The Reformer. (Kingfisher, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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JERUSALEM'S COLONY.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
AGAINST THE FOUNDERS.
AN INTK HUNTING CARL ON TIHA'
«T CHICAGO.
t lln> Arisen Out
to Seeure Money
dren «*f the
CnMtoma.
of a Suit Hriinglil
\\ llletl to Two t’lill-
Colony — lleatlienlnh i
; what the lawyers call a good witness. ’
; She was modest and not overeager ir ■
! speak, and her testimony was clear. ;
i consistent, and unshaken to the close j
! A great stillness settled down on the I
! court room while she was testifying.
WOMEN SOLD VERY CHEAP. j
I At at hurcli I-air lieautlM Are Auc
tinned Off at un Average of 37 t ent*.
Perhaps the most novel church so- ]
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OMR FOURTEEN
years ago one H. G
Ppafford, an Ameri-
c a n, started a
Christian colony In
the city of Jerusa-
lem. A large num-
ber of his country-
men and women ac-
companied him to
that city, notwith-
standing the warn-
ing of American
newspapers that the scheme was solely
in the interest of Spafford. Now after
the lapse of fourteen years the truth
has begun to come to light. The evi-
dence introduced in a suit on trial in
Chicago seems to show the “colony” up
in a most unenviable light. It seems
that among the colonists who went
from Chicago to Jerusalem under the
lead of Spafford were Mr. and Mrs. John | m xt sold, and the choice
Whiting of Chicago. They had one
child when they left and another was
born in Jerusalem, where M. Whiting
afterward died. Mr. Whiting’s mother
was Mrs. Mary C. Whiting of Spring-
field, Mass., who entertained a perfect
^ «
clable ever held in the state of New
Jersey took place recently at the First
Methodist Episcopal church at Long ;
Branch. The Ladies Aid society, under
whose auspices the sociable was held,
had for several months been trying to I
invent something entirely new and \
original in church sociables, so it was i
concluded to have an auction
sale of young woman, both
single and married. The young j
ladles were sold first. Eighteen |
of the prettiest young girls volunteered
to be sold to the highest bidder. They
were all seated on the platform covered
with sheeting. The auctioneer, J. D.
Van Note, a member of the offleia’
board of the First Methodist Episcopal
church, opened up the auction at S
o'clock. Van Cleef Moore was the first
purchaser. He gut a bargain, the cheap-
est girl sold, paying only 25 cents for
the privilege of eating supper with her.
In rotation the 17 others were knocked
down to the highest bidders, the ghoice
of the lot bringing only $1 The average
price was but a little over 30 cents.
Eleven women who had husbands were j
f this lot I
brought $1.25. The cheapest woman I
woman sold for 25 cents. Altogether the
sale of the entire 29 amounted to $10.50,
making the average price less than 37
cents. A number of the old church
members are angry, and declare openly
j that such sociables arc against the rule.1'
I of the church.
$«<v*n Miles nn Hour on n Ivivcr.
A tricycle which can be made to
travel either on land or water is the
Invention of n Hamburg genius
named George Pinkert The machine
is so large and heavy that no such
speed can be gotten out of it as is
made every fair day on city boule-
vards, but Herr Pinkert thinks ho
has accomplished much in doing nine
aud one-fourth miles an hour on land
and seven and one-half on the smooth
surface of a river. His tricycle has
motor wheels fifty-three inches in
diameter anil nearly twenty inches
thick. They arc made of sheet iron,
and are divided iuto three water-
tight compartments. which are filled
with air. On the outside of these
wheels are flangebourds about four
inches wide by seven and one-half in
length. The steering wheel is about
a yard in diameter and sixteen inches
thick, and has two water-tight com-
partments. The wheels have rubber
tires which allow them to run on
land. The whole machine weighs
about 210 pounds.
