presupposes a regular crop, and
j here we get at the gist of the whole
; trouble. What can we do to make our
trees produce a eertain quantity of
1 apples every year? The ability to do
| this would be worth more than to in- 1
| crease the bearing of the trees. We
j could then gauge matters accurately
| and know just what profit there is in
beans in a small way as a special crop,
and then grow their own seed if the
crop gives promise of being valuable.—
W. C. Latta, Agriculturist.
FlgurcH on AmerlcHii Dairying.
An article in the Chicago Record
contains the following:
The census of 1890 put the total an-
nual value of the agricultural products
of the United States at $.1758,519,483—
say $3,750,000,000. Today our total
agricultural production cannot be less
than $4,000,000,000. The part of this
which is dairy produce has been esti-
mated by Mr. Henry E. Alvord, chief
of the dairy division of the United
States department of agriculture, to be
$500,000,000. Mr. Alvord's figures are
as follows:
Annual production.
Butter
Cheese
Milk
Skim milk, buttermilk,
whey and calves
circumstances, the early wholesome
nourishment giving it a calmer and
more docile temper. I have reason to
believe that under the name of IrUh
stock many American horses are sold
•in Hamburg, as the description given
of them closely resembles that of the
American horse. It would be well for
the American horse breeders or horse
dealers to correspond with large Arms
in Hamburg, such as the "English
[Stall" or the "Olde Stall." before en-
formed, which are as attractive as the jtering largely in the shipping business,
blooms. —
its
leaves nearly all winter. Lonicera tar-
tarica produces white and pink flow-
ers in the spring, and later during
the summer yellow and red berries are
Berberis Vulgaris also produces at-
tractive flowers in the spring and
scarlet fruit in the fall.
Spireas are excellent shrubs and
make very good low screens, and also
give a beautiful display of flowers.
Spirea Thunbergii, Spirea Van Hout-
tei and Spirea reversiana give a suc-
cession of blooms.
Deutzia gracilis and Deutzla crenata
floraplena are very compact shrubs,
Alfalfa and Corn for Hogs—The
farmers of the corn belt can get a
good pointer on pig feeding from the
alfalfa belt. I have seen a pig that
iwas farrowed Sept. 20, 1898, and raised
ion a ration two thirds of which was
(alfalfa hay. which is as large as any
pig I can find in the corn belt farrowed
in June, July or August. The nup-
,tials of King Corn and Queen Alfalfa
'are announced to take place on my
with close spikes of very attractive farm at an early
flowers.
date
The fourth
Value.
. .$275,000,000
.. 22,500,000
.. 157,500,000
45,000,000
considered this system of hatching
and raising chickens better than the
old way. "Oh. yes," he said, "alto-
gether. You see, good laying hens,
euch as we want, are too nervous, too
unstable, too changeable minded to
trust with a nest of eggs. If one will
follow directions carefully the incu-
bator and brooder will beat any hens.
Improvement la Wenlern Herd*.
The way the western range men
are doing business iu the matter of
improving their herds is opening
the eyes of the eastern and south-
eastern small farmer who combines
stock raising with his farming opera-
tions, says Dakota Farmer. The big
■stock raisers of tbe west are constant-
ly going east and southeast for their
bulls and they secure the best animals,
leaving ««»cond rate bulls for the
farmers in those sections. They can
afTord to take the best and pay a high
price for what they get. if quality is
commensurate, for they ha*«* large
numbers of breeding cows in their
herds, but it does not often occur that
the small farmer can make the s.-»me
sort of transactions, for he has but a
few h«ad of females and canoot make
half a crop the next. If somebody
could remedy this state of affairs our
orchards would be more profitable. It
is not the nature of the trees to yield
such irregular crops, but it is due to
conditions that we ought to be able
to remove or improve in some way.
Utilizing Skim-Milk. Skim-milk has
heretofore been almost a waste prod-
uct in many creameries. It has not
been utilized to the advantage of either
the creameryman or patron. Its value
for feeding purposes has been almos:
entirely destroyed, and the farmer who
offered it to his calves or pigs felt
almost ashamed of himself to think he
would provide such unwholesome, mis-
erable rations for their use. But with 1
better enlightenment on this subject
and facilities for doing it in belter
shape, they are beginning to utilize
skim-milk in such a way that many
of the farmers now consider it worth
from 15 to 20 cents per hundred for
feeding purposes jJone.—Elgin Dairy '
Report.