Don’t Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away
lx the truthful gtartliui; title of u liook about
No-To-Bac, the harmless, guaranteed tobacco
habit cure that braces up uiootinued nerves,
eliminates the nicotine poison, makes weak
men gain strength, vigor and manhood
n:u no physical or financial risk
t» sold by Druggists everrwhen*. under ;i
an toe to cure or money refunded. Hook
Ad Sterling Remedy C<
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
flow Successful I nrun r* Operate Tills
Departincut of the Homestead — Hints
ns to the Care of Live Stock and
I’oult r>.
You
as No To-Bao
er u
look
New York or Chicago.
HONEYMOON CUT SHORT.
Ilrlde
lied.
and
< farm- ■ ,j 'altogether on fruit
Woodford county. Ky., went | °____
MRS. SPAFFORD.
horror of the community life of the
colony. She made a will, leaving $50,-
000 to these two grandchildren, Ruth
and John Whiting, but to be sure the
colony should never got their hands on
it she left it in trust to H. H. Bowman,
a Springfield banker, and annexed the
condition that he should never give
them a cent unless, in his judgment, it
would bo expended in their support and
education. Mrs. Whiting died several
years ago, and Mr. Bowman has never
paid the heirs more than $500.
A year ago a section of the colony
turned up in Springfield to get the
children’s money, and then in Chicago
to get some money corning to Mrs. !
Gould, another of the party. They are ;
now living as a community in Chicago.
The present trouble grows out of the
fact that Mrs. Whiting’s family reside i
in Chicago. One of her brothers is a
professor in the University of Chicago,
and his mother lives with him. Another
brother is a Chicago real estate dealer.
Mrs. Regina Lingle, the mother of the
family, who went to Jerusalem once
and saw things for herself, has con-
cluded that she can stand such things
no longer. Accordingly she has filed a
petition to be appointed the guardian
of her two grandchildren cn the ground
that “said Mary Whiting is incompe-
tent and unfitted to be intrusted with
the care ami custody of said children
or of their estate.” Her legal adviser
is Edmund Palmer, and Luther Laflin
Mills appeared for the colony. Several
members of tin* colony were present in
the court-room when the case came to
trial the other day.
Mr. Palmer called as witnesses, one
after another, H. H. Bowman, the trus-
tee under the will; Mrs. Mary E. Whit-
ing, the mother of the heirs; and Mrs.
Regina Lingle, the grandmother and
petitioner. Their testimony contained
an interesting but. conflicting account
of the Jerusalem colony and their com-
munity life. The last and most sensa
tional witness sworn was Lizzie Aiken,
aged 28, who lived thirteen years with
the colony at Jerusalem and then lost
faith m them. Miss Aiken said after
th* death of Mr. Spafford the colony
was absolutely subject to Mrs. Spaf-
ford. All the community received reve-
lations from God, but the revelations
of the others did not go until they had
been corroborated by the revelations
of Mrs. Spafford. What Mrs. Spafford
said was spoken of as what “the Lord
said.” Miss Aiken said Mrs. Spofford
thciught poorly of the married state.
She? forbade any one to marry and re-
quired those already married to live as
if unmarried. She drew a picture of the
bathing customs of the colony. Mrs.
Spafford told her they were all
h 4 i11 tU'kian I’ll rrhuKcil
Found Dead
Frederick
er from \V
to Louisville a few days ago to attend
a sale of 17 hogsheads of tobacco he
had shipped there. When he arrived
he had about $700 in cash, and Monday
sold his tobacco, which netted him about
the same amount. Then he went to a |
saloon and began drinking freely. While
in a jolly humor he said he was afraid !
to go to bed with so much money about !
him, and remained in the saloon all |
night. He told those in the place about
losing his wife lately, and said he was
very lonesome, and offered to give $50
for a wife. Two hackmen, William I-Tep-
ler and Martin Crane, have lately been
disputing the affections of one Ellb’ j
Cannon, a domestic employed by a fam-
ily at Third and Broadway. They j
agreed to waive all claim and give her
to Weimer for the $50. The girl, upon
being seen, consented t«» the man ia go,
and they were taken to Jeffersonville
and married, Weimer giving each hack- j
man $25. Weimer and his bride missed
the train for Weimer’s home that night,
and employed the two hackmen to take
them to their destination. Next morn- j
ing Weimer’s body w as found near Yer- :
sallies. Foul play is suspected. The
authorities are working on the case.
Wide*! C anal In the World.
The Chcnab irrigation canal in north ■
ern India is said to be the widest canal
iu the world It is 110 feet broad, aud
will be 200 feet broad when completed,
with ;» length of i o toiles
F. J. CHENEY’ & CO Toledo. O.. Froprs of
Hall's Catarrh Cure, offer H00 rewurd for any
case of catarrh that can not be cured by taking
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
free. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Herr Boeter, an ex-lieutenant in the
German army, now says that vegeta-
rianism is altogether too wide. YY o
must be “fruitarians'' if we wish to
find sanitary salvation. His disciples
tirely for foreign market*, that is. for
thu foreigners at the treaty ports. The
pfacock is reared in many parts of
China, and has long been known to the
people, though it is not a native of the
country. Its tali feathers are used by
the Mandarins in their caps to dcsig-
I mite official rank.
The Gold anil Silver Pheasants of
China may be called domesticated
, birds, as they arc now so extensively
reared that it is doubtful if they are
I found wild. There is a bird in China
I the Cormorant- which is ilomestlcat-
j ed. trained to wonderful intelligence,
I and employed in catching fish These
l»c made it will be found to be incom-
patible with principles that are fixed
aud unalterable.
Poultry lniluHtry In China.
The breeding and rearing of fowls is
an important industry in China, u* ■ . «,i*w
they form a very considerable portion birds are reared am Hi. ' <h k '
of the better class of ! care. A pair coats from Use to six del-
of the daily food
the people. The United States consul
at Cliin-kiang says that the varieties of
fowls are few in number. The prin-
cipal are the Yangehow fowl, a large
bird of good flavor, which weighs from
four to six pounds. This variety is a
good layer anil sitter, the eggs being of
brownish tinge and good size. It lays,
during eight or nine months of the
year, about 200 eggs, ceasing only in
lars. They are taken out on the lake
and rivers in a small boat one man to
every ten or twelve Cormorants. The
birds stand perched on the side of the
boat, and. at a \ ril from the man.
they scatter on the water and begin
to look for fish. They dive for the fish
and then rise to the surface with the
fish in their bills, when they are called
back to the boat by the fisherman. As
docile as dogs, they swim to their inns-
for laying purposes, ns its flesh Is par-
"HauBon'a Magic Coni Salve."
Warranted to euro or money refunded. AhU your
drugglut for it. l’rico ir» cento._
Montana will furnish about 200,000
bead of beef cattle to the Eastern
markets this year.
ir the Baby la Catting Teeth
Be sure and u.«e tlmt old ami wi ll-tried remedy, MBS.
Winslow’s Booth iso Stkit f<>r Children Teething.
There is a duck ranch in the Blue
Mountains ol Pennsylvania which sends
12.000 birds to the market yearly.
Mother’* appreciate the good work
(linger Tonic, with lit* reviving quullilc
and nervous
ticnlarly good. The Lnngshan fowl is
a distinct anil fairly pure breed from
the Yanktze river region, just below
Chin-kinng. It Is a large, heavy, hand-
some bird, weighing from seven to
eight pounds. The eggs are of darkish
brown, and of good size. The Black
Bone or Typhoon chicken is a distinct
fancy breed. In color it is white and its
skin, legs,
very dark
much esteemed, and, boiled down into
soup, it is prescribed by physicians for
certain diseases. The Chow is another
variety. This breed is small, weigh
ing generally from two to three
pounds. A pure white cork of this
breed is always carried on the coffin
at a native funeral cortege, and is sac-
they lay down their
resume their labor
prey and again
Itrrctllng for Milk.