Organic nitrogen is nl-»gen In com-
bination with other elen.jnts either as
vegetable or animal matter. The
more valuable sources are dried blood,
dried meat, tankage, dried anJ
cotton seed meal.
Total $500,000,000
Mr. Alvord regards this estimate of
$500,000,000 as a V( ry conservative one,
and no doubt it is. It follows, then,
that one-eighth of our total agricul-
tural production of every sort, includ-
ing wheat, corn, oats, hay, cotton, to-
bacco, beef, pork, mutton, poultry and
wool, is dairy produce. In Great
Britain even a greater preponderance
of dairy production prevails. In round
numbers the total value of all the
produce sold off the farms of Great
Britain and Ireland amounts to $1,000,-
000,000 annually. Of this amount $162,-
500,00G, or about one-sixth, is said to
be dairy produce. For a particular
year (1894) the figures stood as follows
Total value of agricultural
produce sold off the farms
of Great Britain and Ire-
land $988,747,38".
Value of milk sold 78,000,00')
Value of butter sold 58,800,000
Value of cheese sold 25,005,000
Total value of dairy prod-
ucts $102,465,000
According to Mr. Alvord the cow.s
which are dairy animals kept in thf
United States number 17,000.000.
Roughly speaking they may be classi-
fied as follows:
Engaged in butter production.11,000.000 !
Engaged In cheese production 1,000,000
Engaged in milk production. 5,000,000
Total 17,000,000 j
The production of these cows is es-
timated to be as follows:
No. Annual product
of cows. of each cow.
11.000,000 . 125 lbs. butter ,
1 OOO.OOQ 280 lbs. cheese ,
R.000.000 350 gals, milk
It will be observed from these fig-
ures how small relatively is the cheese-
producing branch of the dairying In-
dustry in the United States as com-
pared with the butter-producing
branch and the milk-producir.g branch.
The explanation of this will appear
further on. In Great Britain and Ire-
land a very different distribution of
the three branches of the dairy Indus-
try occurs. Cheese-making occupies a
much more Important position In those
countries than it does with us. In
1S94 the number of dairy cows In
Great Britain and Ireland was •rtl-
mnUd to be !.924.486 The amount cf
Look for the Tout Caterpillar.
Owing to the lateness of the spring
there is still time to make use of all
. tbe methods of checking the apple-
i tree tent-caterpillar for the coming
season. The young larvae are prob-
! ably yet concealed in the egg-bands
about the wild cherry and apple twigs
and these bands can easily be located,
cut off and burned or soaked in kero-
sene. Certainly the ravages of th<#
little pests upon the leaves can only
be begun, even in the most favored
localities, and the voracious caterpil-
lars can be met by arsenical sprays.
1 he nests of those escaping the poison
can be cut out or burned upon the tree,
and a final search of the orchard alon«j
in June will reveal the yellowish-
white cocoons which then conceal the
marauders. After July the egg-
bands will be found again and can be
looked for in every orchard operation
until the next spring. Encourage the
children to seek them out .and destroy
them; and try to make friends with
the cuckoos, chickadees, Baltimore
orioles, wrens and vireos. who will aid
you in getting rid of caterpillars or
eggs. Wild cherry trees about the
premises should be carefully watched
as they are the favorite food plants
of the caterpillars. These simple reme-
dies and precautions are taken from
Bulletin No. 152 of the New York
Agricultural Experiment Station (tie-
neva).
cutting of alfalfa is the best hay for
hogs in winter. This cutting is done
late in the fall and is raked immedi-
ately and shocked, thus curing with-
out very much sun. The leaves and
all are saved in a succulent condition,
thi's making a feed that is relished by
the pigs. Homestead.
Tcit Yonr Send Corn.
The Illinois Experiment Station
sends out the following advice:
Farmers should test their seed corn. ,takcn UP the prosecution of the oleo
Why Fresh Bones Make Eggs.- The
different parts of ordinary market
hones upon analysis were found to con-
tain In abundance the ingredients
which go to make up the growing
chick, and in wonderfully close pro-
portion, the different parts of the com-
plete egg. The lean meat and gristle
from the white of the egg, and about
sixteen per cent of the yolk. The mar-
row and other fat on the bones sup- i
ply the remainder of the yolk. The j
lime phosphates in the bone yield all I
the necessary lime salts for the shell. ,
and the requisite phosphates for the j
interior of the egg.—A. C. Pickering, j
in Farm and Home.