When it is so easy to combine in
moderate degree the milking and the
breeding qualities of one animal, why,
it may be asked, should breeders have
gone to such extremes on the one side
or the other? We believe that the
bones, flesh and comb are ! whole thing is due to physiological
The flesh of this fowl is laws, says London Live Stock Journal.
The perfect beef animal and the per-
fect milk animal arc two totally differ-
ent productions, and in their highest
excellence the two characteristics can-
not exist in the same frame. Common
stock, possessing fair milking and fair
grazing properties,are easily produced,
but the abnormal beef boast and the
I >lt 11 rim.
So much has been said about laying
hens getting too fat. that more than a
few people have concluded that the best
way to keep hens in good condition for
laying is to half starve them. This is
a mistake. If layers are fed the proper
kind of food, and given a chance to ex-
ercise properl}, they will not get too
fat to do their best as layers. An or-
dinary flock of farm fowls are not apt
to get too fat, for they run at large and
ur< constantly taking exercise enough
to keep them in good condition.
We know that when hens are kept in
pens most of the time, they can easily,
be fattened beyond the point of profit,
as far as laying i concerned, but our
readers are nearly all farmers who al-
low their fowls perfect liberty anil to
such we want to give the warning that
the> are Just as liable to underfeed
them. Those who have foil their fowls
liberally during the past severe winter
will be rewarded with plenty of egga
as soon as the weather moderates this
spring, whih those who have been tear-
ful of overfeeding will probably be com-
pelled to wait till the price of eggs hna
fallen very low before their liens will
be producing at their highest capacity;
Too many are careless about properly,
feeding their hens during the season
when they do not lay many eggs, for-
getting that it is necessary to keep them
at the highest point of health and vigor
if best results are to be expected.-—
Farm News.
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The latest ornamentation for the
dining room table is a dish of jelly in
the midst of which are three or four
small electric lights. The effect is
pleasing and picturesque.
When you come to realize
that vour n.rnt* nrc gone, mul ii" ncuc pain, how
Ki ai Till yon lcrl All the work of Hlndereoni'*.
Kersey is a corruption of Jersey
where the fabric was first made.
ONLY ONE AND THAT IN JULY.
Excursion to Colorado.
The Great Rock Island Route will sell tickets
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7 ---1ST"
A CHILD’S APPEAL.
He-
Wants the Governor of Colorado
lease Her Mother from I’rison.
Gov. McIntyre of Colorado recently
received the following pathetic appeal
from a little Chicago girl in behalf of
her mother:
Dear Gov. McIntyre; As I have been
A
.“heap for this excursion to Denver
you should post yourself at once ns
July,
rates
The illustration given above is repro-
duced for t>ho Farmers’ Review’ from
the French of Ad. Bcnion. It shows a
carrier pigeon en route with a mes-
sage. The letter in this case appears
to be fastened to his legs.
The carrier pigeon Is a bird larger
generally than the common pigeon,
measuring about 15 Inches in length
and weighing about one and one-fourth
pounds. The neck is long anil the pec-
toral muscle very large. An appendage
of naked skin hangs across its bill, and
contiues down on either side of the
lower mandible. The great develop-
ment of this muscle is what gives the
bird the power of long continued flight.
The quality that renders these birds
| so valuable as messengers is their love
, for home, which seems abnormally de-
ileath occurred at Boston. Mass., 7th j veloped. The art of training them is
iust.. was the largest individual tanner j carried to perfection in Turkey, where
and
and
routes.
Send by postal card or letter to Jno. Sebastian,
G. I*. A.. < 'Linage. for a beautiful souvenir issued
by tho Chicago, Hock Island and I’ucilio K y, ••ail-
ed the "Tourist Teacher," that tolls all about tho
trip. It will be sent free It is a gem, and you
should not delay in asking for it.
,1 no. Seuastian. <i. P. A., i hicago.
Thomas G. Proctor. President of the
United States Leather Company, com-
monly called the Leather Trust, whose
in the country.
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Removal of Ticket
York. Chicago A
rontl Niekle
On Mav 1st the
office of the New York,
Louis H. B. (Niekle Plate
moved to 111 Adams
post office.
Office of the Now
St, Louis Rail*
Plate Road.
’hicago city ticket
Chicago A St.
R >ad» will be
treet, opposite tho
J. Y'. Palauan,
General Agent.
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THE WHITING CHILDREN.
She said the feelings of the -sexes I
toward each other were a remnant of I
their fallen state. They should return |
to a state of innoceney In which the -
so*os were indifferent. She said she .
had attained to this spiritual eminence
herself, and Ood had revealed to her j
that it was her duty to induct the other
members of the home into it ulso. The
witness said she actually half believed
this for some time. Mr. Mills in his
cross-examination sought to elicit from
the witness that she had a love affair
with a dusky Mohammedan Jerusa-
lem! ie named Mahmoud; that Mah-
moud refused to marry her; that she
blamed Mrs. Spafford for spoiling the
match, and concocted these stories to
get even with her. The witness de-
nied *he ever desired to marry Mah-
moud or ever thought of such a thing.
Mies Aiken is small of stature and
; Xd
ANNA WATSON.
ill for many days and have been ill foi
her, and will you be kind and let my
mamma come to me. For she is always
crying for me, poor mamma. She ia
so ill that I know she would be so happy
if she would be at home with her dear
little girl. I ask you for God’s sake to
pardon her and let her free. I am so
awful lonely for poor mamma. God
grant that my prayer be answered.
Your humble little servant.
DOLLY WATSON.
Anna Watson, according to the Chi-
cago police, is a member of the no-
torious Weir gang of shoplifters and
pickpockets that has operated for many
years in Chicago and other cities.
Among its members are Bertha Klein-
schmidt, Emma Weir, Tillie Williams.
Jake Watson, Otto Reinsch, Henry
Weir, George Weir, Ida Hade, Adam
Weir, Martin Weir, Mrs. Wagner, and
Kate Stokes. Jake Watson, the hus-
band of Dolly’s mother, was formerly
a street car conductor. “Mother’’
Kleinschmidt is tho head of the band
and ihe aunt of Emma Wi ir. Tillli
Williams, Mrs. Watson, and Otto
Reinsch, Reinsch being the maiden
names of the girls. Adam Weir has
served a penitentiary term of seven
years, and is now under indictment for
stealing a horse and wagon and a load
of potatoes. Watson is not known to
be a thief, hut he was in charge of th«
house in Denver where $10,000 worth ol
stolen goods were found when his wife
was arrested. Emma is the wife ot
George Weir. The police view the ap-
peal to pardon Mrs. Watson with dis-
favor.
She Ought to He Rich.
The novels of Anna Katherine Green,
author of “The Leavenworth Case,"
have reached the enormous sale of 750,-
000 copies.
Mrs. Harriet Duterie, a colored
woman, is one of the most successful
undertakers in Philadelphia. She has
carried on the business for twenty-five
years. She furnishes hearses, carriages
and all the requisites for funerals x
Every Want Autlclpatod.
“More persistent travelers than I
may have seen toothbrushes in the
toilet-room of a sleeping car,” said a
woman a day or two ago, “but until
I took an all-night ride last week
they were unknown to me. They
were stacked iu a rack and were of a
cheap variety, as suited their brief
use. Beneath them was a second
rack, with a card appended: ‘Please
throw away here after using, and I
wondered what further convenience
managerial generosity and fore-
thought could contrive.
A new (lining car service between ( hi
cago and Bufiaio via the Niekle Plate Road
has recently been placed at the disposal ot
the traveling public, which ■ ill enable
patrons of this favorite low rate line to ob-
tain meals on all trains when traveling on
through trains between Chicago,New Y'ork
anil Boston. For reservations of sleeping
car space and further information see vour
local ticket agent or address J. Y. Calahan,
General Agent, Uhicsgo.
i;ui»iiiAt«:in nml .uunkaesy.