Deep Plowing Profitable.—Land that
is plowed endures the drouths better j
than shallow plowed land, as there is '
a greater absorption of moisture. In
other words, the deeper the soil is
plowed the greater its capacity for
holding water. To prevent loss of this
moisture the top soil should be culti- !
vated so as to simply loosen it, which
prevents evaporation and at the same i
time keeps the weeds down. The water ,
In the soil escapes at the surface, and ;
this should be prevented by a mulch 1
of loose dirt over the surface, which is
effected by cultivation.—Ex.
Oleo Prosecutions in Pennsylvania
—The butter trade of Philadelphia has
?" I asked.
The schooner capsized—the Helen
Lee. We had a gale for two day- and
were lying to with bare masts. The
waves would roll the schooner way
over, and by and by one came when
she was all keeled on her side and it
got underneath and capsized her."
"Was the vessel empty?"
"Oh, no, we carried cocoanuts and
pranges and 15,000 of 'forbidden fruit'
—oranges, bigger than oranges and
every time the schooner rolled all the
cocoanuts rolled, too. The mate
ijashed himself in the forecrosstrees,
and me and a man from Springfield,
Mass., named Harry Cross, caught on
to this hatch. In about half an hour
we couldn't see the schooner any more
and we knew she sunk. Then we said
we would swim to the coast, but Harry
Cross said it was 200 miles off, and we
gave it up. We were in the gulf
stream and the water was warm,
though it was December, and it was
about 10 o'clock in the morning."
"Was it hard work holding on?"
"You have to lie on your stummick
and hold on with both arms, like this"
•—and he stretched a hand to each side
of the table. "Every twenty minutes
the first day the hatch turned over
or we might have lashed ourselves to
the ringbolt. One had pulled out, but
the other was all right, and the next
day we found cocoanuts floating, and
fwe'd break them open by ponding them
on the ringbolt. The thirst was ter-
ribly, and the nights, when I couldn't
pe anything, Harry Cross said lie
kiKw he was going to die, but he
thought I should be saved. I thought
£0, too, from the beginning. The sec-
ond night Harry Cross let go."
, "He was exhausted?"
"No; he said 'goodby.' It was like
he committed suicide. He told me he
didn't think he could stand another
flight, and it' anything happens! to him
to write to his parents."
"What did you think of?"
"Oh. the thoughts!" the man ex-
claimed; "everything. I guess. I was
fifty-four hours in the water. The sun
was shining and I lived on the cocoa-
nuts. Then a steamship threw me a
Jline and I was hauled on board, and
then 1 fell down on the deck. I was
iten days in the hospital at Savannah,
and I haven't been to sea again."
The man was very sober-faced for
his years, gentle, but without a trace of
genialty in his countenance. How
much of the dour look was an effect of
his adventure I could not say.
QARRISOX & KIMMINS
Drugs, Books and Stationery,
Paints, Window Glass.
Our new r*auieras anybody can operate—sold
at 60. Try one. West side, Denton.
TEXAS BLACKSMITH SHOP.
BLACKSMITH ING.
All !;ind> blacksmithingf, bug-gy
and carriage work. Lips-
comb wag'on yard.
LIPSCOMB & SOX,
WAGON VARD, FEED.
Courteous treatment to all. Your
patronag'e solicited.
JOE BLANKS.
Has purchared the barber
shop of Bob Stevens and
•invites his friends to call
a'.idseehim. He conducts
1
and insures the same cour-
teous treatment he has al-
ways given his patrons.
I. X. L. Laundry
C, R, Ingram, Proprietor.