Of all the anecdotes of which
Rubinstein was the hero none amused
him more than the following: When
Munkacsy’s “Christ Before Pilate”
was shown in New York a reporter
called on the picture dealer to whom
it belonged to interview him on tho
subject of the painter. lie was re-
ceived by a clerk, who remarked
among other things that Munkacsy
was the greatest painter “since
Rubens’ time.” Now, tim reporter
was grossly ignorant bf art, had re-
cently been writing on Rubinstein
and accordingly tho interview, when
it appeared, contained the startling
statement that Munkacsy was the
greatest painter since Rubinstein.
New Dining Car Service.
It is a pleasure to note tho addition
of another important feature to the al
ready competent train service of the
Niekle Plate Road. The Pining Cui
service of this popular low rate line hai
recently been augmented, by which din
ner wifi be served on train No. fi. leav
ing Chicago at 2 p. m. daily, and break
fast and dinner on train No. 2 leaving
Chicago daily at 0:20 p. m. with direc
connections for New Y'ork ami Boston
Breakfast and dinner will be served on
train No. 5, arriving in Chicago ut 9:35
p. m. from New Y'ork and Boston.
For full information regarding routes,
rates, mans, folders, etc . address your
nearest ticket agent or J. YT. Calahan,
General Agent, Chicago, 111.
the procedure is about as follows: A
number of very young birds are taken
to a distance of one-half mile from
their home and freed. Tho most intel-
ligent will quickly find their way to
their homes. Those that get lost are re-
garded as stupid, and are rejected. The
ones that return home are then taken
to greater distances, first only two oi
three miles from the domicile, but
afterward to hundreds and even a
thousand miles. Thus taught, they be-
come expert in returning to their own-
ers, and do this from all parts of the
country.
As to their rapidity of flight there is
much dispute. The more conservative
say that tlie usual speed is about 30
miles per hour. Some, however, be-
lieve it possible for these birds to fly
from 50 to 90 miles per hour in rare
instances. It takes about 12 hours for
a carrier pigeon to digest a crop full
of grain. Passenger pigeons have been
shot in New York with their crops full
of rice, which they could not have ob-
tained nearer than the Carolina rice
fields. They must have traveled 300 or
400 miles in six hours, or over 50 miles
per hour.
In England pigeons have been re-
peatedly used in wagers, bets being
made on the full speed of the birds. In
such cases a greater speed than 3G
miles per hour has rarely been made.
In 1833 a great trial of pigeons was
made at Ghent. On June 24, of that
year. 24 birds that had been entered
for the prize were thrown up at Rouen,
about 150 miles from Ghent. The first
pigeon arrived in Ghent in one and
one-half hours; 1G came in within two
and one-half hours, and three in tho
course of the day; four were lost. Tho
first pigeon must have traveled at a
rate of nearly 100 miles per hour, which
seems incredible. Y'et it is possible,
seeing that sixteen others also obtain-
ed a speed of over GO miles per hour.
It is hard to believe that carrier
pigeons are not governed by instinct,
yet men that handle them say that it is
merely a matter of education. If tho
bird cannot recognize some landmark
he gets lost. Also birds thrown up dur-
ing a fog or haze, seldom reach their
destination. There are, however, 3ome
rare instances extant that seem to prove
that the birds can succeed irrespective
of the educational principle.
rificed at the grave. Also on native
boats a cock bird is killed on the Chi-
nese New Year’s day, and the blood
sprinkled on the bow to propitiate evil
spirits, and to insure good luck during
the year. Ducks aro reared in great
quantities, and are largely used for
food, both fresh and salted. They are
all artificially hatched, as the duck is
an uncertain sitter. The common duck
is a good-sized bird, weighing, when
dressed for the table, three or four
pounds, and Is much esteemed for the
excellence of its flavor. After fledging,
the birds are driven about in vast
flocks through canals, and from pond
to pond, where they find their food.