No need to send your laundry out of
Denton when you can get as good work
at home
fie fiiiai
And by Helping Us You
Help Yourself,
Driver wil! call for and deliver work
IIlijli-I'rirrU Maim
The highest price evt
piece of manuscript wa;
Homers Iliad, written
probably in the eighth t
now in the British Musei
script Bible which was
the Emperor Charlemangi
casion of his coronation
800, was sold at auc
ago for $7,500. That
ror a
1 for
on vellum,
atury. It is
i. A manu-
•resented to
upon the oc-
in the year
ion some
is also i
i rs
British Museum. The original manu-
script of Scott's "Lady of the Lake"
brought $6,450 at auction. The auto-
biography of Lord Nelson in his own
handwriting, as prepared for the press,
brought $5,250. The manuscript of
Keats' "Endymion" was once sold tor
$M,475, and the manuscript ««f s <»r•'-
"Old Mortality" for $3,100. s;
Thorall paid $3,900 for
Bible of the seventh cent
Crawford paid $2>»." for
illuminated manuscript
Testament.
manuscr
y. and Li
hn
ipt
>rd
New
Owing to the unusually wet fall of
1S98 there is a great deal of poor seed
corn as is shown by numerous com-
plaints from farmers, and by tests
made at the experiment station. Every
farmer should test his seed corn be-
fore planting. This can be done at
slight expense by using a box of soil.
A still better method is to use two
dinner plates. Place an inch of soil in
the bottom of the first plate, moisten
and cover with two thicknesses of any
cloth, preferably old cloth that has
been washed several times. Upon this
place the seed to be tested and cover
with another moist cloth. Then cover
by turning the second plate bottom
upwards over the first to prevent the
soil from drying out. and set in a
warm place.
The windows of Persian >ous<*s. as t
itile, are not visible from the
lealers, and have already secured evi-
dence of the violation of both the state
and national law, and propose to push
the s its to a conclusion. In the in-
vestigation fifty retail dealers have
been found selling the stuff without
even the formality of a government
Jicense. In every case they were sell-
ing oleo as butter.—Kx.
Ash is what Is left when the com-
bustible part of a feeding stuff is burn-
ed away. It consists chiefly of lime,
magnesia, potash, soda, iron, chlorin,
and carbonic, sulphuric, and phos- ;
phoric acids, and is used largely In
making bones. Part of the ash con-
•tttuents of the food is stored up In
the animal's body; the rest i9 voided
in the urine and manure.
P;
Deepest Well*.
A curiosity at lea.- i
pilation of the deepest v
world: In Europe, one
France, depth. 2.000 feet; at La Cha-
pelle, Paris. 2,950; at Grenelle. Paris.
at Nentlverk, near Mindei
2.2SS; at Kissingen. Bavaria I TS"; at
Sperenberg. near Berlin, 4.190. whi h
is said to be the deepest in the world
at Best. Hungary, 3.182. In the United
States there are wells located at St.
Louis, depth. 3.S43 feet; at Louisville.
2.086; at Columbus, O. 2.775V-. at
Charleston. S. C.. 1.250.
J. A, Thomas, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Dr. Thomas makes a specialty of
rhrnnic diseases. Absolutely cures piles
without knife or ligature. Positively
cures Metritis. Endometritis, Ulcers of
Os Uteri not cancyrous, and all forms
of diseases peculiar to females. If you
have rheumatism call on him—he will
cure you. Be sure to give him a trial.
Examination in office free.
Office: Upstairs, by Jones' photo-
graph gallery, Denton, Texas.
Rent.™ VITALITY,
LOST VIGOR
AND MANHOOD
'ures Impotency, Night Emissions and
wasting diseases, all effects of self-
abuse, or excess and indis-
-j cretion A nerve tonic and
blood builder. Brings the
pink glow to pale cheeks and
restores the fire of youth.
Ry mail 5(>c per box: <5 boxes
lor $!i,50; with a written guaran-
tee to cure or refund the money.
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
Clinton & Jackson Sts., CH1CACO, ILL.
For Sa«.e Bt
Garrison & Kimmins, Druggists
Dekton Texas
J.W. FRALIN
(Successor to W. C. Inabnit.
I>K\T\L MIU.KON.
CROWN fll BKlDGf 11
A SPECIALTY.
Oflrt Ovrr K*l<'y*« Drug Stor*.
South «i<i? >qu»re. Denton. TrmM
Brush the udder and onrroundlng
parts anil wipe them with a clean.
doUt or space*.
• Atlvlcr.
Hetty Green, the multi-millionaire
and witch of \V;» -*re» ; > quo;.*,! as
laying. "The tirsi thing necessary to
success is to learn to mind your own
tusJnesa."
AlL kit
B«»t ' u«h Syrup. Tvin
In ttiM S«>l«l b' *ruf
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