They are brought under strict discip-
line, and obey their keeper’s call with
extraordinary intelligence. The Man- | joct
darin duck is smaller than the common
duck, anil is a beautiful bird, with di
versified and brilliant plumage. It is
reared chiefly for its beauty, In Die
grounds of the wealthy there is always
nn artificial lake, where the Mandarin
duck is kept. They are considered as j
emblems of conjugal fidelity, and a
pair of them usually form a part of
wedding processions. Preserved ducks’
eggs are considered a delicacy, and al- !
ways form an important part of a Man-
darin dinner. The process of preserv- i
Ing them is as follows: A lye of bean-
stalk and lime is made by burning !
these to powder. This is put in water, j
black tea leaves anil salt in certain |
proportions being added. The boiling
Is continued until all the water has
evaporated, and tho residue becomes
caked and hard. This is powdered fine,
and the fresh eggs aro placed therein
one by one, with a little rice husk.
They remain in this preparation one
hundred days when they are ready for
use. The preserved eggs will keep for
several years. When ready for use they
have the appearance of hard-boiled
eggs. The shell is taken off, and they
aro put on the table, cut into small
slices and eaten as hors d’oeuvres. The
goose is generally of pure white plum-
age, very striking In appearance, of
great size and majestic carriage, much
I resembling tho swan, The turkey has
1 long been introduced Into China, and
Is rearpd at CautOA and Tiem-JglA eg-
Sult In t!i<‘ Dairy.
I. Salt, like iiciility and charity, cov-
ers a multitude of sins.
I!. To the majority of consumers a,
small amount of salt" will Increase fine
flavors In butter, while a largo amount
of salt may partially hide poor flavor.
II. Salt is thus partly a flavoring and
partly a preservative.
•!. No amount of salt will preserve
poor butter, but good salt will help to
preserve good butter.
fi. Salt should be applied with a rea-
sonable addition of brains.
(i. If working only once, use an eas-
ily dissolved salt, or else partially dis-
solve it before using. The latter is
not n good plan, as it is dltlicult to dis-
tribute such a pasty mess.
7. The amount of moisture left in tho
butter when the salt is added should
ho regulated according to the dissolu-'
bility of tho salt.
8. When salt is applied to drained,
butter and left to dissolve at tho
prop< r temperature (about 00 degrees)
it will absorb moisture from the but-
ter globules in dissolving, and this is
quite an Important mailer.
9. Heavy brine, when applied only",
once in brine Halting, will be diluted in
proportion to the water left from wash-
ing, and hence be apt to leave the but-
ter too light salted for the average con-
sumer.
10. It Is more difficult to salt evenly;
with brine than with dry salt.
11. First and last and all things get a
good dairy salt which lias not been ex-
posed to bad odors.
12. Do not believe that you can fol-
low any lixed rules, but consider the
dissolubility of your salt, the amount
of moisture anil the temperature in
your butter, and use Judgment In salt-
ing as in all other work. National
Dairyman.
Cheap Rations. With butter selling
at 18 cents on the Itllgln board of
trade, feeding for profit Is not so easy
us it used to be, Tho writer finds
nothing cheaper this winter than a
grain ration of bran equal in quantity
to the milk the cow gives and a forage
ration of cornstalks. Cornstalks cost
nothing but saving them wo have to
grow them to get corn and exchang-
ing a pail of milk for a pail of bran is
a gooti trade, especially if it is Jersey
milk. With this ration It requires
about four anil one -half pounds of bran
to make a pound of butter. We have
ntado it with less bran, but the In-
creased feed makes a paying increase
in butter yield per cow with good cows.
A cow giving thirty pounds of milk per
day lias about seven and one-half
pounds of bran, aud a smaller ylelder
is matched with a correspondingly
smaller mess of bran. Bran for milk
in equal bulk -measure for measure—
is so safe a rule that the veriest novice
need make no mistake. The expert
with good cows can profitably feed
richer and more concentrated food —
Ex.
Advantages of a Separator.—Tho
gain of butter by the use of a separator
over that of the best deep setting meth-
ods is slight, if any. Tests have varied
considerably In tills respect. Tho
principal advantage of the separator
is tho economy in time and space in
tho dairy, no setting pan or pail being
required. The ( ream iu separated soon
after tho milking, and the cream only
has to be taken care of. The skimmed
milk too is sweet, and therefore better
for feeding, as the souring Is at the
expense ot tho nutriment in the milk,
some of the sugar of it being changed
into acid. The quantity of milk for
abnormal milk or butter cow must
have a carcase specially suited for ex-
cellence in one direction or the other.
British cat.tle breeders ore so captivat-
ed by symmetry of form that they
have done comparatively little in de-
veloping special milk and butter
breeds. There is, indeed, only one—the
Ayrshire and In it the wedge shape,
so suitable for milk, offends Ideas of
beauty. For the rest we have to go to
Jersey and Guernsey for our special
breeds, which have been developed as
the result of at least a hundred years’
systematic breeding for this particular
quality. Our best milking shorthorns [ a pound of butter depends on tho pro-
also tend to the wedge shape,
Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, who
has made a special study of this sub- I
of breeding for milk or for licet,
says: “1 believe that the English Ideal
of the form of a dairy cow lias been on
the whole, a hindrance to the develop-
ment of dairy cattle. It is essentially
based on the outline of the shorthorn,
and hence is more or Iosb a beef form.
To my mind, tho true science of breed-
ing for dairy qualities is based on tho
same law of distinctiveness that gov-
erns in breeding horses for speed. I
do not think that the English ideas of
dairy breeding, based largely as they
are on the 'general purpose’ notion of
beet and milk both, are conducive to
the best development of dairy quality
and potency.”
We consider that Governor Hoard’s
views are quite right, and that though
moderate capacity for beef and milk
can be combined, yet superiority In
both cannot be attained In the same
animal. Therefore, we hold that Brit-
ish breeders who have striven for the
perfection of beef cattle, and Channel
island and Ayrshire breeders who
have aimed at superiority of butter and
milk, have been acting in strict con-
formity with physiological laws, which
will prevent combined excellence in
milk and beef, though, as we have said,
moderate achievements are within tho
reach of everybody.
Tho vindication of what our breed-
ers have accomplished is consequently
to be found In their observance of laws
of nature, which cannot be set at
SPWftV if Uiq aUvouit should ever
portion of fat in it. If there is 4 per
cent, there will be a pound of butter
for each 25 pounds, or about 12 quarts.
And there should bo this proportion
in tho kind of cows mentioned, if they
are well fed. -Country Gentleman.
Keep Down Expenses—We hear from
men on every side that farming does
not pay as well as it did twenty years
ago, and that the country is goi lg to
the dogs. Their fathers or grandfath-
ers made money on the farm; why
can't they? The trouble is just here:
They live beyond their income. They
spend more than they earn. Gettinf,
'on tick” has ruined many farmers,
not only in Kansas, but all over tho
country. Farmers twenty and forty;
years ago bought and sold for cash.
Their wants were not so numerous as
the wants of the average farmer today.
They bought what they needed, and
could pay for. There was none of this
modern splash and empty style about
things that we see now.—Ex.
Whey Butter.—Tho agricultural de-
partment at Cornell claims to have
found that butter fat can be extracted
from whey by running it through a
separator. The department now has
in press a bulletin explaining the
process. It is estimated that general
adoption of the process would save the
agriculturist interest of Now YorW
state nearly $1,000,000 a year, or, to
put it in another way, that the entlr4
expense of making cheese would bo
paid by the saving of what has bereUH
lore been a yi-aste .product. •
